Abstract: There is provided a transmitter receiver apparatus in which a directional coupler and single pole double throw (SPDT) switches are includes on the reception side. In the directional coupler, a reception signal is inputted and split into two signals having phases different from each other by 90° and the two split signals are outputted to SPDTs. Each of the SPDTs outputs each of the split signals to an output terminal connected to an amplifier during a passage mode and to a terminal terminated with a predetermined impedance during a blocking mode.

Abstract: A tool radius adjusting device executes an operation for adjusting the tool radius of a boring holder in parallel with execution of a machining program for executing an operation of a spindle head and an operation of a tool changer. A carrier control unit determines whether the tool changer is executing a tool changing process. When the tool changing process is not being executed, the carrier control unit allows the carrier device to execute an operation for picking the boring holder out from the tool magazine and an operation for returning the boring holder, of which the tool radius has been adjusted, to the tool magazine.

Abstract: A fuel distribution apparatus for a V-type engine wherein first and second throttle bodies connected to first and second banks disposed in a V shape, respectively, are disposed therebetween and a main fuel distribution pipe for distributing fuel from a common fuel supply system is connected to first and second fuel injection valves provided in the first and second throttle bodies, respectively, is configured such that the fuel distribution pipe is formed from first and second distribution pipes separate from each other and connected to the first and second fuel injection valves and besides fastened to the first and second throttle bodies, respectively, a joint pipe connects the fuel supply to the first or second distribution pipes. Communication conduit connects the first and second distribution pipes.

Abstract: In a single-wire data communication characterized in that a data communication unit time is different in accordance with the polarity of a signal, a communication control time is dependent on a communication data pattern, and hence, the control of the whole system is difficult. A counter for counting a clock continues the counting until a count value thereby obtained reaches a predetermined upper limit value, retains the predetermined upper limit value as the count value until a next pulse is detected in a reception signal after the count value reaches the predetermined upper limit value, and initializes the count value when the next pulse is detected. A data value judger judges a data value depending on whether or not the pulse is detected during a period before the time when the count value reaches the predetermined upper limit value.

Abstract: A distortion compensating apparatus includes following units. An information measuring unit measures a distortion component and an electric power component based on a radiation signal. A compensation coefficient calculating unit calculates a compensation coefficient based on the distortion component and the electric power component. A signal transmitting unit outputs a signal corrected by the compensation coefficient as a transmission signal. A signal converting unit converts the transmission signal into a high frequency signal. An amplitude separating unit amplifies the high frequency signal and separates a portion thereof as a signal to be fed back. A feeding-back unit processes the portion and outputs the result as a feedback signal to the information measuring unit.

Abstract: A method for efficiently amplifying abnormal prion protein (PrPSc) derived from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is provided. Ultimately, the invention aims at eradicating the transmission of a prion disease by detecting a BSE-infected cow early and developing a method for inactivating prions and permitting early examination of prion inactivation. Provided is a method for efficiently amplifying PrPSc derived from BSE, wherein the method is based on a PMCA (protein misfolding cyclic amplification) method in which normal prion protein (PrPC) is used as a source and PrPSc is used as a seed, and PrPSc derived from BSE is amplified by stir-mixing, incubating, and sonicating both the PrPC and the PrPSc repeatedly, and wherein the method includes performing stir-mixing-incubation-sonication in the presence of a polysaccharide sulfate.

Abstract: A boring holder in a tool radius adjusting system is provided with a cutting blade and fine and coarse motion adjusting mechanisms each capable of adjusting the position of the cutting blade relative to a rotational axis of the boring holder. The tool radius adjusting system is provided with a tool radius measuring device for measuring the tool radius of the boring holder and a controller configured to calculate a compensation amount based on a tool radius measured by the tool radius measuring device and a target tool radius and to operate the fine and coarse motion adjusting mechanisms based on the compensation amount so that the tool radius is brought into agreement with the target tool radius.

Abstract: In order to provide a method for manufacturing a single crystal SiC substrate that can obtain an SiC layer with good crystallinity, an Si substrate 1 having a surface Si layer 3 of a predetermined thickness and an embedded insulating layer 4 is prepared, and when the Si substrate 1 is heated in a carbon-series gas atmosphere to convert the surface Si layer 3 into a single crystal SiC layer 6, surface Si layer 3 into a single crystal SIC layer 6, the Si layer in the vicinity of an interface 8 with the embedded insulating layer 4 is left as a residual Si layer 5.

Abstract: An audio playback device includes an interruption-information storage memory which holds frame information at the time of an interruption of playback, a compressed-stream control section which calculates a start position of reading the compressed stream from a recording medium, and reads the compressed stream accordingly, a compressed-stream decode section which decodes the compressed audio stream and transmits decoding information on the frame to the compressed-stream control section as additional resume information, and an output control section which outputs a decoding result. When playback is restarted after an interruption, playback can be restarted without any section not played back in terms of time and without any frequency range not played back, by calculating the start position of reading the compressed stream based on both the additional resume information and the frame information at the time of the interruption, and by reading the compressed stream accordingly.

Abstract: A liner solenoid comprising: liner solenoid portion, comprising: a coil; a cylindrical movable core which is attracted toward a fixed core when the coil is energized; and a cylindrical yoke which surrounds an outer circumference surface of the movable core, wherein the movable core has a shaft-less structure, a first plain bearing and a second plain bearing for slidably supporting both ends of the movable core are provided respectively at both ends of a cylindrical yoke along its axis, and the first plain bearing and the second plain bearing are provided to be projected from the inner circumference surface of the cylindrical yoke by a predetermined length T toward the movable core.

Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device includes: an element isolation region configured to be formed in a semiconductor substrate; a P-type field effect transistor configured to be formed in a first element formation region of the semiconductor substrate for which isolation by the element isolation region is carried out; an N-type substrate region configured to be formed in the semiconductor substrate for which isolation by the element isolation region is carried out, arsenic being ion-implanted into the N-type substrate region; a nickel silicide layer configured to be formed on the N-type substrate region; a first insulating film configured to cover the P-type field effect transistor and have compressive stress; and a second insulating film configured to cover the N-type substrate region and have tensile stress or compressive stress lower than the compressive stress of the first insulating film.

Abstract: A single crystal SiC substrate is produced with low cost in which a polycrystalline SiC substrate with relatively low cost is used as a base material substrate where the single crystal SiC substrate has less strain, good crystallinity and large size. The method including a P-type ion introduction step for implanting P-type ions from a side of a surface Si layer 3 into an SOI substrate 1 in which the surface Si layer 3 and an embedded oxide layer 4 having a predetermined thickness are foamed on an Si base material layer 2 to convert the embedded oxide layer 4 into a PSG layer 6 to lower a softening point, and an SiC forming step for heating the SOI substrate 1 having the PSG layer 6 formed therein in an atmosphere of hydrocarbon-based gas to convert the surface Si layer 3 into SiC, and thereafter, cooling the resulting substrate to foam a single crystal SiC layer 5 on a surface thereof.

Abstract: In a single-wire data communication characterized in that a data communication unit time is different in accordance with the polarity of a signal, a communication control time is dependent on a communication data pattern, and hence, the control of the whole system is difficult. A counter for counting a clock continues the counting until a count value thereby obtained reaches a predetermined upper limit value, retains the predetermined upper limit value as the count value until a next pulse is detected in a reception signal after the count value reaches the predetermined upper limit value, and initializes the count value when the next pulse is detected. A data value judger judges a data value depending on whether or not the pulse is detected during a period before the time when the count value reaches the predetermined upper limit value.

Abstract: A packet forwarding apparatus with a function of registering packet forwarding control information for each user terminal into a user management table during PPPoE connection and authentication phases in which the apparatus carries out predetermined communication procedures with each user terminal. During DHCP and IP forwarding phases following the authentication phase, the packet forwarding apparatus controls packet forwarding based on the user management table. Packets are forwarded in the form of PPPoE frame until the authentication phase is completed and packets are forwarded in the form of Ethernet frame in the DHCP and IP forwarding phases.

Abstract: The migration of telephone services by a telecommunications carrier from a PSTN to an IP network entails that problem that when it is not possible for some telephone subscribers to migrate to the IP network due to the types of their telephone lines or services they subscribe to, other subscribers also cannot migrate to the IP network until the former subscribers migrate to the IP network. The present invention provides a media gateway that enables a gradual transition from a PSTN to an IP network on a subscriber-by-subscriber basis or on a service-by-service basis so that a telecommunications carrier can efficiently migrate its subscribers while continuing to provide the services the subscribers currently use and reducing burdens on the subscribers.

Abstract: In a mobile communication system having an ATM-processed transfer path, a non-instantaneous interrupt handover can be realized. In a mobile communication network including an ATM-processed transfer path, when a mobile station is moved between cells during communication, frames are received to be identified by a mobile switching center. The frames contain the same data received from both base stations covering the cell range at asynchronous timing different from each other. A selection is made of header information with the lowest error rate from the header information of these frames. The frames are connected at instructed timing. Also, the frames to be transmitted to a plurality of base stations are duplicated, and then transmission timing is specified from these header information. These duplicated frames are transmitted at the specified transmission timing, so that the non-instantaneous interrupt handover is carried out.

Abstract: A storage battery includes: a bottomed metal case (10) accommodating an electrolyte and a collector (7) having a flat plate connected to one side of an electrode assembly (5) containing a strip-shaped positive electrode plate (1), a strip-shaped negative electrode plate (2), and a separator (6); a sealing plate (11) sealing upside of the bottomed metal case; and a lead terminal (9) electrically connecting the sealing plate to the collector, wherein the collector has at least one projection (13) and the collector and the lead terminal are electrically connected with each other via the projection. This construction eliminates the problem of increased contact resistance between the lead terminal and the collector and realizes a storage battery having high current discharging performance in which the contact resistance is reduced.

Abstract: A film forming apparatus is provided that can prevent source gases from reacting together before reaching the substrate being processed in the apparatus, minimize the influence of the radiation heat from the substrate, and make the gas behavior in the reaction chamber better for crystal film formation. The apparatus forms a film on a surface of a heated substrate 5 by causing a first source gas and a second source gas to react together. The apparatus has a processing chamber 1, in which the substrate 5 is placed. The processing chamber 1 is divided into a heating chamber 1a and a reaction chamber 1b by at least the substrate 5 so that the substrate surface can be exposed to the source gases in the reaction chamber 1b. The apparatus further has an exhaust duct 7, through which the exhaust gas can be discharged. The exhaust duct 7 faces the exposed substrate surface and connects with the reaction chamber 1b.

Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a first engagement member moving in association with an upper arm, a second engagement member pivotally moved between a first position and a second position for pivotally moving the upper arm from a first pivot position to a second pivot position and retaining the upper arm at the second position by an engagement between the first engagement member and an engagement portion of the second engagement member, and a tilting mechanism releasing a lock of a reclining mechanism for pivotally moving the upper arm to a third pivot position. The seat apparatus further includes a retaining mechanism provided at the second engagement member for retaining the second engagement member at the first position against a biasing force of a biasing mechanism for biasing the second engagement member in a direction from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: A V-type internal combustion engine includes a crankcase, a crankshaft disposed in the crankcase, and first and second banks operatively attached to the crankcase. The engine also includes a throttle body, an electric motor and a force-transmitting device arranged between the first and second banks. The force-transmitting device is disposed adjacent the front bank with respect to the throttle body. The force-transmitting device is disposed on a non-transmitting portion side opposite to a side where a timing mechanism is located with respect to a branch pipe of an intake air routing pipe, which supplies intake air into a cylinder adjacent to the timing mechanism of the first bank. An electric motor for operating the throttle valve is provided in the throttle body, and fuel injection valves are arranged between the banks.