Patents by Inventor Mitsunori Katsu

Mitsunori Katsu 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: 20200110582
    Abstract: An arithmetic processing device for resolver signal including: an A/D converter for converting a rotation detection signal of a rotation detection sensor supplied from the outside into a digital signal; and a logic unit constituting a logic circuit that calculates the angle of the script detection sensor from the digital signal output from the A/D converter, wherein the amplifier, the A/D converter, and the logic unit are mounted in the same chip or in the same package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunori KATSU, Shoichi SEKIGUCHI, Iwao FUJIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9972536
    Abstract: A reconfigurable device and an analog circuit are formed on a single chip so that the analog circuit can be controlled by the reconfigurable device. A reconfigurable semiconductor device (1) includes a plurality of logic sections (20) and an analog section (10). The plurality of logic sections (20) are connected to each other by an address line or a data line. The analog section (10) includes a plurality of input/output sections and an output amplifier. Each of the logic sections (20) includes a plurality of address lines, a plurality of data lines, a memory cell unit, and an address decoder that decodes an address signal and that outputs a decoded signal to the memory cell unit. The plurality of logic sections (20) and the analog section (10) are mounted in the same chip package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yoshida, Mitsunori Katsu, Hiroyuki Kozutsumi
  • Publication number: 20170301587
    Abstract: A reconfigurable device and an analog circuit are formed on a single chip so that the analog circuit can be controlled by the reconfigurable device. A reconfigurable semiconductor device (1) includes a plurality of logic sections (20) and an analog section (10). The plurality of logic sections (20) are connected to each other by an address line or a data line. The analog section (10) includes a plurality of input/output sections and an output amplifier. Each of the logic sections (20) includes a plurality of address lines, a plurality of data lines, a memory cell unit, and an address decoder that decodes an address signal and that outputs a decoded signal to the memory cell unit. The plurality of logic sections (20) and the analog section (10) are mounted in the same chip package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Hideaki YOSHIDA, Mitsunori KATSU, Hiroyuki KOZUTSUMI
  • Patent number: 9685920
    Abstract: A reconfigurable operational amplifier includes: a first signal input terminal; a second signal input terminal; an output terminal; an operational amplifier having a non-inverting input, an inverting input, and an output; a negative feedback circuit path from the output of the operational amplifier to the inverting input of the operational amplifier; a first input circuit path from the first signal input terminal to the non-inverting input of the operational amplifier; a second input circuit path from the second signal input terminal to the inverting input of the operational amplifier; an output circuit path from the output of the operational amplifier to the output terminal; and logic units, wherein one or more of the logic units are provided in at least one of the negative feedback circuit path, the first input circuit path, the second input circuit path, and the output circuit path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Yoshida, Mitsunori Katsu, Hiroyuki Kozutsumi
  • Patent number: 9558810
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of reconfiguration, including a plurality of logic units which are connected to each other by an address line or a data line, wherein each of the logic units includes: a plurality of address lines; a plurality of data lines; a clock signal line to receive a system clock signal; a first and a second memory cell units which operate synchronously with the clock signal; a first address decoder which decodes an address signal and outputs a decode signal to the first memory cell unit; a second address decoder which decodes an address signal and outputs a decode signal to the second memory cell unit; and an address transition detection unit which generates an internal clock signal and outputs the internal clock signal to the first memory cell unit, when a transition of the address signal input from the plurality of address lines is detected, wherein the first memory cell unit operates synchronously with the internal clock signal, and the second memory cell unit operates synchronously w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Satou, Mitsunori Katsu, Hideaki Yoshida, Hiroyuki Kozutsumi
  • Patent number: 9425800
    Abstract: [Problem] To be able to provide a reconfigurable logic device having a small area and enhanced reprogramming characteristics. [Solution] A reconfigurable logic device for forming a plurality of logic circuits in accordance with configuration data information. Each of the multi-lookup table units includes: a configuration memory that stores configuration data; data input lines; data output lines; and a reconfigurable logic multiplexer that, in response to the configuration data, selectively links data inputted to the data input lines to data outputted to the data output lines, and/or outputs, to the data output lines, data obtained by performing a logical operation on data pertaining to the inputted data. The multi-lookup tables that are adjacent to one another are connected through the data input lines and the data output lines of the respective multi-lookup table units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sato, Koushi Sato, Mitsunori Katsu, Isao Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20160240243
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of reconfiguration, including a plurality of logic units which are connected to each other by an address line or a data line, wherein each of the logic units includes: a plurality of address lines; a plurality of data lines; a clock signal line to receive a system clock signal; a first and a second memory cell units which operate synchronously with the clock signal; a first address decoder which decodes an address signal and outputs a decode signal to the first memory cell unit; a second address decoder which decodes an address signal and outputs a decode signal to the second memory cell unit; and an address transition detection unit which generates an internal clock signal and outputs the internal clock signal to the first memory cell unit, when a transition of the address signal input from the plurality of address lines is detected, wherein the first memory cell unit operates synchronously with the internal clock signal, and the second memory cell unit operates synchronously w
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki SATOU, Mitsunori KATSU, Hideaki YOSHIDA, Hiroyuki KOZUTSUMI
  • Publication number: 20160142017
    Abstract: A reconfigurable operational amplifier includes: a first signal input terminal; a second signal input terminal; an output terminal; an operational amplifier having a non-inverting input, an inverting input, and an output; a negative feedback circuit path from the output of the operational amplifier to the inverting input of the operational amplifier; a first input circuit path from the first signal input terminal to the non-inverting input of the operational amplifier; a second input circuit path from the second signal input terminal to the inverting input of the operational amplifier; an output circuit path from the output of the operational amplifier to the output terminal; and logic units, wherein one or more of the logic units are provided in at least one of the negative feedback circuit path, the first input circuit path, the second input circuit path, and the output circuit path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki YOSHIDA, Mitsunori KATSU, Hiroyuki KOZUTSUMI
  • Publication number: 20160036447
    Abstract: [Problem] To be able to provide a reconfigurable logic device having a small area and enhanced reprogramming characteristics. [Solution] A reconfigurable logic device for forming a plurality of logic circuits in accordance with configuration data information. Each of the multi-lookup table units includes: a configuration memory that stores configuration data; data input lines; data output lines; and a reconfigurable logic multiplexer that, in response to the configuration data, selectively links data inputted to the data input lines to data outputted to the data output lines, and/or outputs, to the data output lines, data obtained by performing a logical operation on data pertaining to the inputted data. The multi-lookup tables that are adjacent to one another are connected through the data input lines and the data output lines of the respective multi-lookup table units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki SATO, Koushi SATO, Mitsunori KATSU, Isao SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20150171319
    Abstract: Provided is a resistive-switching memory device that includes: a resistive-switching insulating film; a source electrode arranged on a first main surface of the resistive-switching insulating film; a drain electrode arranged on the first main surface; and a gate electrode arranged on a second main surface of the resistive-switching insulating film, the second main surface being opposite to the first main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seisuke Nigo, Mitsunori Katsu, Masayuki Sato, Yuichi Sasajima
  • Publication number: 20070126618
    Abstract: A display device drive device includes a signal processing section (20) for correcting an input digital image signal and outputting a digital corrected signal, an analog signal output section (30) for outputting an analog image signal to a plurality of image output terminals (1), a signal switching selection (40) for successively selecting an analog image signal from the analog signal output section (30), and a delta/sigma modulator (9) for delta/sigma-modulating the analog image signal selected by the signal switching section (40) and feedback-inputs the created 1-bit digital modulated signal to the signal processing section (20). The signal processing section (20) successively outputs initial output data Vinit0 to Vinitm to the analog signal output section (30), receives a modulated signal for the initial output data Vinit0 to Vinitm from the delta/sigma modulator (9) so as to calculate correction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: Test Research Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshito Tanaka, Mitsunori Katsu
  • Publication number: 20060244743
    Abstract: A drive device includes an analog signal output part (30) for outputting analog image signals to the respective ones of a plurality of image output terminals (1); a signal switch part (40) for sequentially selecting analog image signals from the analog signal output part (30); and a delta-sigma modulator (9) for delta-sigma modulating the analog image signals selected by the signal switch part (40) and for outputting a 1-bit digital modulated signal from a delta-sigma modulation output terminal (2). The delta-sigma modulator (9) converts the analog image signals outputted from the multiple image output terminals (1) to the 1-bit digital modulated signal, which can be extracted, as a test signal, from the delta-sigma modulation output terminal (2) to the exterior via a single wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: Test Research Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshito Tanaka, Mitsunori Katsu