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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7184260 | Electronic apparatus The present invention provides a small and thin electronic apparatus such as a tablet PC, which has a screen and an information processing function including an image display processing function for the screen. In the apparatus, a front cover is fixed to a LCD unit ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184296 | Memory device A memory device has a data line (DATA-BUS) for connection to a memory cell, a reference line (Reference-BUS) for reference, a precharge circuit (101), a load circuit (102), and an amplifier circuit (103). The precharge circuit is connected to th... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181912 | Power device equipped with combustion engine and stirling engine A power unit for a vehicle, such as an automobile, includes an internal combustion engine 1 as a prime mover for the vehicle, a generator 3, and a Stirling engine 4 for driving the generator 3. The Stirling engine 4 uses the exhaus... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183814 | Sampling switch A sampling switch is the one for sampling an input voltage and providing an output voltage, comprising a MOS transistor for being supplied by the input voltage to the source terminal thereof and providing the output voltage from the drain terminal thereof; and a gat... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184349 | Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device is provided for minutely changing a refresh interval according to a detected temperature and thereby lowering its power consumption. A temperature detector detects a temperature of a chip and outputs the corresponding temperature signal... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180512 | Integrated circuit free from accumulation of duty ratio errors An integrated circuit includes a first signal-inversion switching circuit which receives a signal supplied from an exterior thereof as a first input signal, followed by outputting the first input signal after logic inversion thereof in response to a first state of a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181558 | Avoidance of extended bus occupancy through simple control operation A shared bus system includes a bus, a first circuit which accesses the bus, a second circuit which shares the bus with the first circuit, and accesses the bus, a counter circuit which is provided in the second circuit, and performs a counting operation each time the... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181443 | System and method for supporting a tariff code selection The present invention provides a system for supporting a tariff code selection. The system comprises a database for storing commodity codes for the commodities in association with tariff codes used in an importing country, said database being searched using the comm... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180766 | Semiconductor memory The semiconductor memory has word lines; normal memory cells each having a storage capacitor; normal bit lines connected to the normal memory cells; a reference memory cell having a capacitor storing prescribed data; and a reference bit line connected to the referen... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179318 | Sliding member The present invention aims at preventing abrasion of relatively sliding members under a high pressure or/and high temperature condition. It also aims at preventing seizure of the sliding contact surfaces at high temperatures. The sliding member of the present invent... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179580 | Radiation sensitive material and method for forming pattern A copolymer expressed by the following structural formula was obtained by loading adamantyl methacrylate monomer and t-butyl acrylate monomer by 1:1, then conducting polymerization, adding AIBN as a polymerizatio... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181330 | Control apparatus A control apparatus is provided for ensuring a high-level control resolution and a high control accuracy even when a plant exhibits strong and varying non-linear characteristics with a varying sensitivity of a control amount to a control input. The control apparatus... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176740 | Level conversion circuit A level conversion circuit that prevents the operation speed from decreasing when the power supply voltage decreases while appropriately performing level conversion. The level conversion circuit includes first and second PMOS transistors. A first NMOS transistor is ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7178077 | Integrated circuit test apparatus A fixed-logic signal generated inside an integrated circuit is selectively supplied via selectors (Sm+1 to Sn) to input terminals (INm+1 to INn) of a function macro (1) for receiving signals whose logic levels are fixed to “H” or “L” on at least one t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176701 | Semiconductor device, temperature sensor, and electronic apparatus comprising it A temperature sensor including two transistors having different emitter current densities and performing temperature detection based on the fact that the difference in voltage between base and emitter changes with temperature. The temperature sensor is provided with... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176599 | Surface acoustic wave device and method of producing the same A surface acoustic wave device includes: interdigital transducers; first electrode pads that are connected to the interdigital transducers through wire patterns; and a piezoelectric substrate on which the interdigital transducers, the first electrode pads, and the w... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175702 | Naturally decomposing disposable tableware and manufacturing thereof Disclosed is disposable tableware which is completely degradable under environmental conditions without environmental contamination. The disposable tableware is prepared using environmentally friendly, completely degradable materials without additional chemical addi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172042 | Vehicle power cables retaining structure High-tension cables 7U, 7V, 7W connect an inverter 6 disposed outside an engine compartment with a motor/generator 3 disposed in the engine compartment, the high-tension cables 7U, 7V, 7W are individually passe... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171846 | In-cylinder pressure detection device An in-cylinder pressure detection device which is capable of ensuring stable detection accuracy irrespective of tightening torque applied in mounting the in-cylinder pressure detection device and thermal expansion of component parts of the same. A housing 21 ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172902 | Quality control material for reagentless measurement of analytes A method of monitoring calibration of a spectrophotometric apparatus that includes one or more than one calibration algorithm for one or more than one analyte, involves measuring absorbance of a quality control material with the apparatus to obtain a measurement, ca... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172818 | Copper foil for chip-on-film use, plasma display panel, or high-frequency printed circuit board A copper foil for chip-on-film use, a plasma display panel, or a high-frequency printed circuit board obtained by rolling copper foil to smooth the surface to give a surface area of not more than 1.30 times an ideal smooth surface, the smoothed copper foil having de... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172970 | Polish method for semiconductor device planarization A polish method for planarization is disclosed. The method uses a combination of a traditional oxide CMP and HSP-CMP (High Selectivity and Planarization) with a fix abrasive pad to meet the requirements of the CMP process for a device feature dimension under 0.18 mi... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173476 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device The drain of a power transistor M1 is connected to the non-inverting input terminal of an operational amplifier A and the drain of a transistor M2 is connected to the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier A to make substantially equal t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173485 | Phase-compensated filter circuit with reduced power consumption A filter circuit includes a plurality of integrator stages, each stage including a voltage-to-current converter to convert an input voltage into a current supplied to an output thereof and a capacitor coupled to the output of the voltage-to-current converter, a volt... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173629 | Image processor with the closed caption function and image processing method A memory control unit adjusts and sets the address of an image data area in the memory space of a memory and the address of a window area adjacent to the memory area, using a memory controller. The memory control unit stores data, other than image data that is suppl... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173466 | Timing signal generating circuit having simple configuration with low supply voltage and generating timing signals with high accuracy A timing signal generating circuit receives multiphase input signals and generates a signal having a phase intermediate therebetween, and weighting is applied to the multi-phase input signals by using a variable impedance circuit. The timing signal generating circui... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170831 | Optical pickup astigmatism measuring method, optical pickup astigmatism adjusting method, and optical pickup astigmatism measuring system It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical pickup astigmatism adjusting method capable of easily correcting an astigmatism even if the spot shape of a light beam converged on an optical disc is not a true circle. An optical pickup astigmatism adj... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171592 | Self-testing circuit in semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a self-testing circuit and a self-redundancy circuit with simple structures. The self-testing circuit includes a comparison circuit which compares write data with read data with respect to normal memory blocks and redundant mem... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169498 | Fuel cell and method for making the same In a fuel cell comprising a tubular casing, an electrolyte layer received in the tubular casing, and a pair of gas diffusion electrodes interposing the electrolyte layer and defining a fuel gas passage and an oxidizing gas passage, respectively, each gas diffusion e... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170556 | Image sensor providing improved image quality An image sensor for capturing image, has: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix each including a photoelectric conversion element for generating current according to received light intensity and a reset transistor for resetting a node of the photoelectric conve... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168842 | Light emitting diode backlight package In a light emitting device including a transparent covering, a fastener having a vertical member and a horizontal member, a light-emitting chip disposed on one face of the vertical member and encased by the transparent covering, a circuit board disposed on one face ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169805 | Captopril derivatives Captopril nitroderivatives having improved pharmacological activity and enhanced tolerability are described. They can be employed for the treatment or prophylaxis of cardiovascular, inflammatory and renal diseases. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171377 | Workplace shopping system and merchandise picking system, and shopping method and picking method thereof It is an object of the present invention to provide a system to receive orders of merchandise such as merchandise sold in a supermarket from a large number of employees, for example, of a workplace, and to deliver the ordered merchandise in a bundle, thereby enhanci... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166386 | Separator for fuel cell and method for preparation thereof Gold is coated on a surface of a stainless steel plate containing an intermetallic compound forming element which forms an intermetallic compound by reacting with gold, and then the entirety is heated to form an intermetallic compound layer comprising the intermetal... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165574 | Solenoid valve with cylindrical valve guide for the spherical valve element at the pressure inlet A valve device including a valve chamber having an inlet port at one end and a valve seat at the other end; a valve housing containing the valve chamber; the valve chamber accommodating a spherical valve element which performs opening and closing operation to the va... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167409 | Semiconductor memory device A cell array in the semiconductor memory device is divided into two blocks. Each of control signal lines for transmission of control signals are also divided into a first portion and a second portion correspondingly to the blocks. A repeater circuit that relays a co... | 01/23/2007 |
| D535764 | Front combination lamp | 01/23/2007 |
| D535586 | Front top cover of vehicles | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165512 | Method for controlling compression ignition internal combustion engine The present invention provides a method for controlling a compression ignition internal combustion engine, which can easily cope with a wide range of demand load with the use of a single fuel. The method includes: providing fuel 2 containing an ignition enhan... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167042 | Semiconductor device having logic circuit and macro circuit A semiconductor device includes both a logic circuit and a macro circuit. The macro circuit includes a circuit that consumes direct current (DC). In order to conserve power and allow for testing, the consumption of DC by the current consumption circuit can be stoppe... | 01/23/2007 |
