Patents by Inventor Shinya Tashiro

Shinya Tashiro has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8564318
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a power-supply circuit which produces a first voltage potential, a first terminal, a second terminal which receives a mode signal, an inverter which receives the mode signal and outputs an inverted mode signal, and a first transfer circuit which includes a first transistor of a first conductivity type and a second transistor of a second conductivity type, the first transistor coupled between the power-supply circuit and a first node, the second transistor coupled between the power-supply circuit and the first node in parallel with the first transistor, a control gate of the first transistor supplied with the inverted mode signal and a control gate of the second transistor supplied with the mode signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Tashiro, Kazutaka Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 8421489
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an internal power-supply circuit which produces an internal potential, an external terminal which outputs the internal potential and inputs and outputs a signal with an outside, and a test mode signal terminal which transfers a test mode signal. The semiconductor device further includes a first CMOS transfer circuit and a second CMOS transfer circuit which are provided between the internal power-supply circuit and the external terminal, and which are controlled by the test mode signal, a clamp element which is connected between the first and second CMOS transfer circuits and suppresses a potential variation, and a delay element provided between the clamp element and the first CMOS transfer circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Tashiro, Kazutaka Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 8111085
    Abstract: It is desired to reduce the current consumption of an autonomous impedance adjustment circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to the present invention stops the change in the drive capability of a driver correspondingly to the output (count data) of a comparator which is sequentially outputted for changing the drive capability of a replica driver and an output driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Ibaraki, Shinya Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20110037496
    Abstract: It is desired to reduce the current consumption of an autonomous impedance adjustment circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit according to the present invention stops the change in the drive capability of a driver correspondingly to the output (count data) of a comparator which is sequentially outputted for changing the drive capability of a replica driver and an output driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki IBARAKI, Shinya Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20110007592
    Abstract: In a large capacity semiconductor storage device having a multi-bank configuration, it is desired to reduce a peak current of one refresh operation, to avoid an interference between adjacent banks, and to prevent a data breaking of a memory cell caused by a lack of a data hold time. A semiconductor storage device includes: a memory cell array part including a plurality of banks; a refresh control circuit configured to output a refresh timing control signal periodically; and an access control circuit configured to perform a refresh operation on a group of banks which are not adjacent to one another in accordance with a preset combination of banks which are simultaneously activated and a preset activating order when the refresh timing control signal is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinya Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20100219855
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an internal power-supply circuit which produces an internal potential, an external terminal which outputs the internal potential and inputs and outputs a signal with an outside, and a test mode signal terminal which transfers a test mode signal. The semiconductor device further includes a first CMOS transfer circuit and a second CMOS transfer circuit which are provided between the internal power-supply circuit and the external terminal, and which are controlled by the test mode signal, a clamp element which is connected between the first and second CMOS transfer circuits and suppresses a potential variation, and a delay element provided between the clamp element and the first CMOS transfer circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Tashiro, Kazutaka Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20100142301
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array that includes a plurality of memory cells, an SR timer that determines a cycle of self refresh of the memory cell, a refresh counter that generates an internal address signal of the memory cell which is a target of the self refresh, and a circuit that outputs a pulse active signal to continuously execute refresh operation in one cycle of the self refresh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya TASHIRO, Koichiro SUGA
  • Patent number: 6002624
    Abstract: A semiconductor synchronous dynamic random access memory device has an input/output masking function in a block write mode, plural bit line pairs are concurrently connected to a pair of data lines charged to a power voltage level by a precharge circuit in the input/output masking function so as to prevent memory cells from current flowing out from differential amplifiers, and the precharge circuit has not only p-channel type charging transistors but also n-channel enhancement type charging transistors; even if the bit line pairs are connected to the pair of data lines, the n-channel enhancement type charging transistors supplement the current through the data line pair to the bit line pairs, and prevent potential differences on the bit line pairs from undesirable destruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Tashiro