Abstract:
A control device executes a gear change control based on a first gear change map, in which the accelerator operation amount and the vehicle speed are used as parameters to define gear change timings, if a brake device is not actuated while the vehicle is running, and executes the gear change control based on a second gear change map, in which the brake actuation pressure and the vehicle speed are used as parameters to define gear change timings that positively utilize engine braking, if the brake device is actuated while the vehicle is running. The control device allows an automatic transmission to execute the gear change control in which engine braking is positively utilized according to conditions, contributing to diversified gear change control.
Abstract:
A failure determining apparatus for a gas-insulated electrical appliance where the appliance is a cylindrical metal container with a charged conductor, insulating gas, and a plurality of insulating spaces inside for supporting the conductor and partitioning the container. The failure determining apparatus has a high-speed developing sensor which detects a high-speed phenomenon caused by a failure within the gas sections; a first failure determining circuit which determines the presence of a failure from an output of the high-speed developing sensor; a low-speed developing sensor which detects a low-speed phenomenon caused by a failure within the gas sections; a second failure determining circuit which determines the presence of a failure from an output of the low-speed developing sensor; and an arithmetic control circuit which identifies a gas section of the metal container in which a failure occurs from an output of the first and second failure determining circuits.
Abstract:
In a method for fabricating an LSI in which primitive devices such as transistors are formed on a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of interconnect layers are formed thereover to provide sub-circuits of successively larger scale and increasing complexity including sub-circuits which are formed by a connection of the primitive devices and sub-circuits of a larger scale which are formed by a connection of the sub-circuits, under a condition that an intermediate interconnect layer is formed, an exhaustive test, a functional test, a stuck-at fault test, a quiescent power supply current test or the like takes place with respect to the primitive devices or the sub-circuits which are wired together by the intermediate interconnect layer, and subsequently, a wiring connection test takes place after the formation of each subsequent interconnect layer. A fault coverage is improved while a testing cost and a fabricating cost are reduced.
Abstract:
A method for promoting fusion of plant protoplasts comprising the steps of; (a) treating the plant protoplasts with a fusion agent, and then (b) incubating the resultant plant protoplasts in an incubation medium having an osmotic pressure lower than that required for maintaining the plant protoplasts in a stable form. This effectively promotes the fusion of the plant protoplasts at a higher fusion rate in a wider range of plants.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a probe card includes a first contact formation step of forming a first contact on a first surface of a first sacrificial substrate, a second contact formation step of forming a second contact on a first surface of a second sacrificial substrate, a signal transmission line formation step of forming a signal transmission line in the base substrate, a first contact joining step of attaching the first surface of the first sacrificial substrate to the base substrate and joining the first contact to the signal transmission line, and a second contact joining step of attaching the first surface of the second sacrificial substrate to the base substrate and joining the second contact to the signal transmission line.
Abstract:
Establishment of a connection between a wireless terminal and a destination terminal for data transmission. The wireless terminal is connectable to at least two communication networks each of which is connected to an internet. The destination terminal is connected to the internet. First, one of the communication networks is selected at the wireless terminal based on communication quality of the communication networks. Next, a path through the selected communication network is selected at the wireless terminal based on the network address of the destination terminal. And then a connection is established between the wireless terminal and the destination terminal through the selected path.
Abstract:
An infrared beam is applied into an infrared transmitting substrate 10 disposed in an environment to be measured; the infrared beam which has undergone multiple internal reflections in the infrared transmitting substrate 10 and exited from the infrared transmitting substrate 10 is detected; the detected infrared beam is spectroscopically analyzed to measure a species and/or a quantity of the substance in the environment present near the infrared transmitting substrate 10; and a species and/or a concentration of the substance in the environment to be measured are measured based on the species and/or the quantity of the substance in the environment present near the infrared transmitting substrate 10. Thus, the substances in the environment, such as organic contaminants, etc., present in the atmosphere can be identified, or their concentrations can be measured, with high sensitivity and realtime.
Abstract:
The surface state monitoring apparatus comprises: a wafer cassette holding a plurality of semiconductor wafers; an incidence optical system for applying infrared radiation to at least one of said plurality of semiconductor wafers; a detection optical system for detecting the infrared radiation which has undergone multiple reflection in the semiconductor wafer and exited from the semiconductor wafer; surface state monitoring means for monitoring surface states of the semiconductor wafer, based on the infrared radiation detected by the detection optical system; and displacing means for displacing the wafer cassette relative to the incidence optical system and the detection optical system. Surface states of said plurality of semiconductor wafers are sequentially monitored while the wafer cassette is displaced relative to the incidence optical system and the detection optical system by the displacing means, whereby surface states of said plurality of semiconductor wafers held in the wafer cassette are continuously monitored.
Abstract:
A main passage communicated to a pump passage or a tank passage by switching operation of a spool valve is provided with an operation check valve permitting communication only to a cylinder. A puppet in the operation check valve is provided with an orifice communicating the main passage with a pilot chamber of the operation check valve. The pilot chamber is communicated with the main passage through an electromagnetic on/off valve. Further, the pilot chamber in the operation check valve is communicated through a bypass passage with the main passage, and the bypass passage is provided with a manually operable opening/closing valve.
Abstract:
To fabricate a smaller memory system, a memory system includes a memory cell array having a first memory cell and a second memory cell, a first switching circuit connected to the first memory cell, a second switching circuit connected to the second memory cell, and a sense amplifier connected to the first and second switching circuits. The sense amplifier includes an N-type flip-flop circuit for selectively amplifying data from the first memory cell or the second memory cell, a P-type flip-flop circuit for selectively amplifying the data from the first memory cell or the second memory cell, and a first circuit formed between the N-type flip-flop circuit and the P-type flip-flop circuit. When data in the first memory cell is to be transferred, the first switching circuit is activated and the data from the first memory cell is transferred to the sense amplifier, and then the data is amplified by the sense amplifier. When data in the second memory cell is to be transferred, the second switching circuit is activated and the data from the second memory cell is transferred to the sense amplifier, and then the data is amplified by the sense amplifier.