Patents by Inventor Toshinobu Matsuoka

Toshinobu Matsuoka 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).

  • Bus system
    Patent number: 6297663
    Abstract: A bus system has a bus constructed of a plurality of signal lines for transmission of signals, first and second terminating resistors provided at both ends of the respective signal lines, first, second and third modules coupled to the bus between the first and second terminating resistors and being each operative to transmit a signal through an output circuit of open drain type, first series resistors inserted in the respective signal lines between the first and second modules, and second series resistors inserted in the respective signal lines between the second and third modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinobu Matsuoka, Yukihiro Seki, Tsunehiro Tobita, Shinichi Suzuki