Patents by Inventor Munehiko Azami

Munehiko Azami 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: 6614376
    Abstract: A D/A converter circuit capable of handling a high bit number digital signal, having good linearity, and having a small occupied surface area is provided. The D/A converter circuit has n−m+1 capacitors (where m is a natural number, and smaller than n), and the supply and discharge of electric charge to one of the capacitors from among the n−m+1 capacitors are controlled by the lower m bits of a digital video signal. The supply and discharge of electric charge to the remaining n−m capacitors, from among the n−m+1 capacitors, are controlled by the upper n−m bits, from among the n bits, of the digital video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Tanaka, Munehiko Azami