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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183643 | Semiconductor device having silicide layer completely occupied amorphous layer formed in the substrate and an interface junction of (111) silicon plane A semiconductor device includes diffusion layers formed in a SOI layer under a side-wall, a channel formed between the diffusion layers, silicide layers sandwiching the diffusion layers wherein interface junctions between the diffusion layers and the silicide layers... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183637 | Semiconductor device There is provided a semiconductor device including: a field effect transistor that is provided with a gate region, a drain region and a source region and that is formed on a substrate; a circuit region that is formed on the substrate so as to be electrically isolate... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183147 | Method of fabricating a conductive post on an electrode A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a semiconductor chip portion having an electrode on a main surface of a wafer; forming a first resist pattern having a first opening on the electrode; filling the first opening with a first electricall... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179738 | Internal power supply control circuit of semiconductor memory An internal power supply control circuit of a semiconductor memory includes a periodic signal generating unit that generates a periodic signal to generate a permission signal to intermittently permit supply of power from an internal power supply circuit of the semic... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178904 | Gate array A gate array of a semiconductor substrate on which plural unit cells are arranged in parallel, the unit cells having the same pattern that includes a source potential region VDD, a PMOS, an NMOS and a ground potential region GND. Metal wiring lines being formed, wit... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178421 | Method of fabricating semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of preventing a cut portion from becoming chipped when dicing. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes preparing a semiconductor wafer having an upper surface (first surface) including a pl... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169429 | Driving power-supply circuit The object of the present invention is reducing power consumption of a driving power supply circuit. In the case where the driving voltage Vi is higher than the reference voltage ViH, The signal S3P, S3N of the differential amplifier 30P, 30 | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164376 | Clock frequency diffusing device A clock frequency diffusing device including a multiphase clock signal generator, a random number generator, signal selectors, and a clock signal generator. The multiphase clock signal generator receives an input clock signal and produces a plurality of delayed cloc... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164168 | Semiconductor package A semiconductor package including a semiconductor chip; a base member on which the semiconductor chip is mounted; a plurality of leads formed on the base member, the leads including inner ends electrically connected to the semiconductor chip and outer ends; and an i... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164164 | Semiconductor wafer, and semiconductor device formed therefrom A semiconductor wafer has a substrate, and a plurality of active areas formed on the substrate. Integrated circuits are formed in the active areas. The semiconductor wafer also has dicing areas formed between the adjacent active areas. A seal ring is formed along th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8154132 | Semiconductor device comprising internal and external wiring A semiconductor device of the invention include a rectangular semiconductor element mounted on a substrate formed with an external input terminal, an external output terminal, and a plurality of wiring patterns connected to each of the external input terminal and th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154070 | Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same A nonvolatile memory includes a semiconductor substrate having a body member and a step member formed on the body member, a highly doped first well layer formed on the step member, a control electrode formed on the step member, a first and a second diffusion layers ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150064 | Audio output device and method An audio output device and method capable of preventing generation of pop noise by a relatively simple and small-sized circuit configuration and control timing. A D/A converter converts a digital audio signal to an analog audio signal. A non-inverting amplifier ampl... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148782 | Semiconductor device with ESD protection function and ESD protection circuit A semiconductor device with an ESD protection function has an SOI substrate, first to fourth diffusion layers, and a gate. The SOI substrate has a semiconductor layer on an insulation layer. The first diffusion layer is of a first conductivity type and is formed on ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148226 | Method of fabricating semiconductor device Disclosed is a method of fabricating a semiconductor device that includes both an enhancement-mode FET and a depletion-mode FET. The method includes forming an opening in a gate electrode for the depletion-mode FET. The opening is located in or in the vicinity of on... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143718 | Semiconductor device having stress relaxation sections A semiconductor device having a semiconductor substrate including a first surface and a second surface corresponding to a back surface with respect to the first surface and having first through electrodes which extend through the first surface and the second surface... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134105 | Light quantity measuring device and method for measuring light quantity that selectively connects light reception elements based on incident light angle A light quantity measuring device includes a first light reception element, a second light, reception element, an identification circuit, and a selection circuit. The first light reception element receives a predetermined incident light at a first light reception su... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130217 | Display panel driving apparatus The present disclosure provides a display panel driving apparatus that can make the circuit layout surface area smaller, and prevent circuit damage. The display panel driving apparatus includes a source amplifier, a sink amplifier, a switch and the like. The source ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127201 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory and method of access evaluation to the same A nonvolatile memory includes a memory cell array having multiple memory cells, a read-out circuit outputting data stored in the memory cell array asynchronously in response to an input address signal, a selection circuit outputting a selection signal for selecting ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125417 | Display driver circuit for driving a light-emitting device with the threshold offset of a drive transistor compensated for A display driver circuit for driving a current-controlled light-emitting device to emit light with a luminance gradation includes a memory for storing compensation data based on a measured value of a threshold voltage of a transistor for driving the light-emitting d... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125248 | Semiconductor device, method of fabricating semiconductor device, and semiconductor device layout method There is provided a semiconductor device including: logic circuit elements disposed within a specific region in respective functional blocks of a logic circuit having a plurality of the functional blocks provided one for each functional unit; and a decoupling capaci... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124477 | Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing the same In a non-volatile semiconductor memory device having a MONOS structure, a memory cell section for storing information, and a periphery circuitry section for writing and reading the information with respect to the memory cell section are formed in the surface region ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124144 | Method of producing blood type checking reagent containing lectin Lectin is extracted from seeds of bitter gourd (also known as balsam pear or Momordica charantia). A blood type checking reagent for checking a blood type includes the lectin. The lectin extracted from seeds of bitter gourd preferably has a molecular weight b... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120338 | Dropper-type regulator A dropper-type regulator capable of providing a soft start function using a simple circuit configuration. An exemplary regulator includes a first FET having a relatively high current driving capability and a second FET having a relatively low current driving capabil... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115317 | Semiconductor device including electrode structure with first and second openings and manufacturing method thereof To improve connection reliability of a through electrode in a semiconductor device, and prevent deterioration of electrical characteristics due to a residue generated from a pad at the time of forming the through electrode. A contact area between a pad and a conduct... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110923 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same An improved manufacturing method of a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes preparing a semiconductor substrate having an integrated circuit together with connection pads. The method also includes forming a dielectric film on the semiconductor substr... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103010 | Acoustic signal processing apparatus and acoustic signal processing method An apparatus for performing processing of an input acoustic signal to be reproduced by a loudspeaker, which generates a harmonic of a low pitch sound component equal to or lower than a predetermined low cutoff frequency, and generates a harmonic synthesized acoustic... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101998 | MOSFET and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a MOSFET capable of improving the basic performance of a transistor such as saturation current characteristics, input follow-up and an offleak current at high levels, and a manufacturing method thereof. The MOSFET comprises a semicondu... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8093629 | Semiconductor chip and semiconductor device having a plurality of semiconductor chips The present invention comprises a semiconductor chip, and a semiconductor device having a plurality of semiconductor chips, that enables ESD protection from another semiconductor chip without increasing the chip area in case the semiconductor chip is Multi-Chip-Pack... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085609 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory and method for detecting leakage defects of the same There is provided a nonvolatile semiconductor memory wherein a normal mode voltage is provided to a selected word line when a normal mode is selected, and a test mode voltage lower than the normal mode voltage is provided to the selected word line when a test mode i... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085597 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory and data writing method for nonvolatile semiconductor memory A method having the steps of applying the same gate voltage to each of gate terminals of a plurality of memory cells via word lines to designate the memory cells as a write target, and simultaneously applying a write voltage that corresponds to each write data acros... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085081 | Semiconductor device for output of pulse waveforms A semiconductor device has multiple high-side field-effect transistors and multiple low-side field-effect transistors connected to a single output terminal to generate an output signal. A driver circuit outputs driving signals that turn the field-effect transistors ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077304 | Light amount measuring apparatus A light amount measuring apparatus including a light amount measuring circuit and a power supply for supplying power to the light amount measuring circuit; wherein the light amount measuring circuit includes a light receiving device for receiving light and outputtin... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077133 | Driving circuit In a driving circuit of a display device, a period for writing to pixels is shortened while an increase in size of an integrated circuit is avoided. In a first period of the writing period, the pixel is charged up with a gradation potential of a particular node in a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076220 | Fabrication method for device structure having transparent dielectric substrate A semiconductor device has a transparent dielectric substrate such as a sapphire substrate. To enable fabrication equipment to detect the presence of the substrate optically, the back surface of the substrate is coated with a triple-layer light-reflecting film, pref... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072268 | Operational amplifier An operational amplifier has an input stage that branches a first current according to first and second input signals. An output stage generates an output signal from a second current and one of the branch currents in the input stage. A first transistor supplies the... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071946 | Multi-function light sensor The light sensor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a multi-function light sensor that is equipped at low cost with both an ultraviolet light sensor and a visible light sensor and suppresses leak current between adjacent elements on the... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067993 | Constant current driven oscillating circuit There is provided a constant current driven oscillating circuit including: an oscillator with first and second ends; a first field effect transistor that turns ON when a signal of a lower level than a first threshold voltage is input to a first gate terminal, and ou... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067812 | Acceleration sensor and method of producing the same An acceleration sensor includes a weight; a base portion, a beam; and a piezo resistance element. The weight is arranged to displace upon receiving acceleration. The base portion is disposed around the weight apart from the weight. The beam has one end portion conne... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064523 | Motion vector search apparatus A motion vector search apparatus has two internal memories for storing one macroblock of current image data each and N internal memories for storing M macroblocks of reference image data each, where M and N are integers greater than one. Selectors feed data from one... | 11/22/2011 |
