Abstract: A capacitor having a high quality and a manufacturing method of the same are provided. A capacitor has a lower electrode formed on an oxide film, a dielectric layer formed on the lower electrode, an upper electrode formed so as to face the lower electrode with the dielectric layer between, and an upper electrode formed so as to cover the upper electrode, an opening portion of the upper electrode and an opening portion of the dielectric layer. By forming the upper electrode on the dielectric layer, it is possible to pattern the dielectric layer by using the upper electrode as a mask, and provide a capacitor having a high-quality dielectric layer by preventing impurity diffusion into the dielectric layer. By forming the upper electrode on the dielectric layer, it is possible to prevent the dielectric layer from being exposed to etching liquid, liquid developer, etc.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging element, a RAM, an adding synthesizing unit, and a high dynamic range synthesizing means. The imaging element captures an image of a subject and generates image data. The RAM temporarily stores plural pieces of image data that have been consecutively captured by the imaging element. The adding synthesizing means adds and synthesizes the plural pieces of image data stored in the RAM to generate synthesized image data. The high dynamic range synthesizing means synthesizes one of the plural pieces of image data with the synthesized image data to generate high dynamic range image data and outputs the generated high dynamic range image data.

Abstract: An image-capturing device includes: an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject; a selection unit that selects, as a reference image, a single image from among a plurality of images that have been captured in succession by the image-capturing unit; a calculation unit that calculates an amount of positional deviation between the reference image and each of the plurality of images other than the reference image; and a generation unit that generates a combined image by positionally aligning and then combining the reference image and those ones of the plurality of images whose amounts of positional deviation are less than or equal to a predetermined amount of deviation. The selection unit selects the reference image so that the number of images for which the amount of positional deviation is less than or equal to the predetermined amount of deviation becomes large.

Abstract: A camera includes: an image-capturing unit; a storage unit; a positional deviation amount determination unit that determines an amount of positional deviation in each of a plurality of frame images; an image composition unit that positionally matches the frame images based upon the results of determination and performs additive composition; a decision unit that decides whether or not each of the frame images is suitable for a subject for the additive composition; and a control unit that, if a negative decision is reached for at least one of the frame images, selects as a source image a frame image decided as suitable, takes a duplicate image as a subject for the additive composition instead of the frame image decided to be negative, and controls the image composition unit so as to perform the additive composition while relatively shifting one of the duplicate and the source image by a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion includes (A) abrasive grains, (B) an organic acid, and (C1) copper ions or (C2) at least one kind of metal atoms selected from Ta, Ti, and Rb, the chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion including the copper ions (C1) at a concentration of 1×101 to 2×105 ppm, or including the at least one kind of metal atoms (C2) selected from Ta, Ti, and Rb at a concentration of 1×10?1 to 1×103 ppm.

Abstract: A dielectric film capacitor includes a lower electrode having an opening and formed of a material including platinum, a dielectric film provided over the lower electrode and including an oxide having an ABOx crystal structure, and an upper electrode provided over the dielectric film. The planar area of the lower electrode is 50% or more of the area of a formation region of the dielectric film. A dielectric film capacitor includes a lower electrode formed of a material including platinum and having a thickness of 10 to 100 nm, a dielectric film provided over the lower electrode and including an oxide having an ABOx crystal structure, and an upper electrode provided over the dielectric film.

Abstract: An image processing device can explicitly distinguish cells to be observed from cells other than those to be observed with a simple configuration. To this end, the image processing device includes a color information obtaining part obtaining at least hue from color information of each pixel of a color image, a detecting part detecting a mode value of the hue on a color space, a range setting part setting a predetermined range on the color space including the mode value of the hue detected by the detecting part as a target range, a changing part changing hue of a pixel included in the target range by virtually performing extension on the target range, and an information converting part converting color information of a pixel having hue not included in the target range into color information indicative of an achromatic color.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes an imaging device and an image processing device. The imaging device photographs a specimen and outputs a color image of the specimen to the image processing device. The image processing device subjects the color image of the specimen to negative-positive reversal. After detecting a mode value of the hue the color image having been subjected to negative-positive reversal, the image processing device changes the hue of the color image in accordance with a difference between a boundary value of two predefined hues and the detected mode value. In accordance with the change of the hue, a plurality of target pixels different in the saturation is extracted and the saturation and the intensity of each pixel are changed, or the gradation of each pixel is converted so that the plurality of target pixels becomes most distant from one another in a color space.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes an imaging device and an image processing device. The imaging device photographs a specimen and outputs a color image of the specimen to the image processing device. The image processing device subjects the color image of the specimen to negative-positive reversal. After detecting a mode value of the hue of the color image having been subjected to negative-positive reversal, the image processing device changes the hue of the color image in accordance with a difference between a boundary value of two predefined hues and the detected mode value. In accordance with the change of the hue, a plurality of target pixels different in the saturation is extracted and the saturation and the intensity of each pixel are changed, or the gradation of each pixel is converted so that the plurality of target pixels becomes most distant from one another in a color space.

Abstract: A microscope digital image acquiring system 1 includes a microscope 2 composed of a microscope unit 10 forming an enlarged image of an object O and a microscope controller 20 controlling movement of the microscope unit 10, an imaging instrument 3 composed of a camera head unit 30 that is attached to the microscope 2 and has an imaging device detecting the enlarged image of the object O and a camera controller 40 that receives a detected signal output from the imaging device and outputs image information of the object O. The microscope controller 20 and the camera controller 40 operate cooperatively in response to control commands sent externally. The system 1 has a connecting cable 52 connecting with both instruments 20 and 40 to carry out communication with each other. Both instruments 20 and 40 operate cooperatively by communicating control commands with each other through the connecting cable 52.

Abstract: A microscope digital image acquiring system 1 includes a microscope 2 composed of a microscope unit 10 forming an enlarged image of an object O and a microscope controller 20 controlling movement of the microscope unit 10, an imaging instrument 3 composed of a camera head unit 30 that is attached to the microscope 2 and has an imaging device detecting the enlarged image of the object O and a camera controller 40 that receives a detected signal output from the imaging device and outputs image information of the object O. The microscope controller 20 and the camera controller 40 operate cooperatively in response to control commands sent externally. The system 1 has a connecting cable 52 connecting with both instruments 20 and 40 to carry out communication with each other. Both instruments 20 and 40 operate cooperatively by communicating control commands with each other through the connecting cable 52.

Abstract: Atmosphere in processing apparatus is adjusted to, for example, oxygen atmosphere, by gas supply source and the like. Interior of thermal processing apparatus is set to oxygen atmosphere and raised to predetermined temperature. A wafer boat containing wafer W having dielectric precursor layer formed is loaded into thermal processing apparatus at speed at which no defects are produced in wafer W. Thereafter, reaction tube of thermal processing apparatus has its internal temperature raised to baking temperature, to perform baking for predetermined time. The wafer W is cooled to predetermined temperature in thermal processing apparatus and then to room temperature in processing apparatus, and carried out from processing apparatus.

Abstract: A capacitor having a high quality and a manufacturing method of the same are provided. A capacitor has a lower electrode formed on an oxide film, a dielectric layer formed on the lower electrode, an upper electrode formed so as to face the lower electrode with the dielectric layer between, and an upper electrode formed so as to cover the upper electrode, an opening portion of the upper electrode and an opening portion of the dielectric layer. By forming the upper electrode on the dielectric layer, it is possible to pattern the dielectric layer by using the upper electrode as a mask, and provide a capacitor having a high-quality dielectric layer by preventing impurity diffusion into the dielectric layer. By forming the upper electrode on the dielectric layer, it is possible to prevent the dielectric layer from being exposed to etching liquid, liquid developer, etc.

Abstract: A microscope digital image acquiring system 1 includes a microscope 2 composed of a microscope unit 10 forming an enlarged image of an object O and a microscope controller 20 controlling movement of the microscope unit 10, an imaging instrument 3 composed of a camera head unit 30 that is attached to the microscope 2 and has an imaging device detecting the enlarged image of the object O and a camera controller 40 that receives a detected signal output from the imaging device and outputs image information of the object O. The microscope controller 20 and the camera controller 40 operate cooperatively in response to control commands sent externally. The system 1 has a connecting cable 52 connecting with both instruments 20 and 40 to carry out communication with each other. Both instruments 20 and 40 operate cooperatively by communicating control commands with each other through the connecting cable 52.

Abstract: A dielectric film capacitor includes a lower electrode having an opening and formed of a material including platinum, a dielectric film provided over the lower electrode and including an oxide having an ABOx crystal structure, and an upper electrode provided over the dielectric film. The planar area of the lower electrode is 50% or more of the area of a formation region of the dielectric film. A dielectric film capacitor includes a lower electrode formed of a material including platinum and having a thickness of 10 to 100 nm, a dielectric film provided over the lower electrode and including an oxide having an ABOx crystal structure, and an upper electrode provided over the dielectric film.

Abstract: A method of producing a dielectric-film-forming composition including: (a) dissolving a metal hydroxide including a metal A which is at least one metal selected from Li, Na, Ca, Sr, and Ba and at least one of a metal alkoxide and a metal complex including a metal B which is at least one metal selected from Ti, Zr, Hf, Ta, and Nb in an organic solvent to prepare a solution; and (b) allowing a precursor in the solution prepared in the step (a) to react.

Abstract: A microscope digital image acquiring system 1 includes a microscope 2 composed of a microscope unit 10 forming an enlarged image of an object O and a microscope controller 20 controlling movement of the microscope unit 10, an imaging instrument 3 composed of a camera head unit 30 that is attached to the microscope 2 and has an imaging device detecting the enlarged image of the object O and a camera controller 40 that receives a detected signal output from the imaging device and outputs image information of the object O. The microscope controller 20 and the camera controller 40 operate cooperatively in response to control commands sent externally. The system 1 has a connecting cable 52 connecting with both instruments 20 [sic] and 40 to carry out communication with each other. Both instruments 20 [sic] and 40 operate cooperatively by communicating control commands with each other through the connecting cable 52.

Abstract: A dielectric-forming composition includes ABOx crystal particles 100 nm or less in mean particle diameter comprising specific metal species, and an organic solvent, and the composition satisfies at least one of the following conditions: (i) the concentration of the metal species A in the liquid phase is 1 mol % or less; and (ii) the water concentration in the composition is 1 wt % or less.

Abstract: A curable resin composition comprising (A) a hydrolyzate or a partial condensate of an organosilane compound, or both; (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyamic acids having a hydrolyzable silyl group or carboxylic acid anhydride group, or both, and polyimides having a hydrolyzable silyl group or carboxylic acid anhydride group, or both; and (C) a chelate compound or an alkoxide compound with a metal selected from the group consisting of zirconium, titanium, and aluminum, or both the chelate compound and the alkoxide compound. The resin composition can be cured and fabricated without producing no cracks into a cured product such as a semiconductor device having a low dielectric constant, high heat resistance and moisture resistance, superior adhesion to various substrate materials, superb electrical insulation properties, and low moisture absorption.

Abstract: A composition for film formation and a film obtained by heating the composition. The composition comprises: (A) a hydrolyzate and/or partial condensate of a compound represented by the following formula (1) R1nSi(OR2)4-n  (1) wherein R1 and R2 may be the same or different and each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 or 2; (B) a metal chelate compound represented by the following formula (2) R3tM(OR4)s-t  (2) wherein R3 represents a chelating agent, M represents a metal atom, R4 represents an alkyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, s represents a valence of the metal M, and t is an integer of 1 to s; (C) an organic solvent having a boiling point of 110 to 180° C.; and (D) &bgr;-diketone.