Abstract: A semiconductor device having good switching characteristics even metallic CNTs are included and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a source electrode; a drain electrode; and a channel layer formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode and including a carbon nanotube group. The carbon nanotube group includes conductive carbon nanotubes having a characteristic of a conductive material and semiconductive carbon nanotubes having a characteristic of a semiconductive material. The density of the carbon nanotube group is the density where the source electrode and the drain electrode are connected to each other through all of the carbon nanotube group and not connected to each other only through the conductive carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: A circuit apparatus includes a first insulating layer, a first inductor, a first terminal, a second terminal, a first interconnect, and a wire. The first inductor is located at one surface of the first insulating layer and configured by a spiral conductive pattern. The first terminal and the second terminal are exposed from one surface of the first insulating layer. The first interconnect is formed on one surface of the first insulating layer to connect the first terminal and an external end of the first inductor. The wire is located on a one-surface side of the first insulating layer to connect the second terminal and a central end of the first inductor.

Abstract: A robot 100 includes an image input means 201 that receives an image and outputs image data, an image processing means 202 that receives the image data and generates and outputs an image recognition result, a restraint processing means 204 that outputs an operation instruction for altering a behavior while the image processing means 202 performs a process for identifying or registering a person's face, and an operation means 205 that is operated on the basis of the operation instruction.

Abstract: A lead frame has a die pad on which a semiconductor chip is mounted, a plurality of leads, a first recess provided so as to sink in from the front surface of the die pad, and second recesses and third recesses (through holes) provided so as to sink in from the front surface and the rear surface of the leads, respectively. The inner wall surfaces of the first recess, the second recesses and the third recesses (through holes) are made uneven, respectively.

Abstract: A transmission-time measurement section (201) and a jitter measurement section (202) measure transmission time length and jitter, respectively, by using the packets transmitted/received. A forward-error-correction (FEC)-scheme maximum-jitter measurement section (203) calculates a maximum jitter in the case of adopting an FEC scheme, and an automatic-retransmission-request (ARQ)-scheme maximum-jitter measurement section (204) calculates a maximum jitter in the case of adopting an ARQ scheme from the measured information. A packet control section (205) selects a communication scheme having a smaller maximum jitter from both schemes based on the calculation result of the FEC-maximum-jitter measurement section (203) and ARQ-maximum-jitter measurement section (204).

Abstract: Electro-magnetic wave reachability between a wireless client and wireless access points including access points of wireless communication system components is judged for every wireless access point, useful states of wireless resources at the wireless access points are calculated for every wireless access point, and incoming and outgoing calls of a communication session are controlled or usability or vacant capacity of the wireless communication system is monitored in accordance with information including judged results of the electro-magnetic wave reachability and calculated results of the useful states of wireless resources.

Abstract: A packetizer sectionalizes data to be transmitted into predetermined units and packetizes them into packets. A permuter permutes the order of the packets created by the packetizer based on a designated interleave length and sends out the packets to a network. A continuous loss information collector collects information on continuous packet loss occurring on the network. An interleave length determiner determines an interleave length based on the information on continuous packet loss, collected by the continuous loss information collector and designates the interleave length for the permuter.

Abstract: An optical backplane connector with a board removable (being possible to insert and remove) therein in the direction perpendicular to the backplane plate surface is arranged on a backplane having optical transmission paths. The optical backplane connector accommodates a photoelectric conversion module in such a manner the incident and exit light are perpendicular to the backplane and a transparent board with a photoelectric conversion element mounted thereon is perpendicular to the board and parallel to the backplane. The conduction between the electric contacts of the photoelectric conversion module and the inner electric contacts of the optical backplane connector is held by mechanical contact. At the end portion of the optical transmission path on the backplane, an optical connector having a 45? mirror and guide pins is mounted. The positioning operation is achieved by fitting the guide pins of the optical connector with the guide holes of the photoelectric conversion module.

Abstract: A switching regulator maintain an output voltage substantially constant by using a first comparator that compares a power supply voltage with the output voltage of the switching regulator, a triangle wave formation circuit that changes amplitude of a triangle wave according to an output signal of the first comparator, and a triangle wave generated by the triangle wave formation circuit.

Abstract: A power supply circuit is provided which includes a first booster to boost a power supply voltage supplied from a battery and generate a first boosted voltage, a second booster to boost the power supply voltage at a higher multiplication factor than the first booster and generate a second boosted voltage, a power supply selection circuit to output the first boosted voltage or the second boosted voltage, a first smoothing capacitor placed at an output end of the power supply selection circuit, and a second smoothing capacitor placed at an output end of the second booster.

Abstract: An optical transmission apparatus includes a wiring board, an electronic device mounted on the wiring board, a connection part that mechanically connects the electronic device and the wiring board to each other in such a manner that the electronic device and the wiring board face each other at a certain distance and electrically connects the electronic device and the wiring board to each other, an optical cable connector that is in contact with the electronic device, and an optical cable connected to the optical cable connector. The optical cable connector has a part that is inserted between the electronic device and the wiring board. A signal is transmitted between the part and the electronic device.

Abstract: A motor driving device includes a first power supply terminal, a second power supply terminal, a drive unit that is coupled to the first power supply terminal, the second power supply terminal, and a motor winding, a control unit that controls the drive unit, and a resistive element that is coupled between the drive unit and the first power supply terminal. The control unit makes the motor winding and the resistive element form a loop circuit when a voltage between the first power supply terminal and the second power supply terminal exceeds a predetermined value.

Abstract: A booster circuit includes a first capacitance device and a switch which makes a first node and a one end of the first capacitance device conductive or non-conductive in response to a first control signal. The booster circuit applies a voltage, which is applied to the first node, to the one end of the first capacitance device and charges the first capacitance device according to the voltage applied to the first node and a potential of the one end of the first capacitance device is boosted in response to a second control signal thereafter, where the second control signal is applied to an other end of the charged first capacitance device.

Abstract: In order to determine a defective pixel speedily and accurately, a defective pixel processing device includes: first determination means that determines whether or not each of pixels outputted from an imaging device is a defective pixel candidate by comparing pixel data of the pixel with a threshold value; and second determination means that determines whether or not the defective pixel candidate determined by the first determination means is a defective pixel by comparing the pixel data of the defective pixel candidate with the pixel data of the pixels around the defective pixel candidate.

Abstract: OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplex)-modulated wave output unit. An amplitude extraction section (108) extracts amplitude of an OFDM-modulated wave. A power-amplifier control section (114) sets the power supply of a power amplifier (113) to exceed the rated power when the extracted amplitude exceeds a specific amplitude, to expand the saturation point of the power amplifier. A compensation-value-selection control section (116) compensates the nonlinear characteristic of the power amplifier, when the power-amplifier control section expands the saturation point of the power amplifier.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that includes a TFT substrate. A plurality of gate lines and a plurality of common lines extend in a first direction on the TFT substrate. Drain lines extend in a second direction substantially perpendicularly to these lines. Bus lines are located outside a display area and are extending parallel to the drain lines. Common line terminals are provided on either side of each block that is constituted by a predetermined number of gate terminals. The common line terminals and the lead lines therefor are formed on the same layer as the drain lines and are connected to the bus lines on the same layer without any contacts being used. Resistance along the routes taken by common lines can be reduced.

Abstract: It is possible to provide a dynamic image encoding technique capable of performing high image quality encoding while eliminating formation of a vector field subjectively not desired. A dynamic image encoding device includes: inter-frame prediction means for inter-frame predicting an image in a block unit; motion vector calculation means for calculating a reference frame and a motion vector used for the inter-frame prediction of the block; prediction motion vector calculation means for calculating a prediction motion vector for prediction-encoding the motion vector of the block; skip mode motion vector calculation means for calculating a skip mode motion vector of a skip mode by using a context of a block spatially adjacent to the block; and skip mode validity judging means for judging whether the skip mode is valid as the encoding mode of the block.

Abstract: A novel yellow-emitting phosphor is represented by the general formula: Ca1-xAlSi4N7:Eux, and includes calcium (Ca), aluminum (Al), silicon (Si), europium (Eu), and nitrogen (N). In the general formula, x is preferably within a range of 0.001<x?0.15. The yellow-emitting phosphor emits yellow light, which is a complementary color to blue, when excited by blue light and hence can be used to produce warm white light by being combined with a blue light emitting device.

Abstract: A field-effect transistor has: a substrate having a first cavity; a gate electrode buried in the substrate; and diffusion layers formed in the substrate and being in contact with the first cavity. A channel region is formed substantially perpendicular to a surface of the substrate between the diffusion layers.

Abstract: An image processing method controls white balance of image data obtained by an image pickup apparatus according to image data of the image shot by the image pickup apparatus having pixels of a plurality of colors that includes shooting an image as a first exposure value by the image pickup apparatus, calculating a brightness of the first exposure value for each of divided regions according to image data by the first exposure value, shooting an image as a second exposure value by the image pickup apparatus, calculating a brightness for the second exposure value for each of the divided regions according to image data by the second exposure value, evaluating saturated brightness region among the divided regions according to the brightness for the first exposure value and the brightness for the second exposure value, and controlling white balance according to image data of non-saturated brightness region.