Patents by Inventor Akihiko Toda

Akihiko Toda 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: 5402127
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter (i.e., D/A converter) formed on a wafer comprises a decoder, transistors (e.g., field-effect transistors) and resistors. Since the wafer provides a gap between the p-well region and the n-well region, the resistance values of the resistors formed on the p-well region differ from those of the resistors formed on the n-well region. In order to cancel such difference between the resistance values, there are provided two series of resistors in parallel between a power-applying terminal and a ground terminal, wherein each of two series of resistors contain two kinds of resistors respectively formed on the p-well region and the n-well region, while a midpoint of the first series of resistors is connected with a midpoint of the second series of resistors. Due to the direct connection between two midpoints, the potential applied to these midpoints are stabilized and set at the certain fixed voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiko Toda