Abstract:
The disclosed spatial light modulator includes a pair of facing transparent electrodes, and a light-modulating layer and a photoconductive layer provided between the transparent electrodes In the spatial light modulator, the light-modulating layer has different optical states depending on an applied charge amount. Specifically, the light-modulating layer has: a first optical state when the applied charge amount is a first threshold charge amount or more; a second optical state when the applied charge amount is a second threshold charge amount or less; and a spatially uniform intermediate state between the first optical state and the second optical state depending on the applied charge amount. Also, a driving method for such a spatial light modulator is disclosed.
Abstract:
A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device including a first insulating substrate on which a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of scan lines are disposed, and pixel transistors made of thin film transistors are disposed in matrix at intersection points of those lines; a second insulating substrate opposite to the first insulating substrate; and a liquid crystal held between the first and second insulating substrates, in which the driving circuit is disposed on the first insulating substrate; each of clock lines or base portions of the clock lines for supplying clock signals to the driving circuit is made of a two-layer structure of the same wiring material as a gate electrode of the thin film transistor and the same wiring material as a source electrode or drain electrode of the thin film transistor; and a wiring line crossing the clock lines or the base portions of the clock lines is made of a wiring line in the same layer as a black matrix covering the pixel transistors.
Abstract:
A disk brake mounting member having a pair of left and right arms spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction of a disk. A pair of left and right pin holes are formed in the left and right arms, respectively, with different bore diameters. The pin holes are fitted with sliding pins, respectively, which support a caliper slidably in the axial direction of the disk. The arms are previously provided with left and right projections near the respective open ends of the pin holes so as to be in symmetry with each other. At least one of the projections is formed into a shape different from that of the other when the pin holes are formed in the arms by machining. Also disclosed is a method of producing the disk brake mounting member. According to this method, a mounting member is first cast to have left and right projections. One of the projections is then cut off.
Abstract:
A driving method for a spatial light modulator can provide bright image, images of high contrast and resolution with no persistence and instability, and can be used in a projection display system. The spatial light modulator is prepared by sandwiching a ferroelectric liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate is prepared by sequentially laminating a transparent conductive electrode and a photoconductive layer with rectifying properties on a glass substrate. On the photoconductive layer, a reflective layer and an alignment layer for aligning a liquid crystal layer are then laminated. The second substrate is prepared by laminating a transparent conductive electrode and an alignment layer on a glass substrate. Alternating current voltage having a waveform of inconsistent cycles is applied to a section between the transparent conductive electrodes.
Abstract:
A light-emitting device in which at low current levels the increase in light intensity is linear with respect to the increase in current, thereby facilitating control of the light intensity includes a first semiconductor layer in which the semiconductor is of p-type or n-type; a second semiconductor layer that is formed by diffusing into the first semiconductor layer an impurity that is of the other semiconductor type to form a p-n junction; a third semiconductor layer that is of the same semiconductor type as that of the first semiconductor layer that is formed over at least a portion of the second semiconductor layer to reduce the length of the p-n junction on the surface of the device.
Abstract:
A light-emitting device in which impurity concentrations are varied to cause the increase in the intensity of the emitted light to be linear with respect to the increase in current, thereby facilitating current-based control of the light intensity.
Abstract:
To obtain a plurality of laminated ceramic capacitors, in cutting a laminated body (14) formed of a plurality of ceramic green sheets (11) formed on their surfaces with electrically conductive films (12) to serve as internal electrodes, cutting is effected in such a manner that the electrically conductive films (12) are exposed on lateral surfaces (17), which are the surfaces that are not formed with external electrodes (22, 23). Then ceramic slurry (18) is applied to the lateral surfaces (17), thereby preventing the exposure of the internal electrodes (12) on the lateral surfaces (17) where connection to the external eletrodes (22, 23) is not desired. The invention makes effective use of the entire width of the ceramic layers forming the cut laminated body (16) so as to obtain electrostatic capacity in a space-efficient manner.
Abstract:
An extendable and retractable cleaning apparatus includes a multi-stage extendable and retractable arm assembly formed of a plurality of cylindrical members assembled in a telescopic manner, an ejection nozzle provided at a tip end of the innermost cylindrical member of the arm assembly, a mount housing surrounding a substantially central portion of the arm assembly to rotatably support the arm assembly and a casing integrally formed at a base end of the outermost cylindrical member of the arm assembly to form a pressure chamber in cooperation with the assembly. A rotational driving device is provided within the housing for rotationally driving the arm assembly. A washing liquid feed hose is connected to the ejection nozzle. A compressed air feed pipe has one end mounted to the casing to communicate with the pressure chamber. A control device controls the amount and speed of extension and retraction of the arm assembly and includes a perforated metallic belt connected to a base end of the innermost cylindrical member.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a vacuum sintering furnace having a lubricant eliminating section, sintering section and cooling section which are aligned in series and connected by connecting hood means to each other so that a workpiece may be directly transferred to the following section without exposure of the workpiece to outside air. The connecting hood means comprises doors for selectively opening and closing the boundaries between the neighboring sections. Furthermore, the lubricant eliminating section is provided with a lubricant trapping device mounted on an exhaust line connecting a furnace body and a vacuum pump to each other, thereby the stable operation of the vacuum pump is ensured.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a display includes pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix, gate lines extending along rows, signal lines extending along columns, storage capacitance lines extending along the rows to superpose a voltage on the pixel electrodes, a counterelectrode opposed to the pixel electrodes, a driver to drive the gate lines, the signal lines, and the storage capacitance lines, and a controller to control the driver. The controller sequentially drives the gate lines to write from the signal lines to the pixel electrodes and, after the write to the pixel electrodes, changes a potential of each of the storage capacitance lines to cause alignment of the liquid crystal layer to make a transition from splay alignment to bend alignment.