Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first conductive layer, a semiconductor layer extending in a first direction and being opposed to the first conductive layer, and a gate insulating film disposed between the first conductive layer and the semiconductor layer. The first conductive layer includes a first region, a second region disposed between the first region and the gate insulating film, and a third region disposed between the first region and the first interlayer insulating layer. The first to the third regions contain a metal. The third region contains silicon (Si). The first region does not contain silicon (Si) or has a lower silicon (Si) content than a silicon (Si) content in the third region. The second region does not contain silicon (Si) or has a lower silicon (Si) content than the silicon (Si) content in the third region.

Abstract: An inkjet head includes a pressure chamber in which ink is stored, a nozzle plate including a nozzle which connects with the pressure chamber, an actuator configured to change a volume of the pressure chamber, and a drive circuit. The drive circuit, before a printing is performed, outputs, to the actuator for a first time period, a first signal for changing the volume of the pressure chamber without ejecting ink from the nozzle. A second signal for changing the volume of the pressure chamber is then output to the actuator for a second time period such that ink is ejected from the nozzle. A third signal for changing the volume of the pressure chamber to the extent that the ink is not ejected from the nozzle is then output to the actuator for a third time period.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of realizing good wear resistance with a simple structure. A sliding member and a sliding bearing each include a base layer and a coating layer formed on the base layer, the coating layer having a sliding surface with a counterpart member. The base layer is formed of a hard material that is harder than the coating layer, and the average concentration of a diffusion component of the hard material diffused from the base layer is 4 wt % or more in an evaluation range, in the coating layer, in which the distance from an interface with the base layer is 1 ?m or more and 2 ?m or less.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first conductive layer, a semiconductor layer extending in a first direction and being opposed to the first conductive layer, and a gate insulating film disposed between the first conductive layer and the semiconductor layer. The first conductive layer includes a first region, a second region disposed between the first region and the gate insulating film, and a third region disposed between the first region and the first interlayer insulating layer. The first to the third regions contain a metal. The third region contains silicon (Si). The first region does not contain silicon (Si) or has a lower silicon (Si) content than a silicon (Si) content in the third region. The second region does not contain silicon (Si) or has a lower silicon (Si) content than the silicon (Si) content in the third region.

Abstract: An inkjet head includes a pressure chamber in which ink is stored, a nozzle plate including a nozzle which connects with the pressure chamber, an actuator configured to change a volume of the pressure chamber, and a drive circuit. The drive circuit, before a printing is performed, outputs, to the actuator for a first time period, a first signal for changing the volume of the pressure chamber without ejecting ink from the nozzle. A second signal for changing the volume of the pressure chamber is then output to the actuator for a second time period such that ink is ejected from the nozzle. A third signal for changing the volume of the pressure chamber to the extent that the ink is not ejected from the nozzle is then output to the actuator for a third time period.

Abstract: To provide a sliding member including an overlay capable of realizing good fatigue resistance while preventing interlayer peeling. A sliding member including an overlay formed of an alloy plating film of Bi and Sb, and the overlay is bonded to a lining formed of a copper alloy via an intermediate layer containing Ag as a main component.

Abstract: This shift device is provided with a detent device, which is provided with an engaging member that is provided between a housing and a shift fork and that engages in a recessed part of the shift fork, and an elastic member that pushes the engaging member toward the recessed part of the shift fork, the engaging member being pushed into the recessed part of the shift fork by the urging force of the elastic member and the shift fork being held in a neutral position when a hub and a transmission gear are in an unengaged neutral position, and the engaging member being pushed into an inclined surface of the shift fork by the urging force of the elastic member and the shift fork being urged into an engaged position when the hub is in an engaged position of being engaged with the transmission gear.

Abstract: A sliding member includes an overlay formed with an alloy plated film of Bi and Sb, the Sb concentration increasing in the overlay with the depth from the surface of the overlay.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a memory cell array and a wiring layer. The memory cell array includes a plurality of blocks arranged in a first direction along a surface of the semiconductor chip. The wiring layer includes a plurality of first pattern regions at different positions along the first direction, each first pattern region including a different pattern corresponding to one or more of the blocks. The first pattern regions can be used to identify portions of the semiconductor chip during analysis or the like.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiment, an inkjet head comprises an actuator and a controller. The actuator is configured to expand and contract a pressure chamber filled with a liquid or the like. The controller is configured to apply a discharge pulse to the actuator, the discharge pulse comprising an expansion pulse for expanding the pressure chamber, a first contraction pulse with a first peak value for contracting the pressure chamber, a pause period, and a second contraction pulse with a second peak value that is higher than the first peak value for further contracting the pressure chamber.

Abstract: A sliding member including an overlay capable of realizing good fatigue resistance while preventing interlayer peeling. The sliding member includes an overlay formed of an alloy plating film of Bi and Sb. The overlay contains Bi, Sb, and unavoidable impurities. The concentration of Sb on the surface of the overlay is 0.92% by mass or more and 13% by mass or less.

Abstract: To provide a sliding member including an overlay capable of realizing good fatigue resistance while preventing interlayer peeling. A sliding member including an overlay formed of an alloy plating film of Bi and Sb, and the overlay is bonded to a lining formed of a copper alloy via an intermediate layer containing Ag as a main component.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes first and second actuators and a drive circuit. Each of the first and second actuators is configured to expand and contract first and second pressure chambers, respectively. The drive circuit is configured to, during a dot formation cycle apply a first number of discharge pulses to the first actuator to cause the first number of droplets to be discharged from the first pressure chamber and apply a second number of discharge pulses to the second actuator to cause the second number of droplets to be discharged from the second pressure chamber and apply a third number of precursors to the second actuator. The first number is greater than or equal to two. Each of the second and third numbers is greater than or equal to one. A sum of the second and third numbers is less than or equal to the first number.

Abstract: A sliding member including an overlay capable of realizing good fatigue resistance while preventing interlayer peeling. The sliding member includes an overlay formed of an alloy plating film of Bi and Sb. The overlay contains Bi, Sb, and unavoidable impurities. The concentration of Sb on the surface of the overlay is 0.92% by mass or more and 13% by mass or less.

Abstract: A sliding member includes an overlay formed with an alloy plated film of Bi and Sb, the Sb concentration increasing in the overlay with the depth from the surface of the overlay.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes first and second actuators and a drive circuit. Each of the first and second actuators is configured to expand and contract first and second pressure chambers, respectively. The drive circuit is configured to, during a dot formation cycle apply a first number of discharge pulses to the first actuator to cause the first number of droplets to be discharged from the first pressure chamber and apply a second number of discharge pulses to the second actuator to cause the second number of droplets to be discharged from the second pressure chamber and apply a third number of precursors to the second actuator. The first number is greater than or equal to two. Each of the second and third numbers is greater than or equal to one. A sum of the second and third numbers is less than or equal to the first number.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a memory cell array and a wiring layer. The memory cell array includes a plurality of blocks arranged in a first direction along a surface of the semiconductor chip. The wiring layer includes a plurality of first pattern regions at different positions along the first direction, each first pattern region including a different pattern corresponding to one or more of the blocks. The first pattern regions can be used to identify portions of the semiconductor chip during analysis or the like.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes first and second actuators and a drive circuit. Each of the first and second actuators is configured to expand and contract first and second pressure chambers, respectively. The drive circuit is configured to, during a dot formation cycle apply a first number of discharge pulses to the first actuator to cause the first number of droplets to be discharged from the first pressure chamber and apply a second number of discharge pulses to the second actuator to cause the second number of droplets to be discharged from the second pressure chamber and apply a third number of precursors to the second actuator. The first number is greater than or equal to two. Each of the second and third numbers is greater than or equal to one. A sum of the second and third numbers is less than or equal to the first number.

Abstract: The lubricating device for a transmission includes a first gear wheel at one of the front side and the rear side of a power transmission shaft, a second gear wheel at the other side of the power transmission shaft at a position different from the first gear wheel and an oil separator disposed below the first gear wheel and the second gear wheel extending in front-rear direction of the power transmission shaft and having an inner wall. The oil separator is provided with a descending sloped fluid passage which is provided on the inner wall of the oil separator so as to be sloped downward toward the one side of the power transmission shaft from the other side of the power transmission shaft receives lubricating oil scooped up by the second gear wheel and allows the lubricating oil to flow into a first gear wheel cover portion.

Abstract: The manual transmission includes a shift select shaft, a connecting member, a lever member, a guide pin and a guide plate, wherein the connecting member, the lever member, the guide pin and the guide plate are arranged so that under a state that the guide pin and the guide plate are engaged at the engaging portion, assuming that the portion of the shift select shaft is a fulcrum, the connecting portion is a point of effort, the engaging portion is a point of load and that the fulcrum, the point of effort and the point of load exist on a same virtual plane, an operation direction of a reaction force generated at the point of load becomes a direction opposite to the operation direction of the operation force inputted to the point of effort.