Patents by Inventor Wataru NAITO

Wataru NAITO 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: 10505569
    Abstract: An IF filter band-limits an intermediate frequency signal outputted from a mixer. An AFC unit controls the oscillation frequency of a PLL so that the frequency of the intermediate frequency signal is a predetermined frequency. When the AFC unit controls the oscillation frequency of the PLL, a band control unit controls the passing characteristic of the IF filter to the passing characteristic of a wide band, and after the completion of the control, controls the passing characteristic of the IF filter to the passing characteristic of a narrow band. A frequency correction unit refers to a filter information storage unit, and corrects the oscillation frequency controlled by the AFC unit according to the difference between the center frequency of the passband of the passing characteristic of the wide band and the center frequency of the passband of the passing characteristic of the narrow band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru Naito, Noriyoshi Izumi, Kazuhiro Kijima
  • Publication number: 20190181888
    Abstract: An IF filter band-limits an intermediate frequency signal outputted from a mixer. An AFC unit controls the oscillation frequency of a PLL so that the frequency of the intermediate frequency signal is a predetermined frequency. When the AFC unit controls the oscillation frequency of the PLL, a band control unit controls the passing characteristic of the IF filter to the passing characteristic of a wide band, and after the completion of the control, controls the passing characteristic of the IF filter to the passing characteristic of a narrow band. A frequency correction unit refers to a filter information storage unit, and corrects the oscillation frequency controlled by the AFC unit according to the difference between the center frequency of the passband of the passing characteristic of the wide band and the center frequency of the passband of the passing characteristic of the narrow band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Wataru NAITO, Noriyoshi IZUMI, Kazuhiro KIJIMA
  • Patent number: 10211845
    Abstract: Degradation of a reception performance by an image signal is reduced. A semiconductor device includes: an oscillation circuit configured to generate a local signal; a mixer configured to multiply a reception signal by the local signal; an analog filter configured to filter a signal output from the mixer; an AD converter configured to digitalize a signal that has passed through the analog filter to generate a first signal; a digital filter configured to filter a signal that has passed through the AD converter to generate a second signal; a power comparator configured to detect the power difference between the first signal and the second signal; a register configured to store a theoretical power difference; and a determination unit configured to determine a frequency of the local signal based on the power difference from the theoretical power difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Naito, Takeshi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20180367157
    Abstract: Degradation of a reception performance by an image signal is reduced. A semiconductor device includes: an oscillation circuit configured to generate a local signal; a mixer configured to multiply a reception signal by the local signal; an analog filter configured to filter a signal output from the mixer; an AD converter configured to digitalize a signal that has passed through the analog filter to generate a first signal; a digital filter configured to filter a signal that has passed through the AD converter to generate a second signal; a power comparator configured to detect the power difference between the first signal and the second signal; a register configured to store a theoretical power difference; and a determination unit configured to determine a frequency of the local signal based on the power difference from the theoretical power difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Wataru NAITO, Takeshi KONDO
  • Patent number: 10064131
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radio communication device 1 includes a variable frequency divider 17 that divides a frequency of a reference clock REFCLK and outputs a frequency divided clock DCLK; a controller 15 that controls a frequency dividing ratio of the variable frequency divider 17 so that an integral multiple of a frequency of the frequency divided clock DCLK is not included in a frequency band of a high-frequency signal that has been received from outside by radio; and a DCDC converter 18 that performs a switching operation in synchronization with the frequency divided clock DCLK to generate an output voltage Vout obtained by stepping down an input voltage Vin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kijima, Wataru Naito
  • Publication number: 20180049119
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radio communication device 1 includes a variable frequency divider 17 that divides a frequency of a reference clock REFCLK and outputs a frequency divided clock DCLK; a controller 15 that controls a frequency dividing ratio of the variable frequency divider 17 so that an integral multiple of a frequency of the frequency divided clock DCLK is not included in a frequency band of a high-frequency signal that has been received from outside by radio; and a DCDC converter 18 that performs a switching operation in synchronization with the frequency divided clock DCLK to generate an output voltage Vout obtained by stepping down an input voltage Vin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KIJIMA, Wataru NAITO
  • Patent number: 9832724
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radio communication device 1 includes a variable frequency divider 17 that divides a frequency of a reference clock REFCLK and outputs a frequency divided clock DCLK; a controller 15 that controls a frequency dividing ratio of the variable frequency divider 17 so that an integral multiple of a frequency of the frequency divided clock DCLK is not included in a frequency band of a high-frequency signal that has been received from outside by radio; and a DCDC converter 18 that performs a switching operation in synchronization with the frequency divided clock DCLK to generate an output voltage Vout obtained by stepping down an input voltage Vin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: RENESAS ELCTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kijima, Wataru Naito
  • Publication number: 20170094596
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radio communication device 1 includes a variable frequency divider 17 that divides a frequency of a reference clock REFCLK and outputs a frequency divided clock DCLK; a controller 15 that controls a frequency dividing ratio of the variable frequency divider 17 so that an integral multiple of a frequency of the frequency divided clock DCLK is not included in a frequency band of a high-frequency signal that has been received from outside by radio; and a DCDC converter 18 that performs a switching operation in synchronization with the frequency divided clock DCLK to generate an output voltage Vout obtained by stepping down an input voltage Vin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KIJIMA, Wataru NAITO