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20090141293 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - This invention corrects a print position error caused by the inclination of the nozzle array of a printhead without decreasing the printing speed. To accomplish this, print data of at least one column in the print medium conveying direction is read out for a predetermined number of bits from print data stored in a first storage unit. Print data of a plurality of columns read out in the reading step is written in a second storage unit which is higher in data input/output speed than the first storage unit, and can input/output data for each bit. It is controlled to read out print data belonging to different groups from a plurality of columns of the second storage unit, edit print data for a plurality of nozzles, and print based on the edited print data. | 06-04-2009 |
20100118068 | RECORDING ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, RECORDING HEAD INCLUDING THE SAME, AND RECORDING HEAD CARTRIDGE - Even when a contact connection failure of electrical connection occurs between a recording head including a recording element substrate, and a recording apparatus, continuous driving of the same heat generating resistive element is suppressed. Blocks in which heat generating resistive elements are not driven are prepared beforehand in a selection target of blocks to be driven in a time-division manner. When an input signal is in a predetermined condition, the block selection target is set to blocks in which heat generating resistive elements are not driven. | 05-13-2010 |
20100225687 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus for effecting recording by scanningly moving a recording head, wherein the apparatus is provided with a group of a plurality of arrays each including a plurality of nozzles, wherein the group is responsive to one-color recording data, includes selecting means for selecting a block of a predetermined number of the nozzles in the nozzle array in synchronism with cyclic signals; driving means for driving the nozzles in the block selected by the selecting means; managing means for managing information of the block selected by the selecting means, for each group of the nozzle arrays; generating means for generating, for each nozzle array, driving data including information indicative of a block to be selected by the selecting means and block data corresponding to the block, on the basis of the information of the block managed by the managing means; and transfer means for transferring the driving data generated by the generating means to the recording head. | 09-09-2010 |
20120212780 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In serial data transfer using an LVDS, when the power-down signal of a low voltage differential buffer is controlled using a clock signal used for the transfer as the operation clock of a reception side circuit, the power-down signal and reset signal need to be controlled properly; otherwise, an apparatus operation may become unstable due to an unstable clock signal. To solve this problem, the power-down signal of the low voltage differential buffer is controlled in consideration of the logical condition for a reset signal for the ASIC of a printhead and a communication signal. The clock signal can be supplied into the printhead to de-assert reset of the ASIC without using any dedicated control signal and delay circuit at the timing when an output from the low voltage differential buffer stabilizes. | 08-23-2012 |
20120256980 | PRINTING APPARATUS - The nozzle failure determination result of discharge failure detection does not consider the heater state of a nozzle, so even a nozzle failure caused by nozzle clogging or the like is determined as a failure. The heater state of an abnormal nozzle can be determined only after driving once, causing a nozzle to be damaged unwantedly. This invention has been made to solve this problem. Whether a nozzle failure has occurred is determined based on the results of both a discharge failure detection operation and heater resistance measurement operation. Detection can be achieved quickly by performing heater resistance measurement during the quiescent period in the discharge failure detection operation. When the discharge failure detection operation is executed after heater resistance measurement, driving of an abnormal nozzle and an unwanted damage to a nozzle can be prevented. | 10-11-2012 |
20140300908 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF APPARATUS - In an apparatus including a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information of an operation amount of a conveyance unit configured to convey a printing medium, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information of a density of an image printed by a printhead, and a specify unit configured to specify the density of the image based on histogram collection on the information of the density of the image acquired by the second acquisition, the following correction is made. More specifically, a correction value of the information of the operation amount based on a histogram on the acquired information of the operation amount is decided. Then, based on the decided correction value, the acquired information of the operation amount is corrected. | 10-09-2014 |
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20080217750 | Semiconductor device - A plurality of inner leads | 09-11-2008 |
20090085179 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device comprises: a first and second die pads arranged side by side; a plurality of inner leads arranged around the first and second die pads; first and second chips mounted on the first and second die pads; a bar provided between the first and second chips and the plurality of inner leads, extending in an array direction of the first chip and the second chip; a plurality of wires that connect the first and second chips and the plurality of inner leads and connect the first chip and the second chip; and resin that seals the first and second die pads, the plurality of inner leads, the first and second chips, the plurality of wires and the bar, wherein the bar comprises a mark provided at a position corresponding to an area between the first chip and the second chip in an array direction of the first chip and the second chip. | 04-02-2009 |
20100001386 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method therefor wherein a wire for coupling an inner lead and a semiconductor chip with each other can be prevented from being electrically short-circuited to any other conductive part are provided. An inner lead portion has a tip arranged outside the outer circumferential end of the semiconductor chip as viewed on a plane. A power supply bar has a jutted portion extended between the outer circumferential end of the semiconductor chip and the tip of the inner lead portion as viewed on a plane. The upper face of the jutted portion is in a position lower than the upper face of the tip of the inner lead portion. A bonding wire for electrically coupling the semiconductor chip and the inner lead portion with each other has a bent portion outside the outer circumferential end of the semiconductor chip as viewed on a plane. | 01-07-2010 |
20100109148 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - When a second semiconductor chip is mounted onto a first semiconductor chip, collision of the first semiconductor chip with a lead frame is to be prevented. The lead frame has a die pad and suspending leads for supporting the die pad. A joining portion is provided over the lead frame. The first semiconductor chip is provided over the lead frame through the joining portion. The second semiconductor chip is provided over the first semiconductor chip. A resin member covers the die pad and the first and second semiconductor chips. The joining portion is positioned over each of the die pad and the suspending leads. | 05-06-2010 |
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20090247740 | SPHERICAL SULFATED CELLULOSE AND PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THE SAME - The invention provides spherical sulfated cellulose which has a high sulfur content and which is excellent for adsorbing proteins, a production process for the same, a protein adsorbing agent containing the above spherical sulfated cellulose and a chromatography apparatus using the same for a filler. More specifically, the invention provides a process for producing spherical sulfated cellulose comprising a step in which spherical cellulose is subjected to at least one sulfate esterification treatment with a mixture of N,N-dimethylformamide and sulfuric anhydride. | 10-01-2009 |
20100055060 | COSMETIC COMPOSITION - The problem of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic composition, which has a moisturizing effect, and whose ability to inhibit hyaluronidase activity is high. According to the present invention, by using one or more substances selected from sulfated cellulose and a salt thereof in combination with polyhydric alcohol, the moisturizing effect of sulfated cellulose and the ability to inhibit hyaluronidase activity can be further improved, and thereby the above-described problem can be solved. In addition, the present invention can provide a cosmetic composition having excellent stability through inclusion of an electrolyte having pH buffering ability. | 03-04-2010 |
20100317844 | METAL SALT OF CROSSLINKED CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE - The invention provides a metal salt of a crosslinked cellulose derivative represented by the following formula (I), wherein the degree of substitution of the hydroxyl group of glucose unit of the crosslinked cellulose derivative by a functional group a is 1 or more. | 12-16-2010 |
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20080220033 | Cosmetic ingredient and cosmetic composition containing the same - The invention provides a cosmetic ingredient and cosmetic compositions containing the same that exhibit skin protection/recovery properties and which are suitable for use in various cosmetic forms, such as skin care cosmetics, makeup cosmetics and skin cleansing agents. The cosmetic ingredient and cosmetic compositions containing the same include spherical sulfated cellulose or a salt thereof prepared by sulfate esterification of a part of the hydroxy groups of spherical cellulose. | 09-11-2008 |
20100324280 | SODIUM ABSORPTION INHIBITOR, POTASSIUM ABSORPTION INHIBITOR, PHOSPHORUS ABSORPTION INHIBITOR AND PREVENTIVE AGENT, THERAPEUTIC AGENT AND FOOD CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention provides a sodium absorption inhibitor, a potassium absorption inhibitor, and a phosphorus absorption inhibitor, and a preventive agent, a therapeutic agent and a food for diseases caused by overconsumption of common salt, potassium and phosphorus or diseases which require restriction of ingestion of common salt, potassium and phosphorus to actively and safely excrete overconsumed common salt, potassium and phosphorus excreted outside the body. | 12-23-2010 |
20140128573 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLLAGEN-LIKE POLYPEPTIDE - An object is to provide a method for producing an ever-larger molecular weight collagen-like polypeptide single strand. Another object is to provide a method for controlling a molecular weight of a product to be obtained in desired magnitude upon producing a collagen-like polypeptide single strand. A solution is a method for producing a polypeptide including a step for allowing a condensation reaction of peptide oligomers represented by any one of formulas (1) to (3) (SEQ ID No:1 to SEQ ID No:3), wherein the condensation reaction is carried out in an aqueous solvent containing a phosphate ion in the range of 0 M to less than 0.01 M in the presence of a condensing agent, or a condensing agent and a condensing auxiliary: | 05-08-2014 |
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20090152656 | SENSOR DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A compact sensor device having stable sensor characteristics and the production method are provided. The sensor device is formed with a sensor substrate and a pair of package substrates bonded to both surface of the sensor substrate. The sensor substrate has a frame with an opening, a movable portion held in the opening to be movable relative to the frame, and a detecting portion for outputting an electric signal according to a positional displacement of the movable portion. Surface-activated regions are formed on the frame of the sensor substrate and the package substrates by use of an atomic beam, an ion beam or a plasma of an inert gas. By forming a direct bonding between the surface-activated regions of the sensor substrate and each of the package substrates at room temperature, it is possible to avoid inconvenience resulting from residual stress at the bonding portion. | 06-18-2009 |
20090159997 | WAFER LEVEL PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A wafer level package structure, in which a plurality of compact sensor devices with small variations in sensor characteristics are formed, and a method of producing the same are provided. This package structure has a semiconductor wafer having plural sensor units, and a package wafer bonded to the semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer has a first metal layer formed with respect to each of the sensor units. The package wafer has a bonding metal layer at a position facing the first metal layer. Since a bonding portion between the semiconductor wafer and the package wafer is formed at room temperature by a direct bonding between activated surfaces of the first metal layer and the bonding metal layer, it is possible to prevent that variations in sensor characteristics occur due to residual stress at the bonding portion. | 06-25-2009 |
20090236678 | SENSOR DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A sensor device having small variations in sensor characteristics and improved resistance to electrical noise is provided. This sensor device has a sensor unit, which is provided with a frame having an opening, a movable portion held in the opening to be movable relative to the frame, and a detecting portion for outputting an electric signal according to a positional displacement of the movable portion, and a package substrate made of a semiconductor material, and bonded to a surface of the sensor unit. The package substrate has an electrical insulating film on a surface facing the sensor unit. The package substrate is bonded to the sensor unit by forming a direct bonding between an activated surface of the electrical insulating film and an activated surface of the sensor unit at room temperature. | 09-24-2009 |
20090267165 | WAFER LEVEL PACKAGE STRUCTURE, AND SENSOR DEVICE OBTAINED FROM THE SAME PACKAGE STRUCTURE - A wafer level package structure with a plurality of compact sensors such as acceleration sensors and gyro sensors is provided. This package structure is composed of a semiconductor wafer with plural sensor units, and a pair of package wafers bonded to both surfaces of the semiconductor wafer. Each of the sensor units has a frame having an opening, a movable portion held in the opening to be movable relative to the frame, and a detecting portion for outputting an electric signal according to a positional displacement of the movable portion. Since the semiconductor wafer is bonded to each of the package wafers by a solid-phase direct bonding without diffusion between a surface-activated region formed on the frame and a surface-activated region formed on the package wafer, it is possible to prevent that variations in sensor characteristics occur due to residual stress at the bonding interface. | 10-29-2009 |
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20090200643 | SEMICONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing a semiconductor by conducting superimposed doping of a plurality of dopants in a semiconductor substrate, which includes evaporating a (2×n) structure by a first dopant and forming its thin line structure on the substrate, then bringing the semiconductor substrate to a temperature capable of epitaxial growth, vapor depositing a second or third or subsequent dopants above the semiconductor substrate where the first dopant has been deposited, then epitaxially growing a semiconductor crystal layer over the semiconductor substrate, subsequently forming a superimposed doping layer composed of the first, second, or the third or subsequent dopants in the semiconductor substrate, and applying an annealing treatment to the superimposed doping layer at a high temperature, thereby activating the plurality of dopants electrically or optically. Superimposed doping of a plurality kinds of elements as dopants can thus be performed to a predetermined depth also in the case of an elemental semiconductor. | 08-13-2009 |
20130090264 | METAL NANOPARTICLE ARRAY STRUCTURE, DEVICE FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An object of the invention is to provide a metal nanoparticle array structure in which metal nanoparticle arrays are firmly bonded to the substrate thereof via chemical bonding or the like and in which the coverage with the metal nanoparticle arrays is high. | 04-11-2013 |
20130098442 | NEAR FIELD LIGHT-SOURCE TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY-TYPE LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONATOR, SOLAR CELL, OPTICAL SENSOR, AND BIOSENSOR - The invention provides a large-area near field light two-dimensional array firmly immobilized on a substrate, and an inexpensive method for producing the array. The object is attained by using a near field light two-dimensional array | 04-25-2013 |
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20100024733 | FILM FORMATION APPARATUS AND FILM FORMATION METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a film formation apparatus and a film formation method which are capable of forming a pixel pattern with good dimensional accuracy and with reduced misalignment in a plane direction between a substrate and a mask when the substrate is pressed against the mask. The film formation apparatus includes an alignment mechanism for aligning a substrate and a mask with each other and a pressing mechanism for pressing the substrate against the mask with a contact member provided to one end of a pressing body, which are provided in a vacuum chamber. After alignment between the substrate and the mask by the alignment mechanism, the contact member of the pressing body is brought into contact with a surface of the substrate, which is on a side opposite to the mask, to press the substrate. | 02-04-2010 |
20100080915 | Film Formation of Mask and Film Formation Method Using the Same - When a position of a film formation mask is recognized by irradiating the film formation mask with light, an image having a high contrast cannot be obtained, which unstabilizes reproducibility of measurement accuracy for an alignment mark position, leading to an alignment error between a substrate and a mask. Provided is a film formation mask including a mask sheet having a positioning opening and a mask frame, in which a reflective member having a reflectance higher than that of the mask sheet is provided to the positioning opening. When light is irradiated onto the positioning opening of the film formation mask, an intensity difference between light reflected by the mask sheet and light reflected by the reflective member becomes stable. Therefore, the position of the film formation mask may be determined with high reproducibility. | 04-01-2010 |
20100212596 | WEIGHT PLATE OF VACUUM EVAPORATION APPARATUS AND VACUUM EVAPORATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a weight plate of a vacuum evaporation apparatus, and a vacuum evaporation apparatus, which may prevent occurrence of displacement due to an impact or the like during a conveyance by a convey mechanism after a shadow mask and a glass substrate are superposed and aligned. The glass substrate is superposed and aligned on a top surface of a tension mask as the shadow mask fixed to a mask holding member. Then, the weight plate is placed on the glass substrate and presses the glass substrate by gravity to form a combined conveyance body. A liquid metal is filled in a hollow part of the weight plate at a filling factor of from more than 25% to less than 85% or other shock absorbing mechanism is provided for absorbing an impact applied to the combined conveyance body. | 08-26-2010 |
20120006264 | FILM FORMATION APPARATUS - Provided is a film formation apparatus capable of reducing vibration and deformation that may be transmitted to an alignment mechanism and thereby suppressing misalignment between a substrate and a mask in a surface direction. The film formation apparatus includes: a film forming chamber; a supporting member; and an alignment mechanism provided on the supporting member in which: the supporting member includes a supporting plate for placing the alignment mechanism, and a leg portion; the supporting plate is provided so as to be spaced apart from a top board of the film forming chamber via the leg portion; and at least a part of the supporting plate is formed of a damping material capable of converting vibration transmitted to the supporting plate into thermal energy, thereby suppressing the vibration. | 01-12-2012 |
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20090127110 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE FOR ELECTRICAL-DISCHARGE SURFACE TREATMENT, AND ELECTRODE FOR ELECTRICAL-DISCHARGE SURFACE TREATMENT - A method of manufacturing an electrode for electrical-discharge surface treatment includes increasing oxygen content in the powder; mixing the powder, in which the oxygen content is increased, with an organic binder and a solvent to prepare a liquid mixture; granulating the powder in the liquid mixture to form granulated powder; and forming the granulated powder to prepare a compact in which an oxygen concentration ranges from 4 weight % to 16 weight %. | 05-21-2009 |
20120037601 | MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR WIRE TRANSPORT SYSTEM OF WIRE DISCHARGE PROCESSING MACHINE - The tension measuring unit that measures a physical amount corresponding to tension of a wire in a wire transport system, the fluctuation recording unit that records the physical amount measured by the tension measuring unit, the fluctuation analysis unit that obtains an average value, variation, and frequency analysis data of the recorded physical amount as an analysis result of the physical amount, the maintenance necessity determining unit that compares the analysis result with a reference value and determines whether maintenance is needed based on a comparison result and the display unit that displays a determination result are included, and it is made possible to accurately determine the time for maintenance for various components used in the wire transport system without using a measuring instrument. | 02-16-2012 |
20120056133 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE FOR ELECTRICAL-DISCHARGE SURFACE TREATMENT, AND ELECTRODE FOR ELECTRICAL-DISCHARGE SURFACE TREATMENT - An electrode for electrical-discharge surface treatment is made of a compact obtained by forming metal powder, metal compound powder, or conductive ceramics powder. Pulsed discharges between the electrode and a work in a working fluid or in air cause a film to form at the surface of the work, the film being made of a material of the electrode or made of a substance with which the material of the electrode reacts. A resistance of a surface of the electrode measured using a four-terminal method ranges from 5×10 | 03-08-2012 |
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20090036270 | WORKING VEHICLE - In a working vehicle, a control unit is configured to control an engine based on an engine power curve indicating a relationship between an engine speed and an engine output torque. The control unit is further configured to calculate an absorption horsepower that is an absorption horsepower of a hydraulic pump and to change the engine power curve used to control the engine based on the absorption horsepower. | 02-05-2009 |
20130001005 | WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes an engine compartment, an engine, an exhaust gas treatment device, an air cleaner, and an intake pipe. The engine compartment has a first sidewall, a second sidewall and an upper cover. The first sidewall and the second sidewall are set at a distance from each other in a vehicle width direction. The upper cover is disposed on the first sidewall and the second side sidewall, and constituting a tool-storage part. The engine is disposed in the engine compartment. The exhaust gas treatment device is disposed above the engine in the engine compartment. The air cleaner is disposed above the engine in the engine compartment and rearward of the exhaust as treatment device. The intake pipe is connected to the air cleaner in the engine compartment and protruding upward from the upper cover. The tool-storage part is disposed rearward of the intake pipe. | 01-03-2013 |
20130112298 | WORK VEHICLE - An air supply pipe ( | 05-09-2013 |
20140345889 | WORK MACHINE AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL METHOD FOR BLADE OF WORK MACHINE - A work machine includes a vehicle body, a blade supported by the vehicle body, a pair of first hydraulic air of second hydraulic cylinders, a pair of lift stroke sensors and a control unit. The first hydraulic cylinders are configured to lower and raise the blade. The second hydraulic cylinders are configured to tilt the blade forward and backward and left and right. The lift stroke sensors are configured to detect stroke amounts from the pair of first hydraulic cylinders, respectively. The control unit is configured to start actuating the pair of second hydraulic cylinders when the stroke amounts of the pair of first hydraulic cylinders match. The control unit is configured to stop actuating the pair of second hydraulic cylinders based on a magnitude relation between a prescribed threshold and a difference in the stroke amounts of the pair of first hydraulic cylinders. | 11-27-2014 |
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20100213503 | BIODIRECTIONAL SWITCH - A bidirectional switch includes a plurality of unit cells | 08-26-2010 |
20100224908 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a substrate; a nitride semiconductor layer formed above the substrate and having a laminated structure including at least three layers; a heterojunction bipolar transistor formed in a region of the nitride semiconductor layer; and a field-effect transistor formed in a region of the nitride semiconductor layer, the region being different from the region in which the heterojunction bipolar transistor is formed. | 09-09-2010 |
20110037101 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes an undoped GaN layer ( | 02-17-2011 |
20120012893 | SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a semiconductor transistor without variation in threshold voltage of an FET and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor transistor, the semiconductor transistor includes: a substrate; a first compound semiconductor layer formed above the substrate; a second compound semiconductor layer formed on the first compound semiconductor layer and having a bandgap larger than a bandgap of the first compound semiconductor layer; an oxygen-doped region formed by doping at least part of the second compound semiconductor layer with oxygen; a third compound semiconductor layer formed on the second compound semiconductor layer; a source electrode electrically connected to the first compound semiconductor layer; a drain electrode electrically connected to the first compound semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode formed on and in contact with the oxygen-doped region. | 01-19-2012 |
20130087858 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A bidirectional switch includes a plurality of unit cells | 04-11-2013 |
20130221371 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a substrate; a nitride semiconductor layer formed above the substrate and having a laminated structure including at least three layers; a heterojunction bipolar transistor formed in a region of the nitride semiconductor layer; and a field-effect transistor formed in a region of the nitride semiconductor layer, the region being different from the region in which the heterojunction bipolar transistor is formed. | 08-29-2013 |
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20100302681 | Perpendicular magnetic recording head and method of manufacturing the same - A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic write head capable of precisely narrowing a side gap is provided. A tip portion having a cross sectional geometry of an inverted trapezoid is formed in an opening portion of a non-magnetic layer and thereafter, the non-magnetic layer is etched with the tip portion as a mask. Thereby, a portion adjacent to the tip portion in a writing track width direction remains and an outermost edge portion of the tip portion in that direction is located on a plane which coincides with an etching face (side face) of the non-magnetic layer. When a gap layer is formed with a vapor phase growth such as a sputtering method to cover the side face of the non-magnetic layer and thereafter a side shield layer is formed adjacently to the tip portion therethrough, a thickness of the gap layer becomes extremely thin and is reproduced precisely. Therefore, the side gap is narrowed with high precision. | 12-02-2010 |
20100315741 | Perpendicular magnetic recording head - A perpendicular magnetic write head capable of suppressing damage and corrosion of a magnetic pole to secure a stable writing performance is provided. | 12-16-2010 |
20110063754 | Perpendicular magnetic write head - A perpendicular magnetic write head in which unintended erasure of information at the time of non-writing can be suppressed while keeping the capability of writing is provided. The perpendicular magnetic write head includes a magnetic pole tip portion, a first yoke portion connected to the magnetic pole tip portion, having a width larger than that of the magnetic pole tip portion, and having a recess portion in a center region thereof, and a second yoke portion embedded in the recess portion. The magnetic pole tip portion and the first yoke portion are integrally formed with a vapor deposition method, and the second yoke portion is formed with a plating method. Since the saturation flux density of the magnetic pole tip portion formed with the vapor deposition method becomes higher than that of the yoke portion, a magnetic flux intake capacity of the magnetic pole tip portion is ensured. In a magnetic domain structure of the yoke portion most of which is formed with the plating method, since an easy magnetization axis becomes likely to be directed in a direction perpendicular to an emitting direction of a magnetic flux, residual flux becomes less likely to leak out of the main magnetic pole layer at the time of non-writing. | 03-17-2011 |
20110220611 | Method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic write head - A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head capable of easily and accurately forming a main magnetic-pole layer having a shape suitable for concentrating a magnetic flux is provided. A nonmagnetic layer having a recessed section (a first recessed section and a second recessed section) is formed, and then an additional nonmagnetic layer is formed on an inner surface of the recessed section. Then, a magnetic layer is formed in the recessed section formed with the additional nonmagnetic layer, and then the magnetic layer is cut to form an air bearing surface, so as to form the main magnetic-pole layer. | 09-15-2011 |
20120002326 | Perpendicular Magnetic Write head and method of manufacturing the same - A perpendicular magnetic write head includes: a magnetic pole; a pair of nonmagnetic side gap layers provided on both sides in a track-width direction of the magnetic pole; a nonmagnetic trailing gap layer provided on a trailing side of the magnetic pole; a magnetic shield layer so provided as to surround the magnetic pole with both of the nonmagnetic side gap layer and the nonmagnetic trailing gap layer in between; and a magnetic seed layer formed between the nonmagnetic trailing gap layer and the magnetic shield layer, and having a saturation magnetic flux density higher than that of the magnetic shield layer. The magnetic seed layer is not formed between the nonmagnetic side gap layer and the magnetic shield layer. | 01-05-2012 |
20130279042 | THIN FILM PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, MICRO-ACTUATOR, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY AND DISK DRIVE UNIT WITH THE SAME - A thin film piezoelectric element of the present invention includes a substrate and a piezoelectric thin film stack formed on the substrate. The piezoelectric thin film stack includes a top electrode layer, a bottom electrode layer and a piezoelectric layer sandwiched between the top electrode layer and the bottom electrode layer, wherein the piezoelectric layer includes a first piezoelectric layer and a second piezoelectric layer whose compositions have different phase structures. The present invention can obtain high piezoelectric constants, enhanced coercive field strength and good thermal stability, thereby enabling larger applied field strength without depolarization and achieving a large stroke for its applied device. | 10-24-2013 |
20130279044 | THIN FILM PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, MICRO-ACTUATOR, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY AND DISK DRIVE UNIT WITH THE SAME - A thin film piezoelectric element of the present invention includes a substrate and a piezoelectric thin film stack formed on the substrate. The piezoelectric thin film stack includes a top electrode layer, a bottom electrode layer and a piezoelectric layer sandwiched between the top electrode layer and the bottom electrode layer, wherein the piezoelectric layer includes a first piezoelectric layer and a second piezoelectric layer whose compositions have different phase structures. The present invention can obtain high piezoelectric constants, enhanced coercive field strength, thereby enabling larger applied field strength without depolarization and achieving a large stroke for its applied device. | 10-24-2013 |
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20100180279 | FIELD CONTROL DEVICE AND FIELD CONTROL METHOD - A field control device is provided. The field control device includes: a task executing unit configured to selectively and sequentially execute a control task relating to a field control and other tasks in a same control period; and a priority switching unit configured to switch a relative priority of the control task relative to the other tasks in the control period, wherein the priority is a priority of an execution sequence of tasks in the task executing unit. The priority switching unit is configured to: i) set the priority higher than a certain priority, before the control task is started; and ii) set the priority lower than the certain priority, after the control task is ended. | 07-15-2010 |
20100198363 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM - There is provided a distributed control system including a plurality of field controllers which are connected through a control network. Each of the field controllers includes: a control clock that defines a control timing of the field controller; and an adjustment unit that adjusts a control time of the control clock depending on a network time obtained through the control network. | 08-05-2010 |
20100198991 | DUPLEXED FIELD CONTROLLER - There is provided a duplexed field controller. The duplexed field controller includes: first and second control units between which a control authority is switchable; a first application clock that is updated based on a reference clock so as to define a timing of an application operation of the first control unit; a second application clock that is updated based on the reference clock so as to define a timing of an application operation of the second control unit; and an update control unit that bypasses the first update of the second application clock after switching of the control authority, if the first application clock is ahead of the second application clock when the control authority is switched from the first control unit to the second control unit. | 08-05-2010 |
20100199003 | FIELD CONTROL SYSTEM - The field control system includes: a field device; a field controller which is connected to a control network and which executes a computation processing for controlling the field device according to a given control cycle while executing a data communication between the field controller and the field device, the field controller including a communication unit configured to execute the data communication with the field device, and a control computation unit configured to execute the computation processing independently from the communication unit; and an operation monitor which is connected to the control network and which operates and monitors the field device, the operation monitor including a network clock which provides a common network time to the control network. The control computation unit and the communication unit execute the computation processing and the data communication in synchronism with each other in accordance with a timer clock based on the network time. | 08-05-2010 |
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20090243178 | POSITIONING JIG - There is provided a positioning jig capable of reliably adjusting the position The positioning jig includes a shaft including handle attaching portions at one end, a circular support portion at an intermediate portion, the support portion being at right angles to respective threaded holes of the handle attaching portions and including a larger diameter than that of another portion, and an applying portion at the other end; operation handles screwed to the handle attaching portions; and a base member including pins to be fixed to a mounting member, a support hole fitting around the entire periphery of the support portion, and handle fixing portions for regulating movement of the operation handles, wherein the shaft pivots about the support portion as a fulcrum in accordance with screwed amounts of the operation handles to dispose the applying portion at any position in a predetermined plane. | 10-01-2009 |
20120269264 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image processing device and method capable of improving image quality of a decoded image and of an image to be referenced from now on with motion compensation. A mosquito noise filter is provided within a motion compensation loop including at least a computing unit, an orthogonal transform unit, a quantization unit, an inverse quantization unit, an inverse orthogonal transform unit, a computing unit, a frame memory, a switch, a motion prediction/compensation unit, and a prediction image selecting unit. The mosquito noise filter uses information from the orthogonal transform unit, quantization unit, and a lossless encoding unit to determine whether to perform filter processing for removing mosquito noise. The device and method may be applied to an image encoding device for performing encoding with H.264/AVC format, for example. | 10-25-2012 |
20120321206 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A deblocking filter applies filtering to reduce blocking artifacts from an encoded stream in which image data has been encoded in individual blocks. A filter strength adjuster adjusts the filter strength according to block sizes of the predictive image data. For example, during image encoding, the filter strength is adjusted according to the block size of the predictive image data yielding the best encoding efficiency generated using filtered and decoded image data. Filtering may also be applied to remove blocking artifacts from decoded image data during image decoding, with the filter strength being adjusted according to the block sizes of the predictive image data. Decoded images with favorable image quality are obtained, even in the case of using extended macroblock sizes. | 12-20-2012 |
20130247110 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive image data of program content and genre information relating to the program content, a selection unit configured to select a size selection parameter for causing the genre information received by the receiving unit to be reflected in a block size, a determination unit configured to determine a block size in accordance with the size selection parameter selected by the selection unit, the block size being used for orthogonal transformation, and an orthogonal transformation unit configured to perform orthogonal transformation on the image data received by the receiving unit at the block size determined by the determination unit. | 09-19-2013 |
20130266232 | ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD - The present technology relates to an encoding device and encoding method, and a decoding device and decoding method, whereby encoding efficiency when performing intra prediction can be improved. A candidate prediction image generating unit 41 performs intra prediction processing as to a PU of an image to be encoded, in multiple intra prediction modes, and generates a prediction image. A prediction mode determining unit | 10-10-2013 |
20130287309 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present technology includes a setting unit that sets the position of a boundary of image data in an upper hierarchy unit to be in a lower hierarchy unit that is lower than the upper hierarchy unit when the image data is encoded in a unit of encoding with a hierarchical structure; an encoding unit that generates encoded data by encoding the image data according to the position of the boundary set by the setting unit; and an addition unit that adds information on the image data in the upper hierarchy unit before encoded data in an intermediate hierarchy unit that includes the boundary set by the setting unit, is lower than the upper hierarchy unit, and is higher than the lower hierarchy unit. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an image processing device. | 10-31-2013 |
20130301733 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present technology relates to an image processing device and method able to improve encoding efficiency. An image processing device includes a predictor prediction unit predicting a predictor used in the current block from information of a predictor used in a peripheral block positioned in the periphery of the current block which is an encoding process target; a prediction image generation unit generating a prediction image of the current block using a predictor of the current block predicted by the predictor prediction unit; and a decoding unit decoding encoded data in which an image is encoded using a prediction image generated by the prediction image generation unit. The present technology may be applied to, for example, to an image processing device. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301941 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method which enable encoding efficiency in intra prediction to be improved.
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20130343663 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present technique relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method which allow the encoding efficiency to be improved. The image processing apparatus includes: a determination unit which determines whether neighboring motion information is available or unavailable, the neighboring motion information being motion information of a neighboring region located around a current region and being used to encode motion information of the current region to be processed; and an encoding unit which encodes the motion information of the current region by using available motion information of another neighboring region in place of the motion information of the neighboring region determined by the determination unit to be unavailable. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus. | 12-26-2013 |
20140037002 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a mode setting section that, when a number of candidates of an intra prediction mode of a first prediction unit in a first layer of an image to be scalable-video-decoded containing the first layer and a second layer, which is an upper layer of the first layer, is different from the number of candidates of the intra prediction mode of a second prediction unit corresponding to the first prediction unit in the second layer, sets the prediction mode selected based on the prediction mode set to the first prediction unit to the second prediction unit, and a prediction section that generates a predicted image of the second prediction unit according to the prediction mode set by the mode setting section. | 02-06-2014 |
20140079133 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present technique relates to an image processing device and method for preventing increases in the processing load of image encoding and decoding. The image processing device includes: a temporal prediction control unit that controls, in a prediction of a motion vector, whether a temporal prediction is to be performed to predict the motion vector by using the motion vector of a neighbor region temporally adjacent to the current region being processed; and a motion vector encoding unit that predicts the motion vector of the current region by performing only a spatial prediction to predict the motion vector from the motion vector of a neighbor region spatially adjacent to the current region or performing both the spatial prediction and the temporal prediction under the control of the temporal prediction control unit, and encodes the motion vector of the current region by using the predicted value. This disclosure can be applied to image processing devices. | 03-20-2014 |
20140092979 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - This technique relates to an image processing apparatus and a method for improving the coding efficiency. The image processing device includes a weight mode determination unit configured to determine, for each predetermined region, a weight mode which is a mode of weight prediction in which inter-motion prediction compensation processing for coding an image is performed while giving weight with a weight coefficient, a weight mode information generation unit configured to generate, for each of the regions, weight mode information indicating a weight mode determined by the weight mode determination unit, and an encoding unit configured to encode the weight mode information generated by the weight mode information generation unit. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus. | 04-03-2014 |
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20090251365 | SBAS NAVIGATION DATA UPDATE NOTIFYING SYSTEM AND METHOD USED IN GBAS - To maintain the safety by avoiding deterioration in the positioning accuracy through making SBAS satellite navigation data used in a ground system and in an airborne system consistent by employing GBAS. The system includes: a ground system which estimates errors contained in ranging signals received from the navigation satellites, and formats and transmits correction information for correcting the estimated errors; and an airborne system which calculates differential GPS positioning based on the ranging signals received from the navigation satellites and the formatted correction information, and displays a displacement from a regulated route. The ground system notifies update, when SBAS satellite navigation data used for generating the correction information is updated, by adding information regarding update of navigation data to the correction information. The airborne system detects the transmitted update notification of the SBAS satellite navigation data, and calculates the differential GPS positioning by switching to the updated navigation data. | 10-08-2009 |
20100227451 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device - A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: forming an element-isolating insulating film in an element-forming region, and an underlying insulating film in a peripheral region; forming a gate material film; etching the gate material film to form a gate pattern and removing the gate material film on the underlying insulating film to form an alignment mark-forming region; forming an interlayer insulating film; etching the interlayer insulating film to form a contact hole, and a mark hole in the alignment mark-forming region; forming a first conductive film so as to fill the contact hole but not to fill the mark hole; removing the first conductive film outside the contact hole and the mark hole; forming a second conductive film so as not to fill the mark hole; and performing lithographic alignment by taking advantage of a level difference created by a recess left inside the mark hole. | 09-09-2010 |
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20090067314 | OPTICAL READING METHOD AND OPTICAL READING SYSTEM - An optical reading system is provided to improve read signal quality with increasing its linear recording density. An optical recording medium in which the distance from a light incident surface to an information recording layer is less than 100 μm is irradiated with a laser beam through an objective lens and information stored in the information recording layer is read by means of a PRML detection method. At this time, the constraint length n in the PRML detection method is set to an integer which satisfies 0.5×(λ/NA)/(LV/f)−103-12-2009 | |
20090130453 | Active energy ray-curable resin composition and laminate thereof - An active energy ray-curable resin composition comprises a compound (A) having an active energy ray-curable unsaturated bond in a molecule, an anti-staining property-imparting agent (B) which is a fluorine-containing polyether compound having a perfluoropolyether unit, a urethane bond and an active energy ray-curable unsaturated bond in a molecule, a compound (C) represented by the general formula (1): | 05-21-2009 |
20090155513 | Composition for hard coat, article having hard coat layer and method for producing the article - The present invention provides a composition for hard coat capable of forming a hard coat layer having the improved anti-staining property, anti-staining durability, scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, antistatic property and the like. A composition for hard coat comprising: an active energy ray-curable silicone-acrylic copolymer (A); an active energy ray-curable polyfunctional compound (B); and an electrically conductive material (C), wherein the active energy ray-curable silicone-acrylic copolymer (A) contains: a polysiloxane block (a-1), an acrylic block (a-2) containing an active energy ray-curable double bond group, and a fluoroalkyl group-containing acrylic block (a-3). | 06-18-2009 |
20090156705 | Malti-layered object comprising hard coat layer and light transmitting layer, and method for producing the same - The present invention provides a multi-layered object having a hard coat layer capable of improving anti-staining property, anti-staining durability, scratch resistance, abrasion resistance and the like. A multi-layered object comprising a hard coat layer and a light transmitting layer, wherein the hard coat layer is formed from a composition for hard coat comprising: an active energy ray-curable silicone-acrylic copolymer (A); and an active energy ray-curable polyfunctional compound (B), and wherein the active energy ray-curable silicone-acrylic copolymer (A) contains: a polysiloxane block (a-1), an acrylic block (a-2) containing an active energy ray-curable double bond group and a fluoroalkyl group-containing acrylic block (a-3). | 06-18-2009 |
20100040823 | HARDCOAT AGENT COMPOSITION AND OPTICAL INFORMATION MEDIUM THEREOF - A hardcoat agent composition comprising a fluorine-containing polyether compound (A) having a perfluoropolyether unit, urethane bond and active energy ray reactive group and a curable compound (B) having equal to or more than 2 active energy ray polymerizing groups in the molecule. An optical information medium having a film substance composed of single or multiple layers containing at least the recording layer | 02-18-2010 |
20110287343 | HOLOGRAM RECORDING MATERIAL AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a hologram recording material and a hologram recording medium that can stably maintain the shape of a recording layer and achieve high diffraction efficiency. A hologram recording material comprising a photoradical polymerizable compound (A), a photopolymerization initiator (B), and a dispersion medium (C). The medium (C) is selected from the group consisting of: a compound of the formula (I): | 11-24-2011 |
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20120250123 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING HOLOGRAM IMAGE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for evaluating a hologram image recording medium includes: recording continuously a plurality of fine holograms, each being the same in size as an element hologram, on a hologram image recording medium to be evaluated, using either one of a two-beam interference between a reference beam and a signal beam both being a plane wave and a two-beam interference between a reference beam being a plane wave and a signal beam being a spherical wave; reproducing a diffraction image by irradiating the recorded fine hologram with a plane wave; from intensity distribution data based on a captured diffraction image, determining an intensity distribution data array and a diffracted beam intensity I | 10-04-2012 |
20120256334 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING RECORDING EXPOSURE FOR HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING THEREON - An optimal recording exposure is determined by varying in the first to nth stages the recording exposure with a write laser beam to record a bright pattern image and a dark pattern image in each stage as the first to nth bright pattern images and the first to nth dark pattern images, respectively; irradiating the respective pattern images with a read beam to detect the intensity of a diffracted beam from the central portion of each image of the bright and dark patterns; calculating Sa | 10-11-2012 |
20130084458 | HARD COAT AGENT COMPOSITION AND HARD COAT FILM USING THE SAME - A hard coat agent composition comprising: a urethane acrylate (B) having two or more (meth)acryloyl groups; a first fluorine-containing polyether compound (C) having an active energy ray reactive group via a urethane bond at each of both ends of a molecular chain containing a perfluoropolyether group; a second fluorine-containing polyether compound (D) having an active energy ray reactive group via a urethane bond at one end of a molecular chain containing a perfluoropolyether group and not having an active energy ray reactive group at the other end; and a curable compound (A) having two or more active energy ray polymerizing groups. | 04-04-2013 |
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20090074452 | COUPLING PART, PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly includes a motor, a main assembly side gear for receiving driving force from the motor, a hole defined by twisted surfaces, the hole being substantially coaxial with the gear, and a main assembly side grounding contact provided in the hole, the process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; process mechanisms actable on the photosensitive drum; and a projection engageable with the twisted surfaces, the projection being provided at a longitudinal end of the photosensitive drum, wherein when the main assembly side gear rotates with the hole and projection engaged with each other, rotational driving force is transmitted from the gear to the photosensitive drum through engagement between the hole and the projection; and a cartridge side grounding contact electrically connected with the electrophotographic photosensitive drum for electrically grounding the electrophotographic photosensitive drum when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus, the cartridge side grounding contact being provided on the projection so as to be electrically connectable with the main assembly side grounding contact | 03-19-2009 |
20090074453 | COUPLING PART, PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly includes a motor, a main assembly side gear for receiving driving force from the motor, a hole defined by twisted surfaces, the hole being substantially coaxial with the gear, and a main assembly side grounding contact provided in the hole, the process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; process mechanisms actable on the photosensitive drum; and a projection engageable with the twisted surfaces, the projection being provided at a longitudinal end of the photosensitive drum, wherein when the main assembly side gear rotates with the hole and projection engaged with each other, rotational driving force is transmitted from the gear to the photosensitive drum through engagement between the hole and the projection; and a cartridge side grounding contact electrically connected with the electrophotographic photosensitive drum for electrically grounding the electrophotographic photosensitive drum when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus, the cartridge side grounding contact being provided on the projection so as to be electrically connectable with the main assembly side grounding contact | 03-19-2009 |
20090290908 | COUPLING PART, PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly includes a motor, a main assembly side gear for receiving driving force from the motor, a hole defined by twisted surfaces, the hole being substantially coaxial with the gear, and a main assembly side grounding contact provided in the hole, the process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; process mechanisms actable on the photosensitive drum; and a projection engageable with the twisted surfaces, the projection being provided at a longitudinal end of the photosensitive drum, wherein when the main assembly side gear rotates with the hole and projection engaged with each other, rotational driving force is transmitted from the gear to the photosensitive drum through engagement between the hole and the projection; and a cartridge side grounding contact electrically connected with the electrophotographic photosensitive drum for electrically grounding the electrophotographic photosensitive drum when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus, the cartridge side grounding contact being provided on the projection so as to be electrically connectable with the main assembly side grounding contact | 11-26-2009 |
20110211863 | COUPLING PART, PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly includes a motor, a main assembly side gear for receiving driving force from the motor, a hole defined by twisted surfaces, the hole being substantially coaxial with the gear, and a main assembly side grounding contact provided in the hole, the process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; process mechanisms actable on the photosensitive drum; and a projection engageable with the twisted surfaces, the projection being provided at a longitudinal end of the photosensitive drum, wherein when the main assembly side gear rotates with the hole and projection engaged with each other, rotational driving force is transmitted from the gear to the photosensitive drum through engagement between the hole and the projection; and a cartridge side grounding contact electrically connected with the electrophotographic photosensitive drum for electrically grounding the electrophotographic photosensitive drum when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus, the cartridge side grounding contact being provided on the projection so as to be electrically connectable with the main assembly side grounding contact | 09-01-2011 |
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20080283841 | TFT SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - In forming a TFT and a storage capacitance element, whereas sharing with each other the conductive film and the insulation film, which are components of the TFT and the storage capacitance element, contributes to improving production efficiency, it is difficult to obtain a storage capacitance element that is optimized independently of the TFT. A TFT substrate provided with a TFT and a storage-capacitance element according to the present invention is characterized in that the storage-capacitance element is obtained that includes an electrically conductive film and an insulation film each being different from those used in the TFT. Furthermore, in order to form such a structure, a method of manufacturing the TFT substrate is provided that achieves both flexibility in design and efficiency in production without need for addition of any photolithography processes. | 11-20-2008 |
20100112790 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - On a translucent substrate, an insulating film having a refractive index n and an amorphous silicon film are deposited successively. By irradiating the amorphous silicon film with a laser beam having a beam shape of a band shape extending along a length direction with a wavelength λ, a plurality of times from a side of amorphous silicon film facing the insulating film, while an irradiation position of the laser beam is shifted each of the plurality of times in a width direction of the band shape by a distance smaller than a width dimension of the band shape, a polycrystalline silicon film is formed from the amorphous silicon film. Forming the polycrystalline silicon film forms crystal grain boundaries which extend in the width direction and are disposed at a mean spacing measured along the length direction and ranging from (λ/n)×0.95 to (λ/n)×1.05 inclusive, and crystal grain boundaries which, in a region between crystal grain boundaries adjacent to each other and extending in the width direction, extend in the length direction and are disposed at a mean spacing measured along the width direction and ranging from (λ/n)×0.95 to (λ/n)×1.05 inclusive. | 05-06-2010 |
20110079780 | METHOD OF CRYSTALLIZING AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTOR FILM, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of crystallizing an amorphous semiconductor film, the method comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode on a transparent insulating substrate; forming a gate insulating film on the transparent insulating substrate and on an upper part of the gate electrode; forming an amorphous semiconductor film on the gate insulating film; forming a light-transmissive insulating film on the amorphous semiconductor film; forming a metal film having an opening on the light-transmissive insulating film; irradiating laser light onto both a region of the light-transmissive insulating film exposed by the opening and the metal film, which is used as a mask for shielding the laser light; and performing laser annealing to make the laser light to be absorbed through the light-transmissive insulating film into a region of the amorphous semiconductor film exposed by the opening, so that the amorphous semiconductor film is heated and converted to a crystalline semiconductor film. | 04-07-2011 |
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20120001837 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - An active matrix substrate includes a plurality of pairs of a TFT including a gate electrode and a gate insulating film formed on an insulating substrate, a channel layer made of at least one of a crystalline semiconductor film and an amorphous semiconductor film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode, and a pixel electrode arranged in an array. The channel layer is formed within a formation area of the gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed within a formation area of the channel layer, a source line is formed above the gate insulating film in a position spaced from the gate electrode, and the source line is connected to the source electrode through a connection line made of an oxide conductive film formed on top of the source electrode and extending from the top of the source electrode. | 01-05-2012 |