Patents by Inventor Minoru Kurosawa
Minoru Kurosawa 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).
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Publication number: 20170005265Abstract: A transistor includes: a piezoresistor through which carriers conduct; a source that injects the carriers into the piezoresistor; a drain that receives the carriers from the piezoresistor; a piezoelectric material that is located so as to surround the piezoresistor and applies a pressure to the piezoresistor; and a gate that applies a voltage to the piezoelectric material so that the piezoelectric material applies a pressure to the piezoresistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Satoshi Sugahara, Yusuke Shuto, Minoru Kurosawa, Hiroshi Funakubo, Shuichiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9502060Abstract: The present invention realizes a calibration operation for detecting a motor speed, without employing digital correcting by an external CPU. The calibration operation calculates a comparison reference value corresponding to aback EMF detection signal of a back EMF detector circuit when a zero current flows through a motor and when an arm is fixed. Accordingly, the back EMF detection signal of the back EMF detector circuit is set as the first value and the second value responding to the non-zero current flowing through the motor, and the semiconductor integrated circuit calculates the comparison reference value from the first value and the second value. The difference between the comparison reference value and the comparison input value as the back EMF detection signal of the back EMF detector circuit is reduced by adjusting the gain of an internal amplifier of the back EMF detector circuit by an adjustment unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Hideho Koyama, Minoru Kurosawa, Kichiya Itagaki
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Patent number: 9503011Abstract: The present invention is intended to reduce noise and vibration of a motor. A first duty correction circuit generates a first corrected duty instruction value which changes with an increment same as an increment of a duty instruction value and in which an offset value as a constant is reflected. A second duty correction circuit generates a second corrected duty instruction value which changes with an increment different from an increment of the duty instruction value. A selector outputs, as the corrected duty instruction value, either one of the first corrected duty instruction value and the second corrected duty instruction value in accordance with a magnitude relation between the duty instruction value and a duty reference value.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Kurosawa, Kichiya Itagaki, Seigi Ishiji
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Patent number: 9496814Abstract: When a motor drive control device is integrated in a semiconductor integrated circuit having a small chip area, calibration for improving the accuracy of detection of a counter electromotive voltage, which is for detecting the speed of a motor, is enabled. A first multiplier performs multiplication between a drive current detection signal and first gain information in a first register. A subtractor performs subtraction between a drive voltage command signal and a first multiplication result in the first multiplier. A second multiplier performs multiplication between a subtraction result in the subtractor and second gain information in a second register to generate counter electromotive voltage information as information on a second multiplication result. The drive voltage command signal in a control unit is set to a predetermined value to generate a condition which maintains the speed of the motor and a counter electromotive voltage at substantially zero.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Kurosawa, Yuki Matsuya
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Publication number: 20160241177Abstract: The present invention is intended to reduce noise and vibration of a motor. A first duty correction circuit generates a first corrected duty instruction value which changes with an increment same as an increment of a duty instruction value and in which an offset value as a constant is reflected. A second duty correction circuit generates a second corrected duty instruction value which changes with an increment different from an increment of the duty instruction value. A selector outputs, as the corrected duty instruction value, either one of the first corrected duty instruction value and the second corrected duty instruction value in accordance with a magnitude relation between the duty instruction value and a duty reference value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Minoru KUROSAWA, Kichiya ITAGAKI, Seigi ISHIJI
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Publication number: 20160006386Abstract: A motor driver controller including a difference control section; a driver output section; a drive current detection amplifier; and a load short-circuit detection circuit. A motor and sensing resistor is coupled in series and coupled to an output terminal of the driver output section. The difference control section generates a drive voltage command signal in response to a drive current command value and a drive current detection signal. The driver output section drives the motor and sensing resistor, in response to the drive voltage command signal, and a drive current detection amplifier generates a signal fed to the difference control section, in response to a drive current of the sensing resistor. The load short-circuit detection circuit detects an abnormal oscillation waveform signal caused by a short-circuit state between the both ends of the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Minoru KUROSAWA, Kenji YOSHIDA, Osamu YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 9184680Abstract: Motor Drive Control Device configured to properly start up various types of motors under operating conditions where motor operations are performed in a wide range of temperature and power supply voltage, includes output drive controllers that supply PWM drive output signals to an output pre-driver in such a manner as to minimize the error between a current instruction signal and a current detection digital signal. In response to a detected induced voltage generated from a voltage detector upon startup of a motor, an initial acceleration controller supplies initial acceleration output signals specifying a conducting phase for initial acceleration of the motor to the output drive controllers. The initial acceleration controller, the output drive controllers, and an output driver make a conducting phase change and perform a PWM drive to provide the initial acceleration of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Minoru Kurosawa
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Patent number: 9178462Abstract: A motor driver controller including a difference control section; a driver output section; a drive current detection amplifier; and a load short-circuit detection circuit. A motor and sensing resistor is coupled in series and coupled to an output terminal of the driver output section. The difference control section generates a drive voltage command signal in response to a drive current command value and a drive current detection signal. The driver output section drives the motor and sensing resistor, in response to the drive voltage command signal, and a drive current detection amplifier generates a signal fed to the difference control section, in response to a drive current of the sensing resistor. The load short-circuit detection circuit detects an abnormal oscillation waveform signal caused by a short-circuit state between the both ends of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Minoru Kurosawa, Kenji Yoshida, Osamu Yamashita
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Publication number: 20150262599Abstract: The present invention realizes a calibration operation for detecting a motor speed, without employing digital correcting by an external CPU. The calibration operation calculates a comparison reference value corresponding to aback EMF detection signal of a back EMF detector circuit when a zero current flows through a motor and when an arm is fixed. Accordingly, the back EMF detection signal of the back EMF detector circuit is set as the first value and the second value responding to the non-zero current flowing through the motor, and the semiconductor integrated circuit calculates the comparison reference value from the first value and the second value. The difference between the comparison reference value and the comparison input value as the back EMF detection signal of the back EMF detector circuit is reduced by adjusting the gain of an internal amplifier of the back EMF detector circuit by an adjustment unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Hideho KOYAMA, Minoru KUROSAWA, Kichiya ITAGAKI
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Publication number: 20150123576Abstract: When a motor drive control device is integrated in a semiconductor integrated circuit having a small chip area, calibration for improving the accuracy of detection of a counter electromotive voltage, which is for detecting the speed of a motor, is enabled. A first multiplier performs multiplication between a drive current detection signal and first gain information in a first register. A subtractor performs subtraction between a drive voltage command signal and a first multiplication result in the first multiplier. A second multiplier performs multiplication between a subtraction result in the subtractor and second gain information in a second register to generate counter electromotive voltage information as information on a second multiplication result. The drive voltage command signal in a control unit is set to a predetermined value to generate a condition which maintains the speed of the motor and a counter electromotive voltage at substantially zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Minoru KUROSAWA, Yuki MATSUYA
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Patent number: 8963455Abstract: When a motor drive control device is integrated in a semiconductor integrated circuit having a small chip area, calibration for improving the accuracy of detection of a counter electromotive voltage, which is for detecting the speed of a motor, is enabled. A first multiplier performs multiplication between a drive current detection signal and first gain information in a first register. A subtractor performs subtraction between a drive voltage command signal and a first multiplication result in the first multiplier. A second multiplier performs multiplication between a subtraction result in the subtractor and second gain information in a second register to generate counter electromotive voltage information as information on a second multiplication result. The drive voltage command signal in a control unit is set to a predetermined value to generate a condition which maintains the speed of the motor and a counter electromotive voltage at substantially zero.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Minoru Kurosawa, Yuki Matsuya
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Publication number: 20140333243Abstract: Motor Drive Control Device configured to properly start up various types of motors under operating conditions where motor operations are performed in a wide range of temperature and power supply voltage, includes output drive controllers that supply PWM drive output signals to an output pre-driver in such a manner as to minimize the error between a current instruction signal and a current detection digital signal. In response to a detected induced voltage generated from a voltage detector upon startup of a motor, an initial acceleration controller supplies initial acceleration output signals specifying a conducting phase for initial acceleration of the motor to the output drive controllers. The initial acceleration controller, the output drive controllers, and an output driver make a conducting phase change and perform a PWM drive to provide the initial acceleration of the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventor: Minoru KUROSAWA
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Patent number: 8872413Abstract: A perovskite oxide film is formed on a substrate, in which the perovskite oxide film has an average film thickness of not less than 5 ?m and includes a perovskite oxide represented by a general formula (P) given below: (K1-w-x,Aw,Bx)(Nb1-y-z,Cy,Dz)O3??(P), where: 0<w<1.0, 0?x?0.2, 0?y<1.0, 0?z?0.2, 0<w+x<1.0, A is an A-site element having an ionic valence of 1 other than K, B is an A-site element, C is a B-site element having an ionic valence of 5, D is a B-site element, each of A to D is one kind or a plurality of kinds of metal elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyInventors: Yukio Sakashita, Hiroshi Funakubo, Minoru Kurosawa, Mutsuo Ishikawa, Hiro Einishi, Takahisa Shiraishi
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Patent number: 8816626Abstract: Motor Drive Control Device configured to properly start up various types of motors under operating conditions where motor operations are performed in a wide range of temperature and power supply voltage, includes output drive controllers that supply PWM drive output signals to an output pre-driver in such a manner as to minimize the error between a current instruction signal and a current detection digital signal. In response to a detected induced voltage generated from a voltage detector upon startup of a motor, an initial acceleration controller supplies initial acceleration output signals specifying a conducting phase for initial acceleration of the motor to the output drive controllers. The initial acceleration controller, the output drive controllers, and an output driver make a conducting phase change and perform a PWM drive to provide the initial acceleration of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Minoru Kurosawa
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Publication number: 20140203751Abstract: A motor driver controller including a difference control section; a driver output section; a drive current detection amplifier; and a load short-circuit detection circuit. A motor and sensing resistor is coupled in series and coupled to an output terminal of the driver output section. The difference control section generates a drive voltage command signal in response to a drive current command value and a drive current detection signal. The driver output section drives the motor and sensing resistor, in response to the drive voltage command signal, and a drive current detection amplifier generates a signal fed to the difference control section, in response to a drive current of the sensing resistor. The load short-circuit detection circuit detects an abnormal oscillation waveform signal caused by a short-circuit state between the both ends of the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Minoru KUROSAWA, Kenji YOSHIDA, Osamu YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20140084889Abstract: A power supply device is responsive to load changes. The power supply device includes a switch control circuit, a charge control circuit, and a discharge control circuit. The switch control circuit controls switches so that electrical power is charged into an inductor, discharged from the inductor, and distributed to first and second capacitors in a time-division manner based on a switching cycle. The charge control circuit controls the amount of electrical power to be charged into the inductor based on a first amount of error between a first output power supply voltage and its target value and a second amount of error between a second output power supply voltage and its target value. The discharge control circuit controls a distribution ratio at which the electrical power discharged from the inductor is distributed to the first and second capacitors based on the ratio between the first and second amounts of error.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Hiroshi KUROIWA, Osamu YAMASHITA, Masahiro ISHIHARA, Minoru KUROSAWA
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Publication number: 20140021886Abstract: When a motor drive control device is integrated in a semiconductor integrated circuit having a small chip area, calibration for improving the accuracy of detection of a counter electromotive voltage, which is for detecting the speed of a motor, is enabled. A first multiplier performs multiplication between a drive current detection signal and first gain information in a first register. A subtractor performs subtraction between a drive voltage command signal and a first multiplication result in the first multiplier. A second multiplier performs multiplication between a subtraction result in the subtractor and second gain information in a second register to generate counter electromotive voltage information as information on a second multiplication result. The drive voltage command signal in a control unit is set to a predetermined value to generate a condition which maintains the speed of the motor and a counter electromotive voltage at substantially zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Minoru Kurosawa, Yuki Matsuya
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Patent number: 8569983Abstract: This invention provides a motor driving apparatus that made it possible to reduce torque ripples including those attributed to load variation of the motor and an associated method for control of motor revolution. An output stage to a multiphase DC motor is comprised of power elements to supply output voltages to multiphase coils and a predriver to supply drive voltages to the power elements. A resistor means detects a current flowing through the power elements. A supply current detector detects a voltage signal produced across the resistor means as a supply current, using a high-speed ADC and a moving average filter. An output controller generates a PWM signal with a frequency lower than the frequency of the high-speed ADC so that the current detected by the supply current detector conforms to a current signal indicating a motor revolving speed and transfers the PWM signal to the output stage.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Minoru Kurosawa, Yasuhiko Kokami
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Publication number: 20130234564Abstract: A perovskite oxide film is formed on a substrate, in which the perovskite oxide film has an average film thickness of not less than 5 ?m and includes a perovskite oxide represented by a general formula (P) given below: (K1?w?x, Aw, Bx)(Nb1?y?z, Cy, Dz)O3 - - - (P), where: 0<w<1.0, 0?x?0.2, 0?y<1.0, 0?z?0.2, 0<w+x<1.0, A is an A-site element having an ionic valence of 1 other than K, B is an A-site element, C is a B-site element having an ionic valence of 5, D is a B-site element, each of A to D is one kind or a plurality of kinds of metal elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Inventors: Yukio SAKASHITA, Hiroshi FUNAKUBO, Minoru KUROSAWA, Mutsuo ISHIKAWA, Hiro EINISHI, Takahisa SHIRAISHI
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Patent number: 8362727Abstract: A control technology for a synchronous motor for suppressing rotational pulsation caused by variation in individuals without making a control algorithm complex is provided. In a motor drive system which is a control device for a synchronous motor, in order to suppress the pulsation component of N times as high as the AC frequency for driving the synchronous motor, a controller in which the phase property of the disturbance response of the controller with respect to the pulsation frequency is within ±45° is arranged. Therefore, the torque pulsation component generated from distortion in induction voltage or variation between phases is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Iwaji, Yasuhiko Kokami, Minoru Kurosawa, Junnosuke Nakatsugawa