Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device comprising: a power supply circuit which receives an external power supply voltage supplied, and outputs an internal power supply voltage not higher than the external power supply voltage; a system module which receives the internal power supply voltage, and performs a predetermined operation; and a performance monitor circuit which measures a processing speed of said system module when the internal power supply voltage is applied, and, on the basis of the processing speed, outputs a first control signal which requests to set the external power supply voltage at a first level, and a second control signal which requests said power supply circuit to set the internal power supply voltage at a second level, wherein said power supply circuit outputs the internal power supply voltage having the second level on the basis of the second control signal applied thereto.

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 a superior capacitance detecting device, a capacitance detecting device includes M row lines and N column lines that are arranged in a matrix, capacitance detecting elements provided at intersections therebetween, and power lines. The capacitance detecting element includes a signal detecting element and a signal amplifying element. The signal detecting element includes a capacitance detecting electrode, a capacitance detecting dielectric film, and a reference capacitor. The signal amplifying element is composed of a thin film semiconductor device having a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, and a semiconductor film, and an electrode of the reference capacitor is connected to the row line.

Abstract: An organic electro-luminescence (EL) device including at least an emission layer between an anode and a cathode that are opposed to each other, including an anode buffer layer that is composed of an electrically conductive material and is provided between the anode and the emission layer, a cathode buffer layer that is composed of an electrically conductive material and is provided between the cathode and the emission layer, and a drive unit that applies a forward bias voltage and a reverse bias voltage that have opposite polarities to the anode and the cathode with setting application time periods of the forward bias voltage and the reverse bias voltage according to a luminance ratio of an image to be displayed.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device, comprises a plurality of pixels each including a light-emitting element, and a drive device adjusting a light-emission period of the light-emitting element included in each of the pixels in accordance with a luminance ratio of an image to be displayed.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device including: a plurality of pixels, each having a red light emitting element to emit red light, a green light emitting element to emit green light, and a blue light emitting element to emit blue light; and a drive device adjusting a luminance ratio among the red light, the green light, and the blue light by adjusting light emitting time of each of the red light emitting element, the green light emitting element, and the blue light emitting element.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device, comprises: a plurality of scan lines; a plurality of data lines extending in a direction orthogonal to the scan lines; a light-emitting element arranged at each intersection of the scan lines and the data lines; and a drive device dividing one frame into a plurality of subframes in accordance with grayscale levels represented by an image signal supplied to the data lines, controlling light emission of the light-emitting element using the subframe to set a unit, and driving the scan lines non-progressively; the drive device driving the scan lines non-progressively so that selection timing of each subframe for each scan line has no periodicity.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising: a power controller which outputs a voltage select signal for selecting one of at least two types of voltages; a power supply voltage controller which generates and outputs a power supply voltage at an arbitrary voltage change rate on the basis of the voltage select signal; and a circuit portion which receives the power supply voltage and performs processing, wherein said circuit portion keeps operating while said power supply voltage controller is outputting the power supply voltage generated at the arbitrary voltage change rate.

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: An organic electroluminescence device includes: an emissive layer between an anode and a cathode facing each other; an anode buffer layer formed of a conductive material, installed between the anode and the emissive layer; a cathode buffer layer formed of the conductive material, installed between the cathode and the emissive layer; and a driving device which alternately applies a forward-biased voltage and a reverse-biased voltage which have different voltage values and polarities, to the anode and the cathode.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object having a smooth outer surface, without any step of removing a surface layer each time a sintered layer is formed so as to manufacture a three-dimensional object consisting of integrally built-up sintered layers. The method may include the steps of: (i) supplying powder particles (10) onto a moving area while heating the powder particles (10) with heat (20) from a high-density energy heat source so as to form a sintered layer (16); and (ii) supplying powder particles 10 onto a moving area on the sintered layer while heating the powder particles (10) with heat (20) from the high-density energy heat source so as to form another sintered layer (18) integrally on the sintered layer (16), wherein the step (ii) is repeated a predetermined number of times.

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: The charge for application software used to input/output data is calculated independently of the charge for a device used to input/output the data, thereby flexibly charging for data input/output.

Abstract: A first inverter circuit comprises a first transistor in which one end of a current path is grounded, and a second transistor in which one end of a current path is connected to the other end of the current path of the first transistor. A first signal is supplied to gates of the first and second transistors. A third transistor is connected between the other end of the current path of the second transistor and a node to which a second voltage higher than the first voltage is supplied. A control signal constituted of one of the ground potential and the second voltage is supplied to a gate of the third transistor behind a change of a first signal. A second signal constituted of one of the ground potential and the second voltage is output from an output terminal of the first inverter circuit.

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: 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: A transfer base substrate comprises: a substrate; a plurality of transfer thin film circuits formed on the substrate via removing layer; a test circuit formed on the substrate for checking circuit operation; and a wiring coupling each of transfer thin film circuits with a test circuit.

Abstract: A pixel circuit that makes an electro-optical element emit light includes a transistor inserted into a driving current path of the electro-optical element; a current value setting circuit that sets a current value of the driving current path; a level holding unit that stores the level of a supplied image signal; and a comparator circuit that compares the level of the stored image signal with the level of a supplied ramp level signal to control the operation of the transistor on the basis of the comparison result.

Abstract: An electro-optical device which has a program period, a light-emitting period, an erasing period, and a lights-off period in one frame and controls the light-emitting period according to a light emission gray-scale level including a driving transistor that includes a current control terminal, a current input terminal, and a current output terminal, and controls a current amplifying ratio on the basis of a voltage between the current control terminal and the current input terminal, an electro-optical element that is supplied with the driving current from the driving transistor to emit light, a storage capacitor that stores the charge corresponding to the voltage between the current control terminal and the current input terminal of the driving transistor, a constant current source that outputs a constant current that is independent of the light emission gray-scale level, a voltage source that outputs a driving stop signal that turns off the driving transistor, a selection transistor that opens/closes a current

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.