Patents by Inventor Takehiro Yamamoto

Takehiro Yamamoto 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: 20240313704
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit device including: an oscillation circuit configured to generate an oscillation signal; a waveform shaping circuit configured to shape the oscillation signal into a clock signal having a rectangular wave; a low-pass filter configured to smooth the clock signal and generate a detection voltage corresponding to a duty of the clock signal; and a differential amplifier configured to output a bias voltage based on a difference between the detection voltage and a reference voltage to an input node of the waveform shaping circuit, in which a unity gain frequency of the differential amplifier is lower than a cutoff frequency of the low-pass filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventor: Takehiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240291430
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a clock signal generation circuit that generates a clock signal, an output circuit that outputs an output clock signal based on the clock signal, and a clock terminal that outputs the output clock signal. The circuit device further includes a test terminal, a storage circuit that stores a duty adjustment value, and a duty adjustment circuit that adjusts a duty of the clock signal based on the duty adjustment value. The output circuit outputs a first DC voltage based on a normal rotation signal of the clock signal to the test terminal in a first state. The output circuit outputs a second DC voltage based on a reverse rotation signal of the clock signal to the test terminal in a second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Takehiro YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12034405
    Abstract: A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit which is electrically coupled to a first node to electrically be coupled to one end of a resonator and a second node to electrically be coupled to another end of the resonator, and is configured to oscillate the resonator to generate an oscillation signal, and a waveform shaping circuit which is coupled to the first node, to which the oscillation signal is input from the first node, and which is configured to output a clock signal obtained by performing waveform shaping on the oscillation signal, and a duty adjustment circuit configured to supply the first node with a bias voltage which is variably adjusted based on adjustment data to thereby adjust a duty ratio of the clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12009786
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a waveform-shaping circuit that waveform-shapes an oscillation signal and provides an output clock signal based on a clock signal. A bias voltage output circuit of the circuit device provides a bias voltage of the oscillation signal that is input to the waveform-shaping circuit. A comparator of the circuit device compares a DC voltage obtained by smoothing the clock signal with a reference voltage. A logic circuit of the circuit device sets an adjustment value of the bias voltage. In a test mode of the logic circuit, the logic circuit changes the adjustment value to determine a set value of the adjustment value based on output of the comparator when the adjustment value is changed and stores the determined set value in a storage circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Beppu, Takehiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12003216
    Abstract: A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit which is electrically coupled to a first node to electrically be coupled to one end of a resonator and a second node to electrically be coupled to another end of the resonator, and is configured to oscillate the resonator to generate an oscillation signal, and a waveform shaping circuit which is coupled to the first node, to which the oscillation signal is input from the first node, and which is configured to output a clock signal obtained by performing waveform shaping on the oscillation signal, and a duty adjustment circuit configured to supply the first node with a bias voltage which is variably adjusted based on adjustment data to thereby adjust a duty ratio of the clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11990869
    Abstract: A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit configured to oscillate a resonator to thereby generate an oscillation signal, a waveform shaping circuit to which the oscillation signal is input, and which is configured to output a clock signal obtained by performing waveform shaping on the oscillation signal, a first duty adjustment circuit configured to perform a duty adjustment of the clock signal, and an output buffer circuit configured to output a first output clock signal and a second output clock signal to an outside based on the clock signal. The output buffer circuit includes a second duty adjustment circuit configured to perform a duty adjustment of the second output clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11728771
    Abstract: A circuit apparatus includes an oscillation circuit that generates an oscillation signal, a first buffer circuit that outputs a first clock signal based on the oscillation signal, a second buffer circuit that outputs a second clock signal based on the first clock signal, a first terminal electrically couplable to a first node via which the first buffer circuit outputs the first clock signal, and a second terminal electrically coupled to a second node via which the second buffer circuit outputs the second clock signal, and the rise period of the first clock signal is shorter than the rise period of the second clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventors: Kohei Beppu, Takehiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230208358
    Abstract: A circuit device includes: an output circuit including a waveform-shaping circuit of an oscillation signal and configured to output an output clock signal based on a clock signal subjected to waveform-shaping; a bias voltage output circuit configured to output a bias voltage of the oscillation signal input to the waveform-shaping circuit; a comparator configured to compare a DC voltage obtained by smoothing the clock signal subjected to the waveform-shaping with a reference voltage; a logic circuit configured to set an adjustment value of the bias voltage; and a storage circuit. In a test mode, the logic circuit changes the adjustment value to determine a set value of the adjustment value based on output of the comparator when the adjustment value is changed, and stores the determined set value in the storage circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Kohei BEPPU, Takehiro YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11664765
    Abstract: A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit configured to generate an oscillation signal, a first pre-driver disposed in a posterior stage of the oscillation circuit, a first output driver disposed in a posterior stage of the first pre-driver, a first regulator configured to supply a first regulated voltage to the first pre-driver, and a second regulator configured to supply a second regulated voltage to the first output driver, wherein the second regulator is shorter in transient response time than the first regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Takehiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220352852
    Abstract: A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit configured to generate an oscillation signal, a first pre-driver disposed in a posterior stage of the oscillation circuit, a first output driver disposed in a posterior stage of the first pre-driver, a first regulator configured to supply a first regulated voltage to the first pre-driver, and a second regulator configured to supply a second regulated voltage to the first output driver, wherein the second regulator is shorter in transient response time than the first regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Takehiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220352850
    Abstract: A circuit apparatus includes an oscillation circuit that generates an oscillation signal, a first buffer circuit that outputs a first clock signal based on the oscillation signal, a second buffer circuit that outputs a second clock signal based on the first clock signal, a first terminal electrically couplable to a first node via which the first buffer circuit outputs the first clock signal, and a second terminal electrically coupled to a second node via which the second buffer circuit outputs the second clock signal, and the rise period of the first clock signal is shorter than the rise period of the second clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kohei BEPPU, Takehiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220209717
    Abstract: A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit configured to oscillate a resonator to thereby generate an oscillation signal, a waveform shaping circuit to which the oscillation signal is input, and which is configured to output a clock signal obtained by performing waveform shaping on the oscillation signal, a first duty adjustment circuit configured to perform a duty adjustment of the clock signal, and an output buffer circuit configured to output a first output clock signal and a second output clock signal to an outside based on the clock signal. The output buffer circuit includes a second duty adjustment circuit configured to perform a duty adjustment of the second output clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Takehiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220209716
    Abstract: A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit which is electrically coupled to a first node to electrically be coupled to one end of a resonator and a second node to electrically be coupled to another end of the resonator, and is configured to oscillate the resonator to generate an oscillation signal, and a waveform shaping circuit which is coupled to the first node, to which the oscillation signal is input from the first node, and which is configured to output a clock signal obtained by performing waveform shaping on the oscillation signal, and a duty adjustment circuit configured to supply the first node with a bias voltage which is variably adjusted based on adjustment data to thereby adjust a duty ratio of the clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Takehiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210023779
    Abstract: A processing apparatus with: an irradiation apparatus that emits an energy beam; and a supply apparatus that supplies materials to an irradiation position of the energy beam, the processing apparatus forms a build object by moving the irradiation position from a first position on a first object to a second position that is away from the first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi MATSUDA, Hiroyuki NAGASAKA, Masayuki SHIRAISHI, Shigeki EGAMI, Takehiro YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10897227
    Abstract: An oscillation circuit includes a first node, a first switching element, and a second switching element and has a first mode in which the first switching element does not electrically couple the first external connection terminal and the first node and the second switching element does not electrically couple the first node and the second external connection terminal which is electrically coupled to one end of a resonator and a second mode in which the first switching element electrically couples the first external connection terminal and the first node and the second switching element electrically couples the first node and the second external connection terminal, and in the first mode, a voltage of the first node is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10799983
    Abstract: A laser welding device includes: a laser scanner body configured to emit a laser beam to a workpiece; a jet nozzle configured to jet gas so as to cause the gas to cross an optical path of the laser beam emitted from the laser scanner body; and a guide plate disposed on the downstream side in the flow direction of the gas, from the optical path of the laser beam emitted from the laser scanner body. The guide plate is configured to change the flow direction of the gas that has crossed the optical path of the laser beam into a direction away from a laser irradiation position on the workpiece toward the downstream side in the flow direction of the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ko Nakamura, Junichiro Makino, Takehiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200244223
    Abstract: An oscillation circuit includes a first node, a first switching element, and a second switching element and has a first mode in which the first switching element does not electrically couple the first external connection terminal and the first node and the second switching element does not electrically couple the first node and the second external connection terminal which is electrically coupled to one end of a resonator and a second mode in which the first switching element electrically couples the first external connection terminal and the first node and the second switching element electrically couples the first node and the second external connection terminal, and in the first mode, a voltage of the first node is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehiro YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10685928
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a first pad and a second pad that are disposed in a first pad disposition region along a first side; a third pad and a fourth pad that are disposed in a second pad disposition region along a second side which faces the first side; and a first to fourth electrostatic protection circuits that are disposed in a circuit disposition region between the first pad disposition region and the second pad disposition region and are connected to the first to fourth pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Yamamoto, Masayuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10666190
    Abstract: An oscillation circuit that causes a vibrator to oscillate includes a bipolar transistor for oscillation, a P-type transistor having a gate to which a collector voltage of the bipolar transistor is input and a source to which a base of the bipolar transistor is connected, a first current source that supplies a current to the bipolar transistor, and a second current source that supplies a current to the P-type transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: RE50090
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit device includes an oscillation circuit, an output circuit that receives a signal output from an oscillation circuit and outputs an oscillation signal, a temperature sensing element, a characteristic adjustment circuit that adjusts characteristics of the oscillation circuit on the basis of a signal output from the temperature sensing element, and a first connection terminal that is electrically connected to the output circuit and via which the oscillation signal is output, in which a distance between the output circuit and the first connection terminal is shorter than a distance between the temperature sensing element and the first connection terminal in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehiro Yamamoto