Patents by Inventor Testuya Fukuoka

Testuya Fukuoka 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: 8952576
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that makes isolation circuits unnecessary and that also resolves the problem of through-current flowing during power supply shutdown transitions and during power supply recovery and that even flows between the regions during power shutdown. A semiconductor device of the present invention including a first power supply line, and a second power supply line coupled to a first power supply line by way of a first switch, a macro cell containing a macro cell core coupled to the second power supply line, and a third power supply line coupled by way of a second switch to a first power supply line, and a circuit block coupled to the third power supply line and also coupled to at least either the macro cell core input or output; and the second power supply line is coupled to the third power supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Sasaki, Masatoshi Hasegawa, Masahiko Nishiyama, Testuya Fukuoka