Abstract: There is provided a testing apparatus including a plurality of test units, a storage that is shared by the plurality of test units, where the storage stores therein wafers under test to be tested by the plurality of test units, a transport mechanism that transports the wafers under test between the storage and each of the plurality of test units, a mainframe that specifies a test procedure for each of the plurality of test units, a power source that is shared by the plurality of test units, where the power source supplies power to each of the plurality of test units, and a pressure source that is shared by the plurality of test units, where the pressure source supplies a pressure to each of the plurality of test units.

Abstract: Provided is a signal generating apparatus that generates an output signal having a designated phase, comprising a phase difference detecting section that outputs a control signal corresponding to a phase difference between a reference signal having a prescribed period and the output signal; an oscillating section that generates a periodic signal having a frequency corresponding to the control signal; and a phase shifting section that outputs the output signal to have a phase that is shifted from the phase of the periodic signal by a designated phase amount.

Abstract: A novel Josephson junction and a novel Josephson junction device are provided which eliminates the need to form an insulating barrier layer. The Josephson junction (1) comprises a superconductor layer (2) and a ferromagnetic layer (3) formed on a middle part (2C) of the superconductor layer (2). The ferromagnetic layer (3) may consist of an electrically conductive or insulating ferromagnetic layer, and may be an electrically conductive ferromagnetic layer formed via an insulating layer. With the superconductor layer (2) formed of a high temperature superconductor, a Josephson junction (1) is provided having large IcRN product. The Josephson junction (1) can be used as a junction for a variety of Josephson devices.

Abstract: When manufacturing an electronic component having a flip chip or a surface mount component mounted on a sheet substrate and being covered with a shield cover, the above shield cover is dipped into cream solder and placed on the above sheet substrate after the above cream solder is attached to the peripheral edge sides of the above shield cover, and then the shield cover is fixed to the sheet substrate by reflow process. With such manufacturing, it becomes possible to efficiently fix the shield cover to the sheet substrate. Also, the shield cover can securely be fixed against the bend of the sheet substrate produced during the reflow.

Abstract: A foam core for a pressure reduction healthcare mattress is disclosed. It includes a top layer made of memory retention foam, a middle layer made of foam and having a convex shape that is higher along a longitudinal center line than along the two sides, and a lower support layer made of foam. The top layer is made of a torso piece and a softer foot/lower leg piece. The middle layer includes a heel pillow that fits into a heel pillow cavity in the foam, the heel pillow including layers of fiber material over a crown shaped foam insert. The lower support layer has a sloped portion in a lower leg section that slopes down toward a heel end of the foam core. Also disclosed is a pressure reduction healthcare mattress that includes the foam core and a cover.

Abstract: An improved variable data printing (VDP) method is disclosed. A VDP database contains variable data and form data. The variable data includes a plurality of entries each having a plurality attributes. The form data includes images. Each printed piece of a VDP production includes variable data and form data selected based on the variable data attributes. When the printed pieces include a background image and foreground text to be printed over the background image, and when different pieces in the VDP production have different background image, the method automatically selects a text color to print the foreground text over the background image on each piece to enhance visibility and/or aesthetic appearance. In addition, the foreground text color for each piece may be selected based on additional attributes of the variable data.

Abstract: This invention discloses a modular system having a base module, a mid-section control module, and a display module for preparing and administering a gas-enriched bodily fluid. An apparatus adapted for connecting with a gas tank is included in the system for gas tank hook-up. Gas-enrichment is achieved by a gas-enriching device which can be in the form of a disposable cartridge. During operation, the gas-enrichment device is placed in an enclosure within the control module. An electronic controller manages the various aspects of the system such as the production of gas-enriched fluid, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down. The system has a power supply for providing electrical power to the system, and a switching mechanism coupled to the power supply and gas tank for synchronized switching of the power supply and the gas tank between an ON state and an OFF state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe KVMP switch system that can individually control each peripheral device and KVM ports connected to the KVMP switch system and methods of operating the same.

Abstract: Provided is an output apparatus comprising a plurality of current sources; a plurality of holding sections that correspond respectively to the current sources and that each hold a designated voltage that designates a current flowing through the corresponding current source; a setting DAC that sequentially generates the designated voltage to be held by each holding section; and a supply section that sequentially switches a supply of the designated voltage generated by the setting DAC among corresponding holding sections.

Abstract: A system with switch and on-screen display function includes a display device and a switch device. The display device includes a display panel and a display circuit. The display circuit is coupled with the display panel and is configured to control the display device. The display circuit includes an on-screen display generating circuit. The switch device is coupled with the display device and is configured to switch an access to one of at least two computers. The on-screen display generating circuit includes a signal receiving circuit, a processing circuit and a signal outputting circuit. The signal receiving circuit is configured to receive command signals from the switch device. The processing circuit generates first on-screen display menu signals for providing a first on-screen display menu in response to the received command signals. The signal outputting circuit of the on-screen display generating circuit provides the first on-screen display signals to the display panel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for direct printing of multiple views of 3-D objects in a PDF file is described. When a PDF file containing 3-D object data is sent to a printer, without using an application or print driver, the controller of a printer generates and prints a plurality of views of the 3-D object based on pre-defined viewing angle settings. The printer controller opens the PDF file, converts the 3-D PDF data to PS data based on the viewing angle, performs raster image processing, prints the bitmap images corresponding to the viewing angle, and repeats the process for all viewing angles. The plurality of views may be printed on separate pages, or on one page in an N-in-1 format. More generally, the method applies to direct printing of files containing objects that are capable of providing multiple appearances, where multiple or desired appearances of the objects are automatically printed.

Abstract: It is aimed to reduce the occurrence of crosstalk attributable to the thermal expansion/contraction of a retarder and an image display section, and the unevenness in color attributable to the uneven surfaces of the retarder and the image display section. It is also aimed to reduce the misalignment of the retarder with respect to the image display section. The exit surface of an image display section 130 and the entrance surface of a retarder 180 are adhered to each other by using an adhesion layer 300. Additionally, the left and right edges of the image display section 130 are adhered to the left and right edges of the retarder 180 by using adhesion regions 400. Here, the adhesion regions 400 have a higher glass transition temperature than the adhesion layer 300.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an elastic wave device includes forming a lower resist layer on the piezoelectric substrate; forming an upper resist layer on the lower resist layer; patterning the upper and lower resist layers with a developer with respect to which a solubility of the lower resist layer is higher than that of the upper resist layer to form a lower resist pattern and an upper resist pattern on the lower resist pattern so that a periphery of the lower resist pattern lies within a periphery of the upper resist pattern; depositing an electrode material over an entire surface of the piezoelectric substrate that has the upper resist pattern and the lower resist pattern formed thereon; and removing the upper resist pattern and the lower resist pattern to pattern the electrode material, thereby forming a comb-shaped electrode by lift-off.

Abstract: The system frequency can be effectively and efficiently regulated within a permissive range by using a power load control system capable of matching a high frequency component of a total generated power to a variation of total power consumption of power equipments.

Abstract: A photo-sensing device is disclosed, comprising a photoelectric conversion semiconductor thin film, thin films for ohmic contacts to be provided to form an incident light window on one face of the photoelectric conversion semiconductor thin film, first and second ohmic electrodes installed on the thin films for the ohmic contacts, a connection wiring for short-circuiting the first and the second ohmic electrodes, an insulating film provided on the other face of the photoelectric conversion semiconductor thin film, and a first electrode provided on the face of the insulating film that does not contact the photoelectric conversion semiconductor thin film.

Abstract: Provided is a measurement apparatus that measures power of a modulated signal that is modulated with a carrier signal having a prescribed frequency, comprising an AD converting section that outputs a digital modulated signal obtained by AD converting the modulated signal; a frequency converting section that converts the digital modulated signal into a frequency component signal representing a plurality of signal components at respective frequencies; a correction coefficient output section that outputs, for each frequency, a correction coefficient corresponding to a frequency characteristic of a transmission path on which the modulated signal is transmitted; a correcting section that corrects the signal component of each frequency in the frequency component signal using the correction coefficient of the corresponding frequency; and a power calculating section that calculates the power of the modulated signal based on the signal component of each frequency in the corrected frequency component signal.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising: liquid crystal layer provided between a first substrate and a second substrate; first electrodes, which are formed above the first substrate as a first layer, each first electrode having a side which extends in the direction in parallel with the extending direction of data lines, each first electrode electrically connected to corresponding data line via corresponding switching device; and a second electrode, which is formed above the first substrate as a second layer, having a first slit and a second slit in each part of the area overlapping with corresponding first electrode; wherein the first slit has a first elongated portion extending in a direction inclining toward the extending direction of the side at a given angle, a second elongated portion extending in a direction inclining toward the extending direction of the side at an angle symmetrical to the given angle with respect to the first elongated portion, and a bent portion that connects the first elongated p

Abstract: A duplexer includes a transmit filter connected between a common terminal and a transmission terminal, a receive filter connected between the common terminal and a reception terminal, a capacitor connected in parallel with one of the transmit filter and the receive filter and provided between two terminals of the common terminal, the transmission terminal, and the reception terminal, and a package. The package includes an insulating layer, foot pads that include the common terminal, the transmission terminal and the reception terminal and are formed on one surface of the insulating layer, and interconnections formed on another surface opposite to the one surface of the insulating layer. The capacitor is composed of two capacitor forming units that are connected in parallel with each other and are formed with at least one foot pad of the foot pads and two of the interconnections that overlap with two opposing sides of the at least one food pad respectively.

Abstract: A signal switch for sharing a video monitor, a plurality of console devices compliant with an industry standard and one or more than one peripheral device in any of a plurality of computer systems, is provided. A KVM switch allows all the computers connected to the switch to share any USB peripheral devices, and which can switch the KVM channels and peripheral channels to a common computer or to different computers either asynchronously or synchronously without interruption of data flow to that peripheral when the switch is changed. In another embodiment the KVM switch allows a keyboard and a mouse of a user console to separately control two different computers. In another embodiment, the KVM switch is connected to the computers via computer connection modules and connected to a user console and peripheral devices via a console connection module.

Abstract: A method of making a white LED package structure having a silicon substrate comprises providing a silicon substrate and performing an etching process to form a plurality of cup-structures on a top surface of the silicon substrate. Next, a reflective layer on the top surface of the silicon substrate is formed, and a transparent insulating layer on the reflective layer is formed. Subsequently, a plurality of blue LEDs are respectively bonded in each cup-structure, wherein the blue LEDs have various wavelengths. Last, a plurality of kinds of phosphor powders corresponding to the wavelengths of the blue LEDs are mixed with each other and added to a sealing material, and a sealing process is performed to form a phosphor structure on the cup-structures.