Patents by Inventor Kazufumi Suzukawa

Kazufumi Suzukawa 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: 6480418
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a non-volatile semiconductor storage, comprising a plurality of main bit lines, a plurality of sub bit lines connected to the main bit lines, and a plurality of memory cell arrays, each including a plurality of non-volatile semiconductor memory cells disposed like an array. Each of those memory cells has a source terminal, a drain terminal, and a control gate, and each source-drain path is connected to a sub bit line. Between a main bit line and a sub bit line connected to the main bit line is disposed the source-drain path of a first transistor, and the source-drain path of a second transistor is connected to the sub bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Tanaka, Yutaka Shinagawa, Kazuyoshi Shiba, Kazufumi Suzukawa, Masamichi Fujito, Takayuki Oshima, Sonoko Abe, Kiyoshi Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20020041527
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nonvolatile memory with a shortened total write time, capable of stably writing data by making a write current constant while reducing fluctuations in a voltage generated by a booster circuit. In a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, data is determined at the time of writing operation. While skipping a bit corresponding to write data having the logic “1” (or logic “0”), writing operation to bits corresponding to write data having the logic “0” (or logic “1) is successively performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Tanaka, Yutaka Shinagawa, Kazufumi Suzukawa, Masamichi Fujito, Takashi Yamaki, Kiichi Makuta, Masashi Wada, Yoshiki Kawajiri
  • Publication number: 20020008992
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a non-volatile semiconductor storage, comprising a plurality of main bit lines, a plurality of sub bit lines connected to the main bit lines, and a plurality of memory cell arrays, each including a plurality of non-volatile semiconductor memory cells disposed like an array. Each of those memory cells has a source terminal, a drain terminal, and a control gate, and each source-drain path is connected to a sub bit line. Between a main bit line and a sub bit line connected to the main bit line is disposed the source-drain path of a first transistor, and the source-drain path of a second transistor is connected to the sub bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Toshihiro Tanaka, Yutaka Shinagawa, Kazuyoshi Shiba, Kazufumi Suzukawa, Masamichi Fujito, Takayuki Oshima, Sonoko Abe, Kiyoshi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 6307780
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a non-volatile semiconductor storage, comprising a plurality of main bit lines, a plurality of sub bit lines connected to the main bit lines, and a plurality of memory cell arrays, each including a plurality of non-volatile semiconductor memory cells disposed like an array. Each of those memory cells has a source terminal, a drain terminal, and a control gate, and each source-drain path is connected to a sub bit line. Between a main bit line and a sub bit line connected to the main bit line is disposed the source-drain path of a first transistor, and the source-drain path of a second transistor is connected to the sub bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Tanaka, Yutaka Shinagawa, Kazuyoshi Shiba, Kazufumi Suzukawa, Masamichi Fujito, Takayuki Oshima, Sonoko Abe, Kiyoshi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 6122196
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a non-volatile semiconductor storage, comprising a plurality of main bit lines, a plurality of sub bit lines connected to the main bit lines, and a plurality of memory cell arrays, each including a plurality of non-volatile semiconductor memory cells disposed like an array. Each of those memory cells has a source terminal, a drain terminal, and a control gate, and each source-drain path is connected to a sub bit line. Between a main bit line and a sub bit line connected to the main bit line is disposed the source-drain path of a first transistor, and the source-drain path of a second transistor is connected to the sub bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Tanaka, Yutaka Shinagawa, Kazuyoshi Shiba, Kazufumi Suzukawa, Masamichi Fujito, Takayuki Oshima, Sonoko Abe, Kiyoshi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 5987589
    Abstract: A microcomputer that is easy to use and connected direct to such memories as dynamic and static RAM's and to other peripheral circuits. The microcomputer has strobe signal output terminals CASH*, CASL* and RAS* for direct connection to a dynamic RAM, and chip select signal output terminals CS0* through CS6* for outputting a chip select signal in parallel with the output from the strobe signal output terminals. The microcomputer further includes address output terminals for outputting a non-multiplexed or multiplexed address signal as needed, and data I/O terminals for selectively outputting the address signal to comply with a multiple-bus interface scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Microcomputer System Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Shumpei Kawasaki, Kaoru Fukada, Mitsuru Watabe, Kouki Noguchi, Kiyoshi Matsubara, Isamu Mochizuki, Kazufumi Suzukawa, Shigeki Masumura, Yasushi Akao, Eiji Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 5748977
    Abstract: A microcomputer that is easy to use and connected direct to such memories as dynamic and static RAM's and to other peripheral circuits. The microcomputer has strobe signal output terminals CASH*, CASL* and RAS* for direct connection to a dynamic RAM, and chip select signal output terminals CS0* through CS6* for outputting a chip select signal in parallel with the output from the strobe signal output terminals. The microcomputer further includes address output terminals for outputting a non-multiplexed or multiplexed address signal as needed, and data I/O terminals for selectively outputting the address signal to comply with a multiple-bus interface scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Microcomputer System Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Shumpei Kawasaki, Kaoru Fukada, Mitsuru Watabe, Kouki Noguchi, Kiyoshi Matsubara, Isamu Mochizuki, Kazufumi Suzukawa, Shigeki Masumura, Yasushi Akao, Eiji Sakakibara