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20090059427 | Perpendicular magnetic recording head and method for manufacturing the same - Embodiments of the present invention help to provide a perpendicular magnetic recording head capable of writing a signal in a track having a small width. According to one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording head includes an auxiliary pole, a main pole, a yoke, a coil, a first soft magnetic film and a second soft magnetic film. The yoke is in contact with the main pole. The coil is wound around a magnetic circuit composed of the auxiliary and main poles and the yoke. The first soft magnetic film is provided on both sides of the main pole with a non-magnetic film provided between the first soft magnetic film and the main pole. The second soft magnetic film is provided on the trailing side of the main pole with the non-magnetic film provided between the second soft magnetic film and the main pole. The first and second soft magnetic films are two types of plated magnetic films. One type of the plated magnetic films have respective thicknesses of 0.5 nm to 20 nm and respective body centered cubic lattice crystal structures. The other types of the plated magnetic films have respective thicknesses of 0.5 nm to 20 nm and respective face centered cubic lattice crystal structures. The two types of the plated magnetic films are alternately laminated with four or more layers. This can achieve the magnetic disk drive capable of reducing a possibility to erroneously delete a signal after the signal being written and preventing degradation of characteristics of a high frequency signal. | 03-05-2009 |
20090154014 | Thin film magnetic head and manufacturing method thereof - Embodiments of the present invention improve the recording density of a magnetic disk drives by providing a write head capable of writing adequately on a narrow trackwidth and high coercivity recording media. According to one embodiment, a thin film magnetic head has a write head which comprises at least a main magnetic pole, a yoke and a return pole, wherein a magnetic film which constitutes at least a part of the main magnetic pole, the yoke or the return pole is formed by alternately plating first magnetic layers and second magnetic layers, each of the first magnetic layer being of the body-centered cubic phase and containing at least two of elements Co, Ni and Fe, and each of the second magnetic layer being of the face-centered cubic phase and containing at least two of elements Co, Ni and Fe. The thin-film magnetic head can attain high Bs even if the magnetic film is thinned. In addition, high μ can be attained even when the recording frequency is high. | 06-18-2009 |
20090213496 | Perpendicular magnetic recording head and method for manufacturing the same - Embodiments of the present invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording head including a coil having small resistance. According to one embodiment, a nonmagnetic insulating layer formed on a main magnetic pole and a magnetic yoke are etched to form a recessed portion. The thickness of a conductive layer is increased by the depth of the recessed portion in a process for forming the conductive layer of the upper coil on the recessed portion to reduce resistance of the coil. Simultaneously with the formation of the recessed portion, a part of a second layer of a connection tab is removed. Simultaneously with the formation of the conductive layer of the upper coil, a space in which the part of the second layer of the connection tab is removed is filled with the same material as that of the conductive layer to further reduce the resistance of the entire coil. | 08-27-2009 |
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20090060112 | BOILING WATER NUCLEAR REACTOR AND EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM OF THE SAME - A boiling water nuclear reactor comprises: a reactor containment vessel including a dry well and a wet well; a vent pipe connecting the dry well and the pressure suppression pool; a gravity-driven water injection pool to hold boric acid aqueous solution; an emergency core water-injection piping system for causing the boric acid aqueous solution in the gravity-driven water injection pool to fall so as to be injected into the reactor pressure vessel in case of reactor accident; a static containment vessel cooling system pool; a static containment vessel cooling system heat exchanger; a dry well connection pipe connecting an upper part of the static containment vessel cooling system heat exchanger and the dry well; and a gas vent pipe for discharging noncondensible gas in the static containment vessel cooling system heat exchanger into the inside of the pressure suppression pool. | 03-05-2009 |
20090080589 | CORE CATCHER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, REACTOR CONTAINMENT VESSEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Core debris generated during a molten reactor core in a reactor containment vessel penetrating the reactor containment vessel is configured to be caught by a core catcher located beneath the reactor containment vessel which has a main body having first stage cooling water channels and second stage surrounded by cooling fins extending radially. The number of the second stage cooling channels is larger than that of the first stage cooling channels. Cooling water is supplied from a cooling water injection opening and distributed to the first cooling water channels at a distributor. An intermediate header is formed between the first and the second cooling water channels, and the cooling water is distributed to the second cooling water channels uniformly. | 03-26-2009 |
20100272226 | BOILING WATER NUCLEAR REACTOR AND EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM OF THE SAME - A boiling water nuclear reactor comprises: a reactor containment vessel including a dry well and a wet well; a vent pipe connecting the dry well and the pressure suppression pool; a gravity-driven water injection pool to hold boric acid aqueous solution; an emergency core water-injection piping system for causing the boric acid aqueous solution in the gravity-driven water injection pool to fall so as to be injected into the reactor pressure vessel in case of reactor accident; a static containment vessel cooling system pool; a static containment vessel cooling system heat exchanger; a dry well connection pipe connecting an upper part of the static containment vessel cooling system heat exchanger and the dry well; and a gas vent pipe for discharging noncondensible gas in the static containment vessel cooling system heat exchanger into the inside of the pressure suppression pool. | 10-28-2010 |
20110158371 | PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR PLANT - According to an embodiment, a pressurized water reactor plant has a primary system which includes: a reactor vessel for housing a reactor core which is cooled by a primary coolant, a single steam generator, a hot leg pipe for connecting the reactor vessel and the steam generator, cold leg pipes, at least two primary coolant pumps, and a pressurizer for pressurizing the primary coolant pressure boundary in which the primary coolant flows. The plant also has: a passive cooling and depressurization system which is a primary depressurization means for equalizing the primary system pressure to the secondary system pressure at the time of a tube rupture accident of the steam generator, and a reactor containment vessel containing the primary system and cooling the primary system by air cooling. Thus, a compact pressurized water rector with high economic efficiency, safety, and reliability can be provided. | 06-30-2011 |
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20140068318 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first memory, a second memory, and a control unit. The first memory includes a volatile first register retaining a first operation parameter. The control unit performs a first operation of retaining the first operation parameter in the second memory. Then, the control unit turns OFF the first memory while retaining the first operation parameter in the second memory when an operation mode is switched from a first mode to a power saving second mode. Then, the control unit performs a second operation of turning on the first memory, and transferring the first operation parameter retained in the second memory to the first register when the operation mode is switched from the second mode to the first mode. | 03-06-2014 |
20140129901 | MEMORY SYSTEM - A memory system includes a first nonvolatile memory, a second nonvolatile memory with a longer access latency than the first nonvolatile memory, a first error correction unit, a second error correction unit, and an interface. The first nonvolatile memory stores first data and a first error correction code generated for the first data. The second nonvolatile memory stores a second error correction code which is generated for the first data with a higher correction ability than that of the first error correction code. The first error correction unit performs error correction on the first data by using the first error correction code. The second error correction unit performs error correction on the first data by using the second error correction code. The interface transmits the first data after the error correction to a host. | 05-08-2014 |
20140245103 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE, AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory controller includes: a first flash encoding unit that performs flash encoding on user data according to a first scheme to generate user data flash codes; an encoding unit that performs an error correction encoding process on the user data flash codes to generate parities; a second flash encoding unit that performs flash encoding on the parities according to a second scheme to generate parity flash codes; and a memory I/F that writes the user data flash codes and the parity flash codes to the nonvolatile memory. | 08-28-2014 |
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20120236381 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus, including a deflector including a rotational axis and at least two-staged polygon mirrors circumferentially located on the rotational axis at shifted angles in a rotational direction thereof, to reflect a light beam entering each of the polygon mirrors while deflecting the light beam to scan plural image bearers; a divider to divide the light beam from a light source into at least two light beams to enter the polygon mirrors at different stages, respectively; a light receiver to detect the light beam reflected from the deflector; a detector to detect timings of the two-staged polygon mirrors to scan, based on a light beam detection interval detected by the light receiver; and alight shutter to shut a light beam entering an unused image bearer among the plural image bearers during a period when the light source lights up before the detector detects the timings. | 09-20-2012 |
20140168343 | WRITING CONTROLLING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The invention is concerning the writing controlling apparatus that includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of light amounts of a light source driven while changing an input current in non-effective scanning periods during which an image carrier is not irradiated with light from the light source, as a plurality of output results; a detecting unit configured to detect characteristics of the light source using the output results thus acquired; and a correcting unit configured to correct a current to be applied to the light source based on the characteristics thus detected. | 06-19-2014 |
20150222290 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a serializer configured to convert parallel data into serial data and output the serial data; and a deserializer configured to convert the serial data output from the serializer into parallel data and output the parallel data. The serializer is configured to add first data used for detecting unique data in the parallel data before the unique data, add second data used for detecting the unique data after the unique data, and add third data whose length is variable to each of the first data and the second data. | 08-06-2015 |
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20100168430 | MULTIKINASE INHIBITOR - It is intended to provide a compound represented by the formula (1): | 07-01-2010 |
20120083488 | TETRACYCLIC COMPOUND - A compound represented by the general Formula (I) below, or a salt or solvate thereof, which is useful as an ALK inhibitor, and is useful for prophylaxis or treatment of a disease accompanied by abnormality in ALK, for example, cancer, cancer metastasis, depression or cognitive function disorder: | 04-05-2012 |
20150150845 | TETRACYCLIC COMPOUND - A compound represented by the general Formula (I) below, or a salt or solvate thereof, which is useful as an ALK inhibitor, and is useful for prophylaxis or treatment of a disease accompanied by abnormality in ALK, for example, cancer, cancer metastasis, depression or cognitive function disorder: | 06-04-2015 |
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20090283892 | Design method of semiconductor package substrate - When the impedance of a first circuit is deviated from a standard value, a second circuit is designed for generating a second reflected wave to cancel a first reflected wave generated by the first circuit. Individual structural parts in a transmission line are intentionally designed to be deviated from a standard impedance reversely under a fine control. By this method, the impedance matching between the input and output impedance of the semiconductor element and the transmission line is achieved. As a result, the terminal impedance of the component of the semiconductor circuit and the semiconductor package substrate is adjusted to 50 Ohm, so that a good signal property can be obtained. | 11-19-2009 |
20100171517 | Impedance measurement method and impedance measurement device - An impedance measurement method for circuits that has multiple power supply ports and a common ground shared by the multiple power supply ports, that includes finding multiple mutual impedances; finding approximate values for the ground impedance from the multiple mutual impedances; calculating multiple power supply port impedances from the approximate ground impedance values; and generating an equivalent circuit for the applicable circuit based on the ground impedances. | 07-08-2010 |
20110133340 | Package substrate and semiconductor apparatus - A package substrate includes: a plurality of electrodes configured to be electrically connected to a semiconductor chip; a plurality of wiring layers configured to be stacked; and a plurality of vias configured to electrically connect a plurality of planes formed in the plurality of wiring layers. A power supply via included in the plurality of vias electrically connects a power supply plane included in the plurality of planes to a power supply electrode included in the plurality of electrodes. The power supply plane is supplied with a power supply voltage. A passing wiring layer included in the plurality of wiring layers, through which the power supply via passes, includes: grid ground planes configured to surround the power supply via. The grid ground planes are electrically connected to a ground plane included in the plurality of planes through a ground via included in the plurality of vias. The ground plane is grounded. | 06-09-2011 |
20110180940 | INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE AND ITS DESIGN METHOD - An interconnection structure includes a semiconductor chip, a mounting substrate on which the semiconductor chip is mounted, and a group of bonding wires provided to connect the semiconductor chip and the mounting substrate. The group of bonding wires includes: a first signal bonding wire contained in a first envelope and provided to propagate a signal; a first power supply bonding wire contained in the first envelope and applied with a first power supply voltage; and a second power supply bonding wire contained in a second envelope and applied with a second power supply voltage. One of the first envelope and the second envelope is arranged between the other of the first envelope and the second envelope and the mounting substrate. The second power supply bonding wire is arranged in a position in which electromagnetic coupling between the second power supply bonding wire and the first signal bonding wire is smaller than electromagnetic coupling between the second power supply bonding wire and the first power supply bonding wire. | 07-28-2011 |
20110180942 | INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE - An interconnection structure includes: first and second differential signal interconnections provided to transmit a differential signal; and first and second voltage interconnections applied with predetermined voltages. The first voltage interconnection, the first differential signal interconnection, the second differential signal interconnection and the second voltage interconnection are arranged in this order. An interval between the first and second differential signal interconnections is longer than an interval between the first voltage interconnection and the first differential signal interconnection and is longer than an interval between the second differential signal interconnection and the second voltage interconnection. When a first connection point and a second connection point nearest to the first connection point are provided on any of the first and second differential signal interconnections and the first and second voltage interconnections, a distance between the first connection point and the second connection point is in a range of 1/16 of a wavelength of the differential signal to ⅛ of the wavelength thereof. | 07-28-2011 |
20150214142 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To improve noise immunity of a semiconductor device. A wiring substrate of a semiconductor device includes a first wiring layer where a wire is formed to which signals are sent, and a second wiring layer that is mounted adjacent to the upper layer or the lower layer of the first wiring layer. The second wiring layer includes a conductor plane where an aperture section is formed at a position overlapped with a portion of the wire | 07-30-2015 |
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20090245006 | Semiconductor memory device - The present invention provides a semiconductor memory device that includes: a fuse circuit having multiple fuse elements; and a fuse selection circuit connected to an internal address signal line that receives an address signal externally inputted. The fuse circuit is connected to the fuse selection circuit to receive an output from the fuse selection circuit, is supplied with an externally inputted trigger signal that permits nonvolatile recording of the fuse elements, and, in response to the output and the trigger signal, records the fuse element corresponding to the internal address signal line among the plurality of fuse elements while recording at least one of the plurality of fuse elements other than the fuse element thus recorded. | 10-01-2009 |
20110063015 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - The present invention provides a semiconductor memory device that includes: a fuse circuit having multiple fuse elements; and a fuse selection circuit connected to an internal address signal line that receives an address signal externally inputted. The fuse circuit is connected to the fuse selection circuit to receive an output from the fuse selection circuit, is supplied with an externally inputted trigger signal that permits nonvolatile recording of the fuse elements, and, in response to the output and the trigger signal, records the fuse element corresponding to the internal address signal line among the plurality of fuse elements while recording at least one of the plurality of fuse elements other than the fuse element thus recorded. | 03-17-2011 |
20130045318 | SALTY TASTE ENHANCER AND KELP EXTRACT COMPRISING THE SAME - To provide a salty taste enhancer which exerts a flavor enhancing effect comparable to sodium chloride without imparting any undesirable flavor such as harsh taste or odd smell, a method for producing the same, a kelp extract comprising the salty taste enhancer, and a food or drink having enhanced salty taste and flavor which comprises the salty taste enhancer or the kelp extract. A salty taste enhancer which comprises a volatile component with a molecular weight of less than 200 derived from a kelp. | 02-21-2013 |
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20080199637 | Optical Compensatory Film, Process for Producing the Same, and Polarizing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Employing the Same - A novel optical compensatory sheet comprising an optically anisotropic layer comprising at least one liquid crystal compound, at least one cellulose ester, and at least one polymer A comprising at least one repeating unit derived from a monomer having a fluoro-aliphatic group, and at least one repeating unit having a group selected from the group consisting of carboxyl group (—COOH) or a salt thereof, a sulfo group (—SO | 08-21-2008 |
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20090066898 | OPTICALLY-COMPENSATORY SHEET, ELLIPSOIDAL POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An optically-compensatory sheet comprises an optically anisotropic layer that comprises a liquid crystal compound, wherein the liquid crystal compound in the optically anisotropic layer has S | 03-12-2009 |
20090262431 | ANTIGLARE FILM, ANTIREFLECTION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An antiglare film includes: a transparent support; and an antiglare layer containing a light-transmitting particle and a light-transmitting resin, wherein the light-transmitting particle has a structure including a core particle and a shell layer, each of the core particle and the shell layer contains an organic polymer, the shell layer has a thickness of from 10 to 2,000 nm, the core particle has a refractive index of from 1.54 to 1.65, and the shell layer has a refractive index of from 1.46 to 1.53. | 10-22-2009 |
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20110263306 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - In computer and video games in which a character is managed by registering an ID assigned to an object, objects corresponding to the same player can be duplicately registered, and a bonus that increases the ability of the player corresponding to the duplicately registered object is granted. | 10-27-2011 |
20110294580 | PROGRAM, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - A team is organized with players having preset inclination values having an influence on individual behavior tendencies of the players while a whole inclination value having an influence on the behavior tendency of a whole team is set. The difference between the whole inclination value of the team and inclination values of the individual players is calculated. The smaller the difference, the higher the player's ability is changed than the initial value. The larger the difference, the lower it is changed than the initial value. In match simulation processing, a simulation is performed with the abilities after the change. | 12-01-2011 |
20110312395 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - If a “draft” regulation is defined for each of leagues, all players on original teams owned by all game players are tentatively pooled. One of the players in the pool is selected for each of the teams owned by the game players in turn, and special teams used for only the current league are created. | 12-22-2011 |
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20090179503 | POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS AND FUNCTIONAL MODULE - A power transfer apparatus includes: a casing into which liquid is injected; two metal plates disposed so as to come into contact with the liquid within the casing; and a power source configured to emit a current into the liquid with each of the two metal plates as an electrode; with power being supplied from the power source to a functional module to be mounted within the casing through the liquid such that each of two electrodes comes into contact with the liquid; and with the functional module being mounted such that the liquid can flow from one of the two metal plates to the other. | 07-16-2009 |
20090322552 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD - A remote control device includes a polyhedral housing, an operation section provided on each of a plurality of surfaces of the housing, a main operation surface determination signal generation section for generating a determination signal for setting one of the surfaces in a predetermined direction as a main operation surface irrespective of an orientation of the housing, a transmission section for transmitting a remote control signal, and a control section for setting the main operation surface on the basis of the determination signal, generating a remote control signal for a control function assigned to the operation section provided on the main operation surface in response to an operation of the operation section, and causing the transmission section to transmit the remote control signal. | 12-31-2009 |
20100007790 | REMOTE CONTROLLER, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A remote controller includes a base unit having a transmission section configured to transmit a remote control signal, a plurality of function operation units connected to the base unit and configured to operate different functions, and a priority setting section configured to set priorities of the plurality of function operation units. When each of the plurality of function operation units is operated, the transmission section of the base unit sends transmission data, the transmission data including operation data and priority data that indicates the priorities of the plurality of function operation units set by the priority setting section. | 01-14-2010 |
20110001146 | Light-Emitting Device, Lighting Device, and Electronic Device - It is an object to provide a flexible light-emitting device with high reliability in a simple way. Further, it is an object to provide an electronic device or a lighting device each mounted with the light-emitting device. A light-emitting device with high reliability can be obtained with the use of a light-emitting device having the following structure: an element portion including a light-emitting element is interposed between a substrate having flexibility and a light-transmitting property with respect to visible light and a metal substrate; and insulating layers provided over and under the element portion are in contact with each other in the outer periphery of the element portion to seal the element portion. Further, by mounting an electronic device or a lighting device with a light-emitting device having such a structure, an electronic device or a lighting device with high reliability can be obtained. | 01-06-2011 |
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20090185066 | Imaging apparatus - An imaging apparatus is disclosed. The imaging apparatus includes: a housing forming an external armor; an imaging lens provided in the housing; a barrier adapted to be moved between a closing position at which it covers the imaging lens; and an opening position at which it causes the imaging lens, a barrier opening/closing member provided at the housing so as to be movable between a first position and a second position; and an interlock mechanism coupling the barrier and the barrier opening/closing member, causing the barrier to be located at the closing position at the first position of the barrier opening/closing member, and causing the barrier to be located at the opening position at the second position, the barrier being provided between the housing and the barrier opening/closing member and covered, at the opening position, with the barrier opening/closing member located at the second position. | 07-23-2009 |
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20150188539 | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE - Provided is a coordinate input device, including: an operation plate that is cantilevered and flexibly supported; a touch sensor that is attached to a rear surface of the operation plate; and a circuit board that is disposed to provide a predetermined gap between the circuit board and the touch sensor and includes a push-in input switch. | 07-02-2015 |