Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Shirakawa

Tatsuya Shirakawa 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: 11169563
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit apparatus of the present disclosure includes a control circuit controlling a clock signal externally input, a drive circuit performing a switching operation according to a pulse signal provided by the control circuit, a series connection circuit including an inductor element, a switch element, and a capacitive element connected in series between a signal line and a fixed potential node, the series connection circuit forming an LC resonance circuit, and a level detection circuit having an input end connected to the signal line. An output from the level detection circuit is fed back to the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Saeki, Masayuki Katakura, Tatsuya Shirakawa, Yoshinori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210286400
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit apparatus of the present disclosure includes a control circuit controlling a clock signal externally input, a drive circuit performing a switching operation according to a pulse signal provided by the control circuit, a series connection circuit including an inductor element, a switch element, and a capacitive element connected in series between a signal line and a fixed potential node, the series connection circuit forming an LC resonance circuit, and a level detection circuit having an input end connected to the signal line. An output from the level detection circuit is fed back to the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Takanori Saeki, Masayuki Katakura, Tatsuya Shirakawa, Yoshinori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6614304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a variable gain circuit including: a first transistor and a second transistor each having a control electrode connected to a circuit input terminal; a load connected between a first power supply and a first electrode of at least one of the first transistor and the second transistor; a third transistor and a fourth transistor having second electrodes connected to the first transistor and the second transistor, respectively, and each having a first electrode and a control electrode connected to each other; a first variable current source connected between a second power supply and the second electrodes of the first transistor and the third transistor and having a current value variable according to an external control signal; a second variable current source connected between the second power supply and the second electrodes of the second transistor and the fourth transistor and having a current value variable according to the control signal; a current source connected between t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Shoji, Tatsuya Shirakawa
  • Publication number: 20020130718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a variable gain circuit including: a first transistor and a second transistor each having a control electrode connected to a circuit input terminal; a load connected between a first power supply and a first electrode of at least one of the first transistor and the second transistor; a third transistor and a fourth transistor having second electrodes connected to the first transistor and the second transistor, respectively, and each having a first electrode and a control electrode connected to each other; a first variable current source connected between a second power supply and the second electrodes of the first transistor and the third transistor, and having a current value variable according to an external control signal; a second variable current source connected between the second power supply and the second electrodes of the second transistor and the fourth transistor, and having a current value variable according to the control signal; a current source connected between
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Norio Shoji, Tatsuya Shirakawa