Patents by Inventor Tomokazu Sakurai

Tomokazu Sakurai 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: 6972585
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device having a DRAM 30, the DRAM 30 has an internal refresh period measuring circuit 20. Supplied with a test mode command as an external command, a command decode portion 32 delivers a test mode signal TM1 to the internal refresh period measuring circuit 20, supplies external clocks CLK as reference clocks ICLK to the internal refresh period measuring circuit 20, and thereafter activates a self-refresh control circuit 33. When activated, the self-refresh control circuit 33 delivers an internal oscillation signal LOSC or OSC having a self-refresh period to the internal refresh period measuring circuit 20. The internal refresh period measuring circuit 20 counts the number of the reference clocks supplied during a self-refresh period of the internal oscillation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignees: Elpida Memory, Inc., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Ito, Tomokazu Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20050141314
    Abstract: in a semiconductor integrated circuit device having a DRAM 30, the DRAM 30 has an internal refresh period measuring circuit 20. Supplied with a test mode command as an external command, a command decode portion 32 delivers a test mode signal TM1 to the internal refresh period measuring circuit 20, supplies external clocks CLK as reference clocks ICLK to the internal refresh period measuring circuit 20, and thereafter activates a self-refresh control circuit 33. When activated, the self-refresh control circuit 33 delivers an internal oscillation signal LOSC or OSC having a self-refresh period to the internal refresh period measuring circuit 20. The internal refresh period measuring circuit 20 counts the number of the reference clocks supplied during a self-refresh period of the internal oscillation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Yutaka Ito, Tomokazu Sakurai