Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Sano

Tomohiro Sano 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: 9190977
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a filter circuit operable to pass a desired signal component of a high-frequency signal inputted and operable to attenuate a harmonic component of an integral multiple of the desired signal, wherein the filter circuit includes a first inductor and a second inductor coupled in series to a signal line transmitting the high-frequency signal, a first variable capacitor coupled between a power supply line and a node of the first inductor and the second inductor, and a second variable capacitor coupled between the signal line and the power supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Kihara, Tomohiro Sano
  • Publication number: 20140184356
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a filter circuit operable to pass a desired signal component of a high-frequency signal inputted and operable to attenuate a harmonic component of an integral multiple of the desired signal, wherein the filter circuit includes a first inductor and a second inductor coupled in series to a signal line transmitting the high-frequency signal, a first variable capacitor coupled between a power supply line and a node of the first inductor and the second inductor, and a second variable capacitor coupled between the signal line and the power supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Kihara, Tomohiro Sano
  • Patent number: 8731099
    Abstract: Transmitter circuits for generating baseband signals having low receiver-band noise are disclosed. In one embodiment, the transmitter circuit comprises an active filtering-and-amplifying component comprising a first input configured to receive a first input signal, and a first output configured to output a first output signal. The transmitter circuit further comprises a passive filtering component comprising a second input connected to the first output and configured to receive the first output signal, a passive pole arrangement comprising a number of switchable resistance elements and a capacitance element connected across the plurality of switchable resistance elements, and a second output configured to output a second output signal having reduced noise as compared to the first output signal. The transmitter still further comprises a number of feedback loops connecting the passive filtering component to the first input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: IMEC, Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Vito Giannini, Tomohiro Sano, Mark Ingels, Jan Craninckx
  • Publication number: 20120092065
    Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a filter circuit in which an area occupied by the circuit can be reduced by suppressing the scale of its circuit configuration while a predetermined vicinity disturbance wave rejection ratio is maintained and a communication semiconductor device using the same, the filter circuit filtering an analog signal and including a voltage/current conversion circuit for converting the analog signal from voltage to current, and a capacitor array which executes signal processing by charging/discharging the current converted by the voltage/current conversion circuit to/from plural capacitors, the capacitor array being so constructed that the plural capacitors are divided to plural stages so that signals averaged by the capacitor on a preceding stage are accumulated in the capacitor on a next stage successively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro SANO, Takaya Maruyama, Hisayasu Sato
  • Publication number: 20120063496
    Abstract: Transmitter circuits for generating baseband signals having low receiver-band noise are disclosed. In one embodiment, the transmitter circuit comprises an active filtering-and-amplifying component comprising a first input configured to receive a first input signal, and a first output configured to output a first output signal. The transmitter circuit further comprises a passive filtering component comprising a second input connected to the first output and configured to receive the first output signal, a passive pole arrangement comprising a number of switchable resistance elements and a capacitance element connected across the plurality of switchable resistance elements, and a second output configured to output a second output signal having reduced noise as compared to the first output signal. The transmitter still further comprises a number of feedback loops connecting the passive filtering component to the first input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, IMEC
    Inventors: Vito Giannini, Tomohiro Sano, Mark Ingels, Jan Craninckx
  • Patent number: 8116715
    Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a filter circuit in which an area occupied by the circuit can be reduced by suppressing the scale of its circuit configuration while a predetermined vicinity disturbance wave rejection ratio is maintained and a communication semiconductor device using the same, the filter circuit filtering an analog signal and including a voltage/current conversion circuit for converting the analog signal from voltage to current, and a capacitor array which executes signal processing by charging/discharging the current converted by the voltage/current conversion circuit to/from plural capacitors, the capacitor array being so constructed that the plural capacitors are divided to plural stages so that signals averaged by the capacitor on a preceding stage are accumulated in the capacitor on a next stage successively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sano, Takaya Maruyama, Hisayasu Sato
  • Publication number: 20090068976
    Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a filter circuit in which an area occupied by the circuit can be reduced by suppressing the scale of its circuit configuration while a predetermined vicinity disturbance wave rejection ratio is maintained and a communication semiconductor device using the same, the filter circuit filtering an analog signal and including a voltage/current conversion circuit for converting the analog signal from voltage to current, and a capacitor array which executes signal processing by charging/discharging the current converted by the voltage/current conversion circuit to/from plural capacitors, the capacitor array being so constructed that the plural capacitors are divided to plural stages so that signals averaged by the capacitor on a preceding stage are accumulated in the capacitor on a next stage successively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Tomohiro SANO, Takaya Maruyama, Hisayasu Sato
  • Patent number: 7362194
    Abstract: An oscillator circuit is formed of a differential LC resonant circuit formed of an L load differential circuit including inductance-variable portions and a capacitor element, and a positive feedback circuit formed of N-channel MOS transistors. The inductance-variable portion is configured to vary the inductance by selecting a plurality of switch circuits arranged between a plurality of arbitrary positions on a spiral interconnection layer and the input/output terminal, and thereby can control an oscillation frequency. The inductance-variable portions form an inductor pair when the switch circuit among the switch circuits coupled between the first input/output terminals is turned on together with the switch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Komurasaki, Tomohiro Sano, Hisayasu Sato, Toshio Kumamoto, Yasushi Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20080085355
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a processing method for producing beer-like low-alcoholic beverage by using usual beer and/or low-malt beer without using any special systems other than those commonly employed in producing beer. Beer and/or low-malt beer obtained by the process commonly employed in producing beer are diluted with carbonated water to lower the alcoholic concentration to less than 1%. After adding additives capable of imparting visual and tasty characteristics thereto, beer-like low-alcoholic beverage can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: SAPPORO BREWARIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Masao Oono, Tomohiro Sano
  • Patent number: 7302974
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a processing method for producing beer-like low-alcoholic beverage by using usual beer and/or low-malt beer without using any special systems other than those commonly employed in producing beer. Beer and/or low-malt beer obtained by the process commonly employed in producing beer are diluted with carbonated water to lower the alcoholic concentration to less than 1%. After adding additives capable of imparting visual and tasty characteristics thereto, beer-like low-alcoholic beverage can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Sapporo Breweries Limited
    Inventors: Masao Oono, Tomohiro Sano
  • Publication number: 20070146089
    Abstract: An oscillator circuit is formed of a differential LC resonant circuit formed of an L load differential circuit including inductance-variable portions and a capacitor element, and a positive feedback circuit formed of N-channel MOS transistors. The inductance-variable portion is configured to vary the inductance by selecting a plurality of switch circuits arranged between a plurality of arbitrary positions on a spiral interconnection layer and the input/output terminal, and thereby can control an oscillation frequency. The inductance-variable portions form an inductor pair when the switch circuit among the switch circuits coupled between the first input/output terminals is turned on together with the switch circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Komurasaki, Tomohiro Sano, Hisayasu Sato, Toshio Kumamoto, Yasushi Hashizume
  • Patent number: 7202754
    Abstract: An oscillator circuit is formed of a differential LC resonant circuit formed of an L load differential circuit including inductance-variable portions and a capacitive element, and a positive feedback circuit formed of N-channel MOS transistors. The inductance-variable portion is configured to vary the inductance by selecting a plurality of switch circuits arranged between a plurality of arbitrary positions on a spiral interconnection layer and the input/output terminal, and thereby can control an oscillation frequency. The inductance-variable portions form an inductor pair when the switch circuit among the switch circuits coupled between the first input/output terminals is turned on together with the switch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Komurasaki, Tomohiro Sano, Hisayasu Sato, Toshio Kumamoto, Yasushi Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20060071732
    Abstract: An oscillator circuit is formed of a differential LC resonant circuit formed of an L load differential circuit including inductance-variable portions and a capacitive element, and a positive feedback circuit formed of N-channel MOS transistors. The inductance-variable portion is configured to vary the inductance by selecting a plurality of switch circuits arranged between a plurality of arbitrary positions on a spiral interconnection layer and the input/output terminal, and thereby can control an oscillation frequency. The inductance-variable portions form an inductor pair when the switch circuit among the switch circuits coupled between the first input/output terminals is turned on together with the switch circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Komurasaki, Tomohiro Sano, Hisayasu Sato, Toshio Kumamoto, Yasushi Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20060016513
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a processing method for producing beer-like low-alcoholic beverage by using usual beer and/or low-malt beer without using any special systems other than those commonly employed in producing beer. Beer and/or low-malt beer obtained by the process commonly employed in producing beer are diluted with carbonated water to lower the alcoholic concentration to less than 1%. After adding additives capable of imparting visual and tasty characteristics thereto, beer-like low-alcoholic beverage can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicant: Sapporo Breweries Limited
    Inventors: Masao Oono, Tomohiro Sano
  • Publication number: 20040183606
    Abstract: An oscillator circuit is formed of a differential LC resonant circuit formed of an L load differential circuit including inductance-variable portions and a capacitor element, and a positive feedback circuit formed of N-channel MOS transistors. The inductance-variable portion is configured to vary the inductance by selecting a plurality of switch circuits arranged between a plurality of arbitrary positions on a spiral interconnection layer and the input/output terminal, and thereby can control an oscillation frequency. The inductance-variable portions form an inductor pair when the switch circuit among the switch circuits coupled between the first input/output terminals is turned on together with the switch circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Komurasaki, Tomohiro Sano, Hisayasu Sato, Toshio Kumamoto, Yasushi Hashizume