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20140339675 | POLYSILICON FUSE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING POLYSILICON FUSE - A polysilicon fuse is disclosed that is capable of securing good insulation after being cut into small areas. A manufacturing method for the fuse and a small-size and highly-reliable semiconductor device including a polysilicon fuse also are disclosed. By forming a cavity inside a polysilicon portion serving as a melting portion by setting the melting portion of the polysilicon fuse to be a vertical type, a gap is formed between an upper part electrode and the surface of melted polysilicon when the polysilicon fuse is cut off. Because of this gap, good insulation can be secured. By using this polysilicon fuse, a semiconductor device that has a small size and high reliability is provided. | 11-20-2014 |
20150023082 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a semiconductor device such as a three-phase one-chip gate driver IC, HVNMOSs configuring two set and reset level shift circuits are disposed on non-opposed surfaces, and it is thereby possible to reduce the amount of electrons flowing into drains of HVNMOSs of another phase due to a negative voltage surge. Also, distances from an opposed surface on the opposite side to the respective drains of the HVNMOSs configuring the two set and reset level shift circuits are made equal to or more than 150 μm, and it is thereby possible to prevent a malfunction of a high side driver circuit of another phase to which no negative surge is applied. | 01-22-2015 |
20150155237 | POLYSILICON FUSE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING POLYSILICON FUSE AND METHOD OF SEVERING POLYSILICON FUSE - In some aspects of the invention, a first polysilicon fuse section for forming a cavity is provided in close proximity to a second polysilicon fuse section for adjusting circuit characteristics. By forming a cavity with the first polysilicon fuse section made to be blown, fused polysilicon is contained in the cavity when the second polysilicon fuse section is blown to make it possible to provide a polysilicon fuse capable of stably maintaining an electrical insulated state. This can provide a polysilicon fuse capable of stably maintaining the electrical insulated state when the fuse is blown, a semiconductor device having the polysilicon fuse and a method of severing the polysilicon fuse. | 06-04-2015 |
20150260760 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Current detection circuit of a semiconductor device provided with a shunt resistor, a voltage division ratio adjustment resistor and a selection circuit which selects a voltage division ratio of the latter and has enhancement type MOSFETs and Zener Zaps as trimming elements. One of the Zener Zaps is trimmed and a divided voltage of the voltage division ratio adjustment resistor connected in parallel with the shunt resistor is outputted. The detected voltage in which variation of the resistance of the shunt resistor has been cancelled is therefore outputted. As the shunt resistor and the voltage division ratio adjustment resistor are laminated together, it is possible to obtain a current detection circuit with a small area, which can detect a current flowing into a shunt resistor with high accuracy. | 09-17-2015 |
20150311339 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device can ensure predetermined current capacity under maintaining breakdown voltage characteristics and can promote size reduction. A first n-type offset-diffusion-region is disposed inside a p-type well region. In the first n-type offset-diffusion-region, a LOCOS film is disposed on the surface layer of a part sandwiched between an n | 10-29-2015 |
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20120321360 | FIXING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH PRESSURE BELT - A fixing device includes a fixing roller including a heat generating part, an endless belt facing the fixing roller, a first supporter which supports the belt to cause the belt to face the fixing roller at a first position, a second supporter which supports the belt at a downstream side in the rotation direction of the belt to cause the belt to face the fixing roller at a second position, and a pressure applying member having a center position, configured to urge the belt toward the fixing roller to form a nip between the fixing roller and the belt, wherein a first distance between the center position and the first position is longer than a second distance between the center position and the second position. | 12-20-2012 |
20140153951 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus includes a heating unit configured to heat a sheet having a layer of decolorizable toner applied thereon, a pressing unit configured to press the sheet towards the heating unit, and a control unit. The heating unit includes a roll member, an elastic layer formed on an outer periphery of the roll member, and a heat generating unit. The control unit is configured to control the heat generating unit, such that a first temperature at a portion of a first surface of the decolorizable toner layer contacting the heating unit is lower than a first predetermined temperature at which the decolorizable toner is decolorized, and a second temperature at a portion of the second surface of the decolorizable toner layer opposite to the first surface is higher than a second predetermined temperature at which the decolorizable toner is fixed onto the sheet. | 06-05-2014 |
20140169819 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus includes a first rotating unit and a second rotating unit. The first rotating unit has a heat generating unit and center and end portions that are configured to rotate around a first rotational axis. The second rotating unit has center and end portions that are configured to rotate around a second rotational axis. The second rotating unit is urged towards the first rotating unit and positioned to form a nip between the first rotating unit and the second rotating unit. At least one of the first rotating unit and the second rotating unit has a shape where a diameter of the center portion is greater than a diameter of the end portion. | 06-19-2014 |
20150071668 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a first medium at an image forming position, a fixing unit configured to fix the image formed on the first medium by heating the first medium at a first temperature, a conveying unit configured to convey the first medium to the fixing unit through a first path extending from the image forming position to the fixing unit and convey a second medium to the fixing unit through a second path that merges with the first path at a position between the image forming position and the fixing unit, and a control unit configured to control the fixing unit to be a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature, when the control unit determines that the conveying unit is conveying the second medium to the fixing unit through the second path. | 03-12-2015 |
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20110311255 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a fixer, a control operation selection portion which selects any one of a monochrome control operation of keeping the fixing temperature at a first temperature at which a monochrome image can be fixed, and a color control operation of keeping the fixing temperature at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, and a controller. In the state in which the monochrome control operation is selected, when the fixing temperature reaches the first temperature during rise, the controller executes a monochrome ready display and the monochrome control operation, the controller raises the fixing temperature up to the second temperature to print the color image when printing of a color image is instructed while the monochrome control operation is executed, and the controller executes the monochrome control operation after printing the color image. | 12-22-2011 |
20110311257 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An embodiment provides an image forming apparatus including: a job acquiring unit that acquires an image forming job that gives instructions for performing forming of an image; an image forming process control unit that controls performance of the image forming job that the job acquiring unit acquires; a temperature information acquiring unit that acquires information showing temperature of the heating rotary body; a determining unit that determines whether the temperature of the heating rotary body which is acquired by the temperature information acquiring unit is equal to or higher than a predetermined stand-by temperature set as a temperature in a stand-by state that stands by to perform the image forming process, when the image forming process is completed, based on the image forming job by the image forming process control unit; and a fixing device control unit, which controls the fixing device, performs a first stand-by control process that increases the temperature of the heating rotary body to the stand-by temperature by heating the heating rotary body with the heating member while rotating the heating rotary body with the heating rotary body and the pressing body in contact, when the determining unit determines that the temperature of the heating rotary body is lower than the stand-by temperature. Further, the fixing device control unit stops the rotation of the heating rotary body and performs a second stand-by control process that makes the fixing device stand by, without heating the heating rotary body with the heating member, when the determining unit determines that the temperature of the heating rotary body is the stand-by temperature or higher. | 12-22-2011 |
20130101305 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND FIXING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit which forms a toner image on a surface of a medium, a fixing device which includes a heating member that heats the surface of the medium and a pressing member that comes in press-contact with the heating member through the medium to heat the back side of the medium, and a control unit which controls the temperature of a surface of the heating member on the side in contact with the medium to a temperature lower than the temperature of a surface of the pressing member on the side in contact with the medium. | 04-25-2013 |
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20080213143 | CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE AND METHOD FOR USING - Disclosed is a chemical reaction cartridge including an elastic body with which at least a portion of the chemical reaction cartridge is formed and a plurality of chambers and a flow path to connect the plurality of chambers, which contain solution inside, and the solution is moved or blocked in the chambers and the flow path by applying external force to the elastic body from outside, the elastic body is structured in at least two elastic body layers which are layered vertically and the plurality of chambers and the flow path are provided between an upper elastic body layer and a lower elastic body layer, and the elastic body is attached to a surface of a substrate made of hard material. | 09-04-2008 |
20080305556 | CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - The invention provides a chemical reaction cartridge which can be treated with safety upon introduction of a sample into the cartridge and a method of using the same. An opening section of the chemical reaction cartridge is openable and closable by a rail fastener provided inside an elastic body. When the rail fastener is released, the elastic body can be opened across the entire width. The opening section provides the cartridge with an opening having a large sectional area, which is larger than a flow path and a chamber inside the cartridge, owing to elasticity of the elastic body. | 12-11-2008 |
20100124624 | CAPSULE AND CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE - There are provided a capsule and a chemical reaction cartridge capable of properly handling reagents and so forth. The capsule is formed by laminating two dome-shaped films together at the peripheries thereof. The films are formed by subjecting heat sealable films, to which aluminum vapor deposition is applied, to a drawing process. The films are made of a material (easy-peel material), which can be varied in seal strength by a heating temperature and are thermally welded together at an adhesion area at the peripheries thereof. Thereafter, contents such as reagents and so forth are filled up inside the capsule via a filling section. | 05-20-2010 |
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20080287319 | Separation Method and Apparatus of Single-Stranded Nucleic Acid, Microarray and Dna Chip - A separation method of single-stranded nucleic acid characterized in that nucleic acid amplification is performed using a first primer to which a second substance capable of binding specifically to a first substance is bound and a second primer to which the second substance is not bound, and double-stranded nucleic acid obtained by the nucleic acid amplification is bound to the first substance, and the double-stranded nucleic acid bound to the first substance is dissociated into a single strand, and a separation apparatus of single-stranded nucleic acid characterized by having a nucleic acid amplification part | 11-20-2008 |
20100151475 | Chemical reaction cartridge, its fabrication method, and a chemical reaction cartridge drive system - The present invention makes it possible to realize a chemical reaction cartridge, which enables prescribed protocols to be achieved easily without differences among operators, which is sealed and disposable, and which has a safe structure against viruses or dangerous drugs. | 06-17-2010 |
20110177979 | CARTRIDGE FOR CHEMICAL PROCESSING - A cartridge for chemical processing carries out chemical processing while moving a content by deformation based on an externally applied force, and includes a microarray chip housed in the cartridge for chemical processing; a member having a surface that faces a surface of the microarray chip; a supporting unit for supporting the member such that a width of a gap between the member and the microarray chip is variable by the externally applied force; and a limiting unit for restricting a variable range of the gap by the supporting unit such that the width of the entire gap between the surface of the member and the surface of the microarray chip does not become smaller than a predetermined width. | 07-21-2011 |
20110280776 | CAPSULE AND CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE - There are provided a capsule and a chemical reaction cartridge capable of properly handling reagents and so forth. The capsule is formed by laminating two dome-shaped films together at the peripheries thereof. The films are formed by subjecting heat sealable films, to which aluminum vapor deposition is applied, to a drawing process. The films are made of a material (easy-peel material), which can be varied in seal strength by a heating temperature and are thermally welded together at an adhesion area at the peripheries thereof. Thereafter, contents such as reagents and so forth are filled up inside the capsule via a filling section. | 11-17-2011 |
20110318824 | CARTRIDGE SYSTEM FOR CHEMICAL PROCESSING - An end portion of a head has a recess having an inner shape corresponding to a dome shape of a well when the well is in an expanded state. The radius of curvature of the recess is larger than the radius of curvature of the dome shape of the well. Moreover, the depth of the recess is smaller than the height of the dome shape of the well. Therefore, the head first contacts the apex of the well, and the contact area gradually expands toward the outer periphery. At this time, a gap is generated between the head and the cartridge around the well. Thus, the air between the head and the well is expelled from around the well as the head is pressed against the well. | 12-29-2011 |
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20130329515 | ROTARY AGITATION TYPE HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - A rotary agitation type heat treatment apparatus includes: a cylindrical member for performing heat treatment on a material to be treated supplied inside the cylindrical member from one end thereof; a rotating unit for rotating the cylindrical member; a heating unit for heating the material supplied inside the cylindrical member; and agitation members arranged in the cylindrical member. Each agitation member has a shaft structure and two or more blades provided on the shaft structure. The cylindrical member and the agitation members are constituted of a ceramic material. The material inside the cylindrical member is heated and the cylindrical member is rotated, so that the material is heat treated while agitated by the agitation members in the cylindrical member, and discharged out from the other end thereof. | 12-12-2013 |
20130336368 | RECEIVER - Disclosed herein is a receiver including: a first mixer adapted to mix satellite signals from first and second satellites and a first local oscillation signal so as to convert a carrier frequency of the satellite signals into a lower first intermediate frequency; a second mixer adapted to mix a satellite signal of the second satellite frequency-converted by the first mixer and a second local oscillation signal so as to convert the first intermediate frequency of the frequency-converted satellite signal from the second satellite into an even lower second intermediate frequency; and a first frequency divider adapted to generate the second local oscillation signal by dividing a frequency of the first local oscillation signal. | 12-19-2013 |
20140022426 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT, METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGE PICKUP UNIT, AND IMAGE PICKUP DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image pickup unit includes: a signal generating section generating a pulse signal that makes transitions between a first voltage and a low-noise second voltage; a voltage holding section holding a difference between a voltage of the pulse signal and a voltage of an output node; a voltage setting section that generates a pixel selection signal through setting the voltage of the output node to a third voltage in correspondence to a transition of the pulse signal from the second voltage to the first voltage, and outputs the pixel selection signal from the output node; and an image pickup section driven by the pixel selection signal. | 01-23-2014 |
20140055204 | DIFFERENTIAL RING OSCILLATION CIRCUIT, DEVICE, AND OSCILLATION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a differential ring oscillation circuit including a differential ring oscillation unit in which delay circuits, to which signals of 2 phases are input, and which delay and output the input signals of 2 phases, are connected at even stages in a ring form, first and second common-mode level detection units that detect that the input signals of 2 phases of one delay circuit at an even stage of the differential ring oscillation unit and the input signals of 2 phases of one delay circuit at an odd stage of the differential ring oscillation unit are at same predetermined levels, respectively, and first and second switches that set, to specific potentials, one of the output signals of 2 phases of the delay circuit delaying the input signals of 2 phases, when the first and second common-mode level detection units detect the same predetermined levels, respectively. | 02-27-2014 |
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20150318489 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic electroluminescence element includes: an anode; a cathode; and a luminous layer. The luminous layer includes: a luminescent dopant having a reorganization energy of 0 eV to 0.7 eV in electron transition from a ground state (S | 11-05-2015 |
20160071625 | CHARGE-TRANSPORTING THIN FILM - This invention addresses the problem of providing a charge-transporting thin film with small variations in properties due to disturbance and small variations in resistance over time during application of current. The invention further provides a charge-transporting thin film with a secondary effect of small variations over time and stable luminescent properties. The charge-transporting thin film of the present invention contains one or more types of functional organic compounds having chiral elements, and is characterized in that the total of the number of chiral elements per molecule in each type of the functional organic compounds summed over all types of the functional organic compounds is four or more. | 03-10-2016 |
20160079548 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, ORGANIC THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL, AND DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - This invention addresses the problem of providing an electronic device, organic electroluminescent device, conductive film, organic thin-film solar cell, and dye-sensitized solar cell provided with a charge-transporting thin film that exhibits excellent stability. In the presence of external disturbances, the charge-transporting thin film exhibits little in the way of fluctuations, and the resistance of the charge-transporting thin film changes little over time as current is supplied. As one of the secondary effects thereof, the charge-transporting thin film results in little in the way of changes in emission characteristics over time. This electronic device, which is provided with a charge-transporting thin film that contains one or more functional organic compounds having chiral elements, is characterized by the provision of a charge-transporting thin film wherein the total of the number of chiral elements per molecule in each type of the functional organic compounds summed over all types of the functional organic compounds is four or more. | 03-17-2016 |
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20090143195 | RAPID ACCELERATION CONTROL APPARATUS - A rapid acceleration control apparatus has a rapid acceleration prime mover rotational speed control section and a rapid acceleration start clutch capacity control section. The rapid acceleration prime mover rotational speed control section executes a rapid acceleration start prime mover rotational speed control that control a rotational speed of the prime mover to a target rotational speed required to achieve the rapid acceleration start when a rapid acceleration start condition exists in which both an accelerator and a brake are simultaneously operated while the vehicle is stopped. The rapid acceleration start clutch capacity control section executes a rapid acceleration start clutch capacity control that decreases a connection capacity of the clutch during the rapid acceleration start prime mover rotational speed control executed by the rapid acceleration prime mover rotational speed control section to suppress heating of the clutch due to the rapid acceleration start primer mover rotational speed control. | 06-04-2009 |
20090145253 | SHIFTING CONTROL SYSTEM - A shifting control system has two gear shift stage groups, two clutches, a clutch release detection section, a pre-shift controller, a clutch oil level detection section and a pre-shift inhibiting section. The clutches are alternately engaged to selectively transmit power from an engine to a wheel. The clutch release detection section detects a release-side clutch which corresponds to the clutch that is in a released state. The pre-shift controller operates a meshing mechanism of the gear shift stage group corresponding to the release-side clutch, so as to undergo pre-shifting when the other clutch is engaged as an engage-side clutch. The clutch oil level detection section determines whether an oil level in the release-side clutch is equal to or greater than a preset oil level. The pre-shift inhibiting section inhibits pre-shifting while the oil level in the release-side clutch is equal to or greater than a preset oil level. | 06-11-2009 |
20130289830 | REGENERATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A regeneration control device for vehicle including a generator for generating power by being driven by an engine and configured to convert kinetic energy of a vehicle into electrical energy by the generator includes a generated voltage control unit configured to variably control a generated voltage of the generator, a road traffic environment detection unit configured to detect a road traffic environment, a recommended deceleration calculation unit configured to calculate a recommended deceleration during coasting depending on the road traffic environment, and a regeneration control unit configured to convert the kinetic energy of the vehicle into the electrical energy by increasing the generated voltage of the generator as the recommended deceleration increases. | 10-31-2013 |
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20090059522 | STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE - A storage control device comprising a plurality of logic boards having a plurality of cooling objects, comprises a first cooling device for cooling the plurality of cooling objects on each of the logic boards, and a second cooling device for cooling at least one special cooling object out of the plurality of cooling objects on each of the logic boards. | 03-05-2009 |
20090067127 | DISK ARRAY SYSTEM - A disk array system capable of efficiently cooling the canisters and achieving the high-density mounting of the canisters without reducing the number of canisters is provided. In the disk array system having a HDD box which stores a plurality of canisters, a canister on an upstream side of cooling air and a canister on a downstream side of the cooling air both standing upright are arranged with a difference in level therebetween in the HDD box. The canister on the upstream side has a reliability assurance temperature lower than that on the downstream side, and a disk size of the canister on the upstream side is smaller than that on the downstream side. Also, the canister on the downstream side is arranged higher than that on the upstream side so that an alarm indicator LED and a ready indicator LED can be checked visually. | 03-12-2009 |
20090294107 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND COOLING METHOD FOR STORAGE APPARATUS - Provided is a storage apparatus that uses a generally-used housing and allows storage devices mounted from two sides of the housing, in which a cooling device is provided in front of the storage devices and the cooling device is configured to be movable so as to open the front side of the storage devices so that maintenance and replacement of a storage device(s) can be performed from the two sides of the housing. | 12-03-2009 |
20110273835 | STORAGE APPARATUS - Stable cooling performance can be secured. | 11-10-2011 |