Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer, a gate electrode, a second insulating layer and a plurality of transparent conductive layers. The transparent conductive layers include a pixel electrode, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The pixel electrode is in contact with the second conductive layer. The second conductive layer is in contact with the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer is brought into contact with a second region of the semiconductor layer through a first contact hole.

Abstract: A display device is provided and includes a substrate on which a TFT is formed. The display device including an organic film formed on the TFT, the organic film having a through hole, and a first common electrode, an upper pixel electrode and a second common electrode which are stacked in this order above the organic passivation film, a filler being filled in the through hole, and wherein the upper pixel electrode is electrically connected with the TFT, and an edge of the upper pixel electrode is located directly on the filler.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technology which realizes a reliable semiconductor device including a photosensor device by preventing pent roofs of edges of a P+ layer from being generated and a metal wiring installed over the P+ layer from coming down while securing the electrical conductivity of the P+ layer. The semiconductor device includes a photosensor including a photodiode formed on a substrate. The photodiode includes: a cathode electrode; a laminated structure that is formed on the cathode electrode and in which an N+ layer, an I layer, and a P+ layer are laminated in this order; an anode electrode formed on the P+ layer; a first insulating film formed so as to cover a portion of the anode electrode and edges of the laminated structure; and a metal wiring connected to the anode electrode. The edges of the laminated structure are formed in forward tapered shapes in a cross-sectional view.

Abstract: A multi-layered film includes a first electroconductive layer, a dielectric layer, and a second electroconductive layer, which are sequentially layered and disposed on a main surface of a substrate. A lower surface of the dielectric layer comes into contact with an upper surface of the first electroconductive layer, an upper surface and an side surface of the dielectric layer is coated with the second electroconductive layer, and an side end of a portion at which the first electroconductive layer directly overlaps the second electroconductive layer is located inside a side end of the substrate on the main surface of the substrate.

Abstract: The buckling-restrained brace that is capable of being fixed to connected portions of a structure using bolts, the brace includes: a plate member extending in an axial direction, and in which bolt holes for fixing the bolts are formed at end portions of the plate member in the axial direction; and a buckling-restrained member configured to restrain a center portion of the plate member in the axial direction to prevent the plate member from buckling, wherein the buckling-restrained member includes a pipe member surrounding the plate member from the outside in a radial direction, and a filler filling the gap between the pipe member and the plate member, and the plate member includes a fixing plate, a portion of which is embedded in the filler, and the remaining portion is protruded from the filler in the axial direction, and in which the bolt hole is formed at an end portion of the remaining portion in the axial direction.

Abstract: A multi-layered film includes an electroconductive layer made of platinum (Pt), a seed layer including lanthanum (La), nickel (Ni), and oxygen (O), and a dielectric layer being preferentially oriented in a c-axis direction, which are at least sequentially disposed on a main surface of a substrate made of silicon.

Abstract: Network switching arrangements including: setting an operation mode of a target switching block to a operation mode that is different from an operation mode of a first switching block while the first switching block is handling a switching process, the target switching block being one switching block selected from second switching blocks; performing a switchover process including starting the switching process using the target switching block instead of the first switching block, after completion of setting the operation mode of the target switching block; and copying the switching information held by the first switching block to the target switching block, prior to starting the switching process using the target switching block, after completion of setting the operation mode of the target switching block.

Abstract: A measuring apparatus, method and program with which a distance between two points that are not within one photographing range can be easily measured is provided. According to an embodiment, a representative point is set in an image in which a start point is set, and the coordinates, of the points and characteristic quantity of a neighborhood image is stored. Hereafter in each image until an end point is set, a representative point of the most recent image is searched, the coordinates thereof are stored, a new representative point is set, the coordinates thereof and the characteristic quantity of the neighborhood image are stored, and the coordinates of the end point are stored. A vector between the respective two points connecting the start point, representative points and the end point in the sequence of setting is calculated, and the distance between the start point and the end point is calculated.

Abstract: The buckling-restrained brace that is capable of being fixed to connected portions of a structure using bolts, the brace includes: a plate member extending in an axial direction, and in which bolt holes for fixing the bolts are formed at end portions of the plate member in the axial direction; and a buckling-restrained member configured to restrain a center portion of the plate member in the axial direction to prevent the plate member from buckling, wherein the buckling-restrained member includes a pipe member surrounding the plate member from the outside in a radial direction, and a filler filling the gap between the pipe member and the plate member, and the plate member includes a fixing plate, a portion of which is embedded in the filler, and the remaining portion is protruded from the filler in the axial direction, and in which the bolt hole is formed at an end portion of the remaining portion in the axial direction.

Abstract: A multi-layered film includes an electroconductive layer made of platinum (Pt), a seed layer including lanthanum (La), nickel (Ni), and oxygen (O), and a dielectric layer being preferentially oriented in a c-axis direction, which are at least sequentially disposed on a main surface of a substrate made of silicon.

Abstract: A multi-layered film includes a first electroconductive layer, a dielectric layer, and a second electroconductive layer, which are sequentially layered and disposed on a main surface of a substrate. A lower surface of the dielectric layer comes into contact with an upper surface of the first electroconductive layer, an upper surface and an side surface of the dielectric layer is coated with the second electroconductive layer, and an side end of a portion at which the first electroconductive layer directly overlaps the second electroconductive layer is located inside a side end of the substrate on the main surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multi-layered film at least includes: a step A of forming an electroconductive layer on a substrate; a step B of forming a seed layer so as to coat the electroconductive layer; and a step C of forming a dielectric layer so as to coat the seed layer. In the step B, a compound including strontium (Sr), ruthenium (Ru), and oxygen (O) is formed as the seed layer by a sputtering method. In the step C, where a substrate temperature is defined by Td when the dielectric layer is formed, 560° C.?Td?720° C. is determined.

Abstract: Network switching arrangements including: setting an operation mode of a target switching block to a operation mode that is different from an operation mode of a first switching block while the first switching block is handling a switching process, the target switching block being one switching block selected from second switching blocks; performing a switchover process including starting the switching process using the target switching block instead of the first switching block, after completion of setting the operation mode of the target switching block; and copying the switching information held by the first switching block to the target switching block, prior to starting the switching process using the target switching block, after completion of setting the operation mode of the target switching block.

Abstract: A dielectric film forming apparatus and a method for forming a dielectric film so as to form a dielectric film with a (100)/(001) orientation. A dielectric film forming apparatus includes a deposition preventive plate heating portion that heats a deposition preventive plate disposed in a position where particles discharged from a target adhere. Sputtering gas is introduced from a sputtering gas introduction unit into a vacuum chamber. The deposition preventive plate is heated to a temperature higher than a film forming temperature so as to emit vapor from a thin film adhered to the deposition preventive plate. After a seed layer is formed on a substrate, the substrate is heated to the film forming temperature, and AC voltage is applied to the target from a power supply and then, the target is sputtered so as to form a dielectric film on the substrate.

Abstract: Network switching arrangements including: setting an operation mode of a target switching block to a operation mode that is different from an operation mode of a first switching block while the first switching block is handling a switching process, the target switching block being one switching block selected from second switching blocks; performing a switchover process including starting the switching process using the target switching block instead of the first switching block, after completion of setting the operation mode of the target switching block; and copying the switching information held by the first switching block to the target switching block, prior to starting the switching process using the target switching block, after completion of setting the operation mode of the target switching block.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multi-layered film includes: forming an electroconductive layer on a substrate; forming a seed layer including an oxidative product having a perovskite structure so as to coat the electroconductive layer by a sputtering method; and forming a dielectric layer so as to coat the seed layer.

Abstract: Provided is a tubular molded foam with a plate portion capable of reliably preventing the occurrence of an unwanted lump on the inside of a tube body even when the molding is manufactured using a molten resin having a high expansion ratio. The tubular molded foam includes a tube body and a plate portion joined with an outside of the tube body. The plate portion has a recess in the vicinity of a joint surface with the tube body.

Abstract: A method for forming a dielectric thin film that forms a PZT thin film having a (100)/(001) orientation. After a seed layer is formed by adhering PbO gas to a surface of a substrate, a voltage is applied to a target of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) and perform sputtering, while the substrate is heated inside of an evacuated vacuum chamber. Then, a PZT thin film is formed on the surface of the substrate. Because Pb and O are supplied from the seed layer, a PZT film having a (001)/(100) orientation can be formed without lack of Pb.

Abstract: The present invention provides a filter cloth for a dust collector which shows low pressure loss, no clogging, superior dust shaking-off performance, and durability for continuous use without impairing collection performance, even under such dust collection conditions as high speed filtration and high dust concentration. The filter cloth for a dust collector relevant to the present invention is a filter cloth which is made by laminating and integrating a filtration layer of a nonwoven fabric layer consisting of a thermoplastic fiber and a support layer consisting of a woven fabric layer, characterized in that at least filtration surface layer of said laminated and integrated filter cloth has a concave-convex shape having a height from hill part to trough part of 1.6 to 20.0 mm.

Abstract: Network switching arrangements including: setting an operation mode of a target switching block to a operation mode that is different from an operation mode of a first switching block while the first switching block is handling a switching process, the target switching block being one switching block selected from second switching blocks; performing a switchover process including starting the switching process using the target switching block instead of the first switching block, after completion of setting the operation mode of the target switching block; and copying the switching information held by the first switching block to the target switching block, prior to starting the switching process using the target switching block, after completion of setting the operation mode of the target switching block.