Abstract: In a class AB CMOS output circuit provided with a CMOS circuit including first P and N channel transistors and operating by a predetermined operating current Io, a replica circuit is formed on a semiconductor substrate of the CMOS circuit, and includes a second P channel transistor having a size equal or similar to that of the first P channel transistor, and a second N channel transistor having a size equal or similar to that of the first N channel transistor. A bias voltage supply allows the second P and N channel transistors to operate based on a reference current Iref corresponding to the operating current Io, applies a first bias voltage as applied to the second P channel transistor to the first P channel transistor, and applies a second bias voltage as applied to the second N channel transistor to the first N channel transistor.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor integrated circuit layout design method of laying out standard cells by using a layout apparatus including an input unit, an arithmetic unit, and a storage unit, comprising, causing the arithmetic unit to calculate an area necessary for layout of each standard cell by using data about a plurality of kinds of standard cells having different heights in a row direction, which is stored in the storage unit in advance, causing the arithmetic unit to calculate the numbers of stages of row regions having heights corresponding to the standard cells on the basis of the calculated area, and causing the arithmetic unit to lay out the standard cells in the corresponding row regions.

Abstract: A wireless communication system, a wireless terminal and a wireless communication method which can realize a high throughput even when communication is performed between plural terminal pairs are provided. A wireless communication system according to the present invention includes a wireless LAN base station and plural terminals which mutually communicate through the wireless LAN base station, each of the terminals includes a communication unit operable to perform inter-terminal direct communication with an other terminal, using a second wireless channel that is different from a first wireless channel, the first wireless channel being used in wireless communication with the base station, the inter-terminal direct communication being communication that bypasses the wireless LAN base station.

Abstract: Relates to a fixing device comprising a fixing part for fixing toner to a paper, and a separation mechanism to separate paper P from fixing body, separation mechanism has a separation member 12 with a shaft member 17 and a separation pawl 16, and a first urging mechanism 19 for urging separation pawl 16 to approach fixing body 2. To improve the device to suitably separate even a firmly adhered paper without damaging fixing body, a second urging mechanism 28 is provided for urging shaft member 17 toward initial position. Resultant force of pressing forces by two urging member 19, 28 is set such that shaft member 17 will be moved to the retracted position by a jammed paper P, and in a normal state, shaft member 17 will be prevented from moving to the retracted position even if paper P has a high adhesive force.

Abstract: A component mounting structure mounting a press component with the press component in a condition of elastic pressing against a pressed article, and comprising an intermediate fixing member mounted on a fixing frame supporting the pressed article and capable of position adjustment in a direction of pressing of the press component against the pressed article; a fixing connection part, supporting the press component, mounted on the intermediate fixing member, and capable of position adjustment in the same direction as the direction of pressing; a setting part setting a distance of separation between the fixing connection part and the pressed article within a prescribed range; a first fixing mechanism fixing a position of the intermediate fixing member with respect to the fixing frame; and a second fixing mechanism fixing a position of the fixing connection part with respect to the intermediate fixing member.

Abstract: A transflective type liquid crystal display has display side members; rear side members which include a diffuse reflector layer with apertures, and a glass substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the display side members and the rear side members, wherein on the opposite side from the diffuse reflector layer, the glass substrate has aperture-forming lenses used for exposure and removal during formation of the apertures of the diffuse reflector layer, and a flattening layer used to flatten a concave and convex surface produced by the aperture-forming lenses. This makes it possible to implement a transflective type liquid crystal display with excellent visibility regardless of whether an external light or internal lighting source is used.

Abstract: The present invention was investigated for the purpose of providing a binder resin for toner which is excellent in the low temperature fixing property which can cope with the development of high-speed copier machines, and is excellent in the offset resistance, blocking resistance, pulverizability and development durability. As a result, it was found that the purpose could be achieved by using, as a binder resin for toner, a resin that can be obtained from at least three different vinyl polymers with different molecular weight, contents of functional groups, and preferably from a crosslinking agent having the vinyl polymer structure, and that contains a specific gel component. This resin has excellent melting property at low temperatures, and has suitable performance as a material for toner and a toner in high-speed copier machines.

Abstract: A member mounting arrangement mounts a proximity mounting member to a proximity object at a predetermined position relative thereto. The arrangement includes an intermediate fixing member attached to a fixing frame supporting the proximity object, the intermediate fixing member being adjustable in position in a direction to/from the proximity object, a fixing connecting portion attached to the intermediate fixing member while supporting the proximity mounting member, the fixing connecting portion being adjustable in position in the same direction as above, a regulating portion for regulating a separating distance between the proximity mounting member and the proximity object to a predetermined range, a first fixing portion for fixing the intermediate fixing member in position relative to the fixing frame, and a second fixing portion for fixing the fixing connecting portion in position relative to the intermediate fixing member.

Abstract: Disclosed is a binder resin for a toner which contains a styrene-acrylic resin having a gel component and a small amount of a volatile component. Also disclosed are a method for producing the binder resin and a toner employing the binder resin. A binder resin (A) for a toner contains a styrene-acrylic resin having a structure derived from a carboxyl group and a structure derived from a glycidyl group, wherein the content (AIS) of a gel component is 1 mass %?AIS?50 mass % and the content (AVO) of a volatile component in the resin is AVO?200 ppm.

Abstract: To provide a blade server capable of expanding disks of any servers in one chassis, the blade server has one or more server modules, one or more storage modules, a management module for managing the whole of the server, and a back plane via which a signal is transmitted among the modules wherein the server modules, the storage modules, and the management module are installed in slots. The server modules and the storage modules are interconnected via a disk interface on the back plane. Each of the server modules and the storage modules has a module management unit that controls a power in the its own module, and the module management unit controls the power in the its own module according to a power control signal sent from the management module.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a binder resin for a toner which is excellent in fixing properties and offset resistance even when used in a high-speed copier and is also excellent in suitability for grindability, development durability and the like, and a toner for electrophotography. The binder resin for a toner comprises a resin which is obtained by mixing a vinyl polymer with a crosslinked resin obtained by reacting a vinyl polymer having a specific molecular weight and a specific content of a functional group with a crosslinking agent, and which has a specific gel portion. As a result, the above object has been achieved. A toner using the binder resin is excellent in performances including fixing properties and the like even when used in a high-speed copier. Even when continuously used for a long time in a copier, the toner gives electrophotographic prints with satisfactory reproduction.

Abstract: In a chopper amplifier circuit operable at a low voltage utilizing a switched operational amplifier, a chopper modulator chopper-modulates an input signal according to a predetermined control signal, and outputs a chopper-modulated signal. An amplifier circuit constituted by the switched operational amplifier amplifies the chopper-modulated signal outputted from the chopper modulator, and outputs an amplified chopper-modulated signal. A chopper-demodulator of the switched operational amplifier chopper-demodulates the amplified chopper-modulated signal outputted from the amplifier circuit according to the control signal, and outputs a demodulated output signal as a chopper-amplified output signal from an output terminal. A chopper modulator chopper-modulates a demodulated signal outputted from the chopper demodulator according to the control signal, and outputs a chopper-modulated signal to an input terminal of the amplifier circuit.

Abstract: An inventive substrate processing apparatus comprises a substrate holding mechanism which generally horizontally holds a substrate and rotates the substrate about a generally vertical rotation axis, a process liquid supplying mechanism for supplying a process liquid to the substrate held by the substrate holding mechanism, a first guide portion provided around the substrate holding mechanism and having an upper edge portion extending toward the rotation axis for guiding the process liquid scattered from the substrate rotated by the substrate holding mechanism to cause the process liquid to flow down, a second guide portion provided around the substrate holding mechanism outside the first guide portion and having an upper edge portion extending toward the rotation axis as vertically overlapping with the upper edge portion of the first guide portion for guiding the process liquid scattered from the substrate rotated by the substrate holding mechanism to cause the process liquid to flow down, a recovery channel

Abstract: In a substrate treating unit, a removal liquid supplying mechanism supplies a removal liquid to the surface of a substrate. In order to retain the removal liquid on the surface of the substrate for a fixed time, a spin chuck is operated to spin the substrate at such a low speed as to retain the removal liquid on the substrate, or spins the substrate intermittently, or temporarily stops spinning of the substrate. Thus, treatment with the removal liquid progresses without a further supply of the removal liquid, thereby restraining consumption of the removal liquid.

Abstract: A method for determining a measurement time period for measuring a propagation environment in a wireless station set having a plurality of wireless stations, between which wireless communication is made using a channel selected from a plurality of channels different in frequency. The method includes the steps of: obtaining a measurement time period in another wireless station set having a plurality of wireless stations; and determining the measurement time period in the own wireless station set so as to have a time period that does not overlap the obtained measurement time period.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface. First wells of first conductive type are formed on the semiconductor substrate. Second wells of second conductive type are formed on the semiconductor substrate. The first wells surround each of the second wells on the first surface. The second wells surround each of the first wells on the first surface. One of the first wells and one of the second wells which are adjacent to each other compose a well pair. An inverter pair is composed of a first inverter and a second inverter. An input and an output of the first inverter are electrically connected to an output and an input of the second inverter respectively. Transistors composing the inverter pair are formed in the well pair.

Abstract: In a substrate treating unit, a removal liquid supplying mechanism supplies a removal liquid to the surface of a substrate. In order to retain the removal liquid on the surface of the substrate for a fixed time, a spin chuck is operated to spin the substrate at such a low speed as to retain the removal liquid on the substrate, or spins the substrate intermittently, or temporarily stops spinning of the substrate. Thus, treatment with the removal liquid progresses without a further supply of the removal liquid, thereby restraining consumption of the removal liquid.

Abstract: A server system has, in addition to extensibility of scale-out type of a braid server system, extensibility of scaleup type by making SMP coupling among nodes. Each node has a unit for SMP coupling to other nodes and a module management unit of each node responds to system configuration information to switch between mode in which the node operates singularly as a braid server and mode in which the node operates as a constituent module of an SMP server. Links among individual nodes are laid through equidistant wiring lines on a back plane and besides a loop wiring line having length equal to that of the inter-node link on back plane is also laid in each node, thereby setting up synchronization among nodes. Each node has a reference clock distribution unit mounted on back plane and adapted to distribute reference clocks to individual nodes and by switching reference clocks by a clock distributor inside each node, synchronization of reference clocks for SMP coupled nodes can be established.

Abstract: In a class AB CMOS output circuit provided with a CMOS circuit including first P and N channel transistors and operating by a predetermined operating current Io, a replica circuit is formed on a semiconductor substrate of the CMOS circuit, and includes a second P channel transistor having a size equal or similar to that of the first P channel transistor, and a second N channel transistor having a size equal or similar to that of the first N channel transistor. A bias voltage supply allows the second P and N channel transistors to operate based on a reference current Iref corresponding to the operating current Io, applies a first bias voltage as applied to the second P channel transistor to the first P channel transistor, and applies a second bias voltage as applied to the second N channel transistor to the first N channel transistor.