Abstract: Disclosed herein is a false lock detection circuit including: a data signal input section receiving an input of a data signal; a clock signal input section receiving an input of a clock signal generated from the data signal; a pattern detector obtaining the data signal on a basis of the clock signal, and detecting a data pattern in which adjacent pieces of data at at least three consecutive bits differ from each other; a phase period shift detector detecting a shift between periods of phases at a change point of the data signal and a change point of the clock signal; and a determining section determining whether a false lock has occurred on a basis of results of detection of the pattern detector and the phase period shift detector.

Abstract: A monitor device is equipped with an external communication section and an information extraction section, which receive position information from a reader/writer that calculates position information of a RFID tag that was disposed on each of plural articles or users, and a specifying section which specifies a combination of a user and an article which enter/leave in/from a safekeeping room concurrently, on the basis of the received position information, and therefore, it is possible to specify a combination of a user and an article which enter/leave in/from the safekeeping room with high precision.

Abstract: A novel process for preparing tumor-specific T cells is disclosed. According to the invention, antitumor-active, tumor-specific T cells are prepared by transducing a TCR gene from a tumor-specific CTL into antitumor-active T cells that have been nonspecifically activated, thus enabling tumor-specific cellular immunotherapy to be carried out from even small amounts of blood. MHC class I-restricted, tumor-specific Th cells are obtained by the method, allowing for the production of cells that react with tumor cells expressing an MHC class I molecule and show a helper activity and an antitumor activity.

Abstract: Provided is an image display apparatus, including: a vacuum container which includes an electron source and an anode electrode opposed to the electron source; and an ion pump arranged so as to communicate through the vacuum container, in which: an ion pump container is composed of a non-electroconductive material; and an electroconductive film is formed on an external surface of the vacuum container on a side on which the ion pump container is mounted or on an internal surface of the ion pump container. The image display apparatus achieves: a reduction in weight of the ion pump; an improvement in compatibility to the vacuum container; and the prevention of an adverse effect of discharge inside the ion pump on image display.

Abstract: The evacuated envelope of an image display apparatus has a rear substrate, a front substrate opposing the rear substrate, and a sidewall interposed between the rear and front substrates. A phosphor screen is formed on the inner surface of the front substrate. Electron-emitting elements are provided on the rear substrate. An indium layer is formed on a sealing surface lying between the front substrate and the sidewall. When the indium layer is heated and melted in a vacuum atmosphere, the front and rear substrates are sealed to each other, with the sidewall interposed between them.

Abstract: Provided is an image display apparatus including: a vacuum container having an electron source enclosed therein for displaying an image; an ion pump communicating with the vacuum container for discharging air therefrom and decreasing pressure therein; and a resistor connected in series with the ion pump with respect to a power supply for driving the ion pump. Even if internal resistance of the ion pump undergoes order-of-magnitude changes according to its operating state, current consumption can be suppressed and the ion pump can be driven efficiently.

Abstract: A method of operating a fuel cell including a fuel electrode, an oxidant electrode, and an electrolyte layer having hydrogen ion conductivity sandwiched between the fuel electrode and the oxidant electrode, so that the fuel cell generates electricity as a result of an electrochemical reaction between a fuel and an oxidant. Each time the fuel cell is started from a non-operating condition, the fuel is supplied to the fuel electrode with the fuel electrode and the oxidant electrode electrically interconnected to produce hydrogen at the oxidant electrode by provoking electrochemical reactions expressed by the chemical equations H2?2H++2e? and 2H++2e??H2 at the fuel electrode and the oxidant electrode, respectively, reducing oxides on the oxidant electrode, using the hydrogen produced at the oxidant electrode. Then, the oxidant is supplied to the oxidant electrode to begin normal continuing operation of the fuel cell.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an envelope which has a front substrate and a rear substrate opposed to each other and individually having peripheral edge portions sealed together. A sealed portion is sealed by a sealing member. the sealing member has electrical conductivity and melts when supplied with current. After the sealing member in the sealed portion is supplied with current and melted during manufacture, the current supply is stopped to cool and solidify the sealing member, whereupon the respective peripheral edge portions of the front substrate and the rear substrate are selected together.

Abstract: A laser level includes: a covering; a stand on which the covering is mounted; a laser unit provided in a space surrounded by the covering and the stand; and a radiation window, provided in the covering, through which a laser beam emitted from the laser unit is radiated to an exterior of the covering. The laser level includes removal means which removes moisture in the space.

Abstract: A front substrate of an image display device has a phosphor screen and a metal back layer superposed on the phosphor screen. A plurality of electron emitting elements which emit electrons toward the phosphor screen are located on a rear substrate opposed to the front substrate. The metal back layer has a region which corresponds to the phosphor screen and is divided by gaps g1 in a first direction and gaps g2 in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction such that there are relations g1<g2, and ?g1<?g2, where ?g1 and ?g2 are sheet resistances at the gaps g1 and g2, respectively.

Abstract: In a flat image display device in which a first substrate having phosphor layers formed on an inner surface thereof and a second substrate having electron emitting elements which excite the phosphor layers are located opposite each other with a gap therebetween, the plate thickness of the second substrate is made smaller than the plate thickness of the first substrate. The second substrate is formed thinner than the first substrate so that it is more flexible. Even if spacers are subject to variation in height, therefore, the first and second substrates can be securely brought into contact with the spacers, whereby gaps between the spacers and the substrates can be eliminated, and electric discharge between the first and second substrates can be restrained.

Abstract: An SED is formed by sealing a front-side substrate provided with an image display area having a fluorescent layer on its inside surface, and a back-side substrate provided with a plurality of electron-emitting elements and driving wires for driving the electron-emitting elements, through a rectangular frame-like sidewall. On the outside of the image display area of the front-side substrate, frame-like power supply wiring to apply a high voltage to the image display area through a metal back is formed. In the area of the back-side substrate opposite to the power supply wiring, a bypass member to function as a lightning rod is provided electrically independent of a lower wire.

Abstract: An image display unit having a structure in which a heat-resisting fine particle layer is formed on a metal back layer disposed on a phosphor layer, and a getter layer is deposited/formed on the heat-resisting fine particle layer by vapor-depositing. The fine particle layer is desirably formed in a specified pattern, and a filmy getter layer is formed in a pattern complementary to the former pattern. The average particle size of heat-resisting fine particles which may use SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3 is 5 nm to 30 ?m. Since abnormal discharging is restricted, the destruction and deterioration of an electron emitting element and a phosphor screen are prevented to provide a high-brightness, high-grade display.

Abstract: A clock generator is configured to generate, on the basis of an oscillation frequency clock of a voltage-controlled oscillator, a first signal having a phase the same as the oscillation frequency clock, a second signal having a phase delayed by a first phase amount to the first signal and a third signal having a phase delayed by a second phase amount to the first signal. A phase detection circuit is configured to provide a phase control on the basis of a phase difference between the third signal and an input signal. A frequency detection circuit is configured to sample the first and second signals synchronously with the input signal, thereby performing a frequency control for the voltage-controlled oscillator on the basis of the sampled signals.

Abstract: An intermediate layer is disposed between respective gas diffusing layers and catalyst layers of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell. This intermediate layer is mainly an electron-conductive filler and a binder, and has voids that are continuous in a thickness direction inside the intermediate layer, the intermediate layer has a solid volume percentage that is at least 3 percent and no larger than 30 percent, and a volume ratio occupied by voids that have a void diameter that is at least 1 ?m and no larger than 30 ?m of at least 50 percent of overall intermediate layer volume.

Abstract: A field-effect transistor includes a silicon layer formed on an insulating film, a first-conductivity-type base and a second-conductivity-type source layers formed in the silicon layer being adjacent to each other, a second-conductivity-type drain layer formed in the silicon layer being separated from the source layer with the base layer being interposed therebetween, a gate-to-drain offset layer formed between the base and drain layers, having a resistance higher than that of the base layer, and a gate electrode formed on at least a surface of the base layer via a gate insulating film wherein the silicon layer in which the base layer is formed is a strained silicon layer.

Abstract: A monitor device is equipped with an external communication section and an information extraction section, which receive position information from a reader/writer that calculates position information of a RFID tag that was disposed on each of plural articles or users, and a specifying section which specifies a combination of a user and an article which enter/leave in/from a safekeeping room concurrently, on the basis of the received position information, and therefore, it is possible to specify a combination of a user and an article which enter/leave in/from the safekeeping room with high precision.

Abstract: A transistor comprises: an insulating layer; a semiconductor layer provided on a major surface of the insulating layer; a gate insulating layer provided on the base region; and a gate electrode provided on the gate insulating layer. The semiconductor layer has a source portion having a plurality of source regions of a first conductivity type and a plurality of base contact regions of a second conductivity type, the source regions being alternated with the base contact regions, a drain portion of the first conductivity type, and a base region of the second conductivity type provided between the source portion and the drain portion, the base region being in contact with the source regions and the base contact regions. A junction between the source regions and the base region is closer to the drain portion side than a junction between the base contact regions and the base region.

Abstract: An image display unit having a structure in which a heat-resisting fine particle layer is formed on a metal back layer disposed on a phosphor layer, and a getter layer is deposited/formed on the heat-resisting fine particle layer by vapor-depositing. The fine particle layer is desirably formed in a specified pattern, and a filmy getter layer is formed in a pattern complementary to the former pattern. The average particle size of heat-resisting fine particles which may use SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3 is 5 nm to 30 ?m. Since abnormal discharging is restricted, the destruction and deterioration of an electron emitting element and a phosphor screen are prevented to provide a high-brightness, high-grade display.

Abstract: In various aspects, an optical coupling device may include a light emitting element configured to emit an optical signal; a photo receiving element having a serial connected of photo diodes, the photo receiving element configured to receive the optical signal and generate an electrical signal; and a control circuit having an active element, a source and a drain of the active element connected to both ends of the photo receiving element; wherein the breakdown voltage of the control circuit is no more than an open circuit voltage of the photo receiving element.