Patents by Inventor Yuichi SAWAHARA

Yuichi SAWAHARA 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: 20240106427
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inrush current suppression circuit includes a normally-on transistor, a normally-off transistor connected in series with the normally-on transistor, a first drive circuit that drives the normally-on transistor, a second drive circuit that drives the normally-off transistor, a diode connected between an output of the first drive circuit and an output terminal of the normally-off transistor, a first power source smoothing circuit that performs smoothing of a source current to be supplied to the first drive circuit and the second drive circuit, and a switch circuit that switches connection/disconnection of a current path passing through the first power source smoothing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yuichi SAWAHARA, Hideaki MAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11681315
    Abstract: A regulator circuit according to one embodiment includes a first transistor, a filter, and a differential amplifier. The first transistor is provided between an input terminal on a power supply side and an output terminal on an output side. The differential amplifier includes an output node connected to the first transistor, and controls the first transistor on the basis of a result of comparison between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage according to an output voltage applied to the output terminal. The filter is connected to a control node that makes a differential pair with the output node, in the differential amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Sawahara
  • Patent number: 11601108
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an isolator, a first capacitive element is arranged on a first signal line. The first capacitive element has one end electrically connected to an input side circuit and having another end electrically connected to an output side circuit. A second capacitive element is arranged on a second signal line. The second capacitive element having one end electrically connected to the input side circuit and having another end electrically connected to the output side circuit. A first inductive element has one end electrically connected to a first node between the first capacitive element in the first signal line and the output side circuit. A second inductive element has one end electrically connected to a second node between the second capacitive element in the second signal line and the output side circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Sawahara
  • Patent number: 11480983
    Abstract: A regulator circuit according to one embodiment includes a first transistor, a filter, and a differential amplifier. The first transistor is provided between an input terminal on a power supply side and an output terminal on an output side. The differential amplifier includes an output node connected to the first transistor, and controls the first transistor on the basis of a result of comparison between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage according to an output voltage applied to the output terminal. The filter is connected to a control node that makes a differential pair with the output node, in the differential amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Sawahara
  • Publication number: 20220334603
    Abstract: A regulator circuit according to one embodiment includes a first transistor, a filter, and a differential amplifier. The first transistor is provided between an input terminal on a power supply side and an output terminal on an output side. The differential amplifier includes an output node connected to the first transistor, and controls the first transistor on the basis of a result of comparison between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage according to an output voltage applied to the output terminal. The filter is connected to a control node that makes a differential pair with the output node, in the differential amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Yuichi Sawahara
  • Patent number: 11476846
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a drive control circuit includes a first transistor that supplies a current to a gate of an output transistor in response to a drive signal, a second transistor that supplies a current to a capacitor in response to the drive signal, a comparison circuit that compares a gate voltage of the output transistor and a voltage of the capacitor, a control signal generation circuit that generates a control signal in response to an output signal of the comparison circuit and the drive signal, and a third transistor that supplies a current to a gate of the output transistor in response to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Sawahara, Hideaki Majima
  • Publication number: 20220085805
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a drive control circuit includes a first transistor that supplies a current to a gate of an output transistor in response to a drive signal, a second transistor that supplies a current to a capacitor in response to the drive signal, a comparison circuit that compares a gate voltage of the output transistor and a voltage of the capacitor, a control signal generation circuit that generates a control signal in response to an output signal of the comparison circuit and the drive signal, and a third transistor that supplies a current to a gate of the output transistor in response to the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yuichi Sawahara, Hideaki Majima
  • Publication number: 20210089066
    Abstract: A regulator circuit according to one embodiment includes a first transistor, a filter, and a differential amplifier. The first transistor is provided between an input terminal on a power supply side and an output terminal on an output side. The differential amplifier includes an output node connected to the first transistor, and controls the first transistor on the basis of a result of comparison between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage according to an output voltage applied to the output terminal. The filter is connected to a control node that makes a differential pair with the output node, in the differential amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Yuichi Sawahara
  • Publication number: 20200075229
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in an isolator, a first capacitive element is arranged on a first signal line. The first capacitive element has one end electrically connected to an input side circuit and having another end electrically connected to an output side circuit. A second capacitive element is arranged on a second signal line. The second capacitive element having one end electrically connected to the input side circuit and having another end electrically connected to the output side circuit. A first inductive element has one end electrically connected to a first node between the first capacitive element in the first signal line and the output side circuit. A second inductive element has one end electrically connected to a second node between the second capacitive element in the second signal line and the output side circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Yuichi Sawahara
  • Patent number: 10263311
    Abstract: A transmission line according to an embodiment, includes a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer spaced apart from the first conductor layer, a first conductor line including a first region facing the first conductor layer and a second region facing the second conductor layer, the first conductor line being spaced apart from the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer, the first conductor line extending in a first direction, and a second conductor line spaced apart from the first conductor layer, the second conductor layer, and the first conductor line, the second conductor line extending in the first direction, the second conductor line being shorter than the first conductor line in the first direction in length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kayano, Yuichi Sawahara
  • Publication number: 20180277917
    Abstract: A transmission line according to an embodiment, includes a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer spaced apart from the first conductor layer, a first conductor line including a first region facing the first conductor layer and a second region facing the second conductor layer, the first conductor line being spaced apart from the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer, the first conductor line extending in a first direction, and a second conductor line spaced apart from the first conductor layer, the second conductor layer, and the first conductor line, the second conductor line extending in the first direction, the second conductor line being shorter than the first conductor line in the first direction in length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAYANO, Yuichi SAWAHARA