摘要:
The invention relates to cache apparatuses and a control method for managing cache memories in a multiprocessor system. A cache controller holds data which has to be invalidated for a cache coherence as data in a status where the validity is unknown, causes a cache hit in response to a reading request from a processor, provides the data as speculation data, and allows the processor to speculatively process the data. Therefore, since the data which has to be obtained from another cache or a main storage due to the invalidation is held in an Unknown status, a cache hit occurs. Thus, a data waiting time of the processor can be shortened.
摘要:
Disclosed is a disc player for obtaining a read signal from an optical disc having sectors including land and groove tracks and ID regions, preformatted at given angular spatial intervals, which demarcate the sectors and are segmented, in the track extending direction, into two regions, each segmented region including a plural number of recording regions and non-recording regions, which are alternately and radially arrayed while being radially shifted by approximately half a track pitch from the tracks of the sectors adjacent to the segmented regions, each recording region containing record position information recorded therein having predetermined time durations. The disc player comprises: optical read means for projecting a light beam onto the optical disc and receiving a light beam reflected from a recording surface of the optical disc; first and second signal generating means for generating first and second signals which are dependent on the record position information recorded in the recording regions of the first and second segmented regions by use of a signal output from the optical read means; and ID region detecting means for outputting a detecting signal indicating that the ID region is detected when the first and second signals are both present.
摘要:
External connection electrodes can be positively mounted on a substrate when the pitch between the external connection electrodes is reduced and the diameter of each through hole formed in the substrate is reduced. A semiconductor chip is mounted on a first surface of a tape substrate. Electrode films are formed on the first surface of the tape substrate, each of the electrode films electrically connected to the semiconductor chip. External connection electrodes are provided on a second surface of the tape substrate, each of the external connection electrodes connected to a respective one of the electrode films via a through hole formed in the tape substrate. The external connection electrodes are formed on the electrode films by plating. A diameter S1 of a portion of each of the external connection electrodes protruding from the second surface of the tape substrate and a diameter S2 of the through hole satisfy a relationship S1≦S2.
摘要:
A logic circuit performs a predetermined logic operation by supplying charge to an external load or pulling out charge therefrom according to a combination of the states of a plurality of externally inputted binary signals. The logic circuit includes a first transistor for supplying charge through an output terminal to the external load and a second transistor for pulling out the charge from the load through the output terminal. One of the first and second transistors is constituted by a MOS field-effect transistor having a drain connected to the output terminal. The MOS field-effect transistor has a source receiving an inverse signal inverse to a signal combined for logic operation with an input signal inputted to a gate of the MOS field-effect transistor. The number of the series transistors is reduced, resulting in an increase of the current capacity and in a reduction of the layout area. Adjacent ones of the logic circuits have a common source diffusion layer so that the load capacitance with respect to the inverse signal can be significantly reduced, thus enabling the high speed operation.
摘要:
A camera shake correcting apparatus includes a variable angular prism assembly, a microcomputer to produce signals for driving the variable angular prism assembly, prism actuators, vertical angle sensors, angular velocity sensors for detecting an angular velocity caused by the camera shaking, and damping coils. The variable angular prism assembly is driven by a signal obtained by subtracting detected results of the vertical angle sensors from detected results of the angular velocity sensors. A damping coil is used to produce rotational angular velocity signals so that a nonlinearity of the prism can be alleviated. The phase margin of the servo characteristic of the prism drive system is increased, so that the camera shake correcting apparatus can be generally independent of variations in values and dimensions that occur in mass-production manufacturing operations and free of dependency on temperature characteristics.
摘要:
A camera shake correcting apparatus includes a variable angular prism assembly, a microcomputer to produce signals for driving the variable angular prism assembly, prism actuators, vertical angle sensors, angular velocity sensors for detecting an angular velocity caused by the camera shaking, and damping coils. The variable angular prism assembly is driven by a signal obtained by subtracting detected results of the vertical angle sensors from detected results of the angular velocity sensors. A damping coil is used to produce rotational angular velocity signals so that a nonlinearity of the prism can be alleviated. The phase margin of the servo characteristic of the prism drive system is increased, so that the camera shake correcting apparatus can be generally independent of variations in values and dimensions that occur in mass-production manufacturing operations and free of dependency on temperature characteristics.
摘要:
An automatic gain control circuit having a variable gain amplifier circuit, a signal level detecting circuit connected to the variable gain amplifier circuit for generating a detect signal the level of which changes in response to a signal level of an output signal of the variable gain amplifier circuit, and a gain control circuit for controlling the gain of the variable gain amplifier circuit in accordance with the signal level of the detect signal, and the gain control circuit having a differential amplifier circuit having first and second input terminals, the first and second input terminals being connected to the signal level detecting circuit for receiving the detect signal, a first reference voltage source connected to the first input terminal of the differential amplifier so that a first predetermined voltage is provided instead of the signal level of the detect signal in response to the signal level of the detect signal and a second reference voltage source connected to the second input terminal of the differential amplifier for providing a second predetermined voltage.
摘要:
An apparatus for transmitting liquid and gas in an endoscope comprising conduits for transmitting liquid and gas to an observation optical system to clean the observation optical system; and an automatic change-over device for sequentially operating both modes of the liquid and gas transmissions by turning on and off only a liquid transmitting switch disposed in an operating portion. The automatic change-over device comprises a first electromagnetic valve disposed in the liquid transmitting conduit, a second electromagnetic valve disposed in the gas transmitting conduit, a circuit for connecting the first and second electromagnetic valves to the liquid transmitting switch of the operating portion, and a control section for controlling the operations of the electromagnetic valves. When the liquid transmitting switch is turned on, the first electromagnetic valve is opened to transmit the liquid to the liquid transmitting conduit, and when the liquid transmitting switch is turned off, the first electromagnetic valve is automatically closed and the second electromagnetic valve is automatically opened to transmit the gas to the gas transmitting conduit for a constant or predetermined time.
摘要:
A nuclear fusion apparatus comprises a central support stay device having a central support stay portion and a plurality of radial portions radially extending from the central support stay portion and circumferentially spaced from each other at predetermined angles, a plurality of poloidal coils disposed in the circumferential direction of the central support stay device and supported by the radial portions, and a plurality of toroidal coils radially disposed around the central support stay device and adjacent the radial outer ends of the radial portions.
摘要:
A waterproof endoscope includes a insertion tube adapted to be inserted into a hollow organ. A hollow housing is connected to the insertion tube in an air-tight manner and disposed in communication therewith, the housing having an aperture formed therethrough. Mounted on the housing is a valve which includes a valve element for normally closing the aperture in the housing, and a spring made of a marmen alloy which is returned to a preselected shape at a predetermined temperature so as to urge the valve element away from the aperture, thereby opening the valve.