Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), (II) or (III), wherein R1 is for example C1-C18alkylsulfonyl, C1-C10haloalkylsulfonyl, camphorylsulfonyl, phenyl-C1-C3alkylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl, naphthylsulfonyl, anthrylsulfonyl, phenanthrylsulfonyl or heteroarylsulfonyl, R?1 is for example phenylenedisulfonyl, R2 is for example CN, C1-C10haloalkyl or C1-C10haloalkyl which is substituted by (IV); Ar1 is for example phenyl optionally substituted by a group of formula (IV); Ar?1 is for example phenylene which optionally is substituted by a group of formula (IV); A1, A2 and A3 independently of each other are for example hydrogen, halogen, CN, or C1-C18alkyl; D2 is for example a direct bond, O, (CO)O, (CO)S, SO2, OSO2 or C1-C18alkylene; or A3 and D2 together form C3-C30cycloalkenyl; or A2 and D2 together with the carbon of the ethylenically unsaturated double bond to which they are attached form C3-C30cycloalkyl; D3 and D4 for example independently of each other are a direct bond, O, S, C1-C18alkylene or C3-C30cycloalkylene prov

Abstract: It is a theme of the present invention to provide a diversity receiving device capable of reducing a power consumption to the utmost extent while keeping a predetermined received quality without measurement of an electric field strength and a fading pitch. A decision about whether or not the diversity reception is executed is made by sensing a received quality. Also, a diversity gain is reduced by a predetermined value by controlling the diversity gain in the diversity reception, then a receiving operation of a predetermined branch or a branch whose received quality is low is stopped when the received quality at that time is in excess of a previously set value, and then a supply of power to all circuit or a partial circuit of the branch whose receiving operation is stopped is shut down. Accordingly, a power consumption can be reduced to the utmost extent while keeping a predetermined received quality.

Abstract: A resist composition is obtained by dissolving a resin component (A) that exhibits changed alkali solubility under the action of acid, an oxime sulfonate-based acid generator (B), an amine compound (D) containing at least one alkyl group of 5 to 12 carbon atoms, and an organic acid (E), in an organic solvent (C) containing methyl n-amyl ketone, wherein the component (E) is a dibasic acid.

Abstract: It is a theme of the present invention to provide a diversity receiving device and a receiving scheme switching method, capable of attaining a power saving by executing a switching between a diversity reception and a single reception with high accuracy.

Abstract: A resist composition is obtained by dissolving a resin component (A) that exhibits changed alkali solubility under the action of acid, an oxime sulfonate-based acid generator (B), an amine compound (D) containing at least one alkyl group of 5 to 12 carbon atoms, and an organic acid (E), in an organic solvent (C) containing methyl n-amyl ketone, wherein the component (E) is a dibasic acid.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning solution for lithography comprising (A) from 5 to 100% by mass of a lower alkyl ketone and (B) from 95 to 0% by mass of ?-butyrolactone which is a cleaning solution capable of exhibiting universally good cleaning power to a photoresist of an ArF formulation, for which no sufficient cleaning can be conducted with conventional cleaning solutions, with good drying behavior after treatment still without adversely affecting the properties of the photoresist by cleaning.

Abstract: A method for removing a resist pattern having a resist pattern forming step of forming a resist pattern on a substrate using a chemically amplified positive resist composition and a removing step of removing the resist pattern from the substrate using a solvent, a composition prepared by dissolving (A) an alkali soluble resin having a hydroxyl group in the side chain, (B) a photo acid generator and (C) a compound represented by the following general formula (I): H2C?CH—O—R1—O—CH?CH2??(I) ?wherein R1 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or the like, in an organic solvent being used as the chemically amplified positive resist composition, the method further having a heat treatment step of heat-treating the substrate on which the resist pattern is formed at a temperature of 150 to 400° C. between the resist pattern forming step and the removing step.

Abstract: A method for color matching using a combination of two or more powder coatings having different colors from each other to give a target color, wherein lightness, blending weight ratio and volume-average particle size of the powder coatings to be combined satisfy the following formula (I): ? i = 1 N ? ? ? L 0 - L i ? × W i × D i ? 1 ? ? 9 ? ? 0 ( I ) and a method for preparing a coating film comprising applying powder coatings combined by the above method to a substrate. According to this method, since a coating film having homogeneous color with low mottling is obtained from two or more powder coatings having different colors from each other, the method can be used as a simplified process for color matching using the powder coatings requiring only a few primary color powder coatings to be furnished.

Abstract: A method for removing a resist pattern having a resist pattern forming step of forming a resist pattern on a substrate using a chemically amplified positive resist composition and a removing step of removing the resist pattern from the substrate using a solvent, a composition prepared by dissolving (A) an alkali soluble resin having a hydroxyl group in the side chain, (B) a photo acid generator and (C) a compound represented by the following general formula (I): H2C?CH—O—R1O—CH?CH2??(I) wherein R1 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or the like, in an organic solvent being used as the chemically amplified positive resist composition, the method further having a heat treatment step of heat-treating the substrate on which the resist pattern is formed at a temperature of 150 to 400° C. between the resist pattern forming step and the removing step.

Abstract: A method for color matching using a combination of two or more powder coatings having different colors from each other to give a target color, wherein lightness, blending weight ratio and volume-average particle size of the powder coatings to be combined satisfy the formula (I); and a method for preparing a coating film comprising applying powder coatings combined by the above method to a substrate. According to this method, since a coating film having homogeneous color with low mottling is obtained from two or more powder coatings having different colors from each other, the method can be used as a simplified process for color matching using the powder coatings requiring only a few primary color powder coatings to be furnished.

Abstract: A first toned paint which failed to adhere to a subject to be coated in a coating work is recovered, and a suitable amount of primary color paints are added to the recovered first toned paint to manufacture a second toned paint. This method includes a step of blending multiple types of primary color paints to manufacture the first toned paint (S5), and a step of memorizing a blending ratio or a composition ratio of the primary color paints in the first toned paint into a computer readable memory (S7). According to this invention, economy of a powder coating material is improved.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a substrate having an uppermost magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic metal powder and a lower magnetic layer which is adjacent to the uppermost magnetic layer, wherein the uppermost magnetic layer has an average dry thickness of 0.03 to 0.5 .mu.m, the ferromagnetic metal powder in the uppermost magnetic layer is orientated in the horizontal direction of the magnetic recording medium, the magnetic recording medium has a coercive force of 120 kA/m or higher in the horizontal direction thereof, and a ratio of a maximum magnetic susceptibility .chi..sub.max with an external magnetic field applied in the direction perpendicular to the magnetic recording medium to a magnetic susceptibility .chi..sub.8 with an external magnetic field of 8 kA/m applied in the same direction, .chi..sub.max /.chi..sub.8, is 1.3 or higher.

Abstract: A power amplifier MMIC has a first stage amplifier circuit having a transistor and matching circuits provided on input and output sides of the transistor; a plurality of final stage transistors connected in parallel; a first line connected between adjacent gates of the plurality of final stage amplifiers; a second line, connected between adjacent drains of the plurality of final stage amplifiers, for correcting an input signal phase shift caused by the presence of the first line; and an output matching circuit connected to one of connection points between the second line and the drains, and wherein an output of the first stage amplifier circuit is coupled to one gate of a final stage transistor whose drain is not connected to the output matching circuit, and the first stage amplifier circuit and the plurality of final stage transistors are arranged longitudinally alongside each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved positive-working photoresist composition comprising an alkali-soluble resin as a film-forming agent and a quinone diazide group-containing compound as a photosensitive agent. The most characteristic feature of the inventive composition consists in the unique formulation of the alkali-soluble resin which is a combination of two or three kinds of novolac resins selected from novolac resins (a), (b1) or (b2) and (c1) or (c2), each of which is characterized by the unique formulation of the phenolic compounds as a mixture to be subjected to a condensation reaction with an aldehyde compound to form the novolac resin.

Abstract: A comb-shaped piezoelectric unit, such as may be used for a mechanical signal source or in a display device for displaying raised letters for reading by blind persons. The piezoelectric unit includes a plurality of strip-shaped drive members extending from a common base part, a first metal electrode layer on each of the drive members with the first metal electrode layers among the drive members being insulated from one another, and a common metal electrode layer formed on the other side of the drive members, connected commonly to all drive members. To construct a display device for the blind, pins are attached to the free ends of each of the drive members, the pins being protrudable through respective holes in a rigid plate when the corresponding drive members are actuated by applying a voltage thereto.

Abstract: A turbine flowmeter comprises a rotor comprising a hub rotatably supported on a shaft at an axial position of a flowmeter housing and a plurality of blades embeddedly fixed to the outer peripheral surface of said hub, means for detecting the rotation of said rotor, and a couple of cone members disposed respectively on the up-stream side and the down-stream side in the flow direction of a fluid being measured to confront at least one surface of the hub of said rotor in coaxial alignment with said rotor. The diameter of at least one cone member of the couple of cone members, at the side to confront said rotor, is larger than outer diameter of the hub of said rotor, whereby a stagnant fluid region is formed between the enlarged diameter part of said cone member and the outer peripheral surface of said hub for holding in stagnant state a part of said fluid being measured.