Abstract: An object of the invention is to solve the problem that a residual melt remaining on a surface of a solid phase sheet of a semiconductor material causes cracks in the solid phase sheet, resulting in degraded yield. The residual melt occurs in the process of producing the solid phase sheet on a surface of the base body by bringing the base body into contact with a melt of semiconductor material. The base body is sectioned by a circumferential groove into a peripheral section and an inner section surrounded by the circumferential groove or has the peripheral section and the inner section partly connected to each other. In the present invention, a slit is provided in the surface of the inner section of the base body. The slit is preferably provided at a trailing side in a moving direction in which the surface of the base body is brought into contact with the melt of semiconductor material.

Abstract: When a mobile station 200 is out of uplink synchronization, an efficient procedure is realized no matter whether a dedicated signature can be allocated. In a mobile communication system in which a base station 100 transmits a DL-SCH to a mobile station 200, when the mobile station 200 is out of uplink synchronization and detects resource allocation, the mobile station 200 performs a random access to the base station 100. When the base station 100 detects a signature by using a random access channel, it transmits a preamble response to the mobile station 200. When the mobile station 200 receives the preamble response, it transmits Message 3 to the base station 100.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a thin film transistor matrix device which includes forming a transparent insulating substrate, arranging a plurality of thin film transistors on the substrate in a matrix, arranging a plurality of picture element electrodes on the substrate in a matrix and connecting the picture element electrodes to sources of the thin film transistors. The method also includes forming a plurality of bus lines for commonly connecting gates or drains of the thin film transistors, forming a plurality of bus line terminals on the ends of the bus lines, respectively, with each bus line terminal being provided for each bus line, and forming one connection line on the substrate in a region outer of plurality of the bus line terminals and commonly connecting the plurality of bus lines. The method further includes the step of electrically disconnecting the bus lines from the connection line by laser melting.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a display panel includes a pair of pressing jigs respectively having pressing surfaces that overlap each other. A pair of film substrates, each having a display region defined thereon, are molded into a curved shape by holding the pair of film substrates between the respective pressing surfaces of the pair of pressing jigs so that the respective display regions overlap each other with a sealant, which is positioned around the display regions between the pair of film substrates, being interposed therebetween, and at least one pressing jig of the pair of pressing jigs has multiple pressing surfaces, which have different radii of curvature from each other, and are switchable with each other.

Abstract: Provided is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device capable of performing a writing action for a memory cell at high speed. The device comprises: a memory cell array having a first sub-bank and a second sub-bank each having a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells arranged in a form of a matrix; a row decoder shared by the first sub-bank and the second sub-bank; a first column decoder and a second column decoder provided in the first sub-bank and the second sub-bank, respectively; and a control circuit arranged to execute alternately a first action cycle to perform a programming action in the first sub-bank and a reading action for a programming verifying action in the second sub-bank and a second action cycle to perform the reading action for the programming verifying action in the first sub-bank and the programming action in the second sub-bank.

Abstract: The technology presented herein has a feature of providing a liquid crystal display device of an excellent viewing angle characteristic and high brightness, including: liquid crystals containing polymerizable monomers between a first substrate with a pixel electrode having micro slits and a second substrate facing the first substrate; wherein the monomers are polymerizable with voltage applied to the liquid crystals; and an alignment orientation of the liquid crystals is controllable to a direction of extending the micro slit, wherein the pixel electrode includes: a direct coupling part electrically connected to a switching element; a capacitive coupling part electrically insulated from the switching element, and a space between the direct and capacitive coupling parts, wherein directions in which the micro slits are extended along the direct and capacitive coupling parts are orthogonal to each other.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with a display control portion for displaying a preview image of image data to be printed, and an original bundle-based processing mode is selectable by an operation portion. The display control portion, in the case of displaying a preview image in the original bundle-based processing mode, generates a thumbnail image, from image data read at each subjob, by reducing image data of a top page, and displays a thumbnail image corresponding to each generated subjob arranged as a preview image on a display portion. In addition, for changing a setting, the display control portion, in the case of displaying a preview image in the original bundle-based processing mode, displays a change key for changing only print conditions of a bundle of originals being displayed as a preview image to be selectable on the display portion by the operation portion.

Abstract: A super resolution medium (1) is provided with an information signal region (11) where a content, such as a video or audio content, is recorded and a test read region (12) where reproduction setting value adjustment information is recorded for adjusting a setting value for reproduction. A shortest mark length on a first prepit row formed in the information signal region (11) is shorter than a length of an optical system resolution limit of a playback apparatus. The types of mark lengths, recorded in the test read region (12), on the second prepit row for adjusting the setting value are the same as part or all types of mark lengths on the first prepit row. Further, the second prepit row includes a prepit having a mark length shorter than the length of the optical system resolution limit of the payback apparatus. Still further, each of the first and second prepit rows has at least three types of mark lengths.

Abstract: A display is backlit by a source having spatially modulated luminance to attenuate illumination of dark areas of images and increase the dynamic range of the display.

Abstract: A silicon (Si)-on-insulator (SOI) high voltage transistor is provided with an associated fabrication process. The method provides a SOI substrate with a Si top layer. A control channel and an adjacent auxiliary channel are formed in the Si top layer. A control gate overlies the control channel and an auxiliary gate overlies the auxiliary channel. A source region is formed adjacent the control channel, and a lightly doped drain (LDD) region is interposed between the auxiliary channel and the drain. An interior drain region is interposed between the control and auxiliary channels. Typically, the Si top layer has a thickness in the range of 20 to 1000 nm. In one aspect, the Si top layer in the source, control channel, interior drain, and auxiliary channel regions is thinned to a thickness in the range of 5 to 200 nm, and raised source, drain, LDD, and interior drain regions are formed.

Abstract: A printing system in one implementation of an electronic device network system of the present invention includes a plurality of hosts, a plurality of storages, and a plurality of printers, wherein the hosts, storages, and printers are connected to one another on the Internet. The hosts, storages, and printers each have one of two data protecting functions, and each have three security levels. As a result, there is provided an electronic device network system that enables a user to transmit data through a transmission route according to a user's desired security level, while taking into account protection (security) of transmitted data between electronic devices on the network. In addition, there is also provided a data receiver search method using such an electronic device network system.

Abstract: A host device includes: a scroll display processing section which moves and serially displays, in a predetermined area of a setting screen, expanded function icons indicating respective plural expanded functions which are available when a printing process is executed; a switching icon determination section which specifies the reference number of the expanded function icon which has reached a display type switching means which is a predetermined position or a position specified by an input by the user; and a display type switching section which switches the display type of the expanded function icon corresponding to the reference number specified by the switching icon determination section. With this, it is possible to provide an information processing device which moves and serially displays plural icons, and to display an eye-friendly setting screen.

Abstract: An interface for displaying icons or input control portions corresponding to a plurality of functions on screen and pointing each icon or input control portion on screen selectively includes display control means which, along with repeatedly changing and displaying the icons or the input control portions in succession on screen, designates at least one icon or input control portion among the icons or the input control portions and displays the designated icon(s) or input control portion(s) on a permanent basis.

Abstract: A controller in a hard disk serving as a data storage device stores a license including a content key for decrypting encrypted content data E and others in a secure data storage portion. The license is managed in the secure data storage portion in accordance with a LBA, and the LBA for storing the license, which is being processed for transmission, is stored as a log in a log memory of the secure data storage portion. When a failure occurs during the transmission processing, the license, which was being processed for transmission, is specified based on the LBA stored in the log memory.

Abstract: A method for shifting the position of a symbol to reduce transmission overhead is described. A frame with a plurality of symbols is provided. A determination is made whether the frame includes an indication of an event. At least one symbol of the plurality of symbols is shifted based on the determination. A counter is set to an initial value. The frame with the at least one shifted symbol is transmitted.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a toner, using a shearing force for granulation, in which bubbles are prevented from arising upon application of the shearing force, thus manufacturing a diameter-reduced toner having a particle diameter of about 5 ?m which is favorable for enhancement in definition and resolution of images. Upon granulating after a kneaded product of toner raw material is mixed with water dispersion, an interior part of granulating system is heated and pressurized and moreover, both of the shearing force and collision force are applied to the kneaded product of toner raw material by use of a high-speed rotating dispersion type granulator composed of a cylindrical pressure-resistant container, a spinning rotor, following screens, and a fixed screen.

Abstract: In the present display apparatus, the directivity of light emitted from a backlight is set high in the direction along which a pixel pitch is long, and such light is caused to spread by a lenticular lens. In this manner, in the present display apparatus, the light entering the lenticular lens is parallelized by increasing the directivity of the light emitted from the backlight. For this reason, an amount of light whose traveling direction can be controlled by the lenticular lens (i.e. light focusing on pixels) can be increased, as compared to a display apparatus in which light emitted from a backlight has a low directivity. With this arrangement, both the frontal brightness and the viewing angle of a liquid crystal panel can be increased.

Abstract: A method is provided for electroforming metal integrated circuit structures. The method comprises: forming an opening such as a via or line through an interlevel insulator, exposing a substrate surface; forming a base layer overlying the interlevel insulator and substrate surface; forming a strike layer overlying the base layer; forming a top layer overlying the strike layer; selectively etching to remove the top layer overlying the substrate surface, exposing a strike layer surface; and, electroforming a metal structure overlying the strike layer surface. The electroformed metal structure is deposited using an electroplating or electroless deposition process. Typically, the metal is Cu, Au, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Pt, or Ag. The base, strike, and top layers can be deposited using physical vapor deposition (PVD), evaporation, reactive sputtering, or metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD).

Abstract: A front-illuminating device of the present invention, which is placed over the entire surface of an object to be illuminated such as a reflection-type liquid crystal display device when it is used, is provided with a light source and a light-directing body. The light-directing body has an incident surface on which light from the light source (light-source light) is made incident, a first light-releasing surface for releasing the light toward the object to be illuminated, and a second light-releasing surface which faces the first light-releasing surface and releases reflected light from the object to be illuminated. The second light-releasing surface is formed into a step shape in which slanting portions and flat portions are alternately placed.

Abstract: In the developing apparatus of the present invention, a first agitating and carrying screw has in its vicinity a toner supply opening, through which toner is supplied, on an upstream side in a direction to which developer is carried, the first agitating and carrying member being provided farther from the developer holder than the second agitating and carrying member. A partition plate which partitions an inside of the developer containing tank so as to form first and second carrying paths includes one or more cuts provided from a center section in a longitudinal direction to an end section on a side where the toner supply opening is provided. Therefore, the developer can be returned from the second carrying path to the first carrying path through a second communicating path and the one or more cuts. Consequently, it becomes possible to shorten a time for uniformly mixing the developer and to improve (i) a developer agitating performance and (ii) a toner charging performance of the developing apparatus.