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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185863 | Delay fault test quality calculation apparatus, delay fault test quality calculation method, and delay fault test pattern generation apparatus A delay fault test quality calculation apparatus for calculating delay fault test quality to be achieved by a test pattern to be applied to a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a defect distribution extraction unit, a delay fault-layout element information ex... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185802 | Data memory system A data memory system includes a nonvolatile memory cell array which includes a plurality of memory cells, a page adjacently formed by the plurality of memory cells being collectively erased in the nonvolatile memory cell, at least binary pieces of digital data of â€... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185687 | Semiconductor storage device and method of controlling semiconductor storage device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a queuing buffer, a read module, a separating module, a write command issuing module, and a write module. The write command issuing module is configured to add a write address indicated by write po... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185372 | Apparatus, method and computer program product for translating speech input using example An apparatus includes a first search unit that searches a storage unit for a first example of a first language based on a sentence in the first language; a second search unit that searches for a second example of a second language corresponding to the first example,... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185061 | Wireless terminal with frequency switching circuits for controlling an operating frequency A wireless terminal includes an antenna which comprises an antenna element and at least one frequency switching circuit to control an operating frequency of the antenna element in accordance with a frequency control signal, a plurality of RF circuits to perform an R... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184945 | Authoring device and authoring method According to one embodiment, an authoring apparatus configured to generate writing data to be stored in an optical disc from a video content data, includes an indexing processor configured to generate face image indexing information includes face images extracted fr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184878 | Image diagnosis support system and image diagnosis support method Specific information for specifying a specific study or series for which an object, which is obtained by adding at least one information of a scan condition, a scan range, and a key image position as a basis of a diagnosis in an image, is to be generated is specifie... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184807 | Content distribution/browsing system, content distribution apparatus, content browsing apparatus and program A content distribution/browsing system is disclosed. First to (m−1)th encrypted content items E(K1, C1∥K2,1), . . . , E(Km−1, Cm−1∥Km,1) contain second to m-th (next in order) sharing keys K... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184768 | X-ray CT apparatus and method for controlling X-ray tube This embodiment is provided with a detector configured to detect an X-ray radiated from an X-ray tube, a reconstructing part configured to reconstruct an image from projection data based on the detection by the detector, an acquiring part configured to acquire a par... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184716 | Image coding apparatus, image coding method and image coding program The image coding apparatus is provided to realize image coding with little calculation quantity and through rate distortion optimization thereby maintaining a favorable image quality. The image coding apparatus includes a processing unit that conducts frequency tran... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184703 | Interpolated frame generating method and interpolated frame generating apparatus According to one embodiment, an interpolated frame generator comprises first detector detects potential motion vector by block matching between input frame images, using first block of fixed size, second detector detects motion vector by block matching between the i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184645 | Communication system, gateway device and adapter device A gateway device which mutually converts communication protocols among a subscriber network including a base station wirelessly housing a mobile terminal and an Internet Protocol processor to bring an interface from the base station into an Internet Protocol process... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184604 | Wireless communication apparatus capable of performing aggregated transmission When a communication is performed between an access point and a wireless terminal according to the IEEE 802.11 of a wireless LAN communication, a MAC layer block of a wireless communication apparatus used as the access point adds an identifier showing a support of a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184517 | Optical recording medium, information recording method, and information reproducing method According to one embodiment, an optical recording medium is provided in which interlayer crosstalk is low and in which stable and high-quality recording characteristics can be obtained. To this end, an optical recording medium comprises a first recording part which ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184501 | Systems and methods for stretching clock cycles in the internal clock signal of a memory array macro Systems and methods for stretching clock cycles of the internal clock signal of a memory array macro to allow more time for a data access in the macro than the period of an external clock signal. In one embodiment, a local clock buffer in the memory array macro rece... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184484 | Semiconductor memory device including stacked gate having charge accumulation layer and control gate and method of writing data to semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes memory cells, word lines, a driver circuit, and a control circuit. The driver circuit repeats a programming operation of selecting any one of the word lines, of applying a first voltage to selected one of the word lines, and of... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184470 | Resistance change memory device and programming method thereof A method of programming a resistance change memory device includes: applying program voltage pulses to a memory cell for programming a target resistance value; setting thermal relaxation times between the respective program voltage pulses; and controlling the shape ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184466 | Semiconductor storage device and ROM generator According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell and a third memory cell. The first memory cell forms a connection path used for storage of data. The second memory cell varies a connection place from a co... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184410 | Magnetoresistive element having free layer magnetic compound expressed by M1M2O An example magnetoresistive element includes a first magnetic layer whose magnetization direction is substantially pinned toward one direction; a second magnetic layer whose magnetization direction is changed in response to an external magnetic field; and a spacer l... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184408 | Magnetoresistive element and method of manufacturing the same A magnetoresistive element includes a magnetoresistive film including a magnetization pinned layer, a magnetization free layer, an intermediate layer arranged between the magnetization pinned layer and the magnetization free layer, a cap layer arranged on the magnet... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184401 | Disk drive head and suspension assembly having a slider with a groove and a connecting step According to an embodiment, a slider of a head includes a negative-pressure cavity defined by a recess formed in a disk-facing surface, a leading step portion which is situated on an upstream side of the negative-pressure cavity with respect to an airflow and projec... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184088 | Image display apparatus and image display method An image display apparatus includes: a luminance modification unit configured to modify the luminance setting value so as to make a luminance difference between adjacent partial regions of a back light smaller; a luminance distribution calculation unit configured to... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184054 | Portable terminal and built-in antenna A portable terminal includes a non-conductive resin chassis that is formed by molding a molding material and internally provided with a printed circuit board on which a wireless circuit is formed, and an antenna pattern that is disposed on a wall surface of the chas... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183927 | Power amplifier According to one embodiment, a variable attenuator is arranged in an input stage, a plurality of transistors are cascaded on the later part of this variable attenuator, temperature sensors are arranged in the vicinity of two or more of the plurality of transistors t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183671 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a device isolation insulating film which is buried in a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulation film which is provided on the semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode which is provided on the gate insulation film, a source region ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183641 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same A silicon oxynitride film is formed on entire surface of a semiconductor substrate, a lanthanum oxide film is formed on the silicon oxynitride film and the lanthanum oxide film is removed from a pMOS region. Then, a nitrided hafnium silicate film serving as a highly... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183624 | Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a step including a first upper surface and a second upper surface higher than the first upper surface, a memory cell array formed on the first upper surface, and a peripheral circuit formed on the second uppe... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183620 | Semiconductor memory and fabrication method for the same A semiconductor memory includes memory cell transistors including a tunnel insulating film, a floating gate electrode, a first insulating film, a control gate electrode, and a first metal salicide film; low-voltage transistors having a first p-type source region and... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183610 | Nonvolatile memory and manufacturing method thereof According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nonvolatile memory including: a cell transistor including: a gate electrode and first and second diffusion layers; a second insulating film covering the cell transistor; first and second plugs pene... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183606 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device comprises an insulated gate field effect transistor and a protection diode. The insulated gate field effect transistor has a gate electrode formed on a gate insulating film, a source and a drain. The source and the drain are formed in a first ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183602 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device including via-holes continuously formed through plural cell array layers A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a semiconductor substrate; a cell array block formed on the semiconductor substrate and including plural stacked cell array layers each with a plurality of first lines, a plurality of second lines crossing the plur... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183599 | Semiconductor device with interface circuit and method of configuring semiconductor devices Methods and devices yielding an improved semiconductor device with interface circuit are disclosed. Configuring a semiconductor with parallel device features reduces process variation (e.g., lithographically-induced process variation or other defects). Embodiments o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183552 | Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device having a first wiring layer which is provided on a first insulator, and which extends in a first direction, and a non-volatile memory cell which is provided in a pillar shape on the first wiring layer, and which includes a non-ohmic ele... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183163 | Etching liquid, etching method, and method of manufacturing electronic component An etching liquid used for selectively etching silicon nitride, the etching liquid includes: water; a first liquid that can be mixed with the water to produce a mixture liquid having a boiling point of 150° C. or more; and a second liquid capable of producing proto... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183148 | Method of fabricating semiconductor device and semiconductor device A method of fabricating a semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes forming a first pattern having linear parts of a constant line width and a second pattern on a foundation layer, the second pattern including parts close to the linear parts of the fi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183119 | Semiconductor device fabrication method using multiple mask patterns A resist pattern (5) is formed in a dimension of a limitation of an exposure resolution over a hard mask material film (4) over a work film (3). The material film (4) is processed using the resist pattern (5) as a mask. A hard mask... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182981 | Pattern forming method A pattern forming method has forming a first resist film on a processed film, patterning the first resist film into a first resist pattern, forming a first film containing a photo acid generator so as to cover the first resist pattern, forming a second resist film s... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182389 | Driving force transmitting device, image forming apparatus, and driving force transmitting method A technique that makes it possible to switch high-torque power transmission with a compact and simple configuration is provided. A driving force transmitting device that transmits driving force received by one of a first rotating body and a second rotating body to t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181958 | Stiffness detector, stiffness detection method, and paper sheet processor including stiffness detector A stiffness detector includes a bending portion configured to bend a paper sheet to be carried. The stiffness detector transmits acoustic waves to an incidence point on an inner surface of the paper sheet which is bent by the bending portion and is carried, thereby ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181957 | Sheet conveying apparatus and sheet conveying method To provide a sheet conveying technique that can realize highly accurate skew correction with an inexpensive and simple apparatus configuration. A sheet conveying apparatus includes: first and second rollers that are arranged in positions different from each other in... | 05/22/2012 |
