Abstract: In an ATM switch, a correspondence between shapers which compose a shaper section and an output circuit(s) is not set up in an initial condition. At the time of a connection set-up, a connection control section interrogates a shaper/circuit control section about a corresponding relationship between the shaper(s) and the output circuit(s). In the case where a shaper(s) corresponding to an assigned circuit number is registered in a shaper/circuit-related table in the shaper/circuit control section, the shaper(s) is chosen. On the other hand, in the case where a shaper(s) is not registered in the table, after a new shaper(s) is registered in the table, a correspondence between the assigned circuit number and the shaper(s) is set up to the shaper section and a circuit interface section, and the corresponding shaper(s) is chosen.

Abstract: A method (and system) for storing information in a recoverable manner on an untrusted system, includes sending, by a client, a request to a recovery server for recovery of a failed database, determining whether the request is legitimate, based on the determining, sending a local key to the client, decrypting by the client the failed database with the local key, to recover the failed database, and re-encrypting the recovered database with a new key.

Abstract: A group III nitride compound semiconductor device has a substrate and an AlN single crystal layer formed on the substrate. The AlN single crystal layer has a thickness of from 0.5 to 3 ?m and has a substantially flat surface. The half-value width of an X-ray rocking curve of the AlN single crystal layer is not longer than 50 sec. In another device, a group III nitride compound semiconductor layer having a thickness of from 0.01 to 3.2 ?m is grown at a temperature of from 1000 to 1180° C. on a sapphire substrate having a surface nitride layer having a thickness of not larger than 300 ?.

Abstract: A reticle has a transparent substrate, mask shapes on the substrate, a transparent material covering the mask shapes and an optional anti-reflective material over the transparent material.

Abstract: In a liquid container, the dimension of inside diameter of a liquid supply portion is not subject to any restriction, and also a liquid leakage suppressing mechanism that is not subject to any restriction by the viscosity of stored liquid is provided. A liquid container includes a body having a tank for storing a liquid; a supply mechanism which is connected to the tip end portion of the body and has a brush for supplying the liquid; and a drive mechanism for pushing out the liquid L in the tank T to the supply mechanism. A valve which is normally closed and can be opened only when the drive mechanism is operated is provided between the tank and the supply mechanism.

Abstract: All access points are operated synchronously, and monitor the beacon to mate with the hopping frequency of the neighboring access point. Accordingly, the station can grasp the up-to-date radio situation of the neighboring access point to be entered subsequently, and constructs the information as the database. As a result, when the beacon quality of the current subscription (connected) access point is reduced lower than the threshold value, the hopping channel and the hopping pattern are fitted to the neighboring access point having the best communication environment by referring the database, and then the subscription operation is applied directly.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser device includes a tailored index single mode power amplifier. A high-power laser system can be produced by connecting several of the tailored index single mode power amplifiers in parallel. In an exemplary case, a phase shifting device can be optically coupled to each of the tailored index single mode power amplifiers; the phase shifting devices can be controlled to ensure that the laser beams output by the tailored index single mode power amplifiers are both phase aligned and wavefront matched.

Abstract: Disclose is a method that forms non-functional test structures in kerf regions outside functional wiring modules of the ceramic greensheets and across edges of the functional wiring modules, and an associated structure. In order to check or test the spacing and size of wires in functional wiring modules, the invention only needs to examine the non-functional test structures as exposed by cutting the multi-module greensheet along the laminate trim line or by dicing of the greensheet into individual modules. The non-functional wires have the same design spacing, size, and angles as wires in the functional wiring modules. Therefore, the non-functional test structures comprise representative wires of wires in the functional wiring modules.

Abstract: A III group nitride system compound semiconductor light emitting element has: a transparent substrate with a concave portion on the surface; a filling material that is embedded in the concave portion; and a III group nitride system compound semiconductor layer that is formed on the surface of the transparent substrate. The filling material has a refractive index substantially equal to that of the III group nitride system compound semiconductor layer or closer to that of the III group nitride system compound semiconductor layer than that of the transparent substrate.

Abstract: A method and structure for a digital-to-analog converter comprising a voltage source supply; a voltage division stack connected to the voltage source supply; a multiplexer connected to the voltage division stack; a digital circuit connected to the multiplexer; an analog circuit connected to the multiplexer; and an input binary word source connected to the digital circuit, wherein outputs of the digital circuit are input into the analog circuit and converted as analog output. According to the invention, the multiplexer comprises any of an NFET and/or a PFET. The digital-to-analog converter further comprises a capacitor connected to the analog circuit and a binary-weighted tunneling current device connected to the digital circuit. The multiplexer and the capacitor are made of thick oxide (at least 5 nm thick). The tunneling current device outputs tunneling current, wherein the tunneling current is adjusted in proportion to a binary weight of the input binary word source.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display device comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, each of the pixels including a pixel electrode formation area wherein a pixel electrode is formed and a thin film transistor formation area wherein a thin film transistor is formed and connected to the pixel electrode. The thin film transistor having a semiconductor layer serving as a channel, a terminal formed to be connected to the pixel electrode, a passivation layer formed to cover the thin film transistor and an organic insulating layer covering the passivation layer. The semiconductor layer is extended from a channel toward the pixel electrode formation area beyond the terminal and terminated in the pixel electrode formation area to form a termination end that is aligned with a termination end of the passivation layer. The organic insulating layer is elongated to cover the termination ends of the semiconductor layer and the passivation layer.

Abstract: A window regulator includes a main arm, a first sub-arm, and a second sub-arm. The main arm has a hole through it. A flange member surrounds the hole. The first sub-arm includes a shaft section which projects through the hole and is secured to the second-sub arm. In one embodiment, the distal edge portion of the flange member is curved. In a second embodiment, the flange member extends transversely from the main arm, and a low-friction member is between the distal edge portion of the flange member and a surface portion of the first sub-arm. In a further embodiment, the main arm and the second sub-arm have sliding surfaces in contact with each other, and a concave lubricant holding portion is provided on one of the sliding surfaces. The window regulator reduces noise during raising and lowering of the window and ensures rigidity of the first sub-arm.

Abstract: To reduce a processing delay when re-encoding compressed moving pictures, and provide a compressed moving picture re-encoding apparatus with higher picture quality. Complexity measure computing unit computes respective complexity measures in two or more kinds of prescribed predetermined periods or numbers of pictures, using either or both of a quantizer step size and a number of bits of an input compressed moving picture stream. Also, picture group quantizer step size computing unit outputs a particular complexity measure from a plurality of complexity measures, and quantizer step size adjusting unit computes the quantizer step size using a pre-set average bit rate and the output complexity measure.

Abstract: A reflective or semi-transmissive type LCD device reduces a moire generated by the irregularity pattern of the reflector plate of the LCD panel. A front light has an optical guide plate in which prism grooves are arranged in an arrangement direction. The pattern of the reflector plate is formed by blocks, each of which includes a basic irregularity pattern for one pixel or its element, and (N?1) modified basic irregularity pattern or patterns each formed by modifying the basic irregularity pattern. All the basic irregularity patterns in each block are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction. The basic irregularity pattern is continuous at either end thereof in the arrangement direction. The basic irregularity pattern is divided in the arrangement direction into N sub-patterns. Each of the (N?1) modified basic irregularity patterns is formed by the N sub-patterns circularly shifted one by one.

Abstract: The invention provides a communication control device that includes a self-diagnostic test circuit capable of executing an operation test. The communication control circuit includes a PHY circuit on an LSI with little trouble, and at a operating speed that is equivalent to actual operation. The self-diagnostic test circuit includes: test data creation circuit for creating test data; expected value data creation circuit for creating expected values of the test data after processing; an arbitration signal switching circuit that switches arbitration signals such that test data supplied from the output driver can be received by a receiver of the same twisted-pair drive block as the output driver; and a comparison circuit that compares test data supplied from an output driver and received by a receiver of the same twisted-pair drive block as the output driver with the expected value data and creates match flags.

Abstract: A method of (and system for) of displaying information, includes an extended bus bridge, a graphics adaptor coupled to the extended bridge, and a monitor coupled to the graphics adaptor to display the information, such that the graphics adaptor is localized to the monitor.

Abstract: A telephone comprises designating devices that designate an apparatus to which received data of an image and/or characters is to be transmitted, and a wireless communicating device that communicates with the apparatus without a transmitting provider and transmits the data to the apparatus designated by the designating devices. In addition, the desired apparatus can display or store the data received through the transmitting provider.

Abstract: A method and structure for optimizing a solution for a complex problem typically solved by software tools includes selectively converting problem data into a format appropriate for one or more preselected vendor's set of solution tools and inputting the formatted design data into the one or more preselected vendor's set of solution tools. If more than one vendor has been preselected, resultant solution results are compared and the optimum solution is selected.

Abstract: The light beam emitted from a variable wavelength light source element 2 is partly directly monitored in a second detector 2 for automatic power control in an APC circuit 14, and is also partly passed through a wavelength filter 5 with the transmittance thereof varying with the wavelength and monitored in A first detector 65. Automatic frequency control is performed in an AFC circuit 15 while detecting wavelength variations by using the filter output and the direct monitored output. Thus, the construction is extremely simplified, while reducing the size and cost.