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20100159340 | FUEL CELL STACK WITH STOICHIOMETRY DETERMINATION IN INDIVIDUAL CELLS - A fuel system including a fuel cell including a plurality of unit cells supplied with a prescribed gas to generate electricity, a stoichiometric ratio calculating apparatus calculating the stoichiometric ratio of the prescribed gas for each unit cell, and a gas flow increasing apparatus increasing the supply of the prescribed gas when the stoichiometric ratio falls below a prescribed value. | 06-24-2010 |
20100173226 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell in which stress that is caused in an electrolyte membrane is relaxed or absorbed is provided. The fuel cell includes A fuel cell includes an electrolyte membrane; a holding member that is used to hold the electrolyte membrane; and an elastic member that is arranged between the electrolyte membrane and the holding member so that the holding member holds the electrolyte membrane. | 07-08-2010 |
20100239949 | CELL FOR FUEL CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND GAS CHANNEL STRUCTURE FOR FUEL CELL - A cell for a fuel cell, comprising a membrane electrode assembly, expanded moldings that are laminated to both surfaces of the membrane electrode assembly and form gas channels, and separators that are laminated to the gas channel structures and separate the gases between adjacent cells, wherein each of the expanded moldings comprises a gas channel substrate formed from a metal material such as a titanium material or a stainless steel, a conductive layer that is formed from a conductor such as gold on a contact portion of the gas channel substrate that contacts the membrane electrode assembly or the separator, and a hydrophilic layer that is formed from a hydrophilic material such as a titanium oxide on the gas channel surface of the gas channel substrate. | 09-23-2010 |
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20090003843 | Optical transmitter and method for control the same - An optical transmitter that reduces the stimulated Brillion scattering occurred within a transmission optical fiber and a method to control the optical transmitter are disclosed. The optical transmitter with a type of the chirp managed laser diode (CML) comprises a laser diode modulated with a high frequency signal and biased with a relatively large bias current and an optical filter. When the modulation signal is stopped, an optical signal with relatively large power and narrow spectrum may enter the transmission fiber, which causes the stimulated Brillouin scattering. In the present optical transmitter, when the modulation signal is absent, an auxiliary signal is superposed on the bias current. | 01-01-2009 |
20090097863 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER WITH A CHIRP MANAGED LASER DIODE AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING EMISSION WAVELENGTH THEREOF AND ITS ADJUSTING METHOD - An optical transmitter using a chirp managed laser is disclosed. The optical transmitter compares, in advance to the ATC operation, the phases of the signal corresponding to the original output of the LD and the signal corresponding to that reflected by the filter. When the two signals are in phase, the transmitter lowers the target temperature of the ATC loop to shift the emission wavelength of the LD shorter until the two signals are out of phase. | 04-16-2009 |
20110085793 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF TRANSMITTER UNITS AND A PROCESS TO CONTROL THE SAME - An optical transceiver is disclosed in which the optical output thereof is controlled without degrading the signal quality. The optical transceiver of the invention includes a plurality of transmitter units and a controller that adjusts the bias current of respective transmitter units. The controller, receiving information to decrease/increase the output of the optical transceiver, decides a unique unit that has a largest margin to increase/decrease the bias current and provides a control signal only to the unique unit to increase/decrease the bias current. | 04-14-2011 |
20110243576 | OPTICAL RECEIVER FOR THE WDM SYSTEM AND THE METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An optical receiver with a simplified arrangement able to compensate the optical loss of the transmission medium is disclosed. The optical receiver of the invention includes an SOA in the front end thereof, an optical de-multiplexer, and a plurality of receiver modules that receives de-multiplexed light. The optical gain of the SOA is adjusted based on the electrical signals output from respective optical modules. When the receiver modules show the output thereof in a preset range, the bias current is kept unchanged, while, one receiver module shows the output out of the range, the bias current is incremented or decremented. When one receiver module shows the output out of the absolute maximum/minimum, the bias current is forced to the initial value. | 10-06-2011 |
20120193519 | OPTICAL RECEIVER HAVING VARIABLE BIAS FOR PHOTODIODE - An optical receiver is disclosed, in which a PD is biased by a positive feedback loop with respect to the photocurrent generated thereby. The optical receiver includes the PD, a current mirror to reflect the photocurrent into a mirror current, a current converter to convert the mirror current into a voltage signal, and a bias source stabilized by the negative feedback loop by sensing the output voltage thereof superposed with the voltage signal output by the current converter. The PD, the current mirror, the current converter and the bias source comprises the positive feedback loop for the photocurrent. | 08-02-2012 |
20130279901 | OPTICAL RECEIVER IMPLEMENTED WITH SEMICONDUCTOR AMPLIFIER - An optical receiver able to distinguish a failure occurred in one of multiplexed signals from a failure in the transmission medium is disclosed. The optical receiver includes an optical de-multiplexer, optical devices, a signal processor, and a controller. Each of the optical devices converts the de-multiplexed signal into an electrical signal. A clock is extracted from one of the electrical signals. The processor decides, based on the electrical signals and the clock, one of the multiplexed signals falls in a failure. | 10-24-2013 |
20130287402 | OPTICAL RECEIVER IMPLEMENTED WITH SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER IN FRONT END THEREOF AND METHOD TO CONTROL THE SAME - An optical receiver implemented with a semiconductor amplifier (SOA) whose temperature is controlled by the automatic temperature control (ATC) circuit is disclosed. The optical receiver further includes an optical de-multiplexer, optical devices, a signal processor, and a controller. The controller monitors a temperature of the SOA and time derivatives thereof. The controller activates the optical devices and the signal processor after the time derivative of the temperature of the SOA becomes less than a reference. | 10-31-2013 |
20150162989 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER - An optical transmitting unit comprises an integrated optical transmitter module including an LD, a TEC configured to heat or cool the LD, a thermal sensor configured to sense a temperature of the LD, and a package configured to house the LD, the thermal sensor, and the TEC, an MCU, and a temperature detection circuit configured to detect a temperature outside the package. The thermal sensor is thermally coupled with the TEC and is also thermally coupled with the outside of the package, and the MCU defines data output from the temperature detection circuit as an internal temperature when the LD is being energized, and estimates the data of internal temperature on the basis of the temperature detected with the thermal sensor and the data when the LD is not being energized. | 06-11-2015 |
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20120148201 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - An optical transceiver with two circuit boards is disclosed. The optical transceiver includes two OSAs, two circuit boards, and a holder put between two circuit boards. The circuit boards are assembled with the holder made of resin by the snap-in, and this intermediate product is set within the housing of the transceiver. The cover of the transceiver is also assembled by the snap-in without using screws and so on. | 06-14-2012 |
20120315051 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER HAVING ENHANCED EMI TOLERANCE - An optical transceiver that reduces the EMI radiation leaked therefrom is disclosed. The optical transceiver includes a top cover and the bottom base to form a cavity into which a TOSA, a ROSA, and a circuit are set. The top cover provides a combed structure in a rear portion thereof, where the combed structure has a plurality of fins with a distance preferably less that quarter wavelength λ/4 of the noise wavelength to be reduced. The combed structure operates as a short stub for the electromagnetic wave traveling longitudinally in the cavity. | 12-13-2012 |
20130136458 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER HAVING ENHANCED EMI TOLERANCE - An optical transceiver that attenuates the EMI radiation leaked therefrom is disclosed. The optical transceiver includes a top cover and the bottom base to form a cavity into which a TOSA, a ROSA, and a circuit are set. At least one of the top cover and the bottom base provides a combed structure in a rear portion of the optical transceiver, where the combed structure has a plurality of T-shaped fins to attenuate the EMI radiation. | 05-30-2013 |
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20130062086 | POWER TOOL - The present invention provides a power tool for tightening a fastener. The power tool includes a motor, a hammer, an anvil, and a control unit. The hammer is intermittently or continuously rotatable in a forward direction by the motor. The anvil is impacted by the hammer rotated in the forward direction. The control unit controls the hammer to continuously rotate at a first number of rotations, and to intermittently rotate at a second number of rotations lower than the first number of rotations when a prescribed time has elapsed from the rotation of the hammer at the first number of rotations, and then to intermittently rotate at a third number of rotations lower than the second number of rotations when a predetermined time has elapsed from the rotation of the hammer at the second number of rotations. | 03-14-2013 |
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20130126202 | Screw Tightening Tool - An screw tightening tool ( | 05-23-2013 |
20140124229 | IMPACT TOOL - An impact tool has a hammer ( | 05-08-2014 |
20140139055 | Electric Power Tool - According to an aspect of the invention, an electric power tool which includes a brushless direct-current motor and a drive circuit that supplies drive power to the motor, and which rotates or drives a tool, characterized in that the drive circuit includes plural switching elements, and is arranged on a board provided in a grip portion of a housing or below the grip portion; and an electric fan is provided in the vicinity of the switching element for cooling the switching element. | 05-22-2014 |
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20080302551 | ELECTRIC TOOL - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electric tool including: a housing; a motor that is housed in the housing; a tip tool; a rotation transmission mechanism that transmits a rotation of the motor to the tip tool; an air inlet that is disposed on the housing to introduce a cooling air for cooling the motor from an outside of the housing; an air outlet that is disposed to discharge the cooling air; and a cover that is slidable along an inner wall or an outer wall of the housing and that is movable in a first position where the air inlet and the air outlet are opened and a second position where the air inlet and the air outlet are closed. | 12-11-2008 |
20090071675 | BATTERY PACK AND CORDLESS TOOL USING THE SAME - A battery device is constituting by connecting such cell assemblies in parallel as each comprises: a first cell group having a plurality of cells connected in series; a housing container for housing said first cell group; current detecting means housed in said container for detecting a current to flow through the first cell group; a switching element connected with said first cell group for turning ON/OFF the current to flow through said first cell group; and means for controlling the ON/OFF of said switching element in response to the output signal of said current detecting means. | 03-19-2009 |
20090237012 | CORDLESS POWER TOOL AND BATTERY DEVICE USED FOR SAME - A power tool, having attached thereto a battery device including one or a plurality of cell assemblies, includes a motor which is supplied with a DC current from the battery device, a switching element which controls a drive and a stop of the motor, means which detects a number of cell assemblies, and control means which controls the switching element in such a way as to stop the drive of the motor when the number of cell assemblies is smaller than a prescribed value. | 09-24-2009 |
20100244592 | POWER TOOL - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a power tool including: a housing having a suction port formed thereon to introduce an cooling air from an outside of the housing; and a brushless motor that is housed in the housing and has an electric circuit, the electric circuit having a heat radiating surface, wherein the heat radiating surface is disposed in a neighborhood of the suction port. | 09-30-2010 |
20110025269 | BATTERY CHARGER - A battery charger includes an accommodating part for accommodating a group of cells and a plurality of cell assemblies respectively having charging terminals for charging the group of cells; a first terminal plate formed in the surface of the accommodating part to come into contact with the charging terminal of the first cell assembly and a second terminal plate coming into contact with the second cell assembly; a switching element for interrupting voltage from an ac power source; a unit for rectifying and smoothing the voltage interrupted by the switching element; and a unit for applying the smoothed dc voltage respectively to the first and second terminal plates. | 02-03-2011 |
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20120199372 | IMPACT TOOL - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an impact tool including: a motor; a hammer connected to an output portion of the motor; and an anvil to be struck by the hammer in a rotation direction and having a rotary shaft, the hammer striking the anvil in the rotation direction by driving the motor in pulses, wherein the anvil is provided in front of the hammer, wherein the hammer is driven in pulses by the motor, and wherein a rotation angle of the hammer is substantially proportional to a rotation angle of the motor. | 08-09-2012 |
20120279736 | IMPACT TOOL - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an impact tool including: a motor drivable in an intermittent driving mode; a hammer connected to the motor; an anvil to be struck by the hammer to thereby rotate/strike a tip tool; and a control unit that controls a rotation of the motor by switching a driving pulse supplied to the motor in accordance with a load applied onto the tip tool. | 11-08-2012 |
20120319508 | ELECTRIC TOOL - An electric tool including: a motor having a stator coil; and a circuit board, wherein the stator coil includes a coil main body and an extending part extending from the coil main body and electrically connected to the circuit board, and wherein the extending part is slacked. | 12-20-2012 |
20130075121 | IMPACT TOOL - An impact tool including: a motor; a housing that accommodates the motor; a hammer rotated by the motor in a rotating direction; an anvil struck by the hammer in the rotating direction; an end tool holding portion connected to the anvil and protruding from a front part of the housing; and a load receiving portion that receives a load of the hammer in a rear direction. | 03-28-2013 |
20130154549 | BATTERY PACK AND CORDLESS TOOL USING THE SAME - A battery device is constituted by connecting such cell assemblies in parallel as each includes: a first cell group having a plurality of cells connected in series; a housing container for housing the first cell group; current detector housed in the container for detecting a current to flow through the first cell group; a switching element connected with the first cell group for turning ON/OFF the current to flow through the first cell group; and a controller for controlling the ON/OFF of the switching element in response to the output signal of the current detector. | 06-20-2013 |
20130255981 | POWER TOOL - In addition to improvement of operability, a small size with a light weight and a long life are achieved. A switch housing unit and a control-part housing unit are provided in a housing, a switch unit provided with a pressure switch which generates an electric signal by performing a pressing operation by a worker is housed in the switch housing unit, a switch cover which covers the pressure switch and which is elastically deformed by the pressing operation by the worker is provided, and the control-part houses a control circuit board which controls a rotation state of a motor in accordance with a magnitude of the electric signal outputted from the pressure switch. | 10-03-2013 |
20130255982 | POWER TOOL - A power tool, in which a case that is connected to a housing and the case houses a reducer mechanism that decelerates an output of an electric motor and an impact mechanism that transmits an output of the reducer mechanism to a tip tool, is provided. The power tool further includes an inner cover that covers an opening of the case, a ring gear included in the reducer mechanism, a spindle that is rotatably supported by a bearing, and a space portion that is placed between the inner cover and the ring gear and in a periphery of the bearing, and capable of stocking grease. A through hole, which communicates with the inside and outside of the case through the space portion, is formed in the inner cover. | 10-03-2013 |
20130333910 | IMPACT TOOL - According to one embodiment, an impact tool includes: a motor; and a hammer that is connected to the motor and that has a striking-side surface; and an anvil that is journalled to be rotatable with respect to the hammer, that has a struck-side surface and that provides a striking power to a tip tool, wherein the motor is drivable in: a first driving mode in which the motor is continuously driven in a normal rotation; a second driving mode in which the motor is intermittently driven only in the normal rotation; and a third driving mode in which the motor is intermittently driven in the normal rotation and in a reverse rotation. | 12-19-2013 |
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20080265695 | Power Tool - A power tool includes a housing, a brushless motor, and a cover member. The housing has an air intake hole and an air exhaust hole formed therein, the housing having an inner surface. The brushless motor has an outer surface disposed in the housing, a first endface near the air intake hole, and a second endface near the air exhaust hole. The cover member covers at least one of the first endface and the second endface for preventing dust from entering the brushless motor. The inner surface of the housing and outer surface of the brushless motor define a circulation path providing communication between the air intake hole and the air exhaust hole. | 10-30-2008 |
20110199756 | Power Tool - A power tool includes a motor as a drive power source, a body housing the motor and having an end output unit for chucking an end tool, a handle grip connected to the body; and a light unit disposed to one of the handle grip and the body, and having a light-emitting element for providing illumination near the end tool. The light unit includes an angle adjuster and holder which adjusts and holds a lighting angle of the light-emitting element at least in accordance with a length of the end tool. | 08-18-2011 |
20120033405 | Power Tool - A power tool includes a body housing a motor and a power transmission mechanism positioned ahead of the motor for transmitting a power of the motor, a handle grip having an upper end portion connected to an approximately intermediate portion of the body and a lower end portion to which a battery is connected, a light emitting element positioned below the power transmission mechanism and receiving electrical power from the battery for illuminating a portion ahead of the body, and a trigger positioned below the power transmission mechanism for controlling a supply of the electrical power from the battery to the motor and to the light emitting element. | 02-09-2012 |
20120200181 | Power Tool - A power tool includes a housing, a brushless motor, and a cover member. The housing has an air intake hole and an air exhaust hole formed therein, the housing having an inner surface. The brushless motor has an outer surface disposed in the housing, a first endface near the air intake hole, and a second endface near the air exhaust hole. The cover member covers at least one of the first endface and the second endface for preventing dust from entering the brushless motor. The inner surface of the housing and outer surface of the brushless motor define a circulation path providing communication between the air intake hole and the air exhaust hole. | 08-09-2012 |
20120292065 | Impact Tool - An impact tool includes a motor, a housing, a hummer, an anvil, a hummer case, and an end tool holding unit. The housing accommodates therein the motor. The hummer is rotatable by the motor. The hummer strikes against the anvil in a rotational direction of the hummer. The hummer case covers the hummer and the anvil. The end tool holding unit is connected to the anvil and protrudes from the hummer case in a first direction. The housing supports the hummer case at at least two locations. | 11-22-2012 |
20130008679 | Power Tool - An electronic pulse driver includes a motor, a hammer, an anvil, an end tool mounting unit, a power supply unit, and a control unit. The hammer is rotationally driven in forward and reverse directions by the motor. The anvil is rotated upon striking the hammer against the anvil as a result of a rotation of the hammer in the forward direction after rotation of the hammer in the reverse direction for obtaining a distance for acceleration in the forward direction. The power supply unit alternately supplies to the motor a forward electric power and a reverse electric power in a first cycle. The control unit controls the power supply unit to alternately supplies the forward electric power and the reverse electric power in a second cycle shorter than the first cycle when an electric current flowing to the motor increases to a prescribed value. | 01-10-2013 |
20130014967 | Power ToolAANM Ito; YutakaAACI Hitachinaka-shiAACO JPAAGP Ito; Yutaka Hitachinaka-shi JPAANM Oomori; KatsuhiroAACI Hitachinaka-shiAACO JPAAGP Oomori; Katsuhiro Hitachinaka-shi JPAANM Nakamura; MizuhoAACI Hitachinaka-shiAACO JPAAGP Nakamura; Mizuho Hitachinaka-shi JPAANM Nishikawa; TomomasaAACI Hitachinaka-shiAACO JPAAGP Nishikawa; Tomomasa Hitachinaka-shi JPAANM Mashiko; HironoriAACI Hitachinaka-shiAACO JPAAGP Mashiko; Hironori Hitachinaka-shi JP - An electronic pulse driver includes a motor, a hammer, an anvil, an end tool mounting unit, a power supply unit, and a control unit. The hammer is rotatable together with the anvil. The end tool mounting unit transmits the rotation of the anvil to an end tool. The power supply unit supplies a drive electric power to the motor. The control unit controls the power supply unit to halt a supply of the drive electric power to the motor when an electric current flowing to the motor increases to a prescribed value. The control unit controls the power supply unit to supply to the motor a prestart electric power lower than the drive electric power before supplying the drive electric power in order to permit the power supply unit to supply the drive electric power after the hammer is in contact with the anvil. | 01-17-2013 |
20130025892 | Power Tool - An electronic pulse driver includes a motor, a hammer, an anvil, an end tool mounting unit, a power supply unit, a temperature detecting unit, and a controller. The hammer is drivingly rotatable in forward and reverse directions by the motor. The anvil is provided separately from the hammer and rotated upon striking of the hammer. The power supply unit alternately supplies a forward electric power and a reverse electric power to the motor in a first cycle. The temperature detecting unit is configured to detect a temperature of the motor. The controller is configured to control the power supply unit to alternately supplies the forward electric power and the reverse electric power in a second cycle longer than the first cycle when the temperature of the motor detected by the temperature detecting unit increases to a prescribed value. | 01-31-2013 |
20140015350 | Power Tool - A power tool includes a housing, a brushless motor, and a cover member. The housing has an air intake hole and an air exhaust hole formed therein, the housing having an inner surface. The brushless motor has an outer surface disposed in the housing, a first endface near the air intake hole, and a second endface near the air exhaust hole. The cover member covers at least one of the first endface and the second endface for preventing dust from entering the brushless motor. The inner surface of the housing and outer surface of the brushless motor define a circulation path providing communication between the air intake hole and the air exhaust hole. | 01-16-2014 |
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20090278255 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a substrate having external connection terminals, and a semiconductor chip mounted over a semiconductor-chip mounting portion of the substrate. The external connection terminals are formed by sequentially forming an electroless nickel plating layer, an electroless gold plating layer, and an electrolytic gold plating layer on a terminal portion formed on a surface of the substrate. | 11-12-2009 |
20090284941 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE, MOUNTING CIRCUIT BOARD, AND MOUNTING STRUCTURE - A semiconductor package includes: a circuit board having a passive component embedded therein; and external terminals provided on a back surface of the circuit board. The passive component is provided at a different position from positions of the external terminals in a thickness direction of the circuit board. | 11-19-2009 |
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20120146244 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor device and second semiconductor device stacked on the first semiconductor device. The first semiconductor device includes a first interconnect substrate, a first semiconductor element provided on an upper surface of the first interconnect substrate, a first electrode provided on the upper surface of the first interconnect substrate, and an insulating layer having an opening portion through which part of the first electrode is exposed. The second semiconductor device includes a second interconnect substrate, a second semiconductor element provided on an upper surface of the second interconnect substrate, a second electrode provided on a lower surface of the second interconnect substrate, and an inter-device connection terminal connected to the second electrode. Part of the first electrode exposed through the opening portion has a smaller area than an area of the opening portion. | 06-14-2012 |
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20140107578 | INJECTION NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND DRUG INJECTION DEVICE - To securely position a needle tip and a blade face of a needle tube inserted into the skin in a predetermined site of a living body, such as the upper layer of skin, an injection needle assembly includes a needle tube having a needle tip capable of puncturing a living body, a hub holding the needle tube, a stabilizer, and a guide portion. The stabilizer is formed in a tubular shape surrounding the circumference of the needle tube, and an end face is pressed against the skin, and thereby a raised portion of the skin is formed in a tube hole. The guide portion is arranged on the stabilizer, and is adapted to recognize a press-in distance y of the stabilizer to the skin. | 04-17-2014 |
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20080316475 | Defect inspection apparatus and defect inspection method - An apparatus and a method for defect inspection enables a reduction in the amount of noise light from an underlying layer and a good defect inspection reliably. The apparatus includes an illumination device that irradiates, with illumination light, a substrate to be inspected including a resist layer having cyclic patterns formed on the upper layer, and an optical image forming system that forms an image of the substrate to be inspected according to light that emerges from the substrate to be inspected by the irradiation with illumination light. The wavelength of the illumination light is set so that intensity of the light from the surface of the resist layer, among the light emerged from the substrate to be inspected, is greater than that of light that has passed through the surface of the cyclic pattern layer formed below the resist layer. | 12-25-2008 |
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20130100448 | SURFACE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND SURFACE INSPECTION METHOD - A surface inspection apparatus and a surface inspection method aim to securely deal with finer repetition pitch without shortening the wavelength of illumination light. To this end, the apparatus includes a unit illuminating repetitive pattern(s) formed on the substrate surface to be inspected with linearly polarized light, a unit setting to an oblique angle an angle between the direction of an intersecting line of a vibration plane of the linearly polarized light on the substrate surface and the repetition direction of repetitive pattern(s), a unit extracting a polarized light component perpendicular to the vibration plane of the linearly polarized light, from light having been emitted from the repetitive pattern(s) in a specular direction, and a unit detecting a defect of the repetitive pattern(s) according to the light intensity of the polarized light component. | 04-25-2013 |
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20080246966 | Surface-Inspecting Apparatus and Surface-Inspecting Method - Defect inspection of repeated pattern on a surface is executed by reducing influence of a base layer. Thus, surface-inspecting apparatus and method include unit irradiating repeated pattern on specimen's surface with illuminating light, units setting an angle formed by direction on an incidence plane's surface including irradiating direction of illuminating light and a normal to the surface and repeated direction of repeated pattern to predetermined value except zero, a light detecting unit detecting regular reflected light from repeated pattern when illuminating light is irradiated and outputs information about light intensity of regular reflected light, and a detecting unit detecting the repeated pattern's defect on information, from light detecting unit. Additionally, an angle formed by the direction on incidence plane's surface and repeated direction, an angle formed by irradiating direction of illuminating light and normal to surface, a wavelength of illuminating light, and a pitch of repeated pattern satisfy conditional expression. | 10-09-2008 |
20090059231 | Surface inspection apparatus - A surface inspection apparatus includes units illuminating repetitive patterns formed on a surface of a suspected substance and measuring a variation in an intensity of regular reflection light caused by a change in shapes of the repetitive patterns, units illuminating the repetitive patterns with linearly polarized light, setting an angle formed between a repetitive direction of the repetitive patterns and a direction of a plane of vibration of the linearly polarized light at a tilt angle, and measuring a variation in a polarized state of the regular reflection light caused by the change in the shapes of the repetitive patterns, and a unit detecting a defect of the repetitive patterns based on the variation in the intensity and the variation in the polarized state of the regular reflection light. | 03-05-2009 |
20100182593 | Surface state detecting apparatus - A surface inspection apparatus includes units illuminating repetitive patterns formed on a surface of a suspected substance and measuring a variation in an intensity of regular reflection light caused by a change in shapes of the repetitive patterns, units illuminating the repetitive patterns with linearly polarized light, setting an angle formed between a repetitive direction of the repetitive patterns and a direction of a plane of vibration of the linearly polarized light at a tilt angle, and measuring a variation in a polarized state of the regular reflection light caused by the change in the shapes of the repetitive patterns, and a unit detecting a defect of the repetitive patterns based on the variation in the intensity and the variation in the polarized state of the regular reflection light. | 07-22-2010 |
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20100224623 | MICROWAVE HEATING APPARATUS - To provide a microwave heating apparatus capable of heating various objects to be heated having different configurations, kinds, sizes, and amounts contained in a heating chamber with high efficiency by keeping low a reflected power of a microwave radiated from microwave supplying means, a microwave generator part includes oscillator parts ( | 09-09-2010 |
20110108548 | MICROWAVE HEATING APPARATUS - A microwave heating apparatus includes a microwave generation part | 05-12-2011 |
20110168699 | MICROWAVE HEATING APPARATUS - In a microwave heating apparatus of the invention, microwaves from oscillation parts | 07-14-2011 |
20120067873 | MICROWAVE HEATING DEVICE AND MICROWAVE HEATING METHOD - In order to provide a microwave heating device and a microwave heating method, which can surely prevent a microwave generating part from being destroyed by reflected power and which can heat a heating-target portion in a heating chamber with high efficiency, the present invention is configured such that, prior to a control part ( | 03-22-2012 |
20120111856 | MICROWAVE HEATING DEVICE AND MICROWAVE HEATING CONTROL METHOD - In order to provide a microwave heating device and a microwave heating control method which are capable of uniformly heating a to-be-heated object in a desired state, by employing plural feeding portions provided in a heating chamber on the basis of information about reflected electric power from the respective feeding portions; a control portion controls to supply microwave electric power from plural feeding portions to a heating chamber by operating a microwave generating portion at a heating frequency for heating a to-be-heated object, estimates a heating state for the to-be-heated object on the basis of per-unit-time increase/decrease change states of detected levels of detection signals detected by electric-power detection portions, and controls the heating frequency and the microwave electric power supplied from the feeding portions to the heating chamber. | 05-10-2012 |
20120138600 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE HEATING DEVICE - It is an object to provide an electromagnetic-wave shield structure with a reduced size for an electromagnetic wave heating device, with a simple structure employing a meta-material formed from a lamination members including a dielectric member and conductive members laminated on each other such that the meta-material is placed in a choke slot. There are provided a heating chamber for housing a to-be-heated object, an electromagnetic-wave supply device, and a door. A choke slot and lamination members are provided in at least one of an opening peripheral portion and a door peripheral portion which is faced thereto in a state where the door is closed. This enables provision of an electromagnetic-wave shield structure with a smaller size. | 06-07-2012 |
20120152939 | MICROWAVE HEATING DEVICE - A microwave heating device according to the present invention includes a microwave oscillation portion including a reference-signal oscillator formed from a quarts oscillator, phase variable portions and phase-locked loops and, further, includes a control portion for controlling the microwave oscillation portion, and plural radiation portions placed on a wall surface of a heating chamber for housing a to-be-heated object, wherein microwaves supplied to plural microwave feeding points provided in the radiation portions are controlled in phase and electric power, thereby controlling the aspect of radiations of microwaves radiated from the radiation portions. | 06-21-2012 |
20120152940 | MICROWAVE HEATING DEVICE - In a microwave heating device, a control portion performs an operation for alternately repeating a sweeping operation for detecting reflected electric power with an electric-power detection portion while changing an oscillation frequency of an oscillation portion and fixing a phase value of a phase variable portion for detecting a reflected-electric-power characteristic with respect to the oscillation portion, and a sweeping operation for detecting reflected electric power with the electric-power detection portion while changing the phase value of the phase variable portion and fixing the oscillation frequency of the oscillation portion for detecting a reflected-electric-power characteristic with respect to the phase value, in order to determine an oscillation frequency and a phase value for use in heating a to-be-heated object. | 06-21-2012 |
20120160844 | MICROWAVE HEATING DEVICE - In order to provide a microwave heating device which includes radiation portions having a function of radiating microwaves forming both linearly polarized waves and circularly polarized waves and, further, having an electric-power synthesizing function, thereby offering new radiation functions. A heating chamber for housing a to-be-heated object therein is provided with plural radiation portions on a bottom wall surface thereof, and each of the radiation portions is provided with plural microwave feeding points, such that phase control and driving control are performed for each microwave feeding point. | 06-28-2012 |
20130008896 | MICROWAVE HEATING APPARATUS - A microwave heating apparatus includes, within a heating room, a placement table having a horizontal placement surface for placing an object to be heated, and a plurality of feeding portions which are placed on a wall surface of the heating room for supplying microwave electric power to the heating room. The microwave heating apparatus is adapted to relatively move the position of the straight line connecting two feeding portions to each other, with respect to the object to be heated, through a movement mechanism portion, and to detect a phase difference between the microwave electric powers which minimizes reflected electric power returning from the heating room to the two feeding portions, for detecting the state of placement of the object to be heated on the placement table. | 01-10-2013 |
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20100069756 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A region-of-interest setting unit sets a region of interest to be included in an ultrasound image. A first movement-amount calculating unit sequentially calculates a movement amount of the set region of interest between reception data along the time sequence as a first movement amount. A transmitting-receiving delay-amount computing unit computes a delay amount for sequentially shifting a scan region of an ultrasonic beam based on the sequentially calculated first movement amount. A computation/control circuit performs control so as to generate a high voltage pulse based on the computed delay amount. A second movement-amount calculating unit sequentially calculates a movement amount of the region of interest between image data along the time sequence as a second movement amount. A display-position correcting unit performs a correction such that the region of interest included in the image data is to be displayed at the same display position, based on the second movement amount. | 03-18-2010 |
20100094100 | IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM - An operating image storage unit stores a plurality of codes and a plurality of operation image data sets in association with each other. The plurality of codes is concerned with a plurality of standard user operations. The plurality of operation image data sets is displayed for assisting the plurality of user operations. An operation unit accepts a current user operation by a user. A procedure display engine specifies a specific code concerning a user operation next to the current user operation among the plurality of codes in accordance with an examination procedure for current medical examination. And the procedure display engine specifies a specific operation image data set among the plurality of operation image data sets. The specific operation image data set is concerned with the specific code. A display unit displays the specific operation image and the medical image on the same screen. | 04-15-2010 |
20120203106 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to the embodiment includes an ultrasound probe that transmits and receives ultrasound waves to and from a subject, and generates and displays images of the inside of the subject based on the reception results from the ultrasound probe. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a memory, a detector, a selection part, and a processor. The memory stores association information that associates positions in real space with examination conditions including image quality conditions and/or application type. The detector detects the position of the ultrasound probe in real space. The selection part selects examination conditions corresponding to the detected position based on the association information. The processor performs processing based on the selected examination conditions. | 08-09-2012 |
20140336511 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND MEDICAL PICTURE PROJECTION APPARATUS - Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and a medical picture projection apparatus are provided, simply operating the apparatus in a less loaded posture without losing the variety of operation functions, comprising: an ultrasound probe; signal processor; a display controller; a projector; storage; a determining unit; and a controller. The ultrasound probe scans a subject using ultrasound waves. Signal processor applies signal processing on a first output signal from the ultrasound probe. The display controller causes displaying images based on second output signal from signal processor. The projector projects pictures. Storage preliminarily stores first related information associating an area corresponding to a picture with the operation content among the ultrasound probe, signal processor, the display controller, and the projector. The determining unit determines whether or not at least one part of an object is located within the area indicated in first related information. The controller is based on determination results from determining unit and first related information. | 11-13-2014 |
20140343428 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a parameter setting unit, a Fly Thru image generating unit, and a controlling unit. The parameter setting unit sets a value of an image quality adjusting parameter used for generating a PVR image obtained by projecting the inside of a lumen from a predetermined viewpoint, on the basis of information about the lumen rendered in an MPR image generated by using volume data. The Fly Thru image generating unit generates the PVR image by using the value of the image quality adjusting parameter that was set. The controlling unit then causes a monitor to display the PVR image. | 11-20-2014 |
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20140065825 | POLISHING SLURRY FOR CMP AND POLISHING METHOD - A method including preparing a polishing slurry for CMP for polishing at least a conductor layer and a conductive substance layer in contact with the conductor layer, wherein the absolute value of the potential difference between the conductive substance and the conductor at 50±5° C. is 0.25 V or less in the polishing slurry when a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a potentiometer are connected to the conductive substance and the conductor, respectively. The polishing slurry for CMP preferably comprises at least one compound selected from heterocyclic compounds containing any one of hydroxyl group, carbonyl group, carboxyl group, amino group, amide group and sulfinyl group, and containing at least one of nitrogen and sulfur atoms. | 03-06-2014 |
20150315419 | POLISHING SLURRY FOR CMP AND POLISHING METHOD - The invention provides polishing slurry for CMP for suppressing corrosion of wiring lines of a conductive substance, or for suppressing bimetallic corrosion of a barrier conductor and conductive substance, by suppressing electrons from being transferred at near the boundaries between a barrier conductor and a conductive substance such as copper. The invention provides polishing slurry for CMP for polishing at least a conductor layer and a conductive substance layer in contact with the conductor layer, wherein the absolute value of the potential difference between the conductive substance and the conductor at 50±5° C. is 0.25 V or less in the polishing slurry when a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a potentiometer are connected to the conductive substance and the conductor, respectively. The polishing slurry for CMP preferably comprises at least one compound selected from heterocyclic compounds containing any one of hydroxyl group, carbonyl group, carboxyl group, amino group, amide group and sulfinyl group, and containing at least one of nitrogen and sulfur atoms. | 11-05-2015 |