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20090190147 | Image forming apparatus, print control method, and computer-readable recording medium storing print control program - An image forming apparatus and a print control method prevents a disadvantageous effect to a user due to print failure, before an image forming operation is started. The image forming apparatus includes an interface for connecting an external storage device to the image forming apparatus. Data stored in the external storage device is read via the interface and printed by the image forming apparatus. A memory usage at the time of printing the data is calculated based on a parameter obtained from various information about the data. The calculated memory usage and a memory capacity that is available in the image forming apparatus during printing are compared. An image forming operation for printing the data is controlled depending on a comparison result. | 07-30-2009 |
20120060212 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is connectable via a network to service providing devices and a collecting apparatus. The information processing apparatus acquires a selection policy for selecting the devices that lay open to public types of providable services and service level information, and acquires service type information and the service level information from the collecting apparatus which detects the devices and collects the service type information including the types of providable services of the devices and the service level information. The devices capable of providing the accepted type of service are selected according to the selection policy. | 03-08-2012 |
20120066083 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS MANAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION - An information processing apparatus is provided with an image processing apparatus managing unit that collects management information of a plurality of image processing apparatuses and, in accordance with a request for installing software that is transmitted from the outside, downloads the software to be installed to the image processing apparatus from the outside, acquires license information of the software from the outside, and installs the software to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus managing unit installs cooperation software to an optimal image processing apparatus on the basis of the collected management information in a case where the software requested to be installed is the cooperation software that operates the plurality of image processing apparatuses in a cooperative manner. | 03-15-2012 |
20130179871 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store data set including version information; an acquiring unit to acquire update-use data set including version information; a providing unit to provide the version information read from the storage unit; a updating management unit to determine whether updating of the data set stored in the storage unit is required, when determined that updating is required based on the acquired version information and the provided version information, updating the data set stored in the storage unit using the update-use data set; and a updating completion determination unit to determine whether the updating of data set by the updating management unit is completed, when determined that the updating of the data set is not completed correctly, the providing unit provides specific version information indicating the updating is not completed correctly instead of the version information stored in the storage unit. | 07-11-2013 |
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20080263236 | DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM - A data transfer system is provided, in which divided data generated by data generation terminals are randomly transmitted to data transfer apparatuses by a host terminal, a parameter list controlling the order of transfer of divided data is generated by a parameter list generation part, and a transfer processing part transfers divided data transferred in a DMA mode to an electron beam drawing apparatus according to the parameter list through a general-purpose high-speed data transfer bus by bypassing a CPU. | 10-23-2008 |
20090134343 | TRACKING CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRON BEAM WRITING SYSTEM - Control data for a main deflector is calculated based on position data that specifies the position of a region to be irradiated with the electron beam on the subfield, data on the number of all beam shots on the subfield, data on a time required for all the beam shots, and stage data that specifies the position of the stage. When the number of beam shots on one of the divided subfield sections reaches the obtained number of the beam shots on each of the divided subfield sections, a writing process proceed to a writing operation to be performed on another one of the divided subfield sections based on the direction of the movement of the stage. | 05-28-2009 |
20120007002 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM PATTERN FORMING APPARATUS AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM PATTERN FORMING METHOD - A charged particle beam pattern forming apparatus, includes a charge amount distribution calculation unit configured to calculate a charge amount distribution charged by vertical incidence of a charged particle beam on a pattern forming region of a target object; a position correction unit configured to calculate, using the charge amount distribution charged, a corrected position of each pattern forming position corrected for a misregistration amount including a misregistration amount dependent on a deflection position where the charged particle beam is deflected, the misregistration amount caused by an amount of charge; and a pattern generator configured to form a pattern in the corrected position by using the charged particle beam. | 01-12-2012 |
20120187307 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a plurality of tracking calculation units to calculate a deflection amount of the charged particle beam in regard to a movable substrate, a switching unit for each of a plurality of virtual small regions of the substrate, to input an end signal indicating completion of charged particle beam emission to a respective small region, and to switch from output of one of the tracking calculation units to output of another of the tracking calculation units, and a deflector, while a substrate is moving, to deflect the charged particle beam to an n-th small region, based on an output from one of the tracking calculation units before switching and to deflect the charged particle beam to an (n+1)th small region based on an output from another of tracking calculation units after switching the plurality of tracking calculation units. | 07-26-2012 |
20120248340 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a division/distribution processing unit to divide and distribute processed data into data groups each having an approximately equal data amount respectively, transmitting units to transmit the processed data of the groups such that processed data is transmitted in descending order with respect to order of writing processing for each data group and the groups are transmitted in parallel, memories to store the processed data of the groups such that each of the memories stores processed data of each different one of the groups, a writing order data output unit to output them, regardless of data group and in order of writing processing, and a writing unit to write a pattern on a target workpiece with a charged particle beam, based on the processed data output in the order of writing processing. | 10-04-2012 |
20140124684 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS - A multi charged particle beam writing method includes performing ON/OFF switching of a beam by an individual blanking system for the beam concerned, for each beam in multi-beams of charged particle beam, with respect to each time irradiation of irradiation of a plurality of times, by using a plurality of individual blanking systems that respectively perform beam ON/OFF control of a corresponding beam in the multi-beams, and performing blanking control, in addition to the performing ON/OFF switching of the beam for the each beam by the individual blanking system, with respect to the each time irradiation of the irradiation of the plurality of times, so that the beam is in an ON state during an irradiation time corresponding to irradiation concerned, by using a common blanking system that collectively performs beam ON/OFF control for a whole of the multi-beams. | 05-08-2014 |
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20090303323 | PATTERN INSPECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF INSPECTING PATTERN - A pattern inspection device according to the embodiment, includes: an image picking-up portion for picking-up an image of a pattern formation member in which a plurality of opening patterns are formed so as to obtain a picked-up image of the pattern formation member; a reference image obtaining portion for obtaining a reference image used for comparing with the picked-up image; and a pattern defect detecting portion for matching the center locations of the opening pattern images respectively between the picked-up image and the reference image, forming difference images of the opening pattern images between the picked-up image and the reference image per the opening pattern and detecting the defect of the opening pattern base on the difference images. | 12-10-2009 |
20110255770 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING LINE WIDTH AND/OR POSITIONAL ERRORS OF A PATTERN - A method and system for imaging an object to be inspected and obtaining an optical image; creating a reference image from design pattern data; preparing an inspection recipe including one or more templates and parameter settings necessary for the inspection; checking the pattern and the template against each other, and selecting the reference image which corresponds to the template; detecting first and second edges in the selected reference image in accordance with the parameter setting using determined coordinates as a reference; detecting first and second edges in the optical image, this optical image corresponds to the selected reference image; and determining an inspection value by acquiring the difference between the line width of the optical image and the reference image using the first edge and second edge of the reference image and the first edge and second edges of the optical image. | 10-20-2011 |
20140002826 | INSPECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
20140055774 | DEFECT DETECTION METHOD - A defect detection method comprising, irradiating light from a light source in an optical system and obtaining a plurality of optical images of a sample having a repeated pattern of a size smaller than a resolution of the optical system; while changing the conditions of the optical system, performing correction processing for the optical images with the use of at least one of a noise filter and a convolution filter; shifting a position of the other optical images based on any of the plurality of optical images, obtaining a relationship between shift amounts of the other optical images and a change of correlation of a gray scale value between the plurality of optical images, and performing positional alignment of the optical images based on the shift amount obtained when the correlation is highest, performing defect detection of the sample with the use of the optical images after the positional alignment. | 02-27-2014 |
20140104412 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION APPARATUS SYSTEM - A first output value evaluation device obtains an average value of output values of optical image data for each of unit regions and creates a distribution map of an average value in an inspected region. A first defect history management device creates a distribution map related with the shape of the pattern from the distribution map of the average value and holds the created distribution map. A second output value evaluation device obtains at least one of a variation value and deviation of the output value of each pixel in the unit region. A defect determination device compares the obtained value with a threshold value. A second defect history management device holds information of the output value determined as a defect in the defect determination device. A defect/defect history analysis device analyzes, and checks the information from the first defect history management device and the second defect history management device. | 04-17-2014 |
20140111636 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD - An inspection apparatus comprising, a focal position detector that detects a reference focal position of an image plane of a sample from a variation of an output value in optical image data of the sample, the output value being acquired by changing a distance between a first lens and the sample, and detects an optimum focal position of an inspection from the reference focal position, an image processor that obtains at least one of either an average gradation value in each predetermined unit region or a variation of a gradation value in the unit region with respect to the optical image data obtained at the optimum focal position, and a defect detector that detects a defect of the sample based on at least one of either the average gradation value or the variation of the gradation value. | 04-24-2014 |
20140204202 | INSPECTION APPARATUS - An inspection apparatus comprising, an optical system emitting light having a predetermined wavelength, illuminating a sample while the light is converted into light having a polarization plane not in the range of −5 degrees to 5 degrees and 85 degrees to 95 degrees with respect to a direction of a repetitive pattern on the sample, an optical system for acquiring an image and forming said image on an image sensor using a lens, a half-wave plate, a first image sensor, a second image sensor, an inspection analyzer, wherein these differ in a transmission axis direction, a processor that obtains an average gray level and a standard deviation in each predetermined unit region of the image, and a defect detector, wherein a resolution limit defined by a wavelength of the light source and a numerical aperture of the lens is a value in which the pattern is not resolved. | 07-24-2014 |
20140240700 | SAMPLE SUPPORT APPARATUS - A sample support apparatus is provided in which a XY-table and a Z-table moving along a height direction are disposed in a Z-reference surface as a height reference, and in which a sample is disposed at a predetermined height position while supported by the Z-table, the sample support apparatus comprising, a height correction unit that controls movement of the Z-table, and a Z-sensor that is provided on the Z-reference surface to measure the height from the Z-reference surface, wherein a measuring surface is aligned along the same axis with respect to a measuring position of the sample, the height of the measuring surface from the Z-reference surface is measured by the Z-sensor, the height correction unit moves the Z-table according to the measured value of the height so that the sample is disposed at the predetermined height position. | 08-28-2014 |
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20110169014 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A compound semiconductor device includes: an electron transit layer made of GaN; a channel layer made of AlGaN; a source electrode, a gate electrode and a drain electrode that are provided on the channel layer; a cap layer that is provided at least between the source electrode and the gate electrode and between the gate electrode and the drain electrode and is made of GaN; a recess portion that is provided in the cap layer between the gate electrode and the drain electrode; and a thick portion that is provided in the cap layer between the recess portion and the drain electrode and has a thickness larger than the recess portion. | 07-14-2011 |
20120012858 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes source fingers and drain fingers provided on an active region of a nitride semiconductor layer alternately, gate fingers having a side edge and a distal edge, a first insulation film provided on the nitride semiconductor layer and covers a top face, the side and distal edges of the gate fingers, field plates provided on the first insulation film between the gate fingers and the drain fingers, a minimum distance between the side face of the first insulation film located on the side edge of the gate fingers and the field plate being at least 100 nm, and field plate interconnections provided on the first insulation film and located outside of the active region and electrically connected with the source fingers and the field plates, a minimum distance between the side face of the first insulation film located on the distal edge of the gate fingers and the field plate interconnections being at least 100 nm. | 01-19-2012 |
20120012945 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes source electrodes having source fingers, drain electrodes having drain fingers, and gate electrodes having bent portions between steps formed in stepwise side portions of source fingers and steps formed in stepwise side portions of drain fingers and being bent in the bent portions along the source fingers and the drain fingers. A shape of the stepwise side portion of one source finger and that of the stepwise portion of the corresponding drain finger are symmetrical about a midpoint of an imaginary line that connects the other end of the source finger and the other end of the corresponding drain finger. | 01-19-2012 |
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20110024858 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A solid-state imaging device includes a first substrate including a light-sensing portion configured to perform photoelectric conversion of incident light and a wiring portion provided on a light-incident side; an optically transparent second substrate provided on a wiring portion side of the first substrate at a certain distance; a through-hole provided in the first substrate; a through-via provided in the through-hole; a front-surface-side electrode connected to the through-via and provided on a front surface of the first substrate; a back-surface-side electrode connected to the through-via and provided on a back surface of the first substrate; and a stopper electrode provided on the front-surface-side electrode and filling a space between the front-surface-side electrode and the second substrate. | 02-03-2011 |
20110233702 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, METHOD OF DESIGNING SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A semiconductor device including a first material layer adjacent to a second material layer, a first via passing through the first material layer and extending into the second material layer, and a second via extending into the first material layer, where along a common cross section parallel to an interface between the two material layers, the first via has a cross section larger than that of the second via. | 09-29-2011 |
20130320475 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, METHOD OF DESIGNING SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A semiconductor device including a first material layer adjacent to a second material layer, a first via passing through the first material layer and extending into the second material layer, and a second via extending into the first material layer, where along a common cross section parallel to an interface between the two material layers, the first via has a cross section larger than that of the second via. | 12-05-2013 |
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20090140308 | Semiconductor device having capacitor formed on plug, and method of forming the same - A semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate, a capacitor element having a lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric film, a TiN film, and a W film, and an interlayer insulation film covering the end and a portion of the upper surface of the lower electrode and disposed with a concave portion at a position corresponding to the lower electrode. The lower electrode is disposed selectively at the bottom of the concave portion, the upper surface of the lower electrode is exposed from the interlayer insulation film in the region for forming the concave portion, the side wall for the concave portion of the interlayer insulation film situates to the inner side of the lower electrode from the end of the lower electrode, and the capacitor dielectric film is disposed so as to cover the upper surface of the lower electrode and cover the interlayer insulation from the side wall for the concave portion to the upper surface of the interlayer insulation film. | 06-04-2009 |
20090140386 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING CAPACITOR ELEMENT - Provided is a semiconductor device which includes a capacitor element having a flat-plate-type lower electrode provided over a semiconductor substrate, a flat-plate-type TiN film provided over the lower electrode in parallel therewith, and a capacitor film provided between the lower electrode and the TiN film; and a first Cu plug brought into contact with the bottom surface of the lower electrode, and is composed of a metal material, wherein the capacitor film has a film which contains an organic molecule as a constituent. | 06-04-2009 |
20090242980 | Semiconductor device including capacitor element and method of manufacturing the same - In a semiconductor device, a memory region and a logic region are provided on one silicon substrate. A trench is provided in the silicon substrate in the memory region, a memory cell transistor is provided in the memory region and a logic transistor is provided in the logic region. The memory cell transistor includes a first gate electrode constituted by a metal material. The first gate electrode is provided to be buried in the trench and to protrude outside of the trench. The logic transistor includes a second gate electrode constituted by same material as the metal material constituting the first gate electrode. | 10-01-2009 |
20110001216 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof - A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes: forming a wiring in a first interlayer insulating layer in a first region; etching an surface portion of the first interlayer insulating layer in a second region; | 01-06-2011 |
20110089489 | Semiconductor device including capacitor element and method of manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device includes a memory region, and a logic region formed on a substrate, in which a trench recess is provided in the substrate in the memory region. A first transistor is provided in the memory region and a second transistor is provided in the logic region. The first transistor includes a first gate electrode. The first gate electrode is provided to be buried in the recess and to protrude to outside of the recess. The second transistor includes a second gate electrode having a same material as that of the first gate electrode. | 04-21-2011 |
20120261798 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device includes a wiring configured to be formed in a surface portion of a first interlayer insulating layer in a first region, a common upper electrode configured to be formed in a surface portion of the first interlayer insulating layer in a second region, a plurality of capacitance portions configured to have the common upper electrode as an upper electrode and be extended below, wherein an upper surface of the first interlayer insulating layer and an upper surface of the common upper electrode approximately lie in the same plane. | 10-18-2012 |
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20110284971 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a semiconductor device in which the threshold voltage of a p-channel field effect transistor is reliably controlled to allow a desired characteristic to be obtained, and a manufacturing method thereof. As a heat treatment performed at a temperature of about 700 to 900° C. proceeds, in an element formation region, aluminum (Al) in an aluminum (Al) film is diffused into a hafnium oxynitride (HfON) film, and thereby added as an element to the hafnium oxynitride (HfON) film. In addition, aluminum (Al) and titanium (Ti) in a hard mask formed of a titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN) film are diffused into the hafnium oxynitride (HfON) film, and thereby added as elements to the hafnium oxynitride (HfON) film. | 11-24-2011 |
20120056268 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a technology capable of achieving, in a semiconductor device having a MISFET using an insulating film containing hafnium as a gate insulating film, an improvement in the reliability of a MISFET. In the present invention, the gate insulating film of an n-channel core transistor is provided with a structure different from that of the gate insulating film of a p-channel core transistor. Specifically, in the n-channel core transistor, as the gate insulating film thereof, a laminate film of a silicon oxide film and a HfZrSiON film is used. On the other hand, in the p-channel core transistor, as the gate insulating film thereof, a laminate film of a silicon oxide film and a HfSiON film is used. | 03-08-2012 |
20120193726 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device including an n-channel-type MISFET (Qn) having an Hf-containing insulating film ( | 08-02-2012 |
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20150060991 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The performance of a semiconductor device having a memory element is improved. An insulating film, which is a gate insulating film for a memory element, is formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a gate electrode for the memory element is formed on the insulating film. The insulating film has a first insulating film, a second insulating film thereon, and a third insulating film thereon. The second insulating film is a high-dielectric constant insulator film having a charge accumulating function and contains hafnium, silicon, and oxygen. Each of the first insulating film and the third insulating film has a band gap larger than the band gap of the second insulating film. | 03-05-2015 |
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20110205327 | RECORDING HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A recording head including: a non-electrically conductive support member; a base board provided above the support member, the base board being provided with light emitting elements for forming an image on a recording medium, a drive section for causing the light emitting elements to emit light, a first earth connection member provided at an end portion of the base board, and a second earth connection member provided at a location of a connection member, having one end connected to a control section for controlling the drive section and another end connected to drive section; a conducting member provided at a predetermined place relative to the support member and connected to an earth; a first conduction section conducting between the conducting member and the first earth connection member; and a second conduction section conducting between the conducting member and the second earth connection member. | 08-25-2011 |
20120256998 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, PRINT HEAD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light emitting device includes light emitting chips, a mount board on which the light emitting chips are mounted, and a buffer amplifier. Each of the light emitting chips includes light emitting elements and transfer elements. The transfer element sequentially specify, by sequentially entering an on-state, the light emitting elements as targets for control of illumination or non-illumination. Each of the transfer elements is provided for a corresponding one of the light emitting elements. The buffer amplifier is provided on the mount board, and outputs a transfer signal on the basis of an input transfer signal. The transfer signal is used to sequentially set the transfer elements, which are included in each of the light emitting chips, to be in the on-state. | 10-11-2012 |
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20100021585 | High-Snf and/or Low-Fat Fermented Milk Excellent in Savor and Process for Production Thereof - The invention aims at broadly dividing the deteriorations in the savor and palatability of low-fat and high-SNF (solids-not-fat) food produced by adding skim milk powder to low-fat fermented milk into (a) one due to lowered milk fat content and (b) one due to the addition of skim milk powder in a high concentration and inhibiting each deterioration without any additive by a more natural method to improve the savor and palatability. The invention relates to a process for the production of fermented milk having an SNF content of 11% by weight or above and/or a milk fat content of 0.1 to 2.0% by weight which comprises adjusting the dissolved oxygen content of a raw material mixture for fermented milk at the initiation of fermentation to 5 ppm or below, adding a starter to the raw material mixture, and conducting the fermentation of the obtained mixture at 30 to 46° C.; and fermented milk produced by the process. | 01-28-2010 |
20100074992 | Delicious Fermented Milk with Low Fat Content and Process for Producing the Same - A process for producing a fermented milk which comprises lowering the dissolved oxygen concentration in a starting mixture for producing the fermented milk to 5 ppm or less at the initiation of the fermentation and conducting the fermentation at a temperature of from 30° C. to 39° C., or adding a starter to the starting mixture for producing the fermented milk in an amount of from 25% to 50% based on the usual level and conducting the fermentation at a temperature of from 38° C. to 46° C. | 03-25-2010 |
20130259977 | FERMENTED MILK WITH REDUCED SOURNESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - [Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide: fermented milk which is reduced in the sourness coming from lactic acid and has a refreshing taste; and a method for producing the fermented milk. | 10-03-2013 |
20140255548 | LOW-FAT FERMENTED MILK EXCELLENT IN SAVOR AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention aims to provide a process for producing a fermented milk capable of effectively preventing deterioration of the smooth mouth feel and milk flavor originated from the milk fat (hereinafter, the smooth mouth feel and milk flavor are put together referred to as “milk-fat characteristic”) which are lost when the milk fat content of fermented milk is intentionally reduced, without using milk fat substitutes, milk-flavor providing agents or the like but based on an ingenuity on the production process, and the fermented milk obtained as the result in which the milk-fat characteristic is improved and the milk fat content is reduced. | 09-11-2014 |
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20080230685 | Photoelectric Conversion Device and Camera Using Photoelectric Conversion Device - A photoelectric conversion device is configured to include a light receiving region, for converting light to signal charges, and transistors. An insulation film is arranged on a surface of the light receiving region and under gate electrodes of the transistors. A first reflection prevention film of a refractive index higher than that of the insulation film is arranged at least above the light receiving region, to sandwich the insulation film between the first reflection prevention film and the light receiving region, and includes a silicon nitride film. An interlayer insulation film is arranged on the first reflection prevention film, and a second reflection prevention film is laminated between the first reflection prevention film and the interlayer insulation film. At least one of side walls of the gate electrodes of the transistors includes the silicon nitride film and a silicon oxide film arranged between the silicon nitride film and the gate electrodes. A transistor having a gate electrode with such a side wall includes a source or drain region of an LDD structure, in which a heavily doped region of the source or drain region of the LDD structure is self aligned to the side wall formed from the silicon nitride film and the silicon oxide film. | 09-25-2008 |
20080258190 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A solid-state image sensing device includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel has a photodiode, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The photodiode is constituted by a first-conductivity-type semiconductor region and a second-conductivity-type semiconductor region. The first and second conductivity types are opposite to each other. The first transistor has a first-conductivity-type drain region formed in the second-conductivity-type semiconductor region to transfer signal charge to the drain region. The second transistor has a source region and a drain region which are formed in the second-conductivity-type semiconductor region and which have the first conductivity type. At least one second-conductivity-type potential barrier is provided under the drain region of the first transistor and the source region and/or the drain region of the second transistor. | 10-23-2008 |
20100187581 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A solid-state image sensing device includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel has a photodiode, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The photodiode is constituted by a first-conductivity-type semiconductor region and a second-conductivity-type semiconductor region. The first and second conductivity types are opposite to each other. The first transistor has a first-conductivity-type drain region formed in the second-conductivity-type semiconductor region to transfer signal charge to the drain region. The second transistor has a source region and a drain region which are formed in the second-conductivity-type semiconductor region and which have the first conductivity type. At least one second-conductivity-type potential barrier is provided under the drain region of the first transistor and the source region and/or the drain region of the second transistor. | 07-29-2010 |
20130203208 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A solid-state image sensing device includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel has a photodiode, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The photodiode is constituted by a first-conductivity-type semiconductor region and a second-conductivity-type semiconductor region. The first and second conductivity types are opposite to each other. The first transistor has a first-conductivity-type drain region formed in the second-conductivity-type semiconductor region to transfer signal charge to the drain region. The second transistor has a source region and a drain region which are formed in the second-conductivity-type semiconductor region and which have the first conductivity type. At least one second-conductivity-type potential barrier is provided under the drain region of the first transistor and the source region and/or the drain region of the second transistor. | 08-08-2013 |
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20080283728 | Solid-state image pickup device and a method of manufacturing the same, and image pickup apparatus - Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup device, including: a first pixel for receiving a visible light of an incident light to subject the visible light to photoelectric conversion; a second pixel for receiving the visible light and a near-infrared light of the incident light to subject each of the visible light and the near-infrared light to the photoelectric conversion; a color filter layer; and an infrared light filter layer for absorbing or reflecting an infrared light, and transmitting the visible light. | 11-20-2008 |
20090147101 | Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and camera - A solid-state imaging device is provided. The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of arrayed pixels, an optical inner filter layer, and an inner-layer lens. Each of the plurality of arrayed pixels includes a photoelectric conversion portion and a pixel transistor. The optical inner filter layer is configured to block infrared light and faces a light-receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion portion of a desired pixel among the arrayed pixels. The inner-layer lens is formed below the optical inner filter layer. | 06-11-2009 |
20100110271 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes an effective pixel portion in which a plurality of pixels including photoelectric conversion elements are arrayed; and a nonconductive interpixel light-shielding film that is placed in the effective pixel portion and that shields areas between the pixels. | 05-06-2010 |
20110065857 | Fluorine-Containing Polymer and Anti-Static Agent Wherein Same is Used - There is provided a fluorine-containing polymer having a repeating unit of the general formula (2) and produced by homopolymerization or copolymerization with an other polymerizable double bond-containing monomer. | 03-17-2011 |
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20100098322 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REVIEWING DEFECTS ON MASK - A defect to be reviewed is selected from a plurality of defects obtained from inspection results. When the selected defect is a defect of a pattern written using an iteration expression in design data on the mask, another pattern written using the iteration expression in the design data is extracted. A defect present in another pattern is extracted. A peripheral pattern portion located at the periphery of the selected defect and a peripheral pattern portion located at the periphery of the extracted defect are extracted. It is determined whether the peripheral pattern portions extracted are similar to each other. When the peripheral pattern portions are similar to each other, the selected defect and the extracted defect are grouped. It is determined whether the selected defect is an actual defect or a pseudo defect. The determination result is applied to the other grouped defect. | 04-22-2010 |
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20110176719 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Optical image data of a mask is acquired. Reference image data associated with the optical images is created from design pattern data. Regional image data that includes pixel values denoted by multi-valued resolution based on importance level information of the patterns is created from region data including at least one portion of the patterns defined in the design pattern data. Defect determination is conducted on a pixel-by-pixel basis by comparing the optical image data with the reference image data, by means of either a plurality of threshold values determined by each pixel value within the regional image data or a plurality of defect determination methods. Image data of a section whose Mask Error Enhancement Factor (MEEF) is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is created from the region data including at least one portion of the patterns defined in the design pattern data. | 07-21-2011 |
20120140060 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An inspection apparatus and method, which can perform defect determination and estimate a defect on a mask and the resultant influence on a wafer. Each of the transfer images is reviewed in order of following (1) to (3):
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20130216120 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An inspection region of a mask is virtually divided by stripes, and a pattern on a position error correcting unit is also virtually divided by stripes. Then, a stage is moved such that all the stripes of both the mask and the position error correcting unit are continuously scanned, so that optical images of these stripes are acquired. Fluctuation values of position coordinates of the patterns formed on the position error correcting unit are acquired from the optical images of the position error correcting unit. Based upon the fluctuation values, fluctuation values of the position coordinates of the respective patterns in the inspection region of the mask are obtained so that the position coordinates are corrected. Thereafter, a map is generated from the fluctuation values of the position coordinates of the respective patterns in the inspection region of the mask. | 08-22-2013 |
20130250095 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A mask has an inspection region virtually divided by a plurality of stripes. A position error-correcting unit is disposed on a stage in a region different from the mask, formed with patterns divided virtually by the plurality of stripes. A first deviation amount acquiring circuit acquires a first deviation amount from the optical image and the reference image of the position error correction unit. A second deviation amount acquiring circuit acquires a second deviation amount. A position correcting circuit corrects a positional relationship between the mask and the position error correction unit based on the first deviation amount, and obtains a fluctuation value of position coordinates of each pattern in the inspection region of the mask based on the second deviation amount and corrects the position coordinates. | 09-26-2013 |
20140314304 | PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD - In accordance with one aspect of this invention, a pattern inspection apparatus includes an optical image acquisition unit configured to acquire optical images regarding dies of a target object to be inspected on which the dies having a same pattern formed therein is arranged; a sub-optical image division unit configured to divide an optical image of the optical images regarding a die of the dies positioned in a non-resolved pattern region into sub-optical images using non-resolved pattern region information capable of recognizing the non-resolved pattern region in which a non-resolved pattern that is not resolved is formed; a first comparison unit configured to compare the sub-optical images divided from the optical image of the same die regarding the non-resolved pattern region pixel by pixel; and a second comparison unit configured to compare optical images of the optical images regarding different dies of the dies pixel by pixel. | 10-23-2014 |
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20120147419 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system includes information processing devices and an accumulation device. Each information processing device includes a facsimile number acquisition unit that acquires a facsimile number registered in another information processing device; a number requesting unit that requests the accumulation device for a number corresponding to the facsimile number, the number including at least one of an area code, a country code, and an identification number of a telephone company, when the facsimile number does not include the number; and a facsimile transmission unit that attaches the number to the facsimile number and performs a facsimile transmission. The accumulation device includes a number return unit that returns a number corresponding to a facsimile number, the number including at least one of an area code, a country code, and an identification number of a telephone company, when the number is requested from one of the information processing devices. | 06-14-2012 |
20120198534 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses, each apparatus including a transmission unit and a verification unit, and a plurality of authentication servers connectable to the plurality of information processing apparatuses via one or more networks. When one information processing apparatus, used as a receiving apparatus, receives a request of executing a processing at the receiving apparatus from other information processing apparatus, used as a requesting apparatus, the transmission unit of requesting apparatus transmits information to the receiving apparatus, and the verification unit of receiving apparatus determines whether the requested processing can be executed at the receiving apparatus for a user of the receiving apparatus based on a comparison of the information transmitted from the requesting apparatus and information settable for the receiving apparatus by using the authentication server useable for user verification of the information processing apparatuses. | 08-02-2012 |
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20090140308 | Semiconductor device having capacitor formed on plug, and method of forming the same - A semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate, a capacitor element having a lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric film, a TiN film, and a W film, and an interlayer insulation film covering the end and a portion of the upper surface of the lower electrode and disposed with a concave portion at a position corresponding to the lower electrode. The lower electrode is disposed selectively at the bottom of the concave portion, the upper surface of the lower electrode is exposed from the interlayer insulation film in the region for forming the concave portion, the side wall for the concave portion of the interlayer insulation film situates to the inner side of the lower electrode from the end of the lower electrode, and the capacitor dielectric film is disposed so as to cover the upper surface of the lower electrode and cover the interlayer insulation from the side wall for the concave portion to the upper surface of the interlayer insulation film. | 06-04-2009 |
20090140386 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING CAPACITOR ELEMENT - Provided is a semiconductor device which includes a capacitor element having a flat-plate-type lower electrode provided over a semiconductor substrate, a flat-plate-type TiN film provided over the lower electrode in parallel therewith, and a capacitor film provided between the lower electrode and the TiN film; and a first Cu plug brought into contact with the bottom surface of the lower electrode, and is composed of a metal material, wherein the capacitor film has a film which contains an organic molecule as a constituent. | 06-04-2009 |
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20090244150 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording method comprises the steps of: acquiring first recording characteristic information of recording elements of a recording head by reading a first test pattern formed with ejecting ink droplet from the recording elements; obtaining first density unevenness correction information based on the first recording characteristic information; acquiring second recording characteristic information of the recording element by reading a second test pattern different from the first test pattern formed with ejecting ink droplet from the recording elements; obtaining second density unevenness correction information based on the second recording characteristic information; correcting image data based on the first and second density unevenness correction information to calculate density unevenness-corrected image data; and calculating an ejection pattern of the recording element based on the unevenness-corrected image data. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244579 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image processing method comprises: a step of acquiring recording characteristic information of the recording elements; a step of obtaining inconsistent density correction information from the recording characteristic information acquired in the characteristic information acquiring step; a step of obtaining inconsistency corrected image data from the inconsistent density correction information and data of the input image; a step of generating inconsistency correction unfit image position information by detecting an inconsistency correction unfit image from data of the input image; a step of obtaining image data having an N number of tones from the inconsistency corrected image data; a step of judging whether non-correctable conditions arise according to the inconsistent density correction information and the inconsistency correction unfit image position information; and a step of alerting a user to an image anomaly according to judgment results given in the image anomaly judgment processing step. | 10-01-2009 |
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20100089446 | SOLAR CELL SEALING FILM AND SOLAR CELL INCLUDING THE SEALING FILM - An object of the present invention is to provide a solar cell sealing film which can suppress expansion of the solar cell. A solar cell sealing film including ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and a crosslinker is provided, wherein the crosslinker is an organic peroxide having an activation energy of 140 kJ/mol or more, and a value obtained by multiplying the content of the organic peroxide based on 100 parts by weight of the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer by the theoretical active oxygen content of the organic peroxide is in the range of 3 to 18. | 04-15-2010 |
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20140296400 | SOLAR CELL SEALING FILM AND SOLAR CELL USING THE SEALING FILM - The object of the present invention is to provide a solar cell sealing film obtained from a composition comprising chiefly ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and organic peroxides for giving crosslinked structure, which suppresses the occurrence of blisters without reduction of crosslink rate, even if the film contains silane-coupling agents for improving adhesive strength. The solar cell sealing film comprises ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, an organic peroxide, a silane-coupling agent, and a phosphite compound represented by formula (I): | 10-02-2014 |
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20100104295 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND OUTPUT SETTING METHOD OF CONSUMED STATUS OF CONSUMABLE ITEMS OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which uses a consumable item is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a consumed status detecting unit which detects a value of the consumed status of the consumable item, a determining unit which determines whether to output an exchange message of the consumable item by comparing the value of the consumed status of the consumable item detected by the consumed status detecting unit with a predetermined value, an exchange message output setting unit which sets presence or non-presence of an output of the exchange message, and a consumed status output setting unit which sets presence or non-presence of an output of the consumed status of the consumable item detected by the consumed status detecting unit. | 04-29-2010 |
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20100136985 | MOBILE STATION, BASE STATION, AND AREA SHAPING METHOD PERFORMED BY SPECIFIED BASE STATION - A disclosed base station includes a communication unit configured to receive from a mobile station a first report signal including base station specification information specifying a base station, reception quality information indicating reception quality of a signal received from the specified base station, and change request information requesting to change communication quality between the mobile station and the specified base station; and an automatic area control unit configured to determine whether the base station is specified by the base station specification information, to obtain location information indicating the location of the mobile station if the base station is specified by the base station specification information, and to change at least one base station parameter based on the reception quality information and the location information to change the reception quality at the location of the mobile station. | 06-03-2010 |
20100311456 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND DIRECTIVITY CONTROL METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A disclosed base station apparatus for a mobile communication system includes a collection unit collecting measured data from one or more user equipment terminals with respect to each direction of arrival, the measured data including at least quality information of a downlink signal, a conversion unit converting the measured data into an evaluation value in accordance with a predetermined evaluation function, a deriving unit deriving a weight update amount determining directivity based on an angular distribution of the plural evaluation values, and a transmission unit transmitting a downlink signal weighted based on the weight update amount. | 12-09-2010 |