Abstract: The invention relates to surface-mount type coil components having a mounting surface for mounting them on a printed circuit board or hybrid IC (HIC) and provides a low-cost coil component having a low direct-current resistance. A common mode filter includes a bridge conductor layer which has a bridge conductor one end of which is connected to one end of a lead wire and another end of which is connected to an inner circumferential end of a coil conductor and another bridge conductor one end of which is connected to one end of another lead wire and another end of which is connected to an inner circumferential end of another coil conductor, the bridge conductor layer being formed between two coil conductor layers with an insulation film interposed between the bridge conductor layer and each of the coil conductor layers.

Abstract: A polishing method includes the steps of, performing a chemical-mechanical polishing with a first acid slurry, in the case of polishing soft magnetic layer with iron alloy that contains silicon and aluminum, and performing a mechanical polishing with a second weak acid or neutral slurry with a pH different from that of the first slurry.

Abstract: A thin-film magnetic head has a plurality of MR read head elements. Each MR read head element includes shield layers electrically insulated from the ground. An electrical resistor layer is electrically connected between the shield layer of one of the plurality of MR read head elements and the shield layer of the other one of the plurality of MR read head elements.

Abstract: A thin-film magnetic head that shows stable read and/or write performances, maintaining the reliability over time by suppressing the wear of the head sufficiently, is provided. The head comprises: a substrate having an element-formed surface and an opposed-to-medium surface; a magnetic head element; an overcoat layer formed on the element-formed surface so as to cover the magnetic head element; a closure provided on the overcoat layer, a surface of the closure being in contact with the upper surface of the overcoat layer; and an element contact pad formed in a sliding-side surface of the head and having a contact surface including a part of the opposed-to-medium surface, a part of an end surface of the overcoat layer and a part of an end surface of the closure, one end of the magnetic head element reaching the contact surface.

Abstract: A discharge lamp of the short arc type which has an arc tube in which there is a pair of opposed electrodes, a pair of hermetically sealing parts which extend outward from opposite ends of the arc tube, and a trigger wire, each end of which is wound around one of the hermetically sealing parts, with a middle area of the trigger wire running along the outside surface of the arc tube. In the area of at least one of the ends of the trigger wire, a bend is formed which comes to rest on one of the hermetically sealing parts, and following this bend, a fold is formed at the outer end area of the end of the trigger wire.

Abstract: A discharge lamp in which fluctuation of the arc when the lamp starts and in which devitrification and damage of the arc tube are prevented, so that light intensity can be kept uniform over a long time is achieved by the cathode having a tapering part with a diameter which decreases in the direction to the tip that is formed with an area with different diameters extending around the tapering part in the peripheral direction which has concave-convex parts with groups of convex parts which are located next to one another in the axial direction of the cathode, the concave-convex parts in longitudinal cross section being arranged such that corner points of each convex part are located inside of an edge line of the tapering part, and an envelope curve which connects the corner points is convex with respect to the center line of the cathode.

Abstract: In a data processing apparatus, a decoding unit decodes instructions. A calculator operates N-bit data in accordance with the decoded results. A flag storage unit stores a plurality of flag groups which are changed in correspondence to data having different widths, based on the operated results. Selectors select a predetermined flag group in accordance with the direction of a conditional branch instruction. A branch judging unit judges whether a branch is taken or not by referring to the selected flag group.

Abstract: A data input-output device includes a single memory, an input interface unit for storing data in the memory, an operation unit for fetching the data from the memory, for performing operations on the data, and for updating the data in the memory when necessary, an output interface unit for transmitting the data in the memory that has been operated on by the operation unit to outside of the device, and a bus control unit for setting a priority for each of these units and for controlling memory access by these units according to the priorities every time a predetermined number of bytes of data is transferred.

Abstract: In a data processing apparatus, a decoding unit decodes instructions. A calculator operates N-bit data in accordance with the decoded results. A flag storage unit stores a plurality of flag groups which are changed in correspondence to data having different widths, based on the operated results. Selectors select a predetermined flag group in accordance with the direction of a conditional branch instruction. A branch judging unit judges whether a branch is taken or not by referring to the selected flag group.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a program converting unit for generating a machine language instruction from a source program for a processor that manages an N-bit address while processing M-bit data, N being greater than M, and such a processor that runs the converted program. The program converting unit comprising: a parameter holding unit for holding a data width and a pointer width designated by a user; the data width representing the number of bits of data used in the source program while the pointer width representing the number of bits of an address; and a generating unit for generating an instruction to manage the data width when a variable operated by the instruction represents the data, and for generating an instruction to manage the pointer width when a variable operated by the instruction represents the address.

Abstract: A program translator has the following units:An option direction unit for directing a code generation unit to generate or not to generate an amendment instruction to compensate an overflow in an arithmetic operation.A code generation unit for generating an amendment instruction to compensate an overflow by discriminating the type of a data variable to be an operand for an arithmetic operation of a machine instruction when effective width of the data variable designated by an operand is smaller than the width of a register to store the data variable and when an overflow may be caused.

Abstract: A clipping processor capable of setting a clipping area, which has a shape not restricted to a rectangle and is defined in the processing of transferring data on a part of a clipping area in each raster by computing data defining the clipping area by two function generation circuits or by reading the data defining the clipping area from the clipping area memory, in which data defining a part of the clipping area in each raster is preliminarily stored, every time the raster is updated.

Abstract: A variable cam engine comprises a low speed power cam arranged so as to generate high power at low engine speeds, a high speed power cam arranged so as to generate high power at high engine speeds, and an economy cam arranged so as to give good fuel cost performance. The engine is provided with a device for detecting the running condition of the engine, a device for identifying a target cam from among the cams depending on the running condition of the engine, a device for identifying a present cam, a device for selecting either the target cam or another cam depending on whichever gives the smaller torque step with respect to the present cam, and a device for transmitting the motion of the cam selected to a valve. In the above construction, when there is a large torque step between the present cam and the target cam, cams can be changed over via a cam intermediate between the two. The torque step when the cams are changed over is therefore reduced, and the change-over to the target cam proceeds smoothly.

Abstract: A system and method for recognizing an elevated vehicle running environment are disclosed in which, when a detected vehicle speed exceeds a predetermined speed and is continued for a predetermined time, the system and method determine that a predetermined running condition is satisfied, then, the system and method detect the steering angle of the steering wheel of the vehicle and determine whether the accumulated value of the steering angle data exceeds a predetermined value, if yes, the system and method determine that the vehicle is running on an elevated freeway. Thus the reliability of recognition for elevated running environments can be remarkably improved for vehicular navigation systems.