Abstract: A scratch is made at least at one corner portion of the cathode ray tube and heat is applied so as to flank the scratch from the two sides. More specifically, electrical heating wires are disposed at the two sides of the scratch formed on the cathode ray tube and the electrical heating wires are used to apply the heat in a linear manner from the two sides of the scratch. Preferably, scratches are formed at the four corners positioned at the panel portion rather than the frit glass portion where the panel portion and the funnel portion of the cathode ray tube are joined, electrical heating wires to which tension is applied are disposed at the four side positions of the panel portion so as to flank the scratches from the two sides, and heat is applied to the cathode ray tube by the electrical heating wires. Tension is applied to the electrical heating wires by springs.

Abstract: A level shifter provided with a first inverter for shifting a high logic level of an input signal, a second inverter for shifting a low logic level of the input signal, a first output transistor for supplying a high voltage to an output terminal by an output voltage of the first inverter, and a second output transistor for supplying a low voltage to the output terminal by an output voltage of the second inverter which controls the supply of the high voltage of the first inverter and the supply of the low voltage of the second inverter so as to realize stable operation even with a low power supply voltage.

Abstract: A picture signal processing device for performing picture signal processing such as conversion of the number of pixels or conversion processing for the number of scanning lines. The picture signal processing device includes a plurality of element processors and a controller for performing common control of said element processors. The element processors arrayed in association with pixels arrayed in one-dimensional direction of a digitized two-dimensional picture. The pixels arrayed in one-dimensional direction are chronologically sequentially entered to the element processors.

Abstract: A P-type MOSFET transistor as a current source and an N-type MOSFET transistor are connected in series between a power supply and one end of a bit line that is also connected to a memory cell with the other end thereof. The gate electrode of the P-type MOSFET transistor and that of the N-type MOSFET transistor are then biased by a current capability setting circuit in such a manner that a current capability of the P-type MOSFET transistor is smaller than a current capability of a memory cell and a current capability of the N-type MOSFET transistor is larger than the current capability of the P-type MOSFET transistor.

Abstract: An input signal and a signal obtained by delaying that input signal are compared, an output signal is produced based on the amount of the delay, and the output signal is used to form a control signal by a low pass filter etc. The delay of the input signal is controlled so as to produce a plurality of stable clocks and enable stable high speed signal processing without raising the clock frequency.

Abstract: A system for mounting a hubless glassmaster onto a spindle of an orders measurement device includes a magnet and a hub made of a magnetic material. The hub is designed to fit on the spindle of the measurement device. The magnet is placed on a top surface of the glassmaster and the hub is centered and placed on the bottom surface of the glassmaster opposite the magnet. The magnetic forces between the magnet and the hub hold the hub securely to the glassmaster as it is mounted onto the spindle and rotated in the measurement device. In a preferred embodiment, the hub is first placed in an alignment fixture and the glassmaster and magnet are placed on top of the hub to secure the hub to the glassmaster. The glassmaster assembly is then removed from the alignment fixture for mounting. The system allows both hubbed and hubless glassmasters to be tested on the same orders measurement device without having to affix a hub permanently onto the hubless glassmasters with adhesive.

Abstract: In order to facilitate pupil distance adjustment, diopter adjustment and convergence adjustment, in a spectacle type display arrangement which utilizes of a pair of image generating units for projecting images on left and right eyes respectively, a pair of shafts are installed in a housing by way of a frame, and a pair of lens and mirror units are reciprocally mounted on the shafts so as to movable toward and away from each other. A slide plate which forms part of a backlight is disposed on the frame so as to be slidable in the fore-and-aft direction. A pair of shafts are disposed one above the other at the upper and lower portions of the backlight. A pair of LCD holders which form a part of the pair of image source means are supported on the shafts so as to be laterally movable toward and away from each other.

Abstract: An apparatus for recording, storing and retrieving electronic information allows the division of incoming information into separate events or portions of an event. The information is stored in a primary recording medium, such as a semiconductor memory, in accordance with the divisions created. The information can then be selectively reproduced, copied or flagged for further use.

Abstract: A disk drive apparatus comprises a flat stepping motor for moving a head assembly, which is disposed under a disk cartridge in the inserted state thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compact recording and reproducing apparatus capable of playing back DVD and CDs including CD-R. This apparatus comprises a means of focusing a light of a first or second wavelength onto a first or second recording media; a first means disposed off the optical axis of the focusing means to generate a light of the first wavelength; a second means disposed on the optical axis of the focusing means to generate a light of the second wavelength; a means of correcting a coma aberration in the light of the first wavelength and guiding the corrected light along the optical axis of the focusing means, and a means of detecting the light of the first or second wavelength reflected from the first or second recording media.

Abstract: An analog signal, for example, a video signal is divided into a high frequency signal and a low frequency signal by a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter. A high speed analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converts the high frequency signal to a first digital code while a low speed but high precision ADC converts the low frequency signal to a second digital code. A synthesizer combines the first and second digital codes and outputs a digital code as the result of the conversion. Therefore, analog-to-digital conversion with a high speed, high precision, and high resolution can be realized.

Abstract: A printing device according to the present invention includes a dye tank for containing a powdered vaporizable dye, an entrance section for liquefying the powdered vaporizable dye and a vaporizing section for radiating a laser light beam onto the liquefied dye transported to it by the entrance section for vaporizing the liquefied dye for thermal transcription of the vaporized dye onto a photographic paper. In this manner, printing may be made without employing an ink ribbon or a thermal head and hence the saving in power and the reduction in size and costs of the printing device may be achieved. Besides, the printing time may be shortened, while the size of the printing paper may be set freely. A photographic paper according to the present invention includes a light absorbing layer between a receptor layer and a photographic paper base.

Abstract: A disc reproduction device, in which at the time of normal reproduction, a rotational speed of a spindle is detected based on a reproduction signal from the disc by a rotational speed counting circuit, a control signal that makes a speed error with respect to a reference speed zero is given to a first VCO as the control voltage thereof, a reproduction clock is generated while controlling the frequency and phase at a digital PLL circuit by using the oscillation output thereof as the reference frequency of the first PLL circuit containing a second VCO and in which, at the time of access, the control signal to the first VCO is switched to the output signal of the phase comparator by the switch circuit under the control of the controller and a multiple PLL circuit containing the first VCO, phase comparator, LPF, and so forth, is constituted to make the oscillation frequency of the first VCO track the reproduction speed at the destination of access predicted based on the access information by the controller.

Abstract: One electrode of a capacitive element is formed by a doped semiconductor film and a non-doped semiconductor film which covers at least part of the doped semiconductor film, and a capacitive dielectric film is formed to cover these semiconductor films. In forming this capacitive dielectric film, enhanced oxidation due to impurities is suppressed, so hardly any native oxide is formed on the surface of one electrode, and a reliable capacitive element having a large capacitance can be manufactured.

Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator which causes little interference to and receives little interference from other circuits via a parasitic capacitance of an integrated capacitor, has a good control linearity, and is capable of being used over a wide range of frequency including ultra high frequencies, constituting a ring oscillator by being provided with three or more logic buffer circuits having differential input and output terminals cascade connected at the differential inputs and outputs and making the n-th differential output a negative feedback to the terminal of the 1st differential input. Each of the logic buffer circuits comprises a differential transistor pair comprised of first and second transistors, first and second diode array each comprising at least one diode, first and second integrated capacitors, and a current source for frequency control. The sum of emitter currents of the pair of the differential transistors is set by the current source for frequency control.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide, in MOS transistors used as a bonding layer for silicon regions of an SOI substrate, an nMOS transistor on a silicon region of an SOI substrate which uses a polycrystalline silicon layer as a layer to be bonded with the silicon substrate and a pMOS transistor on another silicon region of the SOI substrate and electrically isolated back gate electrodes through a back gate insulation film on the silicon region side between the silicon regions and a polycrystalline silicon layer. A leak current is reduced and a malfunction of the transistors is eliminated by providing pickup electrodes for the back gate electrodes.

Abstract: An input signal SIN is input to a reset input terminal R of a flip-flop RSFF1 and, at the same time, input to a gate of a pMOS transistor MP1 constituting a transfer control circuit DCNTL1, a signal Bd obtained by delaying an inverted output signal B of the flip-flop RSFF1 at a delay circuit DLY1 is input to the data input terminal of the transfer control circuit DCNTL1, and the output signal of the transfer control circuit DCNTL1 is input to a set input terminal S of the flip-flop RSFF1 via two stages of inverters connected in series, therefore, a signal change detection circuit capable of generating a stable pulse according to the level change of the input signal without depending upon the input clock signal and capable of generating the pulse at high speed can be realized.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, including the steps of: preparing a silicon substrate on which a gate insulating film and a gate electrode composed of a polycrystalline silicon film and an insulating film are sequentially formed; forming side walls from a material having an etching selectivity to the insulating film on both sides of the gate electrode; forming a resist film on the silicon substrate so as to cover the gate electrode, and etching-back the resist film until the resist film remains on the silicon substrate except for the gate electrode to expose an upper portion of the gate electrode; selectively removing the insulating film on the gate electrode using the resist film and the side walls as a mask, and removing the resist film; and forming a refractory metal film on the silicon substrate so as to cover the gate electrode, and forming metal silicide films on the gate electrode and the silicon substrate by silicidizing, through heat-treatment, the refractory metal film w

Abstract: A system for automatically unlocking an automotive child safety door lock comprises an emergency sensor such as a collision sensor initiating airbag deployment, a door lock mechanism and a door lock releasing mechanism. Upon the sensor detecting an emergency, such as a collision, the sensor produces a signal that is sent to the door lock releasing mechanism. The door lock releasing mechanism then unlocks the door lock mechanism. The sensor may also trigger disconnection of the battery from the automobile's electrical circuitry and interruption of the fuel line from the fuel tank to the engine. The emergency sensor may alternatively include a temperature or smoke sensor.

Abstract: A pager and two-way paging system may be provided which allow the pager user to send a request for television and/or radio programming information. The system compiles television and/or radio programming information which will be of interest to the user, based on a profile of the user's interests filed with the service provider. In a one-way paging system, the service provider makes periodic transmissions of timely programming information of interest to the pager user. In a two-way paging system, the service provider transmits the compiled information when a request is received from the user. The user may also select a program from the information transmitted and instruct the service provider to purchase the program, if pay-per-view, of have the program recorded by the user's VCR.