| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090011731 | DIVERSITY RECEIVER AND GAIN ADJUSTING METHOD THEREFOR - Reception levels are measured in respective branches to compare the results of the measurements with one another to select the result of the measurement of a maximum reception level which is the highest reception level. The gains of variable gain amplifiers ( | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090202017 | Distortion Control Device and Method - This invention includes a waveform analyzing means ( | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090285340 | RECEIVING AMPLITUDE CORRECTION CIRCUIT, RECEIVING AMPLITUDE CORRECTION METHOD, AND RECEIVER USING THE SAME - Input average levels and output average levels of digital channel filters | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100296609 | OFDM RECEIVING DEVICE, OFDM RECIEIVING METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR OFDM RECEIVING DEVICE - An OFDM receiving device for settling a problem of complicated configuration is provided, in that the OFDM receiving device receives an OFDM signal where no smaller than one specific sub-carriers among plurality of sub-carriers are modulated by a known modulation signal s | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110038403 | ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEX MODEM CIRCUIT - To provide an orthogonal frequency division multiplex modem circuit which can multiplex signals, whose bit rates and QoS are different from one another, and can transmit the signals via one OFDM line. A serial/parallel converter converts input signals into a complex parallel signal respectively, and a sub carrier and a modulation system are assigned every communication channel. A randomizer changes the alignment sequence of the signal, a discrete inverse Fourier transformer processes the signal, a parallel/serial converter converts the signal into a serial signal, and a transmitter performs the orthogonal modulation of the signal to output the signal from an antenna. A receiver performs orthogonal demodulation of the signal received with an antenna, a serial/parallel converter converts the signal into a parallel signal, and a discrete Fourier transformer processes the parallel signal. In addition, a de-randomizer restores the alignment sequence of the subcarriers into the original condition, and a parallel/serial converter decodes and outputs the signal. | 02-17-2011 |
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| 20080254581 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is disclosed a semiconductor device comprising a P-channel MIS transistor which includes an N-type semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer formed on the N-type semiconductor layer and containing a carbon compound of a metal, and an N-channel MIS transistor which includes a P-type semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer formed on the P-type semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode formed on the second gate insulating layer. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080258230 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is disclosed a semiconductor device comprising a P-channel MIS transistor which includes an N-type semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer formed on the N-type semiconductor layer and containing a carbon compound of a metal, and an N-channel MIS transistor which includes a P-type semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer formed on the P-type semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode formed on the second gate insulating layer. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100155851 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is disclosed a semiconductor device comprising a P-channel MIS transistor which includes an N-type semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer formed on the N-type semiconductor layer and containing a carbon compound of a metal, and an N-channel MIS transistor which includes a P-type semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer formed on the P-type semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode formed on the second gate insulating layer. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100171184 | Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an nMISFET formed on the substrate, the nMISFET including a first dielectric formed on the substrate and a first metal gate electrode formed on the first dielectric and formed of one metal element selected from Ti, Zr, Hf, Ta, Sc, Y, a lanthanoide and actinide series and of one selected from boride, silicide and germanide compounds of the one metal element, and a pMISFET formed on the substrate, the pMISFET including a second dielectric formed on the substrate and a second metal gate electrode formed on the second dielectric and made of the same material as that of the first metal gate electrode, at least a portion of the second dielectric facing the second metal gate electrode being made of an insulating material different from that of at least a portion of the first dielectric facing the first metal gate electrode. | 07-08-2010 |
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| 20090034122 | STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A structure has projecting structural members perpendicular to a substrate, the projecting structural members having respectively a curved top-end face covered continuously with a magnetic material. A process for producing a structure comprises the steps of placing an underlying metal layer and an anode-oxidization layer successively on a substrate, anodizing the anode-oxidization layer to form a porous film having pores perpendicular to the substrate, growing an oxide of a metal of the underlying metal layer from the bottoms of the pores of the porous film to outside of the porous film to form projecting structural members through the pores, each constituted of a columnar structural portion and a curve-faced top-end portion, removing a part or the entire of the porous film, and placing a magnetic material on the top-end portions of the projecting structural members. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100319453 | PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - Disclosed is a photoacoustic measurement apparatus that irradiates a light beam onto a subject, from a same side as that of an acoustic wave detector, and that measures photoacoustic waves. The photoacoustic measurement apparatus has: an acoustic wave detector; a diffraction grating member provided in front of a detection surface of the detector; a light source that generates a light beam; and an optical system that guides the light beam from the light source towards the diffraction grating member. The diffraction grating member is configured such that the light beam led to the diffraction grating member is outputted by the diffraction grating member towards a subject surface that opposes the detection surface of the detector. As a result, light beams can strike a biological body in a near-perpendicular angle. This affords greater illumination efficiency, and allows light of substantial light energy to be irradiated deep inside biological structures. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110088477 | ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND PHOTOACOUSTIC-ULTRASONIC SYSTEM AND INSPECTION OBJECT IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ULTRASONIC PROBE - Provided are an ultrasonic probe capable of forming an image without degradation even when the frequency band of a photoacoustic wave and the frequency band of an ultrasonic wave used in ultrasonography are separated from each other, and an inspection object imaging apparatus including the ultrasonic probe. The ultrasonic probe includes a first array device capable of transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave; and a second array device capable of receiving a photoacoustic wave. The first array device includes plural electromechanical transducers arranged in a direction perpendicular to a scanning direction, the second array device includes plural electromechanical transducers arranged in a two-dimensional manner, and the first array device and the second array device are provided on the same plane and in the scanning direction. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110102797 | BIOINFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS - provided is a bioinformation acquisition apparatus in which a flux of light emitted outside from a test object through diffusion effect when light is radiated thereto can be reused, improving use efficiency of the radiated light. The apparatus having a light source for radiating a flux of light to a test object, and a detector for detecting a signal output based on the radiation, and includes: a reflection type polarization element adapted that at least a part of the flux of light from the light source can be transmitted through, and a flux of light emitted outside from the test object by the radiation can be reflected, in which the reflection type polarization element is disposed at a position opposite to an irradiation area of the flux of light on the surface of the test object to cover the irradiation area. | 05-05-2011 |
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| 20090052074 | Perpendicular magnetic recording media and magnetic storage apparatus using the same - Embodiments of the present invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording media having excellent resolution, signal to noise ratio (S/N), and a small adjacent track erasure. According to one embodiment, underlayers for controlling the orientation and segregation of a magnetic layer, a magnetic layer including an oxide and an alloy of magnetic materials mainly composed of Co, Cr, and Pt, and a ferromagnetic-metal layer which does not contain oxygen, are formed over a substrate. The magnetic layer has at least two layers including ferromagnetic grains and oxides, a first magnetic layer, which is the part of the magnetic layer closer to the substrate, has grain boundaries mainly composed of Cr oxide and at least one oxide selected from Si, Ti, Nb, and Ta, and grain boundaries of a second magnetic layer at the ferromagnetic-metal layer side includes at least one oxide selected from Si, Ti, Nb, and Ta in which Cr oxide is less than the first magnetic layer. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090086372 | Perpendicular magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing the same, and magnetic recording device - Embodiments of the present invention help to provide a discrete track medium for realizing a high track density in a low price by adopting a configuration, in which filling of a non-magnetic material into a guard band portion and smoothing processing of a medium surface are not required. According to one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, on the non-magnetic substrate, includes at least: a soft magnetic underlayer; a first recording layer including a crystal grain having a magnetic property and a non-magnetic grain boundary having an oxide, as a main component, surrounding the crystal grain; a second recording layer containing a ferromagnetic metal as a main component and not containing an oxide; and at least one non-magnetic layer provided between the first recording layer and the second recording layer. A recording track portion for magnetically recording information and a guard band portion provided between adjacent recording track portions are included in the perpendicular magnetic recording medium. The relationship between the total thickness t | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100110576 | THERMALLY ASSISTED RECORDING MEDIA AND SYSTEM - A thermally assisted magnetic recording medium includes a substrate and at least two, i.e., first and second magnetic recording layers. These layers are hard magnetic layers and contain magnetic grains and a non-magnetic substance magnetically segregating the magnetic grains at grain boundaries. The first magnetic recording layer has a magnetic anisotropy energy K | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100165500 | Thermal Energy Assisted Medium - In order to provide a thermal energy assisted medium capable of improving anti-sliding reliability over long periods of time in low flying head conditions, while also maintaining a high SNR, a unique medium is proposed. A soft magnetic layer is formed on a substrate, a soft magnetic layer is formed thereon via a non-magnetic intermediate layer, and an intermediate layer, a crystal oriented control intermediate layer, an artificial lattice intermediate layer having an artificial lattice film in which a first layer comprising Co and a second layer comprising Pt and Pd are laminated repeatedly to form a recording layer, and a cap layer and an lubricating layer are formed. The concentration of Pd comprising the second layer is from about 20 atomic % to about 40 atomic %. Other mediums and systems are also described. | 07-01-2010 |