Abstract: A first logic circuit has its supply voltage controlled. A second logic circuit operates in response to an external clock signal. An adjustment circuit includes a first delay circuit supplied with the external clock signal, and a detection circuit which detects a skew between timing of a first clock signal output from the first logic circuit and a second clock signal output from the second logic circuit section. The adjustment circuit adjusts the delay time of the first delay circuit according to the result of the detection by the detection circuit and applies an output signal of the first delay circuit to the first logic circuit as a third clock signal.

Abstract: A remote site managing system manages, in a unified fashion, computers and peripheral devices installed at a customer site. The remote site managing system automatically receives information indicating a failure which has occurred or indicating a high possibility that a failure will occur in some of PC/servers or peripheral devices installed in a customer's office and provides maintenance services without causing a customer to be concerned about anything. Furthermore, transmission of a request to a maintenance service company and reception of a service operation report from the service company are performed by the remote site managing system in an unified fashion.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device made by forming functional elements on a first substrate, transferring the element chip onto a second substrate, and connecting first pads on the element chip to second pads on the second substrate, the area or the width of the first is increased. The first pads can be securely connected to the second pads even when misalignment occurs during the separating and transferring processes. Only the first pads are formed on a surface of the element chip at the second-substrate-side. The functional elements are formed to be farther from the second substrate than the first pads. Alternatively, only the first pads are formed on a surface of the element chip remote from the second substrate, and the functional elements are formed to be closer to the second substrate than the first pads. Alternatively, the first pads are formed on both the surface of the element chip at the second-substrate-side and the surface of the element chip remote from the second substrate.

Abstract: A thin film device including a plurality of thin film element layers having one or more thin film elements, wherein each of the thin film elements has one or more heat generating regions that generates heat when supplied with an electric current is provided. Each of the thin film elements is relatively placed so that the heat generating regions of the thin film elements included in one of two adjoining two thin film element layers does not overlap with the heat generating regions of the thin film elements included in the other thin film element layer in a direction of thickness of the thin film element layers.

Abstract: The invention provides an electro-optical device capable of reducing power consumption. In an organic EL display, the pixel circuits are provided at the intersection portions of the respective scanning lines and the respective data lines, respectively. The organic EL display includes a shift register and a decoder circuit. The shift register sequentially selects the respective scanning lines in response to the clock signals. The decoder circuit receives address signals, and properly selects any one of the respective scanning lines on the basis of the address signals. Further, when displaying a moving picture, the scanning lines are sequentially selected using the shift register. On the other hand, when a part of a still picture is modified and displayed during display of the still picture, the scanning lines associated with the modification and display are designated using the decoder circuit.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and devices for treating disorders with electric current or electric field therapy. The invention uses applied electric current or current induced by an external electric field to alter ionic concentrations and modulates at least one G-protein-coupled receptor. The invention is useful, for example, for treating hyperproliferative and cardiovascular disorders and for ameliorating the effects of stress.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention can provide a fingerprint sensor for searching for a detection condition in a short period of time in order to read information of ridges and valleys of a fingerprint as changes in capacitance.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention can provide a method for driving an electro-optical device, an electro-optical device and electronic equipment that can solve the insufficient supply of the data current and current fluctuation. In the driving method, a data current can be applied to a plurality of pixels provided to a display panel unit with same value through the data line regardless of grayscale data. Upon supply of the data current, in the pixel, a transistor selected in reproduction can be turned on such that a drive current corresponding to the data current output from a driving transistor is supplied to an organic EL element, thereby emitting light. A light-off signal can be supplied to the pixel at predetermined timing such that the organic EL element emits light only in the light-emitting period computed based on the grayscale data.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of well regions formed on one surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically isolated from each other; a plurality of MOS transistors formed in the well regions; and a substrate bias generating circuit applying substrate biases to individual said well regions based on actually measured process-derived variance of the MOS transistors in threshold voltage to bring the threshold voltages of the respective MOS transistors into conformity with a normal threshold voltage.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention are intended to stabilize the initial state of an active matrix so as to reduce unnecessary power consumption and stabilize the operation. The driving device can include a selection device that is coupled to any of a plurality of row direction lines and any of a plurality of column direction lines, and by which a selected state and a non-selected state of the row direction lines or the column direction lines are switched to each other. The driving device can also include a device that switches to the non-selected state that switches the selection device coupled to the row direction lines or the selection device coupled to the column direction lines to a non-selected state. Selection by the selection device can be implemented after the selection device is switched to a non-selected state by the device that switches to the non-selected state.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention provide a superior electrostatic capacitance detecting device. The electrostatic capacitance detection device can include M number of row lines, N number of column lines, and electrostatic capacitance detecting devices formed at intersections of these lines. The electrostatic capacitance detecting element can include a signal detection element, a signal amplifying element, a column selecting element, and a row selecting element, and the signal detection element can include a capacitance detecting electrode, a capacitance detecting dielectric layer, and a reference capacitor, and one electrode of the reference capacitor connects to a column line.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention can provide a fingerprint sensor with high sensing precision. The fingerprint sensor according to the invention can include capacitance detection circuits that output detection signals, which each correspond to a capacitance formed between a subject surface and the fingerprint sensor, to signal transmitting paths, and an amplification circuit that amplifies the detection signals outputted to the signal transmitting paths. The individual signal transmitting paths can be respectively connected to at least two capacitance detection circuits and the fingerprint sensor further includes a resetting means that resets the potential of the signal transmitting paths before the detection signals are outputted from the capacitance detection circuits to the signal transmitting paths.

Abstract: To provide an input device, an electronic device, and a method for driving an input device where an increase in the amount of processed information is restricted to make processing systems simple, an input device includes a plurality of capacitive sensing circuits arranged in a matrix and an amp circuit to output detected information from the capacitive sensing circuits. An output processing section performs a plurality of field scans to read fingerprint information from the capacitive sensing circuits and thereby identify particular capacitive sensing circuits to acquire detected information necessary for processing.

Abstract: A process liquid supply mechanism for supplying a process liquid comprises a process liquid supply source for supplying a process liquid, a process liquid discharging nozzle for discharging the process liquid, a pipe connecting the process liquid supply source to the process liquid discharging nozzle, a pump mounted to the pipe for allowing the process liquid to be discharged from the process liquid discharging nozzle, a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure of the process liquid at a prescribed position intermediate between the pump and the process liquid discharging nozzle, and a controller for controlling the inner pressure of the pump based on the pressure value detected by the pressure sensor and the relationship obtained in advance between the pressure and the discharging rate of the process liquid such that the process liquid is discharged at a prescribed discharging rate.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a high-precision fingerprint sensor. In order to achieve this object, the fingerprint sensor of the present invention comprises a matrix portion in which capacitance detection circuits, which each output a detection signal corresponding to the capacitance formed between the capacitance detection circuit and a fingerprint, are arranged in the form of a matrix; and an amplification circuit for amplifying this detection signal. The amplification circuit functions as a signal source for outputting a detection signal to the capacitance detection circuit and is constituted such that the detection signal is transmitted from the amplification circuit to the low potential source line via the capacitance detection circuit.

Abstract: To lower the cost of manufacturing a display device, the present invention comprises a step of forming on a first substrate (100) a release layer (101) that releases when subjected to a specific energy (ST1), a step of forming on the release layer (101) a plurality of pixel circuits (102) for driving the pixels of the electro-optical device (ST2), a step of causing at least one of the pixel circuits (102) formed on the first substrate (100) to face the position on a second circuit (200), used for disposing the pixel circuits (102), where the pixel circuits are to be disposed, and electrically connecting that pixel circuit (102) to the second substrate (200) (ST3), and a step of imparting energy to a part of the release layer (101) where the pixel circuits (102) to be released are provided, and releasing the one pixel circuit (102) from the first substrate (100) along with the second substrate (200).

Abstract: The present invention aims to manufacture a large size semiconductor device with the inter-substrate transcription technology of thin film circuits. Enlargement is enabled by disposing a plurality of second substrates (21) in a tile shape. As the second substrate (21), a print substrate or flexible print circuit having double-sided wiring or multilayer wiring is employed. The plurality of second substrates (21) is driven independently, and the plurality of second substrates (21) is made to mutually overlap, and a drive circuit (23) is disposed at such overlapping portion. Moreover, the plurality of second substrates (21) is made to mutually overlap, and the mutual circuits are connected at such overlapping portion.

Abstract: To provide The invention provides an electro-optical device capable of reducing power consumption. In an organic EL display, the pixel circuits 20 (20R, 20G, 20B) are provided at the intersection portions of the respective scanning lines Y1 to Yn and the respective data lines, X1 to Xm, respectively. The organic EL display comprises includes a shift register 12a and a decoder circuit 13a. The shift register 12a sequentially selects the respective scanning lines in response to the clock signals CLK1, CLK2. The decoder circuit 13a receives address signals ADn, and properly selects any one of the respective scanning lines on the basis of the address signals ADn. Further, when displaying a moving picture, the scanning lines are sequentially selected using the shift register 12a. On the other hand, when a part of a still picture is modified and displayed during display of the still picture, the scanning lines associated with the modification and display are designated using the decoder circuit 13a.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and devices for treating disorders with electric current or electric field therapy. The invention uses applied electric current or current induced by an external electric field to manipulate movement of ions across cell membranes and to alter ionic concentrations. The invention is useful, for example, for treating hyperproliferative and cardiovascular disorders and for ameliorating the effects of stress.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device made by forming functional elements on a first substrate, transferring the element chip onto a second substrate, and connecting first pads on the element chip to second pads on the second substrate, the area or the width of the first is increased. The first pads can be securely connected to the second pads even when misalignment occurs during the separating and transferring processes. Only the first pads are formed on a surface of the element chip at the second-substrate-side. The functional elements are formed to be farther from the second substrate than the first pads. Alternatively, only the first pads are formed on a surface of the element chip remote from the second substrate, and the functional elements are formed to be closer to the second substrate than the first pads. Alternatively, the first pads are formed on both the surface of the element chip at the second-substrate-side and the surface of the element chip remote from the second substrate.