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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7898086 | Semiconductor device having a package base with at least one through electrode A through electrode extends through a silicon substrate from the upper surface to the lower surface of the substrate to accomplish electrical conduction between the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate. The through electrode includes a plurality of slender thro... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890003 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit having an image carrier, a developing agent container for holding a developing agent, and a developing agent supplier for supplying the developing agent from the developing agent container to the image carrie... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7736944 | Semiconductor device with improved design freedom of external terminal A semiconductor device comprises: a semiconductor chip having a first main surface, a second main surface, and a plurality of side surfaces; an extension portion which contacts and surrounds the side surfaces of the semiconductor chip; a base, which is capable of co... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7444099 | Image processing apparatus and adjusting member of position of center of gravity A closable member is arranged in an upper portion of an apparatus main body. A center of gravity is shifted by opening the closable member. The apparatus has an adjusting member of the position of the center of gravity which is arranged out of the apparatus main bod... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7334010 | Feedback digital filter A digital filter includes a data storage section, a filter coefficient storage section, a multiplier, an accumulative adder section, a data output section and a control section. The data storage section stores the latest multiple input data for every channel and out... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7292213 | Method and device for repairing defective pixels of a liquid crystal display panel A method and device for repairing defective pixels of a liquid crystal display panel. First, examine the liquid crystal panel to obtain the locations of defective pixels on a liquid crystal display. Next, input a pixel signal wherein the pixel signal further compris... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7260533 | Text-to-speech conversion system The system according to the invention comprises a text-to-speech conversion processing unit, and a phrase dictionary as well as a waveform dictionary, connected independently from each other to the conversion processing unit. The conversion processing unit is for co... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249295 | Test circuit for semiconductor device A semiconductor test circuit including an input terminal, a controller, a setting circuit, a command generator, a transmission path switching circuit and a comparator. The input terminal receives serial data including a command code and control data. The controller ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248480 | Semiconductor element, manufacturing method thereof, and high frequency integrated circuit using the semiconductor element A semiconductor element comprises a capacitance variable section and an inductor section. In the capacitance variable section, a variable capacitance diode equipped with first and second control electrodes is provided on an insulative substrate. The inductor section... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247522 | Semiconductor device In order to provide a semiconductor device which makes it possible to mount a semiconductor element on the substrate of the semiconductor device main body at the correct position with a higher degree of accuracy, a semiconductor element 2 is mounted at a circ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245508 | Power conversion apparatus A power conversion apparatus includes serially connected arms U and X, serially connected arms V and Y, serially connected arms W and Z, and a capacitor, the pairs of serially connected arms and the capacitor all connected in parallel to one another. The input-side ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245004 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device mountable on a wiring board with the bottom surface being opposed to the wiring board including a semiconductor chip; a mold resin encapsulating the semiconductor chip; a first heat spreader joined to the semiconductor chip on the bottom surfa... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241946 | Method and device for music format switching A method and device for music format switching. A tone editor is first selected to compose ring tones in accordance with a first music format. It is determined whether a switch operation has been executed. If the switch operation has been executed, the ring tones ar... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240369 | Plug and play device and access control method therefor A plug and play device and an access control method, in which the plug and play device includes an access control device and a main function device. When the plug and play device is connected to a host, the access control device is first connected to the host to exe... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239536 | Electronic apparatus and DC power input apparatus thereof An electronic apparatus, for inputting a DC power through an adapter, includes a loading circuit and a DC power input apparatus. The loading circuit, including a first power input terminal and a second power input terminal, is used for receiving the first DC power. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238930 | Inspection device for mouth of container A container mouth inspection device which can produce an ideal optical image that reliably provides information on the inner contour of the container mouth, and which enables accurate and speedy measurement of the inside diameter or the like of the container mouth. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235905 | Electric power steering assembly An electric power steering assembly includes an electric motor, a reduction mechanism for reducing the speed of an output rotation of the electric motor, and a reduction-mechanism housing accommodating therein the reduction mechanism. The electric motor includes: an... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235428 | Semiconductor device production method A semiconductor device production method including: the step of forming a stopper mask layer of a first metal on a semiconductor substrate, the stopper mask layer having an opening at a predetermined position thereof; the metal supplying step of supplying a second m... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234834 | Backlight module and liquid crystal display incorporating same A backlight module includes a bezel, a light source, a reflector, a diffuser and a heat dissipation channel. The bezel includes a bottom plate, a top plate disposed above and in parallel with the bottom plate, and an inclined lateral plate for connecting the bottom ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6936499 | Semiconductor device and fabrication process therefor A semiconductor device which includes: a semiconductor chip bonded to a surface of a solid device; and a stiffener surrounding the periphery of the semiconductor chip. A surface of the stiffener opposite from the solid device is generally flush with a surface of the... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6930926 | Method for erasing a flash EEPROM A method for erasing a flash EEPROM. The flash EEROM includes a number of memory units. First, the flash EEPROM is pre-programmed. Second, the step of erasing the flash EEPROM is performed and the flash EEPROM is then soft-programmed. Subsequently, the final step is... | 08/16/2005 |
