摘要:
A single chip semiconductor integrated circuit device having a central processing unit (CPU) and a flash memory which stores data to be processed by the CPU and which provides data to the CPU through the data bus in response to accessing instructions from the CPU through the address bus. The flash memory is constituted by a plurality of memory arrays in which a plurality of word lines are commonly employed for all of the memory arrays and a plurality of data lines are distributed amongst the memory arrays. The nonvolatile memory cells are arranged in a manner in which plural memory blocks are formed. The memory blocks formed can be facilitated with different memory capacities. This is achieved by having one or more rows of memory cells associated with one or more word lines provided within a memory block. Sources of all of the memory cells within each memory block are connected to a single source line which is fed by a predetermined voltage for effecting simultaneous erasure of the memory cells therein from a corresponding one of plural source voltage control circuits. In accordance with another feature of the flash memory, individual ones of plural bit data are assigned to respective ones of the plural memory arrays.
摘要:
An ignition circuit is formed in one chip comprising an insulated gate bipolar transistor for controlling the flow of a primary current, a current limiting circuit for limiting the current flowing into the transistor, and a thermal shut-off circuit capable of forcibly shutting off the primary current in case of trouble. In the ignition circuit, a power supply GND terminal and an ignition control signal positive terminal are divided.
摘要:
A semiconductor device comprises one or a plurality of thin film wiring layers made of aluminum containing carbon, so as to obtain hillock-free wiring layers. A method of forming the thin film wiring layer employs a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition or a magnetron-plasma chemical vapor deposition to form the thin film wiring layer.
摘要:
There are disclosed a method and an apparatus for monitoring astigmatism and the condition of the focus in a transmission electron microscope. The apparatus includes a TV camera for converting the specimen image taken by the electron microscope into a video signal, which is sent to a control unit. An image monitor, a graph monitor and image memory are connected with the control unit, as well as the TV camera. The control unit superimposes radial cursor lines on the image of a specimen displayed on the image monitor, and reads data about the pixels lying on the cursor lines from the image memory. The control unit then creates graphs showing the distributions of data about the pixels existing on the cursor lines from the data read from the memory. An array of the graphs is displayed on the graph monitor.
摘要:
Autofocus method and apparatus capable of quickly detecting the focal point in an electron microscope in spite of the magnetic aftereffects of the ferromagnetic substance forming the objective lens. The autofocus method is initiated by causing the electron beam emitted from the microscope to hit a specimen at a first angle. Under this condition, the excitation current fed to the objective lens is continuously varied between values. At the same time, a video signal obtained from the resulting projected image is sampled at fixed intervals to obtain a first set of data. Then, the beam is caused to hit the specimen at a second angle. Under this condition, the excitation current fed to the objective lens is continuously varied between values. Simultaneously, a video signal produced from the resulting projected image is sampled at fixed intervals to obtain a second set of data. These two sets of data are compared to find the focal point.
摘要:
A coffee bean roasting device includes a heating oven and a roasting drum in the heating drum, infrared heaters attached to inner walls of the heating oven, and a cooling drum provided under the roasting drum. The device further includes agitating blades spirally provided on inner walls of the roasting drum and the cooling drum and having smooth inner circumferential edges, a suction blower for sucking air in either of the drums, an exhaust passage for exhausting burnt gases produced in the roasting drum out of the device, a pressure sensor provided in a passage from an opening of the roasting drum to the exhaust passage, a pressure regulating device for regulating pressures in the roasting drum with the aid of differences between pressures detected by the pressure sensor and atmospheric pressure, a temperature sensor provided on an inner wall of the heating oven in opposition to the roasting drum, and a water spray nozzle for spraying water into the roasting drum through its opening.
摘要:
A semiconductor device with an electrode wiring layer including an upper conductive layer and, interspaced with a barrier layer used for reaction prevention, a lower conductive layer contacting an active region. The barrier layer consists of an insulating film having a thickness thin enough for flow of a tunnel current.
摘要:
A platinum alloy electrocatalyst composed of a platinum-iron-cobalt alloy comprising 40 to 80 atomic percent of platinum, 10 to 40 atomic percent of iron and 10 to 40 atomic percent of cobalt supported on a suitable carrier has outstandingly high stability and catalytic activity. Electrodes using such an electrocatalyst (particularly when used as cathodes in acid-electrolyte fuel cells) remain stable for longer periods and have more than 30% higher output than electrodes using conventional catalysts.
摘要:
A platinum alloy electrocatalyst, composed of a platinum-copper alloy containing 15 to 50 atomic percent of copper (the balance being platinum) and supported on a suitable carrier, shows high activity over long periods because of the enhanced specific activity of supported metal and improved maintainability of its specific surface area. Thus acid-electrolyte fuel cells using the electrode comprising such an electrocatalyst feature better output performances and longer service life than fuel cells using conventional electrodes.
摘要:
An apparatus for controlling a thyristor converter includes a plurality of voltage detectors provided for individual series-connected thyristors respectively for detecting the presence or absence of voltage applied to the thyristors, and elements for generating a thyristor triggering pulse signal representative of the logical sum of the voltage presence-absence signals from the voltage detectors and a triggering command signal commanding the desired triggering phase and on-period of the thyristor converter. The apparatus comprises a plurality of differentiation circuits differentiating the output signals of the plural voltage detectors respectively, and a signal synthesis circuit synthesizing the output signals of the differentiation circuits to generate an output signal indicative of the voltage presence or absence. By virtue of the above construction, the thyristor converter can continuously operate without being shut down even when any one of the thyristor voltage detection signals is disabled.