Patents by Inventor Naoyasu Tasaka

Naoyasu Tasaka 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: 4979172
    Abstract: A microcomputer incorporates an EPROM for storing programs and data which a CPU executes, and includes, as operating modes, a microcomputer mode for operating as a microcomputer, a test mode for testing the operation of the CPU and an EPROM mode for writing in and reading from the EPROM. A test terminal of the microcomputer is used for mode switching control, i.e., used as a power supply testing/programming terminal. By the logic level of this terminal, switching between the microcomputer mode and the test mode is performed, and a programming voltage is also supplied. By a control terminal, which is another terminal, switching between the test mode and the EPROM mode is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Murase, Naoyasu Tasaka