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20080242815 | Oxide catalyst, process for producing acrolein or acrylic acid and process for producing water absorbent resin - The invention provides a process which enables, in preparation of acrolein by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of propylene in the presence of molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas or in preparation of acrylic acid by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of acrolein in the presence of molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas, using single kind of atalyst, to suppress occurrence of localized extraordinarily high temperature spots (hot spots) in the catalyst layer and can stably maintain high acrolein or acrylic acid yield for a long time. The process is characterized by use of an oxide catalyst containing molybdenum as an essential component and having relative standard deviation of its particle size in a range of 0.02 to 0.20. | 10-02-2008 |
20100121007 | CATALYST FOR PRODUCING OF ACRYLIC ACID, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACRYLIC ACID USING THE CATLYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN USING THE ACRYLIC ACID - The invention provides a catalyst for producing acrylic acid at high yield for a long time, in a method for producing acrylic acid by catalytic gas phase oxidation of propane and/or acrolein in the presence of molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas. This catalyst comprises a complex oxide containing molybdenum, vanadium and X component (here the X component is at least one element selected from antimony, niobium and tin) as the essential components, and is characterized in that its main peak as measured by X-ray diffractiometry using Kα ray of Cu, d=4.00±0.1 angstrom, and in that the particle size of the X component in the catalyst does not exceed 20 μm. | 05-13-2010 |
20100174112 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ACRYLIC ACID - A process which enables production of acrylic acid on an industrial scale at high productivity with stability, comprising production of acrylic acid by oxidation of propane with molecular oxygen, is provided. The process is characterized in characterized by re-use of the gas containing unreacted propane, as obtained after recovering acrylic acid from the gas produced of the reaction, as a recycling gas after removing at least a part of carbon dioxide from the same gas. | 07-08-2010 |
20110178331 | OXIDE CATALYST, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ACROLEIN OR ACRYLIC ACID AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN - The invention provides a process which enables, in preparation of acrolein by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of propylene in the presence of molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas or in preparation of acrylic acid by catalytic gas-phase oxidation of acrolein in the presence of molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas, using single kind of catalyst, to suppress occurrence of localized extraordinarily high temperature spots (hot spots) in the catalyst layer and can stably maintain high acrolein or acrylic acid yield for a long time. The process is characterized by use of an oxide catalyst containing molybdenum as an essential component and having relative standard deviation of its particle size in a range of 0.02 to 0.20. | 07-21-2011 |
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20090142835 | STEM CELL SEPARATING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF SEPARATION - The present invention has its object to provide a material for separating stem cell and a filter for separating stem cell, each is capable of selectively separating and recovering, in a simple and easy manner, stem cells from body fluids or biological tissue-derived treated fluids, a method for separating and recovering stem cells, and stem cells obtained by such method. The present invention is a material for separating stem cell which has a density K of 1.0×10 | 06-04-2009 |
20090186009 | SOLID MATTER CONTAINING COENZYME Q - The present invention provides a coenzyme Q-containing solid wherein coenzyme Q fine particles are dispersed in particles made of a physically crosslinked polymer. In addition, the present invention provides a method of producing a coenzyme Q-containing solid, which includes a step of bringing an atomized water-soluble polymer solution capable of forming a physical gel, wherein coenzyme Q is dispersed, into contact with an atomized gelling solution. | 07-23-2009 |
20090239300 | SEPARATING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING CELL OR THE LIKE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a novel material useful for selectively isolating a cell such as monocyte and the like or a protein from a body fluid and a production method thereof, a physiological material using the material and an isolation material using the physiological material, as well as a method of harvesting a cell such as monocyte and the like using the isolation material, a method of harvesting a protein and a method of preparing a dendritic cell. | 09-24-2009 |
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20080253928 | Substrate for Biochip and Method for Manufacturing Substrate for Biochip - A substrate for biochips has a substrate surface having a reaction region capable of reacting with biological substances and a non-reaction region not reacting with the biological substances, sunken bottomed wells formed in the substrate surface, and a layer of a material capable of reacting with the biological substances having a surface exposed only at the bottoms of the bottomed wells, the exposed surface forming the reaction region. | 10-16-2008 |
20100233429 | Substrate for Biochip, Biochip, Method for Manufacturing Substrate for Biochip and Method for Manufacturing Biochip - A base plate having a surface on which a plurality of hydroxyl groups can be introduced, a metallic membrane disposed on the base plate and having a plurality of wells reaching the base plate, and a crosslinkable polymer membrane disposed on the metallic membrane are included. | 09-16-2010 |
20100288727 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE FOR BIOCHIP - A substrate for biochips is manufactured so that the substrate has a substrate surface having a reaction region capable of reacting with biological substances and a non-reaction region not reacting with the biological substances, sunken bottomed wells formed in the substrate surface, and a layer of a material capable of reacting with the biological substances having a surface exposed only at the bottoms of the bottomed wells, the exposed surface forming the reaction region. | 11-18-2010 |
20110174773 | SUBSTRATE FOR BIOCHIP, BIOCHIP, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE FOR BIOCHIP, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BIOCHIP - A base plate having a surface on which a plurality of hydroxyl groups can be introduced, a metallic membrane disposed on the base plate and having a plurality of wells reaching the base plate, and a crosslinkable polymer membrane disposed on the metallic membrane are included. | 07-21-2011 |
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20110099472 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, PREVIEW DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An input of document data, in which a rule for retrieving an object from a database has been specified for each region, is received. For each region, the number of times that the database is referenced for retrieving the object is counted by applying the rule. A reference value and each of the counted are compared. For each region, it is determined that the object is to be inserted in the region if the result of the comparison is that the number of times is less than or equal to the reference value, and that the object is not to be inserted in the region if the number of times is greater than the reference value. A preview of the document data is displayed with, for each region, the object being inserted in the region or the object not being inserted in the region in accordance with the determination. | 04-28-2011 |
20110107110 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that performs mapping of a data field in a database to a document template holding a variable area according to a mapping rule defined in the variable area, thereby generating print data for each record in the database, the information processing apparatus comprises: an accepting unit configured to accept designation from a user regarding whether or not to perform encryption of the data field referred to by the mapping rule, for each data field; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not to encrypt content that is to be applied to the variable area based on the data field for which encryption designation is accepted by the accepting unit and the mapping rule; and a generation unit configured to encrypt the content that is to be applied to the variable area and that is determined to be encrypted by the determination unit. | 05-05-2011 |
20110170140 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an automatic update determination unit that stores update information for updating a record level among layers included in print data, a layered metadata change unit that acquires a key included in metadata in the print data and a value corresponding to the key, generates a change screen that can receive an instruction relating to grouping processing of the metadata, performs grouping processing on the metadata based on the instruction relating to grouping processing received via the change screen, determines based on the update information whether the record level needs to be changed by the grouping processing, and changes the record level when it is determined that the record level needs to be changed. | 07-14-2011 |
20120072827 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PAGE DESCRIPTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus calculates, for each object, a parameter from page description information that describes a plurality of pieces of object information each defining a group parameter applied to a group to which an object provided to a plurality of pages in common belongs and defining an individual parameter applied to the object, wherein the group parameter and the individual parameter are merged into the parameter. The apparatus generates shared information defining the calculated parameter and generates the page description information in which the shared information is referred to. | 03-22-2012 |
20120147426 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of merging a plurality of print documents having a hierarchical structure including layers to which metadata are attached. To achieve this capability, the information processing apparatus receives from a user an instruction for merging the plurality of print documents, changes the plurality of print documents, and then merges the plurality of print documents. | 06-14-2012 |
20120268763 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PDL DATA CONVERSION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that converts PDL data into PDL data having a hierarchical structure is provided. The information processing apparatus acquires the number of records in PDL data and creates a template including nodes in a record layer, which correspond to records in a one-to-one relationship and are equal to the number of records, based on the number of records. The information processing apparatus inputs PDL data and acquires relational information indicating the relation between a page and a record both included in PDL data. The information processing apparatus adds nodes in a lower layer of the record layer, which are linked with the nodes in the record layer included in the created template, and sets attribute information about PDL data to each of the nodes in the lower layer of the record layer. The information processing apparatus maps each page included in PDL data to each node in the lower layer of the record layer based on relational information. | 10-25-2012 |
20120320417 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PDL DATA CONVERSION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to receive first PDL data including a first bookmark and a second bookmark from a user, create a first node mapped to a page which is the reference of the first bookmark and a second node mapped to a page which is the reference of the second bookmark, and create second PDL data having a hierarchical structure for the pages by including the first node and the second node. The first bookmark is different from the second bookmark, the first node is different from the second node, and the first PDL data is different from the second PDL data wherein the second PDL data includes the page which is the reference of the first bookmark and the page which is the reference of the second bookmark. | 12-20-2012 |
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20100150800 | Oxidation catalyst and exhaust-gas purification system using the same - An oxidation catalyst that efficiently promotes oxidation of NO to NO | 06-17-2010 |
20140065043 | OXIDATION CATALYST FOR EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION METHOD USING THE SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an oxidation catalyst for exhaust gas purification having high durability and a method for producing the catalyst. The purpose is achieved by an oxidation catalyst for exhaust gas purification containing a refractory inorganic oxide, and a catalyst component and a metal component, which are supported on the refractory inorganic oxide, wherein the catalyst component is platinum, or platinum and palladium, and the metal component is one or more selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, strontium and barium. | 03-06-2014 |
20140072493 | CATALYST FOR EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION METHOD USING THE SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a catalyst for exhaust gas purification, which is capable of effectively processing an exhaust gas, particularly carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbon (HC) in the exhaust gas at a low temperature, and a method for producing the catalyst for exhaust gas purification. The purpose is achieved by a catalyst for exhaust gas purification, which is obtained by having a carrier that contains Al | 03-13-2014 |
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20100171235 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR POROUS-MATERIAL PROCESSING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FORMED POROUS MATERIAL - An object of the present invention is to prevent the occurrence of resinous gloss on the surface of a molded porous material into which a synthetic resin is impregnated, and to attain this object, the present invention provides a resin compound for processing a porous material by coating, impregnating or mixing it on/in to the porous material wherein a colloidal silica is added to a thermosetting resin in an amount of more than 5% by mass, so that when the porous material which is processed by the resin compound is press molded, and as the resin compound oozes to the surface of the resulting molded porous material, the colloidal silica prevents the occurrence of the resinous gloss on the surface of the molded porous material. | 07-08-2010 |
20100320030 | SOUND ABSORBING SKIN MATERIAL AND SOUND ABSORBING MATERIAL UTILIZING THE SAME - A lightweight sound absorbing surface material, having an excellent sound absorbing property and moldability, and a sound absorbing material using the sound absorbing surface material, are provided in the present invention. The sound absorbing surface material | 12-23-2010 |
20110027534 | MOLD RELEASE SHEET AND MOLDED ARTICLES - The object of the present invention is to improve the releasing property of a molded article. | 02-03-2011 |
20110108359 | IMPACT AND SOUND ABSORBING MATERIAL AND SOUND ABSORBING STRUCTURE - [Subject] The subject of the present invention is to provide a shock and sound absorbing material having a light weight, and demonstrating an excellent shock and sound absorbing performance. As a method for solving the subject, the present invention provides a shock and sound absorbing material | 05-12-2011 |
20110186381 | SOUND ABSORBING MATERIAL, MULTILAYER SOUND ABSORBING MATERIAL, MOLDED PRODUCT OF MULTILAYER SOUND ABSORBING MATERIAL, SOUND ABSORBING INTERIOR MATERIAL, AND SOUND ABSORBING FLOOR COVERING MATERIAL - The object of the present invention is to provide a sound absorbing material having a light weight and excellent sound absorbing performance, and a sound absorbing material consisting of a fiber sheet made of fibers containing at least 50% by mass of a porous fiber having many minute pores, each minute pore opening onto the surface of the porous fiber, and having an airflow resistance in the range of between 0.05 and 3.0 kPa·s/m. | 08-04-2011 |
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20110042719 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - It is an objective of the present invention to increase channel current density while allowing a GaN field effect transistor to perform normally-off operation. | 02-24-2011 |
20110108885 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The object of the present invention is to increase channel current density while a GaN-based field effect transistor operates in a normally-off mode. Provided is a semiconductor device comprising a group 3-5 compound semiconductor channel layer containing nitrogen, an electron supply layer that supplies electrons to the channel layer, a semiconductor layer that is formed on a side of the electron supply layer opposite the side facing the channel layer and that is an intrinsic or n-type group 3-5 compound semiconductor containing nitrogen, and a control electrode that is formed to contact the semiconductor layer or formed with an intermediate layer interposed between itself and the semiconductor layer. | 05-12-2011 |
20120068224 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER, AND SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER - A method of producing a semiconductor wafer suited to form types of devices such as HBT and FET on a single semiconductor wafer is provided. The method, by repeating steps including introducing, into a reaction chamber for forming a semiconductor by crystal growth, a first-impurity gas containing an element or a compound containing a first impurity atom as a constituent, thereby producing semiconductor wafers, includes, after introducing the first-impurity gas: taking out a produced semiconductor wafer; disposing a first semiconductor in the reaction chamber; introducing, into the reaction chamber, a second-impurity gas containing an element or a compound containing, as a constituent, a second impurity atom exhibiting a conduction type opposite to the conduction type of the first impurity atom within the first semiconductor; heating the first semiconductor in an atmosphere of the second-impurity gas; and forming a second semiconductor on the heated first semiconductor by crystal growth. | 03-22-2012 |
20130056794 | SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER, METHOD OF PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A semiconductor wafer includes a base wafer, a first semiconductor portion that is formed on the base wafer and includes a first channel layer containing a majority carrier of a first conductivity type, a separation layer that is formed over the first semiconductor portion and contains an impurity to create an impurity level deeper than the impurity level of the first semiconductor portion, and a second semiconductor portion that is formed over the separation layer and includes a second channel layer containing a majority carrier of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type. | 03-07-2013 |
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20090093122 | Method For Producing Group III-V Nitride Semiconductor Substrate - The present invention provides a method for producing a group III-V nitride semiconductor substrate. The method for producing a group III-V nitride semiconductor substrate comprises the steps of (I-1) to (I-6): (I-1) placing inorganic particles on a template, (I-2) dry-etching the template by using the inorganic particles as an etching mask, to form convexes on the template, (I-3) forming a coating film for an epitaxial growth mask on the template, (I-4) removing the inorganic particles to form an exposed surface of the template, (I-5) growing a group III-V nitride semiconductor on the exposed surface of the template, and (I-6) separating the group III-V nitride semiconductor from the template. | 04-09-2009 |
20100019277 | EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - The present invention provides an epitaxial substrate for field effect transistor. In the epitaxial substrate for field effect transistor, a nitride-based Group III-V semiconductor epitaxial crystal containing Ga is interposed between the ground layer and the operating layer, and the nitride-based Group III-V semiconductor epitaxial crystal comprises the following (i), (ii) and (iii). (i) a first buffer layer containing Ga or Al and containing a high resistivity crystal layer having added thereto compensation impurity element present in the same period as Ga in the periodic table and having small atomic number; (ii) a second buffer layer containing Ga or Al, laminated on the operating layer side of the first buffer layer; and (iii) a high purity epitaxial crystal layer containing acceptor impurities in a slight amount such that non-addition or depletion state can be maintained, provided between the high resistivity layer and the operating layer. | 01-28-2010 |
20100084742 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor epitaxial crystal substrate - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a gallium nitride semiconductor epitaxial crystal substrate with a dielectric film which has a low gate leak current and negligibly low gate lag, drain lag, and current collapse characteristics. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor epitaxial crystal substrate is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor epitaxial crystal substrate in which a dielectric layer of a nitride dielectric material or an oxide dielectric material in an amorphous form functioning as a passivation film or a gate insulator is provided on a surface of a nitride semiconductor crystal layer grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition. In the method, after the nitride semiconductor crystal layer is grown in an epitaxial growth chamber, the dielectric layer is grown on the nitride semiconductor crystal layer in the epitaxial growth chamber. | 04-08-2010 |
20100117094 | GALLIUM NITRIDE EPITAXIAL CRYSTAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - The present invention provides a gallium nitride type epitaxial crystal, a method for producing the crystal, and a field effect transistor using the crystal. The gallium nitride type epitaxial crystal comprises a base substrate and the following (a) to (e), wherein a connection layer comprising a gallium nitride type crystal is arranged in an opening of the non-gallium nitride type insulating layer to electrically connect the first buffer layer and the p-conductive type semiconductor crystal layer. (a) a gate layer, (b) a high purity first buffer layer containing a channel layer contacting an interface on the base substrate side of the gate layer, (c) a second buffer layer arranged on the base substrate side of the first buffer layer, (d) a non-gallium nitride type insulating layer arranged on the base substrate side of the second buffer layer, and having the opening at a part thereof, and (e) a p-conductive type semiconductor crystal layer arranged on the base substrate side of the insulating layer. | 05-13-2010 |
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20100015719 | NOVEL MIXTURES FOR ASSAYING NUCLEIC ACID, NOVEL METHOD OF ASSAYING NUCLEIC ACID WITH THE USE OF THE SAME AND NUCLEIC ACID PROBE TO BE USED THEREFOR - [Problems] To provide a novel mixture for assaying a target nucleic acid, characterized by enabling a nucleic acid assay while: 1) requiring no step of diluting the target nucleic acid; 2) requiring no procedure of changing a probe concentration depending on a concentration of the target nucleic acid. | 01-21-2010 |
20110224417 | NOVEL MIXTURES FOR ASSAYING NUCLEIC ACID, NOVEL METHOD OF ASSAYING NUCLEIC ACID WITH THE USE OF THE SAME AND NUCLEIC ACID PROBE TO BE USED THEREFORE - [Problems] To provide a novel mixture for assaying a target nucleic acid, characterized by enabling a nucleic acid assay while: 1) requiring no step of diluting the target nucleic acid; 2) requiring no procedure of changing a probe concentration depending on a concentration of the target nucleic acid. | 09-15-2011 |
20130065237 | NOVEL MIXTURES FOR ASSAYING NUCLEIC ACID, NOVEL METHOD OF ASSAYING NUCLEIC ACID WITH THE USE OF THE SAME AND NUCLEIC ACID PROBE TO BE USED THEREFOR - [Problems] To provide a novel mixture for assaying a target nucleic acid, characterized by enabling a nucleic acid assay while: 1) requiring no step of diluting the target nucleic acid; 2) requiring no procedure of changing a probe concentration depending on a concentration of the target nucleic acid. | 03-14-2013 |
20140178876 | UNIVERSAL NUCLEIC ACID PROBE SET AND METHOD FOR UTILIZATION THEREOF - A nucleic acid probe set includes (A) a fluorescent probe and (B) a binding probe. The fluorescent probe (A) is formed of an oligonucleotide, which includes (a) a nucleotide unit labeled with (d) a fluorescent substance. The binding probe (B) is formed of an oligonucleotide having (b1) a fluorescent probe binding region, which can hybridize to the fluorescent probe (A), and (b2) a target nucleic acid binding region, which can hybridize to a target nucleic acid sequence (C). The fluorescent substance (d) is a fluorescent substance which changes in fluorescent character upon interaction with guanine. At least one of nucleotide units which constitute the fluorescent probe (A) is an artificial nucleotide unit having a function to raise a dissociation temperature between the probe (A) and the fluorescent probe binding region (b1). The nucleic acid probe is provided with an improved fluorescence quenching efficiency. | 06-26-2014 |
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20080297993 | Electronic device mounting structure - An electronic device mounting structure for fitting an ECU (electronic device) in an open space formed in a device mounting housing and for holding the ECU fitted in the open space by a holding finger formed on the device mounting housing, includes a stopper formed in the device mounting housing so as to be juxtaposed with the holding finger, the stopper being configured to prevent the ECU from falling out of the device mounting housing. | 12-04-2008 |
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20120056063 | Cup holder - A cup holder includes a case main body defining a housing chamber; a lid member rotatably attached to the case main body between a closed position closing the opening portion and an open position opening the opening portion; a cup retaining member; and a parallel link mechanism connecting the case main body and the cup retaining member. A connecting mechanism connects the lid member and the cup retaining member so as to interconnect together so that the cup retaining member ascends to the ascent position from a descent position, and the cup retaining member descends from the ascent position to the descent position. Stopper abutting portions are provided in the cup retaining member and the lid member to control a downward movement of the cup retaining member. | 03-08-2012 |
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20110135536 | Plasma processing apparatus - This invention concerns with the plasma inactivating method and processor that can inactivate the surface of the object without causing the degradation inside of it. The inactivation of toxins on the surface of the object proceeds as removing the toxins by nitriding or oxidizing the toxins by the following triple effects, the sharp pulsed electric field by the supply of the electric pulses, the generated N-radicals (N*) contained inside of the plasma in the surrounding gases composed mainly by N | 06-09-2011 |
20130161690 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device contains a first conductive type semiconductor substrate, at least one cathode formed on one surface of the semiconductor substrate, an anode formed on the other surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a gate electrode electrically insulated from the cathode, formed on the one surface of the semiconductor substrate to control current conduction between the cathode and the anode. The semiconductor substrate has a thickness of less than 460 rm. | 06-27-2013 |
20130161691 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device contains a semiconductor substrate, a cathode, an anode, and a gate electrode. The semiconductor device has a cathode segment disposed in a portion corresponding to at least the cathode, an anode segment disposed in a portion corresponding to the anode, a plurality of embedded segments disposed in a portion closer to the cathode segment than to the anode segment, a takeoff segment disposed between the gate electrode and the embedded segments to electrically connect the gate electrode to the embedded segments, and a channel segment disposed between the adjacent embedded segments. | 06-27-2013 |
20130214327 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A semiconductor device satisfies the condition Db≦(⅓)×Da, in which Da represents a distance between a top surface of a cathode segment and an end of an embedded gate segment facing an anode segment, and Db represents a distance between a highest-impurity concentration portion in the embedded gate segment and an end of the cathode segment facing the anode segment. | 08-22-2013 |
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20110002083 | CERAMIC MATERIAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A ceramic material has a perovskite structure and is represented by formula of (1−x)ABO | 01-06-2011 |
20110133211 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wide band gap semiconductor device having a JFET, a MESFET, or a MOSFET mainly includes a semiconductor substrate, a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and a first conductivity type channel layer. The semiconductor layer is formed on a main surface of the substrate. A recess is formed in the semiconductor layer in such a manner that the semiconductor layer is divided into a source region and a drain region. The recess has a bottom defined by the main surface of the substrate and a side wall defined by the semiconductor layer. The channel layer has an impurity concentration lower than an impurity concentration of the semiconductor layer. The channel layer is formed on the bottom and the side wall of the recess by epitaxial growth. | 06-09-2011 |
20110156052 | Semiconductor device having JFET and method for manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device having a JFET includes: a substrate made of semi-insulating semiconductor material; a gate region in a surface portion of the substrate; a channel region disposed on and contacting the gate region; a source region and a drain region disposed on both sides of the gate region so as to sandwich the channel region, respectively; a source electrode electrically coupled with the source region; a drain electrode electrically coupled with the drain region; and a gate electrode electrically coupled with the gate region. An impurity concentration of each of the source region and the drain region is higher than an impurity concentration of the channel region. | 06-30-2011 |
20110156053 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING D MODE JFET AND E MODE JFET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; and depletion and enhancement mode JFETs. The depletion mode JFET includes: a concavity on the substrate; a channel layer in the concavity; a first gate region on the channel layer; first source and drain regions on respective sides of the first gate region in the channel layer; first gate, source and drain electrodes. The enhancement mode JFET includes: a convexity on the substrate; the channel layer on the convexity; a second gate region on the channel layer; second source and drain regions on respective sides of the second gate region in the channel layer; second gate, source and drain electrodes. A thickness of the channel layer in the concavity is larger than a thickness of the channel layer on the convexity. | 06-30-2011 |
20110156054 | SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A silicon carbide semiconductor device having a JFET or a MOSFET includes a semiconductor substrate and a trench. The semiconductor substrate has a silicon carbide substrate, a drift layer on the silicon carbide substrate, a first gate region on the drift layer, and a source region on the first gate region. The trench has a strip shape with a longitudinal direction and reaches the drift layer by penetrating the source region and the first gate region. The trench is filled with a channel layer and a second gate region on the channel layer. The source region is not located at an end portion of the trench in the longitudinal direction. | 06-30-2011 |
20150072485 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device having a JFET, after forming a second concave portion configuring a second mesa portion, a thickness of a source region is detected by observing a pn junction between the source region and a first gate region exposed by the second concave portion. Selective etching is conducted on the basis of the detection result to form a first concave portion deeper than the thickness of the source region and configuring a first mesa portion inside of an outer peripheral region in an outer periphery of a cell region, and to make the second concave portion deeper than the second gate region. | 03-12-2015 |
20150072486 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device having a JFET, a trench is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a channel layer and a second gate region are formed on an inner wall of the trench. The channel layer and the second gate region are planarized to expose a source region. A first recess deeper than a thickness of the source region is formed on both leading ends of the trench, and an activation annealing process of 1300° C. or higher is conducted in an inert gas atmosphere. A first conductivity type layer formed by the annealing process to cover a corner which is a boundary between a bottom and a side of the first recess is removed. | 03-12-2015 |
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20100128119 | DEFECT REVIEW APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WAFER - A defect review apparatus includes a storage device which stores data about a defect of an inspection target object; a first imaging device which captures an image located in a position on a surface of the inspection target object, the position being specified by information regarding the position of the inspection target object which has been input; and a control device which controls the first imaging device. The storage device stores: first defect detection data including a defect number as which the defect of the inspection target object detected by a first defect detection process is labeled, and information regarding the position of the defect; and second defect data including a defect number as which the defect of the inspection target object detected by a second defect detection process is labeled, and information regarding its position. | 05-27-2010 |
20110181545 | SENSOR ELEMENT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A sensor element is provided that includes a flexible transparent base material, a first conductive pattern, and a second conductive pattern. The flexible transparent base material has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first conductive pattern is configured to electrostatically detect an operation position of an input operator in a first direction, the first conductive pattern being formed on the first surface. The second conductive pattern is configured to electrostatically detect an operation position of the input operator in a second direction different from the first direction, the second conductive pattern being formed on the second surface. | 07-28-2011 |
20120068965 | SENSOR APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sensor apparatus includes: a sensor panel that includes an input operation surface and is configured to detect positional coordinates of a detection object that comes into contact with the input operation surface; a casing; and a pressure-sensitive sensor that includes a first electrode fixed on the sensor panel side, a second electrode fixed on the casing side, and an elastic member that is provided between the sensor panel and the casing and elastically supports the sensor panel with respect to the casing, includes, between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first area formed with a first capacitance and a second area formed with a second capacitance larger than the first capacitance, and is configured to detect a pressing force input to the input operation surface as a change in a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 03-22-2012 |
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20110135338 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - A power supply unit includes a switching circuit that drives a switching device by a duty ratio corresponding to a target voltage output value and outputs an alternating current signal; a coupling capacitance element provided in a subsequent stage with respect to the switching circuit; a voltage transformation unit that increases a voltage of the alternating current signal input by using the switching circuit, and outputs a high-voltage alternating current voltage to an electrifying unit; a charging unit that charges the coupling capacitance element in response to a power supply voltage being turned on; and a control unit that controls driving of the switching device to cause the coupling capacitance element to be charged to a predetermined charged amount before the switching circuit starts outputting the alternating current signal. | 06-09-2011 |
20120020705 | LOAD DRIVER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, LOAD DRIVING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A load driver applies pulse voltages to a first capacitive load that includes a first electrode and a second electrode and a second capacitive load that includes a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The load driver further includes a capacitor, at least one coil, and a driver. The driver connects the second capacitive load, the capacitor, and the coil to release charge from the third electrode to the capacitor, connects, after completion of releasing the charge to the capacitor, the first capacitive load, the second capacitive load, and the coil to release charge from the first electrode to the fourth electrode, connects, after completion of releasing the charge to the fourth electrode, the first capacitive load, the capacitor, and the coil to release charge from the capacitor to the second electrode, whereby the pulse voltages of opposite phases is applied. | 01-26-2012 |
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20090190172 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus switches a line of image data, to be read out from a storage unit, to another, depending on a position in the line in a scanning direction such that the curving of a scanning line is offset, and reducing trouble in reading out image data in units of rectangular image data blocks A data processing section performs image processing based on a plurality of rectangular image areas generated by dividing image data stored in a memory section. An image reading unit reads out the image data as the rectangular image areas, and transfers the rectangular image areas to the data processing section. A printer section forms an image by scanning a photosensitive member with irradiation light based on the rectangular image data areas. A DMA controller stores positional information indicative of line-switching positions. The rectangular image data areas are read out according to the positional information. | 07-30-2009 |
20100315677 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading method includes generating pattern data for correcting a reading characteristic of a document reading apparatus, displaying the generated pattern data, reading the displayed pattern data, and correcting the reading characteristic of the document reading apparatus based on the generated pattern data and the read pattern data. | 12-16-2010 |
20110156751 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus including a processing unit having a rewritable circuit arrangement, comprises a supply unit which supplies a voltage to the processing unit, a measurement unit which measures a magnitude of the voltage supplied from the supply unit to the processing unit, a control unit which rewrites the circuit arrangement of the processing unit in accordance with the magnitude of the voltage that is measured by the measurement unit. | 06-30-2011 |
20130114102 | INSPECTION APPARATUS, INSPECTION METHOD, INSPECTION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an inspection apparatus. When the inspection apparatus inspects a printed product, whether positional alignment of a print image obtained by reading the printed product and a reference image is to be performed is determined, and in a case where it is determined that the positional alignment is to be performed, the positional alignment is performed and an inspection based on a comparison of the print image and the reference image is executed, and in a case where it is determined that the positional alignment is not to be performed, an inspection based on a number of feature points of the print image is executed. | 05-09-2013 |
20140168693 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - In a printing apparatus, an image processing unit comprises: a unit that decides a transfer speed of the signal of the image data to a print processing unit; a selection unit that selects, out of a plurality of thinning patterns, a thinning pattern to be applied to the image data; and a unit that performs thinning processing of the image data using the selected thinning pattern and transfers the signal of the image data that has undergone the thinning processing to the print processing unit at the decided transfer speed, wherein the selection unit selects the thinning pattern that does not superimpose a frequency component corresponding to a periodicity of a signal of the thinning pattern on a multiplying of the frequency component of the transfer speed of the signal of the decided image data. | 06-19-2014 |
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20100234096 | GAME DEVICE - A game device of a computer game includes plural unit games, each of which can be completed when a requirement for completion is satisfied. The game device includes: a rule storage unit for storing rules of the computer game, in which the rules include rules stipulating the requirement for completion of each of the plural unit games and rules stipulating a content of play of each of the plural unit games; a difficulty changer for rewriting a rule stored in the rule storage unit so as to change a level of difficulty for completion of at least one unit game among the plural unit games; and a play processor for conducting a unit game selection process for enabling a player to select one from among the plural unit games, a play execution process for executing play of the selected unit game in accordance with the rule stipulating the content of play stored in the rule storage unit, and a decision process for deciding whether or not the unit game is completed on the basis of the rule stipulating the requirement for completion stored in the rule storage unit. | 09-16-2010 |
20120108334 | GAME DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A GAME DEVICE, AND A NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a game device which executes a game configured such that a position of a body part of a player is detected, including: a first determination unit for determining whether or not a reference position and a player position information acquired at a first determination time point, which is earlier than a reference time point, satisfy a first criterion; a second determination unit for determining whether or not the reference position and the player position information acquired at a second determination time point, which is later than the first determination time point, satisfy a second criterion; a first processing execution unit for performing processing relating to effects on the game based on a determination result from the first determination unit; and a second processing execution unit for performing processing relating to evaluation of the player based on a determination result from the second determination unit. | 05-03-2012 |
20130196768 | GAME DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A GAME DEVICE, AND A NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a game device which executes a game configured such that a position of a body part of a player is detected, including: a first determination unit for determining whether or not a reference position and a player position information acquired at a first determination time point, which is earlier than a reference time point, satisfy a first criterion; a second determination unit for determining whether or not the reference position and the player position information acquired at a second determination time point, which is later than the first determination time point, satisfy a second criterion; a first processing execution unit for performing processing relating to effects on the game based on a determination result from the first determination unit; and a second processing execution unit for performing processing relating to evaluation of the player based on a determination result from the second determination unit. | 08-01-2013 |
20150017741 | PLASMA ETCHING METHOD - In a plasma etching method of plasma-etching a sample which has a first magnetic film, a second magnetic film disposed above the first magnetic film, a metal oxide film disposed between the first magnetic film and the second magnetic film, a second metal film disposed over the second magnetic film and forming an upper electrode, and a first metal film disposed below the first magnetic film and forming a lower electrode, the plasma etching method includes the steps of: a first process for etching the first magnetic film, the metal oxide film, and the second magnetic film by using carbon monoxide gas; and a second process for etching the sample by using mixed gas of hydrogen gas and inactive gas after the first process. In this case, the first metal film is a film containing therein tantalum. | 01-15-2015 |
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20100182737 | Electronic Device - An electronic apparatus includes: a housing; a heating member in the housing; and a display device in the housing, the display device having a display screen. The housing has: a mask portion including an opening, the opening configured to expose the display screen therethrough; a cover portion provided opposing to the mask portion with respect to the display device; and at least two connecting portions configured to connect the mask portion and the cover portion, and to sandwich the heating member. Each of the at least two connecting portions includes a gap portion that allows expansion and contraction of the housing due to thermal expansion between the connecting portion and at least one of the mask portion and the cover portion. | 07-22-2010 |
20100320884 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COMPRISING ANTI-THEFT ANCHOR PLATE - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing including a peripheral wall on which an opening is provided, and an anchor plate supported by the housing. The anchor plate is slidable between a first position, in which the anchor plate is accommodated within the housing, and a second position, in which the anchor plate projects from the housing through the opening. The anchor plate includes an aperture to which an anti-theft device may be attached, in a portion that is exposed outside the housing when the anchor plate is slid to the second position. The anchor plate is held in the second position by a stop mechanism when the anchor plate is slid at least to the second position. | 12-23-2010 |
20120140409 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing and a stylus holder accommodated in the housing. The stylus holder includes a holding portion that is supported in the housing and configured to ejectably hold a stylus for handwriting input and a reinforcing wall that is provided to the holding portion and configured to reinforce the housing from the inside of the housing. | 06-07-2012 |
20130083254 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing and a display. The housing includes a first end, a second end, and a wall between the first end and the second end. The second end is thicker than the first end. The wall includes an opening. The display is in the housing. The display includes an input receiving portion and is exposed through the opening. | 04-04-2013 |