Patents by Inventor Masae Sasakawa

Masae Sasakawa 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: 7447932
    Abstract: Disclosed herewith is a semiconductor data processing device that realizes low power consumption at the standby time and at the operation time, as well as speeds up the interfacing operation. The semiconductor data processing device can connect a non-volatile storage device to a general-purpose bus of a host system. The data processing device enters the active or standby state in response to the state of the general-purpose bus. In the standby state, the data processing device stops the internal clock signal and applies a substrate bias voltage to each object so as to suppress the potential sub-threshold leak current therefrom. This bias voltage is also applied to the central processing unit and the rewritable non-volatile memory for storing a control program to be executed by the central processing unit. The central processing unit processes data in units of n bits or below when the interface controller and the data transfer controller input/output parallel data in units of 2n bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Renesas Northern Japan Semiconductor, Inc., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Ichien, Wataru Yamaguchi, Masae Sasakawa, Mamoru Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20080052549
    Abstract: Disclosed herewith is a semiconductor data processing device that realizes low power consumption at the standby time and at the operation time, as well as speeds up the interfacing operation. The semiconductor data processing device can connect a non-volatile storage device to a general-purpose bus of a host system. The data processing device enters the active or standby state in response to the state of the general-purpose bus. In the standby state, the data processing device stops the internal clock signal and applies a substrate bias voltage to each object so as to suppress the potential sub-threshold leak current therefrom. This bias voltage is also applied to the central processing unit and the rewritable non-volatile memory for storing a control program to be executed by the central processing unit. The central processing unit processes data in units of n bits or below when the interface controller and the data transfer controller input/output parallel data in units of 2n bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Toru Ichien, Wataru Yamaguchi, Masae Sasakawa, Mamoru Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 7257720
    Abstract: Disclosed herewith is a semiconductor data processing device that realizes low power consumption at the standby time and at the operation time, as well as speeds up the interfacing operation. The semiconductor data processing device can connect a non-volatile storage device to a general-purpose bus of a host system. The data processing device enters the active or standby state in response to the state of the general-purpose bus. In the standby state, the data processing device stops the internal clock signal and applies a substrate bias voltage to each object so as to suppress the potential sub-threshold leak current therefrom. This bias voltage is also applied to the central processing unit and the rewritable non-volatile memory for storing a control program to be executed by the central processing unit. The central processing unit processes data in units of n bits or below when the interface controller and the data transfer controller input/output parallel data in units of 2n bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Renesas Northern Japan Semiconductor, Inc., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Ichien, Wataru Yamaguchi, Masae Sasakawa, Mamoru Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20070150768
    Abstract: Disclosed herewith is a semiconductor data processing device that realizes low power consumption at the standby time and at the operation time, as well as speeds up the interfacing operation. The semiconductor data processing device can connect a non-volatile storage device to a general-purpose bus of a host system. The data processing device enters the active or standby state in response to the state of the general-purpose bus. In the standby state, the data processing device stops the internal clock signal and applies a substrate bias voltage to each object so as to suppress the potential sub-threshold leak current therefrom. This bias voltage is also applied to the central processing unit and the rewritable non-volatile memory for storing a control program to be executed by the central processing unit. The central processing unit processes data in units of n bits or below when the interface controller and the data transfer controller input/output parallel data in units of 2 n bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Toru Ichien, Wataru Yamaguchi, Masae Sasakawa, Mamoru Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20040103328
    Abstract: Disclosed herewith is a semiconductor data processing device that realizes low power consumption at the standby time and at the operation time, as well as speeds up the interfacing operation. The semiconductor data processing device can connect a non-volatile storage device to a general-purpose bus of a host system. The data processing device enters the active or standby state in response to the state of the general-purpose bus. In the standby state, the data processing device stops the internal clock signal and applies a substrate bias voltage to each object so as to suppress the potential sub-threshold leak current therefrom. This bias voltage is also applied to the central processing unit and the rewritable non-volatile memory for storing a control program to be executed by the central processing unit. The central processing unit processes data in units of n bits or below when the interface controller and the data transfer controller input/output parallel data in units of 2n bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicants: Renesas Technology Corp., Renesas Northern Japan Semiconductor, Inc., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Ichien, Wataru Yamaguchi, Masae Sasakawa, Mamoru Wakabayashi