Abstract: It is an object to provide a conductive organic thin film having organic molecules that include at one end a terminal bonding group that is covalently bonded to a substrate surface, a conjugate bonding group that is located at any portion of the organic molecules and that is polymerized with other molecules, and a polar functional group that does not include active hydrogen and that is located at any portion between the terminal bonding group and the conjugate bonding group, wherein the organic molecules are oriented and their conjugate bonding groups are polymerized, forming a conduction network. The conductivity (?) of the conductive organic thin film at room temperature (25° C.) is at least 5.5×105 S/cm, and preferably at least 1×107 S/cm, without dopants, having significantly higher conductivity than metals such as gold and silver. In particular, a film of polypyrrole or polythienylene conjugate bonds that is polymerized through polymerization through electrolytic oxidation has high conductivity.

Abstract: The invention provides a clock generating circuit for generating a spectrum spread clock and carrying out high-speed and accurate phase control of a reference clock signal and an output clock signal, which is composed of compact circuits, and a method for generating the clock. The spectrum spread clock generating circuit 1 is provided with a phase comparator unit 10 that compares the reference clock signal CLKS with the internal clock signal in terms of a phase difference, and outputs a control current IC1 in compliance with the result of comparison; a clock generating unit 20 for generating an output clock signal CLKO; a phase difference signal modulating unit 30 for outputting a control current IC3; and a delay unit 40 for delaying the output clock in compliance with the control current IC3 and outputting the internal clock signal CLKN.

Abstract: A foldable portable terminal of the present invention includes a body cabinet 1 provided with a microphone 14 and a cover cabinet 2 provided with first and second speakers 41, 42, openably/closably coupled to each other. Any one or both of the cabinets are provided with closing means for closing a sound emitting hole 22a of the first speaker in a closed state of the both cabinets. Alternatively, a partition wall for partitioning the first speaker and the second speaker is formed inside the cover cabinet. Alternatively, the cover cabinet has an inner surface provided with a transmission unit 6 incorporating a microphone 63 and being rotatable between a first rotational posture where the unit faces the inner surface side of the body cabinet and a second rotational posture where the unit faces a direction deviating from the cover cabinet in a closed position.

Abstract: An organic electronic device of the present invention includes a substrate, at least two electrodes formed on the substrate, a conductive organic thin film that is formed on the substrate and electrically connects the electrodes, and a coating film for coating at least a portion of the electrodes. The conductive organic thin film is a polymer of organic molecules containing a conjugated-bondable group, and one end of each of the organic molecules is chemically bonded to the surface of the substrate and the conjugated-bondable groups in the organic molecules are polymerized with other conjugated-bondable groups to form a conjugated bond chain. The coating film electrically connects the electrodes to the conductive organic thin film and achieves a smaller connection resistance than that in the case where the electrodes and the conductive organic thin film are connected directly.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce power consumption in a plasma display panel (PDP) by reducing the discharge firing voltage, while suppressing the occurrence of discharge variability when the PDP is driven, as well as ensuring the wall-charge holding performance of a protective film surface. To achieve this, a front panel of a PDP of the present invention has a catalyst layer dispersed on a surface of display electrodes formed in stripes on one side of a glass substrate, and needle crystals composed of graphite formed to stand upright on the catalyst layer. The needle crystals form a phase-separated structure with the materials of a dielectric film and a protective film.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a conductive organic thin film having organic molecules that include at one end a terminal bonding group that is covalently bonded to a substrate surface, a conjugate bonding group that is located at any portion of the organic molecules and that is polymerized with other molecules, and a polar functional group that does not include active hydrogen and that is located at any portion between the terminal bonding group and the conjugate bonding group, wherein the organic molecules are oriented and their conjugate bonding groups are polymerized, forming a conduction network. The conductivity (?) of the conductive organic thin film at room temperature (25° C.) is at least 5.5×105 S/cm, and preferably at least 1×107 S/cm, without dopants, having significantly higher conductivity than metals such as gold and silver. In particular, a film of polypyrrole or polythienylene conjugate bonds that is polymerized through polymerization through electrolytic oxidation has high conductivity.

Abstract: In the plasma display panel of the present invention, a protective layer covers a dielectric layer covering electrodes in discharge cells and faces a discharge space filled with a discharge gas. Here, the discharge gas includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Xe and Kr. In the protective layer, an electron band including at least electrons having energy level of 4 eV or less below a vacuum level is formed within a forbidden band in energy bands.

Abstract: The invention provides a clock generating circuit for generating a spectrum spread clock and carrying out high-speed and accurate phase control of a reference clock signal and an output clock signal, which is composed of compact circuits, and a method for generating the clock. The spectrum spread clock generating circuit 1 is provided with a phase comparator unit 10 that compares the reference clock signal CLKS with the internal clock signal in terms of a phase difference, and outputs a control current IC1 in compliance with the result of comparison; a clock generating unit 20 for generating an output clock signal CLKO; a phase difference signal modulating unit 30 for outputting a control current IC3; and a delay unit 40 for delaying the output clock in compliance with the control current IC3 and outputting the internal clock signal CLKN.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a conductive organic thin film having organic molecules that include at one end a terminal bonding group that is covalently bonded to a substrate surface, a conjugate bonding group that is located at any portion of the organic molecules and that is polymerized with other molecules, and a polar functional group that does not include active hydrogen and that is located at any portion between the terminal bonding group and the conjugate bonding group, wherein the organic molecules are oriented and their conjugate bonding groups are polymerized, forming a conduction network. The conductivity (?) of the conductive organic thin film at room temperature (25° C.) is at least 5.5×105 S/cm, and preferably at least 1×107 S/cm, without dopants, having significantly higher conductivity than metals such as gold and silver. In particular, a film of polypyrrole or polythienylene conjugate bonds that is polymerized through polymerization through electrolytic oxidation has high conductivity.

Abstract: An organic thin film transistor of the present invention includes a substrate (11) and a semiconductor layer (14) made of an organic semiconductor and formed on the substrate (11). The semiconductor layer (14) is composed of crystals of the organic semiconductor, and a crystal phase of the crystals is the same as a crystal phase of energetically most stable bulk crystals of the organic semiconductor. A method for manufacturing the organic thin film transistor of the present invention includes forming the semiconductor layer (14) by depositing an organic semiconductor on the substrate (11). The organic semiconductor is deposited at a deposition rate of 0.1 to 1 nm/min while maintaining the temperature of the substrate (11) in the range of 40 to 150° C.

Abstract: This invention provides a granular herbicide for direct foliage application to undesirable plants, which contains a water soluble, non-selective foliage-application type herbicidally active compound as the active ingredient, having an average granule size within a range of 0.21–1 mm and an elution ratio of said active ingredient of at least 20% when 20 mg of the granular herbicide is treated with a circular filter paper sheet of 55 mm in diameter which is impregnated with 50 ?l of water.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a particle crushing and sizing apparatus having a sufficiently wide particle crushing and sizing range, capable of being scaled down in size, and having high processing throughput. To achieve the object, a particle crushing and sizing apparatus has, in a casing 1a, a horizontally provided drive shaft 2, a plurality of circular plates 10 fixedly supported with intervals at the drive shaft 2, and stators 5 arranged so as to be opposed to plate faces 10a at lower peripheral edges of the circular plates 10 and each having inclined faces 5b that cause a gap between the plate faces 10a of the circular plates 10 to become narrower toward peripheral edges of the plate faces 10a.

Abstract: A discharge lamp includes a luminous bulb in which a luminous material is enclosed and a pair of electrodes are opposed in the luminous bulb; and a pair of sealing portions for sealing a pair of metal foils electrically connected to the pair of electrodes, respectively. At least one of the pair of metal foils has a twist structure.

Abstract: An interactive apparatus 1 which is able to decide on an action pattern in accordance with health conditions of a user without a necessity of putting a biometric sensor on a human body is provided. The interactive apparatus 1 comprises: detection means 50b for detecting a health condition of a user; deciding means 50c for deciding on an action pattern in accordance with the health condition of the user; execution instructing means 50g for instructing execution of the action pattern; offering means 50e for making an offer of the action pattern to the user with a speech before instructing execution of the action pattern; and determination means 50f for determining whether an answer of the user to the offered action pattern is an answer to accept the offered action pattern or not. The execution instructing means 50g instructs execution of the offered action pattern when the answer of the user is determined to be the answer to accept the offered action pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device has a nonvolatile memory cell to which data writing operation is limited to a predetermined logic value. In the case of rewriting data “10101010” written in a first memory core to data “01010101”, since the data writing operation includes writing of a logic value “1” opposite to the predetermined logic value, an erasing operation is needed and the data writing is regulated. By rewriting a pointer value stored in a pointer memory in place of performing the erasing operation, an operation of switching a memory core to be selected to a second memory core (data “11111111”) is performed. Data is newly written into the second memory core selected by the rewritten pointer value.

Abstract: A complex comprising at least one substance selected from the group consisting of an osteoclastogenesis inhibitory factor, an analogue thereof and a variant thereof, which is bound to at least one substance selected from the group consisting of a polysaccharide and a polysaccharide derivative. The complex has a prolonged retention in the bloodstream after administration, making it useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of bone metabolic diseases.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory includes at least a first electrode (71) and a second electrode (72) provided on a substrate, the first and second electrodes being separated from each other, and a conductive organic thin film (73) for electrically connecting the first and second electrodes. The conductive organic thin film (73) has a first electric state in which it exhibits a first resistance, and a second electric state in which it exhibits a second resistance. A first threshold voltage for a transition from the first electric state to the second electric state, and a second threshold voltage for a transition from the second electric state to the first electric state are different from each other, and either the first electric state or the second electric state is maintained a voltage in a range between the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage.

Abstract: An Al film is formed on a cap wafer and the Al film is patterned into a ring-shaped film. Dry etching is performed by using the ring-shaped film as a mask to form a drum portion enclosing a recess portion to provide a vacuum dome. After forming a depth of cut into the substrate portion of the cap wafer, the cap wafer is placed on a main body wafer having an infrared area sensor formed thereon. Then, the ring-shaped film of the cap wafer and the ring-shaped film of the main body wafer are joined to each other by pressure bonding to form a ring-shaped joining portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor device provided with a thin-film transistor comprising a polycrystalline semiconductor thin film (2) formed on an insulating substrate (100). The semiconductor device comprises a channel region (80), a source region (91), and a drain region (92), each disposed on both sides of the channel region (80) in the semiconductor thin film (100). The channel region (90) comprises both a first conductive impurity and a second conductive impurity, the conductive type of the second conductive impurity being opposite the conductive type of the first conductive impurity, and is structured by layering a first layer in which the first conductive impurity and the second conductive impurity are canceled and a second layer in which either of the first conductive impurity or the second conductive impurity is dominant, wherein a gate electrode (4) is formed so as to face the first layer (2a) via an insulating film (3).

Abstract: A head support mechanism includes a head and a slider for carrying the head, the head being caused to track by main driver, wherein the head support mechanism further includes sub-driving device including a thin film and causing the head to have a micro-movement; and the sub-driving device causes the head to have a micro-movement by utilizing flexural deformation of the thin film.