Patents by Inventor Hidemasa Zama

Hidemasa Zama 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: 7109771
    Abstract: A combination circuit is switched between an active state where power is supplied thereto in response to a control signal and an inactive state where power thereto is interrupted. A flip-flop circuit connected to an input terminal of the combination circuit stores an output signal of the combination circuit in response to a clock signal. The combination circuit is set to an operative state by the control signal immediately before the flip-flop circuit operates in response to the clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Furusawa, Daisuke Sonoda, Kimiyoshi Usami, Naoyuki Kawabe, Masayuki Koizumi, Hidemasa Zama, Masahiro Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 7088161
    Abstract: A combination circuit is switched between an active state where power is supplied thereto in response to a control signal and an inactive state where power thereto is interrupted. A flip-flop circuit connected to an input terminal of the combination circuit stores an output signal of the combination circuit in response to a clock signal. The combination circuit is set to an operative state by the control signal immediately before the flip-flop circuit operates in response to the clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Furusawa, Daisuke Sonoda, Kimiyoshi Usami, Naoyuki Kawabe, Masayuki Koizumi, Hidemasa Zama, Masahiro Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 6861882
    Abstract: A combination circuit is switched between an active state where power is supplied thereto in response to a control signal and an inactive state where power thereto is interrupted. A flip-flop circuit connected to an input terminal of the combination circuit stores an output signal of the combination circuit in response to a clock signal. The combination circuit is set to an operative state by the control signal immediately before the flip-flop circuit operates in response to the clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Furusawa, Daisuke Sonoda, Kimiyoshi Usami, Naoyuki Kawabe, Masayuki Koizumi, Hidemasa Zama, Masahiro Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20050035802
    Abstract: A combination circuit is switched between an active state where power is supplied thereto in response to a control signal and an inactive state where power thereto is interrupted. A flip-flop circuit connected to an input terminal of the combination circuit stores an output signal of the combination circuit in response to a clock signal. The combination circuit is set to an operative state by the control signal immediately before the flip-flop circuit operates in response to the clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Furusawa, Daisuke Sonoda, Kimiyoshi Usami, Naoyuki Kawabe, Masayuki Koizumi, Hidemasa Zama, Masahiro Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20050035803
    Abstract: A combination circuit is switched between an active state where power is supplied thereto in response to a control signal and an inactive state where power thereto is interrupted. A flip-flop circuit connected to an input terminal of the combination circuit stores an output signal of the combination circuit in response to a clock signal. The combination circuit is set to an operative state by the control signal immediately before the flip-flop circuit operates in response to the clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Furusawa, Daisuke Sonoda, Kimiyoshi Usami, Naoyuki Kawabe, Masayuki Koizumi, Hidemasa Zama, Masahiro Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 6750680
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor integrated circuit, a logic operation circuit and a flip flop capable of operating at a high speed and having a leak electric current reduced. In a semiconductor integrated circuit according to the present invention, only a gate circuit on a critical path is constituted by an MT gate cell obtained by combining transistors having a low threshold voltage with transistors having a high threshold voltage, and any other gate circuit is constituted by a transistor having a high threshold voltage. Consequently, the gate circuit on the critical path can be operated at a high speed, and the overall leak electric current can be suppressed, thereby reducing the consumption power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hidemasa Zama, Masayuki Koizumi, Yukiko Ito, Kimiyoshi Usami, Naoyuki Kawabe, Masahiro Kanazawa, Toshiyuki Furusawa
  • Patent number: 6586982
    Abstract: A combination circuit is switched between an active state where power is supplied thereto in response to a control signal and an inactive state where power thereto is interrupted. A flip-flop circuit connected to an input terminal of the combination circuit stores an output signal of the combination circuit in response to a clock signal. The combination circuit is set to an operative state by the control signal immediately before the flip-flop circuit operates in response to the clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Furusawa, Daisuke Sonoda, Kimiyoshi Usami, Naoyuki Kawabe, Masayuki Koizumi, Hidemasa Zama, Masahiro Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20030102898
    Abstract: A combination circuit is switched between an active state where power is supplied thereto in response to a control signal and an inactive state where power thereto is interrupted. A flip-flop circuit connected to an input terminal of the combination circuit stores an output signal of the combination circuit in response to a clock signal. The combination circuit is set to an operative state by the control signal immediately before the flip-flop circuit operates in response to the clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Furusawa, Daisuke Sonoda, Kimiyoshi Usami, Naoyuki Kawabe, Masayuki Koizumi, Hidemasa Zama, Masahiro Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 6493856
    Abstract: An automatic circuit generation methods and apparatus (1) provide a desired circuit performance by reducing a leakage current during both a standby state and an active state, where cells having only High-Vth and Mt cells having both High-Vth transistors and Low-Vth translators are optimally mixed in a logical circuit. It is thereby possible to suppress efficiently the leakage current, in a design stage, generated according to miniaturization of LSI layout design and also lowering a supply voltage to the LSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kimiyoshi Usami, Naoyuki Kawabe, Masahiro Kanazawa, Masayuki Koizumi, Hidemasa Zama, Toshiyuki Furusawa
  • Publication number: 20020036529
    Abstract: A combination circuit is switched between an active state where power is supplied thereto in response to a control signal and an inactive state where power thereto is interrupted. A flip-flop circuit connected to an input terminal of the combination circuit stores an output signal of the combination circuit in response to a clock signal. The combination circuit is set to an operative state by the control signal immediately before the flip-flop circuit operates in response to the clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Furusawa, Daisuke Sonoda, Kimiyoshi Usami, Naoyuki Kawabe, Masayuki Koizumi, Hidemasa Zama, Masahiro Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20020008545
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor integrated circuit, a logic operation circuit and a flip flop capable of operating at a high speed and having a leak electric current reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hidemasa Zama, Masayuki Koizumi, Yukiko Ito, Kimiyoshi Usami, Naoyuki Kawabe, Masahiro Kanazawa, Toshiyuki Furusawa
  • Publication number: 20020002701
    Abstract: An automatic circuit generation methods and apparatus (1) provide a desired circuit performance by reducing a leakage current during both a standby state and an active state, where cells having only High-Vth and Mt cells having both High-Vth transistors and Low-Vth translators are optimally mixed in a logical circuit. It is thereby possible to suppress efficiently the leakage current, in a design stage, generated according to miniaturization of LSI layout design and also lowering a supply voltage to the LSI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Kimiyoshi Usami, Naoyuki Kawabe, Masahiro Kanazawa, Masayuki Koizumi, Hidemasa Zama, Toshiyuki Furusawa