Patents by Inventor Shuuichi Kikuchi

Shuuichi Kikuchi 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: 6131139
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for controlling the reading and writing of flash memories including a write control section, a plurality of read enable control signal lines and a read control section. The write control section configured to supply a write command, a write head address and first data to each of the flash memories through a bus at a predetermined timing to cause one of the flash memories to perform a write mode for writing sequentially first data from a memory address of a corresponding one of the flash memories which is accessed by the write head address in response to the write command, the write head address and first data being supplied at a predetermined timing without fetching any external signal within a first time period. The plurality of read enable control signal lines connected to the plurality of flash memories, respectively, to assign individually a plurality of read enable control signals to the flash memories via the signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shuuichi Kikuchi, Seiji Hiraka, Tsutomu Sugawara