Patents by Inventor Satoshi MAEJIMA

Satoshi MAEJIMA 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: 12244223
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power factor improvement circuit with a DC/DC converter including an arithmetic circuit. A first voltage having a full-wave rectified waveform is received by an input voltage detection terminal of the power factor improvement circuit. A second voltage is generated by amplifying an error between a first detection voltage and a reference voltage according to an output voltage of the DC/DC converter. A third voltage is generated by multiplying the first voltage by the second voltage. The arithmetic circuit adds an offset voltage to a third voltage to generate a fourth voltage. A comparator is configured to compare a second detection voltage with the fourth voltage. A drive circuit is configured to turn on/off drive of the switching transistor according to an output of the comparator. When the second detection voltage is higher than the fourth voltage, the switching transistor is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Maejima, Takumi Fujimaki
  • Publication number: 20230387793
    Abstract: A control circuit controls a power factor correction circuit including a DC-DC converter. The control circuit includes an amplifier configured to amplify a voltage commensurate with the output voltage of the DC-DC converter, a comparator configured to compare the output voltage of the amplifier with a slope voltage commensurate with the current passing through a switching element in the DC-DC converter, and a driver configured to drive the switching element based on the output voltage of the comparator. The control circuit is configured to adjust at least one of the gain of the amplifier and the gradient of the slope voltage in accordance with the load power of the DC-DC converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Manae ITO, Satoshi MAEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230275507
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power factor improvement circuit with a DC/DC converter including an arithmetic circuit. A first voltage having a full-wave rectified waveform is received by an input voltage detection terminal of the power factor improvement circuit. A second voltage is generated by amplifying an error between a first detection voltage and a reference voltage according to an output voltage of the DC/DC converter. A third voltage is generated by multiplying the first voltage by the second voltage. The arithmetic circuit adds an offset voltage to a third voltage to generate a fourth voltage. A comparator is configured to compare a second detection voltage with the fourth voltage. A drive circuit is configured to turn on/off drive of the switching transistor according to an output of the comparator. When the second detection voltage is higher than the fourth voltage, the switching transistor is turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi MAEJIMA, Takumi FUJIMAKI
  • Patent number: 11705807
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power factor improvement circuit with a DC/DC converter including an arithmetic circuit. A first voltage having a full-wave rectified waveform is received by an input voltage detection terminal of the power factor improvement circuit. A second voltage is generated by amplifying an error between a first detection voltage and a reference voltage according to an output voltage of the DC/DC converter. A third voltage is generated by multiplying the first voltage by the second voltage. The arithmetic circuit adds an offset voltage to a third voltage to generate a fourth voltage. A comparator is configured to compare a second detection voltage with the fourth voltage. A drive circuit is configured to turn on/off drive of the switching transistor according to an output of the comparator. When the second detection voltage is higher than the fourth voltage, the switching transistor is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Maejima, Takumi Fujimaki
  • Publication number: 20220109366
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power factor improvement circuit with a DC/DC converter including an arithmetic circuit. A first voltage having a full-wave rectified waveform is received by an input voltage detection terminal of the power factor improvement circuit. A second voltage is generated by amplifying an error between a first detection voltage and a reference voltage according to an output voltage of the DC/DC converter. A third voltage is generated by multiplying the first voltage by the second voltage. The arithmetic circuit adds an offset voltage to a third voltage to generate a fourth voltage. A comparator is configured to compare a second detection voltage with the fourth voltage. A drive circuit is configured to turn on/off drive of the switching transistor according to an output of the comparator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi MAEJIMA, Takumi Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 11029365
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an external terminal, a switching output stage that performs switching drive of a terminal voltage at the external terminal, an output control unit arranged to generate a drive signal for the switching output stage according to an input pulse signal, a counter arranged to count the number of pulses of the input pulse signal so as to generate a mask signal, a logical gate arranged to mask the input pulse signal according to the mask signal, and a comparator arranged to compare the terminal voltage with a predetermined threshold value voltage so as to generate a reset signal of the counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Maejima, Junichi Hagino
  • Patent number: 10924003
    Abstract: A controller IC has, for example, a current detection terminal for detecting a coil current passing in a switching power supply and an on-timing setter configured to check for a ground short circuit at the current detection terminal when an output transistor turns off to generate an on-timing setting signal so as to turn on the output transistor, during normal operation, at the time point that the coil current has decreased to a zero value or a value close thereto and, during a ground short circuit, after the lapse of a predetermined minimum off-period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Maejima
  • Publication number: 20190260290
    Abstract: A controller IC has, for example, a current detection terminal for detecting a coil current passing in a switching power supply and an on-timing setter configured to check for a ground short circuit at the current detection terminal when an output transistor turns off to generate an on-timing setting signal so as to turn on the output transistor, during normal operation, at the time point that the coil current has decreased to a zero value or a value close thereto and, during a ground short circuit, after the lapse of a predetermined minimum off-period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi MAEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20180128868
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an external terminal, a switching output stage that performs switching drive of a terminal voltage at the external terminal, an output control unit arranged to generate a drive signal for the switching output stage according to an input pulse signal, a counter arranged to count the number of pulses of the input pulse signal so as to generate a mask signal, a logical gate arranged to mask the input pulse signal according to the mask signal, and a comparator arranged to compare the terminal voltage with a predetermined threshold value voltage so as to generate a reset signal of the counter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi MAEJIMA, Junichi HAGINO
  • Publication number: 20100265211
    Abstract: In a touch-type input device, multiple sensor electrodes are arranged in a first coordinate axis direction. A capacitance detection circuit measures the electrostatic capacitances of the multiple sensor electrodes, and generates a first data array containing the capacitance value data which represents the electrostatic capacitances thus measured. A peak detection unit scans the first data array, identifies the sensor electrode which exhibits the largest capacitance, and generates first peak data which indicates the sensor electrode thus identified. Using the sensor electrode indicated by the first peak data as a reference, a computation processing unit reduces the value of the capacitance data of each sensor electrode arranged in a range within the capacitance value data contained in the first data array so as to generate a second data array, with the range having been selected using the sensor electrode indicated by the first peak data as a reference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki OISHI, Satoshi MAEJIMA