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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183729 | Electrically powered device The electrically powered device is provided. The electrically powered device includes: multiple stators structured to respectively have electromagnetic coils and position sensors; a shaft fastened to the multiple stators; and multiple rotors structured to respective... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183693 | Electronic device, method of producing the same, and semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes n1 first interconnects (n is an integer larger than one) respectively formed on first electrodes and extending over a first resin protrusion, and n2 second interconnects (n2 | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183690 | Electronic device An electronic device including: a semiconductor chip on which an integrated circuit is formed; an electrode formed on the semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the integrated circuit; a resin protrusion disposed on the semiconductor chip; an interconnect ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183657 | Solid state imaging device comprising charge retention region and buried layer below gate A solid state imaging device, includes: a sensor cell array having a plurality of sensor cells arranged in a matrix on a substrate, each sensor cell including: a photoelectric transducer provided in the substrate and generating photo-generated electric charges accor... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183651 | MEMS sensor, method of manufacturing MEMS sensor, and electronic apparatus A MEMS sensor includes: a substrate; a fixed electrode portion formed in the substrate; a movable weight portion formed above the fixed electrode portion via a gap; a movable electrode portion formed in the movable weight portion and disposed so as to face the fixed... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182703 | Tuning fork resonator element and tuning fork resonator A tuning fork resonator element that has a base portion, first and second resonating arms extending from the base portion in a first direction, and a support frame sandwiching the first and second resonating arms and being connected to the base portion includes: a f... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182641 | Bonding method and bonded structure A method includes: preparing a transfer base material to have repellency against a silicone material- and conductive particle-containing liquid material; applying the liquid material to a transfer base material surface to form a liquid coating, and drying the liquid... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182066 | Liquid body discharge device and method for discharging liquid body A liquid body discharge device includes a plurality of nozzles for discharging a liquid body to a liquid body discharged region of a substrate, and a plurality of heads moving along a moving path and each including the plurality of nozzles. Among the plurality of he... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181595 | Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus, electro-optical device, method of manufacturing the electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus of the present invention includes a cleaning unit, a regular flushing unit, capping unit, and an ejection-amount measuring unit as droplet ejecting head maintenance units used for function maintenance, function recovery, adjustmen... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660348 | Printer | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179583 | Actuator, optical scanner and image forming device An actuator includes a movable plate having a plate shape, a pair of axial parts that is elastically deformable and supporting the movable plate rotatable, and a tension adjuster adjusting tension on an axial direction of the pair of the axial parts and including a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179358 | Display device, integrated circuit device, and electronic instrument A display device includes an integrated circuit device and a display panel. The display panel includes a panel test terminal that is used to test the display panel, and a driver output terminal that is electrically connected with a data driver pad of the integrated ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178968 | Electronic component An electronic component includes: an active surface; a plurality of external connection terminals included in the active surface; a bump electrode disposed to the active surface, the bump electrode including: an internal resin formed on the active surface as a core;... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177531 | Fluid transport system with elastic tube and detaching cam arrangement A fluid transportation system includes an elastic tube, a tube frame to which the tube is attached such that the tube forms a circular arc, a first cam and a second cam disposed inside the tube, and fingers which radially extend from a rotation center in the space b... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173201 | Film-forming method and film-forming device A film-forming method includes: a) discharging a liquid including a film material on an object so as to form a liquid film made of the liquid; b) irradiating the liquid film with light and thus detecting light from the liquid film so as to measure distribution of an... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173050 | Conductive pattern formation ink, conductive pattern and wiring substrate A conductive pattern formation ink which can be stably ejected in the form of liquid droplets and form a conductive pattern having high reliability, a conductive pattern having high reliability, and a wiring substrate provided with the conductive pattern and having ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169096 | Power generator and motor device The fluid power generator is provided. The fluid power generator includes: a rotating member that rotates by fluid force; a generator motor that is mechanically linked with the rotating member and that is configured to function both as a generator and as a motor; a ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168250 | Ejection rate measurement method, ejection rate adjustment method, liquid ejection method, method of manufacturing color filter, method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device, and method of manufacturing electro-optic device An ejection rate measurement method for a device having a plurality of droplet ejection head columns mounted on a plurality of carriages includes the steps of (a) measuring an ejection rate of a liquid ejected from a droplet ejection head included in one of the plur... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164725 | Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal device includes: a circuit substrate; a counter substrate disposed so as to be opposed to the circuit substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the circuit substrate and the counter substrate, the liquid crystal layer showing vertical ali... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164144 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer on an insulating layer, and a first partially depleted transistor and a first diode in the semiconductor layer. The first transistor has a first gate electrode above the semiconductor layer via an insulating film... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162311 | Placing table and liquid body discharge device A placing table includes a placing surface on which a substrate is placed; a suction unit which sucks the substrate to the placing surface; a separation unit which separates the substrate from the placing surface; and a rotation unit, being a part of the placing sur... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157546 | Fluid transporting device of the peristaltic type with a push pin and push plate arrangement A fluid transporting device is of a writhing type for transporting a fluid continuously. The fluid transporting device comprises a plurality of push pins arranged along a tube and radially on a concentric arc for squeezing a portion of the tube through which the flu... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149499 | Electrophoretic display device and electronic apparatus An electrophoretic display device includes a display element including a pair of first and second substrates which are opposed to each other, and a microcapsule enclosing a display material changed in optical characteristics in response to an electric impulse, the m... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147032 | Liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method for manufacturing electro-optic device, electro-optic device, and electronic equipment A liquid droplet ejection apparatus performs a drawing operation on a workpiece set on a set table by driving the ejection of a functional liquid droplet ejection head in a head unit while moving the head unit in a main scanning direction relative to the set table f... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144473 | Electro-optical apparatus, flexible printed circuit board, manufacturing method for electro-optical apparatus, and electronic equipment An electro-optical apparatus comprising an electro-optical panel including a display section, a flexible printed circuit board, and a rigid circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board includes a first terminal connected to the electro-optical panel and a secon... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144380 | Drive mechanism A drive mechanism @is comprised with a set comprising a plurality of magnetic bodies, means for supplying a frequency signal to said set, and means for producing movement caused by the attraction/repulsion between the magnetic bodies. The movement is the driving sou... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143964 | Method for generating a PWM signal The PWM control circuit is provided. The PWM control circuit includes: a PWM control signal generator that generates a PWM period signal defining a period of a PWM signal and a PWM resolution signal specifying a resolution in one period of the PWM period signal; and... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143826 | Drive control circuit for electric motor A drive control circuit includes: an original drive signal generator generating an original drive signal based on a positional signal indicating a relative position of a first member and a second member of an electric motor; an excitation ratio signal generator gene... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143728 | Electronic board and manufacturing method thereof, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus An electronic board includes: a substrate; and a wiring pattern provided on the substrate and having a part that forms a resistance element, the part having wiring specifications that are different from those of other parts. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143173 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: (a) forming a stress relaxation layer on a first surface having an electrode of a semiconductor substrate; (b) forming a wiring line so as to cover the electrode and the stress relaxation layer after step (... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142602 | Method for mounting semiconductor device A method of forming a bonded structure comprises the steps of: mounting a semiconductor device having an electrode; a convexity protruding higher than the electrode and formed of a resin; and a conductive unit electrically coupled to the electrode and extending over... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139618 | Light emission device, light emission device driving method, and projector A light emission device includes: first and second clad layers sandwiching an active layer; a first electrode connected with the first clad layer; and second electrodes connected with the second clad layer, at least part of the active layer forms gain areas correspo... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138612 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate including an electrode; a resin protrusion formed on the semiconductor substrate and including a plurality of first portions and a second portion disposed between two of the first portions adjacent to each ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136238 | Methods for manufacturing semiconductor devices A method is provided to control the height of bump electrodes and increase a clearance between edge sections of a semiconductor chip and lead terminals of a tape substrate. By pushing up on a tape substrate by a bonding stage, and applying suction to the tape substr... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136032 | Document edit support device and storage medium There is disclosed a document edit support device including: an object obtaining unit that obtains an object as data expressing at least one of a text and an image, which are included in a document as an edit target and are to be located in a layout area; a grid lin... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130973 | Superdirectional acoustic system and projector A superdirectional acoustic system for reproducing a sound signal supplied from a real sound source by using a superdirectional speaker and producing a virtual sound source in a vicinity of a sound wave reflection surface. The system includes an ultrasonic speaker, ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128202 | Nozzle plate, method for manufacturing nozzle plate, droplet discharge head, and droplet discharge device A nozzle plate includes: a nozzle for discharging a liquid as droplets; a liquid-repellent film suppressing attachment of the droplets on one surface of the nozzle plate; and a first bonding film formed on the other surface of the nozzle plate and bonded with a subs... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128197 | Liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method for manufacturing electro-optic device, electro-optic device, and electronic equipment A liquid droplet ejection apparatus performs a drawing operation on a workpiece set on a set table by driving the ejection of a functional liquid droplet ejection head in a head unit while moving the head unit in a main scanning direction relative to the set table. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127608 | Detection device, gyrosensor, and electronic instrument A detection device includes a driver circuit and a detection circuit. The detection circuit includes an amplifier circuit which amplifies an output signal from a vibrator, a sensitivity adjustment circuit which performs sensitivity adjustment by variably controlling... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125432 | Common voltage generation circuit employing a charge-pump operation to generate low-potential-side voltage A common voltage generation circuit includes a first operational amplifier which outputs an amplitude voltage of a common voltage based on a first power supply voltage, a second operational amplifier which outputs a high-potential-side voltage of the common voltage ... | 02/28/2012 |
