Abstract: A mounted body (100) of the present invention includes: a semiconductor element (10) having a surface (10a) on which element electrodes (12) are formed and a rear surface (10b) opposing the surface (10a); and a mounting board (30) on which wiring patterns (35) each having an electrode terminal (32) are formed. The rear surface (10b) of the semiconductor element (10) is in contact with the mounting board (30), and the element electrodes (12) of the semiconductor element (10) are connected electrically to the electrode terminals (32) of the wiring pattern (35) formed on the mounting board (30) via solder connectors (20) formed of solder particles assembled into a bridge shape. With this configuration, fine pitch connection between the element electrodes of the semiconductor element and the electrode terminals of the mounting board becomes possible.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a porous insulating film adhered to a surface of at least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the porous insulating film including an inorganic oxide filler and a film binder, wherein the ratio R of actual volume to apparent volume of the separator is not less than 0.4 and not greater than 0.7, and wherein the ratio R and a porosity P of the porous insulating film satisfy the relational formula: ?0.10?R?P?0.30.

Abstract: A camera (1) has a tubular housing (3) having an emission window (7). A unitized optical fiber bundle (9) is provided on the inner surface of the housing (3) by utilizing a bundle of light guiding optical fibers on the inner surface. The unitized optical fiber bundle (9) is placed on and bonded to the inner surface of the housing (3) with the fibers bonded together by a bonding agent. An end section of the unitized optical fiber bundle (9) reaches the emission window (7) of the housing (3) to be exposed. The camera (1) has sufficient waterproof capability and is easy to produce, and capable of avoiding a decrease in the amount of light.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for node management in a packet-switched network, wherein a first node acts as a proxy for a second node, both nodes having network-layer addresses and link-layer addresses, the network-layer addresses at the network layer and the link-layer addresses at the link layer being used for communication in the packet-switched network. The method comprises the following steps performed by the first node: The first node receives from the second node a request to receive and forward packets addressed to the second node's network-layer address, whereby the same network-layer address is associated with the first node and the second node, and the first node and the second node have distinct link-layer addresses. The first node advertises to nodes attached to the packet-switched network the first node's link-layer address as a destination address for the second node's network-layer address, while the second node does not advertise.

Abstract: A data storage medium is provided on which data is to be recorded by modulating the data to generate a plurality of recording modulation codes and irradiating a pulse-like light beam to the data storage medium, so that a plurality of recording marks and spaces which have lengths corresponding to the plurality of recording modulation codes are formed on the data storage medium. The data storage medium comprises a disc information area that includes a region on which at least one of an irradiation information of the light beam to form the recording marks and a constitution information of the recording mark is to be recorded. At least two of the plurality of recording marks are formed by the light beam emitted according to a recording pulse train.

Abstract: The radar system includes: a transmission circuit transmitting the radar waves via a transmission antenna; a receiving circuit receiving the reflected waves via a receiving antenna; a delay line having an end connected to aid transmission circuit and the other end connected to said receiving circuit, which delays the radar waves by a predetermined delay amount; a correlation circuit/coherent detection circuit which detects a waveform having a strength equal to or higher than a predetermined strength, from a signal provided from said receiving circuit which obtains the signal from the reflected waves or the delayed radar waves; and a level decision circuit which judges, during self-diagnosis, whether or not the detected waveform is a waveform of the delayed radar wave according to the predetermined delay amount, and if the waveform is not the waveform of the delayed radar wave, determines that abnormality occurs in said radar system.

Abstract: A semiconductor device which includes both an E-FET and a D-FET and can facilitate control of the Vth in an E-FET and suppress a decrease in the Vf, and a manufacturing method of the same are provided. A semiconductor device which includes both an E-FET and a D-FET on the same semiconductor substrate includes: a first threshold adjustment layer for adjusting threshold of the E-FET; a first etching stopper layer formed on the first threshold adjustment layer; the second threshold adjustment layer formed on the first etching stopper layer for adjusting threshold of the D-FET; a second etching stopper layer formed on the second threshold adjustment layer; a first gate electrode penetrating through the first etching stopper layer, the second threshold adjustment layer, and the second etching stopper layer, which is in contact with the first threshold adjustment layer; and the second gate electrode penetrating through the second etching stopper layer, which is in contact with the second threshold adjustment layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a compound single crystal that can improve a growth rate and grow a large single crystal with high crystal uniformity in a short time, and a production apparatus used for the method. The compound single crystal is grown while stirring a material solution to create a flow from a gas-liquid interface in contact with a source gas toward the inside of the material solution. With this stirring, the source gas can be dissolved easily in the material solution, and supersaturation can be achieved in a short time, thus improving the growth rate of the compound single crystal. Moreover, the flow formed by the stirring goes from the gas-liquid interface where a source gas concentration is high to the inside of the material solution where the source gas concentration is low, so that dissolution of the source gas becomes uniform.

Abstract: A reception apparatus for receiving an OFDM signal having a plurality of pilot carriers that transmit predetermined pilot signals at predetermined symbols. The reception apparatus transforms the received OFDM signal to a frequency-domain OFDM signal, determines channel responses corresponding to the transmitted pilot signals for each of the pilot carriers among a plurality of carriers constituting the frequency-domain OFDM signal, determines, based on channel responses corresponding to first, second and third pilot signals transmitted sequentially in a same carrier, a channel response at a symbol between the second pilot signal and the third pilot signal, compensates a waveform distortion in the frequency-domain OFDM signal according to the channel response at the symbol between the second pilot signal and the third pilot signal and outputs the results.

Abstract: An image predictive coding apparatus and method, image predictive decoding apparatus and method, and recording medium, of which the transform efficiency is remarkably improved in comparison with the prior art. According to the image predictive coding apparatus and method, when dividing inputted image data to be coded into image data of a plurality of small regions which are adjacent to each other and coding the image data of an objective small region to be processed among the image data of the plurality of divided small regions which are adjacent to each other, reconstructed image data of a reproduction small region adjacent to the image data of the objective small region to be processed is used as image data of an intra-frame prediction small region of the objective small region to be processed.

Abstract: A hydrodynamic bearing device which can improve workability of injecting a lube repellant and effectively prevent leakage of a lubricant, a method for manufacturing the same, a spindle motor, and a recording and reproduction apparatus are provided. A hydrodynamic bearing device 4 includes a lube repellant 11a which is applied in a circular shape by a predetermined distance in a radial direction from a portion of an upper surface of a second thrust flange 41c where it is connected to a shaft 41 and a lube repellant 11b which is applied in a circular shape on an outer peripheral surface of the second thrust flange 41c below from an upper end in the radial direction by a predetermined distance. The lube repellant 11b is applied near the upper end portion in a gap formed between the outer peripheral surface of the second thrust flange 41c and an inner peripheral surface of an outer sleeve 44.

Abstract: A portable electronic device in which microswitches (12) controlled by operation buttons (11) are mounted on one side of a printed circuit board (13), and circuit elements accommodated in BGA packages (14), (15) and (16) are soldered on the other side of the printed circuit board. In the portable electronic device, a shield wall (22) for surrounding the BGA packages (14), (15) and (16) is mounted on the printed circuit board (13), a first protrusion portion (18b) for holding down the shield wall (22) on the printed circuit board (13) is protruded from a case (18) of the portable electronic device (10), and second protrusion portion (18c) for holding down surfaces of the BGA packages (14); (15) and (16) on the printed circuit board (13) is protruded from the case (18) of the portable electronic device (10). With such a construction, the BGA packages are prevented from being peeled off from the printed circuit board (13).

Abstract: An optical device includes a base, an optical element chip attached to the base, an integrated circuit chip attached onto the back surface of the optical element chip, and a translucent member (window member). A wire is buried within the base, and the wire has an internal terminal portion, an external terminal portion, and a midpoint terminal portion. A pad electrode of the optical element chip is connected to the internal terminal portion through a bump, and a pad electrode of the integrated circuit chip is connected to the midpoint terminal portion through a fine metal wire.

Abstract: An image coding apparatus includes a still frame coding judgment unit for judging whether a target frame to be coded is a still frame or not from a difference value between the target frame and an immediately previous reference frame, and a quantization parameter control unit for performing control of a quantization parameter value to be used for coding, on an initial one frame at which an image starts to come into a standstill, wherein the initial frame is subjected to coding with less coding error as compared with coding for other frames.

Abstract: There is provided a treatment method of efficiently separating an additive component from a resin component for the purpose of treating and recycling a thermoplastic resin composition containing an additive. The treatment method includes heating and agitating the thermoplastic resin composition containing the additive together with a solvent for dissolving at least part of the additive at a temperature ranging from the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin to the boiling point of the solvent inclusive, and separating and recovering the solvent in a liquid state in which at least part of the additive is dissolved, so that at least part of the additive is separated and removed from the thermoplastic resin composition.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a first p-side electrode 7A made of metal which is provided with regularly arranged holes 10 having a diameter smaller than a laser oscillation wavelength and a second p-side electrode 7B arranged around the periphery of the first p-type electrode 7A are used as a p-side mirror of a surface-emitting laser. Light in a resonator formed of a p-side electrode 7 and an n-type mirror 2 is first converted to a surface plasmon and then reconverted to the light by the p-side electrode 7A, and then emitted outside the resonator.

Abstract: A program guidance apparatus includes a recognition word storage unit (105) operable to store a past recognition word that is recognized by speech recognition in the past, a viewing history word storage unit (106) operable to store viewing history words that are the information of a viewed program and a dictionary creating unit (103) operable to create a customized recognition dictionary that is created by adding the past recognition word and viewing history words that are not included in the basic recognition dictionary to the basic recognition dictionary and another customized recognition dictionary to which weights are assigned using “item weight coefficient” according to the categories of words and “history weight coefficient” according to whether or not the word is recorded as a past recognition word or viewing history words.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a substrate; an imaging region which is formed at part of the substrate and in which photoelectric conversion cells including photoelectric conversion sections are arranged in the form of an array; a control-circuit region which is formed at part of the substrate and in which the imaging region is controlled and a signal from the imaging region is outputted; and a copper-containing interconnect layer formed above the substrate and made of a material containing copper. Furthermore, a first anti-diffusion layer and a second anti-diffusion layer are formed, as anti-diffusion layers for preventing the copper from diffusing into each photoelectric conversion section, on the photoelectric conversion section and the copper-containing interconnect layer, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pipeline A/D converter having resolution, allowable conversion processing rate and power consumption satisfying the requests of a system incorporating the pipeline A/D converter. The pipeline A/D converter in accordance with the present invention comprises a control section for outputting a control signal according to the operation state of an apparatus incorporating the pipeline A/D converter, and a pipeline A/D conversion section, the resolution and/or allowable conversion processing rate of which are switched by switching the capacitance in a built-in operational amplifier according to the control signal.