Abstract: A display selection button 10 comprises a light projecting unit 21, a light guide plate 13, a light receiving units 22, a control unit 30, and LED 23,24. The light guide plate 13 has an incident surface 13a to which the light emitted from the light projecting unit 21 is incident, a plurality of prisms 13d that reflect incident light toward the side approaching or touching a finger and are provided at positions corresponding to push buttons 10c, and an exit surface 13b that emits the light reflected in the direction in which the finger approaches. The light receiving units 22 receive light emitted from the exit surface 13b and reflected from a finger. The control unit 30 detects the approach of a finger depending on the amount of light received by the light receiving units 22. The light guide plate 13 has the plurality of the prisms 13e that reflect the incident light and displays the desired design.

Abstract: A display selection button 10 comprises a light projecting unit 21, a light guide plate 13, a plurality of light receiving units 22, and a control unit 30. The light guide plate 13 has an incident surface 13a, a plurality of prisms 13d that reflect incident light toward the side approached by a finger and are provided at positions corresponding to push buttons 10c, and an exit surface 13b that emits the light reflected by the prisms 13d in the direction in which the finger approaches or touches. The light receiving units 22 are provided at positions corresponding to the push buttons 10c and receive light reflected from a finger approaching a push button 10c. The prisms 13d reflect light so as to compensate for the amount of light that decreases depending on the distance from the light projecting unit 21.

Abstract: A display selection button 10 comprises a light projecting unit 21, a light guide plate 13, a light receiving units 22, a control unit 30, and a printed sheet 14 and a LED 25. The light guide plate 13 has an incident surface 13a to which the light emitted from the light projecting unit 21 is incident, a plurality of prisms 13d that reflect incident light toward the side approaching or touching a finger and are provided at positions corresponding to push buttons 10c, and an exit surface 13b that emits the light reflected in the direction in which the finger approaches. The light receiving units 22 receive light emitted from the exit surface 13b and reflected from a finger. The control unit 30 detects the approach of a finger depending on the amount of light received by the light receiving units 22. The printed sheet 14 displays the desired numerals. The LED 25 emits light for displaying the desired numerals in the printed sheet 14.

Abstract: A display selection button 10 comprises a light projecting unit 21, a light guide plate 13, a plurality of light receiving units 22, and a control unit 30. The light guide plate 13 has an incident surface 13a to which the light projected from the light projecting unit 21 incident, a plurality of prisms 13d that reflect incident light toward the finger side and are provided at positions corresponding to push buttons 10c, and an exit surface 13b that emits the light reflected in the direction in which the finger approaches. The light receiving units 22 are provided at positions corresponding to the push buttons 10c and receive light reflected from a finger. The light receiving unit 22 have higher detection sensitivity as a distance from the light projecting unit 21 increases so as to compensate for the amount of light that decreases depending on the distance from the light projecting unit 21.

Abstract: An RFID inlet by including: a base film; an antenna pattern formed on the base film; an insulation film layer formed on the antenna pattern and having a hole; an IC chip coupled to the antenna pattern inside the hole of the insulation film layer; and an underfill filled between the IC chip, the antenna, and the base film. The height of the IC chip top surface is at a higher level than the top surface of the insulation film layer, the underfill is formed between the IC chip and a wall surface of the hole of the insulation film layer.

Abstract: A circuit chip having a loop-shaped antenna coil on a main surface and a tag sheet having an antenna pattern on a main surface are prepared, and the circuit chip is mounted on the main surface of the tag sheet so as not to place over the antenna pattern. The circuit chip is placed closely to the antenna pattern, and at least the half of the main surface is desirably faced against the antenna pattern. Thus, signals and/or power can be securely exchanged between the circuit chip (or antenna coil) and the antenna pattern. Therefore, a high-performance and rigid RFID tag can be obtained by roughly aligning the circuit chip and the tag sheet.

Abstract: For protecting information stored in an RFID chip and ensuring its authenticity, radio communication between the RFID chip and an external terminal is positively interrupted when a seal type RFID tag including the RFID chip is peeled from an adherend, while ensuring solidity integrity when the RFID tag is put on the adherend. In the seal type RFID tag which includes the RFID chip fixed on a mounting surface of a base member having an adhesive layer applied thereto and which is put on the adherend by using the adhesive layer, an antenna formed on a main surface of the RFID chip is embedded in adhesive layers together with the RFID chip and an adhesive bonding strength between the antenna and the adhesive layer is made greater than a joining strength between the antenna and the RFID chip.

Abstract: There is provided an ultrasound probe including a first substrate having a silicon substrate and an ultrasound transmit-receive element, an acoustic lens disposed over an upper surface of the first substrate, and a damping layer disposed under the first substrate, in which a second substrate is disposed between a lower surface of the first substrate and an upper surface of the damping layer, and the second substrate is made of a material having approximately the same linear expansion coefficient and acoustic impedance as the silicon substrate of the first substrate. With this structure, it is possible to provide the ultrasound probe which can prevent damage to the silicon substrate due to temperature change and has excellent transmission/reception performance and structure reliability while reducing noise by reflected waves in transmission and reception.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming first and second semiconductor wafers each including an array of chips and elongate electrodes, forming a groove on scribe lines separating the chips from one another; coating a surface of one of the semiconductor wafers with adhesive; bonding together the semiconductor wafers while allowing the groove to receive therein excessive adhesive; and heating the wafers to connect the elongate electrodes of both the semiconductor wafers.

Abstract: Cut pieces of a flexible tape respectively having positioning holes are superposed on a substrate having positioning holes, while positioning the substrate and the cut pieces by inserting a positioning pin into the positioning holes respectively, so that one side of the substrate faces one side of the cut pieces. Subsequently, internal terminals provided on the substrate are ultrasonically joined with internal terminals provided on the cut pieces by pressing an ultrasonic tool from the other side of the cut pieces. As a result, connection between these can be performed highly accurately. Further, since the internal terminals are ultrasonically joined with each other, operation time does not increase in proportion to the number of terminals, as in the connection using a bonding wire, and misregistration due to heat does not occur. Accordingly, connections between circuit boards are performed efficiently, highly accurately, and reliably.

Abstract: For protecting information stored in an RFID chip and ensuring its genuineness, radio communication between the RFID chip and an external terminal is positively intercepted when a seal type RFID tag including the RFID chip is peeled from an adherend, while ensuring solidity when the RFID tag is put on the adherend. In the seal type RFID tag which includes the RFID chip fixed on a mounting surface of a base member having an adhesive layer applied thereto and which is put on the adherend by using the adhesive layer, an antenna formed on a main surface of the RFID chip is embedded in adhesive layers together with the RFID chip and an adhesive bonding strength between the antenna and the adhesive layer is made greater than a joining strength between the antenna and the RFID chip.

Abstract: A circuit chip having a loop-shaped antenna coil on a main surface and a tag sheet having an antenna pattern on a main surface are prepared, and the circuit chip is mounted on the main surface of the tag sheet so as not to place over the antenna pattern. The circuit chip is placed closely to the antenna pattern, and at least the half of the main surface is desirably faced against the antenna pattern. Thus, signals and/or power can be securely exchanged between the circuit chip (or antenna coil) and the antenna pattern. Therefore, a high-performance and rigid RFID tag can be obtained by roughly aligning the circuit chip and the tag sheet.

Abstract: There is provided an ultrasound probe including a first substrate having a silicon substrate and an ultrasound transmit-receive element, an acoustic lens disposed over an upper surface of the first substrate, and a damping layer disposed under the first substrate, in which a second substrate is disposed between a lower surface of the first substrate and an upper surface of the damping layer, and the second substrate is made of a material having approximately the same linear expansion coefficient and acoustic impedance as the silicon substrate of the first substrate. With this structure, it is possible to provide the ultrasound probe which can prevent damage to the silicon substrate due to temperature change and has excellent transmission/reception performance and structure reliability while reducing noise by reflected waves in transmission and reception.

Abstract: A RFID tag including: a paper-like structure inlaying a RFID thread between a first paper layer and a second paper layer, the RFID thread being connected to a RFID chip through bumps to an antenna arranged onto a base member and being formed with a protecting material provided with a window at a position in which the RFID chip corresponds; wherein a height of an upper surface of the protecting material is larger than a height of an upper surface of the RFID chip.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided with a film substrate that has through-vias that are formed by filling a conductive material in through-holes that pass through the front and rear of a film-shaped substrate body and wiring or terminals that connect to the through-vias, with a semiconductor element being mounted on the film-shaped substrate body by terminal members thereof being electrically connected to the wiring or terminals of the film substrate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming first and second semiconductor wafers each including an array of chips and elongate electrodes, forming a groove on scribe lines separating the chips from one another; coating a surface of one of the semiconductor wafers with adhesive; bonding together the semiconductor wafers while allowing the groove to receive therein excessive adhesive; and heating the wafers to connect the elongate electrodes of both the semiconductor wafers.

Abstract: A RFID tag including: a paper-like structure inlaying a RFID thread between a first paper layer and a second paper layer, the RFID thread being connected to a RFID chip through bumps to an antenna arranged onto a base member and being formed with a protecting material provided with a window at a position in which the RFID chip corresponds; wherein a height of an upper surface of the protecting material is larger than a height of an upper surface of the RFID chip.

Abstract: When an RFID-tag is formed by joining a semiconductor chip (RFID chip) to an antenna consisting of a rolled metal foil or the like using ultrasonic waves, the pressure impressed to the semiconductor chip is suppressed to avoid the damage of the semiconductor chip. For this purpose, the present invention provides an RFID-tag 1 wherein gold bumps are joined to the metal foil by pressing the gold bumps formed on the semiconductor chip against an antenna member, and impressing ultrasonic waves; and the RFID-tag wherein a matte surface having a low glossiness is formed on the metal foil, or a surface having shallow rolling streaks is formed on the metal foil, and gold bumps are joined to the surface.

Abstract: A paper-like RFID tag is fabricated by bonding bumps of an RFID chip to an antenna to connect the chip to the antenna, the antenna being formed by a metal foil bonded onto a base film or a base tape, providing a protecting material around the RFID chip so that an upper surface becomes higher than that of the RFID chip, to constitute an RFID thread, and inlaying the RFID thread in between first and second paper layers to afford a paper-like structure. The thickness of the paper-like RFID tag fabricated as above is 0.1 mm or less. Further, the paper-like RFID tag is of high quality and has a surface smoothness almost equal to that of the ordinary type of paper, permitting a long-distance communication.

Abstract: In an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag comprising an antenna formed of a conductive paste containing conductive filler like silver flakes on a base member, and an RFID chip connected to the antenna, the present invention cures a pattern of the antenna formed of the conductive paste, and then connects the RFID chip to the antenna with thermoplastic resin contained in the conductive paste by heating bump electrodes of the RFID chip in contact with the antenna. According to the present invention, Since the bump electrodes of the RFID chip and the antenna are connected to each other and establish sufficient electrical conduction therebetween without providing an anisotropic conductive sheet or the like therebetween, a highly reliable RFID tag is supplied at a low cost.