Patents by Inventor Senta Sekido

Senta Sekido 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: 10200045
    Abstract: A spread spectrum clock generator circuit includes a phase comparator; an oscillator to output an output clock signal; a phase selector to select one of phases equally dividing one cycle of the output clock signal, and to generate a phase shift clock signal having a rising edge in the selected phase; and a phase shift controller to control the phase selector. The phase shift controller generates a variable phase shift amount; determines the phase of the rising edge so that the cycle of the phase shift clock signal has a length changed from the cycle of the output clock signal by the variable phase shift amount added with a fixed phase shift amount; and changes a setting of an SS modulation profile if the selected phase exceeds an upper limit, falls below a lower limit, or is within the upper and lower limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Senta Sekido
  • Publication number: 20170264303
    Abstract: A spread spectrum clock generator circuit includes a phase comparator; an oscillator to output an output clock signal; a phase selector to select one of phases equally dividing one cycle of the output clock signal, and to generate a phase shift clock signal having a rising edge in the selected phase; and a phase shift controller to control the phase selector. The phase shift controller generates a variable phase shift amount; determines the phase of the rising edge so that the cycle of the phase shift clock signal has a length changed from the cycle of the output clock signal by the variable phase shift amount added with a fixed phase shift amount; and changes a setting of an SS modulation profile if the selected phase exceeds an upper limit, falls below a lower limit, or is within the upper and lower limits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Senta SEKIDO
  • Patent number: 7923860
    Abstract: A switching power supply circuit includes a plurality of switching regulators and a timing adjustment circuit. The plurality of switching regulators converts an input voltage input to an input terminal into a plurality of predetermined constant voltages, and outputs the plurality of predetermined constant voltages from a plurality of output terminals, respectively. The timing adjustment circuit adjusts phases of a plurality of pulse signals generated by the plurality of switching regulators so that the phases of the plurality of pulse signals are different from each other, and outputs the plurality of adjusted pulse signals to respective switch circuits of the plurality of switching regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Furuse, Yasuhiro Ishizaka, Senta Sekido
  • Publication number: 20090195071
    Abstract: A switching power supply circuit includes a plurality of switching regulators and a timing adjustment circuit. The plurality of switching regulators converts an input voltage input to an input terminal into a plurality of predetermined constant voltages, and outputs the plurality of predetermined constant voltages from a plurality of output terminals, respectively. The timing adjustment circuit adjusts phases of a plurality of pulse signals generated by the plurality of switching regulators so that the phases of the plurality of pulse signals are different from each other, and outputs the plurality of adjusted pulse signals to respective switch circuits of the plurality of switching regulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa FURUSE, Yasuhiro Ishizaka, Senta Sekido