Patents by Inventor Hirotsugu Wakimoto

Hirotsugu Wakimoto 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: 8698574
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a high-frequency switch includes a high-frequency switch IC chip. The high-frequency switch IC chip has a high-frequency switching circuit section including an input terminal, a plurality of switching elements, a plurality of high-frequency signal lines, and a plurality of output terminals. The input terminal is connected to each of the plurality of output terminals via each of the plurality of switching elements with the high-frequency signal lines having the same lengths. The plurality of output terminals are arranged on a surface at an outer periphery of the high-frequency switch IC chip. The input terminal is arranged on the surface of the high-frequency switch IC chip at the center of the high-frequency switch IC circuit section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki Sugiura, Noriyasu Kurihara, Toshiki Seshita, Hirotsugu Wakimoto, Yoshitomo Sagae, Toshiyuki Shimizu, Yoshio Itagaki, Masanori Ochi
  • Publication number: 20130222019
    Abstract: An semiconductor integrated circuit has a macro cell, an initial voltage setting unit to generate initial data to be set in the macro cell, and a data wiring section connected between the macro cell and the initial voltage setting unit so that the data wiring section is at a predetermined potential level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiki SESHITA, Hirotsugu Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 8320843
    Abstract: A radio-frequency switch circuit of the invention includes: n-stage through FETs (field effect transistors) connected in series between the antenna terminal and each of the radio-frequency terminals, where n is a natural number; a radio-frequency leakage prevention resistor connected to a gate of the through FETs; a control signal line commonly connected to the gates of the n-stage through FETs connected to the same radio-frequency terminal; and a resistor connected to each of at least two of the control signal lines and connected to the radio-frequency leakage prevention resistor in series The two control signal lines are capacitively coupled between the resistor and the through FETs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiki Seshita, Hirotsugu Wakimoto
  • Publication number: 20120182061
    Abstract: A radio-frequency switch circuit of the invention includes: n-stage through FETs (field effect transistors) connected in series between the antenna terminal and each of the radio-frequency terminals, where n is a natural number; a radio-frequency leakage prevention resistor connected to a gate of the through FETs; a control signal line commonly connected to the gates of the n-stage through FETs connected to the same radio-frequency terminal; and a resistor connected to each of at least two of the control signal lines and connected to the radio-frequency leakage prevention resistor in series The two control signal lines are capacitively coupled between the resistor and the through FETs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiki Seshita, Hirotsugu Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 8170500
    Abstract: A radio-frequency switch circuit of the invention includes: n-stage through FETs (field effect transistors) connected in series between the antenna terminal and each of the radio-frequency terminals, where n is a natural number; a radio-frequency leakage prevention resistor connected to a gate of the through FETs; a control signal line commonly connected to the gates of the n-stage through FETs connected to the same radio-frequency terminal; and a resistor connected to each of at least two of the control signal lines and connected to the radio-frequency leakage prevention resistor in series The two control signal lines are capacitively coupled between the resistor and the through FETs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiki Seshita, Hirotsugu Wakimoto
  • Publication number: 20120038411
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a high-frequency switch includes a high-frequency switch IC chip. The high-frequency switch IC chip has a high-frequency switching circuit section including an input terminal, a plurality of switching elements, a plurality of high-frequency signal lines, and a plurality of output terminals. The input terminal is connected to each of the plurality of output terminals via each of the plurality of switching elements with the high-frequency signal lines having the same lengths. The plurality of output terminals are arranged on a surface at an outer periphery of the high-frequency switch IC chip. The input terminal is arranged on the surface of the high-frequency switch IC chip at the center of the high-frequency switch IC circuit section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masayuki Sugiura, Noriyasu Kurihara, Toshiki Seshita, Hirotsugu Wakimoto, Yoshitomo Sagae, Toshiyuki Shimizu, Yoshio Itagaki, Masanori Ochi
  • Publication number: 20100073066
    Abstract: A radio-frequency switch circuit of the invention includes: n-stage through FETs (field effect transistors) connected in series between the antenna terminal and each of the radio-frequency terminals, where n is a natural number; a radio-frequency leakage prevention resistor connected to a gate of the through FETs; a control signal line commonly connected to the gates of the n-stage through FETs connected to the same radio-frequency terminal; and a resistor connected to each of at least two of the control signal lines and connected to the radio-frequency leakage prevention resistor in series The two control signal lines are capacitively coupled between the resistor and the through FETs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiki Seshita, Hirotsugu Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 6134424
    Abstract: A MESFET of a GaAs semiconductor device having a p-pocket LDD structure is used for a high-frequency power amplifier of a mobile communication device, in order to decrease current consumption and to increase the continuous operating time of a battery. The high-frequency power amplifier is provided with a gate-bias adjusting feedback element between the drain and gate of the MESFET. Thus, even if there is a great difference between the filled and terminated potentials of the discharge voltage of the battery for supplying electric power to the amplifier, electric power can be supplied near the terminated potential for a long time, so that the mobile communication device can be continuously used for a long time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishihori, Yoshiaki Kitaura, Mayumi Morizuka, Atsushi Kameyama, Masami Nagaoka, Hirotsugu Wakimoto, Tadahiro Sasaki
  • Patent number: 5185650
    Abstract: A high-speed semiconductor integrated circuit device has a main circuit section formed on a substrate, and a capacitance section formed on the substrate to surround the main circuit section. The capacitance section is made up of two conductive layers, an upper layer being insulatively disposed above a lower layer. These layers are applied with a power source voltage and a ground voltage, respectively. High-speed signal lines insulatively traverse the capacitance section and are connected to the main circuit section. The capacitance section is disconnected in the region where each signal transmission line passes, and defines a micro-strip type signal transmission line path structure. A "ladder"-shaped connection pattern is provided at each disconnected portion of the capacitance section, for electrically connecting a conductive layer arranged on one side of the disconnected portion to the corresponding layer arranged on the other side of the disconnected portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Wakimoto, Mitsuo Konno, Kunio Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 5128940
    Abstract: A demultiplexer has a main circuit section obtained by connecting a plurality of 1:2 demultiplexers, each for distributing a time-divisionally multiplexed signal into tow parts, to form a tree-like arrangement, and a clock frequency divider for frequency-dividing an input clock signal to generate frequency-divided signals to be supplied to the 1:2 demultiplexers of the respective stages of the tree-like arrangement. The demultiplexer has a plurality of inverting circuits for arbitrarily inverting the frequency-divided clock signals supplied from the clock frequency divider to the respective stages of the main circuit section in units of stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hirotsugu Wakimoto