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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7977738 | Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor memory device includes bodies electrically floating; sources; drains; gate electrodes, each of which is adjacent to one side surface of the one of the bodies via a gate dielectric film; plates, each of which is adjacent to the other side surface of t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977733 | Non-volatile semiconductor storage device A non-volatile semiconductor storage device includes: a memory cell area in which a plurality of electrically rewritable memory cells are formed; and a peripheral circuit area in which transistors that configure peripheral circuits to control the memory cells are fo... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977731 | NOR flash memory and method of manufacturing the same A NOR flash memory has a plurality of memory cell transistors, wherein each memory cell transistor shares the source diffusion layer with another memory cell transistor adjacent thereto on one side thereof in the column direction and shares the drain diffusion layer... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977729 | Aging device An aging device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, first and second diffusion layers provided in a first element region, a floating gate provided above a channel region between the first and second diffusion layer... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977728 | Non-volatile NAND memory semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes first, second gate electrodes, first, second diffusion layers, contact electrodes electrically connected to the first diffusion layers, a first insulating film which has concave portions between the first and second... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977719 | Magneto-resistance effect element and magnetic memory It is possible to reduce a current required for spin injection writing. A magneto-resistance effect element includes: a first magnetization pinned layer; a magnetization free layer; a tunnel barrier layer; a second magnetization pinned layer whose direction of magne... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977693 | Semiconductor light-emitting material with tetrahedral structure formed therein A semiconductor light-emitting material includes a semiconductor substance including a matrix semiconductor whose constituent atoms are bonded to form a tetrahedral structure, an impurity atom S substituted for an atom in a lattice site of the matrix semiconductor, ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977653 | Semiconductor device fabrication method and fabrication apparatus using a stencil mask A semiconductor device fabrication method includes preparing a substrate having a first circuit pattern of a semiconductor device; providing a mask with at least part of second circuit pattern of the semiconductor device; collimating incident direction of particles;... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977210 | Semiconductor substrate and semiconductor device A semiconductor substrate includes a silicon carbide substrate having a first impurity concentration, a first silicon carbide layer formed on the silicon carbide substrate and having a second impurity concentration, and a second silicon carbide layer of a first cond... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977182 | Method of manufacturing MISFET with low contact resistance Described herein is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device realizing higher performance by reducing contact resistance of an electrode. In the method, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode are formed on a semiconductor substrate. A first metal is deposi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977166 | Semiconductor device and fabrication method for the semiconductor device A semiconductor device and a fabrication method for the semiconductor device which can remove the sacrifice layer deposited on the semiconductor device surface in a short time and whose manufacturing yield can be improved are provided. The semiconductor device and t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977159 | Memory chip and semiconductor device using the memory chip and manufacturing method of those In a wafer, a plurality of basic chips F is arranged therein. The basic chip F has a memory capacity of i-mega bytes. By dicing, a memory chip including four basic chips F is cut out of the wafer. The memory chip has a memory capacity of 4×i-mega bytes. A dicing li... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977141 | Solid-state image pickup device and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a solid-state image pickup device according to an embodiment includes forming first and second holes in a semiconductor substrate, forming insulating films on surfaces of the first and second holes, forming a contact and an alignment mark b... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976000 | Sheet stacking apparatus, sheet processing apparatus and sheet stacking method A sheet stacking apparatus includes a first and a second guide plate having a guide surface inclined to a perpendicular plane to take an open state having a gap of a first interval in a direction crossing the inclination direction and a closed state of a second inte... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975285 | Broadcast receiver and output control method thereof According to one embodiment, a broadcast receiver is configured to receive a broadcast signal and output the broadcast signal to an external device. The broadcast receiver includes a program information obtaining module, a storage module, and a channel selection det... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7975220 | Apparatus, program product and method for structured document management The structured document management apparatus includes a document data accepting unit that accepts input of structured document data having a hierarchical logic structure; a structure guide data storage unit that stores structure guide data which is a summary of hier... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7975145 | Apparatus and program for update of time stamp A time stamp updating apparatus includes: a time stamp obtaining unit configured to transmit hash value calculated from certification target data to an apparatus for time stamp authority when certification target data is input, to receive time stamp data from the ap... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7975091 | Information processor capable of supplying power to an electronic device connected thereto According to one embodiment, an information processor has: an input/output module configured to input/output a data signal through a data signal line; a first voltage supply module configured to supply a first differential signal pair; a second voltage supply module... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974844 | Apparatus, method and computer program product for recognizing speech A speech recognition apparatus includes a first-candidate selecting unit that selects a recognition result of a first speech from first recognition candidates based on likelihood of the first recognition candidates; a second-candidate selecting unit that extracts re... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974831 | Communication support apparatus and computer program product for supporting communication by performing translation between languages A communication supporting apparatus includes a supplemental example storing unit that stores a source language interpretation which is an interpretation of a semantic content of a source language sentence to be translated, and a supplemental example sentence which ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974654 | Communication apparatus performing key feature extraction for cognitive radio system A communication apparatus, includes unit extracting a reception key feature of a temporal change in received power in each frequency band contained in a received signal, unit storing, in correspondence with one another, a system name of a system which uses the frequ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974494 | Image control from composed composite image using HID signal conversion to source image coordinates Image control involves receiving source images defined with respect to respective source coordinate systems from source image generators also respectively associated with source IDs. The source images are composed to generate a composite image defined with respect t... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974487 | System and method for image white balance adjustment The subject application is directed to a system and method for image enhancement. Image data, encoded as a plurality of pixels in YCbCr space, is first received, with Y representing a luma component, Cb representing a blue chroma component, and Cr representing a red... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974473 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus This invention consists in an image processing method in which the similarity between a first pixel and a second pixel constituting an image is numerically given by statistical testing, and the values of the first and second pixels are averaged when the similarity n... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974267 | Telephone system, and main unit and terminal registration method therefor According to one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a telephone system comprises a plurality of telephone terminals and a main unit. The main unit comprises an authentication processing unit performs login authentication MAC address authentication, and a... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974135 | Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and erasing method thereof A non-volatile semiconductor memory device including a NAND cell unit with a plurality of electrically rewritable and non-volatile memory cells connected in series, one end thereof being coupled to a bit line via a first select gate transistor while the other end is... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974130 | Semiconductor memory device and method for erasing the same A semiconductor memory device including a memory cell array with NAND cell units arranged therein, the NAND cell unit having a plurality of electrically rewritable and non-volatile memory cells connected in series, first and second select gate transistors disposed f... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973975 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes an image input device to convert image data into uncompressed data of CMYK, a gradation processing device to perform a gradation process on the uncompressed data to generate a halftone image, a rearrangement determination devic... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973907 | Method for treating substrate, method for conveying substrate, and apparatus for conveying substrate A method for treating a substrate before exposing the substrate to which a resist is applied, includes, rinsing the substrate to which a resist is applied, and holding the rinsed substrate in an atmosphere. The atmosphere substantially contains no moisture until con... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973819 | Method and apparatus for determining the position of a moving object, by using visible light communication An apparatus for determining the present position of a vehicle, by utilizing a visible-light communication system. The apparatus uses a visible-light communication beacon and video data representing an image photographed by one camera. The beacon emits a visible opt... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973806 | Reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing picture data A reproducing apparatus includes a graphics processing unit that outputs graphics data of an RGB color space, a video decoder that outputs video data of a YUV color space, a conversion unit that converts a color space of the graphics data from the RGB color space to... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973791 | Apparatus and method for generating CG image for 3-D display An apparatus generates, by introducing a concept called “virtual viewpoint model”, a CG image for use with a 3-D display through single rendering operation from a single viewpoint without adoption of a process for performing CG rendering operation from a plurali... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973616 | Post-wall waveguide based short slot directional coupler, butler matrix using the same and automotive radar antenna A short slot directional coupler includes a dielectric substrate having both surfaces each covered by a metal film, a first via-hole string and a second via-hole string, each of which has via-holes penetrating through the substrate, and formed so that a distance bet... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973580 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a voltage-control-type clock generation circuit having a plurality of stages of first delay elements and whose oscillation frequency is controlled according to a control voltage applied to the first delay elements; a delay circuit ha... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973419 | Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate, a p-type impurity diffusion layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, and Ni silicide formed on the diffusion layer, wherein an alignment mark f... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973351 | Stack having Heusler alloy, magnetoresistive element and spin transistor using the stack, and method of manufacturing the same A stack includes a crystalline MgO layer, crystalline Heusler alloy layer, and amorphous Heusler alloy layer. The crystalline Heusler alloy layer is provided on the MgO layer. The amorphous Heusler alloy layer is provided on the crystalline Heusler alloy layer. ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973340 | Semiconductor integrated circuit with improved power supply system Cells are formed on a substrate. First and second cell power wiring lines extend in a first direction on the substrate. First and second intermediate layer power wiring lines are formed on the first and second cell power lines. First upper layer power wiring lines a... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973281 | Semiconductor substrate, substrate inspection method, semiconductor device manufacturing method, and inspection apparatus A semiconductor substrate inspection method includes: generating a charged particle beam, and irradiating the charged particle beam to a semiconductor substrate in which contact wiring lines are formed on a surface thereof, the contact wiring lines of the semiconduc... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972960 | Method for manufacturing thin film A method for manufacturing a thin film includes: applying a liquid to a surface of a processing target member having at least one of a trench and a concave portion. The liquid includes a solvent and at least one of fine particles of a metal, fine particles of a semi... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972944 | Process simulation method, semiconductor device manufacturing method, and process simulator A process simulation method includes: converting condition data of plasma doping for introducing an impurity into a semiconductor in a plasma atmosphere to corresponding condition data of ion implantation for implanting impurities as an ion beam into the semiconduct... | 07/05/2011 |
