Abstract: A method of fabricating a multilayer ceramic substrate includes stacking one or a plurality of unfired ceramic greensheets on one or both sides of a previously fired ceramic substrate, thereby forming a stack, each unfired ceramic greensheet having a firing temperature substantially equal to or lower than a firing temperature of the previously fired ceramic substrate, stacking a restricting greensheet on the unfired ceramic greensheet composing an outermost layer of the stack, the restricting greensheet having a higher firing temperature than each unfired ceramic greensheet, firing the stack at the firing temperature of the unfired ceramic green sheets with or without pressure applied via the restricting greensheet while the stack is under restriction by the restricting greensheet, thereby integrating the stack, and eliminating remainders of the restricting greensheet after the firing step.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (1): wherein A, B, R1, L1, R2, L2, L3, Y, L4, R3 and X are the same as defined in the description, a tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: Compounds effective for preventing, treatment or improving diseases against which activation of the thrombopoietin receptor is effective are provided. A compound represented by the formula (I) (wherein R1, R2, R3, L1, L2, X and Y are defined in the description), a tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful for prevention, treatment or alleviation of diseases against which activation of the thrombopoietin receptor is effective. A compound represented by the formula (1): wherein A, B, R1, L1, R2, L2, L3, Y, L4, R3 and X are the same as defined in the description, a tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) (wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the description), a tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a memory control device and a semiconductor processing apparatus which can be flexibly made adapted to a plurality of kinds of semiconductor memories. An SDRAM controller has: a register unit to which a command to be issued and a minimum interval (wait time) between issue of the command and issue of the next command are written by a CPU; and a command issuing unit that stops issue of the next command until the minimum interval written in the register elapses since issue of the command written in the register. Therefore, by changing software for the CPU, the SDRAM controller can be flexibly adapted to a plurality of kinds of SDRAMs.

Abstract: A printer that can reduce a manufacturing cost is obtained. The printer according to the invention includes a casing as a base member, a movable member and a spring. The movable member is movable with respect to the casing. The spring is located between the casing and the movable member. The casing is provided at a position opposed to the lower end of the spring with a projected portion (circular convex portion) arranged to pinch the lower end of the spring. The position of the spring with respect to the casing is fixed by the state in which the lower end of the spring is arranged radially inside the circular convex portion. The movable member is provided at a position opposed to the upper end remote from the lower end of the spring with a fixing portion (projected fixing portion) for fixing the upper end of the spring.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus capable of uniformly brightening an emission surface even when a light-emitting device portion is arranged on a position deviating from the center of the emission surface is obtained. This image generating apparatus includes a light-emitting device portion emitting light, a light guide member, so arranged as to enclose the light-emitting device portion, including a peripheric emission surface, a peripheric light guide portion guiding the light emitted from the light-emitting device portion to the emission surface and a dome portion, having a light guide function, provided inside the peripheric light guide portion continuously with the light guide portion for covering the light-emitting device portion and a lid member so provided as to cover the dome portion. The image generating apparatus further includes a wall portion adjusting the light emitted from the light-emitting device portion and guided to the peripheric emission surface.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus includes an light guide member so arranged as to surround the light-emitting device, wherein a circumferential light-emitting surface of the light guide member is so arranged as to be inclined with respect to a surface on which the light-emitting device is set and a circumferential light guide portion of the light guide member is formed such that a vertical thickness is substantially uniform with respect to the surface on which the light-emitting device is set.

Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate for a magnetic information recording medium and a producing method of the substrate for a magnetic information recording medium. The substrate for a magnetic information recording medium includes: a base plate in a disk shape comprising a resin material; and a covering layer formed on a surface of the base plate.

Abstract: A steel parts having an improved high wear and abrasion resistance is provided. The steel parts can be manufactured by a method wherein a steel parts containing 0.5 to 1.2 wt % of carbon is subjected to a chromium cementation treatment at a temperature of 1,000 to 1,100° C. with a cementing agent mainly consisting of carbide particles selected from the group consisting of Vanadium Carbide, Titanium Carbide, Niobium Carbide, Tungsten Carbide, Hafnium Carbide and Zirconium Carbide; metallic chromium and a sintering inhibitor to make an outermost surface of chromium carbide formed on the steel parts being dispersed with carbide particles selected from the group consisting of Vanadium Carbide, Titanium Carbide, Niobium Carbide, Tungsten Carbide, Hafnium Carbide and Zirconium Carbide.

Abstract: A surface treating method of forming a coating layer on a base material, comprising conducting a plasma processing under an atmospheric pressure for the base material so as to form a coating layer on the base material having at least one of a curved surface and an uneven surface.

Abstract: A printer that can reduce a manufacturing cost is obtained. The printer according to the invention includes a casing as a base member, a movable member and a spring. The movable member is movable with respect to the casing. The spring is located between the casing and the movable member. The casing is provided at a position opposed to the lower end of the spring with a projected portion (circular convex portion) arranged to pinch the lower end of the spring. The position of the spring with respect to the casing is fixed by the state in which the lower end of the spring is arranged radially inside the circular convex portion. The movable member is provided at a position opposed to the upper end remote from the lower end of the spring with a fixing portion (projected fixing portion) for fixing the upper end of the spring.

Abstract: In a ceramic setter plate 10 of a plate-shaped sintered body 12 of a non-oxide ceramic material formed by firing ceramic particles 11 of at least one selected from the group consisting of SiC, Si3N4, BN, AlN, MoSi2, TiN and ZrB2, the sintered body 12 is composed of a porous body 12 having interconnected pores 15 and one or more cavities 13 inside thereof in substantially the center in the thickness direction of thereof, at least one of the cavities 13 has therein one or a plurality of branched parts 17, the cavities 13 have opening parts 14 at side parts of the sintered body 12. The ceramic setter plate has good gas permeability for firing a laminate of ceramic green sheets, for which the firing efficiency is good, and for which repeated use is possible.

Abstract: In a ceramic setter plate 10 of a plate-shaped sintered body 12 of a non-oxide ceramic material formed by firing ceramic particles 11 of at least one selected from the group consisting of SiC, Si3N4, BN, AlN, MoSi2, TiN and ZrB2, the sintered body 12 is composed of a porous body 12 having interconnected pores 15 and one or more cavities 13 inside thereof in substantially the center in the thickness direction of thereof, at least one of the cavities 13 has therein one or a plurality of branched parts 17, the cavities 13 have opening parts 14 at side parts of the sintered body 12. The ceramic setter plate has good gas permeability for firing a laminate of ceramic green sheets, for which the firing efficiency is good, and for which repeated use is possible.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a multilayer ceramic substrate includes stacking one or a plurality of unfired ceramic greensheets on one or both sides of a previously fired ceramic substrate, thereby forming a stack, each unfired ceramic greensheet having a firing temperature substantially equal to or lower than a firing temperature of the previously fired ceramic substrate, stacking a restricting greensheet on the unfired ceramic greensheet composing an outermost layer of the stack, the restricting greensheet having a higher firing temperature than each unfired ceramic greensheet, firing the stack at the firing temperature of the unfired ceramic green sheets with or without pressure applied via the restricting greensheet while the stack is under restriction by the restricting greensheet, thereby integrating the stack, and eliminating remainders of the restricting greensheet after the firing step.

Abstract: A method of producing a half mirror film on a substrate having a light transmissive property, comprising steps of: electrically discharging between electrodes facing each other under an atmospheric pressure or an approximate atmospheric pressure so as to make an reactive gas on a plasma state; and exposing a substrate to the reactive gas on the plasma state so as to form a half mirror film on the substrate.

Abstract: A sputtering apparatus for applying a thin film coating to a substrate containing, in a vacuum chamber, at least two cylindrical targets and at least two magnets each juxtaposed to one of the targets so as to generate a magnetic field in a vicinity of an outer surface of the target, wherein, the following relationship is satisfied d1?3d2, provided that d1 is a distance between the outer surfaces of the two targets and d2 is any one of distances between the outer surfaces of the targets and the substrate.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes: an image pickup lens; an image sensor mounted on a substrate; and a holding member having an infrared cut-off filter thereon, the infrared cut-off filter is formed by laminating a plurality of films in order to cut off an infrared wavelength range of an incident light, wherein the holding member is arranged between the image pickup lens and the image sensor.

Abstract: An optical element, comprises a base material; and a layer formed on at least one of surfaces of the base material. A reflectance of a surface of the formed layer for all light rays in a wavelength region of 280 nm to 315 nm and in a wavelength region of 420 nm to 680 nm is smaller than a reflectance of a surface of the base material.