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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5115306 | Projection CRT with a green emitting terbium activated lanthanum oxychloride phosphor exhibiting nearly constant light-output of elevated temperatures A projection cathode-ray tube for a projection video apparatus, comprising a green-emitting screen including a terbium-activated lanthanum oxychloride phosphor. The disclosed phosphor exhibits a luminance maximum at a minimum beam size, a property advanta... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5113230 | Semiconductor device having a conductive layer for preventing insulation layer destruction On a semiconductor substrate between the source region and drain region, there is provided a gate electrode, through an insulation layer. There is further provided a conductive layer partially allowed to electrically contact this gate electrode and coveri... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5061983 | Semiconductor device having a metal silicide layer connecting two semiconductors A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device that includes p- and n-type regions formed on an insulating substrate, and an interconnection layer electrically coupled with these p- and n-type regions. The interconnection layer is an n-type polycrystal... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5051338 | Method and apparatus for forming resist pattern A method for forming a highly precise resist pattern with good reproducibility has the steps of: applying a resist material to a substrate to form a resist film; baking the resist film; cooling the resist film in a controlled manner; selectively irradiati... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5049028 | Control system of multi-joint arm robot apparatus A multi-joint arm robot apparatus comprises a multi-joint arm having a plurality of unit arms coupled in tandem with each other through joints, and a movable support for supporting the proximal portion of the multi-joint arm. The multi-joint arm robot app... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5029071 | Multiple data processing system with a diagnostic function A multiple data processing system includes first and second microprocessors for executing the same data processing in parallel fashion. A selector selectively delivers one of the output data of the microprocessors to an external I/O device. A comparator d... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4998164 | Swing-driven solid-state color image sensor A color image sensing system includes a CCD image sensor with an optical color filter. A CCD driver is provided to electrically drive the image sensor, which is attached to a vibration table serving as a swing-driver for moving the image sensor along a ho... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4981776 | Method of manufacturing a plastic encapsulated semiconductor device with insulated heat sink A semiconductor device has a lead frame. The lead frame has a mount portion and a lead portion. A semiconductor chip is mounted on one major surface of the mount portion of the lead frame. The semiconductor chip is connected by an electrical connecting me... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980543 | Multiple denominator bank note depositor/dispenser with automatic loading to and from storage section In an automatic bank note transaction apparatus bills dispensed from a first storage section for storing bills to be loaded are discriminated when the number of bills (to be loaded) of the given denomination is specified, bills are loaded into a second st... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4954874 | Package semiconductor device using chalcogenide glass sealing A semiconductor device includes a package hermetically sealed with a chalcogenide-based glass sealing agent. A semiconductor element is housed within the package, and the respective electrodes of the semiconductor element are connected through bonding wir... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4936117 | Washing apparatus A washing apparatus comprises a pedestal, drive device fitted to the pedestal, a tub body provided with a washing tank, two elongate fitting legs fitted to the tub body at one end and attached to the pedestal at the other end, thereby supporting the tub b... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4924117 | Logic circuit having an error detection function A logic circuit has two pairs of input terminals to each of which is applied a pair of input signals opposite in phase and a pair of output terminals for deriving a pair of output signals corresponding to the logical states of the two pairs of input signa... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4920075 | Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a lens section A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with a lens section. A semiconductor element is formed in a semiconductor substrate and a transparent layer is formed on this semiconductor element. The transparent layer is patterned to form the lens sect... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4920553 | Film feeder of a cassetteless X-ray photographic apparatus A film feeder of a cassettes X-ray photographic apparatus comprises a plurality of suction cups capable of attracting unexposed film in a first and second magazines receiving unexposed film of different sizes, first guide path for guiding the cups between... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4916518 | Plastic encapsulated semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device has a lead frame. The lead frame has a mount portion and a lead portion. A semiconductor chip is mounted on one major surface of the mount portion of the lead frame. The semiconductor chip is connected by an electrical connecting me... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4913330 | Web feeding apparatus A web feeding apparatus according to the present invention feeds in one direction a thermal transfer ribbon as a web with low transverse rigidity clamped between a platen roller and a recording head having a predetermined printing range. The web feeding a... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4910508 | Matrix logic circuit network suitable for large-scale integration A matrix logic circuit network comprises a great number of interconnected logic gates. Input and output lines of the logic gates are arranged in the matrix array. By rearranging the input and output lines of the matrix in accordance with a sort algorithm,... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4910565 | Electrically erasable and electrically programmable read-only memory A semiconductor memory device having a MOS transistor with a floating gate capable of storing data. The MOS transistor has an erase gate which overlaps part of the floating gate with an insulating film interposed therebetween. Upon application of a high v... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4907057 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device having a semiconductor substrate, wherein first and second insulating gate FET transistor connected respectively, in series with first and second polycrystalline silicon layers acting as loads of first and second inverters are forme... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4897337 | Method and apparatus for forming resist pattern A method for forming a highly precise resist pattern with good reproducibility has the steps of: applying a resist material to a substrate to form a resist film; baking the resist film; cooling the resist film in a controlled manner; selectively irradiati... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4888306 | Method of manufacturing a bipolar transistor A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate with at least one semiconductor region formed in it, a polycrystalline silicon layer formed in contact with the semiconductor region and a metal layer formed on the polycrystalline silicon layer.... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4883986 | High density semiconductor circuit using CMOS transistors A semiconductor circuit has a power source terminal set at a positive potential, a reference potential terminal set at a reference potential, a first MOS transistor whose current path is connected between the power source terminal and an output terminal, ... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4872045 | Input protection device for C-MOS device An input protection device for a C-MOS device having an n-type semiconductor substrate and a p-type well region. The device comprises a diode consisting of the p-type well region and an n+ -type layer diffusion formed in the p-type well region ... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4870491 | Display control apparatus for supplying display data to raster scanning type display device A video RAM write control circuit has a video RAM for storing pattern data of one frame at addresses thereof which correspond to display positions, and a control circuit for generating write pattern data and write addresses. The video RAM stores a pattern... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4849886 | System for improving the SIN ratio of a NMR signal by summing in phase cosine and/or sine components In a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) diagnostic apparatus, the NMR signals from a portion of an object excited repeatedly by the same type excitation pulses are temporarily stored and the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio thereof is improved by summing togethe... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4849292 | Method for directly bonding ceramic and metal members and laminated body of the same A laminated body comprising a ceramic member and a metal member, and a method of forming the laminated body are described. The laminated body is characterized in that the ceramic member contains in its surface portion a bonding agent and the metal member ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4849931 | Data processing system having interfacing circuits assigned to a common I/O port address by utilizing a specific bit line of a common bus An interface circuit can assign a common input/output port address to a plurality of I/O circuits. Each common I/O port is defined in terms of pages. In an actual data input/output, a specific port address is used for port control so as to select one comm... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4845383 | High frequency voltage comparator circuit A voltage comparator circuit that is useful in A/D converters and D/A converters. The circuit comprises a comparison capacitor, a holding capacitor and input switching transistors. The holding capacitor holds the comparison voltage applied to it from the ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4845662 | Data processor employing run-length coding A character data processor for a videotex or teletext system includes a microcomputer section, a self data processing unit and a read/write memory. A memory access period for the memory exists in one read/write cycle of character data packets. Data proces... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4845000 | Radiation sensitive carrier body utilized as stamper structure A radiation-sensitive carrier body directly utilized as a stamper has a glass substrate, a first highly adhesive layer securely adhered to the substrate, a radiation-sensitive layer which discharges a gas component upon being irradiated with a laser beam ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4843424 | Reverse developing image forming apparatus with disturbing means In an image forming apparatus according to the present invention, a cleaning device which allows for the repeated use of the photosensitive drum is removed from a space between a transferring device for transferring a visible image to the transfer sheet a... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4835682 | Computer system for preventing copying of program from a storage medium by modifying the program using a unique key A computer system for preventing copying or duplication of a program which has a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an FDD unit, a loader program executed by the CPU for loading the program from the FDD unit to the memory, an address selector switch, and an FM/MFM modula... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4830742 | Apparatus for sorting sheets An apparatus for sorting sheets is disclosed, which comprises a feeder for setting a mixture of different kinds of sheets, the set sheets being fed one by one for sorting, a judging circuit for judging the kind of sheet being transported through the body ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4830971 | Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device utilizing self-aligned contact regions A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the invention comprises the steps of (a) forming a gate insulating film on a surface of a silicon substrate, and a gate electrode on said gate insulating film; (b) forming a source region and a drain region ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4823119 | Pattern write control circuit A pattern write control circuit of the invention has a graphic memory consisting of a plurality of memory planes each storing corresponding to color data for color display, an address selector for supplying a common address to the plane memories, a regist... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4820634 | Immunoassay method and immunoreactive cell reagent Immunoassay which can be performed within a short period of time and a reagent composition for such immunoassay. The reagent composition contains complement and cells which contain quantitatively determinable substance therein. Antibody or antigen corresp... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4814853 | Semiconductor device with programmable fuse A first wiring layer is formed on a substrate. An insulation layer is formed on the first wiring layer so as to cover with the first wiring layer. A second wiring layer, which acts as a fuse device, is formed on the insulation layer transverse to the firs... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4813021 | Semiconductor memory device with delayed precharge signals A semiconductor memory device includes memory cells arranged in a matrix array, a plurality of pairs of bit lines, each pair of bit lines being connected to the memory cells on the same column, a plurality of pairs of switching MOS transistors, each pair ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4812876 | Motor control device for a copying machine A motor control device for a copying apparatus which is so arranged as to individually control the motors for driving the movable components of the copying apparatus and is provided with a ten-key board designed to set a test mode and designate a motor to... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4809415 | Method of manufacturing a heat exchange pipe A heat-exchanging pipe having an inside surface formed with a plurality of ribs for enhancing turbulence of fluid flowing through the pipe. Each rib has an upstanding face portion formed on an upstream side of the rib and an inclined face portion descendi... | 03/07/1989 |
