Abstract: Protons are entered into a substrate to be analyzed at a proton incident angle larger than 0° and smaller 90°. Excited by the entered protons and emitted from the substrate to be analyzed, the characteristic X-ray is measured by an energy dispersive X-ray detector and the like. Impurity elements present in the substrate to be analyzed are identified based on the measured characteristic X-ray. The in-plane distribution in the substrate can be obtained by scanning the proton beam. The in-depth distribution can be obtained by entering protons at different proton incident angles. The elemental analysis method can be applied to semiconductor device manufacturing processes to analyze metal contamination or quantify a conductivity determining impurity element on an inline basis and with a high degree of accuracy.

Abstract: A rear-side polarizing plate 32 is provided on the side of a rear-side substrate 22 not facing a liquid crystal layer 26, a front-side polarizing plate 34 is provided on the side of a front-side substrate 24 not facing the liquid crystal layer 26, an in-cell polarizing plate 50 is provided on the side of the front-side substrate 24 facing the liquid crystal layer 26, and a rear-side phase difference film 36 is provided between the rear-side polarizing plate 32 and the in-cell polarizing plate 50 in order to compensate for viewing angle in regard to contrast.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device is configured to read data from and write data to a magnetic disk using a magnetic head and provided with a control module that controls initial operation of the magnetic disk device according to initial firmware. The magnetic disk device includes a reader, a retainer, a blocker, and a switch. The reader reads control firmware stored in the magnetic disk. The retainer fixes a servo control amount for the magnetic head after the control firmware is read, and retains the magnetic head at a predetermined position above the magnetic disk. The blocker blocks input of an interrupt signal to the control module. The switch switches the initial firmware to the control firmware after the servo control amount is fixed and the input of an interrupt signal is blocked.

Abstract: A water-repellent pattern (26) made from a water-repellent material is provided around a contact hole (20), and causes a polarizing layer (24) made from a water-soluble material to be separated from the contact hole (20). It is therefore possible to provide (i) an electrode contact structure which can prevent a reduction in mass productivity, (ii) a liquid crystal display apparatus in which the electrode contact structure is provided, and (iii) a method for manufacturing the electrode contact structure.

Abstract: A direct-viewing type display device includes: a display panel 10 having a display region 10A and a frame region 10F provided outside the display region, with a boundary extending along a first direction between the display region and the frame region, the display region having a plurality of pixels arrayed therein; and a light-transmitting cover 14 disposed on the viewer's side. The light-transmitting cover includes a lens portion 141 disposed astride the boundary for refracting a portion of light going out from the display region toward the frame region. The lens portion refracts the light so that light emitted from the plurality of pixels in the display region has a substantially equal pitch on a plane which is perpendicular to the first direction. A line of intersection 1412 between the plane which is perpendicular to the first direction and a viewer-side surface 1411 of the lens portion is a curve which is not a circular arc.

Abstract: A direct-viewing type display device according to the present invention includes: at least one display panel 10 having a display region 10A and a frame region 10F provided outside the display region, with a boundary extending along the first direction between the display region and the frame region; and at least one light-transmitting cover 14 disposed on a viewer's side of the at least one display panel. The at least one light-transmitting cover includes a lens portion 141 disposed astride the boundary for refracting a portion of light going out from the display region toward the frame region; and a viewer-side surface 1411 of the lens portion is a curved surface, and a rear-side surface 1412 of the lens portion is also a curved surface.

Abstract: A biaxially oriented polyester container with a uniformly and sufficiently elongated and thin-walled bottom part having excellent drop strength, improved ESC resistance and reduced weight, and a method of manufacturing the container. The biaxially oriented polyester container of the present invention is characterized in that, when an X-ray diffraction measurement is performed in and near a bottom center area of the biaxially oriented polyester container formed by a double-stage orientation blow molding method, a peak indicative of molecular orientation is observed near a diffraction angle of 2?=15 to 30° and an orientation parameter (BO) expressed by the following formula (1) is in the range of 0.

Abstract: A vertically aligned type liquid crystal display panel with wide viewing angles and high display quality can be provided with high production efficiency. A liquid crystal display panel of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal layer of a vertically aligned type; a light-incident side substrate and a light-outgoing side substrate which oppose each other via the liquid crystal layer; a microlens array provided on a light-outgoing side of the light-outgoing side substrate, which includes a plurality of microlenses; an optical film which includes a first polarizing plate provided on a light-outgoing side of the microlens array; and an optical film which includes a second polarizing plate provided on a light-incident side of the light-incident side substrate.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display device in which display defects that would be caused by asymmetry of light emitted from a backlight are reduced and which is capable of providing brightness with improved symmetry about the direction vertical to the display surface. The liquid crystal display device includes a backlight configured to emit light toward a liquid crystal panel and a microlens array interposed between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight. The backlight emits the light toward the microlens array such that the average propagation direction of the emitted light is a second direction, the second direction being different from a first direction that is perpendicular to a light receiving surface of the liquid crystal panel.

Abstract: An amorphous layer 101 is formed in a region from a surface of a silicon substrate 100 to a first depth A. At this time, defects 103 are generated near an amorphous-crystal interface 102. By heat treatment, the crystal structure of the amorphous layer 101 is restored in a region from the first depth A to a second depth B that is shallower than the first depth A. The resultant amorphous layer 101 extends from the surface of the silicon substrate 100 to the second depth B. The defects 103 remain at the first depth A. By ion implantation, a pn junction 104 is formed at a third depth C that is shallower than the second depth B.

Abstract: A highly reliable liquid crystal display panel is provided in which problems such as mixing of foreign matter are prevented. A liquid crystal display panel according to the present invention includes: a composite substrate including a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of substrates; a microlens array provided on a light-incident side of the composite substrate; a support provided on the light-incident side of the composite substrate so as to surround the microlens array; and an optical film attached to the composite substrate via the support. The support has a protrusion protruding from an outer principal face of the support toward the external space. A venthole is formed in the support, the venthole connecting an internal space surrounded by the support and the external space. An opening of the venthole on the external space side is formed in the protrusion.

Abstract: Protons are entered into a substrate to be analyzed at a proton incident angle larger than 0° and smaller 90°. Excited by the entered protons and emitted from the substrate to be analyzed, the characteristic X-ray is measured by an energy dispersive X-ray detector and the like. Impurity elements present in the substrate to be analyzed are identified based on the measured characteristic X-ray. The in-plane distribution in the substrate can be obtained by scanning the proton beam. The in-depth distribution can be obtained by entering protons at different proton incident angles. The elemental analysis method can be applied to semiconductor device manufacturing processes to analyze metal contamination or quantify a conductivity determining impurity element on an inline basis and with a high degree of accuracy.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display panel with microlenses in which deformation, peeling, and the like of an optical film are not likely to occur and which has a good displaying quality. A liquid crystal display panel according to the present invention includes: a microlens array provided on a light-incident side of a liquid crystal display panel; a support provided on the light-incident side of the liquid crystal display panel so as to surround the microlens array; and an optical film attached to the liquid crystal display panel via the support. A gap is formed between the microlens array and the optical film; at least one vent hole connecting a space outside the support and the gap is formed in the support; and, when seen perpendicularly with respect to the plane of the liquid crystal display panel, the vent hole extends in a bending manner or the vent hole extends in an oblique direction with respect to an inner face of the support.

Abstract: In this invention, a wafer is placed and kept in the low-temperature region at the bottom of a temperature space that is in a state of radiation equilibrium and that is formed inside chamber by a heating unit. The substrate temperature is gradually raised to a temperature ranging from 750° C. to 800° C. Next, the wafer is placed and kept in the high-temperature region in the temperature space and the substrate temperature is raised to the thermal processing temperature. Then thermal processing is performed for a specified period of time. By doing this, it is possible to perform uniform thermal processing without depending on the state of the wafer (ratio of an area covered by silicon nitride film or polysilicon film).

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a communication unit that communicates with other communication apparatus via a communication network; a detector that detects a communication status of the communication unit during a period of time at least from a time when a call is issued to the other communication apparatus by the communication apparatus until a time when a response from the other communication apparatus to the call is received by the communication apparatus; a light emitting device configured to emit light in a plurality of light emitting states that are visually discernible; and a controller that controls the light emitting state of the light emitting device in accordance with the communication status detected by the detector.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical disc apparatus includes a calculation unit that calculates a tilt of a disc, a determining unit that determines whether or not the tilt of the disc calculated by the calculation unit is larger than a preset predetermined reference value, and a correction unit that corrects the tilt of the disc calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: A heat-resistant polyester container wherein the temperature T is not lower than 120° C. at a moment when the rate of contraction in the barrel portion of the polyester container represented by the following formula is 0.66%, Ratio of contraction (%)=(amount of contraction/gauge length)×100 ??(1) wherein the amount of contraction is measured from a test piece cut from the barrel portion of the polyester container so as to possess a gauge length of 20 mm in compliance with TMA without pre-loading while elevating the temperature at a rate of 3° C./min after 30° C. is exceeded. The polyester container exhibits excellent heat resistance, and enables the retort-sterilization to be executed after the food or beverage has been filled and sealed without permitting the barrel portion of the container to be deformed.

Abstract: In a method for fabricating an electronic device including a transistor with a drain extension structure, a correspondence between a size of a gate electrode of the transistor and ion implantation conditions or heat treatment conditions for forming the drain extension structure is previously obtained. This correspondence satisfies that the transistor has a given threshold voltage. After formation of the gate electrode and measurement of the size of the gate electrode, ion implantation conditions or heat treatment conditions for forming the drain extension structure are set based on the previously-obtained correspondence and the measured size of the gate electrode. Ion implantation or heat treatment for forming the drain extension structure is performed under the ion implantation conditions or heat treatment conditions that have been set.

Abstract: In a method for fabricating an electronic device including a transistor with a drain extension structure, a correspondence between a size of a gate electrode of the transistor and ion implantation conditions or heat treatment conditions for forming the drain extension structure is previously obtained. This correspondence satisfies that the transistor has a given threshold voltage. After formation of the gate electrode and measurement of the size of the gate electrode, ion implantation conditions or heat treatment conditions for forming the drain extension structure are set based on the previously-obtained correspondence and the measured size of the gate electrode. Ion implantation or heat treatment for forming the drain extension structure is performed under the ion implantation conditions or heat treatment conditions that have been set.

Abstract: A sheet dryer includes sprockets and a delivery chain, at least one heat-resistant glass plate, at least one lower-surface drying lamp, a guide plate, a plurality of first discharge holes, and a plurality of second discharge holes. The sprockets and delivery chain convey a paper sheet along a convey path. The heat-resistant glass plate is arranged under the sheet convey path. The lower-surface drying lamp is arranged under the heat-resistant glass plate and dries the lower surface of the printed/coated paper sheet. The guide plate is arranged adjacent to the heat-resistant glass plate in a sheet convey direction. The first discharge holes are formed in the heat-resistant glass plate. Air is discharged upward through the first discharge holes. The second discharge holes are formed in the guide plate. Air is discharged through the second discharge holes in the widthwise direction of the paper sheet.