Abstract: An inverter circuit includes a temperature measuring section for measuring a temperature of switching elements forming a powering section, a motor speed detector for detecting a speed of a motor, a carrier frequency determiner for determining a carrier frequency based on a temperature of the switching elements and a speed of the motor, and an output waveform determining circuit for determining a duty in response to a load applied to the motor and for switching a carrier frequency.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel 10A of the invention has gate electrodes G of TFTs, scan lines 16, and auxiliary capacitor electrodes 18a, which are coated with a first insulating film 27 composed of a thick insulating layer 25 and thinned insulating layer 26. A part above the auxiliary capacitor electrodes 18a is coated only with the thinned insulating layer 26, and drain electrodes D are extended on the first insulating film 27, which is not thinned, so as to coat the thinned insulating layer 26. On a second insulating film 28 provided between the pixel electrodes 20 and the drain electrodes D, contact holes 30 are formed at portions above the drain electrodes D on the first insulating film 27, which is not thinned, above the auxiliary capacitor electrodes 18a, and via the contact holes 30, the pixels 20 and the drain electrodes D are electrically coupled to each other.

Abstract: An auxiliary capacitance line and a terminal portion of a liquid crystal display device are made of an Al or Al alloy layer and an Mo layer. The edge portions of a lower auxiliary capacitance electrode and the terminal portion are sequentially coated with a first insulating film, a second insulating film that is thinner than the first insulating film, and a third insulating film. The lower auxiliary capacitance electrode is coated with the second insulating film, and an upper auxiliary capacitance electrode is laid on the surface of the second insulating film on the lower auxiliary capacitance electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display 10 of the invention has a transparent substrate 11 on which are provided multiple signal lines 17, scan lines 16 and auxiliary capacity lines 18, plus TFTs and pixel electrodes 20 that are electrically coupled to the TFTs' drain electrodes D. The auxiliary capacity lines 18 are formed with an Al—Nd alloy layer coated with a layer of molybdenum. Each pixel region, except for the auxiliary capacity lower electrode 18a on the auxiliary capacity line 18, is coated over by a first insulating film 25 and by a second insulating film 26 that is thinner than the first insulating film 25. Further, the auxiliary capacity lower electrodes 18a are coated over by the second insulating film 26, and auxiliary capacity upper electrodes 18b are provided on the surface of the second insulating film 26 at the auxiliary capacity lower electrodes 18a.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises an array substrate 11 equipped with signal lines 33 and scan lines 32 deployed in a matrix arrangement, thin film transistors (TFTs) 34 provided near the intersections of the signal lines 33 and scan lines 32, and pixel electrodes 40 of which one is provided in each of the pixel domains delimited by the signal lines 33 and scan lines 32; a color filter substrate 12 on which are formed color filters 22R to 22B and common electrodes 23; and a liquid crystal layer 13 placed between said two substrates; wherein the pixel electrodes 40 are positioned so as not to overlap the signal lines 33, or not to overlap the scan lines 32, or not to overlap either, when viewed from above, and below the spaces between adjacent pixel electrodes 40, resin black matrices 45 are deployed so as to overlap the pixel electrodes 40 when viewed from above.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 includes: a transparent substrate 11; a plurality of signal lines 17 and scan lines 16 arranged on the transparent substrate 11 in a matrix; a plurality of auxiliary capacitor lines 18 provided between the scan lines 16 so as to be in parallel with the scan lines 16; thin film transistors (TFTs) each provided in a vicinity of an intersection of the signal lines 17 and scan lines 16; and pixel electrodes 20 arranged in respective positions defined by the signal lines 17 and the scan lines 16 and each electrically connected to a drain electrode D of the thin film transistor (TFT); in which the thin film transistor (TFT)'s gate electrode G and the scan line 16 are covered by a gate insulating film formed by an insulating film (a first layer) 25 and an insulating layer (a second layer) 26, and the drain electrode D of the thin film transistor (TFT) extends to overlie an auxiliary capacitor electrode 18a, with the insulating layer (the second layer) 26 interposed between the drai

Abstract: An inverter circuit includes a temperature measuring section for measuring a temperature of switching elements forming a powering section, a motor speed detector for detecting a speed of a motor, a carrier frequency determiner for determining a carrier frequency based on a temperature of the switching elements and a speed of the motor, and an output waveform determining circuit for determining a duty in response to a load applied to the motor and for switching a carrier frequency.

Abstract: A burner for burning fine coal powder comprising: a fine coal powder nozzle 10 for injecting a mixture of the fine coal powder and air; and air nozzles 11, 12 for injecting air: wherein the sufficient amount of air for complete combustion of the fine coal powder is supplied from the air nozzles; a reducing flame at a high temperature is formed by consuming oxygen rapidly with forming a flame at a high temperature by igniting the fine coal powder rapidly in the vicinity of the outlet of the burner; and an oxidizing flame having an uniform distribution of gas composition in radial direction to the central axis of the burner is formed by mixing the air injected from the air nozzle in the downstream of the reducing flame at the high temperature.

Abstract: A combustion burner includes a mixture nozzle (2) defining a mixture fluid passage through which a mixture fluid (1) containing pulverized coal and conveyor gas flows toward a furnace, secondary and tertiary air passages surrounding the mixture nozzle (2), through which secondary air (6) and tertiary air (9) for combustion purposes flow, respectively; and air injection nozzles (24) provided in the vicinity of an outer periphery of a distal end of the mixture nozzle (2). The air (21) is injected from the air injection nozzles (24) toward the axis of the mixture nozzle, so that the high-temperature gas in the vicinity of the outer periphery of the distal end of the mixture nozzle (2) is drawn into the mixture fluid (1) in the vicinity of the outer periphery of this distal end.

Abstract: A combustion method utilizing a pulverized coal combustion burner which is provided with a pulverized coal nozzle for jetting a fluid mixture of pulverized coal and air and an air nozzle for jetting air. In the method, a combustion flame formed by the pulverized coal combustion burner forms a first zone of a gas phase air ratio of one or less at a radially central portion of the flame and a second zone of a gas phase air ratio of more than one outside of the first zone adjacent the coal nozzle, and a third zone of a gas phase air ratio of one or less at a downstream side from said first and second zones.

Abstract: A method of forming a heat-resistant product, produced from a polymer composition comprising 40-70 weight % of a thermoplastic elastomer containing a repeating unit derived from ethylene and a repeating unit derived from propylene and 60-30 weight % of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer containing 7.5 weight % or more of a vinyl acetate repeating unit, which comprises blending the polymer composition at a temperature of 160.degree. C. or less, molding it at a temperature of 180.degree. C. or less, and then cross-linking the resulting molded product by irradiating it with an electron beam or by heating to produce a foamed product which has good shape memory characteristics.

Abstract: A heat-resistant formed product produced from a polymer composition comprising 40-70 weight % of a thermoplastic elastomer containing a repeating unit derived from ethylene and a repeating unit derived from propylene and 60-30 weight % of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer containing 7.5 weight % or more of a vinyl acetate repeating unit, by blending the polymer composition at a temperature of 160.degree. C. or less, molding it at a temperature of 180.degree. C. or less, and then cross-linking the resulting molded product by irradiating electron beam or heating. The formed product also has good shape memory characteristics.