Abstract: A semiconductor device 1 obtained by depositing, on a substrate 2, a gate electrode 4 formed by a conductive thin film containing Mo atoms and Ag atoms, a gate insulating film 6, an ?-Si:H(i) film 8, a channel protection layer 10, an ?-Si:H(n) film 12, a source/drain electrode 14 formed by a conductive thin film containing Mo atoms and Ag atoms, a source/drain insulating film 16, and a drive electrode 18. By using a conductive thin film containing Mo atoms and Ag atoms, the gate electrode 4 and the source/drain electrode 14 are formed to manufacture the semiconductor device 1. Thus, the conductive thin film for a semiconductor device, having high adhesion strength to a substrate, an insulating layer, and the like, a semiconductor device which operates stably without deteriorating the performance, and a method of efficiently manufacturing the conductive thin film and the semiconductor device can be provided.

Abstract: The cantilever and compression strength of a polymer post insulator decreases according to lengthening of lever length of the polymer post insulator. By combining polymer post insulators to construct a structure having an increased strength in an arbitrary direction, a polymer insulator apparatus and a method for mounting the same can provide a sufficient strength and rigidity even as a long insulator for high voltage that requires a long insulation distance. Polymer post insulator columns 12-1, 12-2, in which plural polymer post insulators 1-1 to 1-4 are stacked, are arranged in parallel. The polymer post insulator columns 12-1, 12-2 arranged in parallel are connected with each other via connecting plates 13-1 to 13-3 at each connection site of the polymer post insulators 1-1 to 1-4 constituting the polymer post insulator columns 12-1, 12-2 as well as at the top and bottom of the polymer post insulator columns 12-1, 12-2.

Abstract: A dustfree filling and sealing apparatus is disclosed. A pair of wrapping clean films 10 which are free of cleaning are supplied from a pair of wrapping clean film supply means 1. Two outer layer films 10b are peeled off and removed from the wrapping clean films 10 by a pair of outer layer film peeling-off means 2. Thus, clean surfaces of inner layer films 10a appear. The two inner layer films 10a are conveyed by a pair of inner layer film conveying means 4 so that these films are opposed. An object 15 is inserted between the inner layer films 10a by an object filling means 5. The inner layer films 10a are sealed by an impulse seal head 6. The present invention also discloses a wrapping clean film producing method and a dustfree container.

Abstract: A discharge lamp of the present invention, which has an starting property, an arc stability and a service life which are improved even if the lamp produces a short arc. The discharge lamp includes a light emitting bulb, sealing members disposed on both sides of the light emitting bulb, metal foils sealed in the sealing members, a pair of electrodes which are connected to the metal foils and have large-diameter portions formed on tips, coils disposed at the rear of the large-diameter portions of the electrodes, external conductors, and a discharge medium enclosed in the light emitting bulb.

Abstract: An automatic cold-storage system includes a food package (22) provided with a noncontact IC tag (11), and a refrigerator (31) for storing the food package (22). Information is read from the noncontact IC tag (11) by a noncontact IC tag reader (12) and is compiled to a database (31c). A managing means (31b) controls the refrigerator (31) on the basis of information contained in the database (31c). The managing means (31b) makes a display device (14) display a warning on the basis of information read by the noncontact IC tag reader (12).

Abstract: In a video signal reproducing apparatus, the changing time of a sub-video signal is adjusted, by a time-adjusting circuit, so as to be synchronized with the changing of a frame of a main video signal from the output of an interlace-scan-video-signal converter. And the sub-signal is added to the output of an interlace-scan converter by an adder. The output of the adder is converted into a progressive-scan video signal in synchronism with the boundary of frames of main video signal by the progressive-scan video signal converter. In the reproducing apparatus, even in the case that the sub-video signal is recorded without synchronism with the frames of the main video signal, an irregular frame is not generated even when the sub-video changes. And a single field of the sub-video does not leave or is not visible.

Abstract: A method for forming a protective layer for a dielectric material in an alternating current type plasma display is provided. In this connection, a coating sol solution is provided which can form a protective layer on a large area substrate without the need to introduce any expensive equipment, the protective layer thus formed being excellent in properties such as strength, adhesion, transparency, and protective properties and capable of being formed by a sol-gel process without use of the conventional vacuum process. The sol solution comprises a dispersion of a precursor to magnesium oxide in a specific form. A method for film formation, using this solution is also provided.

Abstract: A magnetic head suspension includes an insulating base (12), wiring parts (13) formed on one surface of the insulating base (12) including a conductive metal layer, an elastic metal plate (14) provided on the other surface of the insulating base (12), and a wiring protecting layer (19) covering the wiring parts (13). The wiring protecting layer (19) is formed by subjecting a dry film containing an epoxy resin, an acrylic resin and a polymer containing aromatic rings to exposure and developing processes.

Abstract: A cartridge-loading device is provided, to which a cartridge charged with a fluid material is loaded. The device comprises a cylindrical device body, piston, and nozzle. Both ends of the device body are opened to provide a bore therethrough. The cartridge is inserted into the bore. A notch is formed at an end portion of the device body. The piston, which is slidably arranged in the bore, is used for pushing the cartridge for ejecting the fluid material. The nozzle is detachably fitted into the opening of one end of the device body. The one end is located oppositely to the piston and have the notch formed thereat. Further, the cartridge has a cartridge body covered tightly by a cover member having one end protrude from an end of the cartridge body on an ejecting side thereof.

Abstract: A second metal mask (13) having a screen part (13A) provided with a plurality of parallel, fine slits (13a) arranged at very small intervals is placed on a base plate (12) serving also as a first metal mask and provided with a plurality of windows (18) defining regions in which a material is to be deposited. One end of the second metal mask (13) is fastened to the base plate (12) by a mask clamp (20) and the other end of the same is fastened to a slider (23). Resilient force is applied to the slider (23) by compression coil springs (30). Thus, the screen part (13A) of the second metal mask (13) is tensioned and thereby the slits (13a) are stretched straight and are extended at predetermined pitches. A substrate (17) placed on the second mask (13) is subjected to a vacuum evaporation process to form fine patterns on the substrate (17) in a gang-patterning mode.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process of producing a circularly-polarized-light-extracting optical element adapted to effectively prevent the appearance of bright and dark stripes on the screen of a display to avoid lowering of the displaying quality of the display. The circularly-polarized-light-extracting optical element includes a glass substrate 11, an alignment layer 12 laminated to the glass substrate 11, and a cholesteric layer 13 formed on the alignment layer 12, in which molecules are aligned in the sate of planar alignment due to the alignment-regulating action of the surface of the alignment layer 12. The cholesteric layer 13 has a first surface 13a on its glass substrate 11 side, and a second surface 13b opposite to the first surface 13a. Director directions of molecules on the first surface 13a of the cholesteric layer 13 are aligned in substantially one direction owing to the alignment-regulating action of the surface of the alignment layer 12.

Abstract: A transfer sheet comprises a base sheet, a thermal transfer layer having a plurality of YMC transfer region sets, each transfer region set having a plurality of transfer regions with functions different from each other, and identification marks formed in the YMC transfer region sets, respectively. The identification marks formed in the different YMC transfer region sets have different forms, respectively. The transfer regions are printed by using a plurality of transfer region printing cylinders, each provided with a plurality of printing plates, and the identification marks of different forms are printed by using a single identification mark printing cylinder. The respective identification marks of the YMC transfer region sets represent information about the positions of the corresponding YMC transfer region sets, respectively. The transfer regions are transferred after correcting transfer conditions on the basis of information represented by the identification marks.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a PCB comprising the steps of: forming through-holes in a substrate having releasing layers on front and back faces; filling conductive paste in the through-holes; removing the releasing layers and disposing metal foil on both faces of the substrate; and heat pressing them. A diameter of the through-holes is larger than that of corresponding holes formed on the releasing layers. According to the present invention, when the conductive paste is compressed, conductive paste protruding from the surface of the substrate is trapped at the edges of the through-holes. This configuration prevents short circuits with undesirable wiring patterns. So, an enough amount of the conductive paste can protrude from the surface of the substrate. Therefore, after the compression, stable electric connections inside the conductive paste and between the conductive paste and the metal foils are ensured, thus PCBs with superior reliability can be produced.

Abstract: An electric rotating machine and a fan motor for vehicle are obtained, wherein variation width of current waveform resulting from occurrence of coils in a short circuit state is narrowed to reduce vibration and noise. A commutator 26 of the fan motor for vehicle comprises twelve segments 24, and a pair of positive/negative brushes are press-contacted to the commutator 26. Among the segments 24, at least one of pairs of segments that the brushes simultaneously contact have mutually different pitches. Therefore, timing when the coil in the short circuit state occurs at an armature and timing when the coil is released from the short circuit state of one brush deviate from those of the other brush temporally. Accordingly, the variation width of current waveform of electric current supplied to the coil connected to the pair of segments 24 narrows at least.

Abstract: A decorative sheet formed by coating a surface of an acrylic resin sheet having a coefficient of kinetic friction with respect to a flat glass plate in the range of 0.2 to 0.9 and a glass transition temperature of 80° C. or below with a pattern layer is inserted in a female mold and a male mold of an injection mold, the decorative sheet is clamped to the female mold, the female and the male mold are joined together to form a cavity in the injection mold, a fluid resin is injected into the cavity so as to fill up the cavity, the resin filling up the cavity is solidified in a sheet-decorated molding having a surface coated with the decorative sheet, the injection mold is opened and the sheet-decorated molding is ejected from the female mold.

Abstract: An optical disk having a first recording area for recording information; and a second recording area having auxiliary information including disk identification information unique to that optical disk recorded therein, wherein the second recording area including circumferentially arranged multiple stripe patterns each strip extending along a radius of the disk; and indicator indicating the presence of auxiliary information.

Abstract: An absolute-pressure type of pressure sensor is provided. The sensor has a pressure detecting device having a metal diaphragm. Strain gauges are disposed on one surface of the diaphragm, whose other surface is formed to receive fluid to be detected. The sensor comprises a lid, relay board, two seal rings, and input/output terminal. The lid provides a reference pressure space. The relay board is electrically connected to the gauge and composed of laminated ceramic members having both of through holes formed to pass through both sides thereof and a protrusion formed outwardly. The two seal rings are located to face the two sides of the board, respectively. The one seal ring air-tightly connects the relay board and the diaphragm. The other seal ring air-tightly connects the relay board and the lid. The terminal is electrically connected to the relay board and mounted on the protrusion of the relay board.

Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Redock Salmon’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with salmon ray-florets and yellow-green disc florets.