Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Hikichi

Toshiyuki Hikichi 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: 11164527
    Abstract: A processing system comprises a plurality of output terminals connectable to data lines of a display panel and a plurality of output amplifiers configured to output a plurality of drive voltages, respectively. The drive voltages have the same polarity. The processing system further comprises first switch circuitry configured to connect a first output terminal of the plurality of output terminals to a selected one of the plurality of output amplifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Hikichi
  • Publication number: 20210287607
    Abstract: A processing system comprises a plurality of output terminals connectable to data lines of a display panel and a plurality of output amplifiers configured to output a plurality of drive voltages, respectively. The drive voltages have the same polarity. The processing system further comprises first switch circuitry configured to connect a first output terminal of the plurality of output terminals to a selected one of the plurality of output amplifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventor: Toshiyuki HIKICHI
  • Patent number: 10152921
    Abstract: a display driver is provided which drives a display panel. The display driver includes first and second buffer amplifiers associated with first and second pixels positioned adjacent in a horizontal direction; first and second connection switches; and a controller. Each of the first and second buffer amplifiers includes: a differential input circuit including a MOS transistor pair, first and second drain interconnections; an active load circuit connected to the first and second drain interconnections; and an output stage. The first connection switch is connected between the output nodes of the first and second buffer amplifiers. The second connection switch is connected between the first drain interconnections of the first and second buffer amplifiers. The controller controls the first and second switches in response to image data associated with the first and second pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Synaptics Japan GK
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hikichi, Shinobu Nohtomi
  • Publication number: 20170278460
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit includes first and second DA converters which selects first and second reference voltages in response to upper m bits of input digital data, a select circuitry which outputs first to N-th selected input voltages in response to lower n bits of the input digital data; first to N-th differential input stages, an output stage and a first tail current source. Each of the first to N-th differential input stages includes a transistor pair. The i-th selected input voltage is supplied to the gates of a first MISFET of the i-th differential input stage and the gates of the second MISFETs of the first to N-th differential input stages are connected to the output node. The first tail current source controls the current levels of the first tail current in the first to N-th differential input stages in response to lower n bits of the input digital data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventor: Toshiyuki HIKICHI
  • Publication number: 20170270865
    Abstract: a display driver is provided which drives a display panel. The display driver includes first and second buffer amplifiers associated with first and second pixels positioned adjacent in a horizontal direction; first and second connection switches; and a controller. Each of the first and second buffer amplifiers includes: a differential input circuit including a MOS transistor pair, first and second drain interconnections; an active load circuit connected to the first and second drain interconnections; and an output stage. The first connection switch is connected between the output nodes of the first and second buffer amplifiers. The second connection switch is connected between the first drain interconnections of the first and second buffer amplifiers. The controller controls the first and second switches in response to image data associated with the first and second pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiyuki HIKICHI, Shinobu NOHTOMI
  • Patent number: 9601043
    Abstract: The display device includes display drivers including first and second ones operable to output, based on display data, gradation signals to source lines of display panel regions. The display device is arranged to be able to suppress the variation in output voltage between display drivers while minimizing the increases in chip area of the display drivers and in wiring area of a display panel and keeping high noise resistance. Each display driver can generate gray scale reference voltages for producing gradation signals corresponding to display data. The first display driver can sequentially transmit gray scale reference voltages generated by itself to the second display driver. Based on the transmitted gray scale reference voltages, the second display driver makes the first display driver execute calibration for decreasing the absolute value of difference between gray scale reference voltages generated by the first and second display drivers, or executes the calibration by itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Synaptics Japan GK
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hikichi, Yasuhito Kurokawa, Shutaro Ichikawa, Masashi Takata
  • Publication number: 20150279297
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel; and a driver. The display panel includes: first to third interconnections extended in a first direction, each having a first end connected to the driver; subpixels connected to the first interconnection and used for image display; and a bridge interconnection connecting the second and third interconnections at a second end of each of the second and third interconnections, the second end being located away from the driver. The driver includes: a first drive circuit driving the first interconnection; a second drive circuit driving the first end of the second interconnection; and a drive capacity control section receiving a first output signal from the first end of the third interconnection and controlling a drive capacity of the first drive circuit in response to a waveform of the first output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: SYNAPTICS DISPLAY DEVICES KK
    Inventors: Tomotaka NAKANO, Toshiyuki HIKICHI, Norihiro ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150109348
    Abstract: The display device includes display drivers including first and second ones operable to output, based on display data, gradation signals to source lines of display panel regions. The display device is arranged to be able to suppress the variation in output voltage between display drivers while minimizing the increases in chip area of the display drivers and in wiring area of a display panel and keeping high noise resistance. Each display driver can generate gray scale reference voltages for producing gradation signals corresponding to display data. The first display driver can sequentially transmit gray scale reference voltages generated by itself to the second display driver. Based on the transmitted gray scale reference voltages, the second display driver makes the first display driver execute calibration for decreasing the absolute value of difference between gray scale reference voltages generated by the first and second display drivers, or executes the calibration by itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hikichi, Yasuhito Kurokawa, Shutaro Ichikawa, Masashi Takata