Abstract: An n-type region isolated by a p-type region is formed on a p-type substrate. Within the n-type region, in order to constitute an npn-transistor, an n.sup.+ region, a p-type region and an n.sup.+ region are formed. Within the n-type region, a p-type region is formed, and an insulating film and a metal layer are successively stacked on the p-type region to form an oxide film capacitor. The p-type region of the oxide film capacitor is in contact with the n.sup.+ region of the npn-transistor by means of a metal wiring. Within a p-type region of the oxide film capacitor, an n.sup.+ region is further formed. An additional npn-transistor may be formed by the n.sup.+ region, the p-type region and n-type region.

Abstract: A semiconductor switching circuit includes a MOS inverter and a switching MOS transistor for executing a switching operation in response to the output signal from the MOS inverter. The semiconductor switching circuit further includes a low-pass filter coupled between the MOS inverter and the gate of the switching MOS transistor.

Abstract: A profile measurement apparatus using radiation is disclosed which has three radiation sources and three arcuated multi-channel radiation detectors corresponding to the radiation sources. A rolled steel sheet or strip is conveyed between the radiation sources and the radiation detectors. The sector-shaped radiation beams respectively are radiated by the radiation sources to partially pass through the strip and to respectively incident on the corresponding radiation detectors, which produce profile signals corresponding to the intensities of the incident radiation beams. A microprocessor produces an image signal indicating the sectional shape of an irradiated linear area throughout the entire width of the strip in accordance with the profile signals and causes the display device to display the sectional shape. A mono-channel radiation detector is disposed near the multi-channel radiation detectors to constantly measure a partial thickness of the central portion of the strip.

Abstract: There are disclosed a torque sensor having a rotary shaft and a thin strip of an amorphous magnetic alloy which has a great magnetic strain constant windingly fixed on the rotary shaft and detecting a torque in a non-contact style by a variation in magnetic properties of the thin strip of the amorphous alloy, characterized in that the amorphous alloy is an iron-based amorphous alloy having a crystallization temperature of 450.degree. C. or more, and a method for manufacturing the same, characterized in that an inductive magnetic anisotropy had been previously given to the thin strip and then the thin strip is windingly fixed on the rotary shaft.The torque sensor according to the present invention permits measuring a large torque with a good accuracy in an extensive temperature, and is manufactured with ease.

Abstract: A H-switch circuit is disclosed for rotationally driving a DC motor in a forward or reverse direction. The H-switch circuit comprises overcurrent-detecting circuits for four output transistors, which are respectively provided in order to detect the output transistor having an overcurrent, a circuit for generating an output signal upon detecting an overcurrent an integrating circuit controlled to be in a charge or discharge state according to the output signal representative of an overcurrent condition, and a circuit for turning off the output transistors when the integrating circuit is in the charge state and setting the integrating circuit to a discharge state. The charge and discharge operations of the integrating circuit are intermittently repeated until the overcurrent condition of the output transistor ends.

Abstract: A microprogram control system of the invention has a mapping read only memory storing the respective initial addresses of a plurality of microprogram routines corresponding to a macroinstruction. The address input information to this mapping read only memory is obtained from an output of a binary counter which counts every time a JUMP instruction for making a branch to another microprogram routine is decoded, and from an output of a latch circuit for holding the operation code of the macroinstruction. When the microprogram routine has loops, a count inhibit signal is input to the binary counter so that the same address input information may be supplied to the mapping read only memory.

Abstract: Optical apparatus for controlling the focusing and positional accuracy of a light beam incident on an optical disk tracking guide in an optical read/write system. Laser beams are converged by an objective lens and directed onto the tracking guide to form a beam spot. Light reflected from the tracking guide is reconverged by the objective lens and directed toward a light shielding plate. The reflected light contains an image of the beam spot and diffraction patterns within the beam spot image which are caused by light reflected from the tracking guide. The plate allows only a portion of the reconverged light beam to pass, a portion which is displaced from the optical axis of the beam. The passed portion is converged by a projection lens and passed to a cylindrical lens. The beam spot image in the light passing through the cylindrical lens will become elongated. This light is directed to a photosensitive surface having a plurality of signal producing photosensitive regions.

Abstract: A fixed-point data/floating-point data converting apparatus has: a priority encoder with input terminals respectively receiving output signals from logic gates (first logic gates) for use in detecting whether or not all of the digits fixed-point data are "0", to obtain a number of continuous "zero" digits from the most significant digit of the fixed-point data, in accordance with the contents of the signals received thereby; a shifter for shifting the fixed-point data to the left by the number of digits of continuous "zero" digits, thereby obtaining a mantissa part; an adder for subtracting the number of continuous "zero" digits from a reference value, thereby obtaining an exponent part; and a data selector for generating the floating-point data in accordance with the subtraction results from the adder, the shift results from the shifter, all-zero data, and an output signal from the logic gate (first logic gate) for detecting whether or not all digits of the fixed-point data are "0", in response to the output

Abstract: In order to perform a high-speed seek of a target track while the increase of area of servo sectors is minimized, each servo sector of a disk recording medium has K (an integer of 3 or more) servo patterns. The K servo patterns consist of a first servo pattern consisting of two-phase first and second pairs of alternate pattern arrays having a period of four tracks; a second servo pattern consisting of a pair of alternate pattern arrays having a period of 2.sup.K+1 tracks and displaced by 2.sup.K-1 tracks with respect to each other; and a kth servo pattern consisting of an alternate pattern array having a period of 2.sup.K-k+3 (k includes all integers of not less than 3 and not more than K) tracks and displaced by 2.sup.K-k+1 tracks with respect to a (k-1)th servo pattern. K is set to 3 for a head speed of 16 tracks/sector. In this case, three servo patterns consisting of seven pattern arrays are provided. Similarly, K is set to 4 for a head speed of 32 tracks/sector.

Abstract: A switch circuit is comprised of first and second NPN transistors, the collectors of which are interconnected and the emitters of which are respectively connected to an input terminal and a reference voltage, third and fourth PNP transistors connected between the bases of said first and second transistors and a power source voltage, and fifth and sixth NPN transistors connected between the bases of the third and fourth transistors and ground. Seventh and eighth PNP transistors, connected between the power source and ground, are further provided, with their ON and OFF states being controlled by a control signal applied to the bases thereof. The bases of the fifth and sixth transistors are respectively connected to the collectors of the seventh and eighth transistors. The fifth and sixth transistors are ON/OFF controlled by the collector currents of the seventh and eighth transistors, respectively.

Abstract: A source region and a drain region are formed in a semiconductor layer, a thin insulating layer of SiO.sub.2 is formed on the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode is formed thereover. Al metal forms ohmic contacts with the source and drain regions to provide a source electrode and a drain electrode, respectively. Al diffused in the drain region remains within the drain region, and the drain region and the substrate region form a p-n junction. Al diffused in the source region traverses the source region and reaches the substrate region to form an ohmic contact between the source region and the substrate region.

Abstract: A microprogram-controlled type arithmetic control apparatus which performs pipeline processing is provided. In the apparatus, a microinstruction corresponding to a macroinstruction to be processed are read out of a control storage at least one stage prior to an OF (operand fetch) stage. The microinstruction and data (source data) are respectively output onto a microinstruction bus and a data bus at the OF stage. By the beginning of an E (instruction execution) stage, data (source data) on the data bus and the microinstruction on the microinstruction bus are loaded into first and second registers, respectively. Then, at the beginning of the E stage, arithmetic operation by an arithmetic and logic unit can be performed immediately.

Abstract: According to a shift circuit of the present invention, two single-word length data shifters of 2.sup.n bits are arranged in parallel. Further, a selective output section is provided to selectively supply the upper 2.sup.n bits or the lower 2.sup.n bits of the double-word length data of 2.sup.n+1 bits, sign of the data and constant to an individual section in accordance with the number of the shift and the type of shift such as the shift direction, arithmetic shift or logical shift. One shifter produces the upper 2.sup.n bits of the shifted data as a result of the shift operation of the double-word length data of 2.sup.n+1 bits, and the other shifter produces the lower 2.sup.n bits thereof while the two shifters operate independently in accordance with the same contents of a shifting number register.

Abstract: A multi-joint arm robot apparatus which includes a multi-joint arm in which a plurality of unit arms are connected in tandem through joints, a driver mechanism arranged in the multi-joint arm to drive each of the joints, a state detecting mechanism arranged in the multi-joint arm to detect the state of each of the joints, and a signal processing mechanism for driving the joint driver mechanism to move the multi-joint arm on a proper path responsive to the state detecting mechanism. For the purpose of reducing the number of signal transmission lines in the multi-joint arm, the signal processing mechanism transmits time-division control signals to the state detecting mechanism in each of the joints through a common control signal line arranged in the multi-joint arm, and the state detecting mechanism transmits state detecting signals to the signal processing mechanism in a time division manner through a data transmission line arranged in the multi-joint arm in response to the time-division control signals.

Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic-recording medium wherein an amorphous alloy layer of nickel and phosphorus is formed on a disc substrate; the surface of the alloy layer is smoothed with high precision; and a ferromagnetic Co-based perpendicular magnetic-recording layer is formed on the smoothed surface of the alloy layer.

Abstract: In a computerized tomographic CT apparatus, X-rays penetrated from a slice of an object are computer-processed so as to reconstruct a tomographic image of the imaginary slice of the object. The CT apparatus is comprised of a table couch for supporting the object to be examined, a table couch drive control circuit for controlling a continuous transportation of the table couch along a longitudinal axis of the object, an X-ray source for irradiating fan-shaped X-rays toward the imaginary slice of the object, a detector array for detecting the fan-shaped X-rays which have penetrated throught the slice of the object. It further comprises a gantry for mounting the X-ray source and the detector array in such a manner that the X-ray source is positioned opposite from the detector array with respect to the slice of the object and for performing a relative movement between the X-ray source and the detector array in a plane which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the object.

Abstract: An electric washing machine is provided with a housing with a plurality of lead wires connected to electrical equipment. A panel of the housing is formed of synthetic resin and a plurality of retaining portions are integrally formed with the panel and formed of synthetic resin. The retaining portions are arranged at intervals at the panel so as to hold the lead wires therein.

Abstract: In a measuring device utilizing birefringence effect, there are provided a device for producing laser light having two components polarized in directions perpendicular to each other and respectively having first and second frequencies; and a birefringence device which receives the laser light and delivers an optical output having a phase difference between the two components which is varied in accordance with the measured quantity. A specific component of the optical output is extracted by an optical analyzer, and converted into an electric signal which is processed thereafter into an output signal representing the phase difference and hence the measured quantity.

Abstract: A method of programming for a programmable circuit in a redundancy circuit system including a RAM having normal and spare memory cell rows constructed on a common chip and the programmable circuit, is disclosed. The programmable circuit has a plurality of fuses and can produce a signal for disabling all the normal memory cell rows while enabling a spare memory cell row corresponding to a combination of blown-out fuses and non-blown-out ones among the plurality of fuses with respect to a certain normal memory cell row address. The method comprises the steps of detecting a faulty memory cell row, storing the address thereof and supplying a fuse-blowing current one after another of those of the programmable circuit fuses which correspond to a certain logic level bits of the stored address.

Abstract: A green-emitting phosphor is activated by cerium and terbium and is represented by the general formula:(Re.sub.1-a-b-3c Tb.sub.a Ce.sub.b A.sub.3c).sub.2 O.sub.3.mP.sub.2 O.sub.5.nSiO.sub.2wherein Re is at least one member selected from the group consisting of yttrium, lanthanum, and gadolinium; A is at least one member selected from the group consisting of lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), and cesium (Cs); and a>0, b>0, c>0, 0<a+b+3c<1, 1.times.10.sup.-5 .ltoreq.c.ltoreq.5.times.10.sup.-2, m>0, and n>0.The green-emitting phosphor of the invention may be widely applied to fluorescent lamps for copying machine light sources, or high luminous efficacy and high color rendering property fluorescent lamps such as three peak emission system fluorescent lamps.