Abstract: An optical head is provided which is capable of making an optical disk drive unit thinner. The optical head includes: a laser diode which emits light toward an optical disk; a photodiode which is disposed in the same housing as the laser diode; a light-turning mirror which reflects and deflects the light emitted from the laser diode; a light-raising mirror which reflects and deflects the light reflected by the light-turning mirror in the direction of the optical disk; an objective lens that converges the light reflected by the light-raising mirror onto the optical disk; and a hologram element which allows the light reflected by the optical disk to branch off and reach the photodiode, in which at least a part of the light-turning mirror is disposed inside of the window portion of a cartridge which houses the optical disk.

Abstract: A cooling device for cooling a heat-generating component includes a circulating passage arranged to have coolant circulate therein, a centrifugal pump including a first case made of metallic material, a second case made of resin material, and an impeller accommodated in the pump chamber, and a radiator provided at the circulating passage and being operable to release heat from the coolant. The first case has a surface arranged to contact the heat-generating component. The second case forms a pump chamber between the first case and the second case. The pump chamber stores the coolant therein. The impeller includes open-type vanes arranged to pressurize the coolant as to have the coolant flow through the circulating passage. The cooling device has a high cooling efficiency as well as a high operating efficiency of the motor while having a simple construction and a small overall size and a small thickness.

Abstract: A base station serves as a relay node between a mobile terminal and an application server on a backbone network. The base receives a radio packet from the mobile terminal through a wireless I/F section, and transfers the radio packet to a IP processing section, a TCP input section and a protocol relay section successively in this order. At this point, with respect to the packet, the IP header is processed and then removed in the IP processing section, the TCP header is processed and then removed in a TCP processing section, and the data is transferred to a protocol relay section along with the TCP segment information described in both headers. The protocol relay section has a conversion table, and performs proxy processing based on the table.

Abstract: An electronic circuit device comprises: a semiconductor element having a first surface and a second surface, with the first and second surfaces being on first and second sides of the semiconductor element, respectively, and facing in opposite directions; a first electrode on the first surface; a second electrode on the second surface; a first circuit board electrically connected to the first electrode via a metallic plate such that the metallic plate and the semiconductor element are on the first circuit board; a second circuit board on the second side of the semiconductor element, the second circuit board having a control circuit for the semiconductor element; and a metallic wire for directly electrically interconnecting the second electrode and the second circuit board.

Abstract: A hole is formed in an insulating film containing silicon and carbon. The insulating film has a density or a carbon concentration varying gradually in the direction of the thickness thereof.

Abstract: When inputting moving image data into a personal computer for display or for recording on a recording medium, there often occur cases where processing cannot catch up with the input, resulting in interruption of the processing. Also, when performing conversion from an input digital signal having an arbitrary number of samples to an output digital signal having an arbitrary number of samples, prior art methods entail the possibility that the memory capacity and the amount of computation may become enormous. In view of this, according to the present invention, if the image processing cannot catch up with the input, the data is re-input for processing by utilizing information concerning the recorded position, the recorded time, or the time at which playback is to be performed; this achieves the same effect as processing continuous moving image data without interruption.

Abstract: A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus includes a cylinder; a chassis section having the cylinder provided thereon; a tape pull-out member pulling out the magnetic tape; a positioning member having a ramp surface; and an urging section for urging the tape pull-out member. The first position is a position at which information recording to, and information reproduction from, the magnetic tape is possible. The tape pull-out member has a second surface facing the first surface. The tape pull-out member includes a projection provided on the second surface. The tape pull-out member is urged by the urging section such that the projection presses the ramp surface at the first position. A force received by the projection from the ramp surface, by the projection pressing the ramp surface, acts on the projection in a direction from the ramp surface toward the first surface.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical head, which comprises a semiconductor laser, a collimator lens for converting a beam emitted from the semiconductor laser light into parallel beam, a lens frame holding the collimator lens, a beam shaping prism for shaping the parallel beam passing through the collimator lens from an elliptic section into a circular section, an objective lens for converging the parallel beam passing through the beam shaping device on an optical recording medium formed with a track, and a photodetector for detecting a reflected light or transmitted light from an optical disk. The collimator lens is adhesively fixed to the lens frame at two positions opposed to one another along a radial direction corresponding to the minor axis direction of the cross section of the incoming parallel beam into the beam shaping prism. The optical head can suppress the displacement of detected-light spots in an photodetector caused by the displacement of an optical axis due to change in ambient temperature.

Abstract: A switch including at least one boss, outwardly protruding from the side surface(s) of the case, located below the supports which extend downward so as to engage the side surfaces of the case. Thus, if the switches occasionally collide with each other, with tools, the like the boss prevents the supports of the cover from receiving an outward force and thereby prevent the cover from coming off from the case.

Abstract: A decoding method according to the present invention is a method of decoding a variable length code to a Run symbol and a Level symbol. The Run symbol indicates the number of consecutive coefficients each having a value of zero. The Level symbol indicates a value of a non-zero coefficient following the Run symbol. The decoding method includes: decoding a variable length code to a code number; determining whether the code number obtained in the decoding belongs to a first range or a predetermined range; decoding the code number to a Run symbol and a Level symbol by referring to the table, when it is determined that the code number belongs to the first range; and decoding the code number to a Level symbol and then decoding a variable length code following the decoded variable length code to a Run symbol, without referring to the table, when it is determined that the code number belongs to the predetermined range.

Abstract: An integrated unit in which a light source and a light emitting diode are combined into one component is fixed to an optical bench. Then, relative position adjustment of an objective lens actuator is carried out with respect to the optical bench so that a desired detection signal can be obtained through reflected light from a disk information recording medium and then the objective lens actuator is fixed. The relative position adjustment of the integrated unit is no longer required and it is no longer necessary preliminarily to provide a margin for adjusting the integrated unit. Thus, an optical head can be reduced in size and thickness.

Abstract: An organic electronic device of the present invention includes a substrate, at least two electrodes formed on the substrate, a conductive organic thin film that is formed on the substrate and electrically connects the electrodes, and a coating film for coating at least a portion of the electrodes. The conductive organic thin film is a polymer of organic molecules containing a conjugated-bondable group, and one end of each of the organic molecules is chemically bonded to the surface of the substrate and the conjugated-bondable groups in the organic molecules are polymerized with other conjugated-bondable groups to form a conjugated bond chain. The coating film electrically connects the electrodes to the conductive organic thin film and achieves a smaller connection resistance than that in the case where the electrodes and the conductive organic thin film are connected directly.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus has a coupled transformer that inputs and outputs a communication signal and a capacitor that has high impedance to a commercial power supply frequency and low impedance to a communication signal frequency. The capacitor is connected between a primary winding of the coupled transformer and a power reception terminal. To both ends of the capacitor, a switching regulator is connected via a noise reduction circuit. To a secondary winding of the coupled transformer, a modem of a power line communication apparatus is connected. In the configuration, the coupled transformer and the switching regulator are thus connected in series.

Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a light source unit in which a light source and a light source supporting member having elasticity in an optical axis direction are coupled together, and a collimating lens base member on which a collimating lens is supported. An optical axis direction adjusting member is positioned between the light source unit and the collimating lens base member. A position of the light source unit can be adjusted within a plane approximately perpendicular to the optical axis, and the light source unit can thereafter be secured relative to the collimating lens base member via the light source supporting member. The optical axis direction adjusting member is movable in the optical axis direction, and is disposed such that by its movement it causes the light source supporting member to deform against the elasticity of the light source supporting member, thereby allowing an adjustment of a position of the light source with respect to the collimating lens in the optical axis direction.

Abstract: A method for forming STIs in a semiconductor substrate includes forming a protective oxide film on the semiconductor substrate and forming a silicon nitride film on the protective oxide film, performing a photolithography and a dry etching so as to penetrate the silicon nitride film and the protective oxide film and remove part of the semiconductor substrate, thus forming groove portions, forming a buried oxide film in the groove portions and on the silicon nitride film, removing the buried oxide film on the silicon nitride film and a surface portion of the silicon nitride film by a CMP, and removing part of the buried oxide film deposited in the groove portions by a wet etching. It is possible to provide a method for producing STIs capable of forming uniform STI step heights in a semiconductor device with a fine structure.

Abstract: A communication apparatus transmits and receives modulated signals of independent channels. The communication apparatus includes a plurality of antennas configured to transmit and receive the modulated signals. A divider is configured to divide information determined based on power of an eigenvalue of a channel matrix generated using the modulated signals received by a communicating party, from a signal transmitted by the communicating party. An antenna controller is configured to select one or more antennas that transmit the modulated signals based on the information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a strain detector improved in output characteristic, in which no internal stress is generated in strain resistance elements even with it fixed on a fixing member. The strain detector is configured in that a detection hole is provided nearly at the center of a insulating substrate, a fixing hole is formed at the position of peripheral end, a portion around the detection hole is pressed by a pressing member, one holding member and the other holding member are provided with fixing holes opposing to the fixing holes of the insulating substrate, and the peripheral end of the insulating substrate is fixed by the fixing. member inserted. Accordingly, the detection hole in the insulating substrate is peripherally displaceable in vertical direction with respect to one holding member and the other holding member.

Abstract: Providing an optical transceiver module that reduces electric crosstalk between a light emitting device and a photodetector while providing an excellent high-frequency characteristic, and an optical transceiver including the same. According to the invention, a first metal plate having a first substrate for mounting a light emitting device and a at second metal plate having a second substrate for mounting a photodetector are provided separately and independently of each other in a resin package, thus reducing the parasitic capacitance. This provides an optical transceiver module capable of suppressing electric crosstalk where part of a high-frequency signal causes a variation in the potential at a terminal of a photodetector while improving the high frequency characteristic in driving the light emitting device with a high-frequency signal, and an optical transceiver including the same.