Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technique of duplexing monitor circuits in which a common cause failure can be eliminated. A semiconductor device has: a first monitor circuit monitoring that temperature or voltage of the semiconductor device is within a normal operation range; and a second monitor circuit monitoring normal operation of the first monitor circuit. The first and second monitor circuits generate information of temperature or voltage on the basis of different principles.

Abstract: A battery pack has a battery unit and a battery case. The battery case includes side frames and an upper frame. The upper frame includes an upper surface portion and a trailing portion that extends downward from an end portion of the upper surface portion. Each of the side frames includes a side surface portion, an intermediate portion that extends from an upper end of the side surface portion inward in the width direction so as to pass below the upper surface portion and faces the upper surface portion in an up-down direction, and a contact portion that extends upward from an end portion of the intermediate portion and is brought into contact with the upper surface portion. The trailing portion includes one or more access openings that are accessible to a space between the upper surface portion and the intermediate portion facing each other in the up-down direction.

Abstract: There is to provide a semiconductor device capable of predicting a wear-out failure based on the degradation stress cumulative amount of power supply voltage and environmental temperature imposed on the device, which includes a ring oscillator having a plurality of stages of inverters, and a control circuit that emphasizes the voltage dependency and temperature dependency of an oscillation frequency of the ring oscillator or a control circuit that emphasizes the temperature dependency not the voltage dependency.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a semiconductor apparatus capable of achieving conditions that are stricter than the conditions in which the stable operation is guaranteed, without increasing the circuit size. A semiconductor apparatus (10) includes a semiconductor circuit (11); a voltage generator (12) that selects one of at least two types of voltages and applies a power supply voltage, the at least two types of voltages including a normal voltage at which the semiconductor circuit (11) normally operates and a low voltage which is lower than the normal voltage; and a clock generator (13) that supplies the semiconductor circuit (11) with a clock signal having a constant frequency regardless of the power supply voltage.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to realizing a suitable electrical setting of a transferring unit as well as calculating the setting earlier than a conventional method. To achieve this, an image forming apparatus performs forcible light emission at an activation of a laser beam and automatic transferring voltage control (ATVC) concurrently. Then the image forming apparatus further corrects a result obtained by the ATVC during the forcible light emission and performs suitable electrical setting of a transferring unit.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide round fiber-reinforced plastic strand, a manufacturing method thereof, and a fiber-reinforced sheet which eliminate limitation in forming speed and limit on number of products capable of being manufactured at a time, do not require use of a release agent, eliminate the necessity of operations such as roughing after forming, and thus permit a considerable reduction of the manufacturing cost and a remarkable increase in the product quality.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to realizing a suitable electrical setting of a transferring unit as well as calculating the setting earlier than a conventional method. To achieve this, an image forming apparatus performs forcible light emission at an activation of a laser beam and automatic transferring voltage control (ATVC) concurrently. Then the image forming apparatus further corrects a result obtained by the ATVC during the forcible light emission and performs suitable electrical setting of a transferring unit.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide round fiber-reinforced plastic strand, a manufacturing method thereof, and a fiber-reinforced sheet which eliminate limitation in forming speed and limit on number of products capable of being manufactured at a time, do not require use of a release agent, eliminate the necessity of operations such as roughing after forming, and thus permit a considerable reduction of the manufacturing cost and a remarkable increase in the product quality.

Abstract: To provide a technique capable of achieving high integration of semiconductor devices. A standard cell is provided in an n-type well, and includes a p+-type diffusion layer and n+-type diffusion layer covered with a metal silicide film. The p+-type diffusion layer constitutes a source/drain of an MIS transistor, and the n+-type diffusion layer constitutes a tap. The p+-type diffusion layer is electrically coupled to a wiring layer via a contact, and the n+-type diffusion layer is electrically coupled to a wiring layer via a contact. Moreover, the p+-type diffusion layer is in contact with the n+-type diffusion layer. A power supply potential supplied to the source node of the MIS transistor is provided using two layers, i.e., the diffusion layer and the wiring layer.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a damping material resin composition which is great in loss tangent, exhibits outstanding damping properties and enables a damping material to retain its own shape. The invention provides a damping material resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin having a chlorine content of 20 to 70 wt. % and a weight average molecular weight of at least 400,000, and 100 to 1000 parts by weight of a chlorinated paraffin having a chlorine content of 30 to 75 wt. % and 12 to 50 carbon atoms. (Preferably, the chlorinated paraffin contains 10 to 70 wt. % of a chlorinated paraffin having a chlorine content of at least 70 wt. %.

Abstract: A dihydroxy(3-pyridyl)borane compound of the formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom or alkoxycarbonylamino group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, alkyl group or fluoroalkyl group; with the proviso that the case wherein both R1 and R2 are hydrogen atoms is excepted.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a data-storing device, which is coupled to a personal computer through an interface and can enlarge a number of and a kind of devices connectable to the personal computer. The data-storing device includes an interfacing circuit that includes a data communication path through which the data can be bilaterally communicated between the device and an external device, which is coupled to the device with an interface cable, and a power-supplying path through which a power current can be bilaterally supplied between the device and the external device, wherein the interface cable also includes the data communication path and the power-supplying path; a data-storing unit to store the data sent from the interfacing circuit; and a plurality of interface connecting ports serving as input/output terminals of the interfacing circuit, wherein the interface cable can be connected to one of the interface connecting ports.

Abstract: A dihydroxy(3-pyridyl)borane compound of the formula (1): 1

Abstract: This invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of reliably transferring necessary information while using a general-purpose interface. In the information processing apparatus, a first CPU (16) transmits the first command to a second CPU (22) and then transmits the second command different from the first command. When a response to the second command is sent back from the second CPU (22), the first CPU (16) determines that data transfer from a memory card to an MO disk ends. Commands stocked in a cache (24) are executed in the stock order. When a response to the second command is sent back, the first CPU (16) can determine that the previously stocked first command has been executed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a user-friendly information processing apparatus capable of transferring electronic information from one recording medium to another recording medium while maintaining versatility of enabling connection to an external device. In this information processing apparatus, when a control unit detects that a memory card with an adaptor has been inserted in a PC card slot and allows read or write of electronic information, and an MO disk has been inserted in an MO disk slot and allows read or write of electronic information, a message that electronic information can be transferred is displayed on a monitor. The user sees the display, can grasp at a glance that electronic information can be transferred at present, and can understand that a press to a copy button starts transfer.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus which has the versatility of allowing connection to an external device and can easily transfer digital information from one recording medium to another recording medium. When an external MO drive is connected to an external device such as a personal computer, the drive can transmit/receive digital information to/from the device. When a copy button is operated while the personal computer is not connected to the drive, the drive can read out image files from a memory card inserted in a PC card slot portion and write the files in an MO disk inserted in an MO disk slot portion. This therefore facilitates backup of files.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image data storing device for storing an image date; an image data generating device for taking up image data from a plurality of image data sources and generating memory image data to write to the image data storing device; a writing image data generating device for generating writing image data by processing image data which have been read out from the image data storing device; an image forming device for forming an image onto a recording sheet; and a controller for controlling an entire image forming apparatus. The controller controls the writing image data generating device and the image forming device to conduct a parallel processing which forms images for a plurality of jobs in parallel.

Abstract: A display apparatus which includes an illuminator for irradiating, a display being capable of displaying by using light irradiated by the illuminator, a sensor for detecting brightness of the outside, and a controller for controlling luminous intensity of the illumination in accordance with the results of detection by the sensor.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a data-storing device, which is coupled to a personal computer through an interface and can enlarge a number of and a kind of devices connectable to the personal computer. The data-storing device includes an interfacing circuit that includes a data communication path through which the data can be bilaterally communicated between the device and an external device, which is coupled to the device with an interface cable, and a power-supplying path through which a power current can be bilaterally supplied between the device and the external device, wherein the interface cable also includes the data communication path and the power-supplying path; a data-storing unit to store the data sent from the interfacing circuit; and a plurality of interface connecting ports serving as input/output terminals of the interfacing circuit, wherein the interface cable can be connected to one of the interface connecting ports.

Abstract: A vapor phase growth unit for vapor phase growing on the surface of a wafer under a heated condition, which supports the wafer with a wafer supporter within a reaction chamber and has a heater under the wafer supported by said wafer supporter, wherein a reflection plate for reflecting at least downward heat from said heater is provided, an insulation cylinder is provided surrounding the side periphery of the heater, and the reflection plate consists of vitreous carbon.