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20080254581 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is disclosed a semiconductor device comprising a P-channel MIS transistor which includes an N-type semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer formed on the N-type semiconductor layer and containing a carbon compound of a metal, and an N-channel MIS transistor which includes a P-type semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer formed on the P-type semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode formed on the second gate insulating layer. | 10-16-2008 |
20080258230 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is disclosed a semiconductor device comprising a P-channel MIS transistor which includes an N-type semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer formed on the N-type semiconductor layer and containing a carbon compound of a metal, and an N-channel MIS transistor which includes a P-type semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer formed on the P-type semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode formed on the second gate insulating layer. | 10-23-2008 |
20100155851 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is disclosed a semiconductor device comprising a P-channel MIS transistor which includes an N-type semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer formed on the N-type semiconductor layer and containing a carbon compound of a metal, and an N-channel MIS transistor which includes a P-type semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer formed on the P-type semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode formed on the second gate insulating layer. | 06-24-2010 |
20100171184 | Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an nMISFET formed on the substrate, the nMISFET including a first dielectric formed on the substrate and a first metal gate electrode formed on the first dielectric and formed of one metal element selected from Ti, Zr, Hf, Ta, Sc, Y, a lanthanoide and actinide series and of one selected from boride, silicide and germanide compounds of the one metal element, and a pMISFET formed on the substrate, the pMISFET including a second dielectric formed on the substrate and a second metal gate electrode formed on the second dielectric and made of the same material as that of the first metal gate electrode, at least a portion of the second dielectric facing the second metal gate electrode being made of an insulating material different from that of at least a portion of the first dielectric facing the first metal gate electrode. | 07-08-2010 |
20110266632 | Semiconductor Device - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an nMISFET formed on the substrate, the nMISFET including a first dielectric formed on the substrate and a first metal gate electrode formed on the first dielectric and formed of one metal element selected from Ti, Zr, Hf, Ta, Sc, Y, a lanthanoide and actinide series and of one selected from boride, silicide and germanide compounds of the one metal element, and a pMISFET formed on the substrate, the pMISFET including a second dielectric formed on the substrate and a second metal gate electrode formed on the second dielectric and made of the same material as that of the first metal gate electrode, at least a portion of the second dielectric facing the second metal gate electrode being made of an insulating material different from that of at least a portion of the first dielectric facing the first metal gate electrode. | 11-03-2011 |
20110275184 | Semiconductor Device - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an nMISFET formed on the substrate, the nMISFET including a first dielectric formed on the substrate and a first metal gate electrode formed on the first dielectric and formed of one metal element selected from Ti, Zr, Hf, Ta, Sc, Y, a lanthanoide and actinide series and of one selected from boride, silicide and germanide compounds of the one metal element, and a pMISFET formed on the substrate, the pMISFET including a second dielectric formed on the substrate and a second metal gate electrode formed on the second dielectric and made of the same material as that of the first metal gate electrode, at least a portion of the second dielectric facing the second metal gate electrode being made of an insulating material different from that of at least a portion of the first dielectric facing the first metal gate electrode. | 11-10-2011 |
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20090034122 | STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A structure has projecting structural members perpendicular to a substrate, the projecting structural members having respectively a curved top-end face covered continuously with a magnetic material. A process for producing a structure comprises the steps of placing an underlying metal layer and an anode-oxidization layer successively on a substrate, anodizing the anode-oxidization layer to form a porous film having pores perpendicular to the substrate, growing an oxide of a metal of the underlying metal layer from the bottoms of the pores of the porous film to outside of the porous film to form projecting structural members through the pores, each constituted of a columnar structural portion and a curve-faced top-end portion, removing a part or the entire of the porous film, and placing a magnetic material on the top-end portions of the projecting structural members. | 02-05-2009 |
20100319453 | PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - Disclosed is a photoacoustic measurement apparatus that irradiates a light beam onto a subject, from a same side as that of an acoustic wave detector, and that measures photoacoustic waves. The photoacoustic measurement apparatus has: an acoustic wave detector; a diffraction grating member provided in front of a detection surface of the detector; a light source that generates a light beam; and an optical system that guides the light beam from the light source towards the diffraction grating member. The diffraction grating member is configured such that the light beam led to the diffraction grating member is outputted by the diffraction grating member towards a subject surface that opposes the detection surface of the detector. As a result, light beams can strike a biological body in a near-perpendicular angle. This affords greater illumination efficiency, and allows light of substantial light energy to be irradiated deep inside biological structures. | 12-23-2010 |
20110088477 | ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND PHOTOACOUSTIC-ULTRASONIC SYSTEM AND INSPECTION OBJECT IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ULTRASONIC PROBE - Provided are an ultrasonic probe capable of forming an image without degradation even when the frequency band of a photoacoustic wave and the frequency band of an ultrasonic wave used in ultrasonography are separated from each other, and an inspection object imaging apparatus including the ultrasonic probe. The ultrasonic probe includes a first array device capable of transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave; and a second array device capable of receiving a photoacoustic wave. The first array device includes plural electromechanical transducers arranged in a direction perpendicular to a scanning direction, the second array device includes plural electromechanical transducers arranged in a two-dimensional manner, and the first array device and the second array device are provided on the same plane and in the scanning direction. | 04-21-2011 |
20110102797 | BIOINFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS - provided is a bioinformation acquisition apparatus in which a flux of light emitted outside from a test object through diffusion effect when light is radiated thereto can be reused, improving use efficiency of the radiated light. The apparatus having a light source for radiating a flux of light to a test object, and a detector for detecting a signal output based on the radiation, and includes: a reflection type polarization element adapted that at least a part of the flux of light from the light source can be transmitted through, and a flux of light emitted outside from the test object by the radiation can be reflected, in which the reflection type polarization element is disposed at a position opposite to an irradiation area of the flux of light on the surface of the test object to cover the irradiation area. | 05-05-2011 |
20110178401 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS - A biological information acquisition apparatus and a biological information acquisition method, both capable of radiating a uniform and efficient light to the whole living body tissue as an object of the detection are provided. The biological information acquisition apparatus of the present invention includes a light source and an acoustic wave detector detecting an acoustic wave generated by making a light from the light source enter the object through an object holding member. Furthermore, one or more light transmitting members are provided, and the light enters the light transmitting member from a side surface side of the acoustic wave detector, and enters the object holding member through the light transmitting member at an angle other than one perpendicular to the object holding member. | 07-21-2011 |
20110303015 | PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASURING APPARATUS - A photoacoustic measuring apparatus includes a light source, a movable holding unit which holds an object, a light diffusing unit which fixes the distance between the light diffusing unit and the holding unit and diffuses light incident from the light source, and an acoustic wave obtaining unit which obtains an acoustic wave generated from the object by the light emitted via the holding unit and the light diffusing unit. | 12-15-2011 |
20120179022 | BIOINFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS - The present invention provides a bioinformation acquisition apparatus in which when light is radiated to a test object, a flux of light emitted outside from the test object through diffusion effect in the object is reused, improving use efficiency of the radiated light. The apparatus having a light source for radiating a flux of light to the test object and a detector for detecting a signal output based on radiation of the flux of light, includes a reflective member adapted to reflect a flux of light emitted out of the test object when the flux of light is radiated thereto, the reflective member is placed closer to an irradiation area on a surface of the test object than the light source to cover at least a part of the irradiation area from above, and configured to be equal to or larger than the irradiation area. | 07-12-2012 |
20120318066 | PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASURING APPARATUS - The present invention employs a photoacoustic measuring apparatus including: a laser light source; a forming unit for forming a second light beam by dividing or deforming a laser light beam; an optical member for guiding the second light beam to the surface of a subject; a probe for obtaining a photoacoustic wave generated when the subject is irradiated with the second light beam; and a buffering member that contacts the surface of the subject and transmits light, wherein the optical member overlaps areas of the second light beam having a small light intensity on the surface of the subject, the probe and the optical member are positioned on an identical side of the buffering member relative to the subject, and the optical member refracts the second light beam such that the second light beam enters the subject through the buffering member while avoiding the probe. | 12-20-2012 |
20130070802 | LASER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE LASER APPARATUS - Disclosed is a method of controlling a laser apparatus, which has a laser light irradiation unit, an excitation unit including a flash lamp, a laser light shielding unit, and a control unit configured to control light shielding by the light shielding unit and release of the light shielding and control setting conditions of the flash lamp. The control unit performs a process of blocking the laser light by the light shielding unit when irradiation of the laser light is stopped, then performs a process of controlling the setting condition so that consumption of the flash lamp is reduced, performs, when the irradiation is restarted, a process of controlling the setting conditions so that the laser light is stably irradiated, and then performs a process of releasing the light shielding. | 03-21-2013 |
20130160559 | PHOTOACOUSTIC WAVE MEASURING APPARATUS - A photoacoustic wave measuring apparatus, having: a probe including a plurality of devices which detect an acoustic wave generated by irradiating light onto an object; and a signal processor which acquires information about the object on the basis of an acoustic wave received by the devices, wherein the light is irradiated onto the object from the probe side; the probe includes: bright-field devices having a view angle covering a bright-field illumination area, which is an area where the light is irradiated, on the probe-side surface of the object; and dark-field devices having a field of view which does not cover the bright-field illumination area; and the signal processor uses an acoustic wave received by the dark-field devices when acquiring information about the object on the basis of a acoustic wave received before a predetermined time period is elapsed since the irradiation of light onto the object. | 06-27-2013 |
20140031667 | LASER APPARATUS AND PHOTOACOUSTIC APPARATUS - A laser apparatus includes a laser medium; a light source that radiates light to the laser medium, thereby exciting the laser medium and raising the temperature thereof; a reflecting unit having a first plane that reflects light within a predetermined wavelength range from light generated by excitation of the laser medium; and an output mirror disposed opposite the reflecting unit, with the laser medium being interposed therebetween, and causing laser oscillation by inducing resonance of the light within a predetermined wavelength range between the first plane and the output mirror. The reflecting unit is configured to be movable between a position in which light resonance is induced between the output mirror and the first plane and the laser apparatus is set to an oscillation state and a position in which the laser apparatus is set to a non-oscillation state. | 01-30-2014 |
20140092932 | LASER APPARATUS AND PHOTOACOUSTIC APPARATUS - A laser apparatus that allows selection of a wavelength of output light from a plurality of options. The laser apparatus includes: a resonator made up from an output mirror and reflection means having a plurality of reflective surfaces fixed in position; a laser medium disposed on an optical axis inside the resonator; branch means branching an optical path of a light beam formed on the optical axis when light oscillates in the laser medium into a plurality of optical paths having an end at one reflective surface of the reflection means, the branch means forming a first optical path coinciding with the optical axis when located out of the optical axis, and forming a branch path by moving the light of the optical axis parallel when located on the optical axis. | 04-03-2014 |
20140109678 | LASER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a laser apparatus including a cavity having an output mirror and a reflective mirror, a laser medium and an excitation lamp disposed inside the cavity, a wavelength selector allowing selection of a wavelength for laser light pulses to be emitted from among a plurality of wavelengths, and a controller controlling emission timing of the excitation lamp, emission energy of the excitation lamp that is determined depending on at which wavelength, of the plurality of wavelengths, the pulses are to be emitted, and emission of the pulses. The controller continuously emits a pulse train formed of a plurality of pulses including pulses of at least two wavelengths. | 04-24-2014 |
20140123762 | LASER APPARATUS AND PHOTOACOUSTIC APPARATUS USING LASER APPARATUS - A laser apparatus comprises a cavity having an output unit, and a branch unit arranged between the output unit and first and second reflection unit, an optical path in the cavity including a common part and separate parts, respectively; a laser medium and a wavelength filter disposed in the common part; a pump unit configured to pumping the laser medium; and first and second shielding units respectively disposed in the first and second separate parts, the transmittance of the wavelength filter is varied based on the wavelength and polarization of incident light, the branch unit splits a light beam into the first polarized light and the second polarized light, and one of the first and second shielding units being opened and the other closed to select one of the wavelengths of light to be emitted. | 05-08-2014 |
20140185634 | LASER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention uses a laser apparatus capable of selecting a wavelength of light to be outputted from a plurality of wavelengths, including: a branching unit which is formed of a polarizer and is configured to branch an optical path formed in a resonator including a reflecting unit having a plurality of fixed reflecting planes and an output mirror, into a plurality of optical paths, thereby forming a common optical path having an end defined by the output mirror and a plurality of optical path branches each having an end defined by any one of the reflecting planes; a laser medium disposed in the common optical path; and a selecting unit configured to select, from the plurality of optical path branches, an optical path branch which corresponds to a wavelength of light to be outputted. | 07-03-2014 |
20140194724 | PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASURING APPARATUS - A photoacoustic measuring apparatus includes a light source, a movable holding unit which holds an object, a light diffusing unit which fixes the distance between the light diffusing unit and the holding unit and diffuses light incident from the light source, and an acoustic wave obtaining unit which obtains an acoustic wave generated from the object by the light emitted via the holding unit and the light diffusing unit. | 07-10-2014 |
20150018663 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND LASER APPARATUS - An object information acquiring apparatus has: a resonator including at least a laser medium, a flash lamp that excites the laser medium, and an output mirror that outputs laser light; an oscillator that oscillates the laser light; a controller that controls a timing at which the oscillator oscillates the laser light after excitation performed by the flash lamp is started; a selector that selects a wavelength of the laser light; a probe that detects an acoustic wave generated in an object; and a processor that acquires characteristic information on the object, wherein the controller determines the timing, at which the laser light is oscillated, for each of the wavelengths in such a manner that a difference in output energy of the laser light falls within a predetermined range. | 01-15-2015 |
20150045778 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS, LASER APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL APPARATUS - An object information acquiring apparatus is used which includes a laser medium that oscillates laser light, an excitation source that excites the laser medium, a voltage accumulator that applies a voltage to the excitation source, a voltage supplier that supplies a voltage to the voltage accumulator, a voltage controller that limits a maximum supplied voltage from the voltage supplier, a receiver that receives a photoacoustic wave generated by an object irradiated with the laser light, and a constructor that acquires characteristic information relating to the object in use of the photoacoustic wave, wherein the voltage controller compares a measured voltage value obtained by implementing division of a supplied voltage from the voltage supplier with a reference voltage value defining the maximum supplied voltage. | 02-12-2015 |
20150105649 | SUBJECT INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS - It is possible to perform light emitting control to a subject taking into account measurement conditions (size and a pressing state of the subject). | 04-16-2015 |
20150133765 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS - A biological information acquisition apparatus and a biological information acquisition method, both capable of radiating a uniform and efficient light to the whole living body tissue as an object of the detection are provided. The biological information acquisition apparatus of the present invention includes a light source and an acoustic wave detector detecting an acoustic wave generated by making a light from the light source enter the object through an object holding member. Furthermore, one or more light transmitting members are provided, and the light enters the light transmitting member from a side surface side of the acoustic wave detector, and enters the object holding member through the light transmitting member at an angle other than one perpendicular to the object holding member. | 05-14-2015 |
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20090052074 | Perpendicular magnetic recording media and magnetic storage apparatus using the same - Embodiments of the present invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording media having excellent resolution, signal to noise ratio (S/N), and a small adjacent track erasure. According to one embodiment, underlayers for controlling the orientation and segregation of a magnetic layer, a magnetic layer including an oxide and an alloy of magnetic materials mainly composed of Co, Cr, and Pt, and a ferromagnetic-metal layer which does not contain oxygen, are formed over a substrate. The magnetic layer has at least two layers including ferromagnetic grains and oxides, a first magnetic layer, which is the part of the magnetic layer closer to the substrate, has grain boundaries mainly composed of Cr oxide and at least one oxide selected from Si, Ti, Nb, and Ta, and grain boundaries of a second magnetic layer at the ferromagnetic-metal layer side includes at least one oxide selected from Si, Ti, Nb, and Ta in which Cr oxide is less than the first magnetic layer. | 02-26-2009 |
20090086372 | Perpendicular magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing the same, and magnetic recording device - Embodiments of the present invention help to provide a discrete track medium for realizing a high track density in a low price by adopting a configuration, in which filling of a non-magnetic material into a guard band portion and smoothing processing of a medium surface are not required. According to one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, on the non-magnetic substrate, includes at least: a soft magnetic underlayer; a first recording layer including a crystal grain having a magnetic property and a non-magnetic grain boundary having an oxide, as a main component, surrounding the crystal grain; a second recording layer containing a ferromagnetic metal as a main component and not containing an oxide; and at least one non-magnetic layer provided between the first recording layer and the second recording layer. A recording track portion for magnetically recording information and a guard band portion provided between adjacent recording track portions are included in the perpendicular magnetic recording medium. The relationship between the total thickness t | 04-02-2009 |
20100110576 | THERMALLY ASSISTED RECORDING MEDIA AND SYSTEM - A thermally assisted magnetic recording medium includes a substrate and at least two, i.e., first and second magnetic recording layers. These layers are hard magnetic layers and contain magnetic grains and a non-magnetic substance magnetically segregating the magnetic grains at grain boundaries. The first magnetic recording layer has a magnetic anisotropy energy K | 05-06-2010 |
20100165500 | Thermal Energy Assisted Medium - In order to provide a thermal energy assisted medium capable of improving anti-sliding reliability over long periods of time in low flying head conditions, while also maintaining a high SNR, a unique medium is proposed. A soft magnetic layer is formed on a substrate, a soft magnetic layer is formed thereon via a non-magnetic intermediate layer, and an intermediate layer, a crystal oriented control intermediate layer, an artificial lattice intermediate layer having an artificial lattice film in which a first layer comprising Co and a second layer comprising Pt and Pd are laminated repeatedly to form a recording layer, and a cap layer and an lubricating layer are formed. The concentration of Pd comprising the second layer is from about 20 atomic % to about 40 atomic %. Other mediums and systems are also described. | 07-01-2010 |
20110292545 | MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE TO BE USED FOR SHINGLED RECORDING METHOD - In a magnetic head to be used for a shingled recording method, degradation of a signal resolution and a decrease in a signal-to-noise ratio which are caused by an asymmetrical inter-bit transition curvature are prevented, and a low bit error rate is realized. A magnetic head includes a recording head and a reproducing head. The reproducing head includes a pair of magnetic shields and a sensor sandwiched between the pair of magnetic shields. The gap between the magnetic shields is formed so that the longitudinal direction thereof gets inclined by a certain angle with respect to a cross-track direction in line with the shape of a curvature of an inter-bit transition on an effective record track in a record pattern recorded on a recording medium. | 12-01-2011 |