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20100092560 | REDUCED COENZYME Q10-CONTAINING PARTICULATE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention aims to propose a particulate composition containing reduced coenzyme Q10, which simultaneously shows high oxidative stability and high absorbability in the body and a production method thereof, as well as a stabilizing method thereof, to be used in the fields of foods, foods with nutrient function claims, foods for specified health uses, nutritional supplements, nutritional products, animal drugs, beverages, feeds, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, therapeutic drugs, prophylactic drugs and the like. The present inventors have conducted intensive studies in an attempt to solve the aforementioned problems and found that a particulate composition containing reduced coenzyme Q10, wherein an oil component containing the reduced coenzyme Q10 is polydispersed forming a domain in a matrix containing a water-soluble excipient as a main component and a water-soluble ascorbic acid is a composition simultaneously having high oxidative stability and high absorbability in the body, and completed the present invention. | 04-15-2010 |
20120189611 | DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE-4 INHIBITOR - The present invention aims to provide a DPP-4 inhibitor that is obtained by using a food as a raw material and that is suitable for oral ingestion from the viewpoints of flavor and absorbability, and a composition for the prevention and/or amelioration of diabetes which contains the DPP-4 inhibitor. The present invention provides a DPP-4 inhibitor obtained by treating an azuki bean or a kidney bean with a microorganism or a proteolytic enzyme produced by the microorganism. In particular, a preferable DPP-4 inhibitor can be obtained by hydrolyzing an azuki bean with a koji mold or a proteolytic enzyme derived from the koji mold to fragment a protein in the azuki bean. | 07-26-2012 |
20140142036 | DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE-4 INHIBITOR - The present invention aims to provide a DPP-4 inhibitor that is obtained by using a food as a raw material and that is suitable for oral ingestion from the viewpoints of flavor and absorbability, and a composition for the prevention and/or amelioration of diabetes which contains the DPP-4 inhibitor. The present invention provides a DPP-4 inhibitor obtained by treating an azuki bean or a kidney bean with a microorganism or a proteolytic enzyme produced by the microorganism. In particular, a preferable DPP-4 inhibitor can be obtained by hydrolyzing an azuki bean with a koji mold or a proteolytic enzyme derived from the koji mold to fragment a protein in the azuki bean. | 05-22-2014 |
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20090291623 | Polishing head and polishing apparatus - The present invention is a polishing head provided with an annular rigid ring, a rubber film bonded to the rigid ring with a uniform tension, a mid plate joined to the rigid ring and forming a space portion together with the rubber film and the rigid ring, and an annular template provided concentrically with the rigid ring in a peripheral portion on a lower face part of the rubber film and having an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the rigid ring, in which a pressure of the space portion can be changed by a pressure adjustment mechanism, a back face of a work is held on the lower face part of the rubber film, and a surface of the work is brought into sliding contact with the polishing pad attached onto a turn table for performing polishing, and an inner diameter of the template is smaller than an inner diameter of the rigid ring, and a ratio between an inner diameter difference between the rigid ring and the template and a difference between the inner diameter and an outer diameter of the template is 26% or more and 45% or less. Thereby, a polishing head and the like that can obtain constant flatness stably can be provided. | 11-26-2009 |
20100233945 | POLISHING HEAD, POLISHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEMOUNTING WORKPIECE - A polishing head having a disklike carrier in which an annular projecting portion and a carrier-engagement portion are formed in a peripheral portion, a disklike head body in which a head-body-engagement portion is formed outside, a diaphragm for connecting the head body with the carrier, a spacer located between the carrier-engagement portion and the head-body-engagement portion in a part of the carrier-engagement portion and/or the head-body-engagement portion, in which the spacer abuts on the carrier-engagement portion and/or the head-body-engagement portion at the time of lifting the head body so that the workpiece is demounted from the polishing pad by lifting the carrier with it inclined. As a result, there is provided a polishing head in which the workpiece can be easily, safely and surely demounted from the polishing pad by lifting the polishing head holding the workpiece without overhanging the polishing head from the turn table and the like. | 09-16-2010 |
20100291838 | POLISHING HEAD AND POLISHING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - The present invention is a polishing head in which a rubber film is formed in a boot shape in such a manner that a position where the rubber film is held by a mid plate is distantly positioned from a work holding portion; an end portion of the boot shaped rubber film is formed in O-ring shape so that the rubber film is held by the mid plate with decreasing an area of contact between the mid plate and the rubber film as much as possible. As a result, there is provided a polishing head with rubber chuck method in which an occurrence of a surface defect, such as a scratch, on a surface of the work is suppressed as much as possible and the work can be uniformly and stably polished to the outer periphery. | 11-18-2010 |
20110070813 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLISHING HEAD AND POLISHING APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing a polishing head having an annular rigid ring; a rubber film bonded to the rigid ring with uniform tension; a mid plate joined to the rigid ring, forming a space together with the rubber film and the rigid ring; and a mechanism for changing pressure of the space, the method including performing a tensile test on the rubber film according to JIS K6251 before bonding the rubber film to the rigid ring, and selecting the rubber film having a value of 10 MPa or less of an inclination obtained by a linear approximation of a stress-strain curve within a strain value of 5%; and bonding the selected rubber film having a value of 10 MPa or less of the inclination to the rigid ring to manufacture the polishing head. | 03-24-2011 |
20110136414 | POLISHING HEAD AND POLISHING APPARATUS - A polishing head for holding a workpiece when a surface of the workpiece is polished and a polishing apparatus provided with the polishing head, and more particularly a polishing head for holding the workpiece on a rubber film and a polishing apparatus provided with the polishing head. The polishing head and the polishing apparatus provided with the polishing head that can adjust the polishing profile on the basis of the shape of the workpiece before polishing and can stably obtain good flatness. | 06-09-2011 |
20120289129 | POLISHING HEAD AND POLISHING APPARATUS - A polishing head including, below a polishing head body, a rubber film held by a disk-shaped mid plate and an annular guide ring disposed around the rubber film holding the back surface of the workpiece on a lower face portion of the rubber film. The polishing head also includes a base member that is coupled to a polishing head body through an elastic film and holds the guide ring and the mid plate such that the lower surface of the guide ring does not contact the polishing pad during polishing. The polishing head and polishing apparatus, are operable in both of the rough polishing process and final polishing process, that can stably achieve predetermined high flatness and high polishing stock removal uniformity in polishing of a workpiece and can obtain a workpiece with fewer fine particles having a diameter of 45 nm or more. | 11-15-2012 |
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20090214966 | TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE TONER - A toner including toner particles; and external additives including a fatty acid metal salt having an average primary particle diameter of from 0.5 to 1.5 μm; a positively chargeable particulate inorganic material; and a negatively chargeable particulate inorganic material. An image forming apparatus including a photoreceptor bearing an electrostatic image, and a center feed developing device configured to develop the electrostatic image with a developer including the toner to form a toner image, and a transfer device configured to transfer the toner image onto a receiving material preferably fed at a speed of from 500 to 1700 mm/s. An image forming method including forming an electrostatic image, developing the electrostatic image with the center feed developing device using the toner to form a toner image, and transferring the toner image onto a receiving material preferably fed at a speed of from 500 to 1700 mm/s. | 08-27-2009 |
20090297973 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides a toner which includes at least a binder resin, and a colorant, wherein the toner has a concentration of radioactive carbon isotope C-14 of 10.8 pMC or higher. | 12-03-2009 |
20100067958 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method including forming an electrostatic latent image on a photoreceptor; developing the latent image with a developer including a toner using a center-feed developing device to form a toner image; transferring the toner image onto a receiving material; and fixing the toner image using a fixing member coated with silicone oil. The toner includes at least a binder resin; a colorant; and a quaternary ammonium salt having a specific formula, wherein when the toner is dispersed in ethanol using ultrasonic waves, the dispersion has a turbidity of from 0.4 to 1.0 when the turbidity is determined using a haze meter. An image forming apparatus including a photoreceptor; a center-feed developing device using a developer including the toner; a transferring device; a fixing device using a fixing member coated with silicone oil; and a cleaner for the photoreceptor. | 03-18-2010 |
20100068644 | TONER, AND DEVELOPER - The present invention provides a toner which contains at least a binder resin, and a colorant, wherein the binder resin contains a polyester resin (A) obtained by polycondensation of an alcohol component with a carboxylic acid component containing one of a purified rosin and a modified rosin, and a polyester resin (B) obtained by polycondensation of a carboxylic acid with an alcohol component containing a specific alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A, and wherein when the carboxylic acid component containing a purified rosin is used in the carboxylic acid component for the polyester resin (A), a mass ratio [(B)/(A)] of the polyester resin (B) to the polyester resin (A) is 2/8 to 6/4. | 03-18-2010 |
20100136471 | TONER AND DEVELOPER - A toner, wherein a binder resin contains a polyester resin (A) produced by polycondensing an alcohol component with a carboxylic acid component which contains a rosin compound in an amount of 5% by mass or more of the total amount by mass of the alcohol component and the carboxylic acid component, and a polyester resin (B) produced by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A represented by General Formula (1) given below with a carboxylic acid component, and wherein the toner contains abietic acid in an amount of 0.01% by mass to 1% by mass: | 06-03-2010 |
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20110165508 | TONER AND DEVELOPER - A toner containing at least a binder resin, releasing agent, and colorant, wherein the binder resin contains polyester resin (A), polyester resin (B), and polyester resin (C), which is prepared by condensation-polymerizing (i) an alcohol component containing an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol compound and (ii) a carboxylic acid component; at least one of the polyester resin (A) and polyester resin (B) is a polyester resin prepared by condensation-polymerizing (i) the alcohol component substantially composed of only aliphatic alcohol and containing 1,2-propanediol in an amount of 65 mole % or more of a divalent alcohol component and (ii) the carboxylic acid component; and a softening point Tm(A) of the polyester resin (A) is 10 C or more higher than Tm(B) of the polyester resin (B), and the absolute difference between Tm(C) of the polyester resin (C) and the Tm(B) is 5° C. or less. | 07-07-2011 |
20120028183 | DEVELOPING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The developing method includes developing an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member with a two-component developer including a toner and a carrier and born on at least one developer bearing member, whose surface moves at a linear speed of from 300 mm/sec to 2,000 mm/sec. The carrier includes a particulate core material; and a cover layer located on a surface of the core material and including a crosslinked material obtained by crosslinking a resin including a first unit having a specific tris(trialkylsiloxy) silyl group and a second unit having a specific alkoxysilyl group having a crosslinking ability. Each of the first unit and the second unit is included in the resin in a molar ratio of from 0.1 to 0.9 based on all the units included in the resin. | 02-02-2012 |
20120057898 | CARRIER, DEVELOPER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CARRIER, DEVELOPER CONTAINER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND SUPPLEMENTAL DEVELOPER - A carrier including a magnetic core particle and a resin layer covering a surface of the magnetic core particle. The magnetic core particle is a ferrite particle including strontium in an amount of 0.005 to 3% by mass, measured by fluorescent X-ray spectroscopy. The resin layer comprises a resin obtained by heating a copolymer comprising a silicon-containing unit A and another silicon-containing specific unit B. | 03-08-2012 |
20120058423 | CONTACT DEVELOPING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A contact developing method including supplying a two-component developer to an electrostatic latent image on a rotating image bearing member by rotating a developing sleeve and a rotatable magnet having multiple magnetic poles provided inside the developing sleeve, to develop the electrostatic latent image into a toner image. The developing sleeve and the image bearing member rotate in the same direction while facing each other. The two-component developer comprises a non-magnetic toner and a carrier. The carrier comprises a magnetic core particle and a resin layer covering the magnetic core particle. The resin layer comprises a conductive particle and a resin. The conductive particle comprises an alumina-based material and a conductive layer covering the alumina-based material. The resin is obtained by heating a copolymer comprising a monomer A unit and a monomer B unit. | 03-08-2012 |
20120064451 | CARRIER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE, AND TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, SUPPLEMENTAL DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE CARRIER - A carrier comprising a magnetic core particle having a shape factor SF-2 of 130 to 160 and a resin layer covering a surface of the magnetic core particle. The resin layer comprises a conductive particle and a resin obtained by heating a copolymer comprising a silicon-containing A unit and another silicon-containing B unit having. | 03-15-2012 |
20120230725 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A developing device including a developer bearing member containing a magnetic field generator having multiple magnetic poles and a developer containing chamber is provided. The developer containing chamber contains a two-component developer comprising magnetic carrier particles having a saturated magnetization of 58 to 70 emu/g in a magnetic field of 1 KOe and toner particles, and has a divider to define an upper supply chamber and a lower collection chamber. The supply chamber includes a supply conveyer to supply the two-component developer to the developer bearing member at an upstream side from the developing area. The collection chamber includes a collection conveyer to collect the two-component developer from the developer bearing member at a downstream side from the developing area. The multiple magnetic poles includes three developer bearing poles capable of bearing the developer on its surface. | 09-13-2012 |
20130004209 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A developing device including a developer container and a developer bearing member is provided. The developer container contains a two-component developer comprising toner particles and magnetic carrier particles having a ten-point average surface roughness Rz of 0.5 to 3.0 μm. The developer bearing member is a cylindrical member containing a magnetic field generator having multiple magnetic poles. The developer bearing member is adapted to bear the two-component developer on a surface thereof and to convey the two-component developer as the surface rotates. The developer bearing member has a ten-point average surface roughness Rz of 10 to 30 μm. The multiple magnetic poles include three developer bearing poles each adapted to generate a magnetic field having a strength enough for retaining the two-component developer on a surface of the developer bearing member. The three developer bearing poles consist of a developing pole, a pre-developing pole, and a post-developing pole. | 01-03-2013 |
20130065175 | CARRIER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE AND DEVELOPER - A carrier for developing electrostatic latent image, including a core material; and a coated layer covering the core material, including a binder resin and a particulate material, wherein the core material is exposed on the surface of the carrier at an areal ratio of from 0.1 to 5.0% and has the largest exposed part having an areal ratio not greater than 0.03%, and wherein the coated layer comprises the particulate material in an amount of from 100 to 500 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the binder resin. | 03-14-2013 |
20130252169 | CARRIER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE, TOW-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A carrier for developing electrostatic latent image, including a particulate magnetic core material; and a coated layer covering the surface of the particulate magnetic core material, wherein the coated layer includes a resin including a silicone resin and a methacrylic ester or an acrylic ester resin, and a filler including a substrate; and an electroconductive layer comprising tin dioxide (SnO | 09-26-2013 |
20140023966 | CARRIER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE, AND ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPER - A carrier for developing electrostatic latent images includes a core material; and a covering layer formed of a resin comprising an electroconductive particulate material, overlying the core material, wherein the covering layer includes the electroconductive particulate material in an amount of from 58 to 73% by weight and has a resistivity of from 6.6 to 8.6 Ωcm, and wherein the carrier has a high-brightness contrast part at an areal ratio less than 1% and 40 to 90% based on total area thereof at an acceleration voltage of 0.8 KV and 2.0 KV, respectively in an FE-SEM reflection electron image of the surface thereof. | 01-23-2014 |
20140072910 | CARRIER FOR DEVELOPING AN ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE, DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image of the present invention includes a core material and a coating layer which coats the core material, wherein the coating layer includes a resin and fine particles, wherein the coating layer has an average layer thickness difference of 0.02 μm to 3.0 μm, and wherein the carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image has an arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra1 of 0.5 μm to 0.9 μm. | 03-13-2014 |
20140080052 | CARRIER FOR TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A carrier for developing electrostatic latent images produced in an image developer includes a magnetic particulate core material and a covering layer covering the surface of the core material. The image developer includes an image bearer, a developer bearer including comprising a magnetic field generator inside and a developer regulation member facing the surface of the image developer with a predetermined gap. The carrier has a bulk density of from 1.6 to 2.25 g/cm | 03-20-2014 |
20140248557 | CARRIER FOR TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER USING THE CARRIER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - A carrier is provided. The carrier includes a particulate magnetic core, and a cover layer located on the surface of the particulate magnetic core and including a resin and a filler. When determined from observation of cross-section of the carrier, the shape factor SF2 of the carrier is from 120 to 160, the ratio of the average domain diameter of the particulate magnetic core to the number average particle diameter of the filler is from 1:1 to 1:0.003, and the area ratio of the filler in the cover layer is from 30 to 85%. | 09-04-2014 |
20140348552 | REPLENISHING DEVELOPER HOUSING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A replenishing developer housing container according to the present invention includes: a container body housing a replenishing developer; a conveying portion; a pipe receiving port; and an uplifting portion, wherein the replenishing developer contains a toner and a carrier, wherein the container body includes a protruding portion protruding from a container body interior side of the container opening portion toward one end of the container body and a curving portion curving so as to conform to the protruding portion, wherein the uplifting portion includes an uplifting wall surface extending from an internal wall surface of the container body toward the protruding portion, wherein the protruding portion is provided such that when the replenishing developer housing container is mounted on the replenishing developer conveying device, the protruding portion is present between the curving portion and the replenishing developer receiving port of a conveying pipe being inserted. | 11-27-2014 |
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20090088589 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION - A process for producing lactic acid according to the invention is characterized in that glycerin is subjected to a hydrothermal reaction under an alkaline condition at a temperature in the range of 150 to 400° C. and under pressure equal to or more than the saturated vapor pressure at the temperature. The glycerin produced from plant fats, animal fats or the like or pure product synthesized chemically or a discharge containing glycerin generated at the production of diesel fuel oil from fats, in which the fats are subjected to a transesterification with alcohol in the presence of an alkali catalyst in order to obtain fatty acid ester is preferably used as a starting material. | 04-02-2009 |
20100047140 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID - An apparatus for producing lactic acid according to the invention comprises a reactor carrying out: subjecting glycerin to a hydrothermal reaction under an alkaline condition, supplying an alkaline solution comprising glycerin; and continuously producing lactic acid, wherein glycerin is subjected to a hydrothermal reaction under an alkaline condition at a temperature in the range of 150 to 400° C. and under pressure equal to or more than the saturated vapor pressure at the temperature. The glycerin produced from plant fats, animal fats or the like or pure product synthesized chemically or a discharge containing glycerin generated at the production of diesel fuel oil from fats, in which the fats are subjected to a transesterification with alcohol in the presence of an alkali catalyst in order to obtain fatty acid ester is preferably used as a starting material. | 02-25-2010 |
20130178598 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYLACTIC ACID - To provide a method capable of producing stereocomplex polylactic acid, the method being capable of using carbon neutral materials that are not competitive from foods, such as saccharides, without the use of a method for designing optical resolution, which requires complicated operations and high cost and is difficult to perform mass production. The production method of the present invention comprises: a step of reacting glycerin with sodium hydroxide in high-temperature and high-pressure water to produce a racemic sodium lactate aqueous solution; a step of separating sodium from the racemic sodium lactate aqueous solution to recover racemic lactic acid; a step of dimerizing the racemic lactic acid to produce a lactide mixture containing meso lactide and racemic lactide; a step of separating meso lactide from the mixture to recover racemic lactide; and a step of polymerizing the racemic lactide with a salen-metal complex as a catalyst to produce stereocomplex polylactic acid. | 07-11-2013 |
20150087799 | METHOD TO PRODUCE SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYLACTIDES - This invention provides a method for synthesizing semi-crystalline polylactides (PLA) even from a lactide mixture including meso-LA and rac-LA. According to the invention, when a mixture of racemic lactide and meso-lactide ispolymerized using a catalyst capable of iso-selectively polymerizing L-lactide and D-lactide, an amorphous poly (meso-lactide) block is formed from meso-lactide and a semi-crystalline poly (racemic lactide) block is formed from racemic lactide by separately polymerizing racemic lactide and meso-lactide by taking advantage of a difference in physicochemical properties between racemic lactide and meso-lactide, whereby polylactide which is semi-crystalline as a whole is produced. | 03-26-2015 |
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20080274376 | SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR CERAMIC GREEN SHEETS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A slurry composition includes a ceramic raw powder including boron and an alkaline earth metal, an acrylic binder component, a β-diketone, functioning as a chelating agent, and an organic solvent. The content of the β-diketone is about 0.020 to about 0.040 times by weight the total content of boron and the alkaline earth metal in the ceramic raw powder. The slurry composition is advantageous for use in forming, for example, ceramic layers for a multilayer ceramic substrate. | 11-06-2008 |
20100059252 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AND COMPOSITE SHEET - A high-quality resistor pattern and conductor pattern is formed on an external surface of a multilayer ceramic substrate by an ink jet method. A composite sheet including a first ceramic green layer and a shrinkage-retardant layer is formed, and a resistor pattern and a conductor pattern are formed on the first ceramic green layer of the composite sheet by an ink jet method. Subsequently, a plurality of second ceramic green layers are stacked with the composite sheet such that the shrinkage-retardant layer of the composite sheet defines an outermost layer, thus forming a multilayer composite including an unfired multilayer ceramic substrate and the shrinkage-retardant layer. Then, the multilayer composite is fired, and the shrinkage-retardant layer is removed to obtain a sintered multilayer ceramic substrate. | 03-11-2010 |
20110011516 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CERAMIC SUBSTRATE - A shrinkage suppression layer used in the production of a ceramic substrate according to a non-shrinkage process provides favorable removal performance while sufficiently ensuring the restraining performance of the shrinkage suppression layer. Resin beads, which disappear at a temperature lower than the sintering temperature of a low-temperature sintering ceramic material of a base material layer to form open bores in a shrinkage suppression layer, are added to the shrinkage suppression layer and dispersed uniformly at least in a principal surface direction. The shrinkage suppression layer provides sufficient restraining performance to the base material layer in the step of firing, and after the firing, forms open bores, thereby improving the removal performance of the shrinkage suppression layer. | 01-20-2011 |
20140041912 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AND COMPOSITE SHEET - A high-quality resistor pattern and conductor pattern is formed on an external surface of a multilayer ceramic substrate by an ink jet method. A composite sheet including a first ceramic green layer and a shrinkage-retardant layer is formed, and a resistor pattern and a conductor pattern are formed on the first ceramic green layer of the composite sheet by an ink jet method. Subsequently, a plurality of second ceramic green layers are stacked with the composite sheet such that the shrinkage-retardant layer of the composite sheet defines an outermost layer, thus forming a multilayer composite including an unfired multilayer ceramic substrate and the shrinkage-retardant layer. Then, the multilayer composite is fired, and the shrinkage-retardant layer is removed to obtain a sintered multilayer ceramic substrate. | 02-13-2014 |
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20120267037 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTILAYER CERAMIC SUBSTRATE - In a method for producing a multilayer ceramic substrate by a non-shrinkage process, even when a total area of surface electrodes on a first principal surface side is smaller than that on a second principal surface side, a favorable balance in terms of a time period from softening to crystallization of glass is achieved between the first principal surface side and the second principal surface side, thereby allowing all base material layers to be densified and prevented from causing cracks or warpage, even when the crystallization temperature is lowered to prevent production of a reaction layer. The crystallization temperature of a glass material included in a second base material layer defining a second principal surface with a larger total area of surface electrodes is less than that of a glass material included in a first base material layer defining a first principal surface. | 10-25-2012 |
20130027175 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A multilayer ceramic substrate includes a ceramic laminated body including a plurality of ceramic layers stacked on each other, a resistor, and a resistor connecting conductor with a portion overlapping the resistor and an overcoat layer that covers the resistor located on a principal surface of the ceramic laminated body. An overcoat layer is made relatively thick during firing, thereby making cracks less likely to be caused, and after the firing step, the thickness of the overcoat layer is reduced by physically scraping down the surface of the overcoat layer, thereby reducing the trimming time. In the overcoat layer, a region that covers a portion in which a resistor overlaps a resistor connecting conductor is thicker than a region that covers the other portion. | 01-31-2013 |
20140301053 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT USING SAME - A multilayer ceramic substrate including an inner-layer section, surface-layer sections stacked on opposed principal surfaces of the inner-layer section, and surface electrodes provided on at least one surface of the surface-layer sections. The surface-layer sections contain SiO | 10-09-2014 |
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20100033364 | Signal processing device, radar device, vehicle control device, and signal processing method - In order to prevent delays in output of detection results, even when a plurality of frequency modulation methods with different frequency change rates are used, an FM-CW radar device employing frequency modulation with two different frequency change rates, has distance/velocity detection unit for detecting the relative distance or relative velocity of a target object based on beat signals of transmission signals with the same frequency change rate and for detecting the relative distance or relative velocity using beat signals when the frequency change rates are different, and distance/velocity confirmation unit for adding evaluation values for relative distances or relative velocities detected in the detection processing, and for confirming the relative distance or relative velocity based on the evaluation value which has reached a criterion value. As a result, more data can be obtained in one detection cycle, and the same advantageous results as when executing a plurality of detection cycles can be obtained. Consequently, delay of output of detection results from the radar device to a vehicle control device can be prevented. | 02-11-2010 |
20100033365 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADAR APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing apparatus for a radar transceiver, which receives a reflected signal generated by a target object in response to a frequency modulated transmission signal, and generates a beat signal having a frequency difference between the transmission signal and a reception signal, includes: an azimuth angle detection unit that detects an azimuth angle of the target object on the basis of a peak signal in a frequency spectrum of the beat signal; a peak signal extraction unit that prioritizes extraction of a peak signal corresponding to a predetermined azimuth angle range and a predetermined relative distance range of the target object; and a target object detection unit that detects the target object from the extracted peak signal. | 02-11-2010 |
20100169015 | BODY DETECTION APPARATUS, AND BODY DETECTION METHOD - A body detection apparatus includes: movement direction calculation portion that calculates a movement direction of each of acquisition points by using signals that show the acquisition points and that are obtained through detection of a body present around the vehicle; and determination portion that pre-sets a frame commensurate with a shape of a body as a detection object, and for pre-setting for the frame a reference traveling direction as an assumed traveling direction of the body, and for determining, among the acquisition points, acquisition points present within the frame whose reference traveling direction is aligned with the movement direction as being acquisition points of a single body. | 07-01-2010 |
20110084872 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RADAR APPARATUS - A signal processing apparatus of a radar transceiver is provided. The radar transceiver transmits a frequency-modulated transmission signal and generates beat signals having a frequency difference between transmitted/received signals for respective receiving antennas. A distance detection section detects relative distances of objects based on frequencies of the beat signals. A phase detection section detects phases of the beat signals. A level storage section stores a first level of the beat signals that corresponds to the first object and a second level of the beat signals that corresponds to the second object when the beat signals are generated corresponding to the plurality of objects, respectively. A phase derivation section derives first and second phases in which the level of a single beat signal coincides with a sum of the first level corresponding to the first phase and the second level corresponding to the second phase on the basis of the wavelength of the beat signal and the relative distances of the plurality of objects, when the signal beat signal is generated corresponding to the plurality of objects. An azimuth angle detection section derives an azimuth angle of the first object based on the difference of the first phase and an azimuth angle of the second object based on the difference of the second phase in a pair of the antennas. | 04-14-2011 |
20120112951 | RADAR DEVICE - A radar device transmits an electric wave and receives waves reflected by a plurality of objects to generate a received signal, so as to detect a plurality of up frequency peaks and a plurality of down frequency peaks from the received signal and measure characteristic values with regard to the objects at the up frequency peaks and the down frequency peaks. The radar device pairs each of the plurality of up frequency peaks with the down frequency peaks one by one and, with respect to each pair, based on the measured characteristic values, calculates a Mahalanobis distance to determine the pairs whose Mahalanobis distance is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold as pairing candidates. The up and down frequency peaks of the determined pairing candidates are used to calculate current data values that include at least one of a distance, relative velocity and angle of the objects. | 05-10-2012 |
20130093613 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, RADAR DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a signal processing device. Data indicative of a past sensing point, and a counter value indicative of existence possibility of the past sensing point are stored in a storage. Whether the past sensing point has continuity to a recent sensing point is determined. The counter value associated with the past sensing point determined as having no continuity to the recent sensing point is decreased. The data is deleted from the storage means when the counter value becomes less than a first threshold value. The sensing point possibly detected by pairing peak signals obtained in first and second periods in a wrong manner is identified as a specific sensing point. A first value is decreased from the counter value associated with the past sensing point, and a second value different from the first value is decreased from the counter value associated with the specific sensing point. | 04-18-2013 |
20130222176 | RADAR APPARATUS - A signal processor is configured to: derive, using a first process, at least one of a distance and a relative speed included in the object data set; and derive, using a second process different from the first process, at least one of the distance and the relative speed included in the object data set when the distance included in the object data set is below a predetermined distance. | 08-29-2013 |
20130321195 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. A first determining section is configured to determine whether there exists a continuing stationary target at a side of a lane in which a vehicle is traveling. A second determining section is configured to determine whether there exists a moving target in a specific range which is in front of the vehicle and on an opposite side of the stationary target with respect to a position of the vehicle. A changing section is configured to change position information of the moving target to a position obtained by folding back a specific position which is the position of the moving target in the specific range with the stationary target therebetween in a case where the stationary target exists and the moving target exists in the specific range. The changed position is used for deriving the position information of the target. | 12-05-2013 |
20140028487 | RADAR APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. A setting unit is configured to set a first range including at least a reference target. A deriving unit is configured to derive a representative position of targets included in the first range on the basis of position information of the targets included in the first range. An acquiring unit is configured to acquire vehicle information indicating that the vehicle is running in a curve-shaped lane or a road shape in front of the vehicle is a curve shape. When the acquiring unit acquires the vehicle information, the setting unit sets a second range wider than the first range and the deriving unit derives a representative position of targets included in the second range on the basis of position information of the targets included in the second range. | 01-30-2014 |
20140118186 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. An extracting unit extracts a peak signal obtained from a difference frequency between a transmitting signal and a receiving signal during a first period in which the frequency of the transmitting signal ascends and a second period in which the frequency descends. A pairing unit pairs the peak signals of the first and second periods based on a predetermined condition. A deriving unit derives target information including a position of a target based on paired data obtained by pairing the peak signals. The pairing unit selects normal-paired data which is paired in a correct combination, from among the plurality of paired data, based on a plurality of parameter values of the peak signals of the first and second periods which are to be paired, and a discrimination function for discriminating true or false of the pairing. | 05-01-2014 |
20140159948 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. A derivation unit derives target information which is information relating to a target detected on the basis of a transmission signal of which a frequency changes with a predetermined cycle and a reception signal corresponding to a reflected wave coming from an object at which a transmission wave corresponding to the transmission signal is reflected. A determination unit determines reliability of the target information. A decision unit decides whether the detected target is true or false, based on the target information. The decision unit changes a method of deciding whether the target is true or false in accordance with a determination result of the reliability by the determination unit. | 06-12-2014 |
20140247180 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. A derivation unit derives this time-decided transverse distance of the target of this time processing, by filtering, with a predetermined filter constant, this time transverse distance of paired data of this time processing, and a predicted transverse distance. A change unit changes, when the transverse distance of an object moving target moving in a traveling direction of a vehicle mounted with the radar apparatus and the transverse distance of a specific target satisfy a predetermined relation, the filter constant for filtering this time transverse distance and the predicted transverse distance of the object moving target so that a reflection amount of this time transverse distance is reduced in comparison to before the change. | 09-04-2014 |
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20090268160 | FUNDUS CAMERA - A fundus camera includes a focus target projection unit including a focus target located at a position conjugate with a fundus of a subject's eye, a split optical element configured to split a light flux passing through the focus target, and a focus target illumination light source configured to illuminate the focus target, a fundus photographing optical system including a focusing lens, a focus link mechanism configured to interlockingly move the focus target projection unit and the focusing lens in a direction of an optical axis, at least two lenses located behind a plane optically conjugate with the imaging plane of the fundus photographing optical system and outside an optical axis of the fundus photographing optical system, image sensors respectively located behind the two lenses, and a phase difference detection unit configured to detect a phase difference between the focus target images based on signals output from the image sensors. | 10-29-2009 |
20090279051 | FUNDUS CAMERA - A fundus camera includes a fundus photographing optical system including an image-recording image sensor for photographing a fundus image via a focusing lens, a focus target having a plurality of regions for forming light fluxes passing through a plurality of different areas on pupil of a subject's eye, and a focus drive unit for driving the focusing lens based on positions of a plurality of images of the focus target in an image captured by the image-recording image sensor and on contrast of the images. | 11-12-2009 |
20100214536 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus includes a photographing mode selection unit configured to select one of a plurality of photographing modes respectively corresponding to different photographing conditions, an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a subject's eye, an original image data generation unit configured to process electronic data of the image captured by the imaging unit according to the selected photographing mode and to generate a plurality of original image data differing from one another in spatial resolution and gradation resolution, and an image processing unit configured to generate a electronic image for diagnosis, which has similar gradation resolution to that of each of the plurality of original image data generated by the original image data generation unit. | 08-26-2010 |
20100277690 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture a fundus image of a subject's eye to output an image signal, a projection unit configured to intermittently project an index light flux onto the subject's eye in synchronization with the image signal from the imaging unit, and an image recording unit configured to record the image signal from the imaging unit as a moving image. | 11-04-2010 |
20110051085 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING METHOD - An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus includes an observation light source configured to generate infrared light for illuminating a subject's eye via an illumination optical system, an imaging unit configured to receive light returned from the subject's eye via an imaging optical system, and an electronic shutter control unit configured to refresh charge generated caused by light received by the imaging unit in response to turning off of the observation light source. | 03-03-2011 |
20130242260 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING METHOD - An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus includes an observation light source configured to generate infrared light for illuminating a subject's eye via an illumination optical system, an imaging unit configured to receive light returned from the subject's eye via an imaging optical system, and an electronic shutter control unit configured to refresh charge generated caused by light received by the imaging unit in response to turning off of the observation light source. | 09-19-2013 |
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20130027664 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS, OPHTHALMOLOGIC PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An ophthalmologic apparatus controls a second light source according to a fundus image corrected using sensitivity as to a first wavelength band and a light quantity of a first light source when a fundus image is captured. | 01-31-2013 |
20140118686 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND FOCUSING METHOD FOR IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an ophthalmologic apparatus having an automatic focusing function and capable of imaging a subject in focus, including: a light intensity control unit for controlling a light intensity of light guided to an object to be inspected; an imaging unit for imaging the object to be inspected which is illuminated by the light; a focus state detection unit for detecting a focus state of the imaging unit with respect to the object to be inspected based on an output from the imaging unit; a focus lens drive unit for driving a focus lens based on the focus state detected by the focus state detection unit; and a drive control unit for controlling the focus lens drive unit to operate in accordance with timing when the light intensity of the light is changed by the light intensity control unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140118692 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a focusing unit configured to focus, on an imaging unit, a return beam from a fundus of a subject's eye, a first drive unit configured to drive the focusing unit based on an index image obtained by imaging, using the imaging unit, a return beam from the fundus resulting from an index projected on the fundus by a projection unit, and a second drive unit configured to drive, after the first drive unit has driven the focusing unit, the focusing unit based on a contrast of a fundus image obtained by imaging, using the imaging unit, a return beam from the fundus, the fundus having been illuminated by an illumination unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140300865 | OPHTHALMIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An ophthalmic photographing apparatus or method receives light returned from an eye to be examined, calculates a plurality of temporally continuous photometric values based on a light receiving result in the receiving, and determines whether or not the eye is to be photographed, based on the plurality of calculated photometric values. | 10-09-2014 |
20140347631 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is an ophthalmologic imaging apparatus capable of imaging with reduced imaging time based on a combination of an imaging type and a mydriatic state of an eye to be inspected. The ophthalmologic apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire information about a mydriatic state of a pupil of a person to be inspected, and a determining unit configured to determine an imaging order for imaging one of left and right eyes of the person to be inspected a plurality of times and imaging the other eye in accordance with the information about the mydriatic state acquired by the acquiring unit. | 11-27-2014 |
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20110290031 | CAPACITANCE TYPE PRESSURE SENSOR - The present invention is adapted to prevent a diaphragm from being deformed by a thermal stress caused by thermal expansion coefficients of a sensor main unit and a fixing member and includes a sensor main unit to which a fixed electrode is fixed, a diaphragm structure that forms a sealed space between the diaphragm structure and the sensor main unit and a fixing member that is jointed to the diaphragm structure in a manner of surrounding a pressure receiving part of the diaphragm structure so as to lead a fluid to the pressure receiving part, wherein the diaphragm structure includes a flat plane diaphragm main unit and first and second ring members each having a known thermal expansion coefficient that are respectively provided on both sides of a circumference of the diaphragm main unit. | 12-01-2011 |
20130162270 | CAPACITANCE TYPE MEASURING DEVICE - A capacitance type measuring device for measuring a physical quantity of an object to be measured by measuring a capacitance of a variable capacitor is provided, which achieves compactness, simplicity of structure, and improved measurement accuracy. The capacitance type measuring device may include a primary measuring circuit that is configured with the variable capacitor and a reference electronic element that is a reference to measure a capacitance of the variable capacitor, a secondary measuring circuit that has an impedance conversion element with sufficiently high input impedance and is connected to the primary measuring circuit, and a substrate in which a part or all of the each measuring circuit is formed. The high impedance circuit part may be formed between the variable capacitor and an impedance conversion element, and the reference electronic element may be embedded inside the substrate between a front surface and a rear surface thereof. | 06-27-2013 |
20130186499 | FLUID RESISTANCE DEVICE - In order to provide a fluid resistance device that is easily manufactured, compact, accurate, and uniform in performance, the fluid resistance device comprises two members that have facing surfaces that face each other and a downstream end of the upstream side flow channel and an upstream end of the downstream side flow channel open at positions displaced from each other on the facing surfaces, and a ring body that is arranged to surround the downstream end opening and the upstream end opening and that forms the fluid resistance channel between the downstream end opening and the upstream end opening by being sandwiched by the facing surfaces, and is so configured that the ring body is made of a material harder than that of each member, and the ring body breaks into the facing surfaces by fastening two members so as to make the facing surfaces approach each other. | 07-25-2013 |
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20090031825 | DETECTING DEVICE - A detecting device including a pressure sensor that is deformed by a load from an outside and causes stress dispersion includes a slip detecting unit that calculates a pressure center position using a pressure value detected by the pressure sensor, calculates a movement value of the calculated pressure center position using a temporal change of the pressure center position, and detects a slip on the basis of the calculated movement value of the pressure center position. The pressure sensor has a multilayer structure in which two detecting units that detect pressure are arranged to hold a viscoelastic body made of a viscoelastic material that is deformed by a load from the outside. | 02-05-2009 |
20090076657 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A control device that controls grip of an object is disclosed. The control device includes: detecting means for detecting a slip of the object and outputting a slip detection value; change-value calculating means for calculating, on the basis of the slip detection value, a change value for changing a command value, which sets gripping force for the object, to magnitude for resting the object; suppression-value calculating means for calculating, on the basis of the slip detection value, a suppression value for suppressing the command value to necessary minimum magnitude for resting the object; and setting means for setting the magnitude of the command value on the basis of the change value and the suppression value. | 03-19-2009 |
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20110252896 | DETECTING DEVICE - A detecting device including a pressure sensor that is deformed by a load from an outside and causes stress dispersion includes a slip detecting unit that calculates a pressure center position using a pressure value detected by the pressure sensor, calculates a movement value of the calculated pressure center position using a temporal change of the pressure center position, and detects a slip on the basis of the calculated movement value of the pressure center position. The pressure sensor has a multilayer structure in which two detecting units that detect pressure are arranged to hold a viscoelastic body made of a viscoelastic material that is deformed by a load from the outside. | 10-20-2011 |
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20110025550 | High-Frequency Module and Method of Manufacturing the Same, and Transmitter, Receiver, Transceiver, and Radar Apparatus Comprising the High-Frequency Module - A high-frequency module according to the present embodiment includes a substrate, a circuit board, and a resonator. The substrate has an input-output portion for high-frequency signals formed on one surface thereof. The circuit board includes a dielectric waveguide line with its end face exposed, and is placed on the one surface of the substrate such that a virtual plane extending beyond the end face is intersected by the one surface of the substrate. The resonator includes input-output end portions for high-frequency signals at ends thereof, in which one of the input-output end portions is connected to the end face of the dielectric waveguide line, and the other thereof is connected to the input-output portion of the substrate. | 02-03-2011 |
20110025552 | High-Frequency Module and Method of Manufacturing the Same, and Transmitter, Receiver, Transceiver, and Radar Apparatus Comprising the High-Frequency Module - A high-frequency module according to the present embodiment includes a substrate, a circuit board, and a waveguide. The substrate has an input-output portion for high-frequency signals on one surface thereof. The circuit board has a dielectric waveguide line with its end face exposed, and is placed on the one surface of the substrate such that a virtual plane extending beyond the end face is intersected by the one surface of the substrate. The waveguide has openings at ends thereof, in which one of the openings is connected to the end face of the dielectric waveguide line, and the other opening is connected to the input-output portion of the substrate. | 02-03-2011 |
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20130001559 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR - A substrate; a gate electrode formed above the substrate; a gate insulating film formed above the gate electrode; a crystalline silicon semiconductor layer formed above the gate insulating film; an amorphous silicon semiconductor layer formed above the crystalline silicon semiconductor layer; an organic protective film made of an organic material and formed above the amorphous silicon semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed above the amorphous silicon semiconductor layer interposing the organic protective film are included, and a charge density of the negative carriers in the amorphous silicon semiconductor layer is at least 3×10 | 01-03-2013 |
20130037808 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE - A thin-film transistor device which is a bottom-gate thin-film transistor device, includes: a gate electrode formed above a substrate; a gate insulating film formed above the gate electrode; a crystalline silicon thin film formed above the gate insulating film and having a channel region; an amorphous silicon thin film formed above the crystalline silicon thin film including the channel region; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed above the amorphous silicon thin film, in which an optical bandgap of the amorphous silicon thin film and an off-state current of the thin-film transistor device have a positive correlation. | 02-14-2013 |
20130320339 | THIN-FILM SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin-film semiconductor device includes a gate electrode formed above a substrate; a gate insulating film formed to cover the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer formed above the gate insulating film and having a channel region; a channel protective layer formed above the semiconductor layer and containing an organic material which includes silicon, oxygen, and carbon; an interfacial layer which is formed in contact with the channel protective layer between the semiconductor layer and the channel protective layer, and which includes carbon as a major component, the carbon originating from the organic material; and a source electrode and a drain electrode which are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer. | 12-05-2013 |
20140124783 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR - A method for manufacturing a thin-film transistor includes: preparing a substrate; forming a gate electrode above the substrate; forming a gate insulating layer above the gate electrode; forming a semiconductor film above the gate insulating layer; forming, above the semiconductor film, a protective layer comprising an organic material; forming a source electrode and a drain electrode which are opposed to each other and each of which has at least a portion located above the protective layer; forming a semiconductor layer patterned, by performing dry etching on the semiconductor film; and performing, in a hydrogen atmosphere, plasma treatment on an altered layer which (i) is a surface layer of the protective layer exposed from the source electrode and the drain electrode and altered by the dry etching, and (ii) has at least a portion contacting a surface of the semiconductor layer. | 05-08-2014 |
20140159044 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR - A method for manufacturing a thin-film transistor, includes: preparing a substrate; forming a gate electrode above the substrate; forming a gate insulating layer above the gate electrode; forming a semiconductor film above the gate insulating layer; forming, above the semiconductor film, a protective layer comprising an organic material; forming a source electrode and a drain electrode above the protective layer; forming a semiconductor layer patterned, by performing dry etching on the semiconductor film; removing at least a portion of a region of an altered layer, the region contacting the semiconductor layer, the altered layer being a surface layer of the protective layer that is altered by the dry etching; and forming a passivation layer having a major component identical to a major component of the protective layer so as to contact the semiconductor layer in a region in which the altered layer has been removed. | 06-12-2014 |
20140167165 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR - A thin-film transistor includes: a gate electrode above a substrate; a gate insulating layer above the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer opposed to the gate electrode with the gate insulating layer therebetween; a protective layer above the semiconductor layer and comprising an organic material; and a source electrode and a drain electrode each of which has at least a portion located above the protective layer. The protective layer includes an altered layer which has at least a portion contacting the semiconductor layer, and which is generated by alteration of a surface layer of the protective layer in a region exposed from the source electrode and the drain electrode. A relational expression of Log | 06-19-2014 |