Patents by Inventor Kyoka Tatsumi

Kyoka Tatsumi 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: 7843214
    Abstract: A standard cell includes an input terminal, an output terminal, first and second inverters coupled in series between the input and output terminals, the first inverter including a first transistor of a first conductivity type and a second transistor of a second conductivity type, the first transistor being coupled between a first power source terminal and a first node, and the second transistor being coupled between a second node and a second power source terminal, and a plurality of resistance elements which are used to provide a conductivity path between the first and second nodes, in order to adjust a duty ratio of a signal which passes the standard cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kyoka Tatsumi
  • Publication number: 20090195282
    Abstract: A standard cell includes an input terminal, an output terminal, first and second inverters coupled in series between the input and output terminals, the first inverter including a first transistor of a first conductivity type and a second transistor of a second conductivity type, the first transistor being coupled between a first power source terminal and a first node, and the second transistor being coupled between a second node and a second power source terminal, and a plurality of resistance elements which are used to provide a conductivity path between the first and second nodes, in order to adjust a duty ratio of a signal which passes the standard cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kyoka Tatsumi
  • Patent number: 7456447
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, a VDD wiring trace and a GND wiring trace are routed along an N-well and a P-well, respectively, within a substrate. A substrate-bias VDD2 wiring trace is routed in a direction that intersects the VDD wiring trace and GND wiring trace in the same layer thereof and is electrically connected thereto. A P+ diffusion layer is disposed in the N-well in the vicinity of a portion where the wiring directions of the VDD wiring trace and substrate-bias VDD2 wiring trace intersect and is electrically connected to the VDD wiring trace via a contact. An N+ diffusion layer is disposed in the P-well in the vicinity of a portion where the wiring directions of the GND wiring trace and substrate-bias VDD2 wiring trace intersect and is electrically connected to the GND wiring trace via a contact. The P+ diffusion layer is used as a wiring route regarding the VDD wiring trace and the N+ diffusion layer is used as a wiring route regarding the GND wiring trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kyoka Tatsumi
  • Publication number: 20070033548
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, a VDD wiring trace and a GND wiring trace are routed along an N-well and a P-well, respectively, within a substrate. A substrate-bias VDD2 wiring trace is routed in a direction that intersects the VDD wiring trace and GND wiring trace in the same layer thereof and is electrically connected thereto. A P+ diffusion layer is disposed in the N-well in the vicinity of a portion where the wiring directions of the VDD wiring trace and substrate-bias VDD2 wiring trace intersect and is electrically connected to the VDD wiring trace via a contact. An N+ diffusion layer is disposed in the P-well in the vicinity of a portion where the wiring directions of the GND wiring trace and substrate-bias VDD2 wiring trace intersect and is electrically connected to the GND wiring trace via a contact. The P+ diffusion layer is used as a wiring route regarding the VDD wiring trace and the N+ diffusion layer is used as a wiring route regarding the GND wiring trace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyoka Tatsumi
  • Publication number: 20070029621
    Abstract: Cell placement areas in which a plurality of standard cells are placed in bands are provided on a semiconductor substrate of a semiconductor integrated circuit device. The cell placement areas have N- and P-wells formed in the cell placement areas, and a deep N-well formed in the substrate underneath the N- and P-wells. Substrate-bias supply cells, which are placed in each of the cell placement areas and have one side the height of which is the same as that of the bands of the cell placement areas, apply a substrate bias to the standard cells through the P-well. The substrate-bias supply cells are disposed one after another in the vertical direction and periodically along the horizontal direction. Many wiring traces for supplying substrate bias are eliminated by using the deep N-well and P-well as wiring routes regarding a power supply for supplying substrate bias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyoka Tatsumi