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20140091319 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes laminating and forming an electron transit layer, an electron supplying layer, an etching stop layer, and a p-type film on a substrate sequentially, the p-type film being formed of a nitride semiconductor material that includes Al doped with an impurity element that attains p-type, the etching stop layer being formed of a material that includes GaN, removing the p-type film in an area except an area where a gate electrode is to be formed, by dry etching to form a p-type layer in the area where the gate electrode is to be formed, the dry etching being conducted while plasma emission in the dry etching is observed, the dry etching being stopped after the dry etching is started and plasma emission originating from Al is not observed, and forming the gate electrode on the p-type layer. | 04-03-2014 |
20140091365 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A compound semiconductor device includes: a compound semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode formed above the compound semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on both sides of the gate electrode, on the compound semiconductor layer, wherein the source electrode has a plurality of bottom surfaces along transit electrons out of contact surfaces with the compound semiconductor layer, and the plural bottom surfaces are located at different distances from the transit electrons, with the bottom surface closer to the gate electrode being more apart from the transit electrons. | 04-03-2014 |
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20110272742 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFCTURING SAME - A compound semiconductor device includes a substrate; a compound semiconductor layer formed on the substrate; a first insulating film formed on the compound semiconductor layer; a second insulating film formed on the first insulating film; and a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, each being formed on the compound semiconductor layer, wherein the gate electrode is formed of a first opening filled with a first conductive material via at least a gate insulator, and the first opening is formed in the first insulating film and configured to partially expose the compound semiconductor layer, and wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed of a pair of second openings filled with at least a second conductive material, and the second openings are formed in at least the second insulating film and the first insulating film and configured to partially expose the compound semiconductor layer. | 11-10-2011 |
20140021513 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A compound semiconductor device includes a substrate; a compound semiconductor layer formed on the substrate; a first insulating film formed on the compound semiconductor layer; a second insulating film formed on the first insulating film; and a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, each being formed on the compound semiconductor layer, wherein the gate electrode is formed of a first opening filled with a first conductive material via at least a gate insulator, and the first opening is formed in the first insulating film and configured to partially expose the compound semiconductor layer, and wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed of a pair of second openings filled with at least a second conductive material, and the second openings are formed in at least the second insulating film and the first insulating film and configured to partially expose the compound semiconductor layer. | 01-23-2014 |
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20080231919 | Image Scanning Apparatus - An image scanning apparatus comprises a platen surface which is provided at an upper part of a main body of the image scanning apparatus so that an original sheet to be scanned is placed thereon; and an original sheet support portion which is provided to support an original sheet having a larger size than the platen surface. The original sheet support portion is provided to protrude laterally from the main body in a position under the platen surface to be able to support an end portion of a protruding portion of the original sheet protruding outside from the platen surface. | 09-25-2008 |
20100110143 | Liquid Discharge Apparatus - A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head which reciprocates in a first direction on a predetermined plane, which discharges liquids, and which has connecting ports arranged in a second direction; liquid supply sources which store the liquids; and flexible tubes which are arranged in a state of being bent and each of which constructs a part of a liquid flow passage, and first ends of the tubes are connected to the connecting ports; the tubes are arranged in a third direction intersecting the predetermined plane at fixed portions of the tubes; and each of the tubes has an external shape of which cross section perpendicular to an extending direction of the tube is elliptical; and at least at one of the first end and the fixed portion, a major axis direction of the cross section is the third direction. | 05-06-2010 |
20100110152 | Liquid Discharge Apparatus - A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head which reciprocates in a first direction on a predetermined plane and which discharges the liquids; liquid supply sources which store the liquids; flexible tubes which are arranged in a state of being bent and separated from each other and each of which constructs a part of a liquid flow passage; and a regulating member which is arranged on an outer circumferential side of the bent tubes and which regulates movement of the tubes, and connecting ports of the liquid discharge head, to which first ends of the flexible tubes are connected, are arranged in a second direction on the plane; the tubes are arranged in a third direction intersecting the predetermined plane at fixed portion of the tubes; and the regulating member has accommodating sections which accommodate the flexible tubes respectively. | 05-06-2010 |
20120127231 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes: a sheet conveying unit; an ink ejection head having a nozzle and an ink ejection surface; a pretreatment liquid ejection head; a purge unit; a wiping unit having a wiper; a paper jam detection unit detecting a position when the recording sheet is jammed; and a maintenance control unit, wherein, when the paper jam detection unit detects a paper jam on the downstream side from the pretreatment liquid ejection head, the maintenance control unit performs a first maintenance operation, in which the purge unit discharges ink from the ink ejection head, and the wiping unit wipes the ink ejection surface with the wiper, and in the first maintenance operation, the maintenance control unit performs control such that a discharge amount of ink to be discharged from the ink ejection head decreases or the wiping speed when the ink ejection surface is wiped decreases. | 05-24-2012 |
20120206537 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A capping mechanism, which causes an ejection space opposing ejection openings of a liquid ejection head to take either one of a sealed state and a non-sealed state, includes an annular component which surrounds the ejection space in the sealed state and an opposing member which opposes the ejection openings with the ejection space interposed therebetween. A mechanism for supplying humidified air generates humidified air and includes a supply opening and a discharging opening. The supply opening and the discharging opening are positioned to form a humidifying passage such that the humidified air having flown along an inner circumferential surface of a first region of the annular component passes through a gap between the ejection openings and the opposing member and flows along an inner circumferential surface of a second region of the annular component, which opposes the first region. | 08-16-2012 |
20130076826 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus, including: a conveyor mechanism; a recording head; a treatment-liquid application portion; a sealing mechanism for selectively taking a sealing state in which an ejection space is sealed or an unsealing state in which the ejection space is not sealed; a humid-airy supply mechanism for performing a humidifying operation to produce and supply the humid air into the ejection space in the sealing state; a forcible discharge mechanism for performing a forcible discharge operation for forcibly discharging recording liquid from the head; and a maintenance control section for, when a time elapsed from an occurrence of a jam to a clearance of the jam is less than a first time, performing the forcible discharge operation, and for, when the time is equal to or greater than the first time, performing the humidifying operation in the sealing state and then performing the forcible discharge operation. | 03-28-2013 |
20130293622 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUSES - An image recording apparatus includes a liquid applying mechanism that applies a first liquid onto a recording medium, a liquid discharge head that discharges a second liquid onto the recording medium, a wiper that wipes a liquid discharge surface of the liquid discharge head, and a processor. The processor counts a number of jams of the recording medium and a number of passages of the recording medium through the liquid discharge head. The processor increments the number of jams when the number of passages is equal to or greater than a first threshold value. The image recording apparatus performs a head recovery operation when a jam of a recording medium occurs and when the number of jams is incremented. | 11-07-2013 |
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20130133391 | COIL-SPRING MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A coil wire material is bent by a first roll, a second roll, and a third roll. The bent coil wire material is pressed in a screwing direction, to shape a coil spring having a desired diameter and a pitch. A desired pitch can he accurately formed in a manner that a second roll provided on a downstream side of a conveying direction of the coil wire material is configured to be able to move hack and forth along the screwing direction of the coil spring and to be tiltable about an axis of rotation parallel to the conveying direction of the coil wire material. | 05-30-2013 |
20130240328 | GUIDING APPARATUS THAT MAINTAINS ATTITUDE OF SUSPENDED OBJECT DURING CONVEYANCE - A guiding apparatus includes a hanger line that continuously conveys hangers that are suspended from the hanger line at predetermined intervals and a guide unit installed in the line and driven in synchronization with the line while holding at least one of the objects, thereby maintaining the attitude of the object and guiding the attitude maintained object along the line. | 09-19-2013 |
20130245814 | WORKING HANGING APPARATUS AND WORK HANGING METHOD FOR HANGING WORK ON HANGER THROUGH MOVEMENT OF WORK UNDER CORRECTION - A work hanging apparatus includes a hanger line continuously conveying hangers each having a hook, a robot that has a hand with which a work having a hole is held and transfers the held work to a hanging location set in the hanger line, a controller controlling a movement of the hand to catch the hook of one of the hangers with the hole of the held work at the hanging location, a hole deviation detector that detects a positional deviation of the hole of the work, an attitude deviation detector that detects an attitudinal deviation of the hanger, and a corrector that corrects the movement of the hand according to the positional and attitudinal deviations. | 09-19-2013 |
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20120020451 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS - An X-ray CT apparatus includes a first setting device configured to set on a scout image of a subject, a reconstruction range of a tilt image based on a desired tilt angle such that the tilt image includes a region of interest of the subject, a second setting device configured to set on the scout image a range as a scan range for a non-tilt scan, the range being placed on an inner side of a scan range necessary to reconstruct the tilt image with respect to all scan spaces in the reconstruction range, wherein the range includes the region of interest, a scan execution device configured to execute the non-tilt scan on the scan range, and a reconstruction device configured to reconstruct the tilt image including at least the region of interest with respect to the reconstruction range based on projection data acquired during the non-tilt scan. | 01-26-2012 |
20120213324 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS - An X-ray CT apparatus includes a first setting device configured to set on a scout image of a subject, a reconstruction range of a tilt image based on a desired tilt angle such that the tilt image includes a region of interest of the subject, a second setting device configured to set on the scout image a range as a scan range for a non-tilt scan, the range being placed on an inner side of a scan range necessary to reconstruct the tilt image with respect to all scan spaces in the reconstruction range, wherein the range includes the region of interest, a scan execution device configured to execute the non-tilt scan on the scan range, and a reconstruction device configured to reconstruct the tilt image including at least the region of interest with respect to the reconstruction range based on projection data acquired during the non-tilt scan. | 08-23-2012 |
20130108130 | X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER, DOSE CALCULATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 05-02-2013 |
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20090233100 | Light Diffusing Polycarbonate Sheet - A light diffusing polycarbonate resin sheet is obtained by coextruding a polycarbonate resin composition containing an antistatic agent as a surface layer on at least one side of a base material comprising a polycarbonate resin composition containing a light diffusing agent, wherein the antistatic agent of said surface layer is a specified organic sulfonic acid phosphonium salt and the concentration of said antistatic agent exceeds 2.0 parts by weight but is 10 parts by weight or less per 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin used in the surface layer, and, when desired, polycaprolactone is present in 0.01 to 15 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the polycarbonate resin used in the surface layer. The light diffusing polycarbonate resin sheet of the present invention has excellent antistatic properties, light diffusion properties and luminance without adversely affecting the clarity of the polycarbonate resin and is ideal for use in light diffusing sheets particularly in those used in liquid crystal display device back lighting. | 09-17-2009 |
20090258170 | FLAME RETARDANT AND LIGHT DIFFUSING POLYCARBONATE RESIN COMPOSITION AND LIGHT DIFFUSING SHEET THEREOF - A flame retardant and light diffusing polycarbonate resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin (A), 0.1 to 8 parts by weight of a light diffusing agent (B) and 0.01 to 1.5 parts by weight of a silicone compound (C), wherein the main chain of the silicone compound (C) is branched and the silicone compound (C) contains organic functional groups and the presence of aromatic groups is essential as the organic functional groups but the presence of hydrocarbon groups other than aromatic groups is optional as the organic functional groups other than terminal groups and a light diffusing sheet molded thereof. The light diffusing sheet obtained by molding a polycarbonate resin composition of the present invention with flame retardance and light diffusing properties has excellent flame retardance without adversely affecting the light diffusing properties and luminance of the light diffusing polycarbonate resin and is ideal for use in all applications requiring a high degree of optical performance. | 10-15-2009 |
20100148136 | Light Diffusing Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Light Diffusion Sheet Thereof - The present invention provides a light diffusing thermoplastic resin composition comprising polycaprolactone, specific silicone rubber particles, and, when desired, a fluorescent brightening agent, an antioxidant and/or an ultraviolet light absorber. A light diffusion sheet can be obtained by molding the light diffusing thermoplastic resin composition, which has superior light diffusion properties, luminance, mechanical strength, thermal stability and light resistance. | 06-17-2010 |