Abstract: The present invention provides a method of separating substances utilizing a solid phase wherein a substance fixed to a solid phase can be easily separated without the application of a chemical process, biochemical process, exposure to light, electrical excitation, or the like.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor 1 includes support members 10A1, 10A2, 10B1 and 10B2, bonded to two nodal points of a pillar-shaped oscillator, generated on oscillations of the oscillator, in a manner of sandwiching the nodal points from upper and lower sides of the oscillator. The support members simultaneously serve for mechanically supporting and providing for electrical connection of the oscillator. Upper support members 10A1, 10A2 and lower support members 10B1 and 10B2 for the nodal points include bent parts, the bent parts being bent in the same direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the oscillator. The upper support members and lower support members also include arms 11 extending at right angles to the up-and-down direction and to the longitudinal direction of the oscillator and connecting portion 13 for the arms and the oscillator.

Abstract: A method for making a number (N) of samples react under the same reaction conditions, wherein the samples have a solution where the phase state of a reaction solvent changes in a reversible manner between a two-phase solution state and a uniform solution state when the temperature fluctuates over or under a certain constant temperature, and the processes are carried out sequentially in the following steps: (A) the constant container heating step of heating a number of reaction containers simultaneously and maintaining the reaction containers at a predetermined temperature; (B) the sample heating step of putting a sample in each heated reaction container and of maintaining a two-phase solution at a predetermined temperature; (C) the reaction step of stirring the sample that has been heated to the predetermined temperature so as to gain a uniform solution, which is maintained for a predetermined period of time; (D) the cooling step of cooling the uniform solution without cooling the reaction container after the

Abstract: A solvent system which comprises two or more single organic solvents or two or more mixed organic solvents, characterized in that the state of the solvent system can be reversibly changed, with changing temperature conditions, from one state which is a homogeneously compatibilized mixed solvent system in which the two or more single or more mixed organic solvents constituting the solvent system have been homogeneously compatibilized and mixed to the other state which is a separated solvent system made up of two or more separated phases respectively consisting mainly of the two or more single or mixed organic solvents constituting solvent system, and that when the solvent system is the homogeneously mixed solvent system, a chemical component which is soluble in only one of the single or mixed organic solvents can be evenly dissolved in the system; and a process for producing a compound with the solvent system.

Abstract: A method for solution/separation phase change at a constant temperature (with no temperature change) in a combination of a first solvent and a second solvent of a mixture of plural solvents that undergoes temperature-dependent reversible change between solution phase and separation phase. A method for solubilization or phase separation of first and second solvents at a constant temperature by adding thereto a solvent that constitutes the first solvent and/or the second solvent, on the basis of the solution/separation temperature data relative to the blend ratio of the first and second solvents and the composition blend ratio of the second solvent in the solvent set that is in a separation phase, in such a manner that the first and second solvents may have a blend ratio at which they may undergo solution/separation phase change at a temperature lower than the temperature of the separation-phase solvent set.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor having a pillar-shaped vibrator and support members. The support members clamp the vibrator from above and below, at those parts where vibration nodes are formed when the vibrator vibrates. The support members mechanically support the vibrator and are electrically connected to the vibrator. The support members have an uppermost layer covered with a silver or gold coating at the electrically connected parts. Each support member has arms and connecting parts provided at the distal ends of the arms. The connecting parts have a notch each. The support members are electrically and mechanically connected with conductive adhesive provided in the notches, applied to both surfaces of the connecting part and containing silver particles as conductive filler.

Abstract: To provide a method and a device for separating object substances from a mixture without requiring an ultrasonic generator and a centrifugal separator. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] In this method of separating the object substances from the mixture by using a first solvent and a second solvent, the first solvent and the second solvent are reversibly changed from a state of being separated into two phases to a state of being mutually dissolved into one phase by changing their temperatures. The upstream portion and the center portion of a column including the first solvent are held in a temperature range in which the solvents are mutually dissolved into one phase, and the downstream portion of the column is held in a temperature range in which the solvents are separated into two phases. The second solvent in which the mixture is dissolved is changed from the upstream portion of the column into the column, and the separated second solvent phase is taken out from the downstream portion of the column.

Abstract: (Purpose) Providing a solvent set preferable for use as miscible-multiphase organic solvent system. While the miscible temperature of a solvent system is dropped by using a mixture solvent of plural solvents in the related art, the temperature can be dropped by a single solvent. Providing a solvent set appropriate for chemical processes imparted electric energy, such as electrochemical process. (Means for Resolution) Use of a chemical process using a combination of a first solvent and a second solvent, where the miscible state and the separation state reversibly change depending on the temperature, where the first solvent includes an alkane-series compound and/or a cycloalkane-series compound; and the second solvent includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a carbonate (carboxylic acid ester) compound, a carbamate (urethane) compound, an urea compound, a cyclic amide compound and a cyclic ketoamine compound.

Abstract: (Problems) A reaction container (apparatus) with a high efficiency, which can overcome problems of common chemically processing apparatuses using a solvent set where the compatible state and the separated state are reversibly changeable depending on a temperature, i.e. problems of the apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application 2002-198242, namely the separation over time and spatial separation between compatible state and separated state. (Means for Solving the Problems) A temperature distribution is formed inside a reaction container, such that the temperature of one (optional) partial region inside the reaction container is the temperature for making first and second solvent solutions at a compatible state or a higher temperature, while the temperature of the other partial region is the temperature for making the solutions at a separated state or a lower temperature. Additionally, a reaction-promoting energy such as light and electricity is fed to the part at the compatible state.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor having a pillar-shaped vibrator and support members. The support members clamp the vibrator from above and below, at those parts where vibration nodes are formed when the vibrator vibrates. The support members mechanically support the vibrator and are electrically connected to the vibrator. The support members have an uppermost layer covered with a silver or gold coating at the electrically connected parts. Each support member has arms and connecting parts provided at the distal ends of the arms. The connecting parts have a notch each. The support members are electrically and mechanically connected with conductive adhesive provided in the notches, applied to both surfaces of the connecting part and containing silver particles as conductive filler.

Abstract: Disclosed is an angular velocity sensor superior in shock-proofness and in assembling properties. The angular velocity sensor 1 includes support members 10A1, 10A2, 10B1 and 10B2, bonded to two nodal points of a pillar-shaped oscillator, generated on oscillations of the oscillator, in a manner of sandwiching the nodal points from upper and lower sides of the oscillator. The support members simultaneously serve for mechanically supporting and providing for electrical connection of the oscillator. Upper support members 10A1, 10A2 and lower support members 10B1 and 10B2 for the nodal points include bent parts halfway, the bent parts being bent in the same direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the oscillator. The upper support members and lower support members also include arms 12 extending at right angles to the up-and-down direction and to the longitudinal direction of the oscillator and junction parts 13 for the arms and the oscillator.

Abstract: A solvent system which comprises two or more single organic solvents or two or more mixed organic solvents, characterized in that the state of the solvent system can be reversibly changed, with changing temperature conditions, from one state which is a homogeneously compatibilized mixed solvent system in which the two or more single or more mixed organic solvents constituting the solvent system have been homogeneously compatibilized and mixed to the other state which is a separated solvent system made up of two or more separated phases respectively consisting mainly of the two or more single or mixed organic solvents constituting solvent system, and that when the solvent system is the homogeneously mixed solvent system, a chemical component which is soluble in only one of the single or mixed organic solvents can be evenly dissolved in the system; and a process for producing a compound with the solvent system.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device manufacturing method includes the steps of uniformly applying a first photoresist onto a first layer on a semiconductor substrate, a first resist pattern is formed out of the first photoresist by using a first photomask. The first layer is etched by using the resist pattern, thereby forming a first pattern. A second photoresist is uniformly applied onto the semiconductor substrate where the first pattern is formed. A second resist pattern is formed out of the second photoresist by using a second photomask. The first pattern is etched by using the second photoresist, thereby forming a second pattern constituted by the first layer. A semiconductor device fabricated by this method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A 1/f noise coefficient characteristic with respect to an operating point of a semiconductor device is measured, and a control voltage corresponding to an operating point of the semiconductor device with which the 1/f noise coefficient is minimized is applied to a MOSFET. Further, using a MOSFET which has known element dimensions, a relationship of a 1/f noise coefficient to a channel area is calculated, and the resistance value of the MOSFET is calculated using the channel width and the channel length as well as a constant peculiar to the MOSFET. Then, the 1/f noise coefficient of the semiconductor device is calculated using the 1/f noise coefficient with respect to the channel area of the MOSFET and the resistance value, and the channel width and the channel length of the MOSFET are set so that the 1/f noise coefficient of the semiconductor device may be minimized.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device manufacturing method includes the steps of uniformly applying a first photoresist onto a first layer on a semiconductor substrate, a first resist pattern is formed out of the first photoresist by using a first photomask. The first layer is etched by using the resist pattern, thereby forming a first pattern. A second photoresist is uniformly applied onto the semiconductor substrate where the first pattern is formed. A second resist pattern is formed out of the second photoresist by using a second photomask. The first pattern is etched by using the second photoresist, thereby forming a second pattern constituted by the first layer. A semiconductor device fabricated by this method is also disclosed.

Abstract: Tone calculation for conversion from input image data X to produce converted data Y is performed in accordance with a functional formula including at least two of a first-order term of the input image data X, a second-order term of the input image data X, a third-order term of the input image data X, and a fraction term of the input image data X. In another aspect, color conversion from image data R, G and B to produce printing data C, M and Y by generating complementary color data Ci, Mi and Yi from the image data, determining a minimum value .alpha. and a maximum value .beta. of the complementary color data, generating hue data r, g, b, c, m and y from the complementary color data, the minimum value and the maximum value, generating predetermined matrix coefficients, and determining printing data C, M and Y in accordance with a predetermined matrix calculation using the minimum value, the hue data, and the matrix coefficients.

Abstract: In an image processing system, an outline correction of image data and a smoothing for noise removal are performed. Generally, the outline correction is performed by emphasizing a high frequency component, and the smoothing is performed by removing the high frequency component. Within one image data, by properly switching the emphasizing and the removal of the high frequency component, while the outline correction is carried out, the noise removal can be performed. An absolute value of a high frequency component Fa extracted from the image data Pi by a first differential filter is compared with a discrimination threshold value K, and depending on the comparison result, either Fa or -Fa as the correction data Fo is selected by a selector and is added to the image data Pi. As a result, when Fo=Fa, the high frequency component is emphasized, and when Fo=-Fa, smoothing is performed. A pixel interpolation and a multi picture formation are also disclosed.

Abstract: The image processing device converts input image data into converted data. A two way buffer in the image processing device stores reference data generated by a converted data generator under the direction of a controller. The two way buffer is then used to generate converted data in response to received image data. Also, depending upon the input device connected to the image processing device, a selector selects one of a plurality of processing characteristics. The selected processing characteristics are used to vary and set a conversion function for converting the image data to produce the converted data.