Patents by Inventor Masatomo Shoji

Masatomo Shoji 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: 6438080
    Abstract: The PLL circuit in the disk drive, according to the present invention, is comprised of the following: a VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) 11d, a frequency divider (DIV) 11e, a phase comparator (PC) 11a, a charge pump 11b, a low-pass filter (LPF) 11c, and a MIRR TE HOLD circuit 11f. Wherein, the LPF (Low-Pass Filter) 11c passes only low frequency components of the phase-error voltage, generated by the charge pump 11b, and provides the resulting, low frequency components passed, as a VCO control voltage, for the VCO. The phase comparator 11a compares the phase of a divided, VCO clock signal output from the frequency divider 11e, to that of an EFM signal. The divided, VCO clock signal results from the frequency-dividing of a VCO clock signal, which has been output from the VCO 11d, by the frequency divider 11e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masatomo Shoji, Hiromichi Nogawa