Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, includes: a stack including a wiring layer and an insulation layer alternately stacked in a first direction; a semiconductor layer including a first region overlapping with the insulation layer in a second direction, and a second region overlapping with the wiring layer in the second direction; an insulation region between the wiring layer and the second region; and a memory region on the opposite side of the second region from the wiring layer. The wiring layer is farther from the first region in the second direction than the insulation layer is. The second region has a part between the insulation layers in the first direction and protruding further toward the wiring layer than the first region in the second direction. The memory region has a face opposite to the second region and closer to the wiring layer in the second direction than the first region is.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a stacked structure including a plurality of conductive layers stacked to be apart from each other in a first direction, and a pillar structure including a resistance change portion extending in the first direction in the stacked structure, and a semiconductor portion which extends in the first direction in the stacked structure and which includes a first portion provided along the resistance change portion and a second portion extending from the first portion in at least one direction intersecting the first direction.

Abstract: A rotary encoder includes a shaft and an encoder mechanism that holds the shaft in a rotatably inserted state and detects a rotation direction and a rotation angle of the shaft. The encoder mechanism includes a substrate that rotatably holds the shaft, an insulator portion and a resistor portion provided on one surface of the substrate and alternately provided in the rotation direction of the shaft, a rotor attached to the shaft so as to be integrally rotatable with the shaft, and a slider that is attached to the rotor and alternately slidably contacts the insulator portion and the resistor portion by rotation of the shaft. The insulator portion includes a base material made of a resin, spherical silica, and a fluororesin filler.

Abstract: A rotary electronic component includes a base member, a shaft attached to the base member so as to be rotatable around an axis, and a regulating member that regulates a rotation angle of the shaft. The shaft includes a flange section including a projecting sections and recessed sections alternately disposed in a circumferential direction. The regulating member includes a contact member in contact with the projecting sections and the recessed sections of the flange section of the shaft, and a biasing member that biases the contact member radially inwardly toward the shaft.

Abstract: A rotary encoder includes a shaft and an encoder mechanism that holds the shaft in a rotatably inserted state and detects a rotation direction and a rotation angle of the shaft. The encoder mechanism includes a substrate that rotatably holds the shaft, an insulator portion and a resistor portion provided on one surface of the substrate and alternately provided in the rotation direction of the shaft, a rotor attached to the shaft so as to be integrally rotatable with the shaft, and a slider that is attached to the rotor and alternately slidably contacts the insulator portion and the resistor portion by rotation of the shaft. The insulator portion includes a base material made of a resin, spherical silica, and a fluororesin filler.

Abstract: A rotary electronic component includes a base member, a shaft attached to the base member so as to be rotatable around an axis, and a regulating member that regulates a rotation angle of the shaft. The shaft includes a flange section including a projecting sections and recessed sections alternately disposed in a circumferential direction. The regulating member includes a contact member in contact with the projecting sections and the recessed sections of the flange section of the shaft, and a biasing member that biases the contact member radially inwardly toward the shaft.

Abstract: Provided is a novel lactic acid bacterium strain which is capable of suppressing production of volatile sulfur compounds by oral bacteria, has no cariogenicity and no causative role in infective endocarditis, and is safe in an oral cavity, and provided is an agent for preventing, improving and/or treating oral diseases and discomforts by use of the bacterial strain.

Abstract: An alignment correction method includes: the step of detecting coordinates of a first observation point 14 and a second observation point 15 set in advance on a substrate to be exposed 1 that is being scanned in a scanning direction A, in order to observe an alignment deviation of the substrate to be exposed 1; the step of computing a correction amount based on a deviation between the detected coordinates and a reference line set in advance according to the first observation point 14 and the second observation point 15; and the step of correcting alignment of a subsequent substrate to be exposed 1 based on the computed correction amount.

Abstract: Provided is a novel lactic acid bacterium strain which is capable of suppressing production of volatile sulfur compounds by oral bacteria, has no cariogenicity and no causative role in infective endocarditis, and is safe in an oral cavity, and provided is an agent for preventing, improving and/or treating oral diseases and discomforts by use of the bacterial strain.

Abstract: A source code comparison device includes a difference extraction portion extracting a difference between a source code before correction and the source code after correction, a syntax analysis portion dividing the extracted difference into divided differences which are portions corresponding to components usable in the source code, and generating a syntax analysis result having associated the divided difference with the component corresponding to the divided difference, a feature analysis portion setting a feature division for each of the divided differences included in the syntax analysis result, and an output portion outputting a comparison result having associated the divided difference with the feature division set for the divided difference. The feature analysis portion sets the feature division associated with the component in a correction history for the divided difference associated with the component in the syntax analysis result.

Abstract: An alignment correction method includes: the step of detecting coordinates of a first observation point 14 and a second observation point 15 set in advance on a substrate to be exposed 1 that is being scanned in a scanning direction A, in order to observe an alignment deviation of the substrate to be exposed 1; the step of computing a correction amount based on a deviation between the detected coordinates and a reference line set in advance according to the first observation point 14 and the second observation point 15; and the step of correcting alignment of a subsequent substrate to be exposed 1 based on the computed correction amount.

Abstract: A source code comparison device includes a difference extraction portion extracting a difference between a source code before correction and the source code after correction, a syntax analysis portion dividing the extracted difference into divided differences which are portions corresponding to components usable in the source code, and generating a syntax analysis result having associated the divided difference with the component corresponding to the divided difference, a feature analysis portion setting a feature division for each of the divided differences included in the syntax analysis result, and an output portion outputting a comparison result having associated the divided difference with the feature division set for the divided difference. The feature analysis portion sets the feature division associated with the component in a correction history for the divided difference associated with the component in the syntax analysis result.

Abstract: A cover plate for covering an opening of a casing in which a solid state imaging device is disposed. The cover plate comprises a transparent cover plate member and a conductive film layer. The cover plate hermetically covers the opening of the casing and the conductive film layer covers the outermost surface of the transparent cover plate member. The transparent cover plate member is comprised of a plurality of laminated transparent plates such as lithium niobate plates for an optical low-pass filter and a plate for an infrared cut-off filter. An example of the conductive film layer is a metallic film such as Cr or Au, coated on the surface.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus such as a personal computer is capable of controlling consumption power of a digital communication line interface circuit or a modem depending on a usage state of the communication line. In one aspect, the information processing apparatus including a digital communication interface circuit connected to a digital line to communicate data, includes a link state detect circuit to ascertain a link state between the interface circuit and the communication line and a consumption power mode change circuit to change a consumption power mode change circuit to change a consumption power mode of the interface circuit depending on the link state ascertained by the detect circuit.

Abstract: A cover plate for covering an opening of a casing in which a solid state imaging device is disposed. The cover plate comprises a transparent cover plate member and a conductive film layer. The cover plate hermetically covers the opening of the casing and the conductive film layer covers the outermost surface of the transparent cover plate member. The transparent cover plate member is comprised of a plurality of laminated transparent plates such as lithium niobate plates for an optical low-pass filter and a plate for an infrared cut-off filter. An example of the conductive film layer is a metallic film such as Cr or Au, coated on the surface.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus such as a personal computer is capable of controlling consumption power of a digital communication line interface circuit or a modem depending on a usage state of the communication line. In an aspect, the information processing apparatus including a digital communication interface circuit connected to a digital line to communicate data, includes a link state detect circuit to ascertain a link state between the interface circuit and the communication line and a consumption power mode change circuit to change a consumption power mode of the interface circuit depending on the link state ascertained by the detect circuit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus such as a personal computer is capable of controlling consumption power of a digital communication line interface circuit or a modem depending on a usage state of the communication line. In one aspect, the information processing apparatus including a digital communication interface circuit connected to a digital line to communicate data, includes a link state detect circuit to ascertain a link state between the interface circuit and the communication line, and a consumption power mode change circuit to change a consumption power mode of the interface circuit depending on the link state ascertained by the detect circuit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus such as a personal computer is capable of controlling consumption power of a digital communication line interface circuit or a modem depending on a usage state of the communication line. In one aspect, the information processing apparatus including a digital communication interface circuit connected to a digital line to communicate data, includes a link state detect circuit to ascertain a link state between the interface circuit and the communication line, and a consumption power mode change circuit to change a consumption power mode of the interface circuit depending on the link state ascertained by the detect circuit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for outputting a display signal to a display device includes a memory unit for storing a plurality of display specification setting instructions for specifying display specifications of a plurality of display devices having different specifications form each other, an instruction execution unit for reading one of the display specification setting instructions from the memory unit in response to an identification signal to execute the display specification setting instruction and a display controller for outputting the display signal in accordance with the display specification of the display specification setting instruction. The display signal in accordance with the display specification of the display device is inputted to the display device.

Abstract: An information processing unit that can switch between a simultaneous display state of the same screen by a CRT display and a liquid crystal display and a display state by only the liquid crystal display, by using a display frequency suitable for each of the display state without the necessity for re-activation of a system. The kind of usable displays is displayed on a setup screen of the liquid crystal display and a user selects a desired display. A display controller generates display signals having display frequencies suitable for the selected displays, and effects screen display of the CRT display and the liquid crystal display. Further, commands for setting the specification of the display controller are stored in advance into a BIOS ROM and a HD. When the command is executed through an input device during the use of the system, the command is executed for the display controller and the display specification is changed.