Abstract: The present invention provides a safe battery device by preventing oscillation of an external terminal during a discharge limiting state entered due to an instruction from a microcomputer. When a discharge limiting signal is inputted to a battery state monitoring circuit from an exterior, impedance of an over-current monitor terminal is kept constant.

Abstract: A battery apparatus having a long duration (use time period) in which when a voltage of secondary batteries is a hysteresis voltage, in response to a charge inhibition signal outputted from a microcomputer and exhibiting that the secondary batteries should be in a charge inhibition state, a signal used to restrict charge of the secondary batteries is outputted to a charge control terminal and also a signal having information of the charge inhibition state is outputted to a secondary battery controlling circuit to suppress the output of a hysteresis voltage signal from the secondary battery controlling circuit.

Abstract: To provide a protection circuit for battery charge and a power supply apparatus in which a wafer test period is shortened. The protection circuit for battery charge according to the present invention includes: a battery state monitoring circuit for monitoring a battery state of a secondary battery to output a battery state detection signal; an oscillation circuit for, in response to the battery state detection signal, outputting an output signal (CLK); a frequency division circuit for, in response to the output signal (CLK) from the oscillation circuit, outputting a frequency-divided signal; a logic circuit for, in response to the signal from the frequency division circuit, outputting a signal; a first terminal through which the output signal (CLK) from the oscillation circuit is inputted; a second terminal through which the signal from the logic circuit is inputted; and an external test circuit connected to the first terminal and the second terminal.

Abstract: A process of producing a strontium titanate, barium titanate or barium strontium titanate thin film by chemical vapor deposition which comprises using a titanium compound represented by formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R2 and R3 each represent a methyl group or an ethyl group, or R2 and R3 are connected together to form a methylene group, a methylmethylene group or a dimethylmethylene group.

Abstract: To realize a battery state monitoring circuit in which detection is reliably made even if a continuous noise is entered, and to provide a battery device which has a long life and is safe. In the battery state monitoring circuit, the detecting circuit outputs a signal for controlling a switch circuit in accordance with a state of the secondary battery with respect to one of a specified voltage value and a specified current value. The signal includes one of: a detection signal for starting one of charge protection and discharge protection of the secondary battery; and a release signal for releasing the one of the charge protection and the discharge protection of the secondary battery. A switching rate from the release signal to the detection signal is higher than a switching rate from the detection signal to the release signal.

Abstract: A method of planning, a computer program, and a computer product for realizing supply-demand planning in a supply chain make a computer execute fetching switching information corresponding to a base and an item from a table, which contains the switching information corresponding to the base and the item, and performing, depending upon the switching information, either of supply-demand planning per order and supply-demand planning based on total amount of orders.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus 1 which copies and outputs an input image has an accumulating unit 14 for accumulating input image data and a temporary storage unit 22, 22a, 13, 13a whose initializing time is shorter than that of the accumulating unit 14. When the initialization of the temporary storage unit 22, 22a, 13, 13a is completed to become operable before completing the initialization of the accumulating unit 14, a copying action is started while accumulating input image data in the temporary storage unit 22, 22a, 13, 13a in place of the accumulating unit 14.

Abstract: The image conversion means converts the frequency of a document image, extracts the DC component and AC component, compresses the DC component and AC component, relates the compressed DC component and AC component to each other, and stores them in the memory. The image conversion means extends the DC component stored in the memory, displays it as a thumbnail image, retrieves images, composes the DC component of a desired image and the AC component related to it, and displays a document image.

Abstract: To provide a voltage regulator with high safety in which its characteristics do not deteriorate and the regulator is not destroyed even if it is used with a large loss, for example, it is erroneously used in excess of an allowable loss. The voltage regulator of the present invention is provided with a loss detecting circuit that functions so as to lower an output voltage when a loss increases. When the loss detecting circuit is activated, the output voltage falls and an output current decreases, whereby the loss can be reduced.

Abstract: A cable connecting structure includes a shroud adapted to be mounted on a panel carrying pins, the shroud having a shroud body enclosing the pins when the shroud is mounted on the panel and including a plurality of compartments, and a shielding member provided on the shroud body so as to cover an inner wall of the shroud body. The shielding member provide electromagnetic shielding so as to improve the electromagnetic compatibility of the connecting structure.

Abstract: A battery apparatus having a long duration (use time period) in which when a voltage of secondary batteries is a hysteresis voltage, in response to a charge inhibition signal outputted from a microcomputer and exhibiting that the secondary batteries should be in a charge inhibition state, a signal used to restrict charge of the secondary batteries is outputted to a charge control terminal and also a signal having information of the charge inhibition state is outputted to a secondary battery controlling circuit to suppress the output of a hysteresis voltage signal from the secondary battery controlling circuit.

Abstract: A ferroelectric thin film device comprises an Si substrate; a TiN thin film whose Ti component is partially replaced with Al, the TiN thin film being formed on the Si substrate; and a ferroelectric thin film of an oxide with a perovskite structure formed on the TiN thin film, wherein the amount of Al atoms present at Ti sites of the TiN thin film after partially replacing Ti with Al is within the range from about 1% to 30% and the oxygen atomic content of the TiN thin film is equal to or less than about 5%.

Abstract: An injection blow molding system includes an injection molding station (22), a first delivery section (24), a cooling station (26), a heating station (30), a second delivery section (32) and a plurality of blow molding stations (34). The station (22) simultaneously injection molds M rows of N preforms (36) arranged in a second direction (B) perpendicular to a first direction (A) in which the preforms (36) are carried. The first delivery section (24) removes the M rows of preforms (36) using a removing mechanism (102) in their upright state while decreasing the pitch in the rows. The preforms 36 are inverted with the column pitch changed by an inverting mechanism (104) before delivery to the cooling station in their inverted state. The cooling and heating stations (26), (30) cool and heat one row of N preforms (36) while parallel carrying them along a first carrying chain (200). The second delivery section (32) delivers the preforms (36) to two blow molding stations while in their inverted state.

Abstract: A process of producing a strontium titanate, barium titanate or barium strontium titanate thin film by chemical vapor deposition which comprises using a titanium compound represented by formula (I): 1

Abstract: To provide a voltage regulator capable of securely being turned off even if the regulator is used under a high temperature and an impedance of an external load is large. A voltage regulator is provided, which includes a voltage divider circuit that can divide a potential difference between an output voltage terminal and a reference terminal, wherein when the voltage divider circuit inputs an on signal, the voltage divider circuit outputs a constant voltage between the output voltage terminal and the reference terminal, and wherein when the voltage divider circuit inputs an OFF signal, the voltage divider circuit can reduce the impedance thereof.

Abstract: An oriented ferroelectric thin-film device includes a substrate, a conductive thin-film disposed on the substrate, and a ferroelectric thin-film disposed on the conductive thin-film, wherein the conductive thin-film comprises a polycrystalline conductive material, the ferroelectric thin-film comprises a Pb-containing perovskite oxide and includes a first ferroelectric sub-layer and a second ferroelectric sub-layer, the first ferroelectric sub-layer is disposed on the conductive thin-film and has a composition changing in the thickness direction, and the second ferroelectric sub-layer is disposed on the first ferroelectric sub-layer and has a constant composition. The ferroelectric thin-film is oriented in a uniaxial direction such that the c-axis is perpendicular to the substrate.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an improved structure of highly fine bight valve device.

Abstract: A charge/discharge control circuit has a circuit structure having another return detection voltage different from a detection voltage for detecting an over-current when returning from an over-current state to a normal state. With the structure, the charge/discharge control circuit surely returns from the over-current state to the normal state even if a load of 1 M&OHgr; or less in a low impedance is opened.

Abstract: To provide a voltage regulator with high safety in which its characteristics do not deteriorate and the regulator is not destroyed even if it is used with a large loss, for example, it is erroneously used in excess of an allowable loss. The voltage regulator of the present invention is provided with a loss detecting circuit that functions so as to lower an output voltage when a loss increases. When the loss detecting circuit is activated, the output voltage falls and an output current decreases, whereby the loss can be reduced.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a memory capable of storing data, a butterfly arithmetic unit for performing butterfly computation processes, and a bit-reversed order shuffle processing unit for writing results obtained by butterfly computation processes performed by the butterfly arithmetic unit at addresses in the memory after bit-reversed order shuffle instead of writing the results at addresses in the memory in processing order. The data written by the bit-reversed order shuffle processing unit are discrete fast Fourier transform results.