Patents by Inventor Naoto Taoka

Naoto Taoka 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: 10726878
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Betsui, Naoto Taoka, Motoo Suwa, Shigezumi Matsui, Norihiko Sugita, Yoshiharu Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20180301172
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Takafumi BETSUI, Naoto TAOKA, Motoo SUWA, Shigezumi MATSUI, Norihiko SUGITA, Yoshiharu FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10020028
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Betsui, Naoto Taoka, Motoo Suwa, Shigezumi Matsui, Norihiko Sugita, Yoshiharu Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9792959
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Betsui, Naoto Taoka, Motoo Suwa, Shigezumi Matsui, Norihiko Sugita, Yoshiharu Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20170062020
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Takafumi BETSUI, Naoto TAOKA, Motoo SUWA, Shigezumi MATSUI, Norihiko SUGITA, Yoshiharu FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20170062021
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Takafumi BETSUI, Naoto TAOKA, Motoo SUWA, Shigezumi MATSUI, Norihiko SUGITA, Yoshiharu FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 9530457
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Betsui, Naoto Taoka, Motoo Suwa, Shigezumi Matsui, Norihiko Sugita, Yoshiharu Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20150171066
    Abstract: This invention is to improve performance of a semiconductor integrated circuit device. A semiconductor device has a peripheral circuit chip and a logic chip mounted over a wiring substrate. The wiring substrate and the peripheral circuit chip are electrically connected, and the peripheral circuit chip and the logic chip are electrically connected. The peripheral circuit chip includes a first peripheral circuit, a power supply controller, a temperature sensor and a first RAM. The logic chip includes a CPU, a second peripheral circuit and a second RAM. The first peripheral circuit and the first RAM are manufactured based on a first process rule. The CPU, the second peripheral circuit and the second RAM are manufactured based on a second process rule finer than the first process rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Shintaro YAMAMICHI, Atsushi NAKAMURA, Masayuki ITO, Naoto TAOKA, Kentaro MORI
  • Patent number: 8975120
    Abstract: The reliability of a semiconductor device is to be improved. A microcomputer chip (semiconductor chip) having a plurality of pads formed on a main surface thereof is mounted over an upper surface of a wiring substrate in an opposed state of the chip main surface to the substrate upper surface. Pads coupled to a plurality of terminals (bonding leads) formed over the substrate upper surface comprise a plurality of first pads in which a unique electric current different from the electric current flowing through other pads flows and a plurality of second pads in which an electric current common to the pads flows or does not flow. Another first pad of the first pads or one of the second pads are arranged next to the first pad. The first pads are electrically coupled to a plurality of bonding leads respectively via a plurality of bumps (first conductive members), while the second pads are bonded to the terminals via a plurality of bumps (second conductive members).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Taoka, Atsushi Nakamura, Naozumi Morino, Toshikazu Ishikawa, Nobuhiro Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20150036406
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Takafumi BETSUI, Naoto TAOKA, Motoo SUWA, Shigezumi MATSUI, Norihiko SUGITA, Yoshiharu FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 8898613
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Betsui, Naoto Taoka, Motoo Suwa, Shigezumi Matsui, Norihiko Sugita, Yoshiharu Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20140193954
    Abstract: The reliability of a semiconductor device is to be improved. A microcomputer chip (semiconductor chip) having a plurality of pads formed on a main surface thereof is mounted over an upper surface of a wiring substrate in an opposed state of the chip main surface to the substrate upper surface. Pads coupled to a plurality of terminals (bonding leads) formed over the substrate upper surface comprise a plurality of first pads in which a unique electric current different from the electric current flowing through other pads flows and a plurality of second pads in which an electric current common to the pads flows or does not flow. Another first pad of the first pads or one of the second pads are arranged next to the first pad. The first pads are electrically coupled to a plurality of bonding leads respectively via a plurality of bumps (first conductive members), while the second pads are bonded to the terminals via a plurality of bumps (second conductive members).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Taoka, Atsushi Nakamura, Naozumi Morino, Toshikazu Ishikawa, Nobuhiro Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20140160826
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi BETSUI, Naoto TAOKA, Motoo SUWA, Shigezumi MATSUI, Norihiko SUGITA, Yoshiharu FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 8698296
    Abstract: The reliability of a semiconductor device is to be improved. A microcomputer chip (semiconductor chip) having a plurality of pads formed on a main surface thereof is mounted over an upper surface of a wiring substrate in an opposed state of the chip main surface to the substrate upper surface. Pads coupled to a plurality of terminals (bonding leads) formed over the substrate upper surface comprise a plurality of first pads in which a unique electric current different from the electric current flowing through other pads flows and a plurality of second pads in which an electric current common to the pads flows or does not flow. Another first pad of the first pads or one of the second pads are arranged next to the first pad. The first pads are electrically coupled to a plurality of bonding leads respectively via a plurality of bumps (first conductive members), while the second pads are bonded to the terminals via a plurality of bumps (second conductive members).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Taoka, Atsushi Nakamura, Naozumi Morino, Toshikazu Ishikawa, Nobuhiro Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8694949
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Betsui, Naoto Taoka, Motoo Suwa, Shigezumi Matsui, Norihiko Sugita, Yoshiharu Fukushima
  • Patent number: 8386992
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Betsui, Naoto Taoka, Motoo Suwa, Shigezumi Matsui, Norihiko Sugita, Yoshiharu Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20120079238
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi BETSUI, Naoto TAOKA, Motoo SUWA, Shigezumi MATSUI, Norihiko SUGITA, Yoshiharu FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 8091061
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Betsui, Naoto Taoka, Motoo Suwa, Shigezumi Matsui, Norihiko Sugita, Yoshiharu Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20100301466
    Abstract: The reliability of a semiconductor device is to be improved. A microcomputer chip (semiconductor chip) having a plurality of pads formed on a main surface thereof is mounted over an upper surface of a wiring substrate in an opposed state of the chip main surface to the substrate upper surface. Pads coupled to a plurality of terminals (bonding leads) formed over the substrate upper surface comprise a plurality of first pads in which a unique electric current different from the electric current flowing through other pads flows and a plurality of second pads in which an electric current common to the pads flows or does not flow. Another first pad of the first pads or one of the second pads are arranged next to the first pad. The first pads are electrically coupled to a plurality of bonding leads respectively via a plurality of bumps (first conductive members), while the second pads are bonded to the terminals via a plurality of bumps (second conductive members).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Naoto TAOKA, Atsushi Nakamura, Naozumi Morino, Toshikazu Ishikawa, Nobuhiro Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20070192559
    Abstract: A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Takafumi BETSUI, Naoto Taoka, Motoo Suwa, Shigezumi Matsui, Norihiko Sugita, Yoshiharu Fukushima