Abstract: A card connector includes a housing for accommodating a card; a terminal for contacting with the card when the card is inserted into the housing; an ejection unit for placing the card and capable of sliding in the housing along a direction that the card is inserted into and pulled out; and a spring member for urging the ejection unit in a direction that the card is pulled out. The card has an inclined surface at a middle of a side surface thereof in a width direction thereof. In the card connector, the ejection unit includes a plate portion and a pair of sidewalls extending from the plate portion. The sidewalls sandwich the card placed on the plate portion from both sides in the width direction of the card. At least one of the sidewalls includes an inclined surface corresponding to the inclined surface of the card.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a plurality of terminals (1) having contact sections (4) extending in the plugging direction and arranged in the arranging sections at a predetermined intervals for contact with the contact sections (32A) of a mating connector (30). The arranging section is made in the inside surface of a single wall of the housing.

Abstract: The coaxial connector having a switch, which is mounted on a board, according to the invention includes an insulated housing having a hole that can receive a center conductor of a coaxial plug from the upper side, an outer conductor that is provided outside of the insulated housing and can be attached to/detached from an outer conductor of the coaxial plug, and a stationary terminal and a movable terminal, which are provided below the hole and can contact to/be away from each other. The stationary terminal has a contact section and the movable terminal has a securing section secured in the insulated housing and an elastic section that is arranged in the insulated housing through a insert hole provided in the insulated housing, extends like a cantilever from the securing section, can touch the center conductor of the coaxial plug and can contact with the contact section. In addition, the coaxial connector further includes a covering section to cover the insert hole.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor having a first gate oxide layer with a first thickness; a second transistor having a second gate oxide layer with a second thickness different from the first thickness; and at least one of a capacitor and a variable capacitance diode. One of the capacitor and the variable capacitance diode includes a first electrode having a first area and a second area; a second electrode formed in the first area with the first gate oxide layer in between; and a third electrode formed in the second area with the second gate oxide layer in between. The second electrode and third electrode have comb shapes nested inside one another.

Abstract: An electric connector to be attached to a circuit board, includes: a housing having a sidewall portion, a first outer side surface, and a second outer side surface; a fitting protruding portion formed in the housing for receiving a mating connector, and including an opening portion and extending in a longitudinal direction of the housing; a terminal including a first contact portion for connecting with a mating terminal of the mating connector and a connecting portion arranged on the sidewall portion for connecting to the circuit board; and a ground plate attached to the housing and extending in the longitudinal direction. The ground plate includes a first ground main portion facing the first outer side surface and a second ground main portion facing the second outer side surface. The first ground main portion is arranged to form a space between the first ground main portion and the first outer side surface so that the connecting portion can be connected to the circuit board.

Abstract: A method of producing a semiconductor device includes the steps of: preparing a double SOI substrate, forming a deep trench, filling the deep trench, forming an opening, forming a cavity, depositing a polycrystalline silicon layer, and forming a bipolar transistor.

Abstract: A method of adjusting a strobe timing includes a first determining step in which an output pattern is compared with an expected result pattern at a strobe timing to determine whether the output pattern is matched to the expected result pattern; a variation range setting step in which a variation range of the strobe timing is set when the output pattern is not matched to the expected result pattern; a varying step in which the strobe timing is varied within the variation range; and a second determining step in which the output pattern is compared with the expected result pattern at the varied strobe timing to determine whether the output pattern is matched to the expected result pattern. Based on a result of the comparison, a function test is performed using the strobe timing to determine a pass/fail result of the semiconductor.

Abstract: A play data editing device edits play data according to a characteristic of a speaker. The play data editing device includes a dividing unit (301) for dividing first play data into second play data per channel; a classifying unit (302) for classifying the second play data into a rhythm part, a melody part, and a base part; a chord processing unit (303) for converting a number of chords of the second play data corresponding to the melody part according to the characteristic of the speaker; a velocity processing unit (304) for converting a velocity of the second play data corresponding to the rhythm part according to the characteristic of the speaker; and a sound range processing unit (305) for shifting a sound range of the second play data corresponding to the base part according to the characteristic of the speaker.

Abstract: A card connector includes a housing for accommodating a card; a terminal for contacting with the card when the card is inserted into the housing; an ejection unit for placing the card and capable of sliding in the housing along a direction that the card is inserted into and pulled out; and a spring member for urging the ejection unit in a direction that the card is pulled out. An elastic member is disposed in one of the ejection unit and the housing, and an escape space is formed in the other of the ejection unit and the housing for escaping a deformation of the elastic member. When the card contacts with the terminal, the escape space releases at least a part of the deformation of the elastic member. When the card is disconnected from the terminal, the elastic member deforms to push the ejection unit upwardly.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body (48); image bearing bodies (11) for forming electrostatic latent images; a transfer unit (19) opposed to the image bearing bodies and having transfer sections (15); a voltage supply (13) for generating a transfer voltage; a mounting member (12) for bringing the transfer sections (15) into contact with the image bearing bodies (11) when the transfer unit (19) is installed at an appropriate position within the apparatus body (48) and into non-contact with the image bearing bodies (11) when the transfer unit (19) is installed at an inappropriate position within the apparatus body (48); and detection devices (14) for applying the transfer voltage to the transfer sections (15) to detect whether the transfer unit (19) is in contact with the image bearing bodies (11).

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device for fixing developer on a recording medium; a heating device for heating the fixing device; a cooling device for cooling the fixing device; a temperature detecting device for detecting a temperature of the fixing device; a heating device control unit for controlling drive of the heating device; and a cooling device control unit for controlling drive of the cooling device. After the fixing device fixes the developer on the recording medium, when the temperature detecting device detects the temperature of the fixing device below a first temperature, the cooling device control unit reduces cooling effect of the cooling device.

Abstract: A cable connection structure includes an insulation holding body (3); a connection section (2) supported by the insulation holding body (3); a core wire (6) provided at a position corresponding to that of the connection section (2); a bonding agent (4) provided on at least the insulation holding body (3); and an insulation member (5) provided on the core wire (6) and the bonding agent (4) to press the bonding agent (4) between the insulation member (5) and the insulation holding body (3), thereby bonding the insulation member (5) to the insulation holding body (3).

Abstract: In an electrical connector with a shield case, the shield case made of a metal plate is attached to a housing having a front portion to be a fitting side relative to a mating connector. The shield case includes an engaging piece extending from a rear portion of the shield case. The engaging piece of the shield case fitted in is bent toward an outer surface of the housing to engage the housing. In the connector with the shield case, the engaging piece includes an attaching end portion at a portion thereof extending downwardly beyond a bottom surface of the connector after being bent toward the outer surface of the housing. The attaching end portion is inserted into a corresponding hole formed in an attaching object member of the connector for attaching to the attaching object member.

Abstract: An optical switch element (1) for switching an optical path (2) comprises a fixed reflection element (4), which requires strict preciseness in positioning and angle-setting, and a movable optical path parallel displacement element (3A), which permits relaxed preciseness in positioning and angle-setting. When the movable optical path parallel displacement element is not present in the optical path, light goes straight, and when the optical path displacement element is inserted into the optical path, light running in the optical path is displaced in parallel, inputted into the fixed reflection element, and bent by the fixed reflection element.

Abstract: A substrate frame includes an insulative board (10a) having a pair of ear portions (13) extending along its longitudinal edges; a plurality of wiring substrate regions (11) arranged on the insulative board (10a) between the ear portions (13) at predetermined intervals; and a plurality of slits (15) provided between the wiring substrate regions so as to extend across the ear portions (13) or a plurality grooves (18) around the wiring substrate regions (11).

Abstract: In order to locate and display the source of a sound such as a noise at a factory or the like accurately even when it is outside, a pair of microphones (M1, M3) and another pair of microphones (M2, M4) are disposed on the X axis and Y axis with a distance L therebetween, respectively, the direction of the sound source is estimated from a difference between sound arrival times to the microphones (M1, M3) and a difference between sound arrival times to the microphones (M2, M4), an image around the estimated location of the sound source is picked up by a camera, and the above estimated location of the sound source is displayed on the above image displayed on the display of a personal computer.

Abstract: A method of producing a ferroelectric capacitor includes the steps of: preparing a semiconductor substrate; forming a first insulating layer on the semiconductor substrate; laminating sequentially a metal layer, a first conductive layer, a ferroelectric layer, and a second conductive layer on the first insulating layer to form a capacitor forming laminated layer; forming an etching mask forming layer with strontium tantalate or strontium niobate; forming a silicon oxide layer on the etching mask forming layer for covering a ferroelectric capacitor forming area; forming an etching mask through wet etching of the etching mask forming layer with the silicon oxide layer; and forming a lamination formed of a barrier metal, a lower electrode, a ferroelectric layer, and an upper electrode through dry etching of the capacitor forming laminated layer with the etching mask.

Abstract: By making use of the remaining film thickness distribution (CMP pattern ratio) that is a distribution of estimates of the remaining film thickness after the CMP process, the first region A is abstracted from the patterning mask that corresponds to the region X where values of the remaining film thickness distribution is higher than the first threshold. Correction of the layout of the first dummy mask pattern (40a) is designed for forming the first dummy active region having a width no less than a predetermined width on the semiconductor outside the active region forming mask pattern (16) within the region A. In accompany with this patterning mask correction, correction of the insulation film removing mask pattern (40a?) is designed in the first region A? of the insulation film removing mask so as to removed a predetermined area of the insulation film formed on the first dummy active region. Based on these designs, actual patterning and insulation film removing masks are formed.

Abstract: A power supply comprising switching elements (20), wherein the power supply is provided with first heat sinks (30) having electrical conductivity to which the switching elements are fitted and a second heat sink (40) mounted with the first heat sinks which are electrically insulated, and first heat sink is used as one terminal for the switching elements, and the first heat sinks each having a projection, to be in contact with outside terminals (81), (82).

Abstract: A screen bowl type centrifugal separator which can not only eliminate the problem of the productivity being lowered resulting from the occurrence of clogging with the crystals in the screen part, but also minimize the amount of leakage of the object to be treated in the screen part. Inside of the hub (41) of the screw conveyor (40), a cleaning liquid receiving part (43) which receives the cleaning liquid for the cleaning nozzle (45) is provided, and further, in the cleaning liquid receiving part (43), a residual layer crystal cleaning liquid receiving part (46) which receives the cleaning liquid for cleaning the residual layer object to be treated in the screen part (30) is provided, being partitioned independently of the inside of the cleaning liquid receiving part (43).