Patents by Inventor Yutaka Shinagawa

Yutaka Shinagawa 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: 6122196
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a non-volatile semiconductor storage, comprising a plurality of main bit lines, a plurality of sub bit lines connected to the main bit lines, and a plurality of memory cell arrays, each including a plurality of non-volatile semiconductor memory cells disposed like an array. Each of those memory cells has a source terminal, a drain terminal, and a control gate, and each source-drain path is connected to a sub bit line. Between a main bit line and a sub bit line connected to the main bit line is disposed the source-drain path of a first transistor, and the source-drain path of a second transistor is connected to the sub bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Tanaka, Yutaka Shinagawa, Kazuyoshi Shiba, Kazufumi Suzukawa, Masamichi Fujito, Takayuki Oshima, Sonoko Abe, Kiyoshi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 5047825
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, such as a ROM having an instruction program set therein, in which an order for selecting word lines is variously different depending upon written information; a method of manufacture which can shorten a production process after the determination of the instruction program or the circuit arrangement of a decoder without adding to a manufacturing step is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Microcomputer Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Yasaka, Yutaka Shinagawa, Toru Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 4910162
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, such as a ROM having an instruction program set therein, in which an order for selecting word lines is variously different depending upon written information; a method of manufacture which can shorten a production process after the determination of the instruction program or the circuit arrangement of a decoder without adding to a manufacturing step is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Microcomputer
    Inventors: Kazuo Yasaka, Yutaka Shinagawa, Toru Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 4896300
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory includes a word line driving circuit whose output terminal is coupled to one end of each word line of a memory array, and also an auxiliary driving circuit which drives the other end of the word line upon receiving a selection signal transmitted to the other end of this word line. The auxiliary driving circuit comprises a level detector circuit which is dynamically driven by a timing signal, and a driving element which is driven by an output of the level detector circuit to drive the other end of the word line. When the word line is to be reset, the output of the level detector circuit is set at a level which brings the driving element into an "off" state. The auxiliary driving circuit of this arrangement permits the other end of the word line to change to a selection level quickly and to be reset quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Microcomputer Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Shinagawa, Shigeru Shimada
  • Patent number: 4719603
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory includes a word line driving circuit whose output terminal is coupled to one end of each word line of a memory array, and also an auxiliary driving circuit which drives the other end of the word line upon receiving a selection signal transmitted to the other end of this word line. The auxiliary driving circuit comprises a level detector circuit which is dynamically driven by a timing signal, and a driving element which is driven by an output of the level detector circuit to drive the other end of the word line. When the word line is to be reset, the output of the level detector circuit is set at a level which brings the driving element into an "off" state. The auxiliary driving circuit of this arrangement permits the other end of the word line to change to a selection level quickly and to be reset quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Microcomputer
    Inventors: Yutaka Shinagawa, Shigeru Shimada