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20110019009 | IMAGING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention is directed to providing a shooting mode according to a user's need of an imaging apparatus, whereby a user can easily select the shooting mode. Firstly, an information processing apparatus provides a list, which includes a shooting mode corresponding to attribute information received from the imaging apparatus, to the imaging apparatus. Next, setting information including a shooting parameter of the shooting mode designated by the imaging apparatus from the list is transmitted to the imaging apparatus. The imaging apparatus selects one of the shooting modes corresponding to the setting information transmitted from the information processing apparatus, and executes image processing by using the setting information. | 01-27-2011 |
20110249166 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display apparatus displays a distance bar indicating a ratio of movement distance to the entire photographing route, and a time bar indicating a ratio to the entire time, together with photographed images. Moreover, the display apparatus displays specific photographing date/time on top of the time bar. During slide show display, when one of separator lines indicating photographing locations is designated, the slide show is immediately switched to a display of the photographed image. At this time, the distance bar is updated to the designated separator line, and corresponding to this, the time bar is also updated to time when photographing is performed at the designated separator line. Thereafter, when a certain time has elapsed, the slide show display is resumed in the order of photographing from the photographed image. | 10-13-2011 |
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20080319785 | Medical Instrument Distributing System and Medical Instrument Distributing Method - A medical instrument distributing system of the present invention includes hospital terminals provided in multiple hospitals, a server placed in a manufacturer, which includes a computer system that processes orders/shipment of a disposable medical instrument based on inputted information that orders the disposable medical instrument from the hospital terminals. The hospital terminals and the server are connected by a wide area network to establish a system. In accordance with order information, ordered multiple disposable medical instruments are stored in a sterilization bag packages sealed after sterilization and are shipped to the ordering hospital. Thus, the number of complicated procedures in the hospital facilities can be reduced, and the distribution of medical instruments can be more improved. | 12-25-2008 |
20120182409 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND LOW VISIBILITY DETERMINING METHOD - An endoscope system includes an image pickup section, provided in an endoscope, which performs image pickup, a determining section that determines whether a specific observation object exists inside an image pickup region of the image pickup section, a recognizing section that determines whether the specific observation object can be recognized as an image from the picked-up image in the image pickup region picked up by the image pickup section, a low visibility determination output section that determines, when the determining section determines that the specific observation object exists inside the image pickup region and the recognizing section cannot recognize the specific observation object as an image, that the image pickup section is in a low visibility condition and outputs a low visibility determination result, and an obstacle estimation section that estimates an obstacle or a type of obstacle which causes the low visibility according to the low visibility determination result. | 07-19-2012 |
20130047757 | BENDING APPARATUS - A bending apparatus includes: a bending portion; an operation element erected vertically from an operation portion having a longitudinal axis and has a shaft portion in which a tilt direction and tilt angle are changeable; a pulling member having one end connected to the bending portion; a pulley on which a rotary body around which the pulling member is wound is arranged; a motor that generates a driving force that rotates the pulley to pull the pulling member wound around the rotary body in a winding direction; a hanging frame that extends in a diameter direction of the shaft portion, and includes an attachment portion to which the other end of the pulling member is attached; and an attachment path setting member provided inside the operation portion, which changes a path of the pulling to the longitudinal axis direction and guides the pulling member to the attachment portion. | 02-28-2013 |
20140309625 | INSERTION DEVICE - An insertion apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an insertion portion to be inserted into a subject; a bending operation apparatus to be moved by an operator to input an operation instruction; a bending drive section that generates a drive force based on the movement of the bending operation apparatus; a pulling member to be pulled by the drive force from the bending drive section; a bending portion provided in the insertion portion, the bending portion being connected to the pulling member and being bent upon the pulling member being pulled; and a haptic section that connects the pulling member and the bending operation apparatus via an elastic portion. | 10-16-2014 |
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20080287651 | Silk Thread Containing Spider Thread Protein and Silk Worm Producing the Silk Thread - A transgenic silkworm having transferred therein a gene which encodes spider thread protein having desired properties of high strength and high elasticity while leaving the silkworm fibroin H chain gene intact, by means of utilizing a transposon function, is used to produce in the transgenic silkworm a spider thread protein having the desired properties without lowering the strength or elasticity of silk thread produced by the transgenic silkworm, thereby providing hybrid silk of spider and silk threads having the desired properties. | 11-20-2008 |
20110020289 | NOVEL MYCOVIRUS, ATTENUATED STRAIN OF PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS, PLANT DISEASE CONTROLLING AGENT, METHOD OF PRODUCING MYCOVIRUS, METHOD OF ATTENUATING PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PLANT DISEASE - The present invention provides a novel mycovirus that suppresses phytopathogenic fungi and a novel method for controlling plant diseases. A novel mycovirus that is present endogenously in a predetermined rice blast fungus, has four types of double-stranded RNAs of 2.8 to 3.6 kb, and suppresses a phytopathogenic fungus has been found. This virus suppresses phytopathogenic fungi such as rice blast fungus. | 01-27-2011 |
20140037586 | MYCOVIRUS, PLANT-PATHOGENIC FUNGUS, PLANT DISEASE CONTROL AGENT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLANT DISEASE, AND METHOD FOR ATTENUATING PLANT-PATHOGENIC FUNGUS - It is intended to exert a higher control effect on plant-pathogenic fungi. The mycovirus of the present invention has 5 types of double-stranded RNAs, wherein 4 types of double-stranded RNAs out of the 5 types of double-stranded RNAs have 81%, 75%, 72%, and 73% or higher homologies to the nucleotide sequences represented by SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 4, respectively. As an example, a novel mycovirus MoCV3 is used. | 02-06-2014 |
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20140203186 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD OF CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION SYSTEM - A charged particle beam irradiation system in which the energy, Bragg peak, and irradiation depth of a charged particle beam, with which a patient is to be irradiated, can be checked in real time just before actual irradiation. Just before the actual irradiation, by providing a high-speed steering magnet with 100% current, a checking beam is intentionally hit into a beam damper. By using a dosimeter and a dose measuring device in front thereof, extraction beam intensity is measured. By using a multi-layer beam monitor, a dose distribution thereof is measured. Accordingly, just before the actual irradiation, the energy, Bragg peak, and irradiation depth of the charged particle beam, with which the patient is to be irradiated, can be checked accurately and in real time. When the beam has a desired dose distribution as a result of checking, continuously, extraction control is performed. | 07-24-2014 |
20150031931 | PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A control data about the devices constituting the synchrotron are formed by an initial acceleration control data item, a plural extraction control data items, a plural energy change control data items connecting the plural extraction control data items, and a plural deceleration control data items corresponding to the plural extraction control data items. An affected part position detection unit and an extraction permission determination unit are provided to determine whether the position of a marker shown in transparent image information is included within a beam irradiation permission range. If the marker position is found included, the extraction permission determination unit outputs to an interlock system an extraction permission determination signal permitting beam extraction. | 01-29-2015 |
20150041673 | BEAM MONITOR SYSTEM AND PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION SYSTEM - A charge collection electrode is formed of a plurality of groups each of which is made up of a plurality of adjoining wire electrodes. Further, all the wire electrodes are connected to channels of a signal processing device by the same number of lines as the wire electrodes belonging to one group so that each detection signal outputted from one wire electrode selected from each group is inputted through the same line and so that no two adjoining channels are physically continuous in regard to a certain set of consecutive measurement channels. The signal processing device determines group information indicating to which group the wire electrodes that sent the inputted detection signals belong and outputs a processing signal including the group information to a beam monitor controller. The beam monitor controller determines the position and the beam width of the charged particle beam that passed through the wire electrodes. | 02-12-2015 |
20150151140 | BEAM MONITOR SYSTEM AND PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION SYSTEM - A beam monitor system having a simple configuration for improving a measurement precision specifying a position and the width. A beam monitor system, comprising collection electrodes that include a plurality of groups each having a plurality of adjacent wire electrodes, and detect an ionized particle beam passing therethrough, a first signal processing device that sets one wire electrode in the groups of the collection electrodes as a typical wire electrode, receives a detection signal output from the typical wire electrode to process the signal and a beam monitor controller that obtains a beam position of the ionized particle beam that has passed through the wire electrodes on the basis of a processed signal from the first signal processing device. | 06-04-2015 |
20150283404 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD FOR THE SAME - At the start of beam extraction, the amplitude value of an acceleration radio frequency voltage is held at a first amplitude value. When the irradiation dose stemming from beam extraction reaches a prescribed dose, the amplitude value of the acceleration radio frequency voltage applied to an accelerating cavity starts to be increased from the first amplitude value to a second amplitude value. When the irradiation dose reaches a target dose, the amplitude value is raised to and held at the second amplitude value. By the time the irradiation is restarted, the amplitude value of the acceleration radio frequency voltage applied to the accelerating cavity is reduced from the second amplitude value to the first amplitude value. At the start of beam extraction, the amplitude value is held at the first amplitude value. | 10-08-2015 |
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20140162782 | GAME CONTROL METHOD, SERVER APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a mobile terminal obtains a container upon movement of a display range, a processor increases points in a storage unit. When the mobile terminal opens a container obtained by movement of the display range or as a present from another mobile terminal, the processor opens the container at predetermined success percentages, and writes an item obtained from the opened container in the storage unit. When the mobile terminal presents a container without opening it, the processor transmits screen data indicating a present to the other mobile terminal. The processor converts an item in the storage unit into points to increase the points in the storage unit based on an operation of the user of the mobile terminal. | 06-12-2014 |
20140349755 | GAME CONTROL METHOD, SERVER APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a mobile terminal obtains a container upon movement of a display range, a processor increases points in a storage unit. When the mobile terminal opens a container obtained by movement of the display range or as a present from another mobile terminal, the processor opens the container at predetermined success percentages, and writes an item obtained from the opened container in the storage unit. When the mobile terminal presents a container without opening it, the processor transmits screen data indicating a present to the other mobile terminal. The processor converts an item in the storage unit into points to increase the points in the storage unit based on an operation of the user of the mobile terminal. | 11-27-2014 |
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20090289529 | PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An inexpensive piezoelectric sensor where noise unlikely occurs and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A piezoelectric body ( | 11-26-2009 |
20100068460 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYMERIC PIEZOELECTRIC FILM AND POLYMERIC PIEZOELECTRIC FILM - A method for producing a polymer piezoelectric film, comprising: a process of moving and stretching a crystalline polar polymer sheet in contact with a conductive stretching roller having a diameter of at least 30 mm and a surface friction coefficient which has been reduced to such a level as to allow a relative displacement of the crystalline polar polymer sheet in contact with the conductive stretching roller: and a step in the process of applying a polarization voltage between an electrode disposed opposite to the crystalline polar polymer sheet and the conductive stretching roller to polarize the crystalline polar polymer sheet. As a result, it is possible to stably produce a polymer piezoelectric film exhibiting stable piezoelectricity over a large area. Especially, it is possible to obtain polymer piezoelectric film exhibiting a temperature-dispersion peak temperature of d | 03-18-2010 |
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20130122275 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYMERIC PIEZOELECTRIC FILM AND POLYMERIC PIEZOELECTRIC FILM - A method for producing a polymer piezoelectric film, comprising: a process of moving and stretching a crystalline polar polymer sheet in contact with a conductive stretching roller having a diameter of at least 30 mm and a surface friction coefficient which has been reduced to such a level as to allow a relative displacement of the crystalline polar polymer sheet in contact with the conductive stretching roller: and a step in the process of applying a polarization voltage between an electrode disposed opposite to the crystalline polar polymer sheet and the conductive stretching roller to polarize the crystalline polar polymer sheet. As a result, it is possible to stably produce a polymer piezoelectric film exhibiting stable piezoelectricity over a large area. Especially, it is possible to obtain polymer piezoelectric film exhibiting a temperature-dispersion peak temperature of d | 05-16-2013 |
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20140061432 | COORDINATE DETECTOR - A coordinate detector includes a light output part, a light detection part, a first guide part, and a second guide part. The light output part emits light. The light detection part outputs a detection signal according to the amount of entering light. The light output part and the light detection part are provided in an area around a display part on a side closer to a first surface of the display part than to its second surface facing away from the first surface. The first guide part guides light emitted from the light output part toward a direction along the first surface. The second guide part guides, toward the light detection part, light exiting from the first guide part and passing over the first surface. | 03-06-2014 |
20140153874 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR, OPTICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM AND OPTICAL BACKPLANEAPPARATUS - An optical connector for optically connecting a first optical waveguide and second optical waveguide, includes a first connector module including a first fixing portion attached to a first board in such a manner that a fixed position is adjustable, a first connecting portion, a first ferrule to which the first optical waveguide is connected, and a guide pin attached to the first ferrule and provided with a tapered portion at a front end; and a second connector module including a second fixing portion fixed to a second board, a second connecting portion connectable to the first connecting portion of the first connector module, a second ferrule to which the second optical waveguide is connected and provided with a fitting hole that fits the guide pin, and a holding unit that movably holds the second ferrule. | 06-05-2014 |
20140241733 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An optical communication apparatus includes a substrate having a through hole; an optical element which includes a light terminal for receiving or sending light and is mounted on a surface of the substrate so that the light terminal faces an opening of the through hole; a light guide member which includes a first lens facing the light terminal of the optical element, a surrounding portion which surrounds a periphery of the first lens on a side of the opening of the through hole, and a guide portion which is provided inside the through hole and guides the light between the opening and another opening of the through hole; and a light waveguide which is arranged on a side of another surface of the substrate and includes a light guide optically connected to the light guide member on a side of the another opening of the through hole. | 08-28-2014 |
20150023636 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector has an optical waveguide slit and a pass-through hole. The optical waveguide slit is a hole that extends from an insertion surface of a connector body into the connector body. The optical waveguide slit accommodates a sheet-like optical waveguide whose tip abuts against a slit bottom. The pass-through hole is provided near the slit bottom, and passes through the top surface of the connector body and the top surface of the optical waveguide slit. | 01-22-2015 |
20150023637 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module includes a first ferrule, a second ferrule that is aligned with the first ferrule via a positioning pin, a housing including a support part that supports the second ferrule, and a ferrule clip that is fastened to the housing and presses the first ferrule toward the second ferrule. | 01-22-2015 |
20150234129 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector includes an optical waveguide having multiple cores for propagating light arranged in a width direction, a connector body including a distal end reference surface that contacts a distal end of the optical waveguide, a first reference surface that contacts a first surface of the optical waveguide, a lens array that face the multiple cores, and an opening, and a positioning member that is mounted to the opening, the positioning member including a pressing part that contacts a second surface of the optical waveguide and presses the optical waveguide to the first reference surface, and a first positioning part that contacts a first side of the optical waveguide in the width direction. | 08-20-2015 |
20150331208 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module includes a housing including an upper cover and a lower cover, a first circuit board having a wiring pattern for transmitting an electric signal, a second circuit board on which a photonic device is bonded, the photonic device converting the electric signal into light or converting the light into the electric signal, an optical waveguide that is provided on the first circuit board, and guides the light output from the photonic device or the light to be incident on the photonic device, and a first thermal conducting member having plasticity, wherein, the optical waveguide, the second circuit board, and the first thermal conducting member are layered on the first circuit board, a first protrusion formed on the upper cover is adhered to a top surface of the first thermal conducting member, and the first thermal conducting member is adhered to a top surface of the photonic device. | 11-19-2015 |
20150370017 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL CONNECTOR - A method for manufacturing an optical connector includes mounting a lens member to which a lens is formed to another optical connector by inserting a guide pin provided on the another connector into a hole of the lens member, mounting a ferrule body to the lens member by inserting the guide pin into a hole of the ferrule body, and bonding the lens member and the ferrule body in a state where the guide pin is accommodated in the hole of the lens member and the hole of the ferrule body. | 12-24-2015 |
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20120007892 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A number-of-pixel acquisition unit acquires the number of pixels of the image data stored in a storage device. An aspect ratio acquisition unit acquires the aspect ratio of the image data. A display control unit displays a list of a plurality of thumbnail images of the image data on a display device. Herein, the display control unit displays a thumbnail of image data having more pixels as a larger thumbnail than that of image data having less pixels, while keeping the aspect ratio of the image data. | 01-12-2012 |
20120011472 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - In an image display apparatus, an image classification unit generates one or more of image groups by classifying image data to which attribution information is added based on the attribute information. A display control unit displays, on a display device, a list of a plurality of thumbnail images of the image data included in each of the image groups generated by the image classification unit, in a manner in which the plurality of thumbnail images are piled up for every image group. Herein, the display control unit acquires the predetermined number of sheets of image data from the selected image group to display, on the display device, the image data as a background image in which the image data are arranged. | 01-12-2012 |
20120011473 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A first display control unit configured to display in a first display region a list of thumbnail images of image data on a display device. A direction receiving unit configured to acquire a selection by a user for the image data. A second display control unit configured to display a list of one or more thumbnail images of image data that have been selected by the user in a second display region, which is displayed simultaneously with but in a different region from the first display region on the display device where the thumbnail images to be displayed by the first display control unit are displayed. Herein, the first display control unit acquires the selection by the user from the direction receiving unit and displays, on the display device, the one or more thumbnail images of the image data that have been selected by the user and thumbnail images of the image data that have not been selected by the user, in different display modes. | 01-12-2012 |
20120249876 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, TUNER, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: a portal screen displaying unit configured to display a portal screen that serves as a source of transition for a plurality of screens related to the viewing of a program on a predetermined display device; an indicator acquisition unit configured to acquire an indicator indicative of the number of viewers viewing a program being broadcast from an information management server; and a popularity determination unit configured to determine the popularity of the program being broadcast in accordance with the indicator. The portal screen displaying unit displays on the portal screen an object to be selected to transition to a screen for viewing the program being broadcast and displays information indicating the popularity of the program. | 10-04-2012 |
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20140360984 | GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR - Compact lightweight gas insulated switchgear which assures sufficient electrode fixing strength equivalent to the fixing strength given by brazing and is structurally simple and enables efficient arc rotation with low operating energy. In the switchgear, a movable arcing contact is located on a movable element, opposite to a fixed arcing contact and electrically connected to, or disconnected from, the fixed arcing contact as the movable element moves. The movable arcing contact includes, in order from its tip opposite to the fixed arcing contact, a first electrode as a convex hollow coaxial cylindrical electrode, hollow coaxial cylindrical first spacer, and second electrode as a hollow coaxial cylindrical electrode and has electric conduction means to connect the first and second electrodes electrically through the first spacer. The first and second electrodes are fixed through the first spacer by a fixing member having higher resistivity than the first and second electrodes. | 12-11-2014 |
20160035501 | Power Switchgear - Disclosed is a power switch gear that includes: a fixed electrode and a movable electrode disposed opposite to each other in a tank filled with insulting gas; and a movable conductor electrically connecting the fixed electrode and the movable electrode together. The fixed electrode and the movable electrode have a contactor through which current flows to the movable conductor. At least one of the fixed electrode and the movable electrode has ring-shaped sliding members, the ring-shaped sliding members being disposed, on both sides of the contactor. At least one grease pool is provided between the contactor and the sliding members. | 02-04-2016 |
20160049268 | Switchgear - Magnetic force of a permanent magnet can be converted into arc driving force efficiently, and the permanent magnet can be insulated from arc heat so as to suppress magnetic deterioration, whereby breaking performance can be secured over a long period of time. In order to solve the above-described problems, the switchgear of the present invention includes: a fixed side contactor that is provided to a fixed side conductor; a moving contact that can be driven reciprocally with respect to the fixed side contactor, the moving contact being supported by a movable side conductor via a movable side contactor, the moving contact performing opening and closing operation by contacting to and separating from the fixed side contactor; and a permanent magnet generating a magnetic field on an arc to extinguish the arc through the opening operation, the arc being generated between the fixed side contactor and the moving contact, and the permanent magnet is provided on a tip portion of the fixed side conductor to be positioned closer to the movable side contactor side than the fixed side contactor, and the permanent magnet is covered with an insulating member. | 02-18-2016 |
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20120091137 | OPENING DEVICE FOR STRAWS OF LIQUID FOOD CONTAINER - An opening device for straws for liquid food containers enables a straw hole to be easily opened by piercing with a straw whilst avoiding easy leakage or breakage due to external force from vibrations or the like during delivery. The device comprises: a base and a main body, formed from packaging material, both sides of the base paper of which have been laminated with thermoplastic resin and a top, formed from thermoplastic resin, which is jointed to the top of the main body. An opening of the opening device for straws, integrated with the top section, is provided with a plurality of step sections and between-step sections on the front and back surfaces thereof. The front between-step sections and the back between-step sections overlap at the edge of each said section, with the thickness at the edge of the between-step sections being thinner than that of the steps. | 04-19-2012 |
20130200074 | OPENING DEVICE FOR LIQUID FOOD CONTAINER AND LIQUID FOOD CONTAINER - An opening device of a liquid food container includes a bottom, a main body, and a top part joined to an upper end of the main body and formed with thermoplastic resin. The top part has a lid integrally moulded with thermoplastic resin. The lid divides the top part and includes weakening lines, a first lid part, a second lid part, and a gripper. A first hinge is formed between the first lid part and the second lid part, the weakening lines are cut when the gripper is pulled up, and the-first lid part rotates on the-first hinge such that the weakening lines open narrowly. A second hinge is formed in an edge of the second lid part, the weakening lines are cut by further pulling the gripper, and the second lid part rotates on the second hinge such that the weakening lines open more widely. | 08-08-2013 |
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20110180847 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device having a Ge- or SiGe-fin structure includes a convex-shaped active area formed along one direction on the surface region of a Si substrate, a buffer layer of Si | 07-28-2011 |
20120175705 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a MOS semiconductor device. In the method, a gate electrode is formed on a gate insulating film provided on a channel region which is a part of an Si layer and which is interposed between a source/drain region, and a film mainly includes of Ge is made to grow on the source/drain region. Then, and the film mainly includes of Ge is made to react with a metal, forming an intermetallic compound film having a depthwise junction position identical to a growth interface of the film mainly includes of Ge. | 07-12-2012 |
20120276712 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device having a Ge— or SiGe-fin structure includes a convex-shaped active area formed along one direction on the surface region of a Si substrate, a buffer layer of Si | 11-01-2012 |
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