Abstract: An electron beam exposure mask comprises a main mask and one or more compensation masks. The main mask has a plurality of first defined masks. The compensation mask includes one or more non-defective second defined masks each having a pattern configuration to be formed in a defective among said first defined masks. In performing exposures by using this electron beam exposure mask, first defined masks are used as long as the first defined masks are non-defective, and the second defined mask corresponding to a first defined mask is used when the first defined mask is defective.

Abstract: This invention refers to the preparation for elimination of neuropathies in diabetes. The preparation contains a combination of minerals and plant extracts. By its ionic exchange, the invention reduces considerably the process of apoptosis of nerve-cells, eliminates the process of activation of the immunologic system, and stops the immunologic reaction of auto-destruction of nerve-cells. Depositing of immunoglobulin on axons is absent, and neuropathic pain disappears. Furthermore, the preparation reduces the activity of free radicals, improves the regulation of glycemia and improves the recovery of axons which are already damaged.

Abstract: A DLL circuit includes: an output dummy circuit having a prescribed propagation delay; a first delay element delaying a reference clock in accordance with a control signal and supplying the delayed signal to the output dummy circuit; a phase determination circuit comparing the phases of the reference clock and a feedback signal and supplying a control signal altering the delay amount of the first delay element; a second delay element receiving either the reference clock or the feedback signal, to serve as the trigger of the phase comparison operation, and delaying this signal by a delay amount; and a latch circuit latching the other signal not serving as the trigger of the phase comparison operation in synchronization with the rising edge of the output signal of the second delay element and supplying a signal turning on or off the input of the other signal to the phase determination circuit.

Abstract: A compensating part compensates for deviations on transmission paths, and a pre-deviation signal combining part or a post-deviation signal combining part combines signals on the transmission paths before or after having the deviations applied thereto, wherein the compensating part performs compensation for the deviations based on output of the pre-deviation signal combining part or post-deviation signal combining part and the signals on the transmission paths to be compensated.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device in which, when a cell capacitor of a DRAM and a capacitor element in an analog element region are mix-mounted on the same chip, the manufacturing steps can be simplified. First, the P type impurity region 13b and the P type well 13 are simultaneously formed. Next, the lower electrodes 55a and 55b of the capacitor elements 600a and 600b and the storage nodes 53a and 53b of the cell capacitors 700a and 700b are simultaneously formed. Next, a dielectric layer (ON layer 61) of the capacitor elements 600a and 600b and a dielectric layer (ON layer 61) of the cell capacitors 700a and 700b are simultaneously formed. Then, the upper electrodes 69a and 69b of the capacitor elements 600a and 600b and the cell plate 67 of the cell capacitors 700a and 700b are simultaneously formed.

Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a recovery of a terminal-station apparatus includes a communication-state-monitoring unit for detecting an abnormality appearing at each second going-up transmission channel unit.

Abstract: An electromagnetic shielding plate having high shielding effect is provided. The electromagnetic shielding plate is formed of a conductive plate having elasticity and is provided on the edge thereof with a connecting strip bent in such a manner that the tip thereof projects from the surface of the plate, and with a supporting portion. When the electromagnetic shielding plate and the printed substrate are connected, it is ensured that the ground pattern 201 of the printed board 200 and the connecting strip are brought into contact with respect to each other, thereby a high shielding effect can be obtained.

Abstract: In a network-device control system for controlling a network device such as a router, which is located between a communication terminal employed by a user and a server with which the terminal communicates, at a priority that has been set in advance for the user or for an application, an event notification device detects that a user has logged in to the communication terminal or that the user has launched a predetermined application from the communication terminal and reports the user identifier or the application identifier to a network-device controller. The latter acquires user priority or application priority on the basis of the reported identifier and, in accordance with the priority, controls the router on the communication path between the communication terminal and the server.

Abstract: An image, which is captured by a camera that a worker, etc., carries, is once stored in a ring buffer memory for storing image signals. The image is extracted from the ring buffer memory, and a quasi-moving image is generated. In a normal state, the quasi-moving image is displayed on a monitor of a center such as a control room, etc. via codecs on transmitting and receiving sides. When a user viewing the monitor makes a request to view a sharp image of a particular frame, or the high-quality motion of a subject while viewing the frames preceding or succeeding a particular frame, the image frame or frames are read from the buffer memory for storing image signals, and displayed on the monitor.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device include a step of forming an insulating layer, which is obtained by building up a first oxide film, a nitride film and a second oxide film on a substrate in the order mentioned, and a Salicide step of forming a Salicide-structure gate electrode on the insulating film. A silicidation reaction between the substrate surface and an N+ diffusion region is prevented in the Salicide step by causing the insulating layer to remain even in a region on the substrate besides that immediately underlying the gate electrode.

Abstract: A multiplexer is provided for making data into a plurality of cells and then for transmitting the plurality of cells through a cell transmission path. The multiplexer includes a first delay-fluctuation adding unit adding a first maximum value of delay fluctuation occurring when the multiplexer transmits the cell, to a predetermined area of the cell; a second delay-fluctuation adding unit adding a second maximum value of delay fluctuation occurring when the multiplexer reproduces the data from the cell, to the predetermined area; a storage unit storing the data; and a data-read control unit controlling reading the data stored in the storage unit by following a maximum value of delay fluctuation stored in the predetermined area. Accordingly, the multiplexer can control absorption of the delay fluctuation individually for each cell transmission path.

Abstract: A bandwidth management apparatus determines, when a call whose communication information is to be transmitted as a sequence of datagrams is assigned, a link to be used for transmitting the communication information, judges whether there exists a surplus bandwidth in sections of the determined link, and allocates the call to a bandwidth necessary for transmitting the communication information when the judgement result is true, and informs a node that is involved in call setup for the call about the judgement result. Also disclosed are an address resolution assistance apparatus that cooperates with the bandwidth management apparatus, a band managing method, and an address resolution assisting method which realize the respective apparatuses. In a network to which the invention is applied, good speech quality can be stably maintained irrespective of its configuration and scale.

Abstract: A home agent provides mobility transparent communications to a mobile node temporarily connected to a second network as a mobile destination different from a first network normally utilized. The home agent includes a module receiving a new registration request from the mobile node via the second network, a module detecting, when receiving the new registration request, that lease addresses of a DHCP server and addresses pooled beforehand are all occupied, and a module searching for, when detecting that all the addresses are occupied, an address on the basis of self-managed information and allocating the searched address to the mobile node.

Abstract: There are disclosed a mounting information-collecting device which is capable of collecting mounting information concerning mounted statuses of circuit boards with high accuracy and efficiency, as well as a connector and a mounting information-collecting method therefor. A light-emitting device emits an optical signal. A plurality of optical signal-processing elements each apply processing to the optical signal in a manner unique to a corresponding one of the circuit boards to thereby generate a processed optical signal. A mounting information-collecting device receives the processed optical signal and detects whether or not the processing has been applied, to thereby collect the mounting information.