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20120068355 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device including two silicon wafers stacked and bonded together with bumps of one wafer electrically coupled with those of the other wafer, in which generation of voids on the junction surface between the silicon wafers is suppressed. Due to a recess made in the surface of a buried conductive film, a cavity is formed in the junction surface between the silicon wafers. The ends of the cavity extend to the periphery of the junction surface between the silicon wafers. This allows the air trapped on the junction surface between the silicon wafers to get out through the cavity, thereby reducing the possibility of generation of voids on the junction surface. | 03-22-2012 |
20120098106 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - When a silicon through electrode is to be formed from a back surface (the surface on which a semiconductor device is not formed) of a silicon substrate, a wide range of an interlayer insulating film made of a Low-k material absorbs moisture, and there is a problem that the electrical characteristics of wiring are degraded. The above-described problem can be solved by forming at least a single ring-shaped frame laid out to enclose the silicon through electrode by using metal wirings in plural layers and a connection via connecting the upper and lower metal wirings in a Low-k material layer penetrated by the silicon through electrode and by forming a moisture barrier film made up of at least a metal wiring and a connection via between the silicon through electrode and a circuit wiring formed in the vicinity of the silicon through electrode. | 04-26-2012 |
20120256311 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A bump electrode, a dummy bump, and a heat-resistant polymer film, whose upper-surface heights are uniformed, are formed on each of a first silicon substrate and a second silicon substrate, and then, the first silicon substrate and the second silicon substrate are bonded to each other so that the bump electrodes formed on the respective substrates are electrically connected to each other. At this time, the dummy bump is arranged so as to be bonded to the heat-resistant polymer film on the silicon substrate opposed thereto, so that a semiconductor device having both of good electrical connection between the bump electrodes and bump protection performance obtained by a polymer film with high heat resistance and without voids can be achieved. | 10-11-2012 |
20120315710 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECONSTITUTED WAFERS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - In order to provide a method for producing semiconductor devices that can use the highly productive W to W method, and achieve a high yield, a method for producing semiconductor devices comprises a step (S | 12-13-2012 |
20130285253 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: a step of forming an inorganic insulating film and an organic insulating film on one surface of a first substrate; a step of forming an opening portion by dry-etching a laminated film of them; a step of forming a bump electrode inside the opening portion; and a step (bonding step) of bonding the one surface of the first substrate having a bump electrode formed thereon and one surface of a second substrate having a bump electrode formed thereon to each other. A surface treatment on the inorganic insulating film is performed subsequent to the step of forming the opening portion but prior to the bonding step. By performing the surface treatment on the organic insulating film, connecting property between the substrates can be improved. | 10-31-2013 |
20150187651 | Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: a step of forming an inorganic insulating film and an organic insulating film on one surface of a first substrate; a step of forming an opening portion by dry-etching a laminated film of them; a step of forming a bump electrode inside the opening portion; and a step (bonding step) of bonding the one surface of the first substrate having a bump electrode formed thereon and one surface of a second substrate having a bump electrode formed thereon to each other. A surface treatment on the inorganic insulating film is performed subsequent to the step of forming the opening portion but prior to the bonding step. By performing the surface treatment on the organic insulating film, connecting property between the substrates can be improved. | 07-02-2015 |
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20120009584 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND QUNANTIFYING ENDOGENOUS WHEAT DNA SEQUENCE - It is an object of the present invention to provide partial sequences of endogenous wheat DNA (genome) which are single copies and which allow wheat to be specifically detected without cross-reacting with other plants in PCR, and to provide primers for amplifying these partial sequences, along with a good method for detecting and quantifying endogenous DNA using these primers. The present invention provides, in a method for detecting or quantifying an endogenous wheat DNA sequence in a test sample by means of a polymerase chain reaction, a method comprising a step of using a nucleic acid in the test sample or a nucleic acid extracted from the test sample as a template to amplify the nucleic acid of a region comprising at least 80% or more of a nucleotide sequence represented by one of SEQ ID NO:1 through SEQ ID NO:7 using a primer pair capable of amplifying that region, and a step of detecting or quantifying the amplified nucleic acid. | 01-12-2012 |
20120009585 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND QUNANTIFYING ENDOGENOUS WHEAT DNA SEQUENCE - It is an object of the present invention to provide partial sequences of endogenous wheat DNA (genome) which are single copies and which allow wheat to be specifically detected without cross-reacting with other plants in PCR, and to provide primers for amplifying these partial sequences, along with a good method for detecting and quantifying endogenous DNA using these primers. The present invention provides, in a method for detecting or quantifying an endogenous wheat DNA sequence in a test sample by means of a polymerase chain reaction, a method comprising a step of using a nucleic acid in the test sample or a nucleic acid extracted from the test sample as a template to amplify the nucleic acid of a region comprising at least 80% or more of a nucleotide sequence represented by one of SEQ ID NO:1 through SEQ ID NO:7 using a primer pair capable of amplifying that region, and a step of detecting or quantifying the amplified nucleic acid. | 01-12-2012 |
20120009586 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND QUNANTIFYING ENDOGENOUS WHEAT DNA SEQUENCE - It is an object of the present invention to provide partial sequences of endogenous wheat DNA (genome) which are single copies and which allow wheat to be specifically detected without cross-reacting with other plants in PCR, and to provide primers for amplifying these partial sequences, along with a good method for detecting and quantifying endogenous DNA using these primers. The present invention provides, in a method for detecting or quantifying an endogenous wheat DNA sequence in a test sample by means of a polymerase chain reaction, a method comprising a step of using a nucleic acid in the test sample or a nucleic acid extracted from the test sample as a template to amplify the nucleic acid of a region comprising at least 80% or more of a nucleotide sequence represented by one of SEQ ID NO:1 through SEQ ID NO:7 using a primer pair capable of amplifying that region, and a step of detecting or quantifying the amplified nucleic acid. | 01-12-2012 |
20120040862 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING ENDOGENOUS WHEAT DNA SEQUENCE - A circular DNA is provided comprising endogenous DNA common to both genetically modified wheat and non-genetically modified wheat along with one or more pieces of DNA each having a sequence present specifically in a strain of genetically modified wheat. Also provided is a method for determining a mix rate of genetically modified wheat in a test sample. | 02-16-2012 |
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20090051703 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a graphical user interface that is displayed within one screen of a display device. The graphical user interface includes a matrix-shaped display area that is partitioned along a first axis by types of content and partitioned along a second axis by units of time. Items of information on the content that is processed within a specified unit of time are displayed within the matrix-shaped display area, closed together along the second axis. | 02-26-2009 |
20110078612 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and mobile terminal device - An information processing apparatus includes a content detector portion, a display controller portion, an operation state detector portion, and a popup display controller portion. The content detector portion detects contents belonging to a same time range from different types of contents each including time information. The display controller portion collects the contents belonging to the same time range and having been detected by the content detector portion. In addition, the display controller portion then displays, on a display portion along a time series, content-related graphical information of the respective contents collected in units of the respective time range used when collecting the respective contents, and displays on the display portion a selector serving to select a desired content from among respective contents displayed through the content-related graphical information. The operation state detector portion detects an operation state of an operation portion serving to perform an operation of moving the selector. In accordance with time information of a content selected by the selector when a predetermined operation state of the operation portion is detected by the operation state, the popup display controller portion detects a content having past time information with respect to the time information of the selected content, and popup displays content-related graphical information of the detected content on the display portion. | 03-31-2011 |
20120321196 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - Automatically preparing communications for transmission by a mobile terminal device. In one example, this includes storing contact information including personal contacts and associated address and face image information. A face image is extracted from within a still image content to obtain an extracted face image. The extracted face image is linked to a given personal contact among the personal contacts by finding a match corresponding to the extracted face image among previously extracted face images found in the stored contact information. The given personal contact is correlated to address information using the contact information, and a message is automatically prepared for transmission to the given personal contact using the address information. | 12-20-2012 |
20140282733 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a display and a controller that controls display of a current program. The controller also controls display of a plurality of first images in a first arrangement. Each first image corresponds to content of the current program. The controller additionally controls display of a plurality of second images in a second arrangement. Each second image corresponds to content associated with a user. | 09-18-2014 |
20150215565 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to a display device, a display control method, and a program that enable various states of the device to be expressed in a limited region. | 07-30-2015 |
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20120039623 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a conveyance belt which conveys a recording sheet via a position opposing the image carrier, a belt cleaner which removes adhered matters on the conveyance belt, a driving unit which drives the image carrier and the conveyance belt, a bias applying unit which applies a cleaning bias to the belt cleaner, and a controller which controls the driving unit and the bias applying unit such that when the image carrier is driven at a first speed, the cleaning bias is applied to the belt cleaner, and when the image carrier is driven at a second speed slower than the first speed, the cleaning bias is not applied to the belt cleaner. | 02-16-2012 |
20140248065 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a conveyance belt which conveys a recording sheet via a position opposing the image carrier, a belt cleaner which removes adhered matters on the conveyance belt, a driving unit which drives the image carrier and the conveyance belt, a bias applying unit which applies a cleaning bias to the belt cleaner, and a controller which controls the driving unit and the bias applying unit such that when the image carrier is driven at a first speed, the cleaning bias is applied to the belt cleaner, and when the image carrier is driven at a second speed slower than the first speed, the cleaning bias is not applied to the belt cleaner. | 09-04-2014 |
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20090313750 | FLUSH TOILET - A flush toilet device has a toilet body having a bowl section, rim water discharge opening, a jet water discharge opening, and a discharge water trap conduit. A pressurizing pump is provided for pressurizing flush water contained in a cistern to supply it to the jet water discharge opening. A pump controller regulates the operation and rotation speed of the pressurizing pump to regulate the flow speed and flow rate of flush water discharged from the jet water discharge opening so that flush water at a first flow rate for generating a siphon effect is discharged and then at a second flow rate is discharged at the end of the siphon effect generated by the first flow rate. The second flow rate having a flow speed that can carry away human wastes and causes the siphon effect to continue by closing the cross section of any portion of the discharge water trap conduit. | 12-24-2009 |
20100077544 | FLUSH TOILET - A flush toilet in which an appropriate amount of water is supplied and that can be installed in an area where water pressure is low. The flush toilet is flushed with pressurized flush water and has a flush toilet body having a bowl and a drain trap pipe path; a pressurizing pump for pressurizing flush water to be jetted out; a water storage tank for storing flush water to be pressurized; flush control means for causing rim water discharge to be performed for a predetermined rim water discharge time by water supply pressure of running water and also causing jet water discharge to be made to flush the bowl; flush water replenishing means for replenishing, after the bowl is flushed, flush water to the water storage tank from the running water to thereby return the amount of flush water stored in the water storage tank to a specified level; timing means for measuring a water replenishing time after the flush water replenishing is started until the amount of flush water stored in the water storage tank return to the specified level; and water discharge time regulation means for regulating the rim water discharge time based on the water replenishing time. | 04-01-2010 |
20100132105 | FLUSH TOILET - The present invention provides a flush toilet for simplifying structures used for backflow prevention and the like, and for reducing the number of parts. | 06-03-2010 |
20120284910 | FLUSH TOILET - A flush toilet having a reservoir tank for storing therein flush water; a bowl portion having a waste-receiving surface and a rim section; a drainage passage for expelling waste therethrough by means of siphon action; a rim water spouting port provided in the rim section at a position corresponding to a lateral region of the bowl portion; a jet water spouting port for spouting flush water toward an inlet of the drainage passage; a rim water guide passage for guiding flush water to the rim water spouting port; a jet water guide passage for guiding flush water to the jet water spouting port; and a flow dividing chamber for dividing and distributing flush water to the rim water guide passage and the jet water guide passage, wherein the flow dividing chamber, the rim water guide passage and the rim water spouting port are formed approximately along the same straight line. | 11-15-2012 |
20160069057 | FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS AND DRIVE UNIT FOR SAME - A flush toilet apparatus includes: a toilet main body portion, a reservoir tank portion, a discharge valve apparatus including a valve body for opening and closing a discharge opening in the reservoir tank portion, and an automatic flush drive unit for driving the discharge valve apparatus portion to open and close the valve body; wherein the drive unit includes a drive unit main body portion including an actuator for electrically driving the discharge valve apparatus portion, and an elongated operating member for connecting a discharge valve apparatus portion and a drive unit main body portion and operating the opening and closing action of a valve body by driving an electrically powered drive portion; and wherein the toilet main body includes an attaching portion disposed on the back surface side thereof, to which the drive unit main body portion is attached. | 03-10-2016 |
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20130243370 | OPTO-ELECTRIC HYBRID BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An opto-electric hybrid board which is capable of suppressing the increase in light propagation losses and which is excellent in flexibility, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The opto-electric hybrid board includes an electric circuit board, an optical waveguide, and a metal layer. The electric circuit board includes an insulative layer having front and back surfaces, and electrical interconnect lines formed on the front surface of the insulative layer. The optical waveguide is formed on the back surface of the insulative layer of the electric circuit board. The metal layer is formed between the optical waveguide and the back surface of the insulative layer of the electric circuit board. The metal layer is patterned to have a plurality of strips. Cores of the optical waveguide are disposed in a position corresponding to a site where the metal layer is removed by the patterning. | 09-19-2013 |
20130243371 | OPTO-ELECTRIC HYBRID BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An opto-electric hybrid board includes an electric circuit board, an optical waveguide, and a metal layer. The electric circuit board includes an insulative layer having front and back surfaces, and electrical interconnect lines formed on the front surface of the insulative layer. The optical waveguide includes a first cladding layer and cores, and the optical waveguide is formed on the back surface of the insulative layer of the electric circuit board. The metal layer is formed between the first cladding layer of the optical waveguide and the back surface of the insulative layer of the electric circuit board. Part of the opto-electric hybrid board is formed as a to-be-bent portion. The metal layer is partially removed in a portion corresponding to the to-be-bent portion. A first cladding layer of the optical waveguide fills a site where the metal layer is removed. | 09-19-2013 |
20130301980 | OPTO-ELECTRIC HYBRID BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An opto-electric hybrid board capable of suppressing the increase in light propagation losses and excellent in flexibility, and a method of manufacturing the same, are provided. The opto-electric hybrid board includes an electric circuit board, an optical waveguide, and a metal layer. The electric circuit board includes an insulative layer having front and back surfaces, and electrical interconnect lines formed on the front surface of the insulative layer. The optical waveguide is formed on the back surface of the insulative layer. The metal layer is formed between the cladding layer and the insulative layer. At least part of the metal layer is formed in one of first and second patterns. The first pattern includes a distribution of dot-shaped protrusions, and the second pattern includes a distribution of dot-shaped recesses. A first cladding layer fills a site where the metal layer is removed by the patterning. | 11-14-2013 |
20160041353 | METHOD OF INPUTTING LIGHT INTO OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - The present invention provides a method of inputting light into a core layer of a multimode optical waveguide. The optical waveguide includes an under-cladding layer; and the core layer formed so that at least a part of the core layer is adjacent to the under-cladding layer. The method includes inputting the light into the core layer so that a spot of the light at an input port-side end surface of the multimode optical waveguide completely includes an input port of the core layer; a spot area of the light at the input port-side end surface of the multimode optical waveguide is twice or more of an area of the input port of the core layer; and an angle of input range of the light at an input port end surface of the core layer is from 10° to 30°. | 02-11-2016 |
20160047745 | SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR CELL AND SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR - The present invention provides an SPR sensor cell having very excellent detection sensitivity, the SPR sensor cell including: an under-cladding layer; a core layer formed so that at least a part of the core layer is adjacent to the under-cladding layer; and a metal layer covering the core layer. In the SPR sensor cell, the core layer includes a uniform refractive index layer and a graded refractive index layer. The graded refractive index layer is arranged between the uniform refractive index layer and the metal layer. A refractive index of the graded refractive index layer is equal to or more than a refractive index of the uniform refractive index layer, and the refractive index of the graded refractive index layer increases continuously from a surface thereof on a uniform refractive index layer side to the metal layer side in a thickness direction of the graded refractive index layer. | 02-18-2016 |
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20160107287 | POLISHING PADS PRODUCED BY AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, and curing agents. For example, the advanced polishing pad may be formed from a plurality of polymeric layers, by the automated sequential deposition of at least one resin precursor composition followed by at least one curing step, wherein each layer may represent at least one polymer composition, and/or regions of different compositions. | 04-21-2016 |
20160107295 | POLISHING PADS PRODUCED BY AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, and curing agents. For example, the advanced polishing pad may be formed from a plurality of polymeric layers, by the automated sequential deposition of at least one resin precursor composition followed by at least one curing step, wherein each layer may represent at least one polymer composition, and/or regions of different compositions. | 04-21-2016 |
20160114458 | POLISHING PADS PRODUCED BY AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, and curing agents. For example, the advanced polishing pad may be formed from a plurality of polymeric layers, by the automated sequential deposition of at least one resin precursor composition followed by at least one curing step, wherein each layer may represent at least one polymer composition, and/or regions of different compositions. | 04-28-2016 |
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20130122311 | OPTICAL LAYERED BODY, POLARIZER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an optical layered body having excellent antistatic properties, optical characteristics, hardness, adhesion, and interference fringe prevention performance, which can be produced at a low cost. | 05-16-2013 |
20130271832 | ANTISTATIC HARDCOAT FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, POLARIZER, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The claimed invention provides an antistatic hard coat film that is extremely excellent in white muddiness resistance and antistatic properties and sufficiently prevents an interference fringe pattern. The claimed invention provides an antistatic hard coat film including a triacetyl cellulose substrate and a hard coat layer formed on the triacetyl cellulose substrate, the hard coat layer including an antistatic agent, a (meth)acrylate resin, and a polymer of a (meth)acrylate monomer, the triacetyl cellulose substrate including a permeation layer formed by permeation of the (meth)acrylate monomer from the hard coat layer side of the interface toward the opposite side of the hard coat layer, the antistatic hard coat film satisfying Formulas (1), (2), and (3): | 10-17-2013 |
20130329297 | ANTIREFLECTION FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTIREFLECTION FILM, POLARIZER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The claimed invention provides an antireflection film including a light-transmitting substrate, a hard coat layer, and a low-refractive-index layer, the hard coat layer and the low-refractive-index layer being formed on the light-transmitting substrate, the low-refractive-index layer including a (meth)acrylic resin, hollow silica particles, reactive silica particles, and two kinds of antifouling agents, the hollow silica particles having an average particle size of 40 to 80 nm and a blending ratio to the (meth)acrylic resin, represented by a ratio: Amount of hollow silica particles/Amount of (meth)acrylic resin, of 0.9 to 1.4, the amount of the reactive silica particles being 5 to 60 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the (meth) acrylic resin, the antifouling agents including an antifouling agent that contains a fluorine compound and an antifouling agent that contains a fluoro-silicone compound. | 12-12-2013 |
20140308533 | OPTICAL LAYERED BODY, POLARIZER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an optical layered body having excellent antistatic properties, optical characteristics, hardness, adhesion, and interference fringe prevention performance, which can be produced at a low cost. | 10-16-2014 |