Patents by Inventor Yusuke NAKAKOHARA

Yusuke NAKAKOHARA 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: 11848315
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device includes: a board including a front surface, a back surface facing an opposite side of the front surface, a first wiring pattern formed on the front surface, and a second wiring pattern formed on the side of the back surface with respect to the first wiring pattern; and a light-emitting element, a switching element, and a capacitor, which are electrically connected to one another by both the first wiring pattern and the second wiring pattern. Among the light-emitting element, the switching element, and the capacitor, a first predetermined element and a second predetermined element are arranged in a first direction and the second predetermined element and a third predetermined element are arranged in a second direction. The second wiring pattern forms a second current path opposite to a direction of a first current path. The second current path overlaps the first current path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanako Mimori, Yusuke Nakakohara, Okimoto Kondo
  • Publication number: 20220376470
    Abstract: A laser diode driving circuit includes a switching element, a controller configured to turn on an off the switching element, a second series circuit connected in parallel with a first series circuit including a laser diode, and a capacitor. The second series circuit includes a rectifying element and a current limiter configured to limit a current passing through the rectifying element, and is connected in parallel with the first series circuit such that the direction pointing from the anode to the cathode of the rectifying element is opposite to the direction pointing from the anode to the cathode of the laser diode. The capacitor is configured to be charged when the switching element is off and to form a closed circuit with the switching element and the first and second series circuits when the switching element is on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKAKOHARA, Tan Nhat HOANG
  • Patent number: 11482918
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit, which drives a gate of a first transistor, includes a first switch on a high potential side and a second switch on a low potential side connected in series at a second connection node between a high potential end and a low potential end of a series connection structure, constituted of a first voltage source and a second voltage source connected in series at a first connection node; and a third switch and an inductor connected in series between the first connection node and the second connection node. The gate of the first transistor can be electrically connected to the second connection node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Okawauchi, Yusuke Nakakohara, Ken Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20220321018
    Abstract: A switching power supply circuit (100XA) includes switching elements (SW31 and SW41), a detector (310) configured to detect a physical quantity (Tout) related to the output power of the switching power supply circuit, and a variable controller (42) configured to variably control the gate driving voltages (G3 and G4) for the switching elements based on the result (Idet) of detection by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Yusuke NAKAKOHARA
  • Publication number: 20220320054
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a conductive member including first, second and third conductors mutually spaced, a first semiconductor element having a first obverse surface provided with a first drain electrode, a first source electrode and a first gate electrode, and a second semiconductor element having a second obverse surface provided with a second drain electrode, a second source electrode and a second gate electrode. The first conductor is electrically connected to the first source electrode and the second drain electrode. The second conductor is electrically connected to the second source electrode. As viewed in a first direction crossing the first obverse surface, the second conductor is adjacent to the first conductor in a second direction crossing the first direction. The third conductor is electrically connected to the first drain electrode and is adjacent to the first conductor and the second conductor as viewed in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SAKAIRI, Yusuke NAKAKOHARA, Ken NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220231003
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device includes: a board including a front surface, a back surface facing an opposite side of the front surface, a first wiring pattern formed on the front surface, and a second wiring pattern formed on the side of the back surface with respect to the first wiring pattern; and a light-emitting element, a switching element, and a capacitor, which are electrically connected to one another by both the first wiring pattern and the second wiring pattern. Among the light-emitting element, the switching element, and the capacitor, a first predetermined element and a second predetermined element are arranged in a first direction and the second predetermined element and a third predetermined element are arranged in a second direction. The second wiring pattern forms a second current path opposite to a direction of a first current path. The second current path overlaps the first current path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kanako MIMORI, Yusuke NAKAKOHARA, Okimoto KONDO
  • Patent number: 11394288
    Abstract: A negative voltage generation circuit 200 includes a first DC voltage source 201 having a positive terminal connected to a first node N1 (Vin), a first diode 202 having a cathode connected to a negative terminal of the first DC voltage source 201 and an anode connected to an output terminal of a first negative voltage VC1 (fourth node N4), and a first capacitor 204 having a first terminal connected to an output terminal of the first negative voltage VC1 and a second terminal connected to a second node N2 (Vs_high), so as to supply the first negative voltage VC1 to a first driver 20 that performs switching control of a first NMOSFET 11 (first switch element) connected between the first node N1 (Vin) and the second node N2 (Vs_high).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakakohara, Yuta Okawauchi, Ken Nakahara, Shinichiro Nagai, Yuuki Ootabara
  • Publication number: 20220190556
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate, a common conductive portion formed on the substrate, a semiconductor light emitting element mounted on the common conductive portion, and an electronic component mounted on the common conductive portion and electrically connected to the semiconductor light emitting element by the common conductive portion. This structure shortens the conductive path between the semiconductor light emitting element and the electronic component, thereby reducing capacitance caused by the conductive path between the semiconductor light emitting element and the electronic component. Thus, while reducing parasitic capacitance, the semiconductor light emitting element and the electronic component are electrically connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Satohiro KIGOSHI, Yuki TANUMA, Gen MUTO, Minoru MURAYAMA, Okimoto KONDO, Chikoto IKEDA, Yusuke NAKAKOHARA
  • Patent number: 11095217
    Abstract: A ripple injection circuit equipped with: a capacitor that passes a frequency component of an input voltage or a frequency component of an output voltage and that generates a first ripple voltage having a first ripple component; and an integration circuit that integrates a comparison result signal and that generates a second ripple voltage having a second ripple component. The first ripple component and the second ripple component are added to a feedback voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Kashiwagi, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Yohei Moriyama, Yuta Okawauchi, Yusuke Nakakohara, Ken Nakahara
  • Patent number: 11011970
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit, which drives a gate of a first transistor, includes a first switch on a high potential side and a second switch on a low potential side connected in series at a second connection node between a high potential end and a low potential end of a series connection structure, constituted of a first voltage source and a second voltage source connected in series at a first connection node; and a third switch and an inductor connected in series between the first connection node and the second connection node. The gate of the first transistor can be electrically connected to the second connection node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Okawauchi, Yusuke Nakakohara, Ken Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20210083563
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit, which drives a gate of a first transistor, includes a first switch on a high potential side and a second switch on a low potential side connected in series at a second connection node between a high potential end and a low potential end of a series connection structure, constituted of a first voltage source and a second voltage source connected in series at a first connection node; and a third switch and an inductor connected in series between the first connection node and the second connection node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta OKAWAUCHI, Yusuke NAKAKOHARA, Ken NAKAHARA
  • Patent number: 10886859
    Abstract: The alternating-current power supply device 1 has: an alternating-current generation bridge 10 for obtaining an alternating-current output; PWM control bridges 20, 30, each including two switch components; and a coupling reactor 40 connected to the PWM control bridges 20, 30. The coupling reactor 40 includes: a core 43; and windings 41, 42 which are connected at one end to respective output ends of the PWM control bridges 20, 30 while being coupled with each other via the core 43. The windings 41, 42 are respectively wound in such directions that magnetic fluxes generated in the core 43 cancel each other out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Otake, Yusuke Nakakohara, Mamoru Tsuruya
  • Publication number: 20200350814
    Abstract: A negative voltage generation circuit 200 includes a first DC voltage source 201 having a positive terminal connected to a first node N1 (Vin), a first diode 202 having a cathode connected to a negative terminal of the first DC voltage source 201 and an anode connected to an output terminal of a first negative voltage VC1 (fourth node N4), and a first capacitor 204 having a first terminal connected to an output terminal of the first negative voltage VC1 and a second terminal connected to a second node N2 (Vs_high), so as to supply the first negative voltage VC1 to a first driver 20 that performs switching control of a first NMOSFET 11 (first switch element) connected between the first node N1 (Vin) and the second node N2 (Vs_high).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKAKOHARA, Yuta OKAWAUCHI, Ken NAKAHARA, Shinichiro NAGAI, Yuuki OOTABARA
  • Publication number: 20200313537
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit, which drives a gate of a first transistor, includes a first switch on a high potential side and a second switch on a low potential side connected in series at a second connection node between a high potential end and a low potential end of a series connection structure, constituted of a first voltage source and a second voltage source connected in series at a first connection node; and a third switch and an inductor connected in series between the first connection node and the second connection node. The gate of the first transistor can be electrically connected to the second connection node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta OKAWAUCHI, Yusuke NAKAKOHARA, Ken Nakahara
  • Patent number: 10749520
    Abstract: The power circuit includes: a main substrate; a first electrode pattern disposed on the main substrate and connected to a positive-side power terminal P; a second electrode pattern disposed on a main substrate and connected to a negative-side power terminal N; a third electrode pattern disposed on the main substrate and connected to an output terminal O; a first MISFET Q1 of which a first drain is disposed on the first electrode pattern; a second MISFET Q4 of which a second drain is disposed on the third electrode pattern; a first control circuit (DG1) connected between a first gate G1 and a first source S1 of the first MISFET, and configured to control a current path conducted from the first source towards the first gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Otake, Tatsuya Yanagi, Yusuke Nakakohara
  • Publication number: 20200067407
    Abstract: A ripple injection circuit equipped with: a capacitor that passes a frequency component of an input voltage or a frequency component of an output voltage and that generates a first ripple voltage having a first ripple component; and an integration circuit that integrates a comparison result signal and that generates a second ripple voltage having a second ripple component. The first ripple component and the second ripple component are added to a feedback voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi KASHIWAGI, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Yohei MORIYAMA, Yuta OKAWAUCHI, Yusuke NAKAKOHARA, Ken Nakahara
  • Publication number: 20190253047
    Abstract: The power circuit includes: a main substrate; a first electrode pattern disposed on the main substrate and connected to a positive-side power terminal P; a second electrode pattern disposed on a main substrate and connected to a negative-side power terminal N; a third electrode pattern disposed on the main substrate and connected to an output terminal O; a first MISFET Q1 of which a first drain is disposed on the first electrode pattern; a second MISFET Q4 of which a second drain is disposed on the third electrode pattern; a first control circuit (DG1) connected between a first gate G1 and a first source S1 of the first MISFET, and configured to control a current path conducted from the first source towards the first gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Hirotaka OTAKE, Tatsuya YANAGI, Yusuke NAKAKOHARA
  • Patent number: 10320380
    Abstract: The power circuit includes: a main substrate; a first electrode pattern disposed on the main substrate and connected to a positive-side power terminal P; a second electrode pattern disposed on a main substrate and connected to a negative-side power terminal N; a third electrode pattern disposed on the main substrate and connected to an output terminal O; a first MISFET Q1 of which a first drain is disposed on the first electrode pattern; a second MISFET Q4 of which a second drain is disposed on the third electrode pattern; a first control circuit (DG1) connected between a first gate G1 and a first source S1 of the first MISFET, and configured to control a current path conducted from the first source towards the first gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Otake, Tatsuya Yanagi, Yusuke Nakakohara
  • Patent number: D974311
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Okimoto Kondo, Yusuke Nakakohara
  • Patent number: D975666
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Okimoto Kondo, Yusuke Nakakohara