Abstract: A magnetic head unit is provided in which the distance between a surface of the gimbal plate put touching the pressing member and a surface of the magnetic head facing the first or second disc-shaped recording medium is set to fall in a range of 0.3 to 0.8 mm and thus the coil winding concavity can be formed in the intermediate portion of the magnetic head in the direction of the head thickness and the magnetic heads can be kept stably in place in relation to the disc-shaped recording medium. Also, a recording and/or reproducing apparatus using the magnetic head unit is provided.

Abstract: An automatic self-testing system includes a plurality of sensor processing channels or paths each having a sensor for providing, either directly or indirectly, a digital value to a comparator which compares the measured value with predetermined value that is, in turn, provided to coincidence logic that evaluates the output of its comparator with the output of the comparators of the other paths to provide an output indicative of a pass/fail condition. Each sensor processing path includes two sub-paths that can be associated with or switched into the processing path while the disassociated sub-path undergoes off-line testing by a test processor. Testing is effected by providing a digital value to the sub-path under test while sensing the output to determine the functional validity of the sub-path under test. The combinational logic state of the system is monitored and converted into a decimal value that is compared with the set of decimal values corresponding to the finite known-good logic states of the system.

Abstract: A meter-out flow control valve is provided that is compact and possesses a regenerative function. A poppet valve 70 for establishing and blocking fluid communication between a first actuator port 73-1 and a tank port 74 is urged by a spring 71 into a pressure contact with a seat 72. The poppet valve 70 is moved away from the seat 72 under pressure in a first pressure receiving chamber 80-1. A cylindrical valve 103 is fitted with the poppet valve 70 to provide a regenerative switching valve 101 that may establish and block fluid communication between the first actuator port 73-1 and a first regenerative port 100. A meter-out flow control valve having a poppet valve 70 and a cylindrical valve 103 fitted together is thus provided that is compact in form and yet capable of regenerating pressure fluid in a first actuator port 73-1 into a first regenerative port 100.

Abstract: A frequency divider circuit, and a digital PLL circuit including the same, which can suppress jitter occurring in an output signal, including a first circuit module which drives D-FFs connected in series using an input signal as a reference clock signal and divides the input signal by a frequency division ratio selected by a frequency division ratio determining signal to produce a first divided signal; a second circuit module which drives D-FFs connected in series using the first divided signal as a reference clock signal and divides the first divided signal by a frequency division ratio corresponding to the number of D-FFs connected in series to produce an output signal; and an OR circuit which produces a frequency division ratio determining signal based on the outputs of the D-FFs of the second circuit module and a frequency division ratio selecting signal.

Abstract: A rush current limiting device capable of restraining increased power consumption and heat generation caused by resistance for limiting rush current, and effectively limiting rush current caused on any conditions has. A resistance for limiting rush current caused by switching of a power switch between a rectifier diode bridge and a smoothing condenser. A triode AC switch and the relay are provided in parallel with the resistance. The on-operation of a power switch is monitored by the input monitoring circuit, and an triode AC switch is turned on at the zero crossing point of input signals after the on-operation by the zero crossing circuit to short-circuit the resistance. After a delay of the relay due to sensitive time, the relay is turned on by a relay driving circuit, and the triode AC switch is turned on.

Abstract: It is the object of the invention to correct a quadrantal protuberance depending on machining conditions, to improve a machining efficiency, and to improve the accuracy of a machining operation. A numerically controlled machine tool is provided with quadrantal protuberance correction storage means (301a and 301b) that stores a plurality of sets of the amount of quadrantal protuberance correction.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display drive circuit capable of reducing deviation between channels and realizing a liquid crystal display of a high image quality without requiring an adjustment step on a manufacturing line.

Abstract: A nuclear reactor coolant system includes a primary coolant circuit connected to a secondary coolant circuit. A desired amount of coolant is bled from the primary circuit to the secondary circuit for purification and controlling chemical composition of the coolant. Variable speed charging pumps are provided in the secondary circuit to pump coolant back into the primary circuit at variable pressures and flow rates. A pressurizer level control system is also disclosed for controlling pump speeds.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to effectively prevent a progress of corrosion due to a local cell produced between a copper raw material (30) of a lead frame and a plating layer (29) on the surface, secure an anchor effect necessary for a chip loading surface without providing a palladium or palladium alloy film (29) with an excessive thickness and improve the reliability of a semiconductor device while achieving a reduction of production cost of a semiconductor device.Ground plating layers (27), (28) of multilayer structure of nickel are formed entirely on the surface of the raw material and then the palladium or palladium alloy plating layer (29) is formed on the surface thereof. A first ground plating layer (27) is formed so as to have an elaborate quality by supplying a DC current of a predetermined current value thereto as a plating current.

Abstract: A polishing pad for chemical mechanical polishing capable of simultaneously realizing a reduction of process costs by the reduction of the amount of usage of a polishing slurry and an improvement of a polishing quality of a wafer surface, and a polishing apparatus and a polishing method using the same, provided with a first area A at a side of a predetermined radial line R of the polishing pad in the direction of rotation or advance 30 of the polishing pad, a second area B at an opposite side thereof, and grooves having projecting portions 203 in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation or advance 30 of the polishing pad formed only in the second area B.

Abstract: A rotation control device capable of suppressing vibrations of a rotation unit produced due to changes in weight unbalances of the rotation unit. On a disc rotation control device 2, made up of a driving shaft 8 rotated along with an optical disc 90, a turntable 9, a motor rotor 10 and a magnet 15 mounted on the motor rotor 10, balancer members 6, 7 are mounted so that the balancer members 6, 7 are rotatably supported on the driving shaft 8. The disc rotation control device 2 causes rotation of the rotation unit such that a synthesized center of gravity of the rotation unit offset from the center of rotation by the unbalances of the optical disc 90 and the balancer members 6, 7 will coincide with the center of rotation.

Abstract: Since each driving circuit has corresponded to the entire range of signal voltage, the dynamic range is large, it is difficult to constitute it by high Vth transistors, and a circuit having sufficient driving capacity for both input and output of current must be used, leading to increased circuit area and current consumption. To solve the problem, a circuit for driving column lines is divided into two in response to signal voltage with, for example, the common voltage as a reference, and these two column line driving circuits are arranged on the upper and lower sides of the LCD effective screen portion every two columns, and when the output end of the one column line driving circuit is connected to one of two column lines the analog switches are open-close timing controlled so that the output end of the other column line driving circuit is connected to the other of the two column lines.

Abstract: A magnetic filtration system for separating radioactive cut material from a fluid stream containing a mixture of the radioactive cut material and an abrasive cutting material. The system comprises a magnetic filter in fluid communication with the fluid stream. By selecting an abrasive cutting material having a different magnetic susceptibility than the radioactive material being cut, the abrasive cutting material can be separated from the radioactive cut material with the magnetic filter. The amount of high level radioactive material is thereby reduced for handling and disposal. The magnetic filter is part of a closed-loop system that extracts a fluid stream containing a mixture of abrasive cutting material and radioactive cut material from an enclosure in which an abrasive waterjet cutting tool is operated. Other filters are provided in the system for removing the radioactive cut particulate from the fluid stream in multiple stages according to a size of the particulate.

Abstract: An incremental braking method and system in which a braked member which is in motion, e.g., a brake drum, is engaged by a series of flexible stops on a braking member, e.g., a brake shoe, to brake the braked member. A rigid stop on the braked member sweeps past the flexible stops on the braking member to cause vibrations. The vibrations are damped as the flexible stops engage the braked member, thereby inhibiting the motion of the braked member. The flexible stops are of unequal lengths and are provided on springs which allow them to retract into the braking member. In this way, the stops incrementally engage the braked member for smoother and more efficient braking.

Abstract: A novel method and apparatus of monitoring brain wave activity in a patient allows the patient to be mobile during the monitoring. A size adjustable skull cap is fitted to the patient. In the skull cap a plurality of sensors monitor the patient's brain waves and transmit the data with a polydirectional antenna over a wireless connection to a supporting system. The supporting system processes, correlates and allows a physician to review, edit and annotate the data obtained from monitoring the patient.

Abstract: A power accessory for apportioning electrical current between an electronic device and a rechargeable battery used in connection with the device includes two current limiting circuits. The first current limiting circuit limits the current supplied to the device to the peak current that device may demand. Any remaining current from the first current limiting circuit is passed through the second current limiter to the recharge the battery based on a charging algorithm. When the battery is fully charged, the second current limiting circuit stops providing current to the battery.

Abstract: A chemical treatment apparatus including a treatment tank filled with chemical with which wafers are treated, and a jet pipe having chemical jetting holes which is provided at the bottom portion of the treatment tank and jets the chemical from the jetting holes thereof, the jetting holes containing at least first jetting holes for jetting the chemical upwardly and second jetting holes for jetting the chemical in a direction different from that of the first holes. The second direction is set to a direction within the range from the horizontal direction of the jet pipe to the obliquely downward direction at 45 degrees with respect to the horizontal direction.

Abstract: A disk 1 comprised by a substrate 11, a signal layer 12 made of aluminum in which pits 14 are formed, and a protective plate 13. The information reproducing apparatus emits an electron beam E from an electron gun 40 to the signal layer 12 of the disk 1, detects a change of the incident intensity of the reflection thereof via a detector 42, and reproduces the information of the disk 1 by a reproducing circuit 5. A recording medium 20 comprised by a conductive layer 22, an insulating layer 23, and island-like fixed electrodes 24 thereon electrically insulated from the periphery with a memory function imparted to the fixed electrodes. For the writing, electrons are injected into the fixed electrodes by the electron gun. For full erasure, a voltage is applied to the conductive layer 22. For the reading, the electrostatic effect of the counter electrodes and the fixed electrodes is utilized. This enables an increase of the volume of information and an enhancement of precision of the reading of the information.

Abstract: By providing a test circuit including a reference timing generator, a phase error detector, and a comparator, the output signal of the comparator is set in response to the timing of level change of the result of processing of the functional circuit. The phases of the reference pulse generated by the reference timing generator using a control signal as a trigger and the output signal of the comparator by the phase error detector are compared, and the level of a judging signal is set according to the result of the comparison. The judging signal is held temporally by a register, then output to an output pin through a buffer. Using a selector, the held signal of the register is output during the test operation, while the result of processing of the functional circuit is output during normal operation. As a result, it is possible to detect the quality of the chip without using an expensive LSI tester.

Abstract: A method and apparatus allow the function circuitry of a set top box to be readily upgraded or replaced in the field. Replacement or upgraded function circuitry is provided in a self-contained module. The set top box is provided with a port through which the module can be electrically connected to the set top box. Insertion of the module either bypasses existing function circuitry or is the only function circuitry available to the set top box.