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| 20090277222 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC DISK - The present invention provides a method for producing a glass substrate for a magnetic disk in which the occurrence of micro-waviness on the glass substrate is prevented in a cooling step after a chemically strengthening step so that the glass substrate has a significantly smooth principal surface, and provides a method for producing a magnetic disk in which head crash, thermal asperity failures, and the like are prevented, the flying height of a magnetic head can be decreased, and high-density recording is enabled. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100024484 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK - To provide a magnetic-disk glass substrate manufacturing method that can reduce the inner diameter dimensional error. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100190038 | GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A glass substrate for a magnetic disk of the invention is a disk-shaped glass substrate for a magnetic disk where the substrate has a main surface and end face and is subjected to chemical reinforcement treatment, and is characterized in that the penetration length in the uppermost-portion stress layer on the main surface is 49.1 μm or less, and that assuming that an angle between the main surface and compressive stress in the stress profile by a Babinet compensator method is θ, a value y of {12·t·ln(tan θ)+(49.1/t)} is the penetration length in the uppermost-portion stress layer or less. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110171415 | GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR A MAGNETIC DISK AND MAGNETIC DISK - Provided are a magnetic disk substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the magnetic disk substrate has very few defects present on its surface with an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) at a level in the vicinity of 0.1 nm and thus is suitable as a substrate for a magnetic disk with high recording density. The magnetic disk glass substrate is such that the arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of the main surface of the glass substrate measured using an atomic force microscope with a resolution of 256×256 pixels in a 2 μm×2 μm square is 0.12 nm or less and the number of defects detected to have a size of 0.1 μm to 0.6 μm in plan view and a depth of 0.5 nm to 2 nm is less than 10 per 24 cm | 07-14-2011 |
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| 20080211837 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus and Recording Method Therefor - A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20110058004 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus and Recording Method Therefor - A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058005 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus and Recording Method Therefor - A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole. | 03-10-2011 |
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| 20110053073 | TONER - A toner is provided which is excellent in development stability in both a low-temperature, low-humidity environment and a high-temperature, high-humidity environment over a long time period. The toner includes toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, and a fatty acid metal salt. The fatty acid metal salt has a volume-based median diameter (D50s) of 0.15 μm or more and 0.65 μm or less, and the liberation ratio of the fatty acid metal salt in the toner is 1.0% or more and 25.0% or less. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110097657 | TONER - An object of the present invention is to provide a toner in which the problems in the techniques described are solved. That is, the object is to provide a toner which has an excellent charging characteristic regardless of the environment and which achieves high image quality over a long period of time. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110097660 | TONER - Provided is a toner in which faulty transfer under an extremely-low-temperature, low-humidity environment hardly occurs, including toner particles and a zeolite as an external additive, in which a ratio of the alminium atoms to a total of the silicon atoms and the aluminium atoms contained in the zeolite is 0.2 to 24.0%. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110305989 | METHOD OF PRODUCING TONER - A method of stably producing a toner is provided. This method provides a long-term stabilization of material dispersion in a colorant-dispersed solution and inhibits segregation of the material and provides a more microfine and more uniform dispersion of the colorant in the toner, and moreover produces a toner that has a sharp toner particle diameter distribution. This method of producing toner has at least a colorant dispersion step of obtaining a colorant-dispersed solution by dispersing a pigment-containing colorant in a liquid mixture that contains the colorant and a dissolved resin solution or a polymerizable monomer, wherein the liquid mixture contains a nonionic surfactant and the nonionic surfactant has at least an oxyalkylene group and has a hydrophile-lipophile balance value (HLB value) of 9.0 or more and 17.0 or less. | 12-15-2011 |
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| 20100189971 | ANTIREFLECTION LAMINATE - An antireflection laminate for use mainly in displays such as LCDs and PDPs, which has a refractive index layer that has, while comprising hollow and solid particles, excellent abrasion resistance, a refractive index of 1.45 or less, and low reflectivity is disclosed. The refractive index layer is obtained by irradiating a refractive index layer forming composition with ionizing radiation, the composition including an ionizing radiation curable resin, a crosslinkable hollow particle having an inside that is porous or hollow and is covered with an outer shell layer and having a surface that is modified with a crosslinkable group(s), and a crosslinkable solid particle having an inside that is neither porous nor hollow and having a surface that is modified with a crosslinkable group(s). The crosslinkable groups comprise an ionizing radiation curable group each and have an identical structure or a very similar structure. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100196687 | ANTIREFLECTION LAMINATE - The present invention is to provide an antireflection laminate for use mainly in displays such as LCDs and PDPs, which has a refractive index layer that has, while comprising hollow and solid particles, excellent abrasion resistance, a refractive index of 1.45 or less, and low reflectivity. This object was achieved by an antireflection laminate which comprises a refractive index layer that has a refractive index of 1.45 or less, wherein the refractive index layer is obtained by irradiating a refractive index layer forming composition with ionizing radiation; wherein the refractive index layer forming composition comprises an ionizing radiation curable resin, a crosslinkable hollow particle having an inside that is porous or hollow and is covered with an outer shell layer and having a surface that is modified with a crosslinkable group(s), and a crosslinkable solid particle having an inside that is neither porous nor hollow and having a surface that is modified with a crosslinkable group(s); and wherein the crosslinkable groups comprise an ionizing radiation curable group each and have an identical structure or a very similar structure. | 08-05-2010 |
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| 20090017611 | Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same - In a method for fabricating a semiconductor device, first, a first metal interconnect is formed in an interconnect formation region, and a second metal interconnect is formed in a seal ring region. Subsequently, by chemical mechanical polishing or etching, the upper portions of the first metal interconnect and the second metal interconnect are recessed to form recesses. A second insulating film filling the recesses is then formed above a substrate, and the upper portion of the second insulating film is planarized. Next, a hole and a trench are formed to extend halfway through the second insulating film, and ashing and polymer removal are performed. Subsequently to this, the hole and the trench are allowed to reach the first metal interconnect and the second metal interconnect. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20110171824 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - In a method for fabricating a semiconductor device, first, a first metal interconnect is formed in an interconnect formation region, and a second metal interconnect is formed in a seal ring region. Subsequently, by chemical mechanical polishing or etching, the upper portions of the first metal interconnect and the second metal interconnect are recessed to form recesses. A second insulating film filling the recesses is then formed above a substrate, and the upper portion of the second insulating film is planarized. Next, a hole and a trench are formed to extend halfway through the second insulating film, and ashing and polymer removal are performed. Subsequently to this, the hole and the trench are allowed to reach the first metal interconnect and the second metal interconnect. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110300702 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An insulating film is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A metal sacrificial film is formed on the insulating film. Then, the sacrificial film is selectively etched to form a trench pattern in the sacrificial film. The insulating film is irradiated with ultraviolet light or an electron beam using the sacrificial film having the trench pattern as a mask. After that, an interconnect formation groove is formed in the insulating film using the sacrificial film having the trench pattern as a mask. A metal film is formed in the interconnect formation groove. | 12-08-2011 |
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| 20080253014 | Magnetic disk controller and method - Among other disclosed subject matter, a magnetic disk controller can include an index detecting unit to detect an index of the magnetic disk, an error check code generating unit to, after the index detecting unit detects the index, generate a first error check code for first write data based on the first write data and a first physical address of a first sector subsequent to the detected index, and a writing control unit to cause the first error check code generated by the error check code generating unit, the first write data and the first physical address to be written into a second sector subsequent to the first sector. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20100088576 | MAGNETIC DISK CONTROLLER AND METHOD - Among other disclosed subject matter, a magnetic disk controller includes an interface that receives and transmits data to be written into a magnetic disk. The magnetic disk controller includes a first buffer and a second buffer each of which temporarily stores data that is to be written into at least one sector of the magnetic disk. The magnetic disk controller includes an encoding unit that encodes the data stored in any of the first buffer and the second buffer into data representing a signal to be applied to the magnetic disk. A data width M between the encoding unit and the first and second buffers is at least equal to twice a data width N between the interface and the first and second buffers. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100277823 | MAGNETIC DISC CONTROLLER AND METHOD - A magnetic disk controller includes a first buffer that includes a first storage area that stores former portions of pieces of writing data, and a second storage area that stores latter portions of pieces of writing data; an encoding unit that encodes a former portion of the first piece of writing data; a second buffer that stores the encoded former portion of the first piece of writing data; and a buffer control unit that writes the encoded former portion of the first piece of writing data into a first sector of the magnetic disk. The encoding unit encodes the latter portion of the first piece of writing data. The second buffer stores the encoded latter portion of the first piece of writing data. The buffer control unit, writes the encoded latter portion of the first piece of writing data into the first sector of the magnetic disk. | 11-04-2010 |
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| 20080282054 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING MEMORY ACCESS MECHANISM WITH ADDRESS-TRANSLATING FUNCTION - A pseudo-physical address is used for accessing a memory from a CPU (Central Processing Unit). One of function blocks that is needed for the current application program is selected based on the pseudo-physical address, and the pseudo-physical address is translated to a real physical address by the selected function block. There are provided parallel lines of memory access functions extending from the CPU, whereby it is possible to perform an optimal memory access transaction for each application program, and it is possible to improve the memory access performance without lowering the operation frequency and without increasing the number of cycles required for a memory access. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20110167223 | BUFFER MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND DATA READING METHOD - Memory access is accelerated by performing a burst read without any problems caused due to rewriting of data. A buffer memory device reads, in response to a read request from a processor, data from a main memory including cacheable and uncacheable areas. The buffer memory device includes an attribute obtaining unit which obtains the attribute of the area indicated by a read address included in the read request; an attribute determining unit which determines whether or not the attribute obtained by the attribute obtaining unit is burst-transferable; a data reading unit which performs a burst read of data including data held in the area indicated by the read address, when determined that the attribute obtained by the attribute obtaining unit is burst-transferable; and a buffer memory which holds the data burst read by the data reading unit. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167224 | CACHE MEMORY, MEMORY SYSTEM, DATA COPYING METHOD, AND DATA REWRITING METHOD - A cache memory according to an aspect of the present invention including entries each of which includes a tag address, line data, and a dirty flag, the cache memory includes: a command execution unit which rewrites, when a first command is instructed by a processor, a tag address included in at least one entry specified by the processor among the entries to a tag address corresponding to an address specified by the processor, and to set a dirty flag corresponding to the entry; and a write-back unit which writes, back to a main memory, the line data included in the entry in which the dirty flag is set. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110173393 | CACHE MEMORY, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A cache memory according to the present invention includes: a first port for input of a command from the processor; a second port for input of a command from a master other than the processor; a hit determining unit which, when a command is input to said first port or said second port, determines whether or not data corresponding to an address specified by the command is stored in said cache memory; and a first control unit which performs a process for maintaining coherency of the data stored in the cache memory and corresponding to the address specified by the command and data stored in the main memory, and outputs the input command to the main memory as a command output from the master, when the command is input to the second port and said hit determining unit determines that the data is stored in said cache memory. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173400 | BUFFER MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD - This invention may be applied for performing a burst write of write data, and increases efficiency of data transfer to memory. A buffer memory device transfers data between processors and a main memory in response to a memory access request issued by each of the processors. The buffer memory device includes: buffer memories each of which holds write data corresponding to the write request issued by a corresponding processor; a memory access information obtaining unit which obtains memory access information indicating a type of the memory access request; a determining unit which determines whether or not the type indicated by the memory access information obtained by the memory access information obtaining unit meets a predetermined condition; and a control unit which drains, to the main memory, data held in one of the buffer memories which meets the predetermined condition, when determined that the predetermined condition is met. | 07-14-2011 |
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| 20100304303 | Novel Sulfonic Acid Salt and Derivative Thereof, Photoacid Generator Agent, and Resist Material and Pattern Formation Method Using the Photoacid Generator Agent - Disclosed is a fluorinated sulfonic acid salt or fluorinated sulfonic acid group-containing compound having a structure represented by the following general formula (A). | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110207954 | Method for Producing Alkoxycarbonylfluoroalkanesulfonic Acid Salt - In the present invention, a target alkoxycarbonylfluoroalkanesulfonic acid salt is obtained by using a halofluoroalkanoic acid ester as a starting raw material, sulfinating the halofluoroalkanoic acid ester in the presence of an amine (as a first step), and then, oxidizing the resulting sulfination product (as a second step). Further, an alkoxycarbonylfluoroalkanesulfinic acid onium salt, which is useful as a photoacid generator, is obtained by salt exchange reaction of the alkoxycarbonylfluoroalkanesulfonic acid salt. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110301305 | Fluorinated Dicarboxylic Acid Derivative and Polymer Obtained Therefrom - According to the present invention, a polymer is obtained by polycondensation of a fluorinated dicarboxylic acid derivative of the general formula (M-1) or an acid anhydride of the fluorinated dicarboxylic acid with a polyfunctional compound having two to four reactive groups corresponding in reactivity to carbonyl moieties of the fluorinated dicarboxylic acid derivative or acid anhydride. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110318542 | Fluorine-Containing Compound, Fluorine-Containing Polymer Compound, Resist Composition and Patterning Method Using Same - There is disclosed a fluorine-containing polymer compound comprising a repeating unit (a) of the following general formula (2) and having a weight-average molecular weight of 1000 to 1000000 | 12-29-2011 |
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| 20090136482 | DRUG TARGET PROTEIN AND TARGET GENE, AND SCREENING METHOD - The present invention provides target proteins and target genes for bioactive substances such as drugs, and means that enable the development of novel bioactive substances using the same. More specifically, the present invention provides target proteins and target genes for bioactive substances; screening methods for substances capable of regulating bioactivities; bioactivity regulators; a bioactive substance derivative production method; a complex comprising a bioactive substance and a target protein, and a method of producing the complex; and kits comprising a bioactive substance or a salt thereof; determination methods for the onset or risk of onset of a specified disease or condition, determination methods for susceptibility to a bioactive substance, and determination kits used for the determination methods, and the like. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090143285 | TARGET PROTEIN AND TARGET GENE FOR DRUG DISCOVERY AND SCREENING METHOD - The present invention provides target proteins and target genes for bioactive substances such as drugs, and means that enable the development of novel bioactive substances using the same. More specifically, the present invention provides target proteins and target genes for bioactive substances; screening methods for substances capable of regulating bioactivities; bioactivity regulators; a bioactive substance derivative production method; a complex comprising a bioactive substance and a target protein, and a method of producing the complex; and kits comprising a bioactive substance or a salt thereof; determination methods for the onset or risk of onset of a specified disease or condition, determination methods for susceptibility to a bioactive substance, and determination kits used for the determination methods, and the like. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090233274 | DRUG DEVELOPMENT TARGET PROTEIN AND TARGET GENE, AND METHOD OF SCREENING - The present invention provides novel target proteins and target genes for drug discovery, and the means that enable the development of novel drugs using the same. More particularly, the present invention provides NCS proteins and genes thereof; screening methods for drug (for example, anti-central nervous disease drug); agents for regulating disease (for example, central nervous disease); production methods of a drug derivative; a complex comprising a drug and NCS protein, and a method of producing the complex; a kits comprising a drug or a salt thereof; determination methods for the onset or risk of onset of a specified disease, determination methods for susceptibility to a drug, and determination kits used for the determination methods; and the like. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20110269141 | TARGET PROTEIN AND TARGET GENE FOR DRUG DISCOVERY, AND SCREENING METHOD - The problems of the present invention are to provide target proteins and target genes for bioactive substances such as drugs, and means that enable the development of novel bioactive substances using the same. The present invention provides target proteins and target genes for bioactive substances; screening methods for substances capable of regulating bioactivities; bioactivity regulators; a bioactive substance derivative production method; a complex comprising a bioactive substance and a target protein, and a method of producing the complex; and kits comprising a bioactive substance or a salt thereof; determination methods for the onset or risk of onset of a specified disease or condition, determination methods for susceptibility to a bioactive substance, and determination kits used for the determination methods, and the like. | 11-03-2011 |
