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20120167760 | CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATING AND RECOVERING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide separating and recovering system includes an absorption tower to cause carbon dioxide to be absorbed in an absorbing solution, a regeneration tower to release the carbon dioxide from the absorbing solution, and at least one measuring apparatus to measure an ultrasound propagation speed in the absorbing solution. Each of the at least one measuring apparatus calculates a dissolved carbon dioxide concentration in the adsorbing solution, based on a temperature measured by a temperature measuring unit, the ultrasound propagation speed measured by an ultrasound propagation speed measuring unit, and a correlation expression which shows a relationship between the dissolved carbon dioxide concentration and the ultrasound propagation speed in the absorbing solution, and is changed according to the temperature of the absorbing solution. The carbon dioxide separating and recovering system controls the system, based on the dissolved carbon dioxide concentration calculated by the measuring apparatus. | 07-05-2012 |
20120263627 | AMINE CAPTURING SYSTEM AND CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURING SYSTEM - In one embodiment, an amine capturing system includes a carbon dioxide capturing module configured to bring a gas containing carbon dioxide in contact with an absorbing solution containing amine to cause the absorbing solution to absorb the carbon dioxide. The system further includes a first cleaning apparatus configured to clean the gas exhausted from the carbon dioxide capturing module with a cleaning liquid to capture the amine entrained by the gas, and a second cleaning apparatus configured to clean the gas exhausted from the first cleaning apparatus with a cleaning liquid to capture the amine entrained by the gas. The system is configured to measure a concentration of the amine in the cleaning liquid used in the second cleaning apparatus, and send the cleaning liquid used in the second cleaning apparatus to the first cleaning apparatus when the detected concentration exceeds a predetermined value. | 10-18-2012 |
20140241967 | CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURING METHOD, AND AMINE COMPOUND CAPTURING METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a carbon dioxide capturing apparatus includes a first absorbing unit, a regeneration unit, a water washing capturing unit, and a pre-amine capturing unit. The first absorbing unit brings a gas containing carbon dioxide into contact with an absorbing liquid containing an amine compound, and discharges the absorbing liquid which has absorbed carbon dioxide as a rich liquid. The regeneration unit releases a carbon dioxide gas from the rich liquid sent from the first absorbing unit. The water washing capturing unit captures the amine compound entrained in a decarbonated treatment gas sent from the first absorbing unit. The pre-amine capturing unit receives part of the rich liquid from the first absorbing unit, and traps the amine compound entrained in the decarbonated treatment gas by bringing the decarbonated treatment gas from the first absorbing unit into countercurrent contact with the part of the rich liquid. | 08-28-2014 |
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20090080261 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory, has a first wire; a second wire adjacent to the first wire; a third wire disposed next to the second wire such that the second wire is disposed between the first wire and the third wire; a power supply circuit for setting each of the wires at a predetermined potential; and a determining circuit for determining presence or absence of a short circuit between the wires. | 03-26-2009 |
20090103368 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a sense amp circuit. The memory cell array includes bit lines connected to memory cells operative to store first logic data and second logic data smaller in cell current than the first logic. The sense amp circuit has a clamp transistor operative to clamp a bit line voltage. The sense amp circuit is operative to detect data in a selected memory cell via the clamp transistor and the bit line. The sense amp circuit is operative to read data from the selected memory cell in at least the two of first and second read cycles while a control voltage is applied to a gate of the clamp transistor. Different control voltages are applied to the gate of the clamp transistor in the first and second read cycles. | 04-23-2009 |
20090109753 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - A semiconductor memory device including: a package; a first semiconductor chip provided in the package; a first nonvolatile memory provided on the first semiconductor chip; a second semiconductor chip provided in the package; a second nonvolatile memory provided on the second semiconductor chip; a system bus provided in the package, the system bus connecting the first and second nonvolatile memories; a plurality of data terminals exposed to outside of the package, the data terminals being connected to the first and second nonvolatile memories through the system bus; and an enable terminal exposed to the outside of the package, the enable terminal being connected to the first and second nonvolatile memories. | 04-30-2009 |
20090323432 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell which stores data and which is capable of being rewritten electrically, a bit line which is connected electrically to one end of a current path of the memory cell, a control circuit which carries out a verify operation to check a write result after data is written to the memory cell, and a voltage setting circuit which sets a charging voltage for the bit line in a verify operation and a read operation and makes a charging voltage in a read operation higher than a charging voltage in a verify operation. | 12-31-2009 |
20100165744 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a sense amp circuit. The memory cell array includes bit lines connected to memory cells operative to store first logic data and second logic data smaller in cell current than the first logic. The sense amp circuit has a clamp transistor operative to clamp a bit line voltage. The sense amp circuit is operative to detect data in a selected memory cell via the clamp transistor and the bit line. The sense amp circuit is operative to read data from the selected memory cell in at least the two of first and second read cycles while a control voltage is applied to a gate of the clamp transistor. Different control voltages are applied to the gate of the clamp transistor in the first and second read cycles. | 07-01-2010 |
20100238727 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes: a first semiconductor chip on which a first memory in mounted; a second semiconductor chip on which a second memory is mounted; wherein in the second memory which is a destination for copying, a read enable operation is performed after booting up a command which makes the read enable operation recognize as a write enable operation, and a data of the first memory, which is a source of the copy, is copied to the second memory. | 09-23-2010 |
20110038206 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE TO CORRECT THRESHOLD DISTRIBUTION OF MEMORY CELLS BY REWRITING AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a first cell, a second cell, a bit line, a first buffer, a second buffer, and a controller. The bit line transfers the data to the first cell and the second cell. The first buffer holds write data to the first cell and the second cell. The second buffer holds read data from the first cell. The controller controls first writing and rewriting executed for the first cell and second writing executed for the second cell. The write data in the first buffer is updated each time a second write signal is given. The controller executes the first writing based on the write data held by the first buffer. The controller performs the second writing based on the write data updated in the first buffer. The controller executes the rewriting based on the read data held by the second buffer. | 02-17-2011 |
20120239984 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to repeat an application of a write pulse and a verify read operation to a selected word line, perform a read operation from a selected memory cell after storing of program data is judged to be completed by a verify circuit, and output a status information indicating that a program operation has passed to a external controller when data read by a read operation and a program data match and the status information indicating that the program operation has failed to the external controller when both do not match. A data latch circuit continues to latch the program data even after the storing of the program data is judged to be completed by the verify circuit. | 09-20-2012 |
20130010541 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell which stores data and which is capable of being rewritten electrically, a bit line which is connected electrically to one end of a current path of the memory cell, a control circuit which carries out a verify operation to check a write result after data is written to the memory cell, and a voltage setting circuit which sets a charging voltage for the bit line in a verify operation and a read operation and makes a charging voltage in a read operation higher than a charging voltage in a verify operation. | 01-10-2013 |
20140254261 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND READ METHOD THEREOF - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a control circuit. The memory cell array comprises a plurality of memory cells and stores initial setting data in the plurality of memory cells. The control circuit is configured to apply a first voltage to gates of the plurality of memory cells to read the initial setting data and, depending on that read result, apply a second voltage different from the first voltage to the gates of the plurality of memory cells to read the initial setting data. | 09-11-2014 |
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20130333758 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - An object of the present invention is to provide a photoelectric conversion element, a solar cell and a solar cell module with improved photoelectric conversion efficiency. The object is achieved with a photoelectric conversion element comprising a pair of electrodes, an active layer disposed between the electrodes and an electron extraction layer disposed between at least one of the electrodes and the active layer, wherein the active layer contains a copolymer having a repeating unit represented by General Formula (1) below, and the electron extraction layer contains a compound represented by General Formula (E1) below. | 12-19-2013 |
20140243488 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONJUGATED POLYMER, CONJUGATED POLYMER, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, SOLAR CELL, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - The invention addresses a problem of obtaining a conjugated polymer having a higher molecular weight through coupling reaction of monomers using a transition metal catalyst. The invention relates to a method for producing a conjugated polymer, which comprises polymerizing one or more monomers through a coupling reaction, wherein the coupling reaction of the monomer is carried out by using one or more kinds of homogeneous transition metal complex catalysts and one or more kinds of heterogeneous transition metal complex catalysts in combination. | 08-28-2014 |
20140243492 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDENSED POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND, AND CONJUGATED POLYMER - The invention addresses a problem of purifying a monomer to be a precursor according to a simpler and milder method so as to obtain a polymer having a higher molecular weight. The invention relates to a method for producing a condensed polycyclic aromatic compound having n active groups (wherein n is an integer of 1 or more and 4 or less), which comprises bringing a composition containing the condensed polycyclic aromatic compound and a solvent into contact with zeolite. | 08-28-2014 |
20150094436 | COPOLYMER, ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL, ORGANIC ELECTRICAL DEVICE, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - A copolymer containing a repeating unit having a dioxopyrrole condensed ring skeleton and a repeating unit having a dithieno condensed ring skeleton and also having a specific substituent is provided. | 04-02-2015 |
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20090059289 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display system configured to display a print preview of a roll paper image and a print area includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a roll paper width, and a horizontal length of a set paper size, a print-area determination unit for determining a print area based on the acquired roll paper width and horizontal length, a determination unit configured to determine whether the determined print area is displayable in a preview area, a calculation unit configured to calculate a scaling required to display the entire print area in a preview according to a vertical length of the print area, and a display control unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the entire print area is not displayable, preview a roll paper image and a print area based on the scaling calculated by the calculation unit. | 03-05-2009 |
20090168081 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PREVIEW METHOD FOR PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system configured to set a segment unit size serving as a unit of a display area for displaying, as images, a list of pages which form the document; acquire a width and a height of each page image from the document data; calculate, when a value of a ratio of the width and the height of the page acquired in the acquiring exceeds a predetermined value, a display area size having a display region larger than the segment unit size; determine, for a page having the value of the ratio exceeding the predetermined value, an enlargement/reduction ratio so as to fit the page into the display area size; and display, a list of pages which form the document, by enlarging or reducing the page based on the enlargement/reduction ratio determined in the determining and displaying the page in a display screen at the display area. | 07-02-2009 |
20100231960 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - When a printer apparatus is allowed to execute a printing of a document using paper based on a print setting set by the user, the following processes are executed in order to allow the user to recognize a paper saving print setting. Whether or not there is a print setting which can save an amount of paper compared to the print setting set by the user is determined. If it is determined that a paper saving print setting exists, the user is notified of such a paper saving print setting. | 09-16-2010 |
20100245852 | APPLICATION FUNCTION EXTENSION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a plug-in of a general use application, sheet size information and margin information set by the application are calculated by using a scaling factor at the time of an expansion or reduction printing. The calculated sheet size information and margin information are reconfigured into the application. | 09-30-2010 |
20130169978 | APPLICATION FUNCTION EXTENSION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a plug-in of a general use application, sheet size information and margin information set by the application are calculated by using a scaling factor at the time of an expansion or reduction printing. The calculated sheet size information and margin information are reconfigured into the application. | 07-04-2013 |
20150242173 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - When a printer apparatus is allowed to execute a printing of a document using paper based on a print setting set by the user, the following processes are executed in order to allow the user to recognize a paper saving print setting. Whether or not there is a print setting which can save an amount of paper compared to the print setting set by the user is determined. If it is determined that a paper saving print setting exists, the user is notified of such a paper saving print setting. | 08-27-2015 |
20150254539 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an enlarged/reduced printout in which the document margin of an application setting is maintained, a margin considering the enlargement ratio or reduction ratio needs to be set again in the application at the time of printing. An information processing apparatus that executes the application performs the following process: a paper size and margin size for printing a document are designated. First paper information based on an original size and margin size set by the application, and second paper information based on the designated paper size and margin size, which are generated by executing a plug-in program for the application, are acquired. When printing a document to match the paper size, print data is enlarged or reduced based on the first paper information and the second paper information while the margin size set by the application is maintained. | 09-10-2015 |