Abstract: The light emitting device has a light emitting diode which is made of a nitride semiconductor and a phosphor which absorbs a part of lights emitted from the light emitting diode and emits different lights with wavelengths other than those of the absorbed lights. The phosphor is made of alkaline earth metal silicate fluorescent material activated with europium.

Abstract: A non-recursive filter for receiving samples and generating a filtered signal, the filter comprises a plurality of successive partial summation units, each partial summation unit having multiplier for multiplying an undelayed state of each of the samples, and an adder for adding multiplied samples; and a plurality of delay elements each coupled to the adder for receiving added samples and for providing a delayed output of the added samples to a successive partial summation unit.

Abstract: To lower the electrical resistance of a p-type semiconductor or the operation voltage of a light-emitting/light-receiving semiconductor device. An ion-plasma-type electron-beam irradiation apparatus 100 generates wide-area-radiation electron beams. The thus-generated electron beams are radiated to the outside through a thin metallic plate 108 formed on the outer surface of a beam extraction window 107. A p-type semiconductor is disposed below the beam extraction window 107 such that the p-type semiconductor is disposed about 20 mm away from the electron extraction window so as to be almost parallel to the metallic plate 108. When the surface of the p-type semiconductor is irradiated with electron beams by use of this apparatus, the electrical resistance of the p-type semiconductor can be effectively lowered within a short period of time; i.e., within about three minutes, which is considerably shorter than the time required in the case where a conventional electron-beam irradiation apparatus is employed.

Abstract: In a light emitting diode, a blue light emitting element is mounted on a base having a cup through a phosphor-containing mount so that the light emitting element is located within the cup and is mounted on the bottom of the cup through the phosphor-containing mount. The light emitting diode includes a light emitting element and a p electrode. By virtue of the above construction, blue light emitted from the light emitting element can be reflected from the lower surface of the p electrode without being radiated directly from the upper surface of the light emitting element to the outside of the light emitting diode. As a result, the blue light emitted from the light emitting element can be efficiently mixed with yellow light given off from the phosphor in the phosphor-containing mount to provide white light which is radiated to the outside of the light emitting diode with high efficiency.

Abstract: An IC card is set to an RF mode by default when drive electric power starts being applied to the IC card. When both a clock signal and a reset signal are applied to respective connection terminals, the IC card switches to a terminal mode. The clock signal and the reset signal that are applied to the respective connection terminals can be detected without the need for an analog circuit such as a comparator. The IC card can be switched between the terminal mode in which only input signals applied to the connection terminals are effective and the RF mode in which only an input signal applied to a radio antenna is reliably effective, with only a digital circuit.

Abstract: A laser distance measuring system has a simple optical structure with which abnormal return light can be removed. The laser distance measuring system includes a laser light source that generates at least two interferable light beams with different frequencies on a same optical axis, a parallel reflecting portion that includes a reflecting surface, which is included in an object that moves along a measurement axis and that is arranged on the measurement axis, and returns an incident light beam in a direction opposite that at which it is incident and at a certain spacing from and parallel to the incident light beam, and an interferometer that is positioned between the laser light source and the parallel reflecting portion and that is arranged on the measurement axis. The optical axes of the light beams are displaced parallel to one another from the measurement axis and one of the light beams is passed through the interferometer and guided to the parallel reflecting portion.

Abstract: An interposer, located between an integrated circuit having power, ground and signal connections and a ceramic substrate having power, ground and signal connections, that includes an oxide layer formed on a polished surface of a silicon substrate, a thin film dielectric capacitor formed on the oxide layer, a plurality of metallized that electrically connect to either of the electrodes of the thin film dielectric capacitor, and vias than conduct power, ground and signals between a the ceramic substrate and the integrated circuit. The interposer connects the metallized vias to the integrated circuit by solder connections and also connects the vias conducting power, ground and signals from the ceramic substrate to the interposer by solder connections.

Abstract: A clock monitoring apparatus according to the invention including a main clock monitoring portion including a first counter for counting a main clock, issuing a normal operation confirming flag indicating that a normal operation is being carried out when the first counter is overflowed or reaches a previously determined set value, monitoring the normal operation confirming flag by a sub clock, issuing a first main clock stop flag having an output in correspondence with H (high level)/L (low level) of the normal operation confirming flag and a main clock initializing signal for initializing the main clock when the main clock is determined to stop and resetting the first main clock stop flag when the main clock is recovered by receiving the main clock initializing signal, and a sub clock switching control portion including a second counter for counting a signal output produced by calculating a logical sum of the sub clock and the first main clock stop flag at fall of the sub clock at a time point of generating

Abstract: A map display apparatus and a map display method facilitate detection of the relationship between a destination position or a current position and the surrounding area, even when a detailed map is to be displayed on a narrow display area. A map display terminal displays a particular position, such as the destination position or the current position, on a map. The current position might be derived on the basis of position information from a Global positioning System. An initial display can be a wide area map having smaller scale than a detailed map and centered destination position or the current position. More detailed maps centered at that position are displayed in stages.

Abstract: A universal logic module of a programmable semiconductor device is constructed by first, second, third, fourth and fifth terminals, a first transfer gate connected between the first and fourth terminals, a second transfer gate connected between the second and fourth terminals, and an inverter connected between the third and fifth terminals. The first and second transfer gates are controlled by voltages at the third and fifth terminals, so that one of the first and second transfer gates is turned ON and the other of the first and second transfer gates is turned OFF.

Abstract: A method and structure for an integrated circuit structure that utilizes complementary fin-type field effect transistors (FinFETs) is disclosed. The invention has a first-type of FinFET which includes a first fin, and a second-type of FinFET which includes a second fin running parallel to the first fin. The invention also has an insulator fin positioned between the source/drain regions of the first first-type of FinFET and the second-type of FinFET. The insulator fin has approximately the same width dimensions as the first fin and the second fin, such that the spacing between the first-type of FinFET and the second-type of FinFET is approximately equal to the width of one fin. The invention also has a common gate formed over channel regions of the first-type of FinFET and the second-type of FinFET. The gate includes a first impurity doping region adjacent the first-type of FinFET and a second impurity doping region adjacent the second-type of FinFET.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a glass-base-material, which is a base material of an optical fiber, includes a driving unit that drives a glass rod around an axis of the glass rod; a burner for accumulating glass soot around outside surface of the glass rod, which is driven by the driving unit, to form the glass-base-material; a weight-deducting unit, on which the driving unit is mounted, for deducting a predetermined weight from a total weight of the driving unit and the glass-base-material formed by the burner; and a measuring unit provided under the weight-deducting unit for measuring the total weight, from which the predetermined weight is deducted by the weight-deducting unit.

Abstract: A composite writing utensil comprising a front barrel and a rear barrel, a cam body provided within the barrel unrotatable with respect to the rear barrel, and a slider unrotatable with respect to the front barrel and coupled to each of a plurality of writing shafts. The cam body includes a V-shaped cam projection projecting forward, a cam surface, and a restraining portion. The slider comprises a V-shaped cam projecting rearward, and a slidably-contacted surface extending along the cam that is urged against the cam surface. A relative rotation between front and rear barrels causes the slidably-contacted surface of the cam to slidably contact the cam surface and one of the cams to be restrained by the restraining portion, thus a point of the writing shaft coupled to the slider provided with the cam selectively projects from the point aperture of the barrel.

Abstract: A method and structure for a primary device adapted to communicate with secondary devices. The primary device has a central processing unit, a transceiver connected to the central processing unit which is adapted to transmit signals to and from the secondary devices and a user interface. The central processing unit automatically establishes communications with the secondary devices through the transceiver by sequentially (or in parallel) attempting communication with the secondary devices using a plurality of known communication protocols until communications are established, and the central processing unit changes the user interface depending upon which secondary devices are in communication with the primary device.

Abstract: A projected portion provided at a cylinder and projected in a radius direction is formed at an end face thereof on a side of a tool holding portion, and a holding portion on one side of holding portions for holding an outer periphery of the cylinder by at least two portions remote from each other in an axial direction to position in the radius direction of the cylinder is configured by a guide face having an inner diameter of a dimension substantially the same as an outer diameter of the projected portion and extended over to a contact face brought into contact with the projected portion from an end face of a cylinder case on a side of the tool holding portion.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and structure for optimizing placement of redundant vias within an integrated circuit design. The invention first locates target vias by determining which vias do not have a redundant via. Then, the invention draws marker shapes on or adjacent to the target vias. The marker shapes are only drawn in a horizontal or vertical direction from each of the target vias. The invention simultaneously expands all of the marker shapes in the first direction to a predetermined length or until the marker shapes reach the limits of a ground rule. During the expanding, different marker shapes will be expanded to different lengths. The invention determines which of the marker shapes were expanded sufficiently to form a valid redundant via to produce a first set of potential redundant vias and the invention eliminates marker shapes that could not be expanded sufficiently to form a valid redundant via.

Abstract: The transmit power of a CDMA downlink channel is controlled from a base station by receiving a command signal from a mobile station requesting it to decrease the transmit power of the downlink channel. In response, the base station decreases the transmit power if a hypothetically decremented value of the transmit power is higher than a nominal lower limit of its power control range, and further decreases the transmit power if the downlink channel still has a quality higher than a specified value at the mobile station even when the hypothetically decremented value is lower than the nominal lower limit. The base station sets the transmit power equal to the nominal lower limit if the hypothetically decremented value is lower than the nominal lower limit and the downlink channel still has a quality higher than the specified value at the mobile station.

Abstract: A method for conversion of heat in hot flue gases, vaporisation heat in the flue gases being released and converted into an energy carrier which converts from the liquid phase to gas phase.

Abstract: A device for use in a display system including an array of pixel cells formed on a substrate. Each pixel cell being coupled to at least one gate line of a plurality of gate lines formed on the substrate and at least one data line of a plurality of data lines being formed on the substrate. The device includes first and second transistors formed on the substrate. Each transistor has a gate electrode and first and second electrodes defining a serpentine channel region there between voltage applied to the gate electrode controls conductivity of the channel region. Preferably, a common electrode includes one of the first and second electrodes of the first transistor and one of the first and second electrodes of the second transistor.

Abstract: There is provided a mobile terminal capable of properly selecting a communication network according to a kind of data targeted for sending and receiving when data is sent and received using a network. A mobile terminal 201 makes access to a WWW server 223 to acquire contents, and uses a packet communication gateway 225 to first acquire HTML data (main data) of the corresponding contents at the time of display. A tag for referring to various files (accompanying data) such as JPEG constructing the contents is embedded in this HTML data. Therefore, the mobile terminal 201 requests sizes of these files to the WWW server 223 by packet communication, and determines whether these files are acquired by packet communication or by line switching from the acquired file size. If these files are acquired by the line switching, the files are acquired from the WWW server 223 by using a line switching gateway 226 and making connection to an Internet network 222 through a public network 228, an Internet provider 229.