Abstract: A clock control circuit comprises a control circuit 102 for outputting a control signal for adding or subtracting a phase to a reference clock, which is an input clock or a clock generated from the input clock, on each clock period of the reference clock, and a phase adjustment circuit 101 fed with the input clock and outputting an output clock having the phase adjusted to the reference clock.

Abstract: A hyphenated technique based on the combination of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), electrochemical (coulometric) oxidation (EC) and electrospray ionization (ESI)- or atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI)-mass spectrometry (MS), allows access of selected groups of low and medium polarity analytes to ESI- or APCI-mass spectrometry after HPLC by electrochemical treatment of the sample.

Abstract: A digital signal processing apparatus has an A/D converter, a digital filter, and an anti-aliasing circuit. The digital filter attenuates a frequency component within a preventing area by performing half-band processing to sampling data of a digital output which is outputted by the A/D converter. The anti-aliasing circuit measures a period of a sign signal which is outputted by the digital filter and, when the period of the sign signal is smaller than a threshold, the anti-aliasing circuit subjects the output of the digital filter to a shift operation in an LSB direction by the number of bits and outputs the processed signal. Thus, the sign signal outputted by the digital filter, which is subjected to the half-band processing, is used to realize a simple circuit for suppressing or removing aliasing noise caused by the half-band processing, with low costs.

Abstract: Disclosed is a variable drive current driver circuit, comprising: a pair of push-pull circuits for driving a load circuit complementarily; a first current source circuit for having a bias current flow into the pair of push-pull circuits; a second current source circuit for having the bias current flow out of the pair of push-pull circuits; and a control circuit for varying both the bias current flowed by the first current source circuit and the bias current flowed by the second current source circuit according to a control signal.

Abstract: The solid state image pick-up device comprises a chip wherein an object to be photographed is put directly on the back surface of the chip, a light incident on the object enters the inner portion of the chip, signal electric charges generated in the inner portion of the chip by the light, the signal electric charges are collected in a photo detective region and the photo detective region has a barrier diffusion layer adjacent thereto so as to collect the signal electric charges effectively. The above-mentioned structure of the solid state image pick-up device can provide superior features that the chip of the solid state image pick-up device is protected from the deterioration of elements included in the chip and the destruction of the elements by Electro Static Discharge, resulting in the reliability improvement of the chip.

Abstract: In view of the increase in the number of cases with nephropathy in aged animals of the cat family, the invention provides a marker for early diagnosis of feline nephropathy which can substitute for the conventional complicated methods of diagnosing nephropathy such as blood examination, kidney radiography using a contrast medium, and ultrasonic image analysis. It was found that cats with nephropathy show markedly lowered levels of excretion of a novel protein (named cauxin) with a molecular weight of 70 K, which is excreted into urine in high concentrations in normal adult cats showing no clinical abnormality. When the protein is used as a marker in diagnosing feline nephropathy, feline nephropathy can be detected in a simple and exact manner.

Abstract: At least one out of two substrates constituting a liquid crystal display device is formed from a plastic substrate. When attaching the plastic substrate to an opposing substrate that is disposed to face the plastic substrate, the plastic substrate and the support substrate are attached to each other without interposing an adhesive therebetween. That is, the plastic substrate is pressed against and attached to the support substrate under vacuum conditions. This prevents air from entering between the plastic substrate and the support substrate. Accordingly, the plastic substrate is able to maintain its flatness and therefore, the two substrates are spaced a uniform distance apart from each other, i.e., fabricated to maintain a constant cell gap therebetween as desired even after the plastic substrate and the opposing substrate are attached to each other via the sealing material.

Abstract: An arithmetic operation method for a cyclic redundancy check is provided which is capable of performing a high-speed arithmetic operation for the cyclic redundancy check. A cyclic redundancy check 32 arithmetic operation is performed on byte data making up output data using a 32nd order generative polynomial. A cyclic redundancy check 16 arithmetic operation is performed on byte data making up the output data using a 16th order generative polynomial. The cyclic redundancy check 16 arithmetic operation is performed on byte data making up the output data and on arithmetic operation result being obtained in a midpoint in the cyclic redundancy check 32 arithmetic operation using the 16th order generative polynomial.

Abstract: An electrode including a compound acting as an electrode active material and represented by a general formula (1) having a diazine N,N?-dioxide structure. A novel battery with the higher specific density and the excellent charge and discharge stability can be provided by incorporating the electrode having the compound represented by the general formula (1).

Abstract: A UV flame sensor is formed on a multilayer printed circuit board. The circuitry of the sensor includes a photodiode for detecting an input signal, an amplifier for amplifying the input signal, a FET for providing automatic gain control, and at least one capacitor for providing stability to the output signal of the amplifier. The capacitor is formed from a capacitance laminate buried in the PCB. Furthermore, the PCB is designed so that there are guard bands disposed on each layer of the PCB at identical positions, and tracks of equal potential disposed in identical locations on the interior layers of the PCB. These guard bands and tracks are identically shaped. A method of producing the flame sensor is also described.

Abstract: A thermocouple junction box for reducing EMF generated by a stud-and-cup configuration comprises a cup adapted to be electrically connected to a thermocouple sensing junction and a stud disposed, at least in part, within the cup, the stud being electrically isolated from the cup. In another aspect, a thermocouple junction box comprises a contact element adapted to be electrically connected to a thermocouple sensing junction and a stud mechanically coupled to the contact element by means of an insulating material and electrically isolated from the contact element by means of the insulating material. In a further aspect, a thermocouple assembly comprises a thermocouple sensing junction, a contact element, and a stud. The stud is adapted to receive thereon a conductive element electrically connected to a thermocouple cable, the stud being electrically isolated from and mechanically coupled to the contact element.

Abstract: Alignment marks are formed when source and drain electrodes of a TFT are formed and thereon a thick red filter is formed. So that, the following respective color layers can be made thin on the red filter. Also, the exposure alignment laser permeates in an exposure step, and thereby the alignment marks can be accurately detected.

Abstract: A driving method for a color liquid crystal display which drives the color liquid crystal display based on a video red signal, a video green signal and a video blue signal by independently applying a gamma compensation to a clamped video red signal, a clamped video green signal and a clamped video blue signal in gamma compensating circuits in order to make suitable to a red transmittance characteristic, a green transmittance characteristic and a blue transmittance characteristic. With this operation, it is possible to carry out an optimal gamma compensation suitable to a characteristic of the color liquid crystal display and to remove a gradation batter occurring in a specific color.

Abstract: The present invention provides a more efficient and faster way to prepare tissue samples for sectioning. More particularly, in accordance with the present invention, a tissue sample is embedded in a porous embedding media in a desired orientation, processed, and sectioned all while being held in the porous embedding media. The post-tissue processing step of manual embedding in paraffin is eliminated from the process.

Abstract: An electronic product comprises a heat radiating plate, an electronic component securely mounted on the heat radiating plate and including a high power transistor, an enveloper including a frame member securely associated with the heat radiating plate to encompass the electronic component, and a lid member securely attached to an upper opening end of the frame member, thereby accommodating and sealing the electronic component in the enveloper, and at least one electrically conductive element passing and extending through the frame member. The frame member is made of a suitable resin material, and the lid member is made of one material selected from the group consisting of a ceramic material, a metal material, and a composite material.

Abstract: An image rejection mixer of reduced power dissipation includes a signal distributor supplied with local signals having a phase difference to distribute the local signals, a first and a second signal mixer for mixing the distributed local signals and RF signals having a phase difference and outputting respective IF current signals, a phase shifter for shifting in phase the respective mixed IF current signals so as to provide them with a relative phase difference of 90 degrees, and a signal adder for adding the respective phase shifted intermediate frequency current signals. The shifter shifts the phases of the respective IF current signals outputted from the first and the second signal mixers.

Abstract: An image taking apparatus, which can reduce the power consumption of the total system of the image taking apparatus without deteriorating image quality when an image is displayed on a liquid crystal display (LCD), is provided. In the image taking apparatus, the quantization bit number at an analog to digital (A/D) converter and the signal processing bit number at a digital signal processor (DSP) are variable. With this, at an LCD displaying mode that video signals are displayed on the LCD, the quantization bit number at the A/D converter is reduced and also the signal processing bit number at the DSP is reduced to the same bit number at the A/D converter. With this operation, at the LCD displaying mode, the power consumption at the A/D converter and the DSP is reduced, therefore the power consumption of the total system of the image taking apparatus is largely reduced.

Abstract: In a flat panel display device, in which a display panel 1 loosely fitted on a main surface of a chassis 4 and circuit substrates held in hook portions provided on side surfaces of the chassis are connected each other through TCP's by bending the latter TCP's, and a method for manufacturing the same device, a main slit for a rounded portion of each TCP is formed in a rounded portion of the TCP and an auxiliary sub slit is also formed adjacent to the main slit. In order to reduce the peeling force exerted on connecting/fixing portions between the TCP's and the display panel, the circuit substrate is pulled up by bending the main and sub slits and then returning the sub slit to a flat state to insert the circuit substrate into the hook portions.