Abstract: Alkali-developable, chemically amplified resist composition which comprises an alkali-insoluble compound having a structural unit containing a protected alkali-soluble group in which unit a protective moiety of said protected alkali-soluble group contains an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having bonded to a carbon atom thereof a —CH2—R1′ group wherein R1′ is methyl, ethyl, propyl or isopropyl, and said alkali-soluble group is cleaved upon action of an acid generated from a photoacid generator used in combination with said compound, thereby releasing said protective moiety from the alkali-soluble group and converting said compound to an alkali-soluble one, and a photoacid generator capable of being decomposed upon exposure to a patterning radiation to thereby produce an acid capable of causing cleavage of said protective moiety.

Abstract: A support member 1 is previously molded, a hybrid integrated circuit substrate 45 is placed thereon, and the support member 1 on which the hybrid integrated circuit substrate 45 is placed is placed in a metal mold, then again molded of a thermoplastic resin 2. The poured high-temperature thermoplastic resin 2 strikes on the support member 1 whose bottom surface is directly contacted on the metal mold and the surface of the striking portion is melted and integrated without being deformed . Therefore, full mold substantially covering an entire surface of the substrate is enabled. Epoxy potting is applied to a semiconductor chip and a coil derivation part.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate structure formed on a substrate in which an LDD structure is formed, wherein gate structure includes a Schottky electrode making a Schottky contact with a channel region in the substrate, a low-resistance layer provided above the Schottky electrode, and a stress-relaxation layer interposed between the Schottky electrode and the stress-relaxation layer. The low-resistance layer and said stress-relaxation layer form an overhang structure with respect to the Schottky electrode.

Abstract: A welding apparatus provided with a base frame having a power source portion, an electrode die portion having a lower base portion and an upper base portion at least one of which is driven to ascend and descend to close to and part from each other, plural lower electrode portions attached to the lower base portion, and plural upper electrode portions attached to the upper base portion. Further, a lower contact conductor which electrically connects the lower electrode portions to the power source portion intermittently, and an upper contact conductor which electrically connects the upper electrode portions to the power source portion intermittently, are provided to the base frame side.

Abstract: A secondary air introducing path 23 is formed in a cylinder head 1 along an exhaust port 5. Secondary air is fed by an air pump with pressure, and an outlet 23a of the secondary air introducing path 23 is formed so that a blowing direction of the outlet 23a is directed to an exhaust valve 7 side. There is provided a water jacket 22 between the secondary air introducing port 23 and an upper portion of the cylinder head 1.

Abstract: A device is provided for treating a workpiece with positively charged ions. The device includes an apparatus including an ion source for producing a positive ion beam and directing the positive ion beam toward a surface of a work piece. The device further includes a source for introducing negative ions into the beam path in at least one selected region downstream of the ion source.

Abstract: A plurality of n-type bar-shaped devices (51) consisting of an n-type thermoelectric semiconductor and a plurality of p-type bar-shaped devices (52) consisting of a p-type thermoelectric semiconductor are regularly disposed or fixed through an insulating layer (50) to form a thermoelectric device block (53). End portions of the n-type bar shaped device (51) and the p-type bar-shaped device (52) are connected with an interconnection conductor (58a) on an upper surface (53a) and a lower surface (53b), which will be interconnecting end faces of the thermoelectric device block (53), to form a plurality of thermocouples connected in series.

Abstract: A field effect transistor has a semiconductor lamination structure, a Schottky contact gate electrode and source/drain ohmic electrodes disposed on both sides of the gate electrode on the lamination structure, source/drain regions disposed under the source/drain electrodes, a channel layer disposed in the lamination structure spaced apart from the principal surface and connecting the source/drain regions, a barrier layer disposed in the lamination structure between the channel layer and the principal surface and having a conduction band edge energy higher than the channel layer, and a pair of impurity doped regions formed in the barrier layer and channel layer continuously with the source/drain regions on both sides of the gate electrode, wherein a carrier density in the barrier layer is lower than a carrier density in the channel layer in the impurity doped region.

Abstract: A piston ring has a diamond-like carbon film formed in a thickness of 0.5 to 30 micrometers over an under film on the upper and lower surfaces. The under film is directly formed on the surfaces, or formed on a hard surface treatment layer consisting of a gas nitrided layer or a chromium plating film. The diamond-like carbon is configured with any one of an amorphous carbon structure, an amorphous carbon structure having partly a diamond structure, or an amorphous carbon structure having partly a graphite structure. The under film is comprised of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of silicon, titanium, tungsten, chromium, molybdenum, niobium and vanadium in an atomic content of 70 percent or more and below 100 percent, and the remaining content consisting of carbon, or one or more of said elements in an atomic content of 100 percent. The films may also be formed in the same way on the outer circumferential surface of the piston ring.

Abstract: A base plate strip is formed with an extension which is forwardly extending from an electrical contact barrel. A groove is provided in the extension such that the groove is extending across a fore open end of the electrical contact barrel. A fore end extended piece of a resilient contact tongue strip overlies the extension of the base plate strip. The resilient contact tongue strip is cut together with the base plate strip along the fore open end of said electrical contact barrel. This defines a stepped surface in the base plate at the open periphery of the electrical contact barrel and defines an engagement end piece at the fore end of the resilient contact tongue. The engagement end piece engages with the stepped surface to prevent the resilient contact tongue from moving in the insertion direction of an associated pin terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an incinerator for removing toxic substances contained in a flue gas. That is, there is here disclosed an incinerator for removing toxic substances in which a removal section for removing the toxic substances generated from a burning section is connected to the burning section for burning incineration substances, and an air flow of from the burning section to the removal section is prepared by a suction type negative pressure means or by an air duct type negative pressure means, so that a negative pressure condition is always maintained in the burning section.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting document data enabling transfer of document data over a communication path assigned the highest possible priority among a plurality of communication paths. First, an attempt is made to transfer document data over the highest-priority communication path. If the attempt has failed, the document data are transferred over a communication path which is lower in priority than the highest-priority communication path. After information for one page of text data has been transferred over the lower-priority communication path, an attempt is again made to transfer the remaining part of text data over the highest-priority communication path.

Abstract: A magnetic bearing device has an electromagnet for levitating an object under electromagnetic forces, a displacement sensor for detecting the displacement of the levitated object, a controller for supplying a signal to the displacement sensor through a cable and a current to the electromagnet through a cable, and a protective plate of nonmagnetic metal material disposed between the displacement sensor and the levitated object. The controller includes a levitation control system having a noise removing filter for preventing an abnormal signal caused by the protective plate from being applied to the displacement sensor.

Abstract: Oil passages 12 for lubricating and cooling a piston pin 10 are provided in such a manner as to each open to an oil ring groove 5 of a piston 1 and to a piston inner side surface 2b of a piston pin supporting part 2 at portions in the vicinity of an upper end of a piston-pin hole 2a through the piston pin supporting part 2. The oil passages 12 are provided diagonally relative to an axis of the piston-pin hole 2a.

Abstract: A rare earth metal-based permanent magnet has a metal oxide film formed on the surface thereof by a sol-gel coating process. The rare earth metal-based permanent magnet is produced by forming a metal oxide film on the surface thereof by a sol-gel coating process. The metal oxide film is thin and dense. The adhesion of the film to the surface of the magnet is excellent. The film exhibits an excellent corrosion resistance. Typical examples of the metal oxide films are Al, Si, Ti and Zr oxide films. An interfacial layer with an R (rare earth element) atom chemically bonded with a film forming metal atom through an oxygen atom is formed between the metal oxide film and the entire surface of the magnet.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a dehumidifying air-conditioning system which increases the entire energy efficiency thereof to have a low operating cost, consume reduced electric energy in daytime, and radiate minimum heat into the atmosphere in thermal storage operation at night.

Abstract: A vibration isolation apparatus for preventing shaking and vibration of a stage of an exposure apparatus or the like uses a vibration isolation mount formed of a spring buffer system employing a spring member and a fluid buffer system employing a viscous fluid as a vibration isolation base which is disposed between a base member on which an exposure unit is mounted and an installation surface on which the base member is installed so as to support the base member. The coefficient of viscous drag of the viscous fluid is varied to vary a damping coefficient which depends on the coefficient of viscous drag thereby to vary rigidity of the vibration isolation mount, whereby vibration transmitted from an external source and vibration associated with a stage movement are damped.

Abstract: An electronic device for monitoring the cold chain of a product, which measures the temperature, carries out the product of the measured temperature by a determined coefficient depending on the temperature, successively adds the products and records the running total obtained, and which includes a visual control. The measuring of the temperature is carried out at regular time intervals.

Abstract: An automatic paper-threading device for use in an angle bar section of a rotary press which includes a paper web supply unit, a press unit, an angle bar section, and a folding unit and which has a paper-threading path for paper web formed between the paper web supply unit and the folding unit. The angle bar section is disposed in the paper-threading path and includes a first bar and a second bar disposed in parallel and separated by an appropriate distance. The automatic paper-threading device includes a paper leader guide and a tensioner. The paper leader guide includes a drive unit for moving along the paper-threading path a paper leader affixed to a leading end portion of paper web. The tensioner is provided in the angle bar section and includes a paper guide which is disposed between the first bar and the second bar to extend the widthwise direction of the paper web.

Abstract: A forming apparatus comprises a die formed with a through hole for provision of a cavity. A feeder box stored with a raw material powder having an average grain diameter of 0.1 &mgr;m˜500 &mgr;m is positioned above the cavity of the die, and the raw material powder is allowed to fall into the cavity while an inside of the feeder box and an inside of the cavity are each maintained at a pressure not greater than 10 kPa. During the supply of the raw material powder, the feeder box may be vibrated, or the supply may be made via a hose. The raw material powder may be a granulated powder or a rare-earth alloy powder. The raw material powder supplied in the cavity is pressed by an upper punch and a lower punch into a compact.