Patents by Inventor Hideo Haneda

Hideo Haneda 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: 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: 11209272
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a detection signal terminal to which a detection signal from a vibrator is input, a digital signal terminal that performs at least one of an input and an output of a digital signal, a detection circuit, and a signal generation circuit that generates a noise reduction signal based on the digital signal. The detection circuit includes an amplification circuit that amplifies the detection signal. The amplification circuit performs addition processing of a signal obtained by amplifying the detection signal and the noise reduction signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventor: Hideo Haneda
  • Patent number: 11201624
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a clock generation circuit, a signal generation circuit, a phase comparison circuit, and a processing circuit. The signal generation circuit generates a first signal making the transition at a transition timing of a first clock signal, a fine-judging signal making the transition at a transition timing of a second clock signal, a first coarse-judging signal making the transition at a transition timing of the second clock signal anterior to the fine-judging signal, and a second coarse-judging signal making the transition at a transition timing of the second clock signal posterior to the fine-judging signal. The phase comparison circuit performs the phase comparison between the second signal making the transition based on the first signal and each of the fine-judging signal, the first coarse-judging signal, and the second coarse-judging signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Hideo Haneda
  • 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
  • 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: 11005478
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes first and second temperature sensors, an A/D conversion circuit that performs A/D conversion on first and second temperature detection voltages from the first and second temperature sensors and outputs first and second temperature detection data, a connection terminal that is electrically connected to a temperature detection target device of the first and second temperature sensors, and a digital signal processing circuit that performs digital calculation based on the first and second temperature detection data and performs a temperature compensation process of correcting temperature characteristics of the temperature detection target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hideo Haneda, Yasuhiro Sudo
  • Patent number: 10998907
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a digital signal processing circuit that generates frequency control data by performing a temperature compensation process by a neural network calculation process based on temperature detection data and an amount of change in time of the temperature detection data, and an oscillation signal generation circuit that generates an oscillation signal of a frequency set by the frequency control data using a resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sudo, Hideo Haneda
  • Publication number: 20210094614
    Abstract: The circuit device includes an integration period signal generation circuit, a polarity switching signal generation circuit, and first and second integration circuits. The integration period signal generation circuit generates a first integration period signal kept in an active state in the first integration period. The polarity switching signal generation circuit generates a first integration polarity switching signal making a transition at a timing synchronized with the reference clock signal in the first integration period, and a second integration polarity switching signal making a transition a predetermined clock count of the reference clock signal after the transition timing of the first integration polarity switching signal in the first integration period. The first integration circuit performs an integrating process in which an integration polarity is switched at the transition timing of the first integration polarity switching signal in the first integration period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Hideo HANEDA
  • Publication number: 20210091771
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a clock generation circuit, a signal generation circuit, a phase comparison circuit, and a processing circuit. The signal generation circuit generates a first signal making the transition at a transition timing of a first clock signal, a fine-judging signal making the transition at a transition timing of a second clock signal, a first coarse-judging signal making the transition at a transition timing of the second clock signal anterior to the fine-judging signal, and a second coarse-judging signal making the transition at a transition timing of the second clock signal posterior to the fine-judging signal. The phase comparison circuit performs the phase comparison between the second signal making the transition based on the first signal and each of the fine-judging signal, the first coarse-judging signal, and the second coarse-judging signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Hideo HANEDA
  • Publication number: 20210063451
    Abstract: A frequency measurement circuit includes a first counter that counts a pulse number of a reference clock signal and generates first count data, a second counter that counts a pulse number of a measurement target clock signal and generates second count data, a time-to-digital conversion circuit that generates first time difference data indicating a time difference between a first timing at which the first counter starts counting of the pulse number and a second timing at which the second counter starts counting of the pulse number, and second time difference data indicating a time difference between a third timing at which the first counter ends counting of the pulse number and a fourth timing at which the second counter ends counting of the pulse number, and a calculation circuit that performs calculation based on the second count data, the first time difference data, and the second time difference data and generates frequency data indicating a frequency of the measurement target clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoaki TAKAHASHI, Hideo HANEDA, Yasuhiro SUDO
  • 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: 20200240785
    Abstract: A physical quantity detection circuit includes a passive filter that receives a first analog signal based on an output signal of a physical quantity detection element, an analog/digital conversion circuit, and a precharge circuit that includes an operational amplifier, a first chopper circuit provided between the passive filter and the operational amplifier, and a second chopper circuit provided between the operational amplifier and the input capacitance of the analog/digital conversion circuit and precharges an input capacitance of the analog/digital conversion circuit, the first and the second chopper circuits perform a chopping operation in synchronization with an operation that the analog/digital conversion circuit samples the second analog signal at the input capacitance, based on an output signal of the passive filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hideyuki YAMADA, Hideo HANEDA
  • Patent number: 10715082
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, an A/D conversion circuit that performs A/D conversion on first and second temperature detection voltages from the first and second temperature sensors and outputs first and second temperature detection data, a digital signal processing circuit that generates frequency control data by performing a temperature compensation process by a neural network calculation process based on the first and second temperature detection data, and an oscillation signal generation circuit that generates an oscillation signal of a frequency set by the frequency control data using a resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sudo, Hideo Haneda
  • Patent number: 10680554
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a drive circuit driving a resonator, an oscillation circuit having the resonator and a variable capacitance circuit coupled to an oscillation loop including the drive circuit, and a D/A converter circuit that performs D/A conversion on frequency control data and outputs a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal which are differential signals. The variable capacitance circuit includes a first variable capacitance capacitor, to one end of which the first voltage signal is input and, to the other end of which a first bias voltage is input and a second variable capacitance capacitor, to one end of which the second voltage signal is input and, to the other end of which a second bias voltage is input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Haneda, Akio Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 10451419
    Abstract: A detection apparatus includes a first sensor for detecting rotation information of a wheel of a moving object; a second sensor for detecting angular velocity information of a rotation in a yaw axis of the wheel or angular information as yaw rotation information; and a storage unit for storing the rotation information and the yaw rotation information to be output to a processing unit for obtaining positional information of the moving object based on the rotation information and the yaw rotation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kurashina, Katsuhiko Maki, Hideo Haneda
  • Publication number: 20190293424
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a detection signal terminal to which a detection signal from a vibrator is input, a digital signal terminal that performs at least one of an input and an output of a digital signal, a detection circuit, and a signal generation circuit that generates a noise reduction signal based on the digital signal. The detection circuit includes an amplification circuit that amplifies the detection signal. The amplification circuit performs addition processing of a signal obtained by amplifying the detection signal and the noise reduction signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Hideo HANEDA
  • Patent number: 10401798
    Abstract: A time-to-digital converter includes a clock signal generation circuit that generates a first cycle signal having a voltage level that monotonously increases or decreases in a cycle corresponding to the clock frequency of a reference clock signal and further generates a first clock signal based on a first signal and the first cycle signal, a clock signal generation circuit that generates a second cycle signal having a voltage level that monotonously increases or decreases in a cycle corresponding to the clock frequency of a reference clock signal and further generates a second clock signal based on a second signal and the second cycle signal, and a processing circuit that converts a time difference between the transition timing of the first signal and the transition timing of the second signal into a digital value based on the first and second clock signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sudo, Hideo Haneda