摘要:
A semiconductor integrated circuit has a plurality of capacitor cells, and each capacitor cell has an upper electrode and a lower electrode. These electrodes are respectively connected to an upper electrode wiring and a lower electrode. When, for example, the upper electrode is connected to the upper electrode wiring and the electrode wiring is located at a side of the lower electrode of another capacitor cell or a side of the lower electrode wiring connecting these electrodes, a shield wiring is provided between the upper electrode wiring and the adjacently-located lower electrode of the other capacitor cell or between the upper electrode wiring and the adjacently-located lower electrode wiring. Thus, with this shield wiring, the capacitance coupling between each wiring of the capacitor cells and each upper electrode or each lower electrode of the capacitor cells are effectively suppressed.
摘要:
The present invention provides a serial/parallel A/D converter which is capable of performing a high-speed and high-accuracy operation even in the case where an analog input voltage Vin greatly varies in a period between a previous sampling period in which the analog input voltage is held and the next sampling period, when converting the analog input voltage Vin input into a digital value. This serial/parallel A/D converter includes a lower-order reference voltage initializing circuit 8 for initializing a lower-order reference voltage to an initialization voltage Vrc 23. The initialization voltage Vrc 23 is generated as the lower-order reference voltage in an arbitrary period from the start of sampling of the analog input voltage until the start of a comparison operation for the lower-order reference voltage, the value of the lower-order reference voltage is changed from the value of the initialization voltage to a voltage value which is decided on the basis of higher-order code selection signals P0C-P3C from a higher-order code selecting circuit 14, and the value of the lower-order reference voltage which is decided on the basis of the higher-order code selection signals P0C-P3C is compared with the value of the analog input voltage.
摘要:
The new and distinct cultivar relates to a russet type Japanese pear tree that has a strong resistance to black spot disease and has substantially the same excellent qualities as the Japanese pear cultivar `Shinsui`. The new pear tree bears a yellowish brown fruit, is highly sweet, medium in acidity, and has a rich taste that is suitable for dessert use.
摘要:
A speaker system is disclosed which is capable of supplying reproduced sounds vibrating in substantially the same manner as in the respiratory sphere to human's sense of hearing by using conventional unidirectional speaker units in combination in a contrived arrangement, and by applying real time digital signal processing by means of a digital signal processor to the speaker units to cancel a peak and a dip in frequency response and in phase response through inverse correction which cannot be canceled only by improving the arrangement of the speaker units, thereby forming a sound emitter capable of providing ideal reproduced sounds. The speaker system comprises an enclosure EC having a basic structure of a hollow 32-hedron composed of 12 pentagonal flat surfaces 1 and 20 hexagonal flat surfaces 2, speaker units 7, 8 or 78 mounted in all or 25-31 of the 32 surfaces, and a real time digital signal processing system inserted in a input line of each of the speaker units 7, 8 or 78. The digital signal processing system inverse-characteristically filtering driving signals of the speaker units to evenly correcting a peak 4 and a dip 5 caused in frequency response and in phase response of each of the speaker units 7, 8 or 78.
摘要:
A fuel cell having a plurality of stacked single cells in each of which an electrolyte layer is held between an anode and a cathode and between which a separator is interposed, wherein the electrolyte layer includes a sheet for holding the electrolyte containing, as the main component thereof, fine powder having a function of holding the electrolyte, and reinforcing ceramic fiber disposed in the sheet for holding the electrolyte to substantially run parallel to the surface of the sheet for holding the electrolyte.
摘要:
There is provided a metallic magnetic powder with which one can produce magnetic media for high-density recording that are improved in storage stability and magnetic characteristics.The improved ferromagnetic metal powder contains no more than 0.05 wt % of an element of Group Ia of the periodic table. The powder may optionally contain 0.1-30 atm % of aluminum and/or 0.1-10 atm % of Y or any other rare earth element based on the total quantity of the metal elements present. In either of these cases, the residue of an element of Group IIa of the periodic table is preferably 0.1 wt % or less.
摘要:
A method of locating a fault point in a parallel two-circuit transmission line in an n-terminal system. When a single fault occurs at one place in one circuit of the transmission line and when a multiple fault occurs at the same place in the two circuits, a distance to the fault may be calculated by the method of this invention. The method comprises the steps of transforming the transmission line into a T three-terminal parallel two-circuit transmission line circuit having three branches, calculating a value representing a length of one of the three branches on the basis of differential currents flowing into the branch points of the transmission line, determining if that value represents the distance from a terminal connected to the branch point to the fault point, employing the value as the distance to the fault point if the value represents such a distance, repeating the value calculation and determination for the other two branches if the value does not represent the distance to the fault, determining a next branch point for which to perform equivalent transformation with respect to, and repeating the previous steps until the fault is found.
摘要:
A method for processing a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer in accordance with the present invention comprises the steps of: uniformly depositing the TCO layer on a substantially flat surface of a transparent substrate; and etching the exposed surface of the TCO layer thereof to roughen the exposed surface. The so-treated TCO layer is used as a transparent electrode in photovoltaic devices and has a decreased, substantially constant reflectance throughout the visible light range.
摘要:
A fuel cell stack has a plurality of stacked unit cells, each consisting of a pair of gas diffusion electrodes with a matrix containing an electrolyte solution interposed between them, with an interconnector having a fuel gas passage on one surface and an oxidizing gas agent passage on the other surface interposed between each pair of adjacent unit cells. One out of every three to five interconnectors is a one-piece-molded product which has at least one cooling pipe embedded in it and which provides an excellent cooling effect. The fuel cell stack stably provides a high output voltage over a long period of operation time.
摘要:
A method for forming a coating of an oxide on a support by the reactive sputtering technique, which comprises measuring the intensity of at least one spectral component having a given wavelength of the spectrum of a plasma formed between the support and a target composed of an oxidizable substance convertible to said oxide, comparing the measured intensity of the spectral component with the standard intensity of a spectral component of the same wavelength, and continuously or intermittently varying the physical amount of a sputtering gas and/or the amount of an electric current from a sputtering power supply so that the measured intensity of the former spectral component approaches the standard intensity of the latter spectral component; and a sputtering apparatus for performing the aforesaid method, which comprises a vacuum chamber, a target electrode disposed within the vacuum chamber, means for introducing a sputtering gas into the vacuum chamber, means for discharging the sputtering gas from the vacuum chamber, and a power supply for applying a negative voltage, an optical spectroscopic instrument for measuring the intensity of at least one component having a given wavelength of the spectrum of a plasma formed on the surface of the target electrodfe, and control circuit means for comparing the measured intensity of the spectral component with the standard intensity of a spectral component having the same wavelength.