Abstract: A dielectric ceramic includes crystal grains containing barium titanate as a main component, magnesium, a rare-earth element, and manganese, wherein the crystal grains have a cubic crystal structure; and the dielectric ceramic contains, per mole of barium, 0.033 to 0.085 mol of magnesium in terms of MgO, 0.1 to 0.2 mol of the rare-earth element (RE) in terms of RE2O3, and 0.006 to 0.018 mol of manganese in terms of MnO. Such a dielectric ceramic has a high relative dielectric constant, stable temperature characteristic of the relative dielectric constant, and no spontaneous polarization.

Abstract: The invention provides a multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising a capacitor body composed by alternately layering dielectric layers and inner electrode layers. Accordingly, the multilayer ceramic capacitor has high relative permittivity and is high the temperature property and highly accelerated life test property.

Abstract: [Problems] To provide a multilayered ceramic capacitor which in a high-temperature loading test, can be inhibited from decreasing in insulation resistance with time and which can have high insulating properties even when produced without via a reoxidation step. [Means for Solving Problems] The multilayered ceramic capacitor is formed by alternately superposing dielectric layers made of dielectric porcelain and inner-electrode layers. The dielectric porcelain is constituted of first crystals comprising crystal particles comprising barium titanate as the main component and having a calcium concentration of 0.2 at. % or lower and second crystals comprising crystal particles having a calcium concentration of 0.4 at. % or higher.

Abstract: A computer readable recording medium stores therein a plated film thickness calculating program for a semiconductor integrated circuit producing process in which a plating treatment, a polishing treatment and an over-polishing treatment are performed. The plated film thickness calculating program performing a process includes simulating the plating treatment of plating the surface of the substrate for a given thickness of the conductor; calculating a thickness of the conductor to be removed by the polishing treatment until at least a part of the plateaus appears; calculating a maximum thickness of the conductor to be remained on any part of the plateaus after performing the polishing treatment; and repeating the simulating, the thickness calculation and the maximum thickness calculation by changing the given thickness until a minimum of the given thickness is determined in which the maximum thickness of the remaining conductor becomes less than a predetermined level.

Abstract: There are provided upper and lower switching elements 1U to 1W and 2U to 2W for energizing motor drive windings 4U to 4W, a control circuit 20 that starts outputting a control signal for energization based on an energization instruction, pre-drive circuits 8U to 8W and 9U to 9W for controlling ON/OFF of the upper and lower switching elements based on the control signal, and short circuit detection circuits 10U to 10W for detecting short circuits in a node 14 between the upper and lower switching elements to higher-potential and lower-potential power sources based on the control signal and a voltage of the node.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramics comprising a high dielectric constant is disclosed. The dielectric ceramics also comprises a relative dielectric constant with a stable temperature dependence and an insulation resistance with a reduced voltage dependence. The dielectric ceramics can be used to form a multilayer ceramic capacitor that has a long life.

Abstract: Manufacturing is carried out while including the steps of: from a trunk line 12, drawing out electric wires 13a to be a branch line 14 longer than a required length of the branch line 14; forming a branch line portion 17 by applying tape winding to the drawn-out electric wires 13a; making, as a trunk line accompanying part 17a, a part from a base end P2 to a branching position P1 of the branch line portion 17 accompany the trunk line 12 and making, as a main branch line part 17b, a part from the branching position P1 to a front end P3 of the branch line portion 17 distant from the branch line 12; and applying an protecting treatment 19 by tape winding to the whole.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a process of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit including a deposition step and a polishing step after the deposition step, the method includes: dividing the semiconductor integrated circuit into a plurality of areas; determining a deposition height after the deposition step for each of the areas; and determining a risk value for each of the areas on the basis of a difference in the deposition height between each of the areas and its adjacent areas.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic whose primary crystal grains 1 comprise a composite oxide composed mainly of Ti and at least one kind of alkaline earth metal element selected from Ca, Sr and Ba. The primary crystal grains 1 contain the metal compositions of Mg, Mn and a rare earth element. At least one kind of metal composition of the Mg, the Mn and the rare earth element is present at a higher concentration on the surface side 5 of the primary crystal grains 1 than the inside 3 thereof. A 0.04 to 0.2 parts by mass of Zr in terms of oxide to 100 parts by mass of the composite oxide is contained. It is therefore able to impart a high dielectric constant even to finely granulated barium titanate based crystal grains, and also stabilize the temperature characteristics of dielectric constant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ceramic dielectric material and to capacitors including the ceramic dielectric material. The ceramic dielectric material of the invention exhibits a high relative dielectric constant and a stable temperature characteristic of the relative dielectric constant.

Abstract: A layout design apparatus that limits the maximum wiring density and the maximum edge length of partial regions when determining wiring layout. After determining the wiring layout, the layout design apparatus inserts a dummy into a partial region having a low wiring density and thereby, the minimum wiring density and the minimum edge length of the partial regions are limited. Thus, the respective wiring densities and respective edge lengths of the partial regions are constrained within a constant range and irregularities in the substrate surface after polishing can be suppressed.

Abstract: The invention provides a multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising a capacitor body composed by alternately layering dielectric layers and inner electrode layers, and each of the above mentioned dielectric layers contains a plurality of crystal particles, and grain boundary phases comprising interfacial grain boundaries and triple point grain boundaries formed among a plurality of the crystal particles adjacent to one another, and Si—Ba—O compound being formed in 5% or more of the triple point grain boundaries in the entire triple point grain boundaries per unit surface area of the dielectric layer. Accordingly, the multilayer ceramic capacitor has high relative permittivity and is high the temperature property and highly accelerated life test property.

Abstract: A fuel injection nozzle for a diesel engine. The fuel injection nozzle may include a plurality of injection hole groups, each having two injection holes respectively. A distance between the two injection holes, an angle between longitudinal axes of the two injection holes and an angle between horizontal axes of said two injection holes of each injection hole group are each set such that fuel sprays injected from said two injection holes will form a single fuel spray cloud after the fuel sprays collide with a side wall of a combustion chamber formed in a top surface of a piston of the engine, and such that the distance between collision points of the fuel sprays will be in a predetermined range in which a penetration force of said fuel spray cloud along a longitudinal direction of said combustion chamber received after collision with said wall of said combustion chamber is at or near a predetermined maximum value.

Abstract: There are provided upper and lower switching elements 1U to 1W and 2U to 2W for energizing motor drive windings 4U to 4W, a control circuit 20 that starts outputting a control signal for energization based on an energization instruction, pre-drive circuits 8U to 8W and 9U to 9W for controlling ON/OFF of the upper and lower switching elements based on the control signal, and short circuit detection circuits 10U to 10W for detecting short circuits in a node 14 between the upper and lower switching elements to higher-potential and lower-potential power sources based on the control signal and a voltage of the node.

Abstract: Provided is a multilayer ceramic capacitor having a capacitor body formed by alternately laminating a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer, and an external electrode formed on both ends of the capacitor body. The dielectric layer has at least two type of barium titanate crystal grains that differ from one another in at least one selected from Ca composition concentration, Sr composition concentration, and Zr composition concentration, and a grain boundary phase. If this multilayer ceramic capacitor employs, as a dielectric layer, a dielectric ceramic that contains barium titanate crystal grains in which part of Ba is substituted by Ca, Sr, or Zr, it is capable of suppressing the grain growth of crystal grains, and improving relative dielectric constant, temperature characteristic, and high-temperature load test characteristic, for example, in high-volume manufacturing using a tunnel type large kiln.

Abstract: An engine exhaust gas purifier includes: an injection controller allowing a fuel injection valve to inject fuel near the top dead center on each compression stroke; an EGR amount controller for controlling the amount of exhaust gas recirculated into a combustion chamber; an excess air ratio controller for controlling the excess air ratio so that the local equivalence ratio in a late combustion stage is lower than the equivalence ratio at which soot is produced; and an intake air temperature controller for controlling the temperature of intake air after being mixed with exhaust gas. The intake air temperature controller controls the temperature of intake air within a temperature range lower than an upper temperature limit below which a predetermined ignition delay time can be secured and higher than a lower temperature limit above which the production of HC and CO can be avoided.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a design of a circuit including a plurality of elements, comprising: an acquiring unit that acquires a clock tree of the circuit; a constructing unit that constructs, based on the clock tree, a plurality of groups each of which includes a part of elements of same skew; an analyzing unit that performs an analysis of a timing of an inter-group path between two of the groups; and an output unit that outputs a result of the analysis.

Abstract: An engine exhaust gas purifier includes: an injection controller allowing a fuel injection valve to inject fuel near the top dead center on each compression stroke; an EGR amount controller for controlling the amount of exhaust gas recirculated into a combustion chamber; an excess air ratio controller for controlling the excess air ratio so that the local equivalence ratio in a late combustion stage is lower than the equivalence ratio at which soot is produced; and an intake air temperature controller for controlling the temperature of intake air after being mixed with exhaust gas. The intake air temperature controller controls the temperature of intake air within a temperature range lower than an upper temperature limit below which a predetermined ignition delay time can be secured and higher than a lower temperature limit above which the production of HC and CO can be avoided.

Abstract: A film thickness predicting apparatus compares a measurement value of a copper plating formed on wiring grooves of various patterns measured using a TEG and a film thickness of the copper plating calculated based on a plating model and a condition file. The film thickness predicting apparatus then delivers optimal plating model from the comparison result and calculates the film thickness of the copper plating formed on a substrate surface to be designed using the optimal plating model. The film thickness predicting apparatus enables to conduct a highly accurate film thickness predicting simulation.

Abstract: A polishing-condition predicting apparatus determines optimum parameters to be substituted into various function models by performing calibration by use of a TEG. A polishing condition enabling polishing of a thin film formed on a substrate to be designed so as to obtain a desirable height of the thin film and a desirable depth of a groove is predicted by simulation using the determined optimum parameters.