Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to this invention, comprises a step of forming in a semiconductor substrate a deep groove for trench isolation with an aspect ratio of greater than 1, a step of burying a first insulating film in the deep groove in such a way that a shallow groove with an aspect ratio of not greater than 1 remains, and a step of depositing a second insulating film over the semiconductor substrate and then removing the upper portion of the second insulating film to planarize the upper surface of the second insulating film buried in the shallow groove in such a way that the upper surface of the second insulating film is almost flush with the surface surrounding the shallow groove.

Abstract: A control mechanism for a fluid displacement apparatus is disclosed. The control mechanism controls fluid communication between an intemediate pressure chamber and a suction chamber of the fluid displacement apparatus, which has a communication channel extending between the intermediate pressure chamber and the suction chamber. The mechanism includes a first valve element having a cylinder and a piston slidably disposed within the cylinder between positions corresponding to maximum and reduced displacement of the compressor. This movement defines a maximum amplitude of the compressor. The cylinder has a bottom wall seperating the cylinder chamber from the suction chamber. A hole is formed in a wall between the cylinder chamber and the intermediate pressure chamber. A distance between the bottom wall and the hole is designed to be greater than the maximum amplitude to prevent the piston from striking the bottom wall.

Abstract: A variable displacement mechanism of fluid displacement apparatus includes a housing having a suction chamber and a discharge chamber, a first scroll member disposed within said housing and having an end plate from which a first spiral element axially extends, and a second scroll member disposed for non-rotatable orbital movement relative to the first scroll member and having an end plate from which a second spiral element axially extends. At least one control mechanism is disposed on the end plate of the first scroll member for controlling the fluid communication between the fluid pockets and the suction chamber based on the rotational motion of the driving mechanism.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bipolar transistor having an improved polysilicon emitter is disclosed. More specifically, hydrogen terminations or OH group terminations adhered (bonded) to an emitter-forming region are eliminated by a heat treatment in an inert gas atmosphere before forming emitter polysilicon. Subsequently, an amorphous silicon film for forming an emitter polysilicon is formed at a low temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polycrystalline silicon conducting structure (e.g., a resistor) whose resistance value is controlled, and can be less variable and less dependent on temperature with respect to any resistant value, and a process of producing the same. Use is made of at least a two-layer structure including a first polycrystalline silicon layer of large crystal grain size and a second polycrystalline silicon layer of small crystal grain size, and the first polycrystalline silicon layer has a positive temperature dependence of resistance while the second polycrystalline layer has a negative temperature dependence of resistance, or vice versa. Moreover, the polycrystalline silicon layer of large grain size can be formed by high dose ion implantation and annealing, or by depositing the layers by chemical vapor deposition at different temperatures so as to form large-grain and small-grain layers.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes an element separating first and second grooves formed to surround active regions to be formed with a semiconductor element. In addition a third groove is formed to surround at least a portion of the first groove, when viewed from a plane view. In the semiconductor integrated circuit device, the active regions and an element separating region of a silicon layer are insulated from each other by the separating grooves extending from the main surface of the silicon layer to an underlying insulating layer, and are fed with a common fixed potential.

Abstract: P-channel MOSFETs in a fully CMOS-type memory cell are formed by a thin film (polysilicon), and portions that serve as source and drain regions of the thin-film p-channel MOSFETs are thickened by a conductor layer having a small resistance value. Further, the thin film and the conductor layer having a small resistance value are formed in common with a base lead-out layer of an npn bipolar transistor constituting a peripheral circuit.

Abstract: A control system for an automatic transmission includes a torque converter having input and output members through which driving power is transmitted. A lock-up clutch is provided in the torque converter for connecting the input and output members without intervention of hydraulic fluid. A multiple stage transmission gear mechanism is connected with the output member of the torque converter and has a plurality of shift gear stages. A shift control device shifts the shift gear stage in accordance with a vehicle operating condition. An engaging force control device controls an engaging force of the lock-up clutch in a manner such that a slip rate of the lock-up clutch is changed. Finally, an acceleration judging device judges a required acceleration, and the engaging force control device reduces the engaging force as the required acceleration is increasd.

Abstract: A control system for a vehicle, including an automatic transmission provided with a multiple transmission gear mechanism, automatically establishes a specific gear stage of a speed ratio from among a plurality of gear stages in accordance with an vehicle operatiing condition. A shift control signal producing device produces a shift control signal in order to produce a shift operation between different gear stages in accordance with the vehicle operating condition. An engine output control device reduces an engine output in synchronism with the shift operation so as to suppress a torque shock due to the shift operation. A detecting device detects a specific vehicle operating condition in which a change in a time lag between a generation of the shift control signal and an actual initiation of the shift operation in the transmission is greater than a predetermined level and produces a signal denoting the specific vehicle operating condition.

Abstract: An automatic-transmission control system causes the automatic transmission to shift once to an intermediate gear speed and then shift to the final gear speed when a jump shifting is required. The automatic transmission control system causes the automatic transmission to directly upshift to the final gear speed without once shifting to an intermediate gear speed when a jump upshift is required while the engine load is not heavier than a predetermined value or the vehicle speed is not lower than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A paper positioning device having a paper positioning member which is pivotable in abutment against one edge of a paper sheet loaded on a receptacle for moving the paper sheet to a positioning position for thereby positioning the paper sheet. By a simple mechanism and control, the movement of the paper positioning member is slowed down at the positioning position and accelerated until the positioning member reachines it. The paper positioning member performs a pivoting movement twice while a drive shaft associated therewith performs a reciprocating movement once. The device is, therefore, no only durable but also positions paper sheets efficiently and positively without damaging the paper sheets.

Abstract: A paper handling apparatus having a plurality of bins and a chuck unit and a stapler which are movable along the bins and causing the stapler to bind an end portion of a stack of paper sheets which have been received from a copier or similar image forming apparatus, sorted, and then loaded on any one of the bins. The chuck unit has an upper and a lower chuck. After the stapler has bound a stack of paper sheets a push bar independent of the chucks of the chuck unit pushes the end of the stack to return it into the bin. Both the upper and lower chucks are movable up and down. The force which the chucks exert on a stack of paper sheets is controlled in matching relation to the thickness of the stack.

Abstract: A gear-shifting shock suppressing system for a vehicle provided with an automatic transmission which shifted to a desired gear-speed on the basis of a gear-shifting signal controls the output of the engine of the vehicle in order to suppress gear-shifting shock which occurs when the automatic transmission shifts. The gear-shifting shock suppressing system detects the interval between successive two gear-shifting signals and controls the output of the engine when the interval between successive two gear-shifting signals is longer than the predetermined time in a manner different from the manner in which the gear-shifting shock suppressing system controls the output of the engine when the interval between successive two gear-shifting signals is shorter than the predetermined time.

Abstract: An engine control system for a vehicle provided with an automatic transmission including an engine output control device for reducing an engine output in response to a shift operation of the automatic transmission, brake switch for detecting a braking operation of the vehicle, a restricting element for restricting the engine output control device from reducing the engine output when the braking operation is detected during the shift operation. The engine output is not reduced when the braking operation occurs even under the shift operation so that an undue drop of engine speed can be avoided. The engine speed can be smoothly increased after the braking operation responsive to acceleration operation to thereby improve the controllability.

Abstract: In an automatic transmission control system, completion of gear-shifting is detected on the basis of both the rate of change in rotational speed of the output shaft of the torque converter and the rotational speed at which the output shaft of the torque converter is expected to rotate. That is, a rotational speed range within which the rotational speed of the output shaft of the torque converter is expected to fall upon completion of the gear-shifting is determined taking into account the rotational speed of the output shaft of the torque converter upon initiation of the gear-shifting and the gear ratio, and it is determined that the gear-shifting is completed when the rotational speed of the output shaft of the torque converter falls within the predetermined rotational speed range and the rate of change in rotational speed of the output shaft of the torque converter is reduced below a predetermined value.

Abstract: A vehicle automatic transmission having a torque converter and a multiple-stage gear mechanism. When the vehicle is stopped and the shift lever is in the D-range, the gear mechanism is shifted to the highest gear stage if the vehicle brake is engaged and the engine is idling, so that transmission of the engine idling vibrations to the vehicle body can be prevented by the transmission.

Abstract: A vehicle automatic transmission including a torque converter having a lock up clutch. A lock up control circuit is provided and has a memory including a first lock up control line for controlling the engagement and release of the lock up clutch when the torque converter turbine speed is close to the pump impeller speed, and a second lock up control line which is drawn along a line wherein the engine output torque is substantially zero so that the lock up clutch is released at a given engine load when the turbine speed is decreased beyond the first lock up control line, or when the turbine speed is increased beyond the second lock up control line.

Abstract: A vehicle automatic transmission including a hydraulic torque converter and a multiple stage transmission gear mechanism connected with the torque converter, and an electronic control unit for automatically shifting the gear stages of the gear mechanism in accordance with the vehicle operating condition. The electronic control unit has a plurality of gear shift patterns for a plurality of operating modes, such as a normal mode, a power mode and an economy mode. A manual switch is provided for selecting one of the operating modes. The control unit controls the gear mechanism so that different gear ratios are obtained between corresponding gear stages in different operating modes.

Abstract: A vehicle automatic transmission having a torque converter and a multiple-stage gear mechanism. When the vehicle is stopped and the shift lever is moved from the N-range to the D-range, the gear mechanism is at first shifted up to the highest gear stage and, when the converter turbine speed is decreased to a very low value, for example 200 rpm, the gear mechanism is shifted down to the first stage. If the vehicle brake is engaged and the engine is idling, the highest gear stage is maintained even after the converter turbine speed is decreased below the aforementioned value.

Abstract: A lock-up control system for an automatic transmission including a torque converter coupled with an engine, a power transmitting gear arrangement controlled by a gear ratio control device in accordance with a shifting up or down signal, and a lock-up clutch provided for locking up the output shaft of the torque converter to the output shaft of the engine. The lock-up control system comprises lock-up operation control apparatus causing the lock-up clutch to be in its inoperative state when the gear ratio control device performs the control with the shifting up or down signal, and lock-up command device for preventing the lock-up operation control apparatus from causing the lock-up clutch to be in its inoperative state until a predetermined reductive variation in the speed of the output shaft of the torque converter arises after the shifting up signal is supplied to the gear ratio control device under the condition in which the lock-up clutch is in operation.