Patents by Inventor Takahiro SHIMOI

Takahiro SHIMOI 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).

  • Publication number: 20230402080
    Abstract: A clamp element 46 applies a fixed potential to a bit line BL at a time of a readout operation. A reference current source RCS generates a reference current Iref. An offset current source OCS1 is activated at a time of a readout operation for an OTP cell OTPC, and at a time of being activated, generates an offset current Iof1 to be subtracted from a cell current Icel. At the time of the readout operation for the OTP cell OTPC, the sense amplifier SA detects a magnitude relationship between the reference current Iref and a readout current Ird obtained by subtracting the offset current Iof1 from the cell current Icel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Koichi TAKEDA, Akihiko KANDA, Takahiro SHIMOI
  • Publication number: 20230145662
    Abstract: Speed enhancement of data reading is achieved while suppressing an influence of an offset voltage of a differential amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Koichi TAKEDA, Takahiro SHIMOI, Masaya NAKANO, Hidenori MITANI, Yoshinobu KANEDA
  • Publication number: 20230025357
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of changing a data programming process in a simple manner according to a situation is provided. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of memory cells, a programming circuit for supplying a programming current to the memory cell, and a power supply circuit for supplying power to the programming circuit. The power supply circuit includes a charge pump circuit for boosting the external power supply, a voltage of the external power supply according to the selection indication, and a selectable circuit capable of switching the boosted voltage boosted by the charge pump circuit. The control circuit further includes a control circuit for executing data programming processing by the programming circuit by switching the selection indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Genta WATANABE, Ken MATSUBARA, Tomoya SAITO, Akihiko KANDA, Koichi TAKEDA, Takahiro SHIMOI