Patents by Inventor Satoru Kawmoto

Satoru Kawmoto 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: 8380917
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuits for command control for synchronous memory device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a memory device comprises a first synchronous memory controlled by a second group of commands which includes a first command receiving section for receiving a first group of commands, and a second command receiving section for receiving a command that is unique to the first synchronous memory and different from the first group of commands during execution of the first group of commands received by the first command receiving section. The synchronous memory further comprises a second synchronous memory controlled by the first group of commands, where the first synchronous memory and the second synchronous memory are coupled to a same data bus, and where the second group of commands is different from the first group of commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Kenji Shibata, Mitsuhiro Nagao, Satoru Kawmoto
  • Patent number: 8122204
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling memory devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a memory system comprises a memory controller for forwarding a command signal and an address signal and for receiving and forwarding a data signal, and a first memory device for receiving the command signal and the address signal from the memory controller, where the first memory device comprises a first command judging circuit for receiving and forwarding the data signal and for decoding the command signal. The memory system further comprises a second memory device for receiving the command signal and the address signal from the memory controller, where the second memory device comprises a second command judging circuit for receiving and generating the data signal and for decoding the command signal. The command signal, the address signal and the data signal are commonly connected to the first memory device and the second memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Nagao, Kenji Shibata, Satoru Kawmoto
  • Publication number: 20090150701
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling memory devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a memory system comprises a memory controller for forwarding a command signal and an address signal and for receiving and forwarding a data signal, and a first memory device for receiving the command signal and the address signal from the memory controller, where the first memory device comprises a first command judging circuit for receiving and forwarding the data signal and for decoding the command signal. The memory system further comprises a second memory device for receiving the command signal and the address signal from the memory controller, where the second memory device comprises a second command judging circuit for receiving and generating the data signal and for decoding the command signal. The command signal, the address signal and the data signal are commonly connected to the first memory device and the second memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro NAGAO, Kenji SHIBATA, Satoru KAWMOTO
  • Publication number: 20060291305
    Abstract: A semiconductor device (1) is provided which includes a regular cell array unit (30), a redundant cell array unit (31) that is provided in relation to the regular cell array unit (30), and a PGM/ER state machine (20) that controls reprogramming in which, when programming of a sector in the regular cell array unit fails (step S3), data involved in the programming that fails and data already stored in the sector in the regular cell array unit are written (step S8) into the redundant cell array unit (31). Since reprogramming is performed to write the data already written in the sector as well as the data involved in the programming that fails into the redundant cell array unit (31), data loss can be prevented and data can be secured, thereby increasing the reliability of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Norikatsu Suzuki, Makoto Niimi, Satoru Kawmoto