Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes an indexer block, a first processing block, a second processing block, and an interface block. The indexer block includes a pair of carrier platforms and a transport section. A carrier storing a plurality of substrates in multiple stages is placed in each of the carrier platforms. The transport section includes transport mechanisms. The transport mechanisms concurrently transport the substrates.

Abstract: A power semiconductor device for an igniter comprises: a semiconductor switching device causing a current to flow through a primary side of an ignition coil or shutting off the current; and an integrated circuit driving and controlling the semiconductor switching device, wherein the integrated circuit includes: a first discharge device discharging charge accumulated on a control terminal of the semiconductor switching device and shutting off the semiconductor switching device so as to generate ignition plug spark voltage on a secondary side of the ignition coil during a normal operation; and a second discharge device slower discharging the charge accumulated on the control terminal in comparison with the first discharge device and shutting off the semiconductor switching device so that a voltage on the second side of the ignition coil is equal to or lower than the ignition plug spark voltage during an abnormal state.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet conveying apparatus including: a first sheet conveying rotary member; a second sheet conveying rotary member provided upstream of the first sheet conveying rotary member; and a third sheet conveying rotary member provided upstream of the second sheet conveying rotary member, in which: the first sheet conveying rotary member, the second sheet conveying rotary member, and the third sheet conveying rotary member can convey the same sheet at the same time; a relationship between a peripheral speed V1 of the first sheet conveying rotary member, a peripheral speed V2 of the second sheet conveying rotary member, and a peripheral speed V3 of the third sheet conveying rotary member is V3>V1>V2; and a velocity of a sheet at a portion where the sheet is ejected from the second sheet conveying rotary member is equal to or lower than the peripheral speed of the first sheet conveying rotary member.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes an electroconductive member; a switching device electrically connected to the electroconductive member on the electroconductive member and having a withstand voltage between a front side and a back side as a first withstand voltage; a back-side high-withstand-voltage integrated circuit provided on the electroconductive member separately from the switching device, incorporating a control circuit for controlling turning-on/off of the switching device, and having a withstand voltage between a front side and a back side as a second withstand voltage higher than the first withstand voltage; an insulating substrate provided on the electroconductive member separately from the switching device and the back-side high-withstand-voltage integrated circuit; input/output wiring connected to the insulating substrate; first wiring connecting the insulating substrate and the switching device; and second wiring connecting the insulating substrate and back-side high-withstand-voltage integrat

Abstract: LEDs in an LED display part are arranged so as to have approximately the same placing form as containers. When a chemical solution in a container is exhausted, a corresponding LED of the LED display part lights up. Prior to an operation of replacing the container, an operator allows a bar code reader to read a bar code of an unused container. A bar code reader collator collates the bar code data of the unused container with the bar code data of a container corresponding to the lighting LED, which is already registered in a data base. When the bar code reader collator judges that the chemical solutions in the both containers are identical, the display of the LED is changed from a lighting-up display to a flashing display. This makes it easy to recognize the disposing position of the empty container to be replaced, thereby effectively preventing incorrect replacement of the container.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus controls an image forming device on the basis of outputs from a detecting device for detecting a recording material accommodated in a storage device. The detecting device faces a recording material supporting member, and is able to come in contact with the recording material supported on the recording material supporting member. A supporting portion that supports the detecting device so as to be rotatable and a holding portion that holds the supporting portion so as to be movable allow for reliable and stable detection of the recording material by the detecting device even when the position of the recording material supporting member is changed.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet conveying apparatus including: a first sheet conveying rotary member; a second sheet conveying rotary member provided upstream of the first sheet conveying rotary member; and a third sheet conveying rotary member provided upstream of the second sheet conveying rotary member, in which: the first sheet conveying rotary member, the second sheet conveying rotary member, and the third sheet conveying rotary member can convey the same sheet at the same time; a relationship between a peripheral speed V1 of the first sheet conveying rotary member, a peripheral speed V2 of the second sheet conveying rotary member, and a peripheral speed V3 of the third sheet conveying rotary member is V3>V1>V2; and a velocity of a sheet at a portion where the sheet is ejected from the second sheet conveying rotary member is equal to or lower than the peripheral speed of the first sheet conveying rotary member.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes an electroconductive member; a switching device electrically connected to the electroconductive member on the electroconductive member and having a withstand voltage between a front side and a back side as a first withstand voltage; a back-side high-withstand-voltage integrated circuit provided on the electroconductive member separately from the switching device, incorporating a control circuit for controlling turning-on/off of the switching device, and having a withstand voltage between a front side and a back side as a second withstand voltage higher than the first withstand voltage; an insulating substrate provided on the electroconductive member separately from the switching device and the back-side high-withstand-voltage integrated circuit; input/output wiring connected to the insulating substrate; first wiring connecting the insulating substrate and the switching device; and second wiring connecting the insulating substrate and back-side high-withstand-voltage integrat

Abstract: An image forming apparatus controls an image forming device on the basis of outputs from a detecting device for detecting a recording material accommodated in a storage device. The detecting device faces a recording material supporting member, and is able to come in contact with the recording material supported on the recording material supporting member. A supporting portion that supports the detecting device so as to be rotatable and a holding portion that holds the supporting portion so as to be movable allow for reliable and stable detection of the recording material by the detecting device even when the position of the recording material supporting member is changed.

Abstract: LEDs in an LED display part are arranged so as to have approximately the same placing form as containers. When a chemical solution in a container is exhausted, a corresponding LED of the LED display part lights up. Prior to an operation of replacing the container, an operator allows a bar code reader to read a bar code of an unused container. A bar code reader collator collates the bar code data of the unused container with the bar code data of a container corresponding to the lighting LED, which is already registered in a data base. When the bar code reader collator judges that the chemical solutions in the both containers are identical, the display of the LED is changed from a lighting-up display to a flashing display. This makes it easy to recognize the disposing position of the empty container to be replaced, thereby effectively preventing incorrect replacement of the container.

Abstract: A medium for stem cell in regeneration of intervertebral disc comprising an autologous serum obtained by sterilization and immobilization of serum of an individual having the intervertebral disc to be regenerated, a medium for cell culture and at least one antibiotic and a method for regenerating an intervertebral disc comprising suspending, in the above-mentioned medium or embedding in a cell carrier, stem cells collected from the subject individual or a homogenous or heterogenous individual, either directly or after culturing the same using the medium for regenerating the stem cell for regenerating intervertebral disc; and then transplanting the suspension or the embedded carrier of the stem cells into the nucleus pulposus cavity of the intervertebral disc.

Abstract: A test device of an A/D converter includes a compare decision circuit for comparing the output code of an A/D converter with a specified digital code representing a bit transition point, and for generating a digital signal corresponding to the difference between the two codes compared. During a period where the output code of the A/D converter is greater than the digital code representing the bit transition point, a switching circuit connects to an integrator circuit one of a positive current source and negative current source, which reduces the integral output, and otherwise the other of the two current sources that increases the integral output. An adder-subtracter circuit superimposes a specified triangular or sawtooth wave signal on the integral output of the integrator circuit, and supplies it to the converter. The test device can automatically measure the bit transition point of the specified digital code at high speed.

Abstract: A voltage supply circuit having a voltage source and a voltage integration circuit supplies to an AD converter (ADC) an analog input voltage that linearly increases as time elapses. The ADC converts the analog input voltage to a digital output code. The digital output code is input to a timer circuit. As the input voltage increases with time, the ADC comes to output another digital output code. This digital output code is also input to the timer circuit. Therefore, the timer circuit can measure a time interval between moments when the digital output code changes. The timer circuit may calculate a difference of the input voltage based on the measured time interval according to a prescribed formula. Linearity or other electrical characteristics of the ADC can be evaluated by repeating such a time interval measurement and a calculation of the input voltage for all changes of the digital output code.

Abstract: An input signal for testing a device is stored in a first storage located on a test board. An expectation value signal output by the device, when it operates normally, in response to the input signal is stored in a second storage located on the same test board. The input signal from the first storage is supplied to the device based on an instruction from a tester body. The device outputs an output signal in response to input of this input signal. This signal is sent to a comparator. The comparator compares the signal output from the device with the expectation value signal stored in and output from the second storage.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a print member for forming an image on a recording sheet while reciprocating in a predetermined direction includes a pair of conveyance rollers and a separating member for separating the of conveyance rollers from one another. A control lever for controlling the separating member is provided as is a changeover element for permitting the control lever to rotate when said print member moves in a predetermined direction and is not located at an interference area in which the print member would collide with the conveyance rollers if they were separated, and for prohibiting the control lever from rotating when the print member is located at the interference area.

Abstract: To detach a cleaning roller 64 from a fixation unit 70, an assembly 80 is taken out from the fixation unit 70, and the cleaning roller 64 is detached from the assembly 80. Thereby, in the fixation unit 70, the operation of detaching and attaching the cleaning roller 64 for cleaning a pressure roller 46 is made easier.

Abstract: A phase change optical disk having a reflectance relation of Rc<Ra and is adapted such that high recording characteristic can be obtained starting at a first recording time even when a recording operation is carried out without conducting an initialization process. For this purpose, a multiple reflection layer (2), a first dielectric layer (3), a recording layer (4), a second dielectric layer (5), a reflecting layer (6) and an UV curable resin layer (7) are provided on a substrate (1). The recording layer (4) is deposited at a temperature of the substrate during the deposition of the recording layer set to a temperature which makes the recording layer into a stable amorphous conditions and which is lower than a crystallizing temperature of the recording layer. Thus, the recording layer (4) is deposited into a stable amorphous state.

Abstract: A cam 37 is rotated in an arrow F direction. This causes sheet conveyance rollers 10a, 10b and guide elements 33, 34 to rotate on a lower conveyance shaft 27 and an upper conveyance shaft 30, respectively, so that they are separated from a drive roller 12. Thus, a spur plate 21 faces the upward stream end with respect to the recording sheet conveyance direction and opens in synchronism with the sheet conveyance rollers 10a and 10b, etc. Accordingly, it is possible to readily remove a recording sheet subjected to the jam.

Abstract: A cam 37 is rotated in an arrow F direction. This causes sheet conveyance rollers 10a, 10b and guide elements 33, 34 to rotate on a lower conveyance shaft 27 and an upper conveyance shaft 30, respectively, so that they are separated from a drive roller 12. Thus, a spur plate 21 faces the upward stream end with respect to the recording sheet conveyance direction and opens in synchronism with the sheet conveyance rollers 10a and 10b, etc. Accordingly, it is possible to readily remove a recording sheet subjected to the jam.

Abstract: A first position control member, which presses a recording sheet between a sheet conveyance roller 28c and an image forming area, is disposed and a second position control member, which presses the recording sheet between the image forming area and a spur 42, is disposed. Thus, of the recording sheet in the course of conveyance, a portion located at the image forming area is pressed and stretched by the first position control member 34 and the second position control member 38, and an interval between this portion and an ink ejection surface is maintained at a predetermined distance. Accordingly, even if ink ejected from the ink ejection outlets is absorbed into the recording sheet, so that a fiber of the recording sheet expands, no unevenness is formed on the recording sheet. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the cocking.