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20100259984 | ERASE METHOD OF NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - An erase method of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device including a semiconductor substrate with diffusion regions spaced from each other, a first insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, a first gate electrode formed in a first area on the first insulating layer, a charge accumulation layer formed in a second area on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer formed on the charge accumulation layer and a second gate electrode formed on the second insulating layer includes a step of injecting hot holes into the charge accumulation layer from the diffusion region and a step of injecting channel hot electrons into a part of the charge accumulation layer close to the first gate electrode side. | 10-14-2010 |
20110211396 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - The erase operation of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory is executed by a method including applying an erase pulse to a data erase area in a memory cell array, determining whether the threshold voltage of a memory cell arranged in the data erase area reaches an erase level and outputting a verify result, and determining whether a new erase pulse is applied or a state is shifted to a wait state based on the verify result. The new erase pulse is applied when the threshold voltage does not reach the erase level and the application of the new erase pulse is prohibited and the wait operation is performed when the threshold voltage reaches the erase level. | 09-01-2011 |
20110299621 | Signal transmission system, signal processing device, reference signal transmitting device, reference signal receiving device, electronic device, and signal transmission method - Disclosed herein is a signal transmission system including: a first signal processing section configured to perform signal processing on a basis of a reference signal; a high-frequency reference signal generating section configured to generate and transmit a high-frequency reference signal having a higher frequency than the reference signal such that the high-frequency reference signal is synchronized with the reference signal; a low-frequency reference signal generating section configured to receive the high-frequency reference signal from the high-frequency reference signal generating section, and generate a low-frequency reference signal having a lower frequency than the high-frequency reference signal such that the low-frequency reference signal is synchronized with the received high-frequency reference signal; and a second signal processing section configured to perform signal processing on a basis of the low-frequency reference signal generated by the low-frequency reference signal generating section. | 12-08-2011 |
20130272450 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus including: a frequency multiplier configured to carry out an N-times frequency multiplication process on a modulated signal obtained as a result of an N phase shift keying modulation process in order to generate a multiplied frequency signal; and an oscillator configured to oscillate the multiplied frequency signal as an injected signal in order to generate a signal obtained by carrying out a by-N frequency division process on the multiplied frequency signal to serve as a reproduced carrier which is a carrier reproduced from the modulated signal. | 10-17-2013 |
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20100051782 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND LIGHT AMOUNT ADJUSTING METHOD - An image reading device has: a light source at which plural light-emitting elements are arrayed; a detection unit that detects light amounts of illumination light which are emitted from the light-emitting elements and are reflected by a reference plate; a derivation unit; and an adjustment unit. On the basis of detected light amounts, the derivation unit derives difference amounts between a reference value and average values of light amounts per predetermined first number of adjacent light-emitting elements. On the basis of the derived difference amounts, the adjustment unit adjusts light amounts per the first number of light-emitting elements such that the average values become the reference value. | 03-04-2010 |
20100231987 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - There is provided an image reading apparatus including: a light source with arrayed light emitting elements; a light guide unit that scatters light emitted from the light source such that the light intensity is greater at end portions than at the central portion in the array direction of the light emitting elements, and guides the light to a reading position of a medium to be read; and an optical system that guides the light reflected at the reading position to a light detection unit that detects the light intensity. | 09-16-2010 |
20120127537 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image reading apparatus used for an image forming apparatus that is coupled therewith and that has a main controller which performs control of the image forming apparatus includes an image reading unit, a detector, and a communication controller. The image reading unit reads an image formed on a document. The detector detects a state of the image reading unit. The communication controller connects to the main controller, the detector, and a communication line. Power is supplied to the detector and the communication controller in both a first operating state, in which supply of power to the main controller is stopped, and a second operating state, in which power is supplied to the main controller. The detector transmits a detection signal to the communication controller in the first operating state, and transmits the detection signal to the main controller in the second operating state. | 05-24-2012 |
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20090028950 | GRANULE DISPERSION COMPOSITION, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND GRANULAR MATERIAL AND MEDICINE - The subject matter of the present invention is to provide a new particulate material dispersion composite in which a material poorly soluble in water is micronized and dispersed. For the above purpose, a particulate material dispersion composite is produced in the present invention, wherein a particulate material containing a specific material which is poorly soluble in water, a polymer and a lipid is dispersed in water, the mean diameter of said particulate material is 1 μm or less, and the ratio of the combined weight of said polymer and said lipid to the weight of said specific material is 1.5 or larger. | 01-29-2009 |
20100096009 | POROUS SILICA, OPTICAL-PURPOSE LAYERED PRODUCT AND COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS SILICA - There is provided porous silica having a low refractive index and being stable when exposed to water. | 04-22-2010 |
20110177306 | Novel Core-Shell Structure - To provide a new structure-dispersed composite in which a substance poorly soluble in a medium is dispersed as micronized particles, a core-shell structure is dispersed in the medium, wherein said core-shell structure contains microparticles therein, and consists of a core comp rising a core compound that is poorly soluble in said medium and a liquid shell comprising a shell compound that is poorly soluble in said medium, and the mean diameter of said core-shell structure is 10 μm or less. | 07-21-2011 |
20110261443 | HEAT RAY REFLECTIVE FILM AND LAMINATE THEREOF, AND COATING FLUID FOR FORMING HEAT RAY REFLECTIVE LAYER - Disclosed is a heat ray reflective film having a single layer structure, which has high heat ray reflectivity, can relatively control visible light absorption and visible light reflection and has excellent heat stability. Also disclosed is a heat ray reflective laminate which has high environmental durability and is suitable as a window material for buildings or automobiles. | 10-27-2011 |
20140127114 | POROUS SILICA, OPTICAL-PURPOSE LAYERED PRODUCT AND COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS SILICA - A porous silica having a low refractive index and being stable when exposed to water, and which is configured to have a refractive index of 1.3 or lower and to have a difference of the refractive index at a wavelength 550 nm between before the immersion into water and after the immersion into water for 24 hours of 0.15 or lower. | 05-08-2014 |
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20080238561 | PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATOR - For a piezoelectric oscillator according to the present invention, an oscillator circuit includes: a piezoelectric vibrator; an NMOS transistor and a PMOS transistor that constitute an amplifier connected in parallel to the piezoelectric vibrator; and load capacitors connected in parallel to the piezoelectric vibrator. The gate terminals of the NMOS transistor and the PMOS transistor, which are constituents of the amplifier, are connected by a DC cut capacitor, and the gate terminal of the NMOS transistor and the output terminal of the amplifier are connected by a feedback resistor. An arbitrary bias voltage, to be applied to the gate terminal of the PMOS transistor via a high-frequency elimination resistor, is generated by a circuit provided by a diode-connected, second PMOS transistor. | 10-02-2008 |
20080258830 | IC FOR CONTROL OF TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR - A temperature-compensated crystal oscillator includes a mode selector circuit | 10-23-2008 |
20090108950 | OSCILLATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND OSCILLATOR - An oscillation control apparatus is provided with: an oscillating unit for oscillating an oscillating element; an output amplifying circuit having two pieces of same types of transistors series-connected to each other, for outputting a signal from a junction point between the two transistors in response to an oscillation signal outputted from the oscillating unit; a bias unit for generating two DC bias voltages having different levels from each other, which are applied to either respective gates or respective bases of the two transistors; a constant voltage power supply unit for applying a constant voltage to the oscillating unit; and an inverter unit provided between the oscillating unit and any one of either the gates or the bases of the two transistors, for inverting a phase of the oscillation signal outputted from the oscillating unit. Both the oscillation signal outputted from the oscillating unit and one of the two bias voltages are applied to either the gate or the base of one of the two transistors; and both an oscillation signal outputted from the oscillating unit and whose phase has been inverted by the inverting unit and the other bias voltage of the two bias voltages are applied to either the gate or the base of the other transistor of the two transistors. | 04-30-2009 |
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20100279184 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A solid electrolyte fuel cell system includes a reformer to produce a hydrogen-rich reformed gas from fuel, oxygen and water, and a stack structure including a stack of fuel cell units each receiving supply of the reformed gas and air, and producing electricity. The fuel cell system further includes a reformed gas cooler to cool the reformed gas supplied from the reformer to the stack structure, and a temperature control section to control operation of the reformed gas cooler in accordance with an operating condition such as a request output of the stack structure. The reformed gas cooler includes a device such as a heat exchanger for cooling the reformed gas with a coolant such as air. | 11-04-2010 |
20110045366 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Disclosed is a fuel cell system comprising a reformer and a fuel cell body to which a fuel gas reformed through the reformer and air are supplied and in which the supplied fuel gas and air are separated from each other and caused to flow and contact on respective electrodes to perform electric power generation. A moisture quantity adjustment device is configured to adjustably separate a portion of moisture included in the fuel gas supplied from the reformer in order for the moisture included in the fuel gas to be supplied to the fuel cell body in an appropriate quantity. | 02-24-2011 |
20120064422 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell system is provided with a fuel cell, a first combustor, a first heating gas return channel and a gas supplier. The fuel cell includes a solid electrolyte cell with an anode and a cathode. The fuel cell generates power by reacting a hydrogen-containing gas and an oxygen-containing gas. The first combustor selectively supplies a heating gas to the cathode of the fuel cell. The first heating gas return channel mixes at least some exhaust gas discharged from the cathode with the heating gas of the first combustor such that a mixed heating gas of the exhaust gas and the heating gas is supplied to the cathode. The gas supplier connected to the first heating gas return channel for supplying the exhaust gas from the cathode to mix with the heating gas of the first combustor. | 03-15-2012 |
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20090021146 | ORGANIC COMPOUND, CHARGE TRANSPORT MATERIAL AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An organic compound is represented by following Formula (I): | 01-22-2009 |
20090230846 | MONOAMINE COMPOUND, CHARGE-TRANSPORTING MATERIAL, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent device exhibiting a long life, a high luminance, and a high efficiency. | 09-17-2009 |
20090236973 | ORGANIC COMPOUND, CHARGE-TRANSPORTING MATERIAL, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - An organic compound and a charge-transporting material which are excellent in both a hole-transporting property and an electron-transporting property and have excellent electrical oxidation/reduction durability and a high triplet excitation level are provided, and an organic electroluminescent device which uses this organic compound and has high luminous efficiency and high driving stability and long lifetime is provided. One molecule of the organic compound has two or more partial structures represented by the following Formula (I): | 09-24-2009 |
20090284134 | ORGANIC COMPOUND, CHARGE-TRANSPORTING MATERIAL, COMPOSITION FOR CHARGE-TRANSPORTING MATERIAL AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An organic compound having excellent heat resistance, an excellent amorphous nature, an excellent ability to transport charges, highly excited singlet and triplet states, and excellent solubility in an organic solvent is an organic compound represented by Formula (I): | 11-19-2009 |
20130214263 | MONOAMINE COMPOUND, CHARGE-TRANSPORTING MATERIAL, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent device exhibiting a long life, a high luminance, and a high efficiency. | 08-22-2013 |
20140361285 | MONOAMINE COMPOUND, CHARGE-TRANSPORTING MATERIAL, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent device exhibiting a long life, a high luminance, and a high efficiency. | 12-11-2014 |
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20090123850 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND ANODE COMPOSITION, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The invention relates to an anode for lithium secondary battery comprising vapor grown carbon fiber uniformly dispersed without forming an agglomerate of 10 μm or larger in an anode active material using natural graphite or artificial graphite, which anode is excellent in long cycle life and large current characteristics. Composition used for production for the anode can be produced, for example, by mixing a thickening agent solution containing an anode active material, a thickening agent aqueous solution and styrene butadiene rubber as binder with a composition containing carbon fiber dispersed in a thickening agent with a predetermined viscosity or by mixing an anode active material with vapor grown carbon fiber in dry state and then adding polyvinylidene difluoride thereto. | 05-14-2009 |
20110068294 | COMPOSITE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - The invention relates to a composite electrode material consisting of a carbon coated complex oxide, fibrous carbon and a binder. Said material is prepared by a method which comprises co-grinding an active electrode material and fibrous carbon, and adding a binder to the co-grinded mixture to lower the viscosity of the mixture. The fibrous carbon is preferably vapor grown carbon fibers. | 03-24-2011 |
20110193014 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM BATTERY, AND LITHIUM BATTERY - The present invention relates to a negative electrode material for a lithium battery comprising a carbonaceous negative electrode active substance having a specific surface area of 1 m | 08-11-2011 |
20110236767 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON-BASED NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed are a negative electrode for lithium secondary batteries, containing an active material (A) capable of absorbing/desorbing lithium ions and a binder (B), wherein the active material (A) is a carbon-based material obtained from at least one starting material selected from a group consisting of petroleum cokes and coal cokes and having a mean particle size of from 1 to 30 and a true density of from 1.90 to 2.00 g/cm | 09-29-2011 |
20110266495 | COMPOSITE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - The invention relates to a composite electrode material consisting of a carbon coated complex oxide, fibrous carbon and a binder. Said material is prepared by a method which comprises co-grinding an active electrode material and fibrous carbon, and adding a binder to the co-grinded mixture to lower the viscosity of the mixture. The fibrous carbon is preferably vapor grown carbon fibers. | 11-03-2011 |
20110269016 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND ANODE COMPOSITION, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The invention relates to an anode for lithium secondary battery comprising vapor grown carbon fiber uniformly dispersed without forming an agglomerate of 10 μm or larger in an anode active material using natural graphite or artificial graphite, which anode is excellent in long cycle life and large current characteristics. Composition used for production for the anode can be produced, for example, by mixing a thickening agent solution containing an anode active material, a thickening agent aqueous solution and styrene butadiene rubber as binder with a composition containing carbon fiber dispersed in a thickening agent with a predetermined viscosity or by mixing an anode active material with vapor grown carbon fiber in dry state and then adding polyvinylidene difluoride thereto. | 11-03-2011 |
20130168610 | CARBON MATERIAL FOR BATTERY ELECTRODE AND PRODUCTION METHOD AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a carbon material for forming a battery electrode, comprising carbon powder having a homogeneous structure which is produced by causing an organic compound, serving as a raw material of a polymer, to deposit onto and/or permeate into carbonaceous particles, and subsequently polymerizing the organic compound, followed by thermal treatment at a temperature of 1,800 to 3,300° C., which comprises a structure which is substantially uniform throughout the entirety of the particle from the surface to the central core where a graphite crystal structure region and an amorphous structure region are distributed. By using the material, a battery having high discharging capacity and low irreversible capacity, with excellent coulombic efficiency and excellent cycle characteristics can be fabricated. | 07-04-2013 |
20140170499 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND ANODE COMPOSITION, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The invention relates to an anode for lithium secondary battery comprising vapor grown carbon fiber uniformly dispersed without forming an agglomerate of 10 μm or larger in an anode active material using natural graphite or artificial graphite, which anode is excellent in long cycle life and large current characteristics. Composition used for production for the anode can be produced, for example, by mixing a thickening agent solution containing an anode active material, a thickening agent aqueous solution and styrene butadiene rubber as binder with a composition containing carbon fiber dispersed in a thickening agent with a predetermined viscosity or by mixing an anode active material with vapor grown carbon fiber in dry state and then adding polyvinylidene difluoride thereto. | 06-19-2014 |
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20110070903 | COMMUNICATION SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION RELAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - It is made possible to accurately perform connection determination of whether the line connection satisfies a predetermined connection permission condition in a communication service for transmitting data in a store-and-forward system from a network, in which a calling terminal device is located, to a network, in which a receiving terminal device is located, through one or more communication relay apparatuses of another network and a provider. For this end, in a procedure of transmitting the data in the store-and-forward system from a network (source network) N | 03-24-2011 |
20110098065 | SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SHORT MESSAGE FORWARDING DEVICE, SHORT MESSAGE FORWARDING MANNER DEFINITION INFORMATION SUPPLY DEVICE, AND SHORT MESSAGE FORWARDING METHOD - A short message with a destination of a single terminal device that has been defined by a user on the transmitting side, from among multiple terminal devices used by an identical user on the receiving side, is forwarded to and received by another predetermined terminal device that has been defined as a destination. Communication relay equipment included between multiple networks operated by network operators is provided with functions of temporarily storing a short message and storing information that defines a short message forwarding manner. In transmitting the short message, even if the original destination is not capable of receiving the message, the short message is transmitted to another destination based upon the information that defines the short message forwarding manner. | 04-28-2011 |
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20100016419 | ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOSITION - The object of the present invention is to provide an antibacterial composition which has an improved antibacterial effect and a wider antibacterial spectrum than conventional antibacterial agents and which is highly safe. | 01-21-2010 |
20100194730 | Display driving semiconductor device - In order to decrease the length of a semiconductor element in a long side direction taking into consideration a disposition of electrodes and circuits, center portions ( | 08-05-2010 |
20110212037 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PURIFIED ESSENTIAL OIL - It is provided a process for producing a purified essential oil excellent in safety and quality with high productivity from an essential oil comprising a harmful contaminant such as an agricultural chemical by simply and smoothly removing the contaminant with high removal rate without causing poor balance of flavor which the essential oil originally has, decrease of flavor strength and the like. It relates to a process for producing a purified essential oil by treating an essential oil comprising a contaminant with an active carbon to remove the contaminant and the removal rate of the contaminant is further improved by using an active carbon activated with a chemical, particularly an active carbon activated with zinc chloride, in the treatment, or by conducting the treatment at a low temperature of room temperature or lower, particularly at −25° C. to 5° C. | 09-01-2011 |
20120038611 | Level shifter circuit and display driver circuit - A level shifter circuit according to the present invention includes a first voltage conversion circuit and a second voltage conversion circuit. The first voltage conversion circuit receives an input signal having an amplitude ranging between a power supply potential GND and a power supply potential VDDL, a power supply potential VDDH which is higher than the power supply potential VDDL is supplied. Further, a current limiting circuit is provided that limits a current supplied from a power supply line of the power supply potential VDDH, and outputs a voltage signal with a larger amplitude than that of the input signal according to the input signal. The second voltage conversion circuit is supplied with the power supply potential VDDH, and outputs an output signal with an amplitude ranging between the power supply potential GND and the power supply potential VDDH. | 02-16-2012 |
20120219672 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PURIFIED ESSENTIAL OIL - It is provided a process for producing a purified essential oil excellent in safety and quality with high productivity from an essential oil comprising a harmful contaminant such as an agricultural chemical by simply and smoothly removing the contaminant with high removal rate without causing poor balance of flavor which the essential oil originally has, decrease of flavor strength and the like. It relates to a process for producing a purified essential oil by treating an essential oil comprising a contaminant with an active carbon to remove the contaminant and the removal rate of the contaminant is further improved by using an active carbon activated with a chemical, particularly an active carbon activated with zinc chloride, in the treatment, or by conducting the treatment at a low temperature of room temperature or lower, particularly at −25° C. to 5° C. | 08-30-2012 |
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20100036205 | SPREADER FOR HIGH TIBIAL OSTEOTOMY - To facilitate insertion of an implant while retaining a cut in an opened state. There is provided a spreader | 02-11-2010 |
20110202122 | STENT - A stent includes a stent body in which struts are joined mutually while intersecting and which is formed tubularly as a whole, and a drug coat layer on the outer surface of the struts. The strut has a bend which is deformed as the stent body expands/contracts in the radial direction, and the drug coat layer with which the bend is coated is formed in such a manner that the drug coat layer is mountain-shaped in a cross-section perpendicular to the axis of the strut and the ridgeline of the mountain shape extends in a wavy shape along the longitudinal direction of the strut. The drug coat layer deforms relatively easily without using plasticizer as the stent deforms and is not so susceptible to causing problems such as peeling, destruction, damage or falling off of the drug coat later | 08-18-2011 |
20130051969 | TOOL FOR TRANSFERRING MEMBRANOUS TISSUE, KIT AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING MEMBRANOUS TISSUE - Disclosed herein is a tool, a kit, and associated method for transferring a membranous tissue composed of cells derived from a living body. The tool can include a first sheet-like supporting member disposed on one side of the membranous tissue in a wet state, and a second sheet-like supporting member disposed on the other side of the membranous tissue in a wet state. The first supporting member and the second supporting member can be configured to entirely hold the membranous tissue, such that a frictional force between the first supporting member and the membranous tissue is larger than a frictional force between the second supporting member and the membranous tissue. | 02-28-2013 |
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20080207014 | Board Mounted Electrical Connector - A board-to-board electrical connector assembly includes a first connector having a dielectric housing for mounting on a first printed circuit board for receiving a plug portion of a second connector mounted on a second printed circuit board. The connectors are mateable in a mating direction. A plurality of first conductive terminals are mounted on the housing of the first connector along the receptacle for engaging a plurality of second conductive terminals mounted along the plug portion of the second connector. A first retention member is mounted on one of the connectors and is engageable with a second retention member on the other connector in the mating direction. The first retention member includes a flexible engaging portion which extends in a direction generally perpendicular to the mating direction. The second retention member includes a rigid engaging portion for engaging and flexing the flexible engaging portion to hold the connectors in mated condition. | 08-28-2008 |
20090318029 | Board-to-board connector for mounting on a circuit board - A board-to-board connector for mating with another connector has a housing and a plurality of terminals. The terminals and housing interact at a reference surface to accurately locate the terminals relative to the housing. The housing includes an elongated recess that extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of the housing and has a plurality of terminal receiving cavities spaced therealong. Each cavity includes a terminal retention wall with a reference surface on one side thereof and a terminal alignment opening extending from the cavity. Each terminals is disposed in a terminal receiving cavity. Each terminal includes a U-shaped retention portion, an L-shaped resilient contact portion extending from the U-shaped retention portion and has a contact projection thereon. A tail portion for interconnection to a circuit member is also provided. The U-shaped retention portion includes first and second spaced apart legs and a connecting portion therebetween with the U-shaped retention portion dimensioned to securely receive the terminal retention wall of the housing between the spaced apart legs. The first leg is positioned along and engages the reference surface in order to accurately position the terminal within the terminal receiving cavity, and a terminal alignment projection extends from the U-shaped retention portion and projects into the terminal alignment opening to further position and secure the terminal within the cavity. | 12-24-2009 |
20090325396 | Board-To-Board Connector Pair - Board-to-board connectors are disclosed which include an insulative housing and conductive terminals. One connector has a receiving recess and the other has an insertion projection. The insertion projection ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100330821 | BOARD-TO-BOARD CONNECTOR - A board-to-board connector pair includes first and second intermateable connectors with each including a housing and a plurality of terminals therein. The first connector includes a first planar reinforcing locking bracket stamped from sheet metal and the second connector includes a second planar reinforcing locking bracket stamped from sheet metal and configured to mate with the first planar reinforcing locking bracket. | 12-30-2010 |
20110165797 | BOARD-TO-BOARD CONNECTOR - The board-to-board connector has a configuration in which first stage fitting guides ( | 07-07-2011 |
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20110318581 | SILICA PARTICLES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention provides silica particles including primary particles, the primary particles having a volume average particle diameter of from about 80 nm to about 300 nm, a particle size distribution index of from about 1.10 to about 1.40, an average circularity of from about 0.70 to about 0.92, and a circularity distribution index of from about 1.05 to about 1.50, the silica particles including primary particles having a circularity of about 0.95 or greater at a proportion of about 10% or less by number of particles. | 12-29-2011 |
20110318584 | SILICA PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides silica particles including primary particles, the primary particles having an average particle diameter in a range of from about 100 nm to about 500 nm, a particle size distribution index in a range of from about 1.40 to about 1.80, and an average roundness in a range of from about 0.5 to about 0.85, and about 95% or more, by number of particles, of the primary particles satisfying following Formula (1) with respect to a roundness (R) and a particle diameter (D) (nm): | 12-29-2011 |
20110319647 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SILICA PARTICLES - The invention provides a method of producing silica particles, the method including preparing an alkali catalyst solution containing an alkali catalyst in a solvent including an alcohol, at a concentration of from about 0.6 mol/L to about 0.85 mol/L; and supplying tetraalkoxysilane into the alkali catalyst solution, and concurrently supplying an alkali catalyst into the alkali catalyst solution at a rate of from about 0.1 mol to about 0.4 mol per mole of the total amount of supply of the tetraalkoxysilane supplied in one minute. | 12-29-2011 |
20120148470 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICA PARTICLES - A method for producing silica particles, includes preparing a silica particle dispersion containing silica particles, and a solvent containing an alcohol and water, and bringing supercritical carbon dioxide into contact with the silica particle dispersion to remove the solvent. | 06-14-2012 |
20120183777 | RESIN PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A resin particle having: a resin mother particle; and silica particles external added onto the surface of the resin mother particle, wherein a primary particles of the silica particles which have a volume average particle diameter of from 100 nm to 500 nm, a particle size distribution index of from 1.40 to 1.80 and an average circularity of from 0.5 to 0.85 has a regression line expressed by the following expression (1) with respect to the circularity and the volume average particle diameter (nm): | 07-19-2012 |
20120189851 | RESIN PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A resin particle including: a resin mother particle; and silica particles externally added onto a surface of the resin mother particle, wherein primary particles of the silica particles, the primary particles which have a volume average particle diameter of from 80 nm to 300 inn, a particle size distribution index of from 1.10 to 1.40, an average circularity of from 0.70 to 0.92 and an average circularity distribution index of from 1.05 to 1.50, and a proportion of the primary particles having an average circularity of 0.95 or more is not more 10% by number. | 07-26-2012 |
20130012657 | SILICA PARTICLES, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND RESIN PARTICLES - Disclosed are silica particles having a volume average particle size of from about 100 nm to about 500 nm, an average circularity degree of from about 0.5 to about 0.85, and an average value of the ratios of circle equivalent diameters Da of the silica particles obtained by a flat image analysis to maximum heights H of the silica particles obtained by a stereoscopic image analysis of more than 1.5 and less than 1.9. | 01-10-2013 |
20130065170 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: toner particles; and an external additive. The external additive contains sol-gel silica having a volume average particle diameter of from about 70 nm to about 400 nm and an average circularity of from about 0.5 to about 0.9, and a dielectric loss factor of the toner is from about 5×10 | 03-14-2013 |
20130075652 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICA PARTICLE DISPERSION - A method of manufacturing a silica particle dispersion, includes preparing a silica particle dispersion containing silica particles and a solvent, primary concentrating the silica particle dispersion, adding a hydrophobizing treatment agent to the silica particle dispersion after the primary concentrating, and secondary concentrating the silica particle dispersion after the adding. | 03-28-2013 |
20140234626 | RESIN PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A resin particle having: a resin mother particle; and silica particles external added onto the surface of the resin mother particle, wherein a primary particles of the silica particles which have a volume average particle diameter of from 100 nm to 500 nm, a particle size distribution index of from 1.40 to 1.80 and an average circularity of from 0.5 to 0.85 has a regression line expressed by the following expression (1) with respect to the circularity and the volume average particle diameter (nm): | 08-21-2014 |
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20110002718 | FIXING SOLUTION, FIXING METHOD, FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a fixing solution for fixing fine resin particles to a recording medium, the fixing solution including: a diluent which contains water; a foaming agent which allows the fixing solution to be in the form of foam; and a solid plasticizer which is solid at normal temperature and soluble in the diluent, and which softens or swells at least part of the fine resin particles while dissolved in the diluent. | 01-06-2011 |
20110217098 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus - A disclosed fixing device includes a fixer application unit configured to apply a fixer containing a softener, capable of softening resin by dissolving or swelling at least a part of the resin, and water to resin particles formed on a recording medium such that the resin particles are fixed on the recording medium, and an anti-tack agent application unit configured to apply a liquid anti-tack agent immiscible with the softener to surfaces of the resin particles that are mixed with the softener by the application of the fixer containing the softener. | 09-08-2011 |
20110229231 | FIXATION FLUID, FIXATION METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, FIXATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a fixation fluid, including a softening agent(s), the softening agent(s) being a saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid ester(s) of a saturated aliphatic alcohol(s) and/or a carbonic acid ester(s) of a dihydric saturated aliphatic alcohol(s), a foaming agent(s), the foaming agent(s) being a non-ionic surfactant(s) and/or an amphoteric surfactant(s), water, a pH adjustor(s), the pH adjustor(s) being an acid(s) and/or a salt(s) of the acid(s), and a pH of the fixation fluid being 6 or more and 7 or less. | 09-22-2011 |
20110268480 | FIXATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FIXATION FLUID STORAGE CONTAINER - Disclosed is, for example, a fixation device of fixing a resin-containing fine particle, the fixation device being configured to foam a fixation fluid including at least a softening agent configured to dissolve or swell at least one portion of a resin to soften the resin-containing fine particle including a resin, a foaming agent, and water, and to provide a foamed fixation fluid to the resin-containing fine particle, the fixation device including a first storage part configured to contain a softening agent fluid including at least the softening agent, a second storage part configured to contain a foaming agent fluid including at least the foaming agent, and a mixed foamed fixation fluid producing part configured to mix and foam both fluids contained in independent states in the storage parts to produce the foamed fixation fluid. | 11-03-2011 |
20120135342 | FIXING SOLUTION, FIXING METHOD, FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a fixing solution for fixing fine resin particles to a recording medium, the fixing solution including: a diluent which contains water; a foaming agent which allows the fixing solution to be in the form of foam; and plasticizers which soften or swell at least part of the fine resin particles, wherein the plasticizers contain a liquid plasticizer which is liquid at normal temperature and soluble in the diluent, and a solid plasticizer which is solid at normal temperature and soluble in the diluent. | 05-31-2012 |
20140071196 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a head configured to discharge an aqueous recording liquid onto a recording medium; and a coating unit configured to apply a process liquid onto the recording medium, wherein the process liquid is formed by emulsifying, by a first surfactant, water including a water-soluble polymer and a low polarity solvent which is not compatible with the water, wherein the water and the low polarity solvent are emulsified as a W/O emulsion in which the water is in a dispersed phase and the low polarity solvent is in a continuous phase. | 03-13-2014 |
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20110057275 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a semiconductor device capable of write operation to a selected magnetoresistive element without causing a malfunction of a non-selected magnetoresistive element and a manufacturing method of this semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a magnetic storage element having a magnetization free layer whose magnetization direction is made variable and formed over a lead interconnect and a digit line located below the magnetic storage element, extending in a first direction, and capable of changing the magnetization state of the magnetization free layer by the magnetic field generated. The digit line includes an interconnect body portion and a cladding layer covering therewith the bottom surface and the side surface of the interconnect body portion and opened upward. The cladding layer includes a sidewall portion covering therewith the side surface of the interconnect body portion and a bottom wall portion covering therewith the bottom surface of the interconnect body portion. The thickness of the sidewall portion is made greater than that of the bottom wall portion. | 03-10-2011 |
20110101431 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - To provide a technology capable of improving the property of an MRAM in a semiconductor device containing the MRAM. | 05-05-2011 |
20110156181 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is provided which can further suppress the leakage of a magnetic field in a magnetoresistive element, and which can further improve the performance of the semiconductor device. A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a lower electrode, a magnetoresistive element, an upper electrode, and a protective film. The lower electrode is formed over a main surface of the semiconductor substrate. The magnetoresistive element includes a fixed layer, a tunneling insulating film, and a free layer. The upper electrode is disposed over the other main surface opposite to one main surface of the free layer opposed to the tunneling insulating film. The protective film covers the sides intersecting the main surfaces of the lower electrode, the fixed layer, the tunneling insulating film, the free layer, and the upper electrode. The fixed layer included in the magnetoresistive element is a layer which is disposed over one main surface of the lower electrode, and whose magnetization direction is fixed. The tunneling insulating film is disposed over the other main surface opposite to one main surface of the fixed layer opposed to the lower electrode. The free layer is a layer which is disposed over the other main surface opposite to one main surface of the tunneling insulating film opposed to the fixed layer, and whose magnetization direction is variable. The width of the upper electrode is smaller than that of each of the lower electrode and the fixed layer in the direction intersecting the lamination direction of the lower electrode, the fixed layer | 06-30-2011 |
20110156182 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To provide a semiconductor device capable of further suppressing the leakage of magnetic field in a magnetoresistive element and capable of further improving performance. | 06-30-2011 |
20110241140 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ASSEMBLY - A semiconductor device excellent in the magnetic shielding effect of blocking off external magnetic fields is provided. The semiconductor device includes: an interlayer insulating film so formed as to cover a switching element formed over a main surface of a semiconductor substrate; a flat plate-like lead wiring; a coupling wiring coupling the lead wiring and the switching element with each other; and a magnetoresistive element including a magnetization free layer the orientation of magnetization of which is variable and formed over the lead wiring. The semiconductor device has a wiring and another wiring through which the magnetization state of the magnetization free layer can be varied. In a memory cell area where multiple magnetoresistive elements are arranged, a first high permeability film arranged above the magnetoresistive elements is extended from the memory cell area up to a peripheral area that is an area other than the memory cell area. | 10-06-2011 |
20120099054 | COLOR FILTER AND LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY ELEMENT - A color filter for use in a light-emitting display element which emits at least white light, the color filter including a circularly polarizing layer which includes a polarizing layer, the polarizing layer having an orientation layer and a liquid crystal compound layer, wherein the circularly polarizing layer is formed only in an optical path of the white light. | 04-26-2012 |
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20120069672 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device in accordance with an embodiment includes a memory cell array. A control unit performs control of repeating a write operation, a write verify operation, and a step-up operation, the write operation being an operation to apply a write pulse voltage to a selected memory cell and an intermediate voltage to an unselected memory cell. The control unit controls the step-up operation such that, in a first period, the intermediate voltage is maintained at a constant value, and, in a second period, the intermediate voltage is raised by a certain value. The control unit controls the step-up operation such that the first period includes an operation to raise the write pulse voltage by a first step-up value, and the second period includes an operation to raise the write pulse voltage by a second step-up value smaller than the first step-up value. | 03-22-2012 |
20140243092 | INPUT CONTROL DEVICE, INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM - A game device includes a screen generator that displays a display target on a display screen of a display device, and an input acquirer that acquires the position or direction of operation input to the display target from a touch panel annexed to the display screen of the display device and a back touch panel provided on a surface on the opposite side to the display screen of the display device, a determining section that determines the direction in which to operate the display target according to the position or direction of the operation input and the kind of the display target as the target of the operation when the input acquirer acquires the operation input to the display target from the back touch panel, and a movement controller or a rotation controller that operates the display target in the direction determined by the determining section. | 08-28-2014 |
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20090129612 | ELECTRETIZATION METHOD OF CONDENSER MICROPHONE, ELECTRETIZATION APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CONDENSER MICROPHONE USING IT - A new electretization technology for a silicon microphone capable of reasonably electretizing a dielectric film of a condenser microphone formed by micromachining a silicon substrate and also capable of taking measures against variations in the microphone sensitivity caused by manufacturing variations and characteristic variations in parts is provided. | 05-21-2009 |
20100059836 | MEMS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A MEMS device, including: a substrate having a first principal plane and a second principal plane opposite to the first principal plane; a through hole formed in the substrate; and a vibrating film formed over the first principal plane so as to cover the through hole. The first principal plane and the second principal plane are both a (110) crystal face; and the through hole has a substantially rhombic shape on the second principal plane. | 03-11-2010 |
20100077863 | DIAPHRAGM STRUCTURE AND MEMS DEVICE - A diaphragm structure for a MEMS device includes a through-hole formed so as to penetrate from an upper surface to a bottom surface of a substrate; and a vibrating electrode film formed on the upper surface of the substrate so as to cover the through-hole. An opening shape of the through-hole in the upper surface of the substrate is substantially hexagonal. | 04-01-2010 |
20100162821 | MEMS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A MEMS device includes: a substrate having a through hole; a first film provided on a top surface of the substrate with a bottom surface of the first film exposed in the through hole; a second film provided over the first film with an air gap interposed therebetween, and having a hole grouping including holes each in communication with the air gap; and a supporting layer interposed between the first and second films and having the air gap formed therein. Outermost holes of the hole grouping are located at regular intervals along a shape of an opening of the through hole at an upper open end. | 07-01-2010 |
20100189289 | CAPACITOR MICROPHONE CHIP, CAPACITOR MICROPHONE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An object of the invention is to design microminiaturization and higher sensitivity of a capacitor microphone chip formed by micromachining a silicon substrate and a wafer is diced so that a silicon substrate of a microphone chip is shaped almost like a hexagon, preferably a regular hexagon, and a back air chamber is shaped like a circle or a regular hexagon. | 07-29-2010 |
20100254561 | MICROPHONE DEVICE - Provided is a microphone device, i.e., an acoustic sensor, with high reliability for reducing noise caused by light. A microphone device includes: a condenser including a first electrode, and a second electrode opposite to the first electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode are provided on a semiconductor substrate; an amplifier which is electrically connected to the condenser. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode has the same conductivity type as the semiconductor substrate. | 10-07-2010 |
20110215672 | MEMS DEVICE - A MEMS device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a vibrating film formed on the semiconductor substrate with a restraining portion interposed between the vibrating film and the semiconductor substrate, and including a lower electrode, and a fixed film formed on the semiconductor substrate with a support portion interposed between the fixed film and the semiconductor substrate to cover the vibrating film, and including an upper electrode. A gap formed between the vibrating film and the fixed film opposed to each other forms an air gap. The restraining portion provides partial coupling between the semiconductor substrate and the vibrating film, and the vibrating film has a multilayer structure in which the lower electrode and a compressive stress inducing insulating film are laminated. The insulating film is located within the perimeter of the lower electrode. | 09-08-2011 |