Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Yoshimura

Masayoshi Yoshimura 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: 7348595
    Abstract: A semiconductor device constructed by mounting a plurality of chip intellectual properties (IPs) on a common semiconductor wiring substrate, a method for testing the device and a method for mounting the chip IPs. A silicon wiring substrate on which chip IPs can be mounted is provided. A circuit for a boundary scan test is formed on the silicon wiring substrate by connecting flip flops. The flip flops are connected to wiring and are arranged to test connections in the wiring. The entire IP On Super-Sub (IPOS) device or each chip IP may be arranged to facilitate a scan test, a built-in self-test (BIST), etc., on the internal circuit of the chip IP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadami Takeoka, Mitsuyasu Ohta, Osamu Ichikawa, Masayoshi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20070250284
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit of the present invention is provided with a clock control portion having a clock generation portion for generating a clock signal and an output command signal input portion for receiving a clock output command signal from the outside, and an internal circuit controlled by an output clock signal that is output from the clock control portion, and the clock control portion is configured so that it outputs the output clock signal to the internal circuit when a certain time period has passed from a time when the output command signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadami Takeoka, Mitsuyasu Ohta, Osamu Ichikawa, Masayoshi Yoshimura, Takashi Ishimura
  • Patent number: 7197725
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit of the present invention is provided with a clock control portion having a clock generation portion for generating a clock signal and an output command signal input portion for receiving a clock output command signal from the outside, and an internal circuit controlled by an output clock signal that is output from the clock control portion, and the clock control portion is configured so that it outputs the output clock signal to the internal circuit when a certain time period has passed from a time when the output command signal is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadami Takeoka, Mitsuyasu Ohta, Osamu Ichikawa, Masayoshi Yoshimura, Takashi Ishimura
  • Patent number: 7171600
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing a semiconductor device by mounting a plurality of chip intellectual properties (IPs) on a common semiconductor wiring substrate, including a silicon wiring substrate on which the chip IPs are mounted. A circuit for a boundary scan test is formed on the silicon wiring substrate by connecting flip-flops to wiring, which are arranged to test connections in the wiring. An IP on Super-Sub (IPOS) device or each chip IP may be arranged to facilitate a scan test, a built-in self-test (BIST), etc., on the internal circuit of the chip IP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadami Takeoka, Mitsuyasu Ohta, Osamu Ichikawa, Masayoshi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 7032196
    Abstract: A semiconductor device constructed by mounting a plurality of chip intellectual properties (IPs) on a common semiconductor wiring substrate, a method for testing the device and a method for mounting the chip IPs. A silicon wiring substrate on which chip IPs can be mounted is provided. A circuit for a boundary scan test is formed on the silicon wiring substrate by connecting flip flops. The flip flops are connected to wiring and are arranged to test connections in the wiring. The entire IP On Super-Sub (IPOS) device or each chip IP may be arranged to facilitate a scan test, a built-in self-test (BIST), etc., on the internal circuit of the chip IP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadami Takeoka, Mitsuyasu Ohta, Osamu Ichikawa, Masayoshi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20040199840
    Abstract: A semiconductor device constructed by mounting a plurality of chip intellectual properties (IPs) on a common semiconductor wiring substrate, a method for testing the device and a method for mounting the chip IPs. A silicon wiring substrate on which chip IPs can be mounted is provided. A circuit for a boundary scan test is formed on the silicon wiring substrate by connecting flip flops. The flip flops are connected to wiring and are arranged to test connections in the wiring. The entire IP On Super-Sub (IPOS) device or each chip IP may be arranged to facilitate a scan test, a built-in self-test (BIST), etc., on the internal circuit of the chip IP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sadami Takeoka, Mitsuyasu Ohta, Osamu Ichikawa, Masayoshi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20040195672
    Abstract: A semiconductor device constructed by mounting a plurality of chip intellectual properties (IPs) on a common semiconductor wiring substrate, a method for testing the device and a method for mounting the chip IPs. A silicon wiring substrate on which chip IPs can be mounted is provided. A circuit for a boundary scan test is formed on the silicon wiring substrate by connecting flip flops. The flip flops are connected to wiring and are arranged to test connections in the wiring. The entire IP On Super-Sub (IPOS) device or each chip IP may be arranged to facilitate a scan test, a built-in self-test (BIST), etc., on the internal circuit of the chip IP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sadami Takeoka, Mitsuyasu Ohta, Osamu Ichikawa, Masayoshi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20040197941
    Abstract: A semiconductor device constructed by mounting a plurality of chip intellectual properties (IPs) on a common semiconductor wiring substrate, a method for testing the device and a method for mounting the chip IPs. A silicon wiring substrate on which chip IPs can be mounted is provided. A circuit for a boundary scan test is formed on the silicon wiring substrate by connecting flip flops. The flip flops are connected to wiring and are arranged to test connections in the wiring. The entire IP On Super-Sub (IPOS) device or each chip IP may be arranged to facilitate a scan test, a built-in self-test (BIST), etc., on the internal circuit of the chip IP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sadami Takeoka, Mitsuyasu Ohta, Osamu Ichikawa, Masayoshi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 6734549
    Abstract: A semiconductor device constructed by mounting a plurality of chip intellectual properties (IPs) on a common semiconductor wiring substrate, a method for testing the device and a method for mounting the chip IPs. A silicon wiring substrate on which chip IPs can be mounted is provided. A circuit for a boundary scan test is formed on the silicon wiring substrate by connecting flip flops. The flip flops are connected to wiring and are arranged to test connections in the wiring. The entire IP On Super-Sub (IPOS) device or each chip IP may be arranged to facilitate a scan test, a built-in self-test (BIST), etc., on the internal circuit of the chip IP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadami Takeoka, Mitsuyasu Ohta, Osamu Ichikawa, Masayoshi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 6708315
    Abstract: A design for testability is applied so as to enable significant reduction in test time of an actual integrated circuit. First, an integrated circuit is full-scan designed on a block-by-block basis and test input patterns are generated (S11). Then, one of the blocks to which the design for testability has not been allocated is selected (S12), and a full-scan design is allocated thereto (S14). Test points are inserted into a block that has more than a prescribed number of parallel test input patterns when that block is full-scan designed (YES in S15) (S16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Hosokawa, Masayoshi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20030025191
    Abstract: A semiconductor device constructed by mounting a plurality of chip intellectual properties (IPs) on a common semiconductor wiring substrate, a method for testing the device and a method for mounting the chip IPs. A silicon wiring substrate on which chip IPs can be mounted is provided. A circuit for a boundary scan test is formed on the silicon wiring substrate by connecting flip flops. The flip flops are connected to wiring and are arranged to test connections in the wiring. The entire IP On Super-Sub (IPOS) device or each chip IP may be arranged to facilitate a scan test, a built-in self-test (BIST), etc., on the internal circuit of the chip IP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Sadami Takeoka, Mitsuyasu Ohta, Osamu Ichikawa, Masayoshi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20030021464
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit of the present invention is provided with a clock control portion having a clock generation portion for generating a clock signal and an output command signal input portion for receiving a clock output command signal from the outside, and an internal circuit controlled by an output clock signal that is output from the clock control portion, and the clock control portion is configured so that it outputs the output clock signal to the internal circuit when a certain time period has passed from a time when the output command signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Sadami Takeoka, Mitsuyasu Ohta, Osamu Ichikawa, Masayoshi Yoshimura, Takashi Ishimura
  • Publication number: 20020129322
    Abstract: A design for testability is applied so as to enable significant reduction in test time of an actual integrated circuit. First, an integrated circuit is full-scan designed on a block-by-block basis and test input patterns are generated (S11). Then, one of the blocks to which the design for testability has not been allocated is selected (S12), and a full-scan design is allocated thereto (S14). Test points are inserted into a block that has more than a prescribed number of parallel test input patterns when that block is full-scan designed (YES in S15) (S16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Toshinori Hosokawa, Masayoshi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 5512847
    Abstract: In an input level converter for TTL--CMOS level conversion (or other conversion to CMOS) for an internal logic block operating with CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the input level converter can be lessened. Similarly, in an output level converter for CMOS--TTL level conversion (or other conversion from CMOS) for the internal logic block operating with the CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output load capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the output level converter can also be lessened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Suzuki, Ikuro Masuda, Masahiro Iwamura, Shinji Kadono, Akira Uragami, Masayoshi Yoshimura, Toshiaki Matsubara
  • Patent number: 5495183
    Abstract: In an input level converter for TTL--CMOS level conversion (or other conversion to CMOS) for an internal logic block operating with CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the input level converter can be lessened. Similarly, in an output level converter for CMOS--TTL level conversion (or other conversion from CMOS) for the internal logic block operating with the CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output load capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the output level converter can also be lessened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Suzuki, Ikuro Masuda, Masahiro Iwamura, Shinji Kadono, Akira Urragami, Masayoshi Yoshimura, Toshiaki Matsubara
  • Patent number: 5245224
    Abstract: In an input level converter for TTL-CMOS level conversion (or other conversion to CMOS) for an internal logic block operating with CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the input level converter can be lessened. Similarly, in an output level converter for CMOS-TTL level conversion (or other conversion from CMOS) for the internal logic block operating with the CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output load capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the output level converter can also be lessened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Suzuki, Ikuro Masuda, Masahiro Iwamura, Shinji Kadono, Akira Uragami, Masayoshi Yoshimura, Toshiaki Matsubara
  • Patent number: 5103120
    Abstract: In an input level converter for TTL - CMOS level conversion (or other conversion to CMOS) for an internal logic block operating with CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the input level converter can be lessened. Similarly, in an output level converter for CMOS - TTL level conversion (or other conversion from CMOS) for the internal logic block operating with the CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output load capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the output level converter can also be lessened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Suzuki, Ikuro Masuda, Masahiro Iwamura, Shinji Kadono, Akira Uragami, Masayoshi Yoshimura, Toshiaki Matsubara
  • Patent number: 4983862
    Abstract: In an input level converter for TTL - CMOS level conversion (or other conversion to CMOS) for an internal logic block operating with CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the input level converter can be lessened. Similarly, in an output level converter for CMOS - TTL level conversion (or other conversion from CMOS) for the internal logic block operating with the CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output load capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the output level converter can also be lessened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Suzuki, Ikuro Masuda, Masahiro Iwamura, Shinji Kadono, Akira Uragami, Masayoshi Yoshimura, Toshiaki Matsubara
  • Patent number: 4879480
    Abstract: In an input level converter for TTL - CMOS level conversion (or other conversion to CMOS) for an internal logic block operating with CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the input level converter can be lessened. Similarly, in an output level converter for CMOS - TTL level conversion (or other conversion from CMOS) for the internal logic block operating with the CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output load capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the output level converter can also be lessened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Suzuki, Ikuro Masuda, Masahiro Iwamura, Shinji Kadono, Akiro Uragami, Masayoshi Yoshimura, Toshiaki Matsubara
  • Patent number: 4689503
    Abstract: In an input level converter for TTL-CMOS level conversion (or other conversion to CMOS) for an internal logic block operating with CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the input level converter can be lessened. Similarly, in an output level converter for CMOS-TTL level conversion (or other conversion from CMOS) for the internal logic block operating with the CMOS levels, an output transistor for executing the charge or discharge of the output load capacitance thereof is formed of a bipolar transistor. Thus, the propagation delay times and their capacitance-dependencies of the output level converter can also be lessened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Suzuki, Ikuro Masuda, Masahiro Iwamura, Shinji Kadono, Akira Uragami, Masayoshi Yoshimura, Toshiaki Matsubara