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20100139997 | ELECTRICAL APPARATUS, COOLING SYSTEM THEREFOR, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An inverter apparatus includes a liquid path in which cooling water flows, and in which the cooling water performs cooling at a cooling part located directly underneath the power circuit part of the inverter apparatus. The liquid path includes a first partial structure part formed between a feed pipe and the cooling part, and having a liquid path cross-sectional profile that is gradually reduced in the short-side direction of the cooling part and that is gradually enlarged in the long-side direction thereof; and a second partial structure part formed between the cooling part and a drain pipe, and having a liquid path cross-sectional profile that is gradually enlarged from the short-side of the cooling part and that is gradually reduced from the long-side thereof. | 06-10-2010 |
20100208427 | SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE, INVERTER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A POWER MODULE - A semiconductor power module includes an insulated substrate mounting with a plurality of power semiconductor devices and a heat sink for radiating a heat generated from the plurality of power semiconductor devices, wherein the heat sink is integrally molded with a plurality of radiation fins on one surface of a planate base by forging work such that a metallic material filled into a female die of a predetermined shape is pressed by a male die of a predetermined shape, and the heat sink and the insulated substrate are bonded in metallic bonding with another surface opposite of one surface on which the radiation fins are formed with the base of the heat sink. | 08-19-2010 |
20110032676 | POWER INVERTER - Water paths for feeding a coolant water through a power converter mounted on an automobile are arranged in parallel, openings are formed on the water paths respectively, heat radiating fins project from the openings, and the openings are closed by a base plate of the power module. Further, the base plate of the power module includes a metal in addition to copper to increase a hardness of the base plate, so that a deterioration of the flatness during fixing the fins with brazing is restrained. | 02-10-2011 |
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20100254043 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISK DRIVE DEVICE FOR REDUCING ADHESIVE AMOUNT OF PARTICLES, AND DISK DRIVE DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD - In a method of manufacturing a disk drive device, a cleaning process and an assembly process are performed in succession in a clean room having a predetermined cleanness level. The cleaning process includes an alkali cleaning process, a first purified water cleaning process, a second purified water cleaning process, a spray cleaning process, a draining process and a drying process. In the first purified water cleaning process, purified water ultrasonic wave cleaning is sequentially performed on the base member of the disk drive device to be cleaned by using ultrasonic waves of frequencies of 40 kHz, 68 kHz and 132 kHz in purified water filled in a first purified water cleaning tank. The cleaned base member and other components having a predetermined cleanness level are assembled in the assembly process continuous from the cleaning process. | 10-07-2010 |
20110063964 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DISK DRIVE DEVICE HAVING BASE MEMBER, BEARING UNIT, DRIVE UNIT AND HUB, AND DISK DRIVE DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY THE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method of manufacturing a disk drive device including: assembling a subassembly by fixing at least a bearing unit, a drive unit and a hub to a base member in a first clean room; cleaning the subassembly in a second clean room; and sealing the subassembly by a sealing member. The first clean room and the second clean room are communicated with each other by a communicating opening for transferring the subassembly, and an atmospheric pressure in the second clean room is equal to or higher than that in the first clean room. | 03-17-2011 |
20130000106 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DISK DRIVE DEVICE HAVING BASE MEMBER, BEARING UNIT, DRIVE UNIT AND HUB, AND DISK DRIVE DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY THE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method of manufacturing a disk drive device including: assembling a subassembly by fixing at least a bearing unit, a drive unit and a hub to a base member in a first clean room; cleaning the subassembly in a second clean room; and sealing the subassembly by a sealing member. The first clean room and the second clean room are communicated with each other by a communicating opening for transferring the subassembly, and an atmospheric pressure in the second clean room is equal to or higher than that in the first clean room. | 01-03-2013 |
20130025117 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A ROTATING DEVICE - A rotating device comprises a hub on which a magnetic recording disk is to be mounted and a base rotatably supporting the hub. At least one of the base and the hub is an item of manufacture. A method for manufacturing the rotating device comprises the steps of forming the item of manufacture, immersing the formed item of manufacture in an aqueous solution, the solute of which being a surfactant and the temperature of which being higher than the melting point of heptacosane, taking out the item of manufacture from the aqueous solution and immersing the item of manufacture in a liquid that can be regarded as pure water, taking out the item of manufacture from the liquid and drying the item of manufacture, and assembling the rotating device using the dried item of manufacture. | 01-31-2013 |
20130305523 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISK DRIVE DEVICE FOR REDUCING ADHESIVE AMOUNT OF PARTICLES, AND DISK DRIVE DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD - In a method of manufacturing a disk drive device, a cleaning process and an assembly process are performed in succession in a clean room having a predetermined cleanness level. The cleaning process includes an alkali cleaning process, a first purified water cleaning process, a second purified water cleaning process, a spray cleaning process, a draining process and a drying process. In the first purified water cleaning process, purified water ultrasonic wave cleaning is sequentially performed on the base member of the disk drive device to be cleaned by using ultrasonic waves of frequencies of 40 kHz, 68 kHz and 132 kHz in purified water filled in a first purified water cleaning tank. The cleaned base member and other components having a predetermined cleanness level are assembled in the assembly process continuous from the cleaning process. | 11-21-2013 |
20130333204 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HARD DISK DRIVE DEVICE AND HARD DISK DRIVE DEVICE - An embodiment of the present invention is a method of manufacturing a hard disk drive device including a hub member on which a recording disk is to be mounted and a base member configured to rotatably support the hub member via a bearing part. When constituent members including the base member, the hub member, and the bearing part are referred to as works, the manufacturing method includes: cleaning at least one of the works with a cleaning agent containing at least one of an ester and an ether, and a surfactant; and assembling the hard disk drive device by using the work having been subjected to the cleaning. | 12-19-2013 |
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20100117134 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A dielectric film is formed on a silicon substrate made of single crystal silicon, an opening is formed in the dielectric film, an amorphous silicon film is formed on the dielectric film, the amorphous silicon film being in contact with the silicon substrate through the opening, solid-phase epitaxial growth of this amorphous silicon film is caused to start at the silicon substrate, and thereafter patterning is performed. Thereby, a seed layer made of the single crystal silicon is formed in part of a region deviated from immediately above the opening. Next, the amorphous silicon film is deposited so as to cover the seed layer, forming a single crystal silicon film by solid-phase epitaxial growth of the amorphous silicon film starting at the seed layer. The silicon pillar is formed by patterning the single crystal silicon film. | 05-13-2010 |
20110049604 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate; an element isolation insulator formed in an upper portion of the semiconductor substrate and dividing the upper portion into first and second active areas extending in a first direction; a first contact connected to the first active area; and a second contact connected to the second active area. Each of the first and second active area includes: a first portion connected to one of the first contact and the second contact; and a second portion having an upper surface being placed lower than an upper surface of the first portion. The first contact and the second contact are mutually shifted in the first direction. The first portion of the first active area is disposed adjacent to the second portion of the second active area. | 03-03-2011 |
20120018780 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a semiconductor device. A side face parallel to a channel direction of a plurality of gate electrodes provided via a gate insulating film above a semiconductor substrate is included as a part of an inner wall of an isolation groove provided between the adjacent gate electrodes. The method can include forming a protection film covering the side face of the gate electrode. The method can include etching the semiconductor substrate using the gate electrode as a mask to form the isolation groove. The side face of the gate electrode is covered with the protection film. The method can include forming a first insulating film by oxidizing a surface of the isolation groove to fill a bottom portion of the isolation groove. In addition, the method can include forming a second insulating film on the first insulating film to fill an upper portion of the isolation groove including the side face of the gate electrode. | 01-26-2012 |
20120018783 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a semiconductor device. A side face parallel to a channel direction of a plurality of gate electrodes provided above a semiconductor substrate is included as a part of an inner wall of an isolation groove provided between the adjacent gate electrodes. The method can include forming a first isolation groove penetrating through a conductive film serving as the gate electrode to reach the semiconductor substrate. The method can include forming a protection film covering a side wall of the first isolation groove including a side face of the gate electrode. The method can include forming a second isolation groove by etching the semiconductor substrate exposed to a bottom surface of the first isolation groove. The method can include oxidizing an inner surface of the second isolation groove provided on each of both sides of the gate electrode to form first insulating films, which are connected to each other under the gate electrode. In addition, the method can include filling an inside of the first isolation groove and an inside of the second isolation groove with a second insulating film. | 01-26-2012 |
20120139026 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of channel regions, a first insulating film, a plurality of floating gates, a second insulating film, and a control gate. The plurality of channel regions extends in a first direction and has the same conductivity type. The first insulating film is provided on each of the channel regions. The plurality of floating gates is provided on the first insulating film and is divided into the first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction. The second insulating film is provided on each of the floating gates. The control gate is provided on the second insulating film and extends in the second direction. An inversion layer is formed on a surface of the channel region under a part between the floating gates adjacent in the first direction by a fringe electric field of the floating gate. | 06-07-2012 |
20120211861 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of element-separating insulators, and contacts. The plurality of element-separating insulators are formed in an upper layer portion of the semiconductor substrate. The plurality of element-separating insulators partition the upper layer portion into a plurality of active areas extending in a first direction. The contacts are connected to the active areas. A recess is made in a part in the first direction of an upper surface of each of the active areas. The recess is made across the entire active area in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. Positions in the first direction of two of the contacts connected respectively to mutually-adjacent active areas are different from each other. One of the contacts is in contact with a side surface of the recess and not in contact with a bottom surface of the recess. | 08-23-2012 |
20130015518 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICEAANM SATO; HiroyasuAACI Kanagawa-kenAACO JPAAGP SATO; Hiroyasu Kanagawa-ken JPAANM NISHIHARA; KiyohitoAACI Kanagawa-kenAACO JPAAGP NISHIHARA; Kiyohito Kanagawa-ken JPAANM NAWATA; HidefumiAACI Kanagawa-kenAACO JPAAGP NAWATA; Hidefumi Kanagawa-ken JPAANM ICHIGE; MasayukiAACI Kanagawa-kenAACO JPAAGP ICHIGE; Masayuki Kanagawa-ken JPAANM OHBA; RyujiAACI Kanagawa-kenAACO JPAAGP OHBA; Ryuji Kanagawa-ken JP - In general, according to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes active areas extending in a first direction, tunnel films provided on the active areas, floating gate electrodes provided on the tunnel films, an interelectrode insulating film provided on the floating gate electrodes and extending in a second direction, a control gate electrode provided on the interelectrode insulating film and extending in the second direction, a lower insulating portion provided between the active areas, between the tunnel films, and between the floating gate electrodes adjacent in the second direction, and an upper insulating portion provided between the lower insulating portion and the interelectrode insulating film. The lower insulating portion includes a void. Relative dielectric constant of the upper insulating portion is higher than that of the lower insulating portion. Relative dielectric constant of the interelectrode insulating film is higher than that of the upper insulating portion. | 01-17-2013 |
20130248803 | MOLECULAR MEMORY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a molecular memory includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a resistance-change molecular chain provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode includes a core made of a first conductive material, and a side wall made of a second conductive material different from the first conductive material. The side wall is formed on a side surface of the core. The second electrode is made of a third conductive material different from the first conductive material. The resistance-change molecular chain is bonded to the first conductive material. | 09-26-2013 |
20140070161 | MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first interconnect, a second interconnect and a pillar connected between the first interconnect and the second interconnect. The pillar includes a first high-resistance layer, a second high-resistance layer, and a metal layer. The first high-resistance layer is connected to the first interconnect. A resistivity of the first high-resistance layer is higher than a resistivity of the first interconnect and a resistivity of the second interconnect. The second high-resistance layer is connected to the second interconnect. A resistivity of the second high-resistance layer is higher than the resistivity of the first high-resistance layer. A thickness of the second high-resistance layer is not more than a thickness of the first high-resistance layer. The metal layer is disposed between the first high-resistance layer and the second high-resistance layer. The metal layer includes a metal. | 03-13-2014 |
20140284535 | MEMORY DEVICE - A memory device according to an embodiment, includes a substrate, two or more resistance change memory cells stacked on the substrate, two or more transistors stacked on the substrate, and two or more wirings stacked on the substrate. One of the memory cells and one of the transistors are connected to each other via one of the wirings. | 09-25-2014 |
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20100185091 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - As an ROI for display and an ROI for valve observation as well as a projecting direction are input, a volume-rendering processing unit creates a first image in the ROI for display through volume rendering processing, and the ray-tracing processing unit creates a second image in the ROI for valve observation through ray tracing processing. An image compositing unit then creates a composite image by compositing the first image and the second image, and the composite image created by the image compositing unit ( | 07-22-2010 |
20100198073 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has a unit which sets a display region for displaying a 3D image, a unit which transmits and receives ultrasound waves, a unit which generates volume data, a unit, on the basis of the volume data, which sets an analysis region, a unit, on the basis of the data on the analysis region contained in the volume data, which analyzes a fluctuations in signal intensity over time, a unit, on the basis of the analysis result, which calculates a cardiac cycle, a unit, on the basis of the cardiac cycle and the volume data, which generates data set constructed by data with substantially equal cardiac cycle, and generates data sets corresponding to a plurality of cardiac cycles, and a unit which displays the 3D images based on the data sets as a moving image. | 08-05-2010 |
20110054320 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe, transmission unit, reception unit, control unit, adjustment unit, automatic setting unit, switching unit, manual setting unit, correction unit, and generating unit. The adjustment unit adjusts transmission/reception conditions for repeated ultrasonic transmission/reception in accordance with an instruction from the user. The automatic setting unit sets the first gain for correcting an echo signal in accordance with the adjusted transmission/reception conditions. The switching unit switches between activating and stopping the operation of the automatic setting unit. The manual setting unit sets the second gain for correcting an echo signal in accordance with an instruction from the user. The correction unit corrects an echo signal with the first or second gain. When the adjustment unit adjusts a transmission/reception condition while the automatic setting unit stops operation, the correction unit corrects an echo signal with the second gain. | 03-03-2011 |
20110282204 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises an ultrasonic probe, an ultrasonic transmission/reception unit, an echo processing unit configured to generate complex data based on the echo signals, a phase shifting unit configured to shift a phase of each ensemble data constituted by N complex data associated with the same depth on the same ultrasonic raster in accordance with a reference phase, an interpolation processing unit configured to interpolate ensemble data associated with an interpolated raster between adjacent ultrasonic rasters based on the phase-shifted ensemble data, and an image data generation unit configured to generate image data based on the phase-shifted ensemble data and the interpolated ensemble data. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282206 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS, DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASONIC APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - The diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the present embodiments includes a display unit, an input unit, and a display control unit. The display unit includes a display area in which a medical image and a menu in relation to the medical image are displayed. The input unit receives input to the display area. The display control unit displays different menus in the display area in accordance with the input received by the input unit. | 11-17-2011 |
20120035478 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND AN ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises a decomposition unit, a filtering unit, a level control unit and a mixing unit. The decomposition unit hierarchically performs multi-resolution decomposition of the ultrasonic image data and acquires low-frequency decomposed image data with first to n-th levels and high-frequency decomposed image data with first to n-th levels. The filtering unit calculates a filter coefficient using the high-frequency decomposed image data and uses the filter coefficient to perform nonlinear anisotropic diffusion filtering on the low-frequency decomposed image data or output data and generate edge information on a signal. The control unit controls a signal level of the high-frequency decomposed image data. The mixing unit acquires ultrasonic image data by hierarchically performing multi-resolution mixing of output data of the filtering unit or output data from a next lower layer and output data of the high-frequency level control unit. | 02-09-2012 |
20120197125 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - As one illustrative embodiment, a first calculator obtains a first power value, which is the sum of the absolute value of a plurality of data obtained by a plurality of transmissions. A velocity-vector calculating unit obtains the velocity vector based on a plurality of data. A second calculator obtains a second power value, which is the absolute value of the velocity vector. A post-filter processor comprises one or more post-filter processes to determine the power value, and in the one or more post-filter processes, a power value other than the power value used in obtaining the threshold value for determination is selected as the power value at each observation point and the selected power value is determined based on the threshold value for determination. | 08-02-2012 |
20130245445 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a phase difference detection unit, a correction unit and an addition unit. The phase difference detection unit detects a phase difference between temporally adjacent reception signals of a plurality of reception signals on each scanning line at each sampling point on each scanning line. The correction unit performs correction processing including at least time delay correction for at least one of a plurality of reception signals for each scanning line based on the phase difference at each sampling point on each scanning line. The addition unit adds, for each scanning line, the plurality of reception signals including a reception signal subjected to the correction processing. | 09-19-2013 |
20130267852 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus of embodiments includes an ultrasound probe, a scanning controller, and a display controller. The ultrasound probe is configured to be capable of ultrasound three dimensional scanning by swinging a plurality of transducer elements in a direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction of the transducer elements. The scanning controller is configured to control the ultrasound probe to scan a plurality of intersecting cross sections while swinging the transducer elements. The display controller is configured to control such that a plurality of ultrasound images based on ultrasound scanning performed on the cross sections are displayed on a given display. | 10-10-2013 |
20140059486 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM STORED IN NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM EXECUTED BY COMPUTER - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus equipped with a display unit configured to display an ultrasonic image, has a controller. The controller executes a setting for a position of an area of interest in the displayed ultrasonic image and a displaying of a mode selection menu on the display unit, simultaneously, in response to a single action while the ultrasonic image is displayed on the display unit. | 02-27-2014 |
20140064590 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an enlarging unit that enlarges target data by using an enlargement factor based on an optimal sample number indicating a quantity of samples per unit length suitable for an image processing process; a decomposing unit that generates a group of data satisfying the optimal sample number by performing a decomposing process realized by a multi-resolution analysis on the enlarged data; a data processing unit that generates an already-processed group of data by performing the image processing process on the group of data satisfying the optimal sample number; a reconstructing unit that generates reconstructed data by performing a reconstructing process realized by a multi-resolution analysis on the already-processed group of data; and a reducing unit that reduces the reconstructed data in such a manner that the quantity of samples per unit length becomes equal to the quantity of samples per unit length in the target data. | 03-06-2014 |
20140081141 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment, a separator separates an arbitrary region of a displayed object represented from image data, in a depth direction, based on a characterizing quantity included in the image data. An image generation controller generates an image to be displayed in which depth direction information is reflected on the arbitrary region of the displayed object, separated by the separator. A display controller causes a monitor being capable of providing a stereoscopic vision to display the image to be displayed generated by the image generation controller. | 03-20-2014 |
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20090304286 | TEMPLATE CREATION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSOR THEREFOR - An object of the present invention is to maintain the ease with which a template is created based on design data without acquiring an actual image, which is achieved by providing the template with equivalent information contained by a template used for image recognition that involves same-type image comparison, and to improve image recognition performance by increasing the matching rate between a template and an actual image. | 12-10-2009 |
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20110286685 | IMAGE FORMATION METHOD AND IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - Provided are an image formation method and a charged particle beam device which can accurately measure a plurality of objects to be measured and contained in an image by executing a small number of scans. For this, a scan line is set in a direction other than the edge direction of a plurality of objects to be measured and contained in the image view field and the charged particle beam is scanned according to the setting. Provided also are a method and a device for setting a scan line direction in an appropriate direction not affected by the pattern deformation or the like. For this, a direction of disconnection between two patterns to be connected is obtained according to the deformation of the two patterns and a scan line is set in the direction determined according to the one of more directions of disconnection. | 11-24-2011 |
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20090280319 | MONOLITHIC CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a monolithic ceramic electronic component includes a plating substep of depositing precipitates primarily composed of a specific metal on an end of each of internal electrodes exposed at a predetermined surface of a laminate and growing the precipitates to coalesce into a continuous plated layer, wherein the specific metal is different from that of the internal electrodes, and the same or substantially the same metal that defines the internal electrodes is distributed throughout the plated layer. | 11-12-2009 |
20100020464 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A method for producing a multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a plating step including depositing a plating material on the ends of internal electrodes exposed at a predetermined surface of a laminate to form plating deposits primarily composed of a specific metal and growing the plating deposits so as to connect the plating deposits to each other to form a continuous plated layer. The specific metal primarily defining the plated layer is different from a metal defining the internal electrodes. The same or substantially the same metal as the metal defining the internal electrodes is present throughout the plated layer. | 01-28-2010 |
20100128412 | LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In a laminated ceramic electronic component in which, by directly carrying out a plating process on an outer surface of a component main body, an external electrode is formed thereon, an attempt is made to improve the adhesion strength between a plated film forming the external electrode and the component main body. A brazing material containing Ti is applied to at least one portion of a surface on which external electrodes of a component main body is formed, and by baking this brazing material, a metal layer containing Ti is formed. Moreover, the external electrodes are formed by a plating process so as to coat at least the metal layer, and a heating process is then carried out so as to cause counter diffusion between the metal layer and the plated film that is to form the external electrodes. | 05-27-2010 |
20100328843 | LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - In a method for manufacturing a laminated ceramic electronic component, after a plating layer for an external terminal electrode is formed by applying copper plating to an end surface of a component main body at which respective ends of a plurality of internal electrodes primarily including nickel are exposed, when a heat treatment at a temperature of about 800° C. or more is applied in order to improve adhesion strength and resistance to moisture of the external terminal electrode, voids may occur in the plating layer. The step of applying a heat treatment at a temperature of about 800° C. or more to a component main body with plating layers formed thereon includes not only a step of maintaining a top temperature of about 1000° C. or more but also a step of maintaining a temperature of about 600° C. to 900° C. at least once before the step of maintaining the top temperature. These steps preliminarily diffuse copper included in the plating layers, which has a relatively high diffusion velocity, into the internal electrodes primarily including nickel, thereby reducing a difference in diffusion velocity between copper and nickel at the top temperature, which causes the occurrence of voids. | 12-30-2010 |
20110256309 | MONOLITHIC CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a monolithic ceramic electronic component includes a plating substep of depositing precipitates primarily composed of a specific metal on an end of each of internal electrodes exposed at a predetermined surface of a laminate and growing the precipitates to coalesce into a continuous plated layer, wherein the specific metal is different from that of the internal electrodes, and the same or substantially the same metal that defines the internal electrodes is distributed throughout the plated layer. | 10-20-2011 |
20120183682 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A multilayer ceramic electronic component including thin external terminal electrodes each having a superior bonding force to a ceramic base body is provided. In order to form the external terminal electrodes, after Cu plating films are deposited on exposed portions of internal electrodes by direct plating on a ceramic base body, a Cu liquid phase, an O | 07-19-2012 |
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20080228983 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO WHICH AN OPTION DEVICE CAN BE MOUNTED AND A RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to an electronic device enabling an option configuration including an option device to be displayed on an information processing apparatus even if the information processing apparatus does not know the option device. The electronic device includes a storage unit storing respective device information items of the electronic device and the option devices; an option determination unit determining which option device is currently mounted to the electronic device; an option position detection unit detecting a position of the option device determined by the option determination unit relative to the electronic device; and an option configuration information generation unit generating option configuration information for displaying on the display unit of the information processing apparatus based on the device information items in the storage unit, a determination result of the option determination unit and the position of the option device detected by the option position detection unit. | 09-18-2008 |
20100177334 | Information processing apparatus and storage medium storing printer driver program - A computer-readable storage medium storing a printer driver program is disclosed. The printer driver program causes a computer to draw and display a printer configuration image. The printer driver program includes an optional accessory information obtaining code unit for obtaining optional accessory information on optional accessories attached to a printer; a storage code unit for storing a printer image, optional accessory images, and image layout information including intermediate optional accessory information indicating optional accessories placeable between each optional accessory and the printer; an order determining code unit for determining an order of drawing the optional accessory images based on the optional accessory information and the intermediate optional accessory information; and a configuration image drawing code unit configured to draw the printer configuration image by arranging the optional accessory images relative to the printer image according to the determined order and the image layout information. | 07-15-2010 |
20100309519 | Printer driver program product and information processing apparatus - Setting information of a printer driver and setting information of plug-in software added to the printer driver are stored in different folders from each other, and managed independently of each other. At the time of using a function of the plug-in, the printer driver merges the setting information of the printer driver with the setting information of the plug-in, and controls the print setting or a printer device by using the merged setting information. As the setting information of the printer driver and the setting information of the plug-in are stored in the different folders, when the plug-in is removed, as for the setting information, it is only necessary to delete the setting information of the plug-in to be removed; thus, it is easy to remove the plug-in. | 12-09-2010 |
20110063661 | PRINTER DRIVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A printer driver includes a job command generation module storage unit that stores therein a plurality of job command generation modules for generating a job command, a drawing command generation module storage unit that stores therein a plurality of drawing command generation modules for generating a drawing command to instruct a printer to print an image, a determining unit that determines a combination of the job command generation module stored in the job command generation module storage unit and the drawing command generation module stored in the drawing command generation module storage unit, a generation requesting unit that requests the determined job command generation module and drawing command generation module to generate a command, and a transmitting unit that transmits the generated job command and drawing command to the printer. | 03-17-2011 |
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20100271036 | BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, and includes a voltage bus bar and a voltage/current bus bar that connect electrodes of the plurality of battery cells to one another. Solder traces are formed in regions that are spaced apart from each other in the voltage/current bus bar. Furthermore, the battery module includes an amplifying circuit and a detecting circuit. The amplifying circuit amplifies a voltage between the solder traces formed in the voltage/current bus bar. The detecting circuit detects the voltage between the solder traces amplified by the amplifying circuit. | 10-28-2010 |
20100271223 | BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY SYSTEM, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A plurality of battery cells is connected in series via a plurality of bus bars. An FPC board is attached to the bus bars. On the FPC board, PTC elements are respectively arranged in close proximity to the bus bars. Each of conductor lines on the FPC board extends between an attachment portion of the bus bar and the PTC element arranged in close proximity to the bus bar, extends between the PTC element and one end of the FPC board, and is connected to a plurality of connection terminals of a printed circuit board. The connection terminals are electrically connected to a detecting circuit. | 10-28-2010 |
20110024205 | BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A long-sized FPC board extending in an X-direction is connected in common to a plurality of bus bars on the side of one ends of a plurality of battery cells. Similarly, a long-sized FPC board extending in the X-direction is connected in common to a plurality of bus bars on the side of the other ends in a Y-direction of the plurality of battery cells. Each FPC board has a configuration in which a plurality of conductor lines are formed on an insulating layer, and has bending characteristics and flexibility. Each FPC board is arranged on the plurality of battery cells while being bent double. | 02-03-2011 |
20110027634 | BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A battery system includes a plurality of battery modules each including one or a plurality of battery cells, and a detecting circuit that is used in common for the plurality of battery modules and detects a terminal voltage of each battery cell. | 02-03-2011 |
20110101920 | BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A battery system includes a plurality of battery modules each including a plurality of battery cells. One battery module includes a main circuit board, and the other battery modules include auxiliary circuit boards. The main circuit board includes a cell characteristics detecting circuit that detects characteristics of each battery cell and a control-related circuit having a function related to control of the plurality of battery modules. The auxiliary circuit board includes a cell characteristics detecting circuit that detects characteristics of each battery cell, and does not include a control-related circuit having the function related to control of the plurality of battery modules. In a battery module of another battery system, a first printed circuit board, a board holder and a second printed circuit board are attached to one end surface frame. A voltage detecting circuit that detects a voltage between terminals of each battery cell and a communication circuit having a communication function are mounted on the first and second printed circuit boards, respectively. | 05-05-2011 |
20110156618 | BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A battery system includes a plurality of battery cells and a plurality of printed circuit boards. A cell characteristics detecting circuit having a cell characteristics detecting function for detecting cell characteristics of the plurality of battery cells is mounted on each of the printed circuit boards. As well as the cell characteristics detecting circuit, a control-related circuit having a function different from the cell characteristics detecting function of each battery cell is mounted on the printed circuit board. | 06-30-2011 |
20120161677 | BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE - A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a detection circuit, a communication unit, and a printed circuit board. The detection circuit and the communication circuit are mounted on the common printed circuit board. The detection circuit detects a voltage of each of the battery cells in the battery module, and feeds the detected voltage to the communication circuit. The communication circuit is connected to a communication circuit in another battery module or a battery ECU. Thus, the communication circuit in the battery module and the communication circuit in the other battery module or the battery ECU can communicate with each other. | 06-28-2012 |
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20080259104 | LIQUID DETECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a liquid detecting apparatus that drives a liquid detecting unit that outputs two detection signals having phases opposite to each other in accordance with the amount of liquid. The liquid detecting apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes: a driving unit that outputs a driving signal to the liquid detecting unit; a differential amplifying unit that performs differential amplification on said two detection signals that are output from the liquid detecting unit on the basis of the driving signal so as to output a differential amplification detection signal; and a signal detecting unit that makes a judgment as to whether the amount of liquid is not less than a predetermined amount or not by means of the differential amplification detection signal input from the differential amplifying unit. | 10-23-2008 |
20080259136 | LIQUID DETECTION DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETECTING LIQUID - A liquid detection device that drives a liquid detecting portion includes a driving portion, a signal detecting portion, a high-pass filter portion, a first switch, and a control portion. The driving portion supplies a driving signal or a preliminary charging voltage to the liquid detecting portion. The signal detecting portion receives a detection signal from the liquid detecting portion. The high-pass filter portion has a capacitor portion and is arranged between the liquid detecting portion and the signal detecting portion. The first switch is arranged between the liquid detecting portion and the high-pass filter portion, and electrically connects or interrupts a line between the liquid detecting portion and the high-pass filter portion. The control portion controls the driving portion and the first switch to execute detection of liquid. | 10-23-2008 |
20090102897 | Liquid Contanier - A liquid container for supplying a liquid to a liquid jetting apparatus includes a liquid reservoir section and a sensor. The liquid reservoir section stores electrically conductive liquid. The sensor is disposed at a location in the liquid reservoir section, for electrically detecting a condition of the conductive liquid at the location. A fixed potential is applied to the conductive liquid. | 04-23-2009 |
20090102902 | Liquid Container - A liquid container is for supplying a liquid to a liquid jetting apparatus. The liquid container includes a liquid reservoir section, a sensor and an electrostatic capacitance. The liquid reservoir section stores electrically conductive liquid. The sensor is disposed at a location in the liquid reservoir section, for electrically detecting a condition of the conductive liquid at the location. The electrostatic capacitance is provided between a fixed potential and the conductive liquid, the electrostatic capacitance reducing extrinsic noise. | 04-23-2009 |
20090102903 | Liquid Jetting Apparatus - A liquid jetting apparatus for jetting electrically conductive liquid onto a medium includes a liquid reservoir section, a sensor and a conductive member. The liquid reservoir section stores the liquid. The sensor is disposed at a location in the liquid reservoir section, for electrically detecting the condition of the liquid at the location. The conductive member contacts the conductive liquid and that is electrically connected to a stable potential. | 04-23-2009 |
20090262161 | Liquid Jetting Apparatus, Liquid Delivery System, and Circuit Board - A liquid jetting apparatus receives delivery of liquid from a liquid delivery system including a delivery system-side terminal. The liquid jetting apparatus includes a apparatus-side terminal, a contact sensing portion and a remaining level sensor portion. The apparatus-side terminal contacts the delivery system-side terminal when receiving delivery of liquid from the liquid delivery system. The contact sensing portion supplies a first electrical signal to the apparatus-side terminal to sense contact between the apparatus-side terminal and the system-side terminal. The remaining level sensor portion supplies a second electrical signal different from the first electrical signal to the apparatus-side terminal to sense a liquid volume in the liquid delivery system. | 10-22-2009 |
20110291663 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID DETECTION SENSOR INSPECTION METHOD - The printing apparatus applies a first waveform to the liquid detection sensor, and measures a second waveform output from the liquid detection sensor in response to the application of the first waveform. Based on a measurement result of the second waveform, the printing apparatus inspects whether the liquid detection sensor can be driven. Further, prior to the application of the first waveform to the liquid detection sensor, the printing apparatus measures the first waveform itself, and performs an inspection based on a measurement result of the first waveform. | 12-01-2011 |
20120293590 | LIQUID CONTAINER AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS INCLUDING LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid chamber for a liquid ejecting apparatus includes a prism disposed on a bottom portion of the liquid chamber. The prism includes a first reflection surface having a first reflection region by which light incident on the prism from a light emitting element is reflected when liquid does not make contact with the first reflecting region. The prism includes a relief that includes a first relief surface opposed to the first reflection region. The thickness of the prism between the first reflection region and the first relief surface is substantially constant. The constant thickness of the prism between the first reflection region and the first relief surface suppresses deflection of the first reflection region, thereby improving sensitivity for the detection of liquid in the liquid chamber. | 11-22-2012 |
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20100149235 | LIQUID-EJECTION TESTING METHOD, LIQUID-EJECTION TESTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A liquid-ejection testing method includes the following steps (A) to (D): (A) a step of making a conductive first detection member and a conductive second detection member opposed, in a non-contact state, to a liquid ejecting nozzle that is to be tested; (B) a step of ejecting a charged liquid from the liquid ejecting nozzle; (C) a step of detecting an induced current generated at each of the first detection member and the second detection member by the liquid that has been ejected from the liquid ejecting nozzle; and (D) a step of judging, on the liquid ejecting nozzle, whether or not ejection of the liquid is being properly performed based on a magnitude of the detected induced current generated at each of the first detection member and the second detection member. | 06-17-2010 |
20130114084 | Liquid Consumption Apparatus - A liquid consumption apparatus includes a detection portion in which a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion are arranged, a liquid container that houses a liquid and in which a prism having a cavity is disposed, a carriage with respect to which the liquid container is attachable and detachable, and in which an opening is provided in a position that opposes the prism, and a light shielding portion disposed in the opening in the carriage. When a driving portion moves the carriage in a direction in which the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion are arranged, noise light produced by the prism bottom surface or cavity portion is suppressed, as a result of the light shielding portion blocking part of irradiated light. | 05-09-2013 |
20130321505 | Liquid Consuming Apparatus and Control Method for Liquid Consuming Apparatus - A printing apparatus includes a liquid receptacle, a head, a driving unit for the head, a detection unit that detects a remaining state of a liquid, and a control unit that controls the driving unit and, in the case where the liquid receptacle and the detection unit are in a predetermined positional relationship, determines whether or not there is liquid remaining in the liquid receptacle based on a detection signal from the detection unit. In the case where the control unit has determined that greater than or equal to a specified value of the liquid in the liquid receptacle has been consumed without the liquid receptacle and the detection unit arriving at the predetermined positional relationship, the control unit performs forced detection control that sets the liquid receptacle and the detection unit to the predetermined positional relationship and causes the detection unit to detect the remaining state of the liquid. | 12-05-2013 |
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20100245738 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel, and a light diffusing layer which has first and second major surfaces and which is arranged such that the first major surface opposes a viewer side surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The light diffusing layer includes a first region formed of a first substance which has a first refractive index N | 09-30-2010 |
20100283947 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal display panel; and first and second light diffusing layers, each of which has a first major surface and a second major surface and each of which is arranged such that the first major surface opposes a viewer side surface of the liquid crystal display panel. Each of the first and second light diffusing layers includes a first region formed of a first substance which has a first refractive index N | 11-11-2010 |
20120306731 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device of active matrix type. Each pixel electrode ( | 12-06-2012 |
20130003004 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal panel includes (i) an active matrix substrate ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130293815 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal layer extending at least in a display region; first and second substrates affixed to each other so as to sandwich the liquid crystal layer therebetween; and a pair of polarization plates disposed to sandwich these substrates therebetween. The first substrate is provided with a pixel electrode corresponding to each of a plurality of pixels. The second substrate is provided with a counter electrode so as to face the pixel electrode. A first alignment film is disposed on the pixel electrode. A second alignment film is disposed on the counter electrode. The pixels each include a plurality of domains having different combinations of alignment directions of the first and second alignment films. The pixel electrode has a slit group along at least a part of an outline of the pixel electrode and in the vicinity of the outline. | 11-07-2013 |
20130329148 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a liquid crystal display apparatus, an angle of orientation of a first extension orientation of a first slit is not greater than an angle of orientation of a first director orientation, an angle of orientation of a second extension orientation of a second slit is not smaller than an angle of orientation of a second director orientation, and a difference between the angle of orientation of the second extension orientation and the angle of orientation of the second director orientation is greater than a difference between the angle of orientation of the first extension orientation and the angle of orientation of the first director orientation. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329175 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes an electrode and a slit formation region provided in the electrode and extending in a direction of extension of a boundary line, a first alignment region and a third alignment region are formed such that liquid crystal molecules are aligned toward a first director orientation, a second alignment region and a fourth alignment region are formed such that liquid crystal molecules are aligned toward a second director orientation greater in an angle of orientation than the first director orientation, an angle of orientation of a first slit orientation is not greater than an angle of orientation of the first director orientation, and an angle of orientation of a second slit orientation is not smaller than an angle of orientation of the second director orientation. | 12-12-2013 |