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20100329426 | MOBILE X-RAY APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to a mobile X-ray apparatus having a main unit, a moving carriage for installing the main unit, a column standing on the moving carriage, an X-ray generator supported by the column, and an image reader for reading X-ray image information from an imaging plate in which the X-ray image information is stored. The X-ray apparatus is provided with a brake for putting a brake on the moving carriage, a brake control means for applying the brake or releasing the brake, a read control means for prohibiting reading by the image reader, while the brake control means releases the brake, a cassette loading slot for inserting a cassette enclosing the imaging plate into the image reader, a blocking member for closing at least a part of the cassette loading slot to block the cassette to be inserted, and an open and close control means for closing the blocking member to prevent insertion of the cassette while the read control means prohibits reading.) | 12-30-2010 |
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20130318914 | AUTOMATIC PACKAGING DEVICE - An automatic packaging device includes a casing, a wrapping mechanism and a conveyance mechanism. An insertion portion is provided in the casing. The wrapping mechanism is provided inside the casing and wraps a radiation image capture device inserted through the insertion portion in a cover material. The conveyance mechanism automatically conveys the radiation image capture device that has been wrapped in the cover material by the wrapping to an ejection portion. The automatic packaging device automatically wraps the radiation image capture device in the cover material. | 12-05-2013 |
20140177791 | PRESS PLATE AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - A press plate that includes: a plate shaped press portion that is capable of resilient deformation; a first slit that is provided to a first wall portion of a support body with length direction along a first edge portion of the press portion, and that penetrates the first wall portion; second slits that are provided to a second wall portions of the support body with length direction along second edge portions of the press portion, and that penetrate the second wall portions; and a first corner portion slit that is provided straddling a corner portion between the first wall portion and the second wall portion and penetrating the corner portion, that is connected to the first slit, and that is disposed at a separation to the second slit. | 06-26-2014 |
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20130328045 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR, DISPLAY DEVICE , SENSOR, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A field effect transistor including: a gate insulating film; an oxide semiconductor layer that serves as an active layer and whose main structural elements are Sn, Zn and O, or Sn, Ga, Zn and O; and an oxide intermediate layer that is disposed between the gate insulating film and the oxide semiconductor layer, and whose resistivity is higher than that of the oxide semiconductor layer. | 12-12-2013 |
20140131696 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR, FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR, DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE SENSOR, AND X-RAY SENSOR - There is provided a method of fabricating a field effect transistor including: forming a first oxide semiconductor film on a gate insulation layer disposed on a gate electrode; forming a second oxide semiconductor film on the first oxide semiconductor film, the second oxide semiconductor film differing in cation composition from the first oxide semiconductor film and being lower in electrical conductivity than the first oxide semiconductor film; applying a heat treatment at over 300° C. in an oxidizing atmosphere; forming a third oxide semiconductor film on the second oxide semiconductor film, the third oxide semiconductor film differing in cation composition from the first oxide semiconductor film and being lower in electrical conductivity than the first oxide semiconductor film; applying a heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere; and, forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on the third oxide semiconductor film. | 05-15-2014 |
20140134795 | SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD - There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor element including: forming a semiconductor film of which a principal constituent is an oxide semiconductor; forming a first insulation film on a surface of the semiconductor film; applying a heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere; and, forming a second insulation film on a surface of the first insulation film, wherein a thickness of the first insulation film and a temperature of the heat treatment in the third step are adjusted such that, if the thickness of the first insulation film is represented by Z (nm), the heat treatment temperature is represented by T (° C.) and a diffusion distance of oxygen into the first insulation film and the semiconductor film is represented by L (nm), the relational expression 005-15-2014 | |
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20100245641 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING A SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes, on a substrate, a lower electrode, a photoelectric converting layer that is disposed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode that is disposed on the photoelectric converting layer. The device further includes: a boosting unit which is formed in the substrate, and which supplies a power supply voltage for producing an electric field between the upper electrode and the lower electrode; a wiring portion which electrically connects the output of the boosting unit to the upper electrode; and a low-pass filter which is connected to the output of the boosting unit, and which includes a resistor that is formed by at least a part of the wiring portion. | 09-30-2010 |
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20110228148 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM STACK-TYPE SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A photoelectric conversion film stack-type solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a conductive light shield film. A signal reading portion is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The photoelectric conversion layer is stacked above the semiconductor substrate and includes a photoelectric conversion film formed between a first electrode film and a second electrode films which is divided into a plurality of regions corresponding to pixels respectively. The first light transmission layer is stacked above the light incidence side of the photoelectric conversion layer and made of a material that transmits light at least partially. The conductive light shield film is formed in the same layer level as the first light transmission layer and covers an outside of an effective pixel region. | 09-22-2011 |
20110228150 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM STACK-TYPE SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A photoelectric conversion film stack-type solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a conductive light shield film. A signal reading portion is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The photoelectric conversion layer is stacked above the semiconductor substrate and includes a photoelectric conversion film formed between a first electrode film and a second electrode films which is divided into a plurality of regions corresponding to pixels respectively. The conductive light shield film is stacked above a light incidence side of the photoelectric conversion layer and is electrically connected to the first electrode film at an outside of an effective pixel region. | 09-22-2011 |
20120326257 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION LAYER STACK-TYPE SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A photoelectric conversion layer stack-type solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate, a photoelectric conversion portion, a conductive light shield film, and a dielectric layer. A signal reading portion is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The photoelectric conversion portion is stacked above a light incidence side of the semiconductor substrate and includes a photoelectric conversion layer formed between a first electrode film and a second electrode film which is divided into a plurality of regions corresponding to pixels respectively. The conductive light shield film is stacked above the light incidence side of the photoelectric conversion portion outside an effective pixel region. The dielectric layer is disposed between the conductive light shield and the first electrode film. A given voltage is applied to the first electrode film through a lowpass filter formed by a resistance of wiring to the first electrode film and a capacitor formed between the conductive light shield film and the first electrode film. | 12-27-2012 |
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20090128202 | Timer unit circuit having plurality of output modes and method of using the same - First and second counter circuits output a signal based on a trigger signal and a clock signal respectively. A selection circuit selects first to fourth signals as the trigger signal, the clock signal, the trigger signal and the clock signal. In a first output mode, an output circuit outputs signals exhibiting normal-phase and reversed-phase PWM waveforms based on both of the signals of the first and second counter circuits. In a second output mode, the output circuit outputs signals that are each based only on either of the signals of the first and second counter circuits. | 05-21-2009 |
20120102354 | TIMER UNIT CIRCUIT HAVING PLURALITY OF OUTPUT MODES AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A timer unit includes a first selector that receives a fixed value and a first enable signal, a second selector that receives the fixed value and a count cycle signal, a third selector that receives an output of the second selector, the count cycle signal, and a second enable signal, a first counter circuit that starts counting in response to an output of the first selector, and that generates the count cycle signal and a first counter circuit output signal indicating that a count value approaches a predetermined value, a second counter circuit that starts counting in response to an output of the third selector, and that generates a second counter circuit output signal, a first output signal generator that receives the first counter circuit output signal and the second counter circuit output signal to generate a first output signal, and a second output signal generator. | 04-26-2012 |
20140042992 | PFC SIGNAL GENERATION CIRCUIT, PFC CONTROL SYSTEM USING THE SAME, AND PFC CONTROL METHOD - A PFC signal generation circuit which generates a PFC signal to control a PFC circuit including a first inductor connected to a first switch and a second inductor connected to a second switch includes: a first control signal output circuit that outputs a first PFC signal to turn on the first switch at a zero current detection timing of the first inductor; a timing adjustment circuit that generates a control signal to turn on the second switch after waiting until a target timing, when a zero current detection timing of the second inductor is earlier than the target timing, and to turn on the second switch at a target timing in a subsequent cycle, when it is later than an allowable period from the target timing; and a second control signal output circuit that generates a second PFC signal to turn on the second switch according to a control signal. | 02-13-2014 |