Patents by Inventor Akio TSUTSUMI

Akio TSUTSUMI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240030871
    Abstract: A circuit unit includes a first terminal functioning as a power supply terminal or a voltage input terminal, to which a first voltage is applied, a second terminal to which a second voltage is applied, an oscillation circuit oscillating a vibrator, a first switch electrically coupling or decoupling the first terminal and the oscillation circuit, a second switch electrically coupling or decoupling the second terminal and the oscillation circuit, and a selection circuit controlling the first switch and the second switch based on the first voltage and supplying one of the first voltage and the second voltage as a power supply voltage to the oscillation circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hisahiro ITO, Saneyuki IMAMURA, Akio TSUTSUMI
  • Publication number: 20230318608
    Abstract: A circuit device includes: a first phase comparison circuit including a sampling circuit that samples a feedback signal based on a reference clock signal; a first charge pump circuit configured to output a current corresponding to a sampling voltage; a second phase comparison circuit including a dead zone detection circuit that detects whether a phase difference between the reference clock signal and a feedback clock signal falls within a dead zone, and configured to output a phase difference signal when the phase difference does not fall within the dead zone; a second charge pump circuit; and a clock signal generation circuit configured to generate the clock signal having a frequency controlled based on an output of the first charge pump circuit or the second charge pump circuit. The second charge pump circuit is set disabled or in a low power consumption mode in a dead zone period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jun UEHARA, Akio TSUTSUMI, Hideki SATO
  • Patent number: 11698306
    Abstract: The digital-output temperature sensor includes a temperature sensor circuit, a current mirror circuit which makes a mirror current of a temperature detection current flow and pulls in a mirror current of a reference current to thereby output a first difference current from a first output node and output a second difference current from a second output node, a chopping circuit, and an A/D conversion circuit. The chopping circuit performs a chopping operation of making the mirror current of the reference current flow in a second state through a transistor of the current mirror circuit through which the mirror current of the temperature detection current flows in a first state, and making the mirror current of the temperature detection current flow in the second state through the transistor of the current mirror circuit through which the mirror current of the reference current flows in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Akio Tsutsumi, Hideo Haneda
  • Patent number: 11662441
    Abstract: A circuit device includes an analog front-end circuit that receives a target signal is input, and a processing circuit that performs arithmetic processing based on an output signal from the analog front-end circuit. The analog front-end circuit includes a plurality of comparator circuits that compare the voltage level of the target signal to a plurality of threshold voltages and output a plurality of comparison result signals. The processing circuit obtains the transition timing of the target signal based on the comparison result signals and delayed-time information of the analog front-end circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hideo Haneda, Akio Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 11567529
    Abstract: A real-time clock device includes a resonator, a clock signal generation circuit, a time-counting circuit, a terminal, and a time-to-digital conversion circuit. The clock signal generation circuit outputs a time-counting clock signal based on an oscillation clock signal. The time-counting circuit generates time-counting data based on the time-counting clock signal. An external signal is input to the terminal. The time-to-digital conversion circuit measures a time difference between a transition timing of a first signal based on the external signal and a transition timing of a second signal based on the oscillation clock signal or the time-counting clock signal with a resolution higher than a time-counting resolution of the time-counting circuit, and obtains time difference information corresponding to the time difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Hideo Haneda, Yasuhiro Sudo, Akio Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20220276100
    Abstract: The digital-output temperature sensor includes a temperature sensor circuit, a current mirror circuit which makes a mirror current of a temperature detection current flow and pulls in a mirror current of a reference current to thereby output a first difference current from a first output node and output a second difference current from a second output node, a chopping circuit, and an A/D conversion circuit. The chopping circuit performs a chopping operation of making the mirror current of the reference current flow in a second state through a transistor of the current mirror circuit through which the mirror current of the temperature detection current flows in a first state, and making the mirror current of the temperature detection current flow in the second state through the transistor of the current mirror circuit through which the mirror current of the reference current flows in the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Akio TSUTSUMI, Hideo HANEDA
  • Patent number: 11397446
    Abstract: A circuit device is used in an electronic device including a receiver, a control circuit that performs processing on reception data received by the receiver using a clock signal, a transmitter that transmits transmission data generated by performing processing based on the reception data by the control circuit. The circuit device includes a time-to-digital conversion circuit that measures a time difference between a transition timing of a start signal based on the reception data and a transition timing of a stop signal based on the transmission data or the clock signal, and an output interface that outputs, to the control circuit, a measurement result of the time difference of the time-to-digital conversion circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventors: Hisahiro Ito, Hideo Haneda, Yasuhiro Sudo, Akio Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 11320792
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit device including: a clock signal generation circuit generating a plurality of multi-phase clock signals; a time-to-digital conversion circuit performing a count operation based on an i-th clock signal that corresponds to a multi-phase clock signal, to obtain a count value that corresponds to a time difference between transition timings of a first signal and a second signal, to obtain a first digital value that corresponds to a time difference between transition timings of the first signal and a j-th clock signal that corresponds to a multi-phase clock signal, and to obtain a second digital value that corresponds to a time difference between transition timings of the second signal and a k-th clock signal that corresponds to a multi-phase clock signal; and a processing circuit obtaining a digital value that corresponds to the time difference based on the count value, the first digital value, and the second digital value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sudo, Akio Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 11262416
    Abstract: A diagnostic circuit is provided that diagnoses a connection state of a capacitor connected to an output terminal of a regulator that outputs a first voltage, the diagnostic circuit including: a switching circuit that performs, during a first period, a switching control process of switching an output voltage of the regulator to a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage; a detecting circuit that detects a variation in an output current of the regulator caused by the switching control process; and a determining circuit that determines the connection state of the capacitor, based on a detection result of the detecting circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Akio Tsutsumi, Naoki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20220004220
    Abstract: A circuit device is used in an electronic device including a receiver, a control circuit that performs processing on reception data received by the receiver using a clock signal, a transmitter that transmits transmission data generated by performing processing based on the reception data by the control circuit. The circuit device includes a time-to-digital conversion circuit that measures a time difference between a transition timing of a start signal based on the reception data and a transition timing of a stop signal based on the transmission data or the clock signal, and an output interface that outputs, to the control circuit, a measurement result of the time difference of the time-to-digital conversion circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Hisahiro ITO, Hideo HANEDA, Yasuhiro SUDO, Akio TSUTSUMI
  • Patent number: 11201588
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a resonator, a clock signal generation circuit, a clock signal output terminal, an external signal input terminal, an interface circuit, and an interface terminal. The clock signal generation circuit oscillates the resonator to generate a clock signal. The clock signal output terminal outputs the clock signal. An external signal is input to the external signal input terminal. The interface circuit outputs time difference information obtained by measuring a time difference between a transition timing of a first signal based on the external signal input from the external signal input terminal and a transition timing of a second signal based on the clock signal, or frequency information obtained by measuring a frequency of a first clock signal, which is one of the clock signal and the external clock signal, based on a frequency of a second clock signal, which is the other of the clock signal and the external clock signal. The interface terminal is coupled to the interface circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hideo Haneda, Yasuhiro Sudo, Akio Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 11196427
    Abstract: There is configured a charge pump circuit for outputting a phase difference current to a first node, the charge pump circuit including a first current source coupled between a high potential power supply node and the first node, a second current source coupled between a low potential power supply node and the first node, a first switch coupled between the first current source and the first node, a second switch coupled between the second current source and the first node, a third switch coupled between the first current source and a second node, a fourth switch coupled between the second current source and the second node, a third current source for supplying a negative offset current to the first node, and a push-type differential amplifier circuit an input side of which is coupled to the first node, and an output side of which is coupled to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventors: Akio Tsutsumi, Ryo Ichikawa, Hisahiro Ito, Yasunari Furuya
  • Publication number: 20210373502
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit device including: a clock signal generation circuit generating a plurality of multi-phase clock signals; a time-to-digital conversion circuit performing a count operation based on an i-th clock signal that corresponds to a multi-phase clock signal, to obtain a count value that corresponds to a time difference between transition timings of a first signal and a second signal, to obtain a first digital value that corresponds to a time difference between transition timings of the first signal and a j-th clock signal that corresponds to a multi-phase clock signal, and to obtain a second digital value that corresponds to a time difference between transition timings of the second signal and a k-th clock signal that corresponds to a multi-phase clock signal; and a processing circuit obtaining a digital value that corresponds to the time difference based on the count value, the first digital value, and the second digital value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sudo, Akio Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20210273643
    Abstract: There is configured a charge pump circuit for outputting a phase difference current to a first node, the charge pump circuit including a first current source coupled between a high potential power supply node and the first node, a second current source coupled between a low potential power supply node and the first node, a first switch coupled between the first current source and the first node, a second switch coupled between the second current source and the first node, a third switch coupled between the first current source and a second node, a fourth switch coupled between the second current source and the second node, a third current source for supplying a negative offset current to the first node, and a push-type differential amplifier circuit an input side of which is coupled to the first node, and an output side of which is coupled to the second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Akio TSUTSUMI, Ryo ICHIKAWA, Hisahiro ITO, Yasunari FURUYA
  • Publication number: 20210200260
    Abstract: A real-time clock device includes a resonator, a clock signal generation circuit, a time-counting circuit, a terminal, and a time-to-digital conversion circuit. The clock signal generation circuit outputs a time-counting clock signal based on an oscillation clock signal. The time-counting circuit generates time-counting data based on the time-counting clock signal. An external signal is input to the terminal. The time-to-digital conversion circuit measures a time difference between a transition timing of a first signal based on the external signal and a transition timing of a second signal based on the oscillation clock signal or the time-counting clock signal with a resolution higher than a time-counting resolution of the time-counting circuit, and obtains time difference information corresponding to the time difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Hideo HANEDA, Yasuhiro SUDO, Akio TSUTSUMI
  • Publication number: 20210194428
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a resonator, a clock signal generation circuit, a clock signal output terminal, an external signal input terminal, an interface circuit, and an interface terminal. The clock signal generation circuit oscillates the resonator to generate a clock signal. The clock signal output terminal outputs the clock signal. An external signal is input to the external signal input terminal. The interface circuit outputs time difference information obtained by measuring a time difference between a transition timing of a first signal based on the external signal input from the external signal input terminal and a transition timing of a second signal based on the clock signal, or frequency information obtained by measuring a frequency of a first clock signal, which is one of the clock signal and the external clock signal, based on a frequency of a second clock signal, which is the other of the clock signal and the external clock signal. The interface terminal is coupled to the interface circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Hideo HANEDA, Yasuhiro SUDO, Akio TSUTSUMI
  • Patent number: 11043954
    Abstract: An oscillation circuit includes a first oscillation circuit configured to oscillate a resonator to generate a first oscillation signal, a second oscillation circuit configured to generate a second oscillation signal, a frequency measurement circuit configured to measure a frequency of the second oscillation signal based on the first oscillation signal in a first period in which the first oscillation circuit is in operation, a holding circuit configured to hold a measurement result by the frequency measurement circuit in a second period in which the first oscillation circuit is not in operation, and an oscillation signal generation circuit configured to generate a third oscillation signal based on the second oscillation signal and the measurement result held in the holding circuit in a third period in which the first oscillation circuit starts up, wherein the third oscillation signal is supplied to the first oscillation circuit in the third period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: Hideo Haneda, Akio Tsutsumi, Hisahiro Ito
  • Patent number: 10884041
    Abstract: A physical quantity measurement apparatus includes a first resonator, a second oscillator, and an integrated circuit device. The integrated circuit device includes a first oscillation circuit that causes the first resonator to oscillate, and thus generate a first clock signal having a first clock frequency, a second oscillation circuit that causes the second oscillator to oscillate, and thus generate a second clock signal having a second clock frequency which is different from the first clock frequency, and a measurement unit that is provided with a time-to-digital conversion circuit which converts time into a digital value by using the first clock signal and the second clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Maki, Hideo Haneda, Takashi Kurashina, Akio Tsutsumi, Yasuhiro Sudo
  • Publication number: 20200412371
    Abstract: An oscillation circuit includes a first oscillation circuit configured to oscillate a resonator to generate a first oscillation signal, a second oscillation circuit configured to generate a second oscillation signal, a frequency measurement circuit configured to measure a frequency of the second oscillation signal based on the first oscillation signal in a first period in which the first oscillation circuit is in operation, a holding circuit configured to hold a measurement result by the frequency measurement circuit in a second period in which the first oscillation circuit is not in operation, and an oscillation signal generation circuit configured to generate a third oscillation signal based on the second oscillation signal and the measurement result held in the holding circuit in a third period in which the first oscillation circuit starts up, wherein the third oscillation signal is supplied to the first oscillation circuit in the third period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Hideo HANEDA, Akio TSUTSUMI, Hisahiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20200256928
    Abstract: A diagnostic circuit is provided that diagnoses a connection state of a capacitor connected to an output terminal of a regulator that outputs a first voltage, the diagnostic circuit including: a switching circuit that performs, during a first period, a switching control process of switching an output voltage of the regulator to a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage; a detecting circuit that detects a variation in an output current of the regulator caused by the switching control process; and a determining circuit that determines the connection state of the capacitor, based on a detection result of the detecting circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Akio TSUTSUMI, Naoki YOSHIDA