Abstract: A PLL frequency synthesizer has: a reference frequency generator which issues a first frequency signal; a PLL section which outputs a phase error signal based on the first frequency signal and a second frequency signal; a first filter which smoothes the phase error signal output from the PLL section according to a first reference, and which outputs a first smoothed phase error signal; a second filter which smoothes the phase error signal output from the PLL section according to a second reference, and which outputs a second smoothed phase error signal; a switch which issues, in a switching mode, the first or second smoothed phase error signal output from the first filter or the second filter; an output frequency generator which issues a second frequency signal based on the first or second smoothed phase error signal to the PLL section; and a switch controller which controls the changeover of the switch.

Abstract: A carrier band of electronic parts which can carry electronic parts such as IC packages in good protected condition without spoiling the convenience of a carrier tape having convexities and sticking tape.

Abstract: The band 10 which stores little parts 20 in many storing dents 14 arranged along a longitudinal direction and packs the little parts 20 by covering surfaces of the storing dents 14 with a cover tape 30, and is made of a flexible material having a compress-forming nature, and comprises storing dents 14 which are compress-formed from a surface to a fixed depth in a thickness direction.

Abstract: An automatic feeding system includes a tag attached to a body of a pet; and an automatic feeding apparatus for automatically feeding the pet. The tag includes a receiving device for receiving an electromagnetic wave from the automatic feeding apparatus; an information memory device storing information on the feeding of the pet and outputting the information in response to an output from the receiving device; and a sending device for sending the information which is output from the information memory device to the automatic feeding apparatus using an electric wave.

Abstract: It is a object of this invention to provide a graphite cladding sheet having an excellent mechanical strength and applicable to wide use and a graphite device using said sheet. The graphite cladding sheet 10 comprises a flexible thin graphite sheet having a high orientation and a supporting sheet 12 fixedly laminated on one surface of the graphite film 11. If necessary, the graphite film may be sandwiched between the supporting sheet and the interlocking element by binding them with an adhesive filled in the hole which pass through the graphite film.

Abstract: An information transfer system includes an IC card including a communicating section; a passage checking apparatus for checking passage through a gate using the IC card, without being in physical contact with the IC card; and a display device for displaying information of the IC card, wherein the passage checking apparatus includes a communicating section for transmitting passage check information required to check passage through the gate and additional information other than the passage check information to the IC card and for receiving the passage check information from the IC card, the IC card includes a memory for storing the additional information transmitted from the passage checking apparatus, and the display device includes a communication section for obtaining the additional information stored in the memory of the IC card.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of molding which can feed the high-viscosity material quickly and accurately as well as with good operability. For achieving quick heating and cooling cycles in a mold, the mold is constructed from a mold material having superior heat-conductivity in such a way that the high-viscosity material can be heated and cooled from outside of the mold.Thereby, this invention comprises:a step for preparing a mold fabricated with high orientation graphite material,a step for feeding high-viscosity material into the recess portion for molding inside said mold in the non-molten state,a step for heating and melting the high-viscosity material in the recess portion via said mold from the outside, anda step for cooling the molten high-viscosity material via said mold and molding it into a desired shape.

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus includes a control section detecting the frequency of the intermediate-frequency signal from a mixer and adjusting the local oscillation frequency generated by a local oscillator on the basis of the detected intermediate frequency. The adjusted local oscillation frequency is supplied to the mixer to stabilize the intermediate frequency.

Abstract: An electronic chip component includes an electrode formed on a wafer, a passivation film formed on the water, and an organic protective film covering an entire surface of exposed portions of the electrode and the passivation film. Such component is packed in a package including a carrier tape having therethrough a space for receiving the component with one end of such space open. A cover is applied to close the open end of the space after the component is inserted therein.

Abstract: An electronic chip component includes an electrode formed on a wafer, a passivation film formed on the wafer, and an organic protective film covering an entire surface of exposed portions of the electrode and the passivation film. A package for packing the component includes a carrier tape having therethrough a space for receiving the component with one end or side of the space opened, and a cover tape for closing the open end of the space after the component is stored in the space. A method for packing the component includes the steps of storing the component in the space of the carrier tape with one end of the space opened, and closing the open end of the space with the cover tape.

Abstract: A VCO circuit has a voltage variable capacitance CVD2 connected in series with or in parallel to a condenser C3 connected in series with an inductance L1, which constitutes a resonator of the VCO circuit. An adjustment voltage VD2 is applied to a cathode of the voltage variable capacitance CVD2, such that the relation between a control voltage VD1 and an oscillation frequency f0 of the VCO circuit is electrically adjusted to improve the fabrication yield.

Abstract: An image synthesizing system is formed to perspectively transform and project a 3-D object in a virtual 3-D space represented by a combination of polygons onto a projection plane in a view-point coordinate system and to calculate color specifying data for each pixel to display an image on a display 18. The image synthesizing system has a depth information transforming unit 30 for transforming a depth information Z in the view-point coordinate system of each polygon into a depth information Z' for the depth cueing, a color palette 28 responsive to the color specifying data for each pixel for outputting a color signal as a front-color signal, a depth cueing information setting unit 26 for calculating a depth cueing back-color signal 320 depending on the displayed scene, and a color signal calculation unit 36 responsive to the depth information Z' for the depth cueing, front-color signal and back-color signal for forming and outputting a depth-cued color signal 350 for each pixel.

Abstract: A load open state detection circuit includes a driver having X and Y terminals between which an inductive load is connected and which receive drive signals, a first transistor whose base is connected to the X terminal and whose collector is connected to a terminal supplied with a predetermined voltage, a second transistor whose base is connected to the Y terminal and whose collector is connected to the terminal supplied with a predetermined voltage and third and fourth transistors having bases thereof connected to input terminals supplied with respective drive signals. A fifth transistor has a base connected to the base of the first transistor, a collector connected to a resistor which is in turn connected to the collector of the first transistor, and an emitter connected to a second resistor which is connected to the emitter of the first transistor.

Abstract: An auger type ice making machine according to the present invention comprises a refrigeration casing 11 around which a refrigerant evaporation pipe 13 is wound, an auger 17 rotatably disposed in said refrigeration casing and having a blade 17b formed thereto, and a press head 27 fixed to the inside of the refrigeration casing at the upper end thereof and having an ice compression passage formed in an axial direction. A high-hardness metal layer 35 composed of a self-melting metal is formed to the upper rotary shaft 17c of the auger 17 passing through the center hole 27c of the press head, a resin slide bearing 29 in contact with the metal layer 35 is fixed to the center hole of the press head in such a manner that the slide bearing 29 projects from the boundaries of the high-hardness metal layer at the both ends thereof and covers the entire surface of the metal layer 35, and the upper rotary shaft 17c of the auger 17 is supported by the press head 27 through the slide bearing 29.

Abstract: A wafer transporting/storing method includes steps of accommodating one wafer in each flat casing, and transporting/storing the casing. A wafer carrier includes a flat casing, one side surface of which is opened as a wafer entrance/exit, a cover for closing the wafer entrance/exit, and a cover urging device, disposed between the casing and the cover, for urging the cover in a closed direction. The flat casing has a space for accommodating one wafer. In the carrier, at both sides of intermediate portions of the upper and lower surfaces of the space are inclined in the directions from each intermediate portion toward both ends of each of the upper and lower surfaces so that an interval between the upper and lower surfaces of the space becomes narrower toward both ends of the space.

Abstract: An auger type ice making machine having an upright evaporator housing the interior of which is formed with a cylindrical freezing surface, an auger mounted for rotary movement within the evaporator housing and drivingly connected at its lower end with an electric motor to scrape ice crystals off the freezing surface and to advance the scraped ice crystals toward an upper end of the evaporator housing, an extrusion head fixed in place within the upper end portion of the evaporator housing to compress the scraped ice crystals advanced thereto by rotation of the auger and extrude the compressed ice crystals upwardly, a drain pipe provided with an electrically operated drain valve and connected to a lower end portion of the evaporator housing to discharge supplied water from the evaporator housing when the drain valve is opened by its energization and an electric heater mounted on an outer periphery of the evaporator housing at a place corresponding with the extrusion head, wherein the electric heater is energize

Abstract: A load short-circuit state detection circuit has a driver including X and Y terminals between which an inductive load is connected and receiving drive signals. The detection circuit further includes a first transistor whose base is connected to the X terminal and whose collector is supplied with a voltage, a second transistor whose base is connected to the Y terminal and whose collector is also supplied with a voltage, a first constant current circuit connected to an emitter of the first transistor through a first resistor and a second constant current circuit connected to an emitter of the second transistor through a second resistor. A comparator is provided for comparing a voltage of a node between the first resistor and the first constant current circuit with a voltage of a node between the second resistor and the second constant current circuit.

Abstract: An auger-type ice making machine includes a refrigerating cylinder 5, an auger 6 disposed rotatably within the refrigerating cylinder 5 and provided with a spiral blade 6a, a driving motor 8 for driving rotatively the auger 6 and an electric heater mounted around an outlet end portion of the refrigerating cylinder into and through which ice is transported under the effect of rotation of the auger. A coolant vaporizing tube is wound around outer periphery of the refrigerating cylinder, and raw water is fed into the refrigerating cylinder via a feed water pipe. When jamming of ice takes place within the refrigerating cylinder 5, an overcurrent flows through the driving motor 8. The overcurrent is detected by a protector 23 incorporated in a control circuit 30, whereupon the electric heater 22 is electrically energized.

Abstract: According to the present invention, chamber units are sequentially coupled with each other to thereby provide a volume of clean space, and whereby different environments can be maintained in the different chamber units. An air blowhole or door is provided at an opening section of each chamber unit. Moreover, a space section can be defined at the coupling part of the chamber units, and a suction pump and a suction hose can be provided in the space section, so as to prevent the environments of the different chambers from influencing one another.

Abstract: X-ray penetration images picked up by an X-ray penetrating device are supplied to an image processor, and stored in a magnetic disk unit as radiographic image data. The radiographic image data are reproduced on a reproduced image display monitor installed in an examination room. The examination room further includes a fluoroscopic image display monitor for selectively displaying the fluoroscopic images and menus. The menus include functions to select radiographic image data for reproduction on the reproduced image display monitor and to select a display mode. The functions shown on the menus may be selected and instructed by operating a joystick. During a procedure of interventional radiology, an operator operates the joystick to select and instruct desired radiographic image data to be reproduced. A display mode for enlarging reproduced images may be selected as necessary.