Patents by Inventor Takanobu Anbo

Takanobu Anbo 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: 7561095
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device provided with a pipeline A-D conversion circuit in which the enhancement of accuracy and the reduction of power consumption are accomplished is provided. The pipeline A-D conversion circuit is connected in series with an input terminal to which an analog signal to be converted is inputted and has a plurality of stages. The stages other than the first stage connected with the input terminal through at least one stage, including the first stage that receives input signals from the input terminal are constructed as follows: each of the other stages is comprised of two or more sample and hold circuits and an amplifier connected in common with the two or more sample and hold circuits. The two or more sample and hold circuits are caused to perform interleave operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Fumiyasu Sasaki, Eiki Imaizumi, Takanobu Anbo
  • Publication number: 20080174465
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device provided with a pipeline A-D conversion circuit in which the enhancement of accuracy and the reduction of power consumption are accomplished is provided. The pipeline A-D conversion circuit is connected in series with an input terminal to which an analog signal to be converted is inputted and has a plurality of stages. The stages other than the first stage connected with the input terminal through at least one stage, including the first stage that receives input signals from the input terminal are constructed as follows: each of the other stages is comprised of two or more sample and hold circuits and an amplifier connected in common with the two or more sample and hold circuits. The two or more sample and hold circuits are caused to perform interleave operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Fumiyasu Sasaki, Eiki Imaizumi, Takanobu Anbo
  • Patent number: 7265703
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device provided with a pipeline A-D conversion circuit in which the enhancement of accuracy and the reduction of power consumption are accomplished is provided. The pipeline A-D conversion circuit is connected in series with an input terminal to which an analog signal to be converted is inputted and has a plurality of stages. The stages other than the first stage connected with the input terminal through at least one stage, including the first stage that receives input signals from the input terminal are constructed as follows: each of the other stages is comprised of two or more sample and hold circuits and an amplifier connected in common with the two or more sample and hold circuits. The two or more sample and hold circuits are caused to perform interleave operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Fumiyasu Sasaki, Eiki Imaizumi, Takanobu Anbo
  • Publication number: 20070159540
    Abstract: By flexibly coping with both image sensors of a CCD sensor and a CMOS sensor without providing any external circuit, a signal processing is performed. In a sensor selecting switch provided in an image-sensor signal-processing circuit, first and fourth switches are turned on when the CMOS sensor is connected, and second and third switches are turned on when the CCD sensor is connected. The sensor selecting switch is controlled by a control signal generated in a control circuit, based on sensor selection data which is stored in a register and which is data for selecting the CCD or CMOS sensor. By so doing, even if polarity of an output signal of the image sensor is reversed, a normal signal is inputted to both inputs of the CDS amplifier, whereby it is possible to flexibly cope with both of the CCD and CMOS sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Eiki Imaizumi, Takanobu Anbo, Yasuhiko Sone, Tatsuji Matsuura, Teruaki Odaka
  • Patent number: 7208983
    Abstract: By flexibly coping with both image sensors of a CCD sensor and a CMOS sensor without providing any external circuit, a signal processing is performed. In a sensor selecting switch provided in an image-sensor signal-processing circuit, first and fourth switches are turned on when the CMOS sensor is connected, and second and third switches are turned on when the CCD sensor is connected. The sensor selecting switch is controlled by a control signal generated in a control circuit, based on sensor selection data which is stored in a register and which is data for selecting the CCD or CMOS sensor. By so doing, even if polarity of an output signal of the image sensor is reversed, a normal signal is inputted to both inputs of the CDS amplifier, whereby it is possible to flexibly cope with both of the CCD and CMOS sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Eiki Imaizumi, Takanobu Anbo, Yasuhiko Sone, Tatsuji Matsuura, Teruaki Odaka
  • Publication number: 20060044172
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device provided with a pipeline A-D conversion circuit in which the enhancement of accuracy and the reduction of power consumption are accomplished is provided. The pipeline A-D conversion circuit is connected in series with an input terminal to which an analog signal to be converted is inputted and has a plurality of stages. The stages other than the first stage connected with the input terminal through at least one stage, including the first stage that receives input signals from the input terminal are constructed as follows: each of the other stages is comprised of two or more sample and hold circuits and an amplifier connected in common with the two or more sample and hold circuits. The two or more sample and hold circuits are caused to perform interleave operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Fumiyasu Sasaki, Eiki Imaizumi, Takanobu Anbo
  • Publication number: 20040239783
    Abstract: By flexibly coping with both image sensors of a CCD sensor and a CMOS sensor without providing any external circuit, a signal processing is performed. In a sensor selecting switch provided in an image-sensor signal-processing circuit, first and fourth switches are turned on when the CMOS sensor is connected, and second and third switches are turned on when the CCD sensor is connected. The sensor selecting switch is controlled by a control signal generated in a control circuit, based on sensor selection data which is stored in a register and which is data for selecting the CCD or CMOS sensor. By so doing, even if polarity of an output signal of the image sensor is reversed, a normal signal is inputted to both inputs of the CDS amplifier, whereby it is possible to flexibly cope with both of the CCD and CMOS sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Eiki Imaizumi, Takanobu Anbo, Yasuhiko Sone, Tatsuji Matsuura, Teruaki Odaka
  • Patent number: 5394148
    Abstract: A high speed, accurate AD converter operable at low supply voltage, even with low gain amplifiers, particularly for a serial-parallel or pipelined AD converter, has a sub AD converter in each block of the second and subsequent stages provided with an adjuster for adjusting the full scale reference voltage in accordance with the gain of the error amplifier of the preceding stage. Analog switches are rendered immune to low operating voltage by being supplied separate voltage higher than the supply voltage of the other components in their circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi VLSI Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Tatsuji Matsuura, Imaizumi Eiki, Kunihiko Usui, Takanobu Anbo