Patents by Inventor Masaru Iwabuchi

Masaru Iwabuchi 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: 20120019969
    Abstract: In combining an analog terminal of an A/D converter with a digital terminal, the effect of the noise from the digital terminal is reduced. A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a high-speed external terminal, a low-speed external terminal, a high-speed analog switch, a low-speed analog switch, and an A/D converter. The high-speed external terminal is coupled to an input of the A/D converter via the high-speed analog switch, and the low-speed external terminal is coupled to the input of the A/D converter via the low-speed analog switch. A plurality of inputs of a plurality of low-speed digital input buffer circuits and a plurality of outputs of a plurality of low-speed digital output buffer circuits are coupled to a plurality of low-speed external terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventor: Masaru IWABUCHI
  • Patent number: 8067789
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor integrated circuit device advantageous against EM and ESD. A plurality of I/O cells; a power wire formed of a plurality of interconnect layers over the above-described I/O cells; a bonding pad formed in an upper layer of the power wire and in a position corresponding to the I/O cell; and lead-out areas capable of electrically coupling the I/O cell to the bonding pad are provided. The above-described power wire includes a first power wire and a second power wire, and the above-described I/O cell includes first elements coupled to the first power wire and second elements coupled to the second power wire. The first element is placed on the first power wire side, and the second element is placed on the second power wire side. The first power wire and the second power wire can allow for a high current due to the interconnect layers over the I/O cells, thus having robustness against EM and ESD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Toyoshima, Kazuo Tanaka, Masaru Iwabuchi
  • Publication number: 20110073914
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor integrated circuit device advantageous against EM and ESD. A plurality of I/O cells; a power wire formed of a plurality of interconnect layers over the above-described I/O cells; a bonding pad formed in an upper layer of the power wire and in a position corresponding to the I/O cell; and lead-out areas capable of electrically coupling the I/O cell to the bonding pad are provided. The above-described power wire includes a first power wire and a second power wire, and the above-described I/O cell includes first elements coupled to the first power wire and second elements coupled to the second power wire. The first element is placed on the first power wire side, and the second element is placed on the second power wire side. The first power wire and the second power wire can allow for a high current due to the interconnect layers over the I/O cells, thus having robustness against EM and ESD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Shunsuke TOYOSHIMA, Kazuo Tanaka, Masaru Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 7863652
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor integrated circuit device advantageous against EM and ESD. A plurality of I/O cells; a power wire formed of a plurality of interconnect layers over the above-described I/O cells; a bonding pad formed in an upper layer of the power wire and in a position corresponding to the I/O cell; and lead-out areas capable of electrically coupling the I/O cell to the bonding pad are provided. The above-described power wire includes a first power wire and a second power wire, and the above-described I/O cell includes first elements coupled to the first power wire and second elements coupled to the second power wire. The first element is placed on the first power wire side, and the second element is placed on the second power wire side. The first power wire and the second power wire can allow for a high current due to the interconnect layers over the I/O cells, thus having robustness against EM and ESD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Toyoshima, Kazuo Tanaka, Masaru Iwabuchi
  • Publication number: 20100090252
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor integrated circuit device advantageous against EM and ESD. A plurality of I/O cells; a power wire formed of a plurality of interconnect layers over the above-described I/O cells; a bonding pad formed in an upper layer of the power wire and in a position corresponding to the I/O cell; and lead-out areas capable of electrically coupling the I/O cell to the bonding pad are provided. The above-described power wire includes a first power wire and a second power wire, and the above-described I/O cell includes first elements coupled to the first power wire and second elements coupled to the second power wire. The first element is placed on the first power wire side, and the second element is placed on the second power wire side. The first power wire and the second power wire can allow for a high current due to the interconnect layers over the I/O cells, thus having robustness against EM and ESD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Shunsuke TOYOSHIMA, Kazuo TANAKA, Masaru IWABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20080169486
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor integrated circuit device advantageous against EM and ESD. A plurality of I/O cells; a power wire formed of a plurality of interconnect layers over the above-described I/O cells; a bonding pad formed in an upper layer of the power wire and in a position corresponding to the I/O cell; and lead-out areas capable of electrically coupling the I/O cell to the bonding pad are provided. The above-described power wire includes a first power wire and a second power wire, and the above-described I/O cell includes first elements coupled to the first power wire and second elements coupled to the second power wire. The first element is placed on the first power wire side, and the second element is placed on the second power wire side. The first power wire and the second power wire can allow for a high current due to the interconnect layers over the I/O cells, thus having robustness against EM and ESD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Shunsuke Toyoshima, Kazuo Tanaka, Masaru Iwabuchi
  • Publication number: 20070258310
    Abstract: There is provided a fuse module that holds trimming information for an internal oscillation circuit module. The fuse module includes information-writing fuse circuits to which trimming information is written depending on whether an information-writing fuse is blown; a reference fuse circuit for determining whether the information-writing fuse has been blown; and a current-to-voltage converter section. Since the reference fuse circuit and the current-to-voltage converter section are shared by the information-writing fuse circuits, the circuit area of the fuse module is greatly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Masato MOMII, Naoki Yada, Masaru Iwabuchi
  • Publication number: 20070250735
    Abstract: A microcontroller formed on a single chip semiconductor includes a central processing unit; an oscillator unit adapted to generate a system clock, and an electrical fuse unit including a control information for trimming a frequency of the oscillator unit. The central processing unit is operable to generate said control information which controls the oscillator unit, using an external clock from outside the microcontroller. The oscillator unit is trimmed by the control information for generating the system clock. Also, the central processing unit is capable of operating by the system clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Masato MOMII, Naoki Yada, Masaru Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 7257044
    Abstract: There is provided a fuse module that holds trimming information for an internal oscillation circuit module. The fuse module includes information-writing fuse circuits to which trimming information is written depending on whether an information-writing fuse is blown; a reference fuse circuit for determining whether the information-writing fuse has been blown; and a current-to-voltage converter section. Since the reference fuse circuit and the current-to-voltage converter section are shared by the information-writing fuse circuits, the circuit area of the fuse module is greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Masato Momii, Naoki Yada, Masaru Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 7250821
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit capable of performing internal oscillation with high precision is provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit has a memory circuit, an oscillator circuit for generating an internal clock signal based on control information held in the memory circuit, a logic circuit for generating control information for causing the frequency of the internal clock signal to coincide with the frequency of an external clock signal, and an electric fuse circuit or a blow fuse circuit capable of storing the control information generated in the logic circuit and uses the internal clock signal for the synchronous operation of the internal circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Masato Momii, Naoki Yada, Masaru Iwabuchi
  • Publication number: 20060120190
    Abstract: There is provided a fuse module that holds trimming information for an internal oscillation circuit module. The fuse module includes information-writing fuse circuits to which trimming information is written depending on whether an information-writing fuse is blown; a reference fuse circuit for determining whether the information-writing fuse has been blown; and a current-to-voltage converter section. Since the reference fuse circuit and the current-to-voltage converter section are shared by the information-writing fuse circuits, the circuit area of the fuse module is greatly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Masato Momii, Naoki Yada, Masaru Iwabuchi