Patents by Inventor Shoki MIYATA

Shoki MIYATA 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: 12170519
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with reduced power consumption can be provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is a p-channel transistor including silicon in a channel formation region and the second transistor is an n-channel transistor including a metal oxide in a channel formation region. The metal oxide includes indium, an element M (e.g., gallium), and zinc. A gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor, and one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor can each operate in a subthreshold region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoki Miyata, Yuto Yakubo, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 12081171
    Abstract: A novel semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a mixer circuit and a bias circuit. The mixer circuit includes a voltage-to-current conversion portion, a current switch portion, and a current-to-voltage conversion portion. The bias circuit includes a bias supply portion and a first transistor. The voltage-to-current conversion portion includes a second transistor and a third transistor. The bias supply portion has a function of outputting a bias voltage to be supplied to a gate of the second transistor and a gate of the third transistor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the second transistor and the gate of the third transistor. The first transistor is turned off when the bias voltage is supplied, and the first transistor is turned on when the supply of the bias voltage is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuto Yakubo, Shoki Miyata, Akio Suzuki, Takayuki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20230207567
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a novel structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a current-to-voltage conversion portion, a current switch portion, a voltage-to-current conversion portion, and a control portion. The current switch portion includes a first transistor. The voltage-to-current conversion portion includes a second transistor. The control portion includes a third transistor. The first transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region. The second transistor includes a nitride semiconductor in a channel formation region. The third transistor includes silicon in a channel formation region. The first transistor is provided over a first substrate. The second transistor and the third transistor are provided over a second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Yuto YAKUBO, Shoki MIYATA, Akio SUZUKI, Takayuki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230188094
    Abstract: A novel semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a mixer circuit and a bias circuit. The mixer circuit includes a voltage-to-current conversion portion, a current switch portion, and a current-to-voltage conversion portion. The bias circuit includes a bias supply portion and a first transistor. The voltage-to-current conversion portion includes a second transistor and a third transistor. The bias supply portion has a function of outputting a bias voltage to be supplied to a gate of the second transistor and a gate of the third transistor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the second transistor and the gate of the third transistor. The first transistor is turned off when the bias voltage is supplied, and the first transistor is turned on when the supply of the bias voltage is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuto YAKUBO, Shoki MIYATA, Akio SUZUKI, Takayuki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230130800
    Abstract: A control system for a secondary battery which is less affected by the ambient temperature by performing temperature control of the secondary battery is provided. A control system for a secondary battery which is less affected by the ambient temperature and in which a plurality of kinds of secondary batteries are used for temperature control is achieved and mounted on a vehicle. Specifically, when the ambient temperature is low, some of second secondary batteries are heated by self-heating of a first secondary battery. After the second secondary batteries are sufficiently heated, the rest of the second secondary batteries are heated in stages by self-heating of the some of the second secondary batteries whose temperature has been increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yuto YAKUBO, Takayuki IKEDA, Shoki MIYATA, Hiroshi KADOMA, Kaori OGITA
  • Publication number: 20230018223
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with reduced power consumption can be provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is a p-channel transistor including silicon in a channel formation region and the second transistor is an n-channel transistor including a metal oxide in a channel formation region. The metal oxide includes indium, an element M (e.g., gallium), and zinc. A gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor, and one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor can each operate in a subthreshold region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Shoki MIYATA, Yuto YAKUBO, Yoshiyuki KUROKAWA