Patents by Inventor Tetsuji Tsunekawa

Tetsuji Tsunekawa 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: 7779195
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus for common bus connection devices is provided between a plurality of devices to which addresses are allocated and a common bus and controlling an access between each of the plurality of devices and the common bus, the communication control apparatus includes: an input determination unit configured to recognize an identification signal indicating the beginning and end of a packet for the common bus which is an information unit capable of being transmitted by one transfer operation through the common bus and determining whether or not there is an input from the common bus to the device in question, a transmission determination unit configured to determine whether or not there is a transmission of the packet from the device in question on the common bus to the common bus, and an access suspend unit configured to determine that another device on the common bus is performing a packet operation and suspending a clock in each unit in the device in question when the input determinati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masashi Motomura, Tetsuji Tsunekawa
  • Patent number: 7464206
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device comprising: a power line to be externally supplied with a power supply voltage; a ground line for grounding; a first signal line for transmitting a first signal; a second signal line for transmitting a second signal; a first switching element and first resistance element connected in series between said first signal line and a power terminal which supplies a predetermined potential; a second switching element and second resistance element connected in series between said second signal line and said ground line; and a controller which is connected to said power line, said ground line, said first signal line, and said second signal line, and, when detecting that a potential of said power line has reached the power supply voltage, turns on said first switching element and said second switching element, and turns off said second switching element after an elapse of a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Tetsuji Tsunekawa
  • Publication number: 20060294287
    Abstract: A communication control apparatus for common bus connection devices is provided between a plurality of devices to which addresses are allocated and a common bus and controlling an access between each of the plurality of devices and the common bus, the communication control apparatus includes: an input determination unit configured to recognize an identification signal indicating the beginning and end of a packet for the common bus which is an information unit capable of being transmitted by one transfer operation through the common bus and determining whether or not there is an input from the common bus to the device in question, a transmission determination unit configured to determine whether or not there is a transmission of the packet from the device in question on the common bus to the common bus, and an access suspend unit configured to determine that another device on the common bus is performing a packet operation and suspending a clock in each unit in the device in question when the input determinati
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Masashi Motomura, Tetsuji Tsunekawa
  • Publication number: 20060218330
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device comprising: a power line to be externally supplied with a power supply voltage; a ground line for grounding; a first signal line for transmitting a first signal; a second signal line for transmitting a second signal; a first switching element and first resistance element connected in series between said first signal line and a power terminal which supplies a predetermined potential; a second switching element and second resistance element connected in series between said second signal line and said ground line; and a controller which is connected to said power line, said ground line, said first signal line, and said second signal line, and, when detecting that a potential of said power line has reached the power supply voltage, turns on said first switching element and said second switching element, and turns off said second switching element after an elapse of a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventor: Tetsuji Tsunekawa