Patents by Inventor Hiroyasu Shimaoka

Hiroyasu Shimaoka 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: 7053695
    Abstract: There is provided a current source circuit in which a outflow current of an output terminal is equal to an inflow current thereof. The current source circuit includes a first transistor group converting a reference current from a reference current source into a voltage and a first transistor having a current mirror relationship with the first transistor group, and allowing an output current to flow therethrough. An error amplifier compares a voltage generated in the first transistor group and supplied to one input terminal with a voltage supplied to the other input terminal. A second transistor is driven with an output voltage of the error amplifier. A third transistor is driven with the output voltage of the error amplifier, and allows an output current to flow therethrough in a direction opposite to the output current of the first transistor with respect to an output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ozasa, Hiroyasu Shimaoka
  • Patent number: 7046077
    Abstract: There is provided a current source circuit in which a outflow current of an output terminal is equal to an inflow current thereof. The current source circuit includes a first transistor group converting a reference current from a reference current source into a voltage and a first transistor having a current mirror relationship with the first transistor group, and allowing an output current to flow therethrough. An error amplifier compares a voltage generated in the first transistor group and supplied to one input terminal with a voltage supplied to the other input terminal. A second transistor is driven with an output voltage of the error amplifier. A third transistor is driven with the output voltage of the error amplifier, and allows an output current to flow therethrough in a direction opposite to the output current of the first transistor with respect to an output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ozasa, Hiroyasu Shimaoka
  • Publication number: 20050225381
    Abstract: There is provided a current source circuit in which a outflow current of an output terminal is equal to an inflow current thereof. The current source circuit includes a first transistor group converting a reference current from a reference current source into a voltage and a first transistor having a current mirror relationship with the first transistor group, and allowing an output current to flow therethrough. An error amplifier compares a voltage generated in the first transistor group and supplied to one input terminal with a voltage supplied to the other input terminal. A second transistor is driven with an output voltage of the error amplifier. A third transistor is driven with the output voltage of the error amplifier, and allows an output current to flow therethrough in a direction opposite to the output current of the first transistor with respect to an output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ozasa, Hiroyasu Shimaoka
  • Publication number: 20050134366
    Abstract: There is provided a current source circuit in which a outflow current of an output terminal is equal to an inflow current thereof. The current source circuit includes a first transistor group converting a reference current from a reference current source into a voltage and a first transistor having a current mirror relationship with the first transistor group, and allowing an output current to flow therethrough. An error amplifier compares a voltage generated in the first transistor group and supplied to one input terminal with a voltage supplied to the other input terminal. A second transistor is driven with an output voltage of the error amplifier. A third transistor is driven with the output voltage of the error amplifier, and allows an output current to flow therethrough in a direction opposite to the output current of the first transistor with respect to an output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ozasa, Hiroyasu Shimaoka
  • Publication number: 20040160268
    Abstract: There is provided a current source circuit in which a outflow current of an output terminal is equal to an inflow current thereof. The current source circuit includes a first transistor group converting a reference current from a reference current source into a voltage and a first transistor having a current mirror relationship with the first transistor group, and allowing an output current to flow therethrough. An error amplifier compares a voltage generated in the first transistor group and supplied to one input terminal with a voltage supplied to the other input terminal. A second transistor is driven with an output voltage of the error amplifier. A third transistor is driven with the output voltage of the error amplifier, and allows an output current to flow therethrough in a direction opposite to the output current of the first transistor with respect to an output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ozasa, Hiroyasu Shimaoka
  • Patent number: 6023305
    Abstract: A primary color video output circuit for limiting an input video signal. The circuit includes a clipping circuit, a reference voltage generating circuit and an amplifier. The clipping circuit limits the level of the input video signal based on a reference voltage generated by the reference voltage generating circuit. The amplifier is then used to amplify the clipped video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ando, Nobuo Taketani, Tsuneo Matsukura, Hiroyasu Shimaoka, Hitoshi Adachi, Yoichi Kanegami, Hiroki Kinugawa
  • Patent number: 5956095
    Abstract: A noise suppression apparatus suppresses noise of a luminance signal, for example, at a fringe of area of reception in a television receiver. The noise suppression apparatus includes a tuner circuit, an intermediate frequency amplification circuit, a video detection/amplification circuit, an AGC detection/amplification circuit, an RF AGC circuit, a sound/chrominance signal separation circuit, a luminance signal processing circuit and a luminance signal noise suppression circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Taketani, Hiroshi Ando, Tsuneo Matsukura, Hiroyasu Shimaoka, Hitoshi Adachi