Patents by Inventor Naoki Yada

Naoki Yada 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: 10401671
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel capable of sensing a touch includes a TFT substrate 1; a CF substrate 2 arranged so as to be opposed to the TFT substrate 1; a liquid crystal layer 3 interposed between the TFT substrate 1 and the CF substrate 2; touch drive electrodes Tx arranged on a liquid crystal layer 3 side of the CF substrate 2; touch detection electrodes Rx arranged on a side of the CF substrate 2 opposite to the liquid crystal layer 3; a pressing detection electrode Fx arranged on a liquid crystal layer 3 side of the TFT substrate 1; and a control unit that supplies a driving signal to the touch drive electrodes Tx and detects detection signals output from the touch detection electrodes Rx, thereby detecting a touch position, and that detects amounts of change in electrostatic capacitances generated between the touch drive electrodes Tx and the pressing detection electrode Fx, thereby detecting pressing when touched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruhito Kagawa, Kohji Ogata, Naoki Yada
  • Publication number: 20180364511
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel capable of sensing a touch includes a TFT substrate 1; a CF substrate 2 arranged so as to be opposed to the TFT substrate 1; a liquid crystal layer 3 interposed between the TFT substrate 1 and the CF substrate 2; touch drive electrodes Tx arranged on a liquid crystal layer 3 side of the CF substrate 2; touch detection electrodes Rx arranged on a side of the CF substrate 2 opposite to the liquid crystal layer 3; a pressing detection electrode Fx arranged on a liquid crystal layer 3 side of the TFT substrate 1; and a control unit that supplies a driving signal to the touch drive electrodes Tx and detects detection signals output from the touch detection electrodes Rx, thereby detecting a touch position, and that detects amounts of change in electrostatic capacitances generated between the touch drive electrodes Tx and the pressing detection electrode Fx, thereby detecting pressing when touched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: HARUHITO KAGAWA, KOHJI OGATA, NAOKI YADA
  • Patent number: 9531401
    Abstract: The semiconductor integrated circuit device has: more than one analog port; an A/D conversion part operable to execute an A/D conversion process for converting an analog signal taken in through each analog port into a digital signal for each preset virtual channel; and an A/D conversion control part operable to control an action of the A/D conversion part. The A/D conversion control part includes: virtual channel registers on which correspondence between the virtual channel and the analog port can be set; and a scan-group-forming register on which a start position of a scan group and an end position thereof can be set. The A/D conversion control part controls the A/D conversion part to successively execute an A/D conversion process on a plurality of virtual channels from a virtual channel associated with the start pointer to a virtual channel associated with the end pointer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiki Kawakami, Naoki Yada, Hiroyuki Tsunakawa
  • Publication number: 20160134296
    Abstract: The semiconductor integrated circuit device has: more than one analog port; an A/D conversion part operable to execute an A/D conversion process for converting an analog signal taken in through each analog port into a digital signal for each preset virtual channel; and an A/D conversion control part operable to control an action of the A/D conversion part. The A/D conversion control part includes: virtual channel registers on which correspondence between the virtual channel and the analog port can be set; and a scan-group-forming register on which a start position of a scan group and an end position thereof can be set. The A/D conversion control part controls the A/D conversion part to successively execute an A/D conversion process on a plurality of virtual channels from a virtual channel associated with the start pointer to a virtual channel associated with the end pointer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Fumiki Kawakami, Naoki Yada, Hiroyuki Tsunakawa
  • Patent number: 9246506
    Abstract: The semiconductor integrated circuit device has: more than one analog port; an A/D conversion part operable to execute an A/D conversion process for converting an analog signal taken in through each analog port into a digital signal for each preset virtual channel; and an A/D conversion control part operable to control an action of the A/D conversion part. The A/D conversion control part includes: virtual channel registers on which correspondence between the virtual channel and the analog port can be set; and a scan-group-forming register on which a start position of a scan group and an end position thereof can be set. The A/D conversion control part controls the A/D conversion part to successively execute an A/D conversion process on a plurality of virtual channels from a virtual channel associated with the start pointer to a virtual channel associated with the end pointer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiki Kawakami, Naoki Yada, Hiroyuki Tsunakawa
  • Publication number: 20150162927
    Abstract: The semiconductor integrated circuit device has: more than one analog port; an A/D conversion part operable to execute an A/D conversion process for converting an analog signal taken in through each analog port into a digital signal for each preset virtual channel; and an A/D conversion control part operable to control an action of the A/D conversion part. The A/D conversion control part includes: virtual channel registers on which correspondence between the virtual channel and the analog port can be set; and a scan-group-forming register on which a start position of a scan group and an end position thereof can be set. The A/D conversion control part controls the A/D conversion part to successively execute an A/D conversion process on a plurality of virtual channels from a virtual channel associated with the start pointer to a virtual channel associated with the end pointer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Fumiki KAWAKAMI, Naoki YADA, Hiroyuki TSUNAKAWA
  • Patent number: 8970410
    Abstract: The semiconductor integrated circuit device has: more than one analog port; an A/D conversion part operable to execute an A/D conversion process for converting an analog signal taken in through each analog port into a digital signal for each preset virtual channel; and an A/D conversion control part operable to control an action of the A/D conversion part. The A/D conversion control part includes: virtual channel registers on which correspondence between the virtual channel and the analog port can be set; and a scan-group-forming register on which a start position of a scan group and an end position thereof can be set. The A/D conversion control part controls the A/D conversion part to successively execute an A/D conversion process on a plurality of virtual channels from a virtual channel associated with the start pointer to a virtual channel associated with the end pointer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiki Kawakami, Naoki Yada, Hiroyuki Tsunakawa
  • Patent number: 8525712
    Abstract: To improve resolution of a built-in A/D converter by reducing the area occupied by a chip of the built-in A/D converter in a semiconductor integrated circuit that is mounted in an on-vehicle millimeter wave radar device and which incorporates an A/D converter and an MPU. In the semiconductor integrated circuit, a plurality of reception signals of the radar device is A/D-converted by a single digital correction type A/D converter. The digital correction type A/D converter of the single A/D converter is a foreground digital correction type A/D converter that sequentially A/D-converts the reception signals output from a multiplexer of a receiving interface. The single A/D converter includes a pipeline type A/D converter having a plurality of cascade-coupled converters. The semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a correction signal generating unit, a digital correction D/A converter, and a digital correction unit for digital correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Oshima, Tatsuji Matsuura, Naoki Yada, Takahiro Miki, Akihiro Kitagawa, Tetsuo Matsui, Kunihiko Usui
  • Publication number: 20120038498
    Abstract: To improve resolution of a built-in A/D converter by reducing the area occupied by a chip of the built-in A/D converter in a semiconductor integrated circuit that is mounted in an on-vehicle millimeter wave radar device and which incorporates an A/D converter and an MPU. In the semiconductor integrated circuit, a plurality of reception signals of the radar device is A/D-converted by a single digital correction type A/D converter. The digital correction type A/D converter of the single A/D converter is a foreground digital correction type A/D converter that sequentially A/D-converts the reception signals output from a multiplexer of a receiving interface. The single A/D converter includes a pipeline type A/D converter having a plurality of cascade-coupled converters. The semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a correction signal generating unit, a digital correction D/A converter, and a digital correction unit for digital correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi OSHIMA, Tatsuji MATSUURA, Naoki YADA, Takahiro MIKI, Akihiro KITAGAWA, Tetsuo MATSUI, Kunihiko USUI
  • Publication number: 20110175664
    Abstract: A power-supply sequence-free electronic circuit is realized without the increase of the number of power supply detectors for detecting the rising of the power supply. The electronic circuit operated by supplying three or more types of power supply voltages to the ground voltage of the circuit generates a first detection signal indicating whether any one of other power supply voltages does not rise by a first detection circuit which is operated with a predetermined power supply voltage as an operation power supply. The electronic circuit generates a second detection signal indicating whether the predetermined power supply voltage rises by a second detection circuit which is provided for each of the other power supply voltages and operated with one power supply voltage of the other power supply voltages as an operation power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Junpei INOUE, Naoki YADA, Sadayuki MORITA, Kazuki FUKUOKA
  • Patent number: 7805562
    Abstract: A microcomputer capable of on-board programming of dedicated user communication protocols without requiring a serial interface on the mounted board, and that will not destroy the dedicated user communication protocol code even if the system runs out of control. A user boot mat other than a user mat is provided for programming control programs for the user in the on-chip non-volatile memory of the microcomputer. The user boot mat serves as the mat for programming the dedicated user communication protocol and also provides a user boot mode for running the program. The user boot mat cannot program or erase in this user boot mode. By separating the user boot mat and user mat, an interface capable of programming and erasing the user-specified programming can be achieved without having to program a dedicated communication protocol on the user mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Hokkai Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Yada, Eiichi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20080309383
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a memory circuit, an oscillator circuit which generates an internal clock signal, based on control information held in the memory circuit, and a logic circuit which generates control information that causes the frequency of the internal clock signal to coincide with the frequency of an external clock signal. The internal clock signal is used for a synchronous operation of an internal circuit. Even if an error (undesired variation) occurs in the oscillation characteristic of the oscillator circuit due to process variations, it is possible to cause an internal clock signal frequency to coincide with an external clock signal frequency corresponding to a target frequency without the need for external attachment of a crystal oscillator and the input of an external clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Naoki Yada, Yasuyuki Saito, Yasushi Shibatsuka, Katsunori Koike, Mitsuhiko Okutsu
  • Publication number: 20080303548
    Abstract: An I/O buffer section is provided with a status setting circuit. The status setting circuit arbitrarily sets a signal state of an I/O terminal according to a combination of control signals stored in a setting register. Thus, the I/O buffer section is temporarily set to a Hi-Z state by the status setting circuit even in the case of the I/O terminal originally set to a signal holding state. Consequently, a leak test for testing whether the I/O buffer section is good or bad, can be performed, and the reliability of a semiconductor device can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Fumiki KAWAKAMI, Naoki Yada
  • Patent number: 7385869
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus supplied a first voltage from outside, includes a CPU, a first voltage generating circuit, a second voltage generating circuit, a clock generating circuit, and, a nonvolatile memory which can be accessed by the CPU. The first voltage generating circuit generates a second voltage, a voltage level of which is lower than that of the first voltage. The clock generating circuit is supplied the second voltage from the first voltage generating circuit and generates a clock signal, and the second voltage generating circuit is supplied the second voltage from the first voltage generating circuit and the clock signal from the clock generating circuit, and generates a second voltage, a voltage level of which is higher than that of the first voltage, for supplying to the nonvolatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Eiichi Ishikawa, Yasuyuki Saito, Masanao Sato, Naoki Yada, Kiyoshi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 7382681
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a memory circuit, an oscillator circuit which generates an internal clock signal, based on control information held in the memory circuit, and a logic circuit which generates control information that causes the frequency of the internal clock signal to coincide with the frequency of an external clock signal. The internal clock signal is used for a synchronous operation of an internal circuit. Even if an error (undesired variation) occurs in the oscillation characteristic of the oscillator circuit due to process variations, it is possible to cause an internal clock signal frequency to coincide with an external clock signal frequency corresponding to a target frequency without the need for external attachment of a crystal oscillator and the input of an external clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Yada, Yasuyuki Saito, Yasushi Shibatsuka, Katsunori Koike, Mitsuhiko Okutsu
  • Publication number: 20080005454
    Abstract: A microcomputer capable of on-board programming of dedicated user communication protocols without requiring a serial interface on the mounted board, and that will not destroy the dedicated user communication protocol code even if the system runs out of control. A user boot mat other than a user mat is provided for programming control programs for the user in the on-chip non-volatile memory of the microcomputer. The user boot mat serves as the mat for programming the dedicated user communication protocol and also provides a user boot mode for running the program. The user boot mat cannot program or erase in this user boot mode. By separating the user boot mat and user mat, an interface capable of programming and erasing the user-specified programming can be achieved without having to program a dedicated communication protocol on the user mat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Naoki Yada, Eiichi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 7310700
    Abstract: The present invention provides a microcomputer wherein in a system which needs to respond to events developed at intervals each shorter than an erase/program process time, erase/programming can be effected on an on-chip non-volatile memory as necessary during its processing. An erase and program control program for an electrically erasable and programmable non-volatile memory is configured inclusive of a loop of the application of a high voltage pulse and data verify or the like, for example. If a program jumped to a subroutine for an address specified by a user is programmed in advance during this loop, then a process by a CPU can be temporarily jumped to the subroutine for the user defined address. Thus, erase and programming can be effected on a system which needs to confirm internal and external events every predetermined intervals or a system with a learning function, or the like during the execution of a user program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Hokkai Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Yada, Eiichi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20070258310
    Abstract: There is provided a fuse module that holds trimming information for an internal oscillation circuit module. The fuse module includes information-writing fuse circuits to which trimming information is written depending on whether an information-writing fuse is blown; a reference fuse circuit for determining whether the information-writing fuse has been blown; and a current-to-voltage converter section. Since the reference fuse circuit and the current-to-voltage converter section are shared by the information-writing fuse circuits, the circuit area of the fuse module is greatly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Masato MOMII, Naoki Yada, Masaru Iwabuchi
  • Publication number: 20070250735
    Abstract: A microcontroller formed on a single chip semiconductor includes a central processing unit; an oscillator unit adapted to generate a system clock, and an electrical fuse unit including a control information for trimming a frequency of the oscillator unit. The central processing unit is operable to generate said control information which controls the oscillator unit, using an external clock from outside the microcontroller. The oscillator unit is trimmed by the control information for generating the system clock. Also, the central processing unit is capable of operating by the system clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Masato MOMII, Naoki Yada, Masaru Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 7277037
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit including an A/D converter capable of converting an analog signal accepted through an external terminal into a digital signal. The A/D converter includes: a ladder-type resistor for generating a reference voltage; a set of first operational amplifiers, each accepts an output voltage of the ladder-type resistor; a set of first switches, each capable of short-circuiting an input terminal and an output terminal of corresponding one of the first operational amplifiers thereby to allow an offset correction of the corresponding first operational amplifier to be made; and a comparator circuit for comparing an output voltage of each of the first operational amplifiers with the analog signal. The A/D converter can reduce a current output from the ladder-type resistor and speed up charge and discharge of the sampling capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Naoki Yada, Yasuyuki Saito