Abstract: A signal processing server apparatus compares a predetermined threshold value with the usage rate of a processor which processes a signal in Internet Protocol communication, determines, based on the comparison result, whether or not congestion has occurred, and gives an instruction to restrict the communication during occurrence of congestion. An opposed station apparatus restricts Internet Protocol communication with the signal processing server apparatus according to the instruction from the signal processing server apparatus.

Abstract: A cache memory system, which is individually connected to each of a plurality of arithmetic units that access a shared memory to carry out parallel processing, includes: a data array that has a plurality of blocks that are composed of a plurality of words; a storage unit that, with respect to a block, which stores data in at least one of the words, among the plurality of blocks, stores an address group of the shared memory that is placed in correspondence with that block; a write unit that, when an address from said arithmetic unit is not in the storage unit at the time of writing of data from the arithmetic unit, allocates any of the plurality of blocks as a block for writing, places any word in that block for writing in correspondence with the address, and writes the data from the arithmetic unit to the word; a word state storage unit that stores word state information for specifying a word, into which the data from the arithmetic unit have been written, in association with an address that has been placed i

Abstract: [Problems] To provide a method and the like enabling a user to easily select a desired Web content in a read history based under a poor environment of an information amount which can be displayed on a display and a function of input device as compared to a PC.

Abstract: A socket for a semiconductor device which can be used in a multipurpose manner with plural semiconductor device having electrode terminals of varying shapes. The socket for a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of this invention has a contact terminal placing an electrode terminal of the semiconductor device in abutment and electrical connection, an IC mount mounting a substrate face forming an electrode terminal of the semiconductor device, and an adjustable IC mount shifting unit enabling adjustment of a separation distance of an upper surface of the contact terminal and an upper surface of the IC mount in order to maintain normal electrical connection between the contact terminal and an electrode terminal of the semiconductor device irrespective of the shape of an electrode terminal of the semiconductor device.

Abstract: In order to prevent malfunction due to fluctuations in signal level, a terminating resistor circuit includes terminating resistors the connections whereof to an input/output terminal are capable of being turned on and off, whereby a Thevenin termination is formed. A control circuit exercises control so as to temporally stagger on/off timings of respective ones of the terminating resistors.

Abstract: A light receiving element 1 has a semiconductor substrate 101; a first mesa 11 provided over the semiconductor substrate 101, and having an active region and a first electrode (p-side electrode 111) provided over the active region; a second mesa 12 provided over the semiconductor substrate 101, and having a semiconductor layer and a second electrode (n-side electrode 121) provided over the semiconductor layer; and a third mesa 13 provided over the semiconductor substrate 101, and having a semiconductor layer, wherein the third mesa 13 is arranged so as to surround the first mesa 11.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an interleaver configuration for at least one of combining or separating odd and even channel groups to achieve channel density doubling; and an optical equalizer for suppressing inter symbol interference within the channels to provide intra-channel equalizing in the optical path, the equalizer being integrated into the interleaver. Preferably, optical equalizer and interleaver are integrated together as a single monolithic device, the optical equalizer includes a passband that has a dip in the channel center to achieve a raised-cosine filtering profile in the optical signal path to achieve inter-symbol interference ISI suppression, and the equalizer includes integration into the optical path of the interleaver to realize a monolithic device combining or separating odd and even channel groups to achieve channel density doubling.

Abstract: The present invention provides a radio communication control device, a radio communication control system, a radio communication control method, a radio communication control program and a recording medium, which control radio resource appropriately when an interference notification signal is received.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method in which a simulation is performed using a macro model for carrying out a simulation of a high-withstand-voltage MOSFET. The macro model is obtained by adding first and second JFETs to drain and source sides, respectively, of an NMOSFET; connecting one end of a first diode to a gate of the first JFET and connecting the other end of the first diode to the source of the NMOSFET; and connecting one end of a second diode to a gate of the second JFET and connecting the other end of the second diode to the drain of the MOSFET.

Abstract: The communication device according to the present invention is a direct sequence spread spectrum device that performs a communication by using multiple different spread codes for multiple symbols. The direct sequence spread spectrum device according to the present invention includes: a correlation unit that calculates a correlation between each of the multiple different spread codes and a received signal spread by each of the multiple different spread codes, and that outputs a correlation degree for each of the spread codes; and a determination unit that demodulates the received signal to a symbol based on a value of the correlation degree for each of the spread codes.

Abstract: A semiconductor package board for mounting thereon a semiconductor chip includes a metal base having an opening for receiving therein the semiconductor chip and a multilayer wiring film layered onto the metal base. The semiconductor chip is flip-chip bonded onto the metal pads disposed on the multilayer wiring film within the opening. The surface of the metal base is flush with the top surface of the semiconductor chip received in the opening. The resultant semiconductor device has a larger number of external pins and a smaller deformation without using a stiffener.

Abstract: A microlouver has, as a basic unit, a light-controlling layer in which a light-absorbing layer and a transparent layer are laminated together, and a plurality of basic units L and S comprising a plurality of types of light-controlling layers having different layer thicknesses or optical constants, disposed in the direction of the layer thickness of the basic units. The array mode of the basic units L and S is determined based on a random number or a sequence-generating rule. For this reason, the microlouver has a large number of frequency components in terms of spatial frequency, and moire fringes that have a specific period and are normally caused by the interference with other optical elements are therefore prevented from occurring.

Abstract: When locating base stations which are wirelessly coupled with each other and establish one or more inter-cell wireless relay routes in a mobile communications system, the heights of directional antennas to be installed at the base stations are determined so as to be different, which base stations are adjacent with each other in a given inter-cell wireless relay route.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of electric fuses that can be disconnected electrically, a selection circuit selecting the plurality of electric fuses in response to a selection signal, a disconnection circuit disconnecting the selected plurality of electric fuses by passing a current, and a control signal generator generating a control signal that controls components to be controlled according to connection conditions of the plurality of the electric fuses.

Abstract: A receiver is constructed by a signal reception circuit including a first amplifier section adapted to generate a first current in response to a first input signal and a second amplifier section adapted to generate a second current in response to a second input signal, to thereby generate an amplification signal in accordance with a difference between the first and second currents, and a feedback signal generating circuit adapted to generate a feedback signal in accordance with the amplification signal. Driving abilities of the first and second amplifier sections are determined in accordance with the feedback signal.

Abstract: A training-based transmission technique for multiple-antenna communication systems is disclosed herein where the transmitted symbols are a superposition of the training symbols and the data symbols.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor device used in an optical disk device driving an optical disk, includes: an optical pickup device detecting an optical signal irradiated to the optical disk and converting the detected optical signal into an electric signal to output the electric signal; and a light amount detecting circuit amplifying the electric signal output from the optical pickup device, the optical pickup device including a plurality of light receiving elements different in receiving sensitivity and the light amount detecting circuit including at least one amplifier or two or more amplifiers of the same amplifying characteristics.

Abstract: A VLIW digital signal processor is composed of a program memory including first to n-th banks, first to n-th address counters, a fetch block, and an instruction executing section. The first to n-th banks store therein first to n-th programs, respectively. The first to n-th address counters respectively indicates addresses at which next instructions to be executed next, selected out of VLIW instructions within said first to n-th programs, are stored in said first to n-th banks. The fetch block is configured to fetch said next instructions from said addresses, respectively, and to generate a resultant VLIW instruction from said next instructions. The instruction executing section is configured to receive said resultant VLIW instruction, and to execute said resultant VLIW instruction in a single instruction executing cycle.

Abstract: The flexible circuit board according to the present invention includes a plurality of mounting portions which are mounted with electronic circuits respectively, a connector portion that performs signal transmission between the electronic circuit mounted on each of the mounting portions and the electronic circuit device, and coupling portions that couple the respective mounting portions to the connector portion in different directions. The flexible circuit board is mounted on the electronic circuit device in a state of being folded at a predetermined part of one of the coupling portions.

Abstract: A drive circuit has a judgement circuit for judging whether the magnitude of the input video data resides in a linear region or the non-linear region of characteristic of liquid crystal transmittance. When the vide data resides within the linear region, some of the output gray-scale voltage for the LCD are generated by interpolation of adjacent two of the gray-scale voltages generated by a voltage generator. The reduced gray-scale voltage taps reduces the circuit scale and the test procedures for the drive circuit.