Patents by Inventor Yoichi Kuboyama

Yoichi Kuboyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20090267634
    Abstract: A switch module is disclosed for semiconductor characteristic measurement and a semiconductor characteristic measurement method is disclosed with which the impact of the recovery effect after stress signal elimination is reduced in BTI testing. The switch module for semiconductor characteristic measurement includes a first input terminal for receiving stress signals from a stress signal source, a second input terminal for receiving signals from a first non-stress signal source, a first output terminal for outputting output signals, and a switch part for controlling the connection of the first output terminal and the first input terminal or the second input terminal, wherein the switch part detects a first voltage transition of the signals transmitted to the second input terminal and modifies the connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nada, Yoichi Kuboyama, Atsushi Mikata
  • Patent number: 7307430
    Abstract: A method for finding the impedance of a device under test using an impedance measuring apparatus having a modem-type auto-balancing bridge, two or more measurement signals, each of which has a different phase with respect to the reference signals supplied to the modem inside said auto-balancing bridge, are applied to a device under test; the impedance of this device under test is measured when each of the measurement signals is applied to the device under test; and the impedance of this device under test is found using the above-mentioned phase and the impedance measurement value of each of these measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Tokuno, Yoichi Kuboyama, Hideki Wakamatsu
  • Publication number: 20070024310
    Abstract: A method for finding the impedance of a device under test using an impedance measuring apparatus having a modem-type auto-balancing bridge, two or more measurement signals, each of which has a different phase with respect to the reference signals supplied to the modem inside said auto-balancing bridge, are applied to a device under test; the impedance of this device under test is measured when each of the measurement signals is applied to the device under test; and the impedance of this device under test is found using the above-mentioned phase and the impedance measurement value of each of these measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Koji Tokuno, Yoichi Kuboyama, Hideki Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 5014012
    Abstract: For measuring the inductance of a workpiece, a device which includes an inductance meter, respective D.C. and A.C. power sources as well as a guard line circuit. In order to simulate conditions of actual use of the workpiece, the D.C. power source is connected to provide a direct current bias through the workpiece. A measuring current produced by the A.C. power source and applied to the workpiece is detected via the inductance meter. The guard line circuit is coupled so as to prevent any portions of the A.C. measuring signal from undesirably flowing through the D.C. power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Co.
    Inventors: Yoichi Kuboyama, Koichi Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 4885528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus for measuring the AC electrical parameters of a circuit element (Device-Under-Test, DUT), such as a resistor, a capacitor or an inductor, at the desired frequency of a signal while applying a DC bias to the DUT. The present invention provides an apparatus capable of measurement with less error even in the lower-frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Hideshi Tanaka, Kazuyuki Yagi, Shigeru Tanimoto, Yasuaki Komatsu, Koichi Yanagawa, Yoichi Kuboyama