Abstract: The apparatus for producing a single crystal is an apparatus for producing a silicon carbide single crystal including the crucible configured to house the seed crystal containing silicon carbide and the raw material for sublimation arranged opposite the seed crystal and used for growing the seed crystal. The crucible includes the crucible body configured to house the raw material for sublimation and the lid configured such that the seed crystal is arranged on the lid, and the thickness of the lid at the center area thereof corresponding to the radial center portion of the seed crystal is set to be larger than the thickness of the lid at the peripheral area thereof corresponding to a portion located radially outside the radial center portion of the seed crystal.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, light emitting elements, a temperature detector, and an image processing circuit. The light emitting elements are disposed in a matrix form on the display panel, a luminance of light emitting elements being controlled by a current value. The temperature detector detects a rise in temperature caused by a consumption power of a driver IC and outputs temperature information, the driver IC being configured for supplying current to the light emitting elements. The image processing circuit controls a supply current to the light emitting elements using the temperature information output from the temperature detector.

Abstract: A method of controlling the temperature of a display device which includes a display panel having a plurality of light emitting elements arrayed in a matrix form, and a plurality of driver ICs is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: generating temperature information of the driver IC by detecting an exothermic temperature caused by the consumption power of each of the driver ICs; and controlling a supply current to the light emitting elements by comparing the temperature information with temperature information added with weighted position information to perform weighting in such a manner that exothermic temperature detection data of the driver IC becomes larger for the driver IC corresponding to an upper area of the display panel by using a look-up table previously formed and stored.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus (1) for manufacturing single crystals, comprising: a crucible main body (5) for holding a sublimation material; a lid member (9) provided with a seed crystal supporting member (7) at a position facing the sublimation material; a tubular guide member (11) extending from the vicinity of the outer periphery of the seed crystal supporting member (7) toward the sublimation material; and a heat insulating material (21) that is positioned on the outer periphery side of at least one of the seed crystal supporting member (7) and the guide member (11) and has a lower heat conductivity than single crystals (27), when growing the single crystals (27) by heating the sublimation material (3) and the seed crystals, the heat-insulating material (21) makes the flow of the heat (H) from the sublimation material (3) toward the seed crystals concentrate on the seed crystals.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, light emitting elements, a temperature detector, and an image processing circuit. The light emitting elements are disposed in a matrix form on the display panel, a luminance of light emitting elements being controlled by a current value. The temperature detector detects a rise in temperature caused by a consumption power of a driver IC and outputs temperature information, the driver IC being configured for supplying current to the light emitting elements. The image processing circuit controls a supply current to the light emitting elements using the temperature information output from the temperature detector.

Abstract: A apparatus (1) for manufacturing a silicon carbide single crystal comprises a graphite crucible (10) and configured so that the upper opening (11b) of a cylindrical crucible main body (11) has been blocked with a cover member (12), and a heating member comprising a single heating coil continuously wound around the outer periphery of the graphite crucible (10) and in which a sublimation material (50) is held on the bottom (11a) and a seed crystal (60) is attached to the inner surface (12a) of the crucible. The lower coil (31), which has wound around the bottom (11a) of the crucible main body (11), and the upper coil (32), which has wound around the cover member (12), have coil pitches (P1 and P3) which are smaller than the coil pitch (P2) of the central coil (33), which has wound around a center in the height-direction of the crucible main body (11).

Abstract: Provided is a seed crystal fixing device 1 for fixing a seed crystal 9 to a seed crystal placing part 3 of a reaction vessel with an adhesive interposed in between. The seed crystal fixing device 1 includes: a chamber 10 capable of installing the seed crystal placing part 3 in the inside thereof; and a flexible pouched body 16 placed on an upper surface of the chamber 10. The flexible pouched body 16 is inflated with a delivery of gas and is deflated with an exhaust of the gas. The flexible pouched body 16 is configured to come into contact with a surface of the seed crystal 9 when inflated, and thereby applies pressure uniformly across the entire surface of the seed crystal 9. The upper surface of the chamber 10 forms convex shape towards the seed crystal placing part 3, and thereby uniform press-bonding of the seed crystal 9 to the seed crystal placing part 3 is accomplished.

Abstract: A crucible includes: a crucible body configured to hold the sublimation raw material; a lid configured to close an opening of the crucible body and provided with a mounting portion configured to support the seed crystal; and a guide member extending toward a sublimation raw material side from an outer peripheral portion of the mounting portion. The guide member has a cover portion configured to cover an outer peripheral portion of the seed crystal from the sublimation raw material side, the cover being protruded from a mounting unit side end portion provided on a mounting portion side.

Abstract: The device is equipped with a crucible main body (4), wherein silicon carbide raw material (5), which is the raw material for silicon carbide single crystals (20), and a seed crystal (7), whereon a sublimation gas obtained by sublimating the silicon carbide raw material (5) is recrystallized, that are accommodated facing each other, and multiple guide members (8) are provided inside the crucible main body (4). Circular openings are formed in the guide members (8) at positions corresponding to the seed crystal (7), and are provided at intervals from each other between the silicon carbide raw material (5) and the seed crystal (7).

Abstract: A method for producing a silicon carbide single crystal including a steps of, loading a sublimation-raw material into a reaction vessel of a production apparatus for a silicon carbide single crystal, and placing a seed crystal for a silicon carbide single crystal in such a manner that the seed crystal substantially faces the sublimation-raw material, and re-crystallizing the sublimation-raw material sublimated by heating on a surface of the seed crystal to grow a silicon carbide single crystal, the method further including applying a thermosetting material containing silicon component to a back surface of the seed crystal before the placing the seed crystal in the reaction vessel of the production apparatus for the silicon carbide single crystal.

Abstract: A piezoelectric micro-blower includes an inner case to which a peripheral portion of a vibrating plate including a piezoelectric element is fixed such that a blower chamber is defined between the inner case and the vibrating plate and an outer case arranged to cover an outer periphery of the inner case with a gap therebetween. The inner case is elastically retained in the outer case by a plurality of connecting portions. A first opening is provided in a top plate portion of the inner case that faces a central portion of the vibrating plate, and a second opening is provided in a top plate portion of the outer case that faces the first opening. A central space is provided between the top plate portions, and fluid introduced from the outside is guided to the central space through the gap between the inner and outer cases. The vibrating plate is driven in a bending mode so that air is sucked into the central space and is discharged through the second opening.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a method for designing a semiconductor integrated circuit layout comprises the steps of: arranging basic logic cells which are circuit patterns corresponding to logic components of a semiconductor integrated circuit; arranging wiring between the basic logic cells; searching for a blank area in which none of the basic logic cells is arranged; extracting a rectangular region from the blank area; if the rectangular region is larger than a specified size, arranging fill cells in the rectangular region according to a predetermined rule and grouping the fill cells into pseudo-hierarchical cells according to a predetermined rule to form a hierarchy; arranging fill cells in the remaining blank areas; and performing optical proximity effect correction on the semiconductor integrated circuit pattern.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a tap change operation monitoring apparatus for an on-load tap changer which can employ relatively simple and low-cost torque sensing means by mitigating an accuracy requirement with regard to detecting a starting time of tap change operation, acquire torque waveform data concerning tap change operation of a diverter switch in an accurate and reliable fashion, and discriminate an abnormal state of the tap change operation with high accuracy.

Abstract: Provided is a seed crystal fixing device 1 for fixing a seed crystal 9 to a seed crystal placing part 3 of a reaction vessel with an adhesive interposed in between. The seed crystal fixing device 1 includes: a chamber 10 capable of installing the seed crystal placing part 3 in the inside thereof; and a flexible pouched body 16 placed on an upper surface of the chamber 10. The flexible pouched body 16 is inflated with a delivery of gas and is deflated with an exhaust of the gas. The flexible pouched body 16 is configured to come into contact with a surface of the seed crystal 9 when inflated, and thereby applies pressure uniformly across the entire surface of the seed crystal 9. The upper surface of the chamber 10 forms convex shape towards the seed crystal placing part 3, and thereby uniform press-bonding of the seed crystal 9 to the seed crystal placing part 3 is accomplished.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes multiple executing units; multiple Webpage generating units each corresponding to an executing unit and configured to execute a process corresponding to an HTTP request and generate a Web page for displaying information indicating the process result; multiple menu-information integrating units, each corresponding to an executing unit and configured to obtain, from each Webpage generating unit corresponding to the executing unit, a URL of the Webpage generating unit and menu-item display information provided for allowing use of the Webpage generating unit, integrate and store the menu-item display information in a first file specific to the executing unit, and merge, with the first file, information obtained from another first file specific to another executing unit; and a menu-page generating unit configured to generate, based on information stored in the merged first file, a Web page including menu items provided for allowing use of the Webpage generating units.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of Web page generating units each configured to perform processing responsive to an HTTP request and to generate a Web page for displaying information about a result of the processing; a menu information integrating unit configured to acquire from each of the Web page generating units information about URLs of the Web page generating units and information about menu items to be displayed for allowing the Web page generating units to be utilized, and configured to integrate the acquired information into a first storage file; and a menu page generating unit configured to generate based on the first storage file a Web page inclusive of the menu items for allowing Web pages generated by the Web page generating units to be utilized.

Abstract: An active set control method for handover operation in a CDMA communications system in which propagation conditions of an uplink channel and a downlink channel for an access link of cell are different, provides that when a cell is deleted from the active set based on a request of a base station which has detected a degraded signal of the uplink channel, a predetermined period of time is to be counted for inhibiting addition of the same cell in the active set based on a request of a mobile terminal which has detected a satisfied signal of the downlink channel, thereby preventing the deletion and addition of the cell in the active set from successive operations in a short time.

Abstract: The invention is to realize a gas ejection mechanism, which makes it possible to form a uniform gas flow and to control the temperature and its distribution over a gas plate, and thereby to provide a surface processing apparatus which can continuously carry out uniform processing. A surface processing apparatus of this invention comprises: a process chamber in which a substrate holding mechanism and a gas ejection mechanism are arranged to face each other; an exhaust means; and a gas supply means; wherein a gas distribution mechanism, a cooling or the heating mechanism provided with a coolant channel or a heater to cool or heat a gas plate and a number of gas passages, and the gas plate having a number of gas outlets communicated with the gas passages are arranged in that order from the upper stream to construct the gas ejection mechanism, and wherein the gas plate is fixed to the cooling or heating mechanism with a clamping member or with an electrostatic chucking mechanism.

Abstract: A method of producing a silicon carbide single crystal, having: fixing a seed crystal, including setting a seed crystal on a seed crystal fixing part with interposition of an adhesive; applying a uniform pressure on the entire surface of the seed crystal by contacting a flexible bag which is inflatable and deflatable to the seed crystal by charging a gas into the to flexible bag; hardening the adhesive; and sublimating a silicon carbide powder obtained by calcinating a mixture containing at least a silicon source and a resol xylene resin, having a nitrogen content of 100 mass ppm or less and having a content of each impurity elements of 0.1 mass ppm or less, and re-crystallizing for growing a silicon carbide single crystal.

Abstract: A seed crystal fixing apparatus for fixing the seed crystal on the seed crystal setting part of a reaction vessel with interposition of the adhesive, has a chamber configured to place the seed crystal setting part and form a hermetic atmosphere within the chamber; and a pressure part placed within the chamber for uniformly applying a pressure on the entire surface of the seed crystal.