Patents by Inventor Hisaaki Nishimura

Hisaaki Nishimura 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: 8233335
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device, a first internal bus, a second internal bus, and a third internal bus have bus widths decreasing stepwise from a memory cell array side to a data output circuit side. A first selection circuit and a second selection circuit divide the data, which is input via the first or second internal bus, according to a rate of a decrease in bus width in an input and an output, time-divide the divided data, and output the divided data to the second or third internal bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hisaaki Nishimura, Katsuhiko Hoya
  • Patent number: 8228707
    Abstract: A memory cell array includes a memory cell comprising a ferroelectric capacitor and a transistor arranged therein. A plate line applies a drive voltage to one end of the ferroelectric capacitor. A bit line reads data stored in the memory cell from the other end of the ferroelectric capacitor. A sense amplifier circuit detects and amplifies a signal read to the bit line from the ferroelectric capacitor. A bit line voltage control circuit performs control of changing a voltage of the bit line to which the signal is read, thereby pulling up a potential difference between the plate line and the bit line, prior to operation of the sense amplifier circuit for data read. The bit line voltage control circuit varies a range of variation of the voltage of the bit line depending on ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hisaaki Nishimura, Katsuhiko Hoya
  • Publication number: 20110158008
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a semiconductor storage device, a first internal bus, a second internal bus, and a third internal bus have bus widths decreasing stepwise from a memory cell array side to a data output circuit side. A first selection circuit and a second selection circuit divide the data, which is input via the first or second internal bus, according to a rate of a decrease in bus width in an input and an output, time-divide the divided data, and output the divided data to the second or third internal bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hisaaki NISHIMURA, Katsuhiko Hoya
  • Publication number: 20100128513
    Abstract: A memory cell array includes a memory cell comprising a ferroelectric capacitor and a transistor arranged therein. A plate line applies a drive voltage to one end of the ferroelectric capacitor. A bit line reads data stored in the memory cell from the other end of the ferroelectric capacitor. A sense amplifier circuit detects and amplifies a signal read to the bit line from the ferroelectric capacitor. A bit line voltage control circuit performs control of changing a voltage of the bit line to which the signal is read, thereby pulling up a potential difference between the plate line and the bit line, prior to operation of the sense amplifier circuit for data read. The bit line voltage control circuit varies a range of variation of the voltage of the bit line depending on ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hisaaki Nishimura, Katsuhiko Hoya