Patents by Inventor Koki Uchino

Koki Uchino 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).

  • Publication number: 20210159871
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an output driver including a first variable resistor element, a replica circuit including a second variable resistor element and having the same configuration as the output driver, a first wiring line coupled to an output end of the replica circuit; a second wiring line electrically coupled to a first external terminal; and a comparator that compares a voltage of the first wiring line with a voltage of the second wiring line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Shogo Hachiya, Kenichi Maruko, Koki Uchino, Makoto Imamura, Takamichi Iwaki, Nobuyuki Asai
  • Patent number: 10483413
    Abstract: A photoelectric module of the present disclosure includes an optical device including an optical function element array made of a first base material, and a plurality of light emitting/receiving elements made of a second base material, wherein the optical function element array includes an optical substrate and a plurality of optical function elements, the optical substrate having a first surface and a second surface, and the optical function elements being integrated with the optical substrate and being arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally, and the light emitting/receiving elements and their respective optical function elements face each other with the optical substrate in between to be located on a same axis in a direction perpendicular to the optical substrate, and the light emitting/receiving elements are disposed on the second surface with a space in between while being separated in units of a smaller number than array number in the optical function element array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiizu Ootorii, Kazunao Oniki, Koki Uchino, Hideyuki Suzuki, Hiroshi Ozaki, Kazuki Sano, Eiji Otani, Shinji Rokuhara, Kiwamu Adachi, Shuichi Oka, Shusaku Yanagawa, Hiroshi Morita, Takeshi Ogura
  • Patent number: 9813162
    Abstract: A driving element which performs driving according to a level of a voltage signal to be transmitted optically, a modulation current driving circuit configured to supply a modulation current modulated by the driving element to a light source for optical communication configured to convert a current signal into light and to output the light, and a constant current supply circuit configured to supply a constant current to the light source for optical communication are included. Then, when the voltage signal is at a first level, the driving element is turned on and the modulation current driving circuit supplies the modulation current to the light source for optical communication. When the voltage signal is at a second level, the driving element is turned off and the modulation current driving circuit stops supplying the modulation current. The present technique can be applied, for example, to an optical transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koki Uchino, Hideyuki Suzuki, Hiroshi Morita, Yoshifumi Miyajima, Masatsugu Sugano
  • Publication number: 20170170339
    Abstract: A photoelectric module of the present disclosure includes an optical device including an optical function element array made of a first base material, and a plurality of light emitting/receiving elements made of a second base material, wherein the optical function element array includes an optical substrate and a plurality of optical function elements, the optical substrate having a first surface and a second surface, and the optical function elements being integrated with the optical substrate and being arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally, and the light emitting/receiving elements and their respective optical function elements face each other with the optical substrate in between to be located on a same axis in a direction perpendicular to the optical substrate, and the light emitting/receiving elements are disposed on the second surface with a space in between while being separated in units of a smaller number than array number in the optical function element array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Hiizu OOTORII, Kazunao ONIKI, Koki UCHINO, Hideyuki SUZUKI, Hiroshi OZAKI, Kazuki SANO, Eiji OTANI, Shinji ROKUHARA, Kiwamu ADACHI, Shuichi OKA, Shusaku YANAGAWA, Hiroshi MORITA, Takeshi OGURA
  • Patent number: 9350459
    Abstract: Into a current-voltage conversion unit, a single-end current signal which is a photoelectrically converted optical signal is input. The current-voltage conversion unit converts the single-end current signal into a single-end voltage signal and outputs the converted signal from an output terminal. An input terminal of an amplifier unit is connected to the output terminal of the current-voltage conversion unit. The amplifier unit amplifies the single-end voltage signal to predetermined amplitude set in advance and outputs the amplified signal from an output terminal. Then, an input terminal of a differential conversion unit is connected to the output terminal of the amplifier unit. The differential conversion unit outputs a differential voltage signal which is a differentiated single-end voltage signal amplified in the amplifier unit. The present technique can be applied, for example, to an optical transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Hideyuki Suzuki, Koki Uchino
  • Publication number: 20150104190
    Abstract: A driving element which performs driving according to a level of a voltage signal to be transmitted optically, a modulation current driving circuit configured to supply a modulation current modulated by the driving element to a light source for optical communication configured to convert a current signal into light and to output the light, and a constant current supply circuit configured to supply a constant current to the light source for optical communication are included. Then, when the voltage signal is at a first level, the driving element is turned on and the modulation current driving circuit supplies the modulation current to the light source for optical communication. When the voltage signal is at a second level, the driving element is turned off and the modulation current driving circuit stops supplying the modulation current. The present technique can be applied, for example, to an optical transmission system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Koki Uchino, Hideyuki Suzuki, Hiroshi Morita, Yoshifumi Miyajima, Masatsugu Sugano
  • Publication number: 20150098711
    Abstract: Into a current-voltage conversion unit, a single-end current signal which is a photoelectrically converted optical signal is input. The current-voltage conversion unit converts the single-end current signal into a single-end voltage signal and outputs the converted signal from an output terminal. An input terminal of an amplifier unit is connected to the output terminal of the current-voltage conversion unit. The amplifier unit amplifies the single-end voltage signal to predetermined amplitude set in advance and outputs the amplified signal from an output terminal. Then, an input terminal of a differential conversion unit is connected to the output terminal of the amplifier unit. The differential conversion unit outputs a differential voltage signal which is a differentiated single-end voltage signal amplified in the amplifier unit. The present technique can be applied, for example, to an optical transmission system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Hideyuki Suzuki, Koki Uchino