Patents by Inventor Akihito Shimoda

Akihito Shimoda 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: 6259755
    Abstract: A data and clock recovery phase locked loop circuit comprises a data transition detector block to detect transitions of random input data and to produce a window signal. A delay block delays the random input data to produce delayed random input data. A phase comparator block is connected to the delay block and compares phase of the delayed random input data with phase of a feedback signal to produce a phase compared signal. A charge pump block is connected to the phase comparator block and produces output voltage in response to the phase compared signal. A filter block is connected to the charge pump block to filter the output voltage into DC voltage. A voltage controlled oscillator is connected to the filter block to generate the clock signal which has a frequency depending on the DC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene O'Sullivan, Akihito Shimoda