Abstract: A power amplifying apparatus includes an amplifier configured to amplify an input signal and supply a load with the amplified input signal, a current detecting circuit, disposed at an output stage of the amplifier, configured to detect a current of an output signal from the amplifier, a current feedback circuit configured to provide feedback of the detected current of a certain feedback amount, a voltage feedback circuit configured to provide feedback of a voltage of the output signal of a certain feedback amount, and an adjuster configured to adjust the input signal using the feedback current and the feedback voltage.

Abstract: A defect inspection apparatus including: a first illumination optical system which is configured to illuminate the inspection area on a sample surface from a normal line direction or a direction near thereof with respect to said sample surface; a second illumination optical system which is configured to illuminate said inspection area from a slant direction with respect to said sample surface; a detection optical system having a plurality of first detectors which are located, in front of, on the sides of, and behind said inspection area, respectively, with respect to the illumination direction of said second illumination optical system, and where the regular reflected light component, from said sample surface, by illumination light of said second illumination optical system, is not converged; and a signal processing system which is configured to inspect a defect, upon basis of signals obtained from said plurality of first detectors.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive member configured to be rotated; scanning means for scanning, by light corresponding to image data, the photosensitive member that is charged, thereby forming an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member; and a contacting member in contact with the photosensitive member to form a nip portion. In a correction mode in which a shift of an image is corrected based on a detection result obtained by detecting, at the nip portion, an electrostatic latent image for correction formed on the photosensitive member by the scanning means, a width of the electrostatic latent image for correction is equal to or more than a width of the nip portion in a rotation direction of the photosensitive member.

Abstract: Gene signatures that are predictive of the sensitivity of a cancer or tumor to an MDM2i or an antagonist of the MDM2-p53 interaction. Differentially expressed genes in the provided gene signatures serve as biomarkers assessing the sensitivity of cancer and tumor samples to treatment or therapy with an MDM2i. Also provided are methods of determining MDM2i sensitivity of different cancer and tumor types and subtypes, based on the expression of genes in the MDM2i sensitive gene signatures, and treating individuals with an MDM2i if their cancers are determined to be MDM2i-sensitive. TP53 gene and p53 protein status can be determined for the samples undergoing analysis for MDM2i sensitivity. Methods, platforms, kits, reagents, and compositions of the invention provide advantageous approaches and tools for personalized or individualized treatments of cancer patients whose cancers exhibit sensitivity to MDM2 inhibitors.

Abstract: An inspection device for inspecting a surface of an inspection object using a beam includes a beam generator capable of generating one of either charge particles or an electromagnetic wave as a beam, a primary optical system capable of guiding and irradiating the beam to the inspection object supported within a working chamber, a secondary optical system capable of including a first movable numerical aperture and a first detector which detects secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object, the secondary charge particles passing through the first movable numerical aperture, an image processing system capable of forming an image based on the secondary charge particles detected by the first detector; and a second detector arranged between the first movable numerical aperture and the first detector and which detects a location and shape at a cross over location of the secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a memory cell array region and a peripheral circuit region; a ferroelectric capacitor formed over the semiconductor substrate in the memory cell array region; and a dummy capacitor formed over the semiconductor substrate in the peripheral circuit region, with a layered structure same as that of the ferroelectric capacitor, with an area larger than that of the ferroelectric capacitor, and with a line width not larger than the width of the ferroelectric capacitor.

Abstract: A substrate is irradiated by primary electrons and secondary electrons generated from the substrate are detected by a detector. A reference die is placed on the stage to obtain a pattern matching template image including feature coordinates of the reference die. A pattern matching is performed with an arbitrary die in a row or column including the reference die using the template image to obtain feature coordinates of the arbitrary die. An angle of misalignment is calculated between the direction of the row or column including the reference die and one of the directions of movement of the substrate on the basis of the feature coordinates of the arbitrary die and those of the reference die. The stage is rotated to correct the angle of misalignment to conform the direction of the row or column including the reference die with the one of the directions of movement of the substrate.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a blocking member having a blocking surface with which a leading end of a sheet that is being conveyed comes into contact for obliquity correction. The blocking member is rotated by being pushed by the sheet against an urging force of a positioning unit that positions the blocking member to be in the standby position. The blocking member is rotatable to be in a sheet-passage-allowing orientation in which the sheet is allowed to pass. When a trailing end of the sheet that is being conveyed has passed the blocking member, the blocking member that is in the sheet-passage-allowing orientation rotates in a same direction as a sheet conveyance direction and is positioned to be in a standby position.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus by an electron beam comprises: an electron-optical device 70 having an electron-optical system for irradiating the object with a primary electron beam from an electron beam source, and a detector for detecting the secondary electron image projected by the electron-optical systems; a stage system 50 for holding and moving the object relative to the electron-optical system; a mini-environment chamber 20 for supplying a clean gas to the object to prevent dust from contacting the object; a working chamber 31 for accommodating the stage device, the working chamber being controllable so as to have a vacuum atmosphere; at least two loading chambers 41, 42 disposed between the mini-environment chamber and the working chamber, adapted to be independently controllable so as to have a vacuum atmosphere; and a loader 60 for transferring the object to the stage system through the loading chambers.

Abstract: A head-up display device includes a screen, a projector that projects a visual image to the screen using a projection lens, and a processor. The processor is programmed to generate a virtual image of the visual image from the projected visual image and determine an image-generation position at which the virtual image is to be generated. The screen and the projection lens are configured to be movable along an optical path of the projector. The processor is programmed to determine a screen position to which the screen is to be moved based on the decided image-generation position and determine a lens position to which the projection lens is to be moved based on the determined screen position. The projector includes a screen-drive motor that moves the screen to the determined screen position and a lens-drive motor that moves the projection lens to the determined lens position.

Abstract: A head-up display device including a screen; a projector that projects a visual image to the screen using a projection lens; an image generator that generates a virtual image of the visual image to be visually recognized by a user from the visual image projected to the screen; and a processor that is programmed to: decide a position at which the virtual image is generated; and move the projection lens and the screen in a front-rear direction along an optical path, wherein the processor moves the projection lens and the screen along the optical path based on the position decided.

Abstract: A head-up display device including a screen; a projector that projects a visual image to the screen using a projection lens; and an image generator that generates a virtual image of the visual image to be visually recognized by a user from the visual image projected to the screen, wherein the visual image is composed of a first visual image and a second visual image; and the image generator generates a first virtual image, which is a virtual image of the first visual image, from the first visual image, and generates a second virtual image, which is a virtual image of the second visual image, from the second visual image.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a blocking member having a blocking surface with which a leading end of a sheet that is being conveyed comes into contact for obliquity correction. The blocking member is rotated by being pushed by the sheet against an urging force of a positioning unit that positions the blocking member to be in the standby position. The blocking member is rotatable to be in a sheet-passage-allowing orientation in which the sheet is allowed to pass. When a trailing end of the sheet that is being conveyed has passed the blocking member, the blocking member that is in the sheet-passage-allowing orientation rotates in a same direction as a sheet conveyance direction and is positioned to be in a standby position.

Abstract: A power amplifying apparatus includes an amplifier configured to amplify an input signal and supply a load with the amplified input signal, a current detecting circuit, disposed at an output stage of the amplifier, configured to detect a current of an output signal from the amplifier, a current feedback circuit configured to provide feedback of the detected current of a certain feedback amount, a voltage feedback circuit configured to provide feedback of a voltage of the output signal of a certain feedback amount, and an adjuster configured to adjust the input signal using the feedback current and the feedback voltage.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator; and a rotor including an iron core, which has a tubular connecting portion surrounding a shaft and 10 magnetic pole portions integrally formed with the connecting portion corresponding to a pole number, and a plurality of permanent magnets arranged between the magnetic pole portions. The iron core includes axially-penetrated magnet accommodating air gaps formed between the magnetic pole portions at the radial outer side of the connecting portion, and the permanent magnets are installed in the respective magnet accommodating air gaps such that a radial outer surface of each of the permanent magnets makes close contact with an inner surface of each of the magnet accommodating air gaps and such that a gap exists between a radial inner surface of each of the permanent magnets and the connecting portion.

Abstract: A touch pad system includes an operation member, coordinate output means, pressing detection means, and control means, and the control means determines the presence or absence of a slide operation from a change in the coordinate output that is output from the coordinate output means, sets a first area in which execution of a first function is determined when a pressing operation is performed with respect to the operation member, and a second area in which execution of the first function or a second function is determined when the pressing operation is performed, and executes the first function if the slide operation is performed prior to the pressing operation and the second function if the slide operation is not performed when the pressing operation is performed in the second area.

Abstract: A belt transporting device includes a belt; first and second adjustment members provided at two respective ends of a tension roller in a belt width direction orthogonal to a direction of rotation of the belt, the first and second adjustment members each being movable by receiving a force from the belt; and a link member that interlocks the movement of the first adjustment member and the movement of the second adjustment member. If the belt is laterally shifted in the belt width direction, one of the first and second adjustment members moves by receiving a force from the belt while the other is moved by the link member such that the tension roller is tilted with respect to a driving roller.

Abstract: The electron beam apparatus is provided with a stage for mounting a sample thereon, a primary optical system for generating an electron beam having an irradiation area and irradiating the electron beam onto the sample, a secondary optical system for detecting electrons which have been generated through the irradiation of the electron beam onto the sample and have acquired structural information of the sample and acquiring an image of the sample about a viewing area and an irradiation area changing section for changing the position of the irradiation area with respect to the viewing area.

Abstract: A belt transporting device includes a belt; first and second adjustment members provided at two respective ends of a tension roller in a belt width direction orthogonal to a direction of rotation of the belt, the first and second adjustment members each being movable by receiving a force from the belt; and a link member that interlocks the movement of the first adjustment member and the movement of the second adjustment member. If the belt is laterally shifted in the belt width direction, one of the first and second adjustment members moves by receiving a force from the belt while the other is moved by the link member such that the tension roller is tilted with respect to a driving roller.

Abstract: Provided is a collet in which a rod made of a damping alloy is fitted and embedded in a long hole of a cylinder-shaped body portion having a central axis, which is provided by drilling in a direction parallel to the central axis, from an end surface on an insertion opening side through which a member to be fixed is inserted.