Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Goto

Mitsuru Goto 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: 7292215
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device capable of improving display quality by enabling proper execution of receipt and acceptance of image signals through compensation for variation in duty ratios of clock signals as input to liquid crystal driver circuitry, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Fujioka, Shigeru Ito, Mitsuru Goto, Yozo Nakayasu, Yoshiyuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20070109215
    Abstract: A display device used in a miniaturized portable equipment is capable of driving two display panels, consisting of main and sub display-panels. The display device includes a main display panel, a sub-display panel and a drive circuit. The drive circuit can simultaneously drive the main display panel and the sub-display panel. Output terminals are provided to the main display panel, and signals are transmitted to the sub-display panel from the output terminals. Further, the drive circuit includes a power source circuit which is capable of outputting proper common voltages to the main display panel and the sub-display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Mitsuru Goto, Yuichi Numata, Masato Sawahata, Yoshinori Aoki, Youichi Ooki
  • Publication number: 20070063346
    Abstract: A display device includes a drive circuit chip, and a substrate on which the drive circuit chip is mounted. The drive circuit chip includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulation layer, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer formed of metal between the semiconductor substrate and the insulation layer, and a first bump and a second bump formed over the insulation layer. The first bump is superposed with the first conductive layer, and a profile of the first bump in plan view is within a profile of the first conductive layer in plan view. The second bump is superposed with the second conductive layer, and a profile of the second pump in plan view is beyond a profile of the second conductive layer in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Hideaki Abe, Makoto Sato, Mitsuru Goto
  • Patent number: 7184010
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can be used in a miniaturized portable device, wherein the liquid crystal display device has a small area for mounting driving circuits and allows the free mounting of the driving circuits. In the liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal display element and a liquid crystal driving circuit, the liquid crystal driving circuit is mounted on one side of the liquid crystal display panel. Driving circuits for driving scanning signal lines are provided in plural. The scanning signal line driving circuits sandwich a circuit for driving video signal lines and are arranged in line with the video signal line driving circuit. Lines for transmitting signals to the scanning signal lines are connected to the scanning signal lines from left and right sides of the liquid crystal display panel so as to perform a control of the driving circuits in response to external signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Mitsuru Goto, Masato Sawahata, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yuuichi Numata
  • Patent number: 7167141
    Abstract: A display device used in a miniaturized portable equipment is capable of driving two display panels, consisting of main and sub-display panels. The display device includes a main display panel, a sub-display panel and a drive circuit. The drive circuit can simultaneously drive the main display panel and the sub-display panel. Output terminals are provided to the main display panel, and signals are transmitted to the sub-display panel from the output terminals. Further, the drive circuit includes a power source circuit which is capable of outputting proper common voltages to the main display panel and the sub-display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Goto, Yuichi Numata, Masato Sawahata, Yoshinori Aoki, Youichi Ooki
  • Publication number: 20060267902
    Abstract: In a display device, profile emphasizing is performed without using a frame memory while realizing the further reduction of power consumption. A display device includes a display panel provided with a plurality of pixels each of which has a pixel electrode, and a drive circuit which supplies a video signal to the respective pixels through video lines. Here, the drive circuit includes a profile emphasizing circuit which generates profile emphasizing display data which emphasizes a profile in response to display data inputted from the outside and emphasizes a profile portion of an image to be displayed on the display panel, and a memory which stores the profile emphasizing display data. The profile emphasizing circuit includes a latch circuit which sequentially stores continuous k(k?2) pieces of display data in display data for 1 display line and an arithmetic circuit which generates the profile emphasizing display data based on the k pieces of display data stored in the latch circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Kenichi Akiyama, Mitsuru Goto, Norimitsu Nishikawa, Uki Tsuchiyama
  • Patent number: 7141877
    Abstract: The present invention enhances the mounting accuracy of a drive circuit chip on a substrate thus realizing a display of high quality. Bumps (for example, gold bumps) on the drive circuit chip are used for alignment. Here, to enhance the recognition property of the alignment bumps, a plane shape of a conductive layer which is formed between a semiconductor substrate (Si substrate) of the drive circuit chip and the alignment bump is set to be included within a profile of a plane shape of the alignment bump. That is, by preventing the conductive layer from being observed in a periphery of the alignment bump, it is possible to prevent a photographed pattern of the bump taken by a camera or the like from be influenced by the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Abe, Makoto Sato, Mitsuru Goto
  • Publication number: 20060238479
    Abstract: The present invention, in a display device which includes a SRAM, prevents a phenomenon that power source fluctuation and display timings are not synchronized and hence, flickering occurs on a display surface of a liquid crystal panel. A display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels and scanning lines which apply a scanning voltage to the plurality of pixels; and a drive circuit which supplies a scanning voltage to the scanning lines, wherein the drive circuit includes a first booster circuit which generates a first voltage by elevating a reference voltage, a regulator which regulates the first voltage, and a second booster circuit which generates a second voltage by elevating a voltage outputted from the regulator. The second booster circuit generates the second voltage (selective scanning voltage) and a third voltage (non-selective scanning voltage).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Uki Tsuchiyama, Yoshinori Aoki, Mitsuru Goto, Kenichi Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20060192737
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of image signal lines for applying a plurality of gray scale voltages to the plurality of pixels, and an image signal line drive unit including a film substrate and a semiconductor integrated circuit device formed on the film substrate. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a plurality of input terminals, a plurality of output terminals, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The film substrate comprises a plurality of first wirings, a plurality of second wirings, and a third wiring. The third wiring and the first terminal are connected between the semiconductor integrated circuit device and the film substrate, and the third wiring and the second terminal are connected between the semiconductor integrated circuit device and the film substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Mitsuru Goto, Hiroko Hayata
  • Patent number: 7034810
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display element and an image signal line drive unit for supplying a gradation/tone voltage and having a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuit devices. Each semiconductor integrated circuit device has an input circuit unit which is provided at a central portion along a longitudinal direction of the semiconductor integrated circuit device and provided in a short side direction of the semiconductor integrated circuit device. A first output terminal section is provided in the longitudinal direction of the semiconductor integrated circuit device on both sides of a central portion in the short side direction of the semiconductor integrated circuit device of the input circuit unit, and a pair of output circuit units are provided on the both sides of the first output terminal section in the short-side direction of the semiconductor integrated circuit device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Goto, Hiroko Hayata
  • Publication number: 20050270009
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display module which includes a first display panel and a second display panel, it is possible to reduce a voltage drop attributed to the line resistance of a drive voltage supplied to the second display panel without increasing the cost. For this purpose, the first display panel includes a power source circuit which generates a drive voltage, the second display panel includes a scanning line drive circuit which drives scanning lines of the second display panel, a power source line of the first display panel, a power source line to which the drive voltage generated by the power source circuit is supplied and a variable resistance circuit which is connected with the power source line. The scanning line drive circuit drives the scanning lines of the second display panel in response to a drive voltage outputted from the variable resistance circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Youichi Ohki, Youzou Nakayasu, Yuichi Numata, Mitsuru Goto, Yoshinori Aoki
  • Publication number: 20050242436
    Abstract: The present invention enhances the mounting accuracy of a drive circuit chip on a substrate thus realizing a display of high quality. Bumps (for example, gold bumps) on the drive circuit chip are used for alignment. Here, to enhance the recognition property of the alignment bumps, a plane shape of a conductive layer which is formed between a semiconductor substrate (Si substrate) of the drive circuit chip and the alignment bump is set to be included within a profile of a plane shape of the alignment bump. That is, by preventing the conductive layer from being observed in a periphery of the alignment bump, it is possible to prevent a photographed pattern of the bump taken by a camera or the like from be influenced by the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Hideaki Abe, Makoto Sato, Mitsuru Goto
  • Publication number: 20050185477
    Abstract: The present invention aims at, as one object, the further enhancement of the low power consumption of a display device having a SRAM. According to the present invention, a display device includes a drive circuit to which video data is supplied from the outside; video lines to which video signals outputted from the drive circuit are supplied; and pixels to which the video signals are supplied through the video lines. The drive circuit includes a memory which stores the video data in memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Mitsuru Goto, Shouji Nagao, Kouichi Kotera
  • Patent number: 6924782
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a semiconductor integrated circuit capable of outputting a voltage equal to or higher than the source-drain withstand voltage of a component transistor. A switching circuit has first conducting-type first and second transistors connected in series between a first input terminal and a common output terminal and second conducting-type third and fourth transistors connected between a second input terminal and the common output terminal and a switching control circuit for controlling the switching circuit. The switching control circuit applies first and second bias voltages for turning on the second and fourth transistors to the gate electrodes of the second and fourth transistors, and applies a control voltage for selectively turning on/off the first or third transistor to the gate electrodes of the first and third transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Fujioka, Kazunari Kurokawa, Hiroshi Katayanagi, Mitsuru Goto, Yukihide Ode, Akira Ogura, Kentaro Agata
  • Publication number: 20050146494
    Abstract: An optimum driving method is realized in a miniaturized liquid crystal display device having two liquid crystal display panels so as to low power consumption. The liquid crystal display device includes a first liquid crystal display panel, a second liquid crystal display panel, a drive circuit which is mounted on the first liquid crystal display panel, output terminals which are formed on the first liquid crystal display panel and to which signals outputted from the drive circuit are supplied, and connection lines which connect the output terminals and the second liquid crystal display panel, wherein the drive circuit can change the AC driving method employed during a display period of the first liquid crystal display panel and the AC driving method employed during a display period of the second liquid crystal display panel which are present within the same frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki, Mitsuru Goto, Kenichi Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20050052340
    Abstract: An integral-type liquid crystal display module has a first display panel and a second display panel, and it can use a display panel of high resolution as the second display panel. The display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel, and a first flexible printed circuit board which connects the first display panel and the second display panel. The first display panel includes a display drive unit. Video lines of the second display panel are connected with the display drive unit through connection lines for video lines of the first flexible printed circuit board. Further, the second display panel includes a scanning line drive unit which supplies drive voltages to scanning lines of the second display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Mitsuru Goto, Nobuhiko Hosotani, Toshio Miyazawa, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Hitoshi Komeno
  • Patent number: 6862015
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device capable of improving display quality by enabling proper execution of receipt and acceptance of image signals through compensation for variation in duty ratios of clock signals as input to liquid crystal driver circuitry, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Fujioka, Shigeru Ito, Mitsuru Goto, Yozo Nakayasu, Yoshiyuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20040196231
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal display element having a plurality of pixels. The video signal line driver circuit includes a plurality of amplifiers each of which has a pair of a first input terminal and a second input terminal, and a plurality of pairs of an inverting input terminal and a noninverting input terminal. Each of the plurality of amplifiers has a switching circuit which switches between a first state and a second state, based on a switching control signal supplied with a switching repetition period equal to double a display line repetition period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Mitsuru Goto, Hiroshi Katayanagi, Yukihide Ode, Yoshiyuki Saitou, Koichi Kotera
  • Patent number: 6731263
    Abstract: Each video signal driver circuit in a liquid crystal display device includes a first amplifier circuit with a first output terminal and first and second input terminals; a second amplifier circuit with a second output terminal and third and fourth input terminals; a first connecting circuit switchable between a first connection wherein an output voltage from the first output terminal is input to the first input terminal as a reference voltage, and a second connection wherein the output voltage from the first output terminal is input to the second input terminal as a reference voltage; and a second connecting circuit switchable between a third connection wherein an output voltage from the second output terminal is input to the third input terminal as a reference voltage, and a fourth connection wherein the output voltage from the second output terminal is input to the fourth input terminal as a reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Goto, Hiroshi Katayanagi, Yukihide Ode, Yoshiyuki Saitou, Koichi Kotera
  • Publication number: 20040046727
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device capable of improving display quality by enabling proper execution of receipt and acceptance of image signals through compensation for variation in duty ratios of clock signals as input to liquid crystal driver circuitry, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd and Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Fujioka, Shigeru Ito, Mitsuru Goto, Yozo Nakayasu, Yoshiyuki Saito