Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090079913 | Optically anisotropic film, polarizing film, producing process thereof, and application use thereof - A novel optically anisotropic film is disclosed. The film is a film produced by irradiating a polymer film, comprising at least one photoreactive compound and at least one non-liquid crystalline polymer, with a light, thereby inducing or changing an optical anisotropy of the polymer film. A novel process for producing an optically anisotropic film is also disclosed. The process comprises irradiating a polymer film, comprising at least one photoreactive compound and at least one non-liquid crystalline polymer, with a light, thereby controlling an optical anisotropy of the polymer film. | 03-26-2009 |
20090088521 | AQUEOUS COLORANT DISPERSION, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE AQUEOUS COLORANT DISPERSION, AND AQUEOUS INK FOR INKJET RECORDING - The invention provides an aqueous colorant dispersion having: a colorant (A); a polymer (B); and an aqueous liquid medium (I), a method of producing the dispersion, and an aqueous ink for inkjet recording using the dispersion. The polymer (B) is a copolymer containing a hydrophilic structural unit and a hydrophobic structural unit. The hydrophobic structural unit contains a hydrophobic structural unit (a) containing a benzene ring which is not directly bonded to an atom that forms a main chain of the polymer (B). The hydrophilic structural unit contains a hydrophilic structural unit (b) containing an ionic group. The polymer (B) contains a structural unit (c) different from the hydrophobic structural unit (a) and the hydrophilic structural unit (b). A content of the hydrophobic structural unit and a content of the structural unit (c) with respect to a total mass of the polymer (B) are respectively in specific ranges. | 04-02-2009 |
20090131577 | PIGMENT COMPOSITION, WATER-BASED PIGMENT DISPERSION, METHOD OF PRODUCING WATER-BASED PIGMENT DISPERSION, WATER-BASED INK FOR INK JET RECORDING, AND POLYMER COMPOUND - The invention provides a pigment composition having a pigment and a dispersant, wherein the dispersant is a copolymer comprising: a repeating unit (a) having a specific structure; and a repeating unit (b) having an ionic group. The invention ether provides a water-based pigment dispersion containing: the pigment composition; and water or a water-based carrier medium containing water and an organic solvent. The invention further provides a method for producing the water-based pigment dispersion. The invention further provides a water-based ink for ink jet recording containing the water-based pigment dispersion. The invention further provides a polymer compound having, as copolymerization components, a monomer having a specific structure, (meth)acrylic acid, and benzyl (meth)acrylate. | 05-21-2009 |
20100003408 | INK SET FOR INK JET RECORDING AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink set for ink jet recording including an ink composition containing a coloring material, and a polymer particle including 65 mass % or more of a constituent unit derived from a methacrylic acid derivative, and a treating liquid which forms an aggregate when contacted with the ink composition, and an ink jet recording method using the same are provided. | 01-07-2010 |
20100062160 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND INK-JET RECORDING METHOD - There are provided an ink composition including a coloring material, a hydrophilic organic solvent, polymer particles that have a minimum filming temperature (MFT | 03-11-2010 |
20100075044 | WATER-BASED INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The invention provides a water-based ink composition including: a water-based medium, a colored particle containing a pigment and a water-insoluble polymer dispersant, and a self-dispersing polymer particle including a hydrophilic constituent unit, and a hydrophobic constituent unit derived from alicyclic (meth)acrylate, as well as an ink set comprising the water-based ink composition, and an image forming method using the aqueaous ink composition or the ink set. | 03-25-2010 |
20100166963 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WATER-BASED DISPERSION OF SELF-DISPERSING POLYMER, WATER-BASED INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The invention provides a method for manufacturing a water-based dispersion of a self-dispersing polymer, including:
| 07-01-2010 |
20100227064 | INK COMPOSITION FOR INK-JET RECORDING, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink composition for ink-jet recording, including: coloring particles containing a pigment that is coated with a water-insoluble polymer dispersant, and self-dispersing polymer particles containing a first polymer which includes a constituent unit derived from a hydrophilic monomer and a constituent unit derived from a hydrophobic monomer, and which has a glass transition temperature from 150° C. to 250° C. and an I/O value of from 0.20 to 0.55; an ink set including the ink composition; and an image forming method using the ink set are provided. | 09-09-2010 |
20100227065 | INK-JET INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink-jet ink composition comprising: a pigment, a polymer pigment dispersion, polymer particles, a hydrophilic organic solvent, water, and at least one of a water-soluble acidic compound having a molecular weight of 200 or less or a salt thereof in an amount of from 50 ppm to 1,000 ppm; an ink set that includes the ink-jet ink composition and a treatment liquid that forms an aggregate when contacted with the ink-jet ink composition; and an image forming method using the ink set. | 09-09-2010 |
20110057983 | AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND INKJET IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The invention provides an aqueous ink composition including: a) a water-based medium; b) a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond; and c) resin particles including a water-insoluble vinyl polymer and a water-insoluble photoinitiator. | 03-10-2011 |
20110193632 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - Disclosed is a semiconductor integrated circuit device that includes a ring oscillator circuit, performs a proper oscillation operation, and expands the range of oscillation frequency variation. The ring oscillator circuit includes, for instance, plural differential amplifier circuits. MOS transistors are respectively added to input nodes of a differential pair of the differential amplifier circuits. Further, gate control circuits are incorporated to control the gates of the MOS transistors, respectively. The gate control circuits cause the MOS transistors to function as an amplitude limiter circuit in mode | 08-11-2011 |
20110205291 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An aqueous ink composition including: a water-soluble polymerizable compound containing two or more polymerizable functional groups each selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylamide group, a maleimide group, a vinyl sulfone group, and an N-vinyl amide group, wherein a ratio of a molecular weight of the compound relative to a number of the polymerizable functional groups contained in a single molecule of the compound is 175 or less; a polymerization initiator; and water. | 08-25-2011 |
20120141679 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink composition includes: (Component a) a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond; (Component b) a polymerization initiator; (Component c) water; and (Component d) a polyhydric alcohol having an alkyleneoxy chain, wherein the (Component a) polymerizable compound includes a monofunctional polymerizable monomer having a (meth)acrylamide structure, and a content of the monofunctional polymerizable monomer is 5% by mass or more with respect to a total content of the (Component a) polymerizable compound. | 06-07-2012 |
20120242384 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING AN ON-CHIP PLL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An on-chip phase-locked loop circuit has reduced power consumption in a semiconductor integrated circuit. The phase locked loop circuit is equipped with a phase frequency comparator, a loop attenuator, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage controlled oscillator and a divider. The attenuator includes a sampling circuit and a counter. A sampling pulse and first and second output signals both outputted from the phase frequency comparator are supplied to the sampling circuit. The sampling circuit outputs a sampling output signal. When the counter completes a countup of a predetermined number of sampling pulses outputted from the sampling circuit, the counter outputs a countup completion output signal. The charge pump outputs a charging current or a discharging current to the loop filter in response to the countup completion output signal. | 09-27-2012 |
20120274408 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - Disclosed is a semiconductor integrated circuit device that includes a ring oscillator circuit, performs a proper oscillation operation, and expands the range of oscillation frequency variation. The ring oscillator circuit includes, for instance, plural differential amplifier circuits. MOS transistors are respectively added to input nodes of a differential pair of the differential amplifier circuits. Further, gate control circuits are incorporated to control the gates of the MOS transistors, respectively. The gate control circuits cause the MOS transistors to function as an amplitude limiter circuit in mode | 11-01-2012 |
20130076414 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING AN ON-CHIP PLL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An on-chip phase-locked loop circuit has reduced power consumption in a semiconductor integrated circuit. The phase locked loop circuit is equipped with a phase frequency comparator, a loop attenuator, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage controlled oscillator and a divider. The attenuator includes a sampling circuit and a counter. A sampling pulse and first and second output signals both outputted from the phase frequency comparator are supplied to the sampling circuit. The sampling circuit outputs a sampling output signal. When the counter completes a countup of a predetermined number of sampling pulses outputted from the sampling circuit, the counter outputs a countup completion output signal. The charge pump outputs a charging current or a discharging current to the loop filter in response to the countup completion output signal. | 03-28-2013 |