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20080217535 | Method of forming a sample image and charged particle beam apparatus - An object of the present invention is to provide a sample image forming method and a charged particle beam apparatus which are suitable for realizing suppressing of the view area displacement with high accuracy while the influence of charging due to irradiation of the charged particle beam is being suppressed. | 09-11-2008 |
20080239292 | Apparatus and method for inspecting defects - To provide a defect inspection apparatus and defect inspection method adapted to make it possible to easily assign threshold levels to a plurality of scattered-light detectors and to appropriately acquire data detected by each of the scattered-light detectors. | 10-02-2008 |
20080292199 | Charged Particle Beam Apparatus | 11-27-2008 |
20090084955 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM EQUIPMENT AND CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY - On the basis of a displacement of the field of view before and after a deflection of a charged particle beam, extracted from a first specimen image, including a displacement of the field of view recorded by causing a charged particle beam to deflect by a predetermined amount by a beam deflector in an image in which a specimen image is captured at a first magnification calibrated by using a specimen enlarged image of a specimen as a magnification standard, and also a displacement of the field of view before and after a deflection of the charged particle beam, extracted from a second specimen image, including a displacement of the field of view recorded by causing a charged particle beam to deflect by the predetermined amount by the beam deflector in an image in which a specimen image is captured at a second magnification, the second magnification is calibrated. | 04-02-2009 |
20090242794 | Charged particle beam equipment - Charged particle beam equipment has a processing unit for calibrating dimension values of an enlarged specimen image, and means for changing the amount by which a charged particle beam is scanned. Also, a specimen stand has a mechanism for holding a specimen having a periodical structure or a specimen simultaneously having a periodical structure and a non-periodical structure, and a storage device for automatically changing a magnification for an enlarged specimen image, and storing measured values at all magnifications. | 10-01-2009 |
20090314938 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS AND DIMENSION MEASURING METHOD - There is provided a charged particle beam apparatus which allows implementation of a high-reliability and high-accuracy dimension measurement even if height differences exist on the surface of a sample. The charged particle beam apparatus includes the following configuration components: An acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of SEM images whose focus widths are varied in correspondence with the focal depths, a determination unit for determining, from the plurality of SEM images acquired, a SEM image for which the image sharpness degree of the partial domain including a dimension-measuring domain becomes the maximum value, and a measurement unit for measuring the dimension of the predetermined domain from the SEM image whose image sharpness degree is the maximum value. | 12-24-2009 |
20100006755 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM ALIGNMENT METHOD AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a charged particle beam apparatus and an alignment method of the charged particle beam apparatus, which make it possible to align an optical axis of a charged particle beam easily even when a state of the charged particle beam changes. The present invention comprises calculation means for calculating a deflection amount of an alignment deflector which performs an axis alignment for an objective lens, a plurality of calculation methods for calculating the deflection amount is memorized in the calculation means, and a selection means for selecting at least one of the calculation methods is provided. | 01-14-2010 |
20100102224 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - A charged particle beam apparatus for obtaining information of an uneven surface or a depression/protrusion of a sample by irradiating a charged particle beam to a sample having an uneven surface or a depression/protrusion at a plurality of focal positions, measuring signal emitted from the sample, and comparing profile waveforms corresponding to edge portions of the uneven surface. | 04-29-2010 |
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20100301884 | THIN-FILM PROBE SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PROBE CARD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP INSPECTION APPARATUS - A semiconductor chip inspection apparatus largely reduces occurrence of damage due to foreign matter in an inspection process and improves durability at the same time of miniaturization is provided. As to a highly accurate thin-film probe sheet which performs: a contact to electrode pads arranged at a narrow pitch and a high density along with integration of semiconductor chip; and an inspection of semiconductor chips, by providing two layers of metal films selectively removable in a step-like shape in a periphery region of fine contact terminal having sharp tips and arranged at a high density and a narrow pitch at the same level as electrode pads, an upper periphery of the contact terminals is covered with an insulating film, and a large space region is formed. | 12-02-2010 |
20110014727 | THIN FILM PROBE SHEET AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP INSPECTION SYSTEM - In the highly accurate thin film probe sheet which is used for the contact to electrode pads disposed in high density with narrow pitches resulting from the increase in integration degree of semiconductor chips and for the inspection of semiconductor chips, a large spatial region in which a metal film selectively removable relative to terminal metal is formed in advance is formed in the peripheral region around minute contact terminals having sharp tips and disposed in high density with narrow pitches equivalent to those of the electrode pads. Thus, occurrence of damage in an inspection process is significantly reduced, and an inspection device simultaneously achieving the miniaturization and the durability can be provided. | 01-20-2011 |
20110281380 | PROBE CARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - Provided is a probe card for LSI inspection that can achieve electrical conduction to electrodes on an LSI with a low load without damaging the electrodes and a structural body therebelow, even if the electrodes are arranged at a narrow pitch and in a complex manner. A contact terminal is formed in a truncated square pyramidal recess provided on a film-shaped probe. A dent is often formed on a surface of the film-shaped probe just above the contact terminal. A resin coating film is formed so as to eliminate the dent and flatten the surface of the film-shaped probe. At this time, it is preferred that an amount of cure shrinkage of a resin paste for forming the resin coating film is 0.1% or less. | 11-17-2011 |
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20100110652 | ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE FILM, CIRCUIT MEMBER CONNECTING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COATED PARTICLES - The anisotropically conductive adhesive composition according to the present invention is an anisotropically conductive adhesive composition to connect a first circuit member where a first circuit electrode is formed on the principal surface of a first substrate and a second circuit member where a second circuit electrode is formed on the principal surface of a second substrate with the first circuit electrode and the second circuit electrode placed opposite, wherein the anisotropically conductive adhesive composition comprises an adhesive and a coated particle where at least part of the surface of a conductive particle is coated with an insulating material containing a polymer electrolyte and an inorganic oxide fine particle. | 05-06-2010 |
20100133486 | COATED PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION USING COATED PARTICLE, AND ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE FILM - Disclosed is a coated particle ( | 06-03-2010 |
20110121243 | ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE FILM, CIRCUIT MEMBER CONNECTING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COATED PARTICLES - The anisotropically conductive adhesive composition according to the present invention is an anisotropically conductive adhesive composition to connect a first circuit member where a first circuit electrode is formed on the principal surface of a first substrate and a second circuit member where a second circuit electrode is formed on the principal surface of a second substrate with the first circuit electrode and the second circuit electrode placed opposite, wherein the anisotropically conductive adhesive composition comprises an adhesive and a coated particle where at least part of the surface of a conductive particle is coated with an insulating material containing a polymer electrolyte and an inorganic oxide fine particle. | 05-26-2011 |
20110195239 | FILM HAVING LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, ANTI-RELECTION FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, COATING LIQUID SET FOR LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX FILM, SUBSTRATE HAVING MICROPARTICLE-LAMINATED THIN FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND OPTICAL MEMBER - Provided is a film having a low refractive index, which can be formed under normal temperature and pressure while obtaining a lower refractive index, has excellent adhesion with a solid substrate, and does not lose geometric optical properties, such as the diffusibility or light-harvesting capability attributed to the microstructure. Also disclosed is a method for producing the same. The film having a low refractive index is obtained by causing an electrolyte polymer and microparticles to be alternately adsorbed on the surface of a solid substrate and bringing the resulting microparticle-laminated film into contact with a silicon compound solution in order to bond the solid substrate with microparticles and microparticles with microparticles. The silicon compound solution is selected from (1) the hydrolysis product of alkoxysilane (I) wherein the functional groups are formed from hydrolyzable groups and non-hydrolyzable organic groups, and the condensation reaction product thereof, (2) the hydrolysis product of a mixture of alkoxysilane (I) and alkoxysilane (II) wherein the functional groups are formed from hydrolyzable groups alone, and the condensation reaction product thereof; and (3) a mixture of hydrolysis product and condensation product thereof according to (1) and alkoxysilane (II). | 08-11-2011 |
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20100167160 | Method For Producing Polymer Electrolyte Membrane For Solid Polymer Fuel Cell, Membrane Eelctrode Assembly For Solid Polymer Fuel Cell, and Solid Polymer Fuel Cell - The durability of a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell can be enhanced by inhibiting deterioration of a polymer electrolyte membrane of a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell without impairing power generation performance. The production process of a polymer electrolyte membrane for a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell of the present invention is characterized by preparing a solution or dispersion of an alkoxide of a transition element or a rare earth element having a catalytic ability that decomposes peroxides, and (1) preparing a solution of a polymer electrolyte, uniformly mixing the solution or dispersion of the alkoxide with the solution of the polymer electrolyte, and forming a polymer electrolyte membrane, in which the transition metal or the rare earth metal is uniformly dispersed, from the mixed solution, or (2) preparing a polymer electrolyte membrane for a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, uniformly permeating the solution or dispersion of the alkoxide into the polymer electrolyte membrane, and forming a polymer electrolyte membrane in which the transition element or rare earth element is uniformly dispersed by hydrolyzing and condensing the alkoxide. | 07-01-2010 |
20100203419 | Process For Producing Solid Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, and Solid Polymer Electrolyte Membrane - The invention provides a method for fabricating a reinforced polymer electrolyte membrane having greatly enhanced durability against a dry/wet cycle or freeze/defreeze cycle. In a method for fabricating a reinforced polymer electrolyte membrane according to the present invention, (1) a polymer electrolyte precursor is caused to infiltrate into a sheet-like porous reinforcing member, in the absence of a solvent, at a temperature higher than the melting point of the sheet-like porous reinforcing member, or (2) the polymer electrolyte precursor is first caused to infiltrate into the sheet-like porous reinforcing member, in the absence of a solvent, at a first temperature lower than the melting point of the sheet-like porous reinforcing member, and then heat-treated at a second temperature higher than the melting point of the sheet-like porous reinforcing member; thereafter, the polymer electrolyte precursor is transformed into a polymer electrolyte by hydrolyzing the polymer electrolyte precursor. | 08-12-2010 |
20110070521 | Reinforced Solid Polymer Electrolyte Composite Membrane, Membrane Eelctrode Assembly For Solid Polymer Fuel Cell, and Solid Polymer Fuel Cell - The invention provides a solid polymer fuel cell whose operational stability over time has been enhanced. A reinforced solid polymer electrolyte composite membrane for a solid polymer fuel cell according to the present invention comprises two or more polymer electrolyte membranes and one or more layers of a sheet-like porous reinforcing member, wherein the polymer electrolyte membranes provide both the upper and lower surfaces of the composite membrane, and pores in the sheet-like porous reinforcing member are substantially filled with the electrolyte from the polymer electrolyte membranes, and wherein the sheet-like porous reinforcing member contains a peroxide decomposition catalyst. | 03-24-2011 |
20120034548 | GAS DIFFUSION LAYER FOR FUEL CELL - To provide a means of further improving the cell's start-up capability (below-freezing-point-start-up capability) in a low temperature environment in the gas diffusion layer used in the fuel cell. It is a gas diffusion layer for fuel cell having a pore volume of micropores of 2.0×10 | 02-09-2012 |
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20120164893 | ELECTRIC CONTACT AND CONNECTOR USING THE SAME - When a male side contact is inserted into a female side contact, female side contact portions in the female side contact press a plurality of male side contact portions in the male side contact, and each of the male side contact portions is displaced in a thickness direction of the male side contact while contacting the female side contact portions so that a contact area between the contacts can be sufficiently ensured. When the contacts are connected to each other, a feeling of the female side contact portions, together with each of the male side contact portions, being displaced in the thickness direction of the male side contact can be obtained. Further, the contacts engage with each other by the displacement of each of the contact portions so that movement of the male side contact in a direction opposite to its insertion direction can be regulated. | 06-28-2012 |
20140099828 | CONNECTOR - A connector which, when two contacts contact a connection object at positions different from each other in the insertion/extraction direction of the connection object, suppresses deflection of the connection object without increasing a pressing member size. The connector configured so, when the pressing member is rotated to a closed position, a pressing plate is brought into surface contact with the other thickness direction surface of a flexible circuit while pressed by a pressing member pressing portion, and a range including the contact positions between the flexible circuit and first and second contacts is pressed from the side of the other thickness direction surface of the flexible circuit via the pressing plate, so one thickness direction surface of the flexible circuit is brought into press-contact with the first and second contacts. Deflection of the flexible circuit is suppressed by the pressing plate, and the pressing member size need not be increased. | 04-10-2014 |
20140349526 | Connector - Provided is a connector in which a decrease in contact pressure due to the shape degradation of the pressing portions does not occur even if the operation of rotating the pressing member is repeated. Since the connector main body has, at the rear end, supporting portions that rotatably support the pressing portion, the pressing portion rotates while butting the rear ends of the movable pieces and the supporting portions so that the rear ends of the movable pieces are pushed up by the pressing portion, the butting of the pressing portion and the supporting portions is contact between synthetic-resin components, this eliminates the pressing portion being cut off due to contact with the supporting portions even if the rotation of the pressing member is repeated, and hence the shape degradation of the pressing portion can be prevented. | 11-27-2014 |
20150056844 | Electric Connector - An electric connector including a housing having an insertion opening for a flat conductor, a connector terminal that is conductively connected to the flat conductor, an actuator having a pressing surface, and a shaft portion. The connector terminal is provided with a terminal portion that comes in contact with the flat conductor and a base end that supports the terminal portion. The terminal portion is provided with a front terminal that includes a front contact portion that is provided on an insertion opening side with respect to the shaft portion so as to face the pressing surface and a rear terminal that includes a rear contact portion that is provided on the rear side of the housing with respect to the pressing surface and at a position that is closer to the pressing surface with respect to the front contact portion. | 02-26-2015 |
20150087193 | Linear Conductor Connection Terminal - A housing of a linear conductor connection terminal is provided with a first contact point portion having a recessed portion composed of a metal plate and opening inwardly of the housing. The recessed portion allows insertion of a linear conductor inserted into the housing from an insertion port. The housing is further provided with a second contact point portion that supports contact between the linear conductor and the first contact point portion. This allows the linear conductor to reliably conductively contact the first contact point portion and the second contact point portion. | 03-26-2015 |
20150270632 | Connector - A first space in which terminals are disposed and that is connected to a first connection and a second space in which ground terminals are disposed and that is connected to a second connection are provided in a housing portion of a flat conductor including a plate. Furthermore, in the thickness direction of the flat conductor including a plate, the second space is formed with a size that is equivalent to or greater than the thickness of a ground plate so as to enable the second connection to the housed therein. | 09-24-2015 |
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20090034033 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color-shift correction image is formed in a density D and it is determined whether the color-shift correction image can be detected successfully. If the color-shift correction image can be detected successfully, then the density is decreased. If the color-shift correction image can not be detected successfully, then the density is increased. In this manner, the minimum density is determined. | 02-05-2009 |
20090171609 | Image Forming Apparatus and Method for Correcting Position Displacement - A disclosed image forming apparatus for detecting position displacement patterns and correcting position displacement of an image forming position in a main scanning direction according to the detection result, includes a position displacement amount calculating part configured to calculate the amount of the position displacement according to the detection result, a position displacement correcting part configured to correct the position displacement by performing at least one of multiplication correction or multiplication error deviation correction, a correction amount calculating part configured to calculate a multiplication error deviation correction amount for correcting multiplication error deviation generated by the multiplication correction, a first determining part configured to determine whether to plot a first position displacement correction pattern included in the position displacement patterns for performing the multiplication error deviation correction according to the multiplication error deviation correction amount, and a plotting part configured to plot the position displacement correction patterns. | 07-02-2009 |
20090214236 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A tandem-type image forming apparatus includes a toner mark pattern forming unit configured to form a toner mark pattern; a sensor configured to detect the toner mark pattern; a first determining unit configured to determine presence or absence of color misregistration based on the detected result; and a color misregistration correcting unit configured to correct the color misregistration based on the determined result. The toner mark pattern includes paired toner marks disposed at different coordinates in the sub-scanning direction. One of the paired toner marks has their ends at different coordinates in the main scanning direction with respect to those of the other one. The first determining unit determines the presence or absence of the color misregistration in the main scanning direction based on the result of the detection of the paired toner marks. | 08-27-2009 |
20120237227 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TONER SUPPLYING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A control unit drives a driving unit for a correction driving time to supply toner to a developing unit from a toner supplying unit, when a detecting unit detects that an amount of toner stored in the developing unit is equal to or less than a threshold value. A calculating unit calculates an amount of toner consumption from when the toner is supplied to the developing unit to when the detecting unit detects that the amount of the toner stored in the developing unit is equal to or less than the threshold value. The control unit calculates a unit amount of toner supply from the correction driving time and the amount of toner consumption, and supplies the toner to the developing unit by driving the driving unit on the basis of the calculated unit amount of toner supply. | 09-20-2012 |
20150253703 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing unit configured to heat a recording medium on which a recording agent image is formed by an image forming unit, to fix the recording agent image; and a control unit configured to determine, as an image formation start temperature, a temperature of the fixing unit for making the image forming unit start image formation such that a timing at which the recording medium reaches the fixing unit is matched with a timing at which a temperature of the fixing unit is raised to fixing temperature allowing fixing as a result of starting feeding power from an external power supply to a heating unit configured to heat the fixing unit on the basis of a voltage value of the power, and make the image forming unit start image formation when a temperature of the fixing unit reaches the image formation start temperature. | 09-10-2015 |
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20100134652 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC RANGE ADJUSTMENT AND STEREOGRAPHY - A photographing apparatus and method for dynamic range adjustment and stereography. The photographing apparatus includes a first imaging device for converting a light of a subject received through a first optical system into an electric signal; a second imaging device for converting a light of the subject received through a second optical system into an electric signal; a first image signal processor for generating an image signal for live view based on the electric signal output from the first imaging device before a photographing operation of a still image; an exposure controller for controlling an exposure so as to perform a step exposure in the second imaging device before the photographing of the still image; and an exposure calculator for calculating an exposure amount in the photographing operation of the still image based on the electric signal converted in the second imaging device obtained through the step exposure. | 06-03-2010 |
20110043674 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A photographing apparatus includes an imaging unit having a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns and that captures an image of a subject; a detector that detects a photographing condition of the subject; a mechanical shutter that moves to shield the imaging unit; an operation controller that controls movement of the mechanical shutter; and a scan controller that controls an exposure start scan of the imaging unit by applying reset signals to the pixels at a time controlled based on the photographing condition of the subject before the mechanical shutter moves to shield the imaging unit. | 02-24-2011 |
20110149130 | Photographing Apparatus and Photographing Method - An image having good image quality is obtained by discharging charges accumulated in an image pickup device. A photographing apparatus, which includes an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form and photographs a subject by light-exposing the image pickup device, includes: a detector for detecting a photographing state of the subject; an operation controller for controlling an operation of a curtain body traveling to block light to the image pickup device; and a scan controller for controlling a light-exposure start scan of the image pickup device by discharging charges accumulated in the image pickup device before the traveling of the curtain body, wherein the scan controller discharges the charges accumulated in the image pickup device a plurality of times according to the photographing state of the subject. | 06-23-2011 |
20110149131 | Photographing Apparatus and Photographing Method - Photographing having a wide dynamic range is performed by adjusting a discharging time for discharging charges accumulated in an image pickup device. A photographing apparatus comprises an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form and photographs a subject by exposing the image pickup device to light, and also includes: a detector that detects a photographing state of the subject; an operation controller that controls an operation of a curtain body traveling to block light to the image pickup device; and a scan controller that controls an exposure start scanning of the image pickup device by discharging charges accumulated in the image pickup device before the traveling of the curtain body, wherein the scan controller adjusts a discharging time for discharging the charges accumulated in the image pickup device according to the photographing state of the subject. | 06-23-2011 |
20120120202 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING 3 DIMENSIONAL EFFECT AND REDUCING VISUAL FATIGUE AND APPARATUS ENABLING THE SAME - A method and an apparatus for improving three dimensional (3D) effect of a 3D image collected by a 3D photographing apparatus, and reducing visual fatigue, are provided. A feature point of a left-eye image entering through a left-eye lens and of a right-eye image entering through a right-eye lens is acquired, a disparity between the left- and right-eye images is detected, a distance between the left- and right-eye lenses is controlled so that the disparity between the left- and right-eye images becomes a previously-set reference disparity, and at least one of the left- and right-eye images is shifted so that a convergence point is placed on an object located within the left- and right-eye images. | 05-17-2012 |
20140036040 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC RANGE ADJUSTMENT AND STEREOGRAPHY - A photographing apparatus and method for dynamic range adjustment and stereography are provided. The photographing apparatus includes a first imaging device for converting a light of a subject received through a first optical system into an electric signal; a second imaging device for converting a light of the subject received through a second optical system into an electric signal; a first image signal processor for generating an image signal for live view based on the electric signal output from the first imaging device before a photographing operation of a still image; an exposure controller for controlling an exposure so as to perform a step exposure in the second imaging device before the photographing of the still image; and an exposure calculator for calculating an exposure amount in the photographing operation of the still image based on the electric signal converted in the second imaging device obtained through the step exposure. | 02-06-2014 |