Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki KOZUTSUMI

Hiroyuki KOZUTSUMI 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: 9972536
    Abstract: A reconfigurable device and an analog circuit are formed on a single chip so that the analog circuit can be controlled by the reconfigurable device. A reconfigurable semiconductor device (1) includes a plurality of logic sections (20) and an analog section (10). The plurality of logic sections (20) are connected to each other by an address line or a data line. The analog section (10) includes a plurality of input/output sections and an output amplifier. Each of the logic sections (20) includes a plurality of address lines, a plurality of data lines, a memory cell unit, and an address decoder that decodes an address signal and that outputs a decoded signal to the memory cell unit. The plurality of logic sections (20) and the analog section (10) are mounted in the same chip package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yoshida, Mitsunori Katsu, Hiroyuki Kozutsumi
  • Publication number: 20170301587
    Abstract: A reconfigurable device and an analog circuit are formed on a single chip so that the analog circuit can be controlled by the reconfigurable device. A reconfigurable semiconductor device (1) includes a plurality of logic sections (20) and an analog section (10). The plurality of logic sections (20) are connected to each other by an address line or a data line. The analog section (10) includes a plurality of input/output sections and an output amplifier. Each of the logic sections (20) includes a plurality of address lines, a plurality of data lines, a memory cell unit, and an address decoder that decodes an address signal and that outputs a decoded signal to the memory cell unit. The plurality of logic sections (20) and the analog section (10) are mounted in the same chip package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Hideaki YOSHIDA, Mitsunori KATSU, Hiroyuki KOZUTSUMI
  • Patent number: 9685920
    Abstract: A reconfigurable operational amplifier includes: a first signal input terminal; a second signal input terminal; an output terminal; an operational amplifier having a non-inverting input, an inverting input, and an output; a negative feedback circuit path from the output of the operational amplifier to the inverting input of the operational amplifier; a first input circuit path from the first signal input terminal to the non-inverting input of the operational amplifier; a second input circuit path from the second signal input terminal to the inverting input of the operational amplifier; an output circuit path from the output of the operational amplifier to the output terminal; and logic units, wherein one or more of the logic units are provided in at least one of the negative feedback circuit path, the first input circuit path, the second input circuit path, and the output circuit path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yoshida, Mitsunori Katsu, Hiroyuki Kozutsumi
  • Patent number: 9558810
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of reconfiguration, including a plurality of logic units which are connected to each other by an address line or a data line, wherein each of the logic units includes: a plurality of address lines; a plurality of data lines; a clock signal line to receive a system clock signal; a first and a second memory cell units which operate synchronously with the clock signal; a first address decoder which decodes an address signal and outputs a decode signal to the first memory cell unit; a second address decoder which decodes an address signal and outputs a decode signal to the second memory cell unit; and an address transition detection unit which generates an internal clock signal and outputs the internal clock signal to the first memory cell unit, when a transition of the address signal input from the plurality of address lines is detected, wherein the first memory cell unit operates synchronously with the internal clock signal, and the second memory cell unit operates synchronously w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Satou, Mitsunori Katsu, Hideaki Yoshida, Hiroyuki Kozutsumi
  • Publication number: 20160240243
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of reconfiguration, including a plurality of logic units which are connected to each other by an address line or a data line, wherein each of the logic units includes: a plurality of address lines; a plurality of data lines; a clock signal line to receive a system clock signal; a first and a second memory cell units which operate synchronously with the clock signal; a first address decoder which decodes an address signal and outputs a decode signal to the first memory cell unit; a second address decoder which decodes an address signal and outputs a decode signal to the second memory cell unit; and an address transition detection unit which generates an internal clock signal and outputs the internal clock signal to the first memory cell unit, when a transition of the address signal input from the plurality of address lines is detected, wherein the first memory cell unit operates synchronously with the internal clock signal, and the second memory cell unit operates synchronously w
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki SATOU, Mitsunori KATSU, Hideaki YOSHIDA, Hiroyuki KOZUTSUMI
  • Publication number: 20160142017
    Abstract: A reconfigurable operational amplifier includes: a first signal input terminal; a second signal input terminal; an output terminal; an operational amplifier having a non-inverting input, an inverting input, and an output; a negative feedback circuit path from the output of the operational amplifier to the inverting input of the operational amplifier; a first input circuit path from the first signal input terminal to the non-inverting input of the operational amplifier; a second input circuit path from the second signal input terminal to the inverting input of the operational amplifier; an output circuit path from the output of the operational amplifier to the output terminal; and logic units, wherein one or more of the logic units are provided in at least one of the negative feedback circuit path, the first input circuit path, the second input circuit path, and the output circuit path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki YOSHIDA, Mitsunori KATSU, Hiroyuki KOZUTSUMI