Patents by Inventor Koichi NOTOYA

Koichi NOTOYA 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: 11437804
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit has a primary circuit that causes the light emitting element to emit light in accordance with a current flowing through a control target, and that causes the light emitting element to emit light brighter when an overcurrent flows through the control target; and a secondary circuit that is electrically insulated from the primary circuit, outputs a voltage according to a light emission amount of the light emitting element, and outputs an overcurrent detection signal indicating the brighter light emission in the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Notoya, Hitoshi Imai
  • Publication number: 20210083467
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit has a primary circuit that causes the light emitting element to emit light in accordance with a current flowing through a control target, and that causes the light emitting element to emit light brighter when an overcurrent flows through the control target; and a secondary circuit that is electrically insulated from the primary circuit, outputs a voltage according to a light emission amount of the light emitting element, and outputs an overcurrent detection signal indicating the brighter light emission in the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Koichi Notoya, Hitoshi Imai
  • Patent number: 9929646
    Abstract: A charge pump circuit includes a capacitor, a first switch between the capacitor and a power supply terminal, a second switch between the capacitor and an output terminal, a third switch between the output terminal and the capacitor, a fourth switch between the capacitor and a ground terminal, and a control unit configured to generate control signals for the switches. The control signals include first signals generated during a first period that cause first and third switches to be in an ON state and second and fourth switches to be in an OFF state, second signals generated during a second period that cause first and third switches to be in an OFF state and second and fourth switches to be in an ON state, and third signals generated between the first and second periods, that cause the ON/OFF state of each of the switches to be switched at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koichi Notoya, Naoki Takahashi, Kyosuke Ogawa, Yasunori Tanaka, Masahiro Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20170179819
    Abstract: A charge pump circuit includes a capacitor, a first switch between the capacitor and a power supply terminal, a second switch between the capacitor and an output terminal, a third switch between the output terminal and the capacitor, a fourth switch between the capacitor and a ground terminal, and a control unit configured to generate control signals for the switches. The control signals include first signals generated during a first period that cause first and third switches to be in an ON state and second and fourth switches to be in an OFF state, second signals generated during a second period that cause first and third switches to be in an OFF state and second and fourth switches to be in an ON state, and third signals generated between the first and second periods, that cause the ON/OFF state of each of the switches to be switched at different times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Koichi NOTOYA, Naoki TAKAHASHI, Kyosuke OGAWA, Yasunori TANAKA, Masahiro ISHIBASHI