Patents by Inventor Yusuke Ohtomo

Yusuke Ohtomo 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: 9160458
    Abstract: An optical signal detection circuit (10) includes an amplification circuit (11) that differentially amplifies an electrical signal (Tout) corresponding to the pulse train of an optical signal (Pin) and outputs a differential output signal (Aout), and a comparator (12) that compares the voltage value of the positive-phase signal of the differential output signal (Aout) with the voltage value of the negative-phase signal and outputs a pulsed comparison output signal (Cout) corresponding to the comparison result. The amplification circuit (11) includes a current addition circuit (11E) that adjusts a DC load current to generate a positive-phase signal (Aout+) and a negative-phase signal (Aout?) of the differential output signal (Aout) in accordance with an adjusted voltage value from an external adjusted voltage source (Vadj) and adjusts the DC bias of the positive-phase signal (Aout+) and the DC bias of the negative-phase signal (Aout?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koizumi, Masafumi Nogawa, Yusuke Ohtomo
  • Patent number: 9082543
    Abstract: An inductor (1) includes an inductor (L11P) formed into the shape of a spiral on the outer circumference of an inductor region and having a start point connected to a terminal (N11P), an inductor (L12P) formed into the shape of a spiral on the inner circumference of the inductor region and having a start point at the end point of the inductor (L11P) and an end point connected to a terminal (N12P), and an inductor (L13P) formed into the shape of a spiral in a region sandwiched between the inductor (L11P) and the inductor (L12P) and having a start point at a node between the inductor (L11P) and the inductor (L12P) and an end point connected to a terminal (N13P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yusuke Ohtomo, Hiroaki Katsurai, Hidetoshi Onodera, Akira Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 9083476
    Abstract: A signal multiplexing device includes a selector (1) that selects one of input data (4) and a complementary signal (16), a clock recovery circuit (30a) that adjusts the phase of a recovered clock (7) to the timing of the output signal of the selector (1), and a flip-flop circuit (3) that performs identification/recovery of the output signal of the selector (1) based on the recovered clock (7). The frequency of the complementary signal (16) is an integral submultiple of the frequency of the recovered clock (7). The selector (1) selects the complementary signal (16) during part of the no-signal period of the input data (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Katsurai, Hideki Kamitsuna, Yusuke Ohtomo
  • Publication number: 20150035625
    Abstract: An inductor (1) includes an inductor (L11P) formed into the shape of a spiral on the outer circumference of an inductor region and having a start point connected to a terminal (N11P), an inductor (L12P) formed into the shape of a spiral on the inner circumference of the inductor region and having a start point at the end point of the inductor (L11P) and an end point connected to a terminal (N12P), and an inductor (L13P) formed into the shape of a spiral in a region sandwiched between the inductor (L11P) and the inductor (L12P) and having a start point at a node between the inductor (L11P) and the inductor (L12P) and an end point connected to a terminal (N13P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yusuke Ohtomo, Hiroaki Katsurai, Hidetoshi Onodera, Akira Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 8705680
    Abstract: A recovered clock (123) is generated by making the phase of a reference clock (122) having the same frequency as the data rate frequency of input data (120) match the phase of the input data (120). The input data (120) is written in a FIFO (101) using the recovered clock (123). For readout from the FIFO (101), the FIFO (101) is caused to output recovered data (121) using the reference clock (122) asynchronous to the recovered clock (123).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Terada, Yusuke Ohtomo, Kazuyoshi Nishimura, Tomoaki Kawamura, Minoru Togashi, Keiji Kishine
  • Publication number: 20140016949
    Abstract: An optical signal detection circuit (10) includes an amplification circuit (11) that differentially amplifies an electrical signal (Tout) corresponding to the pulse train of an optical signal (Pin) and outputs a differential output signal (Aout), and a comparator (12) that compares the voltage value of the positive-phase signal of the differential output signal (Aout) with the voltage value of the negative-phase signal and outputs a pulsed comparison output signal (Cout) corresponding to the comparison result. The amplification circuit (11) includes a current addition circuit (11E) that adjusts a DC load current to generate a positive-phase signal (Aout+) and a negative-phase signal (Aout?) of the differential output signal (Aout) in accordance with an adjusted voltage value from an external adjusted voltage source (Vadj) and adjusts the DC bias of the positive-phase signal (Aout+) and the DC bias of the negative-phase signal (Aout?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koizumi, Masafumi Nogawa, Yusuke Ohtomo
  • Publication number: 20130294464
    Abstract: A signal multiplexing device includes a selector (1) that selects one of input data (4) and a complementary signal (16), a clock recovery circuit (30a) that adjusts the phase of a recovered clock (7) to the timing of the output signal of the selector (1), and a flip-flop circuit (3) that performs identification/recovery of the output signal of the selector (1) based on the recovered clock (7). The frequency of the complementary signal (16) is an integral submultiple of the frequency of the recovered clock (7). The selector (1) selects the complementary signal (16) during part of the no-signal period of the input data (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Katsurai, Hideki Kamitsuna, Yusuke Ohtomo
  • Patent number: 8149978
    Abstract: A clock/data recovery circuit includes a data duty correction circuit which outputs corrected data by correcting the duty of input data in accordance with the level of a correction signal, a clock recovery circuit which generates a recovered clock in synchronism with the edge timing of the corrected data, a data decision circuit which performs data decision of the corrected data based on the recovered clock, and a data duty detection circuit which detects the duty of the corrected data based on the recovered clock and outputs the correction signal representing a duty correction amount to the data duty correction circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Ohtomo, Jun Terada, Kazuyoshi Nishimura, Keiji Kishine
  • Publication number: 20100232558
    Abstract: A recovered clock (123) is generated by making the phase of a reference clock (122) having the same frequency as the data rate frequency of input data (120) match the phase of the input data (120). The input data (120) is written in a FIFO (101) using the recovered clock (123). For readout from the FIFO (101), the FIFO (101) is caused to output recovered data (121) using the reference clock (122) asynchronous to the recovered clock (123).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Jun Terada, Yusuke Ohtomo, Kazuyoshi Nishimura, Tomoaki Kawamura, Minoru Togashi, Keiji Kishine
  • Publication number: 20100073058
    Abstract: A clock/data recovery circuit includes a data duty correction circuit (400) which outputs corrected data by correcting the duty of input data in accordance with the level of a correction signal, a clock recovery circuit (100) which generates a recovered clock in synchronism with the edge timing of the corrected data, a data decision circuit (200) which performs data decision of the corrected data based on the recovered clock, and a data duty detection circuit (300) which detects the duty of the corrected data based on the recovered clock and outputs the correction signal representing a duty correction amount to the data duty correction circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Yusuke Ohtomo, Jun Terada, Kazuyoshi Nishimura, Keiji Kishine