Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array is simplified by processes to form source and drain electrodes at least of ITO film for pixel electrodes on a gate insulating film covering gate electrode and to form islands of an amorphous semiconductor film and a light shield film in the same masking process on the source and the drain electrodes.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array for a liquid crystal display device is produced by simultaneously forming gate electrodes and picture element electrodes; forming islands of a layered structure comprised of a gate insulating film, a thin semiconductor film and a light shielding film in a single masking step; and forming the gate, source and drain wiring metals in contact windows by the "lift-off" technique after using a resist film for opening the contact windows. Only three masking steps are required thereby enabling an increase in production yield and a lower production cost as compared to conventional techniques which typically require seven masking steps.

Abstract: The present invention provides a barometer which includes a frequency control circuit connected to the input of the piezoelectric oscillator, a current-voltage converter connected to the output of the piezoelectric oscillator, a phase comparator connected to the output of the frequency control circuit and to the output of the current-voltage converter, a voltmeter connected to the current-voltage converter, a voltmeter connected to the phase comparator, a low-pass filter connected to the phase comparator, and input means for applying the output of the low-pass filter to the frequency control circuit. In the construction described above, the ambient pressure of the gas around the piezoelectric oscillator is represented by the a.c. voltage value of the piezoelectric oscillator.

Abstract: A buckle for a watch band comprising a stopper fixture slidably mounted on one end of a band and a linking member fixed to the other end of the band to join to said stopper fixture. The stopper fixture includes a pair of side plates, a bottom plate and a top plate. The top plate is provided with a joint opening in the shape of a wide opening connected to a narrow opening in the direction of the band.

Abstract: A tuning fork type quartz crystal resonator using a coupling between the fundamental flexural and fundamental torsional modes of vibration. The resonator has a base and two tuning fork arms extending from the base. The length of the base is larger than that of the tuning fork arms. The base has a narrow width portion effective to lower the vibrating displacements of the base end according to the torsional mode.

Abstract: A booster circuit in an electronic watch having: hands for indicating time or a display portion such as a panel for displaying time digitally; a lamp for lighting the display portion by electroluminescence (EL element); and a sound generating portion for generating sound at an alarm setting time by vibration of a piezo-electric element. The booster circuit has a boosting member for driving the EL element and a boosting member for driving the piezo-electric element. These boosting members commonly use one coil.

Abstract: A multicolor display device and its method of manufacture which comprises providing first and second spaced and opposed substrates, forming a pattern of separate groups of display electrodes on the surface of the first substrate which faces the second substrate, depositing and electrolytically oxidizing an aluminum film on each display electrode, dying the oxidized films on each separate group of display electrodes a color tone which is different from the color tones of the other display electrode groups, forming a counter electrode pattern on the surface of the second substrate, and disposing a display material in the space between the spaced apart first and second substrates.

Abstract: A picture display device has picture elements disposed in a line and row matrix for applying voltage to liquid crystal material to display a picture in accordance with picture signals applied thereto. The picture signals consist of gate signals sequentially applied to the picture elements along the row directions and video signals simultaneously applied to the picture elements along the line directions. A video signal detecting circuit detects the existence of the picture signals and produces a detection signal whenever the picture signals are temporarily absent for longer than a predetermined time period, and circuitry responds to the detection signal for inverting the polarity of the voltage applied to the liquid crystal material. The video signal detecting circuit may detect the presence of a horizontal or vertical synchronous signal of the video signal, or may compare the average voltage level of the video signal with a reference voltage level, to detect the presence of the picture signals.

Abstract: A lithium tantalate (LiTaO.sub.3) vibrator comprises a lithium tantalate crystal vibratable in the flexural mode and having an electro-mechanical coupling factor within the range 0.04 to 0.10. The crystal may have a tuning fork shape cut from a Z-plate turned an angle of 48.degree. to 55.degree. around the X-axis.

Abstract: Multicolor filters are produced by forming a conductive thin film layer having a given pattern on a insulated substrate, and electrodepositing colored polymers on the conductive thin film layer.

Abstract: In a pitch synchronous speech synthesizer, an output signal from a pitch phase detector is applied to a delay circuit in a digital filter portion to initialize the output contents of the delay circuit at zero for each pitch period. In this manner the sequence of neighboring frames is smoothed.

Abstract: A driving device of a stepping motor comprises a driver/detector circuit for detecting whether a rotor has rotated or not by comparing a voltage induced across a driving coil by the free oscillation of the rotor with a reference voltage after a driving pulse is cut off and a control circuit automatically varies the pulse width of the driving pulse in response to an output of the driver/detector circuit. The control circuit includes circuitry for lowering the reference voltage when the pulse width of the driving pulse is lengthened thereby enabling use of a wider range of driving pulse widths than would otherwise be possible.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece having a step motor is driven by a drive circuit which selectively produces either continuous hand-carrying pulses or stepwise hand-carrying pulses. The continuous hand-carrying pulses are produced by a continuous hand-carrying waveform shaping circuit connected to a frequency divider, and the stepwise hand-carrying pulses are produced by a stepwise hand-carrying waveform shaping circuit connected to the frequency divider. The selection of either the continuous hand-carrying pulses or the stepwise hand-carrying pulses is executed by a hand-carrying mode selection circuit in response to the operation of a reset switch for resetting the frequency divider.

Abstract: By using the fly-wheel current effectively, the d.c. servo motor current can be rapidly decreased when the circuit becomes non-driving state or the driving polarity is changed, and the inexpensive circuit of the high performance driving circuit, in which the form factor of the driving signal is improved, can be obtained.

Abstract: A waterproof watchcase-and-glass assembly has a plurality of superimposed resin layers coated on the glass in the region where the glass contacts the case to obtain a watertight connection between the case and glass. The innermost resin layer, which is in contact with the glass, has superior adhesion to glass and a lower hardness than the outermost resin layer, which is in contact with the case.

Abstract: An electrochromic display device comprises an electrolyte contained between a pair of spaced-apart substrates. A set of electrodes are disposed on at least one of the substrates in contact with the electrolyte and a layer of electrochromic material is disposed on at least one of the electrodes to define a display electrode. The electrochromic material comprises a color-reversible salt of iron(III) hexacyanoferrate(II) which, depending on its oxidation-reduction state, exhibits different colors. A source of electric charge is connected through circuitry to effect reversible electrochemical oxidation and reduction of the salt of iron(III) hexacyanoferrate(II) to effect a corresponding reversible color change exhibited by the display electrode.