Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Otaka

Yasuaki Otaka 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: 6101077
    Abstract: An electrostatic protection circuit of a semiconductor device comprises a first MOS transistor of specific conductive type and a second MOS transistor of the specific conductive type. In the first MOS transistor, a drain thereof is connected to an output terminal or an input terminal and a source thereof is connected to a first power terminal and the first MOS transistor is controlled to be on/off by a signal received by a gate or ordinarily turned off by holding the gate at a specific potential. In the second MOS transistor of the specific conductive type, a drain thereof is connected to the output terminal or the input terminal and a source thereof is connected to a gate of the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor is ordinarily turned off by connecting a gate thereof to the first power terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Precision Circuits Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Matsumoto, Yasuaki Otaka, Takashi Sumiya