Abstract: An appliance control apparatus including an acceleration sensor which senses an acceleration resulting from a user motion; a recognition unit which recognizes a control-object apparatus and a control attribute set to the control-object apparatus from the acceleration sensed by the sensor; a control command generator which generates a control command according to the control attribute recognized by the recognition unit; and a transmitter which transmits the control command generated by the control command generator to the control-object apparatus recognized by the recognition unit.

Abstract: An isolated semiconductor device and method for producing the isolated semiconductor device in which the device includes a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) device formed on a substrate. A dielectric film is formed on the insulator and covers the SOI device. The dielectric film may be a single film or a multilayer film. The silicon layer of the SOI device may include a channel region and source/drain regions. The SOI device may further include a gate insulator disposed on the channel region of the silicon layer, a gate disposed on the gate insulator and sidewall spacers formed a side surface of the gate. The dielectric film may also be disposed on an edge portion of the silicon layer. The device structure may further include metallization lines connecting through the isolation dielectric to the gate and to the source/drain regions.

Abstract: A LSI package encompasses: an interposer having board-connecting joints, which facilitate connection with a printed wiring board, and module-connecting terminals, part of the module-connecting terminals are assigned as interposer-site monitoring terminals; a signal processing LSI mounted on the interposer; and an I/F module having a plurality of interposer-connecting terminals, which are arranged to correspond to arrangement of the module-connecting terminals, and a transmission line to establish an external interconnection of signal, which is transmitted from the signal processing LSI, part of the interposer-connecting terminals are assigned as module-site monitoring terminals. The interposer-site and module-site monitoring terminals are configured to flow a monitoring current to confirm electric contact between the signal processing LSI and the I/F module.

Abstract: Disclosed is a differential amplifier including: first and second transistors each having a first gate, a second gate, a source, and a drain open to a drain side, the first gate and the second gate being controlled independently, a differential input being supplied to between the first gates of the first and second transistors, and the sources of the first and second transistors being connected in common to a first reference potential; first and second load circuits each connected to each of drain sides of the first and second transistors; a detection circuit detecting a common-mode voltage between ones of drain sides of the first and second transistors; and a comparison and amplification circuit amplifying the common-mode voltage in comparison with a second reference potential and supplying an output signal thereof to both of the second gates of the first and second transistors.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a main body; an input unit for inputting information; an information processor for processing the information input with the input unit; a movement detecting sensor, provided in the main body, for detecting a movement of the main body; a power-supply controller for turning on a main power supply in the main body based on a movement detection signal supplied from the movement detecting sensor; and an alarm generator for generating an alarm when the main power supply is turned on based on the movement detection signal.

Abstract: An electronic component tray includes: a tray main body housing an electronic component; and a mark provided by the tray main body to represent mass of the tray main body.

Abstract: In a fixing device according to this invention, coils are formed on a coil bobbin having a predetermined shape at an induction heating portion including a plurality of coils. In order to minimize the temperature difference of a heating roller in the axial direction, the coil bobbin has a shape for holding the interval between the coils at a predetermined interval.

Abstract: The emergency call such as Enhanced 911 call or the like is also originated through an exchange such as PBX (Private Branch Exchange). In this case, the identification information such as the extension number of the extension telephone terminal connected to the PBX should be transmitted to a network corresponding to the emergency call. For the extension telephone terminal, it is necessary to unhook or to capture an arbitrary line by the line key, before inputting the dial data “911”. Independent of the capture of arbitrary line, the PBX searches a vacant line connected to the network corresponding to the emergency call, captures the vacant line, transmits the identification information such as the extension number, and switches over and connects the extension telephone terminal from the line captured by the terminal to the vacant line.

Abstract: An oxide superconductive wire having practically sufficient tensile strength and superconductive properties is claimed. A first aspect of the present invention includes a first metallic layer made of a silver based alloy containing a metal selected from the group consisting of copper, antimony, tin, germanium, gallium, indium, zinc, platinum and palladium; a second metallic layer having a tensile strength higher than that of silver and fixed to the first metallic layer; and an oxide superconductor layer formed on the first metallic layer. Another aspect of the present invention provides an oxide superconductive wire having first and a second layers and an oxide superconductive wire. The first metallic layer is made of silver and oriented along crystallographic (210) plane. The second metallic layer has a tensile strength higher than that of silver and is fixed to the first metallic layer. The present invention also provides a superconductive device using each of the oxide superconductive wires.