Abstract: Efficient printing of data including two types of areas in the sub-scanning direction, a color area and a monochromatic area, are present. During monochromatic mode printing, in the event that (1) the lowermost main scan lines of the achromatic unit band enter the color areas, assuming that J iterations of the color mode sub-scan (feed quantum Sc<Sm) are to be executed instead of the color mode sub-scan (feed amount Sm); and also (2) the lowermost main scan lines of the achromatic unit band do not enter the color areas, assuming that (J−1) iterations of the color mode sub-scan are to be executed next; a specific positioning feed is executed and dots are formed in the monochromatic areas by executing one unit scan operation. Subsequently a transition is made to color mode printing. The feed amount of the positioning feed is the product of (J−1) multiplied by the color mode sub-scan feed amount Sc.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink for ink-jet printer containing a fluorescent compound which emits fluorescence by ultraviolet irradiation, a surfactant, and water, wherein the ink can satisfy all points of quick-drying property of the ink after printing, print quality, and change in the hue, lightness, and chroma of the print part by irradiation of light source.

Abstract: The object is to provide a surface emission laser, in which low-current drive is made possible, and a manufacturing method therefor, to provide a light reception element, in which high-speed modulation is made possible, and a manufacturing method therefor, and to provide an optical transceiver module in which optical connection efficiency is improved. An opening portion 5 from the other surface 1b side of the semiconductor substrate 1 to the end portion on the semiconductor substrate 1 side of the light emission portion 2A is formed on the semiconductor substrate 1 of the surface emission laser 100, and a lens 6 made of a transparent resin is formed through the use of the side surface of the opening portion 5.

Abstract: A central blood pressure waveform estimation device has a pulse wave detection section, a transfer function storage section, and a central blood pressure waveform calculation section. The pulse wave detection section non-invasively detects a peripheral pulse wave. The transfer function storage section stores a transfer function calculated in advance based on a peripheral pulse waveform detected by the pulse wave detection section and a central blood pressure waveform invasively measured. The central blood pressure waveform calculation section calculates a central blood pressure waveform based on a peripheral pulse waveform newly detected by the pulse wave detection section and the transfer function stored in the transfer function storage section.

Abstract: In a wiring board having a mounting region on which an integrated circuit having a plurality of terminals is mounted, and having a plurality of substrate-side wiring lines to be connected to the integrated circuit formed thereon, a conductor pattern is formed to extend in a substantially radial form from a prescribed point in the mounting region to reach two or more of the substrate-side wiring lines to be grounded.

Abstract: An active matrix panel including a matrix of driving electrodes couples through thin film transistor switches to a corresponding source line and gate line and at least one of a driver circuit including complementary thin film transistors for driving the source and/or gate lines of the picture elements on the substrate. The thin film transistors of the active matrix have the same cross-sectional structure as the P-type or the N-type thin film transistors forming the driver circuit and are formed during the same patterning process.

Abstract: A first conductive pattern having a pitch of not more than a predetermined pitch is formed on a main surface of a thin flexible substrate. In addition, a second conductive pattern having a pitch of not less than the predetermined pitch is formed on a rear surface of the substrate. A through hole is formed so as to be enclosed by respective parts of the areas, mainly, land areas at edge portions, of the conductive patterns and has openings at both front and rear sides of the substrate. In the through hole, a high viscosity conductive material formed by screen printing from the main surface side of the flexible substrate and a low viscosity conductive material formed by screen printing from the rear surface side contact each other. Accordingly, a via connection structure is formed.

Abstract: A drive signal for driving a ink jet recording head as an actuator device indudes an expansion potential for deforming the piezoelectric actuator so as to expand the pressure generating chamber, a contraction potential for deforming the piezoelectric actuator so as to contract the pressure generating chamber, an ejection element for varying a potential of the drive signal from the expansion potential to the contraction potential to eject the ink drop from the nozzle, and a contraction holding element for holding the second potential to keep the contracted state of the pressure generating chamber. A duration of the ejection element is determined so as to match with a natural period of the piezoelectric actuator. A duration of the contraction holding element is determined such that a resulting value by adding the duration of the ejection element and the duration of the contraction holding element is matched with a natural period of the pressure generating chamber.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprises the following steps (a) to (f): (a) a step of forming a the contact hole in an interlayer dielectric formed on a semiconductor substrate including an electronic element; (b) a degassing step for removing gaseous components included within the interlayer dielectric, by thermal processing under a reduced pressure at a substrate temperature of 300° C. to 550° C.; (c) a step of forming a barrier layer on the interlayer dielectric and the contact hole; (d) a step of cooling the substrate to a temperature of no more than 100° C.; (e) a step of forming a first aluminum layer on the barrier layer, at a temperature of no more than 200° C., including aluminum or an alloy in which aluminum is the main component; and (f) a step is of forming a second aluminum layer on the first aluminum layer, at a temperature of at least 300° C., including aluminum or an alloy in which aluminum is the main component.

Abstract: An image display system includes a register for storing a display address of a fixed display area, a register for storing an address of a scroll area, a register for storing an address from which scrolling is to be started, etc. By properly setting the addresses stored in those registers in counters for counting a display address of a display RAM 131, it is possible to count the display address while freely skipping addresses and to scroll a part of a screen. Therefore, the number of accesses made from an MPU 11 to the display RAM 131 is much lessened and power consumption can be greatly reduced in comparison with the case of rewriting data in the display RAM 131 for scrolling. By preparing a memory that has a larger capacity than required for displaying a full screen image, when an interrupt or the like is applied to the MPU 11 during scrolling, the data in the course of the scrolling is avoided from appearing on the screen.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method comprising the step of printing two solutions of a first solution and an ink composition is provided which, even in the case of printing on a recycled paper, can realize a good printed image, especially an image having no significant feathering and free from unevenness of printing and an image free from color bleeding. A first solution containing a polyvalent metal salt and/or a polyallylamine is used in combination with an ink composition containing an inorganic oxide colloid, and optionally an epoxy-containing compound. Specifically, the first solution is deposited onto a recording medium, and the ink composition is then deposited by ink jet printing to perform printing.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus which is adapted for image processing for reading/writing a large amount of data from/into an RAM and which has a high processing speed. A DRAM bus to which an SDRAM unit is connected is connected to a CPU bus through a bus driver so that a CPU can read/write data from/into the SDRAM unit directly to perform synchronous input/output processing between the CPU and the SDRAM unit. Thus, high speed data transfer can be performed, and the driving capability of the RAM bus is heightened by the bus driver so that the capacity of the SDRAM unit can be made large. Consequently, data can be transferred to a large capacity of SDRAM which can store a large amount of data necessary for image processing to make it possible to provide a printer which is both high in processing speed and has a high data capacity.

Abstract: In an n-th primary scanning (forward trip) the rasters by white circle dots are formed. After this primary scanning, printing paper is conveyed toward a secondary-scanning-direction downstream side by the secondary scanning distance which is the same as the interval d between dots, and in the (n+1)-th primary scanning (backward trip) after the conveyance, the rasters by black circle dots are formed. Subsequently, the printing paper is conveyed toward the secondary-scanning-direction downstream side by a secondary scanning distance of (2N−1)·d, and in the (n+2)-th primary scanning (forward trip) after the conveyance and the (n+3)-th primary scanning (forward trip) after the conveyance by a secondary scanning distance d, white circle and black circle dots are formed, respectively. Thus, an image is printed in units of two adjacent rasters formed by the same nozzles.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a plurality of semiconductor chips (20, 30) having electrodes (22, 32) and aligned in the horizontal direction; a substrate (10) on which is formed an interconnect pattern (12) having bonding portions (14) connected to the electrodes (22, 32) of the semiconductor chips (20, 30) and lands (16) connected to the bonding portions (14), and external electrodes (40) provided on the lands (16) and connected to the electrodes (22, 32) through an interconnect pattern (12).

Abstract: In order to fabricate a high performance thin film semiconductor device using a temperature process in which it is possible to use inexpensive glass substrates, a highly crystalline mixed-crystallinity semiconductor film is deposited by means of PECVD using a silane as the source gas and argon as the dilution gas, then the crystallinity of this film is improved by such means as laser irradiation. Thin film semiconductor devices fabricated in this way are used in the manufacture of such things as liquid crystal displays and electronic devices. In applying the present invention to the fabrication of an active matrix liquid crystal display, it is possible to both easily and reliably fabricate a large, high-quality liquid crystal display. Additionally, in applying the present invention to the fabrication of other electronic circuits as well, it is possible to both easily and reliably fabricate high-quality electronic circuits.

Abstract: In an image reader, delay circuits are disposed on connection lines connecting an A/D converter with an image data generation circuit, whereby the output timings of the digital electric signals output from the A/D converter differ. Thus, the digital electric signals are not output at the same time from the adjacent output terminals of the A/D converter. Thus, the digital electric signals output from the A/D converter do not make a low to high or high to low transition at the same time and amplifying of EMI is decreased. Therefore, noise can be prevented from being contained in image data generated by the image data generation circuit and the quality of the image read through the image reader can be improved.

Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor integrated device capable of achieving stable high-speed data transfer through a differential pair of signal lines and electronic equipment including the semiconductor integrated device. In a signal-transmission period in which current is driven through one of first and second signal lines forming a differential pair, current from a constant current source is caused to flow through a current path to one of a DP pad and DM pad. Current is caused to flow into a DA pad in a period other than the signal-transmission period. A layout arrangement of the current paths from a node ND to which current from the constant current source is supplied to the DP pad and the DM pad is symmetrical. The DA pad is disposed between the DP pad and the DM pad.

Abstract: A liquid detection device attached on a liquid container for detecting a liquid consumption status of the liquid contained in the liquid container, the liquid detection device including a vibrating section symmetrical about a center thereof, and at least one electrode electrically connecting with said vibrating section.

Abstract: A macrocell MC1 including a physical-layer circuit in accordance with USB 2.0 or the like is placed at a corner of an integrated circuit device ICD. Data terminals DP and DM are placed in an I/O region IOR1 along a side SD1; and power terminals PVDD, PVSS, XVDD, and XVSS and clock terminals XI and XO of a clock generation circuit and a sampling clock circuit are placed in an I/O region IOR2 along a side SD2. An interface region and a macrocell MC2 including user-specified logic are provided along a side SD3. A reception circuit is placed on a DR1 side of IOR1, a clock generation circuit is placed on a DR2 side of IOR2, and a sampling clock generation circuit is placed on the DR1 side of the reception circuit and also the DR2 side of the clock generation circuit. A transmission circuit is placed on the DR2 side of the reception circuit and on the DR1 side of the data terminals DP and DM.