Abstract: A color cathode ray tube using a self-convergence method is provided with magnets for correcting top/bottom pincushion distortion, and includes a vertical deflection coil and a four-pole coil. The vertical deflection coil generates a first correction field distorted in a barrel shape. The four-pole coil is arranged on the side of a deflection yoke nearer to an electron gun, and corrects YH barrel pattern misconvergence by generating a second correction field. The strength of the second correction field varies according to the amount of vertical deflection applied to electron beams emitted by the electron gun.

Abstract: To provide a contactless communication system that can reduce a time required to complete an identification of all data carriers that exist around a reader/writer and thus attempt to speed up its processing. According to the contactless communication system, multiple data carriers detect a response requesting command from an access device and send back an individual response signal for one-bit information to the access device at a time that is ordered based on a portion of each carrier's identification information, and the access device monitors individual slots for the response signals and determines that detection of the presence of data carriers is completed when it has obtained individual signals from the data carriers, thereby reducing the time required to complete the identification of all data carriers.

Abstract: Based on an oscillation ON/OFF signal and an output state instruction signal output to a high-voltage generating circuit (101) from a power supply control apparatus (301), heater voltage applied from a heater circuit (201) to a heater of a magnetron (2) is controlled depending on whether the magnetron (2) is stopped from oscillating or is continuously or intermittently operating. The heater voltage of the magnetron (2) measured during the intermittent operation is controlled to be higher than that measured during the continuous output and to be lower than that measured while the oscillation is stopped, thereby reducing the change in temperature of the heater and providing a lower limit temperature at which the magnetron (2) can oscillate stably. This configuration increases the service life of the magnetron (2) used for a microwave excitation laser.

Abstract: A 32-bit instruction 50 is composed of a 4-bit format field 51, a 4-bit operation field 52, and two 12-bit operation fields 59 and 60. The 4-bit operation field 52 can only include (1) an operation code “cc” that indicates a branch operation which uses a stored value of the implicitly indicated constant register 36 as the branch address, or (2) a constant “const”. The content of the 4-bit operation field 52 is specified by a format code provided in the format field 51.

Abstract: A tunneling transistor is provided as an effective means for miniaturization of a semiconductor integrated circuit having nonvolatile memory. An insulating layer is disposed on a silicon substrate. A source and a drain are disposed on the insulating layer, with an insulator of a few nanometers in thickness that provides a tunnel barrier being interposed between the source and the drain. A ferroelectric layer that exhibits spontaneous polarization is disposed directly above a region of the source that is adjacent to the insulator. With this construction, when the ferroelectric layer is polarized in a predetermined direction, at least a portion of the region of the source adjacent to the insulator forms a depletion region, with it being possible to vary the amount of current tunneling through the insulator depending on whether the ferroelectric layer is polarized or not.

Abstract: A differential detecting apparatus includes samplers 1 and 2, differential detection calculating unit 3, and two post-detection filters 4 and 5. Differential detection calculating unit 3 performs a differential detection with time-division multiplexing on data output from these samplers and alternately outputs a data sequence of a part of cosine component of the phase difference of the modulated signal and a data sequence of the rest of the cosine component. Differential detection calculating unit 3 also alternately outputs a data sequence of a part of sine component of the phase difference and a data sequence of the rest of the sine component. Each of post-detection filters 4 and 5 includes linear interpolating filter 35 and integral filter 36 which are connected in series. The linear interpolating filter 35 obtains a moving average from successive three pieces of input data weighted by 1:2:1 and the integral filter 36 obtains an integral value from successive k pieces of input data.

Abstract: A disc control device for holding a plurality of read requests as a queue, arranging the read requests and a newly inputted read request, reading out the read requests from the queue in the arranged order, and controlling the output of the requested data from a disc, comprises a queue unit for temporarily holds the read requests as the queue in which the read requests can be arranged, the read requests requesting data readout from the disc; an allowable time hold unit holds allowable time, which shows how much more delay can be allowed in order to satisfy delay time until the end of the data output, of each read request in the queue, the delay time being decided based on the ranking in the read request in the queue; and an arrangement control unit arranges the read requests in the queue along with the newly inputted read request in the queue based on the allowable time of each read request in the queue, each time a new read request is inputted.

Abstract: The apparatus for correcting the misspelling and incorrect usage of a word according to the present invention enables, when a document is prepared, the proper correction of the misspelling and incorrect usage of a word which are frequently produced by the operator who is a non-native speaker of the language used in the document or a child. The present invention has been achieved in consideration of mistakes resulting from the difference between the language used in the document and the mother tongue of the operator.

Abstract: In a radio communication system for performing digital radio communications by using time-division multiplexed time slots, a first personal station receives its user's speech through the microphone, converts it into audio data, and transmits them on time slots to a second personal station. On the other hand, the first personal station receives non-audio data from the data processor connected with the second personal station and stores. When the audio data amount inputted to the first personal station in a unit time period is lower than a threshold and the communications between the first personal station and the second personal station are put in a silence condition, the first personal station transmits non-audio data on times slots to the second personal station. When the communications return to a sound condition, audio data transmission is restored. Whether each time slot carries audio data or non-audio data is designated by an identifier which is written in a predetermined field of each time slot.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus for creating an image of a motion blur, a trail of a rapidly moving object, by sequentially creating each pixel of the motion blur from pixel values of an original image, the apparatus including an image memory, a pixel position specifying unit, an original image data storage, an original image pixel value generating unit, a pixel value calculating unit, and a pixel value writing unit.

Abstract: An electronic dictionary comprises a dictionary medium; dictionary data composed of a plurality of dictionary data elements and stored in the dictionary medium; and an index file showing storage positions of all dictionary data elements and being stored in the dictionary medium, wherein the index file is a differential index in which each item is expressed by a differential between a pointer showing a storage position of a dictionary data element and a given function value, with each item of the differential index being expressed by a bit length equal to or shorter than maximum bit length for showing a storage position of a dictionary data element.

Abstract: The address generation unit 166 generates a write address for each picture data to be written in the frame memory 169. The memory control unit 165 writes picture data which have the same Y address and consecutive X addresses to the first bank and the second bank alternately per one-page mode length, and further writes picture data which have the same X address and adjacent Y addresses to the different banks. The memory control unit 165 determines a minimum area which consists of an odd number of page mode lengths and includes picture data of a square area having the same Y address, and reads the determined area from the two storage areas alternately per Y address.

Abstract: A body 1 is constructed by mounting a purifier cartridge 23 in a cold-water passage 7 and is equipped with a purified water handle 16 for opening and closing a branch passage leading from the cold-water passage 7 to the purifier cartridge 23. To this body, there is mounted a base 9 which includes a valve functioning part 11 for adjusting the mixing of cold water and hot water coming through the cold-water passage 7 and a hot-water passage 8, and the flow rates of the cold water, the hot water and the mixed water by operating a lever 15. A spout 10 spouts therefrom the cold water, the hot water, their mixed water adjusted by the valve functioning part 11, or the purified water. The purified water handle 16 and the valve functioning part 11 are provided separately, and hence they can be individually replaced when they fail.

Abstract: A layout designing apparatus for circuit boards including a mother board and a substrate which comprises a layout data storage unit for having areas to store data; an operation unit for giving directions; a mother board setting unit for creating the data about the mother board in the layout data storage unit according to the operation unit; a substrate placement unit for creating the data in the layout data storage unit according to the operation unit so that the substrate of a given configuration is placed on a given place on the mother board; a component placement unit for creating the data in the layout data storage unit according to the operation unit so that components of given configurations are placed on given places on the mother board and on the substrate; a routing unit for creating the data in the layout data storage unit according to the operation unit so that routing paths of given configurations are laid out on the mother board and on the substrate; a display unit; and a layout data display cont

Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus including an indoor device having a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a radiant panel. Air circulation mode is switched to radiant mode when a room temperature has reached a temperature set by a user. Refrigerant is changeably circulated through the first and second heat exchangers in a cooling operation so that dew is not formed on the radiant panel.

Abstract: A semiconductor device such as a Bi-CMOS having vertical or lateral bipolar transistors and MOS transistors is disclosed. The MOS transistors include a gate electrode made of a first conductive thin film, and sidewall spacers formed on the sides of the gate electrode and consisting of at least one deposition film. The vertical bipolar transistors include an emitter electrode made of a second conductive thin film, and an emitter diffusion window formed in the deposition film which is disposed under the emitter electrode. The lateral bipolar transistors include a base width defining region for defining the base width, and an insulation film formed between the base width defining region and the collector and emitter, and consisting of the deposition film.

Abstract: A sputtering apparatus for producing a thin film with use of a laser beam is disclosed. The sputtering apparatus comprises a vacuum chamber, a target and a substrate disposed inside the vacuum chamber, a laser beam-projecting unit, a beam-shape adjusting unit, an optical scanning unit, and a light-converging unit. The optical scanning unit comprises a mirror which rotates to allow the laser beam to scan the target, and the angular speed thereof is regulated so as to move the spot of the laser beam at a fixed speed on the target. The beam-shape adjusting unit or the light-converging unit moves along its optical axis in synchronization with the movement of the mirror of the optical scanning unit, thereby keeping the spot of the laser beam at a predetermined size.

Abstract: A terminal perfluoroalkylsilane compound F(CF.sub.2).sub.m (CH.sub.2).sub.n Si(CH.sub.3).sub.p X.sub.3-p (m+n=10 to 32 carbon atoms in fluoroalkyl group) is prepared by a hydrosilylation reaction of a terminal perfluoroalkene compounds F(CF.sub.2).sub.m (CH.sub.2).sub.1+q CH.dbd.CH.sub.2 (1+q+2=n) with the hydrodiensilane HSi(CH.sub.3).sub.p X.sup.3.sub.3-p. The F(CF.sub.2).sub.m (CH.sub.2).sub.1+q CH.dbd.CH.sub.2 are synthesized by a Grignard's reaction of a Grignard's reagent X.sup.2 Mg(CH.sub.2).sub.q CH.dbd.CH.sub.2 obtained from a terminal alkenyl halogen compound X.sup.2 (CH.sub.2).sub.q CH.dbd.CH.sub.2 with a terminal fluoroalkyl halogen compound F(CF.sub.2).sub.m (CH.sub.2).sub.1 X.sup.1.The terminal perfluoroalkylsilane compound has a sufficient lubricating effect and is useful for a coating agent with long and continuous lubricity.

Abstract: There is provided a rewritable tri-layer optical information recording medium of the phase change type having a high sensitivity. In this medium, a reflective layer is formed by a thin film of an Ni-Cr alloy or an Au-Cr alloy.

Abstract: A method for the formation of a light-shield coat on a peripheral area of an optical lens other than the effective aperture area, which method is constituted by the steps of mounting the lens on a rotatable lens support means effective to rotate the lens about the optical axis thereof with the peripheral area positioned exteriorly of the lens support means, applying to the peripheral area of the lens a photo-setting, black-colored light shielding paint capable of hardening when exposed to ultraviolet rays to form the light-shield coat on the peripheral area of the lens, and radiating ultraviolet rays onto the peripheral area of the lens, while the latter is rotated, to cause the light-shield coat to harden.