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20090160993 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND CAMERA - An objective of the present invention is to provide the solid-state imaging device and the driving method thereof which can control: a poor picture quality, such as blooming, to maximize a dynamic range of the photodiode; and a poor picture quality resulted from an incomplete read-out operation. A solid-state imaging device in the present invention includes: a solid-state imaging element; and a driving pulse controlling unit applying a driving pulse to each of read-out gates of a column CCD. The driving pulse controlling unit transfers in a column direction signal charge within a charge transfer region of the column CCD by applying a column transfer clock having a LOW level voltage and a MIDDLE level voltage, and the LOW level voltage and the MIDDLE level voltage are minus voltages. | 06-25-2009 |
20090295972 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND CAMERA - In a solid-state imaging device, a VDr controls charge transfer performed by a column CCD such that: the column CCD consecutively transfers plural packets each of which is the charge transferred in well regions which are successive and segmentalized by barrier regions; a waiting period in which the charge transfer of the packets is halted is longer than a transfer period in which the charge transfer of the packets is performed; the charge transfer stages which operate as the barrier region are at least three adjacent stages among seven or more charge transfer stages in the waiting period; and a charge transfer stage in which a potential shape is inclined in a charge transfer direction is positioned most downstream among adjacent charge transfer stages which operate as the barrier region in the waiting period. | 12-03-2009 |
20100165166 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention has as an object to provide a solid-state imaging device which makes possible mixing pixels without causing quality deterioration, such as non-uniformity of an image. A VDr ( | 07-01-2010 |
20110075002 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND CAMERA - A solid-state imaging device includes vertical transfer units each including first and second transfer units. A drive control unit controls transfer processes of the vertical transfer units so that (i) after transferring a packet, the first transfer unit stops transferring another packet in a period during which the packet is horizontally transferred, (ii) the second transfer unit in the same group transfers the packet to a horizontal transfer unit at a timing different from a timing at which another second transfer unit in the same group transfers a different packet to the horizontal transfer unit, (iii) the horizontal transfer unit horizontally transfers the received packet in a horizontal transfer period different from another horizontal transfer period during which the different packet is horizontally transferred, and (iv) at least one charge transfer stage serving as the well region differs between these horizontal transfer periods. | 03-31-2011 |
20110164162 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A solid-state imaging device includes vertical transfer units each of which is configured to transfer charge read from light receiving units, a first horizontal transfer unit and a second horizontal transfer unit each of which includes a plurality of transfer gate electrodes arranged in parallel to one another, a sorting transfer unit configured to transfer charge between the horizontal transfer units, and an output unit. In the first horizontal transfer unit, the transfer gate electrodes extend from the vertical transfer units toward the sorting transfer unit, and at least a part of each of the plurality of transfer gate electrodes located closer to the vertical transfer units is obliquely extends so that a horizontal distance from the output unit increases as it extends toward the sorting transfer unit. | 07-07-2011 |
20110316109 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes photoelectric conversion units, vertical transfer units including vertical transfer electrodes, a horizontal transfer unit, a distribution transfer unit including distribution transfer electrodes, and first light-shield layers and second light-shield layers provided on the vertical transfer units and the distribution transfer unit. The first light-shield layers and the second light-shield layers are conductive. The first light-shield layers are provided in a layer different from a layer in which the second light-shield layers are provided. At least one of the first light-shield layers serves as an interconnect electrically connected to the vertical transfer electrodes included in the same row, and at least one of the first light-shield layers on the distribution transfer unit serves as an interconnect electrically connected the distribution transfer electrodes. The first light-shield layers are disposed so as not to overlap with the horizontal transfer unit. | 12-29-2011 |
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20100110532 | ELECTRO-WETTING APPARATUS, VARIFOCAL LENS, OPTICAL PICK-UP APPARATUS, OPTICAL RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS, DROPLET OPERATING APPARATUS, OPTICAL DEVICE, ZOOM LENS, IMAGING APPARATUS, LIGHT MODULATOR, DISPLAY APPARATUS, STROBE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTRO-WETTING APPARATUS - An electro-wetting apparatus includes a liquid having conductivity or polarity and a first electrode and a second electrode that apply voltage to the liquid. The electro-wetting apparatus also includes a dielectric layer provided between the liquid and the first electrode. The electro-wetting apparatus further includes a voltage-applying unit that applies a voltage signal between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the voltage signal is periodically changed between a first voltage of zero (0) volt or more and a second voltage of larger than the first voltage. | 05-06-2010 |
20110176221 | LIQUID LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - In one example embodiment, a liquid lens includes a pair of transparent members and a transparent liquid composed of a silicone oil not having compatibility with the fluorinated elastomeric membrane. In one example embodiment, at least one of the transparent members is a deformable deformation membrane formed of a fluorinated elastomeric membrane. In one example embodiment, the transparent liquid fills an enclosed space sandwiched between the pair of transparent members. | 07-21-2011 |
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20120149005 | REACTION TREATMENT DEVICE AND REACTION TREATMENT METHOD - Disclosed herein is a reaction treatment device including a temperature control section which includes a first temperature control section disposed at an outer peripheral edge part of a group of reaction regions and a planar second temperature control section, wherein the first temperature control section and the second temperature control section are disposed opposite to each other, with the reaction region group therebetween. | 06-14-2012 |
20140038280 | MICROCHIP FOR NUCLIEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION REACTION - There is provided a microchip for a nucleic acid amplification reaction including a reagent accommodation region including a solid-phase reagent and a particle, the solid-phase reagent containing a substance necessary for a nucleic acid amplification reaction. | 02-06-2014 |
20140134077 | SAMPLE LIQUID INJECTION TOOL AND SAMPLE LIQUID HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - There is provided a sample liquid injection tool including a reservoir section configured to store a sample liquid, a channel having one end protruding from an outer surface and configured to discharge the sample liquid therein from a protrusion end to an outside, and a heating unit and a filter installed between the reservoir section and the channel to enable passage of the liquid. | 05-15-2014 |
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20140311910 | MICROCHIP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MICROCHIP - Provided is a microchip including: an inlet part to which a liquid is injected; a plurality of analysis areas to which the liquid is supplied from the inlet part; and a flow channel which is formed to supply the liquid to the plurality of analysis areas at the same time. | 10-23-2014 |
20150239217 | MICROCHIP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a microchip including a plurality of substrate layers, and bonding layers provided at boundary surfaces between the substrate layers and configured to include a silicon compound. At least one of the bonding layers is configured to include an organic silicon compound. | 08-27-2015 |
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20080251837 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device which includes both an E-FET and a D-FET and can facilitate control of the Vth in an E-FET and suppress a decrease in the Vf, and a manufacturing method of the same are provided. A semiconductor device which includes both an E-FET and a D-FET on the same semiconductor substrate includes: a first threshold adjustment layer for adjusting threshold of the E-FET; a first etching stopper layer formed on the first threshold adjustment layer; the second threshold adjustment layer formed on the first etching stopper layer for adjusting threshold of the D-FET; a second etching stopper layer formed on the second threshold adjustment layer; a first gate electrode penetrating through the first etching stopper layer, the second threshold adjustment layer, and the second etching stopper layer, which is in contact with the first threshold adjustment layer; and the second gate electrode penetrating through the second etching stopper layer, which is in contact with the second threshold adjustment layer. | 10-16-2008 |
20090230482 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device in which an E-FET and a D-FET are integrated on the same substrate, wherein an epitaxial layer includes, in the following order from the semiconductor substrate: a first threshold adjustment layer that adjusts a threshold voltage of a gate of the E-FET and a threshold voltage of a gate of the D-FET; a first etching-stopper layer that stops etching performed from an uppermost layer to a layer abutting on the first etching-stopper layer; a second threshold adjustment layer that adjusts the threshold voltage of the gate of the D-FET; and a second etching-stopper layer that stops the etching performed from the uppermost layer to a layer abutting on the second etching-stopper layer, and at least one of the first etching-stopper layer and the second threshold adjustment layer includes an n-type doped region. | 09-17-2009 |
20090309134 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A multilayer structure including a first electron supply layer and a second electron supply layer is used for an electron supply layer. A multilayer structure including an SiN film and an SiO | 12-17-2009 |
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20110199240 | PHOTOELECTRIC ENCODER - A photoelectric encoder includes: a scale having a grating formed with a predetermined period Ps; and a detector head being movable relative to the scale and including a light source and a light receiving unit. In a configuration where light receiving elements in the light receiving unit output N-points light and dark signals (N is an integer of 3 or more), and where phases of the N-points light and dark signals are detected by a least-squares method to fit a sinusoidal function with fixed period to N-points digital signals digitized from the N-points light and dark signals, an N-points light and dark signal period P is set at an integral multiple of a data-point interval w of the N-points digital signals, and an overall length M of the light receiving elements is set at an integral multiple of the N-points light and dark signal period P. Thereby, position detecting errors occurring due to a stain of the scale and/or a defect in the grating can be reduced by simple computing. | 08-18-2011 |
20120085897 | ENCODER - A detection head includes a plurality of detection array portions that are arranged in a direction along which the head is relatively displaceable. Position signals indicating a position of the detection head are calculated from output signals output from the detection array portions. In order to combine the position signals with one another and determine the position of the detection head with respect to the scale, weighting according to a level of the output signal is performed on the position signal of each of the detection array portions, and the weighted position signals are averaged. | 04-12-2012 |
20130056624 | ABSOLUTE POSITION MEASURING ENCODER - An absolute position measuring encoder having an ABS/INC integrated pattern obtained by integrating an absolute pattern and an incremental pattern together is provided. The absolute position measuring encoder includes an imaging optical system (lens) designed to generate an amplitude difference between a light and dark signal derived from the absolute pattern and light and dark signal derived from the incremental pattern, and a signal processing system (comparator) for separating a received light signal from the ABS/INC integrated pattern into an absolute pattern signal and an incremental pattern signal by utilizing the amplitude difference. Accordingly, an absolute pattern signal and an incremental pattern signal can be separated off from the ABS/INC integrated pattern at a high speed with a simple processing circuit. | 03-07-2013 |
20130105675 | DISPLACEMENT DETECTING DEVICE, DISPLACEMENT DETECTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | 05-02-2013 |
20140021342 | ENCODER - An encoder includes a light receiving part and a computing part. The light receiving part receives reflected light from a scale and outputs N-phase sinusoidal signals in which respective phases of fundamental waves differ by 2π/N (N is an integer more than or equal to 5). The computing part outputs a two-phase sinusoidal signal including an A phase and a B phase according to each of the N-phase sinusoidal signals. The A phase is expressed by a real part of sum of multiplier of N-phase sinusoidal waves and a member including the N. The B phase is expressed by an imaginary part of the sum of the multiplier of the N-phase sinusoidal waves and a member including the N. | 01-23-2014 |
20140217271 | SEPARATE LINEAR ENCODER - In a separate linear encoder, a scale is further provided with an ABS track that is arranged in parallel with an INC track and a detection head includes an ABS detection portion that reads the ABS track. The separate linear encoder includes a calculation portion that obtains a yaw angle of the detection head with respect to a scale based on a gap between an INC detection portion and an ABS detection portion and a difference amount between a position value of the INC track, which is detected by the INC detection portion, and a position of the ABS track, which is detected by the ABS detection portion. The calculation portion also obtains a signal strength based on two-phase sine wave signals that are output from the INC detection portion. The separate linear encoder further includes a display device that displays a plurality of yaw angles and the signal strengths corresponding to the respective yaw angles. | 08-07-2014 |