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Sensor Device, Sensor System and Methods for Manufacturing Them

A sensor system includes a sensor device (10) and an integrated circuit (20) for driving the device (10). The device (10) includes a sensor body (1) of a silicon-based material, an upper sealing member (2) of a silicon-based material and a lower sealing member (3) of a silicon-based material. The upper sealing member (2) and the lower sealing member (3) are joined together to cooperatively house the body (1) therewithin in an airtight manner. The device (10) and the circuit (20) are formed as a stacked body. The body (1) is electrically connected to a wiring pattern (12) of the circuit (20) through a conductive through-path (4) penetrating the upper sealing member (4) and a mounting electrode (5) provided on an outer surface of the upper sealing member (2). The device (10) is connected to an MID substrate (30) through the circuit (20).
Owner:MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD

Combustion Control Using Ion Sense Feedback And Multi-Strike Spark To Manage High Dilution And Lean AFR

A system and method for operating a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine having at least one actuator for controlling charge dilution of at least one cylinder and at least one spark plug per cylinder include attempting to improve combustion quality by modifying ignition energy of the at least one spark plug before modifying charge dilution of the cylinder, and modifying both ignition energy and charge dilution substantially simultaneously to establish combustion if an ionization sense signal associated with the cylinder indicates a misfire.
Owner:FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC

Semiconductor acceleration sensor using doped semiconductor layer as wiring

A semiconductor acceleration sensor is provided, which has the capability of preventing a situation that detection accuracy of acceleration deteriorates due to undesirable thermal stress induced when a metal layer wiring is used in the acceleration sensor. This sensor comprises a frame, a weight, at least one pair of beams made of a semiconductor material, via which said weight is supported in the frame, and at least one resistor element formed on each of the beams to thereby detect acceleration according to piezoelectric effect of the resistor element. The sensor also includes a doped semiconductor layer formed in a top surface of each of the beams as a wiring for electrically connecting with the resistor element.
Owner:MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD

Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same

InactiveUS20060220097A1Improve accuracyHigh-accuracy patterningTransistorSolid-state devicesCell regionSilicon
The semiconductor device comprises a silicon substrate 14 having a step formed in the surface which makes the surface in a flash memory cell region 10 lower than the surface in a peripheral circuit region 12; a device isolation region 20a formed in a trench 18 in the flash memory cell region 10; a device isolation region 20c formed in a trench 24 deeper than the trench 18 in the peripheral circuit region 12; a flash memory cell 46 including a floating gate 32 and a control gate 40 formed on the device region defined by the device isolation region 20a; and transistors 62, 66 formed on the device regions defined by the device isolation region 20c.
Owner:FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LTD

Tuning fork type crystal oscillator with angular velocity detection capability

A crystal oscillator used as a clock source and further having an angular velocity detection capability is provided with: a tuning fork type crystal unit provided with excitation electrodes for exciting tuning fork vibration and sensing electrodes for detecting electric charge generated by the Coriolis force; an oscillation circuit connected to the excitation electrodes for both exciting the tuning fork vibration and for supplying a clock signal as output based on the tuning fork vibration; and a detection circuit connected to the sensing electrodes for supplying an angular velocity signal in accordance with the electric charge. The tuning fork crystal unit has first and second tuning fork arms for realizing the tuning fork vibration. The excitation electrodes are provided on the side surfaces of the first tuning fork arm and the sensing electrodes are provided on the side surfaces of the second tuning fork arm.
Owner:NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO LTD

Power factor correction circuit

A power factor correction circuit includes a filter capacitor interposed between AC input terminals, a first inductor interposed between the first end of the filter capacitor and an input of a first rectifying bridge circuit, and a second inductor interposed between the second end of the filter capacitor and another input of the first rectifying bridge circuit. The power factor correction circuit further includes a second rectifying bridge circuit including inputs connected to AC input terminals, and outputs connected to a smoothing capacitor. A control circuit controls switching devices in the first rectifying bridge circuit. The power factor correction circuit can facilitate preventing an overcurrent from flowing through diodes and parasitic diodes in the switching devices, using a simple configuration.
Owner:FUJI ELECTRIC CO LTD

Control circuit of display device, display device and electronic appliance having the same, and driving method of the same

Downsizing and improvement in operating efficiency of a control circuit of a display device is achieved. Two video data storage units that have conventionally been used in a control circuit are combined into one, and an address area thereof is divided in half. One of the areas is used as a writing area while the other is used as a reading area, and these areas are alternately switched at regular intervals, for example per frame period. Video data reading from the video data storage unit is performed not in synchronous with a half-cycle of a source clock. Instead, a predetermined quantity of video data is read out continuously in a plurality of consecutive clock cycles, and the video data is temporarily held in a read-out video data storage unit and the like so as to be transmitted to a display panel at any time desired. Write-in operation is performed in the period in which the read-out operation is not performed until a write-in video data storage unit is completely rewritten.
Owner:SEMICON ENERGY LAB CO LTD

Opening and closing valve

A switching valve assembly 32 for use in a mixing faucet is disclosed. The switching valve assembly comprises a switching valve assembly 32 for use in a mixing faucet, which comprises a manual operation member 36 adapted to be moved in response to a pressing operation by a user, a push rod 35 having a base end joined to the manual operation member, a pilot valve 40 disposed relative to a distal end of the push rod, a coil spring 42 interposed between the pilot valve and the distal end of the push rod, a diaphragm main valve 46 having a pilot-valve port designed such that the pilot valve is selectively brought into contact therewith and separated therefrom, a pressure chamber 48 formed on the side of a back surface of the main valve to contain a part of the push rod, the pilot valve and the coil spring, and a valve seat 52 designed such that a front surface of the main valve is selectively seated thereon and unseated therefrom.
Owner:TOTO LTD

Method and device for preparing flexible electronic circuit through liquid metal

The invention provides a method and device for preparing a flexible electronic circuit through liquid metal. A heat evaporation technology or a sputtering technology is adopted, the liquid metal is used as an evaporation source or a sputtering source, liquid metal particles are obtained through heat evaporation or bombardment sputtering to be deposited on the surface of a flexible substrate, and a liquid metal film is formed. The method is simple and practicable, and small size forming of the flexible electronic circuit is facilitated. In addition, the preparing device is simple in structure, two manners of heat evaporation and sputtering can be carried out on a liquid metal target, and therefore use is flexible.
Owner:NINGBO INST OF MATERIALS TECH & ENG CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCI

Zoom lens, and imaging apparatus equipped with same

A zoom lens exhibits a reduction in size, increased magnification, a reduction in variation of angle of view during zooming, and an increased focusing speed, said zoom lens being suitable for an imaging apparatus using a solid-state imaging device such as an interchangeable lens, a digital still camera, a digital video camera, or the like. The zoom lens has, in the lens system, at least: a first negative lens group having negative refractive power; a second negative lens group disposed further towards the image side than the first negative lens group, and which has negative refractive power; and a lens group (A) disposed so as to be adjacent to the image side of the second negative lens group. In the zoom lens, focusing from an infinite distance to a near object is performed by moving only the second negative lens group towards the image side, and prescribed conditions are satisfied.
Owner:TAMRON

Integrated circuit device with P-type gate memory cell having pedestal contact plug and peripheral circuit

InactiveUS6900492B2Increase heightReduce substrate concentrationTransistorSolid-state devicesDram memorySilicon oxide
A refresh characteristic of a DRAM memory cell is improved and the performance of a MISFET formed in the periphery thereof and constituting a logic circuit is improved.Each gate electrode in a memory cell area is formed of p type polycrystalline silicon, and a cap insulating film on each gate electrode and a sidewall film on the sidewall thereof are formed of a silicon oxide film. A polycrystalline silicon film formed on the gate electrodes and between the gate electrodes is polished by a CMP method, and thereby contact electrodes are formed. Also, sidewall films each composed of a laminated film of the silicon oxide film and the polycrystalline silicon film are formed on the sidewall of the gate electrodes in the logic circuit area, and these films are used as a mask to form semiconductor areas. As a result, it is possible to reduce the boron penetration and form contact electrodes in a self-alignment manner. In addition, the performance of the MISFET constituting the logic circuit can be improved.
Owner:NEC ELECTRONICS CORP +2

Transmission

The present invention is directed to a transmission capable of minimizing the number of speed-change driven gears on a first countershaft to ensure a layout space in an engine compartment of a vehicle, and reducing a driving torque to be applied to a second countershaft to facilitate downsizing of the transmission. In the transmission, the first countershaft 2 is arranged at a position above an input shaft 1, and a first-speed driven gear 14 and a second-speed driven gear 24 are provided on the first countershaft 2.
Owner:MAZDA MOTOR CORP

Vehicle cooling device

A vehicle cooling device includes a pump, circulation paths connected to the pump for circulating coolant between a cooling object and a heat exchanger, a solenoid valve for opening and closing at least one of the circulation paths, and a control unit for controlling pump operation. The solenoid valve includes a valve body movable between a position separated from a valve seat and a position abutting the valve seat, the valve body being held in abutment with the valve seat, and a solenoid maintaining the abutment when energized. The valve body allows coolant fluid pressure to move the valve body separate from the valve seat when the solenoid is not energized and the pump is in operation, and the control unit performs controlling to stop the pump and start solenoid energization when conditions are ready for stopping coolant circulation through the circulation path in which the solenoid valve is disposed.
Owner:AISIN SEIKI KK

Electrically driven vacuum pump for a vehicle

A system for supplying vacuum to a vacuum consumption device of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes an electrically driven vacuum pump selectively routing air to an air intake system upstream and downstream of a turbocharger.
Owner:FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC

Power supply unit and portable device

A step-like operation command signal is inputted into a time-constant circuit to generate a gradually rising operation command input voltage, which is supplied to a power supply unit. Enablement and disablement of the power supply unit is controlled on the basis of the operational command input voltage. When the operation command input voltage exceeds a first predetermined voltage level, a detection signal and a reference voltage are generated, and at the same time an error amplification circuit is enabled. On the other hand, when the operation command input voltage exceeds a second predetermined voltage level, a level shift voltage for initiating a soft start is generated, which enables execution of a soft start of the power supply unit without increasing its consumption current and reduction of the number of its terminals.
Owner:ROHM CO LTD

Aperture apparatus

An aperture apparatus includes a substrate having a lens opening, a first aperture sector having a first aperture opening, a second aperture sector having a second aperture opening, and a drive pin that is engaged in cam openings respectively formed in the first aperture sector and in the second aperture sector and that swings the first aperture sector and the second aperture sector. The first aperture sector and the second aperture sector are located in receding positions from the lens opening, when the drive pin is in an initial position. The cam openings include a swing region and a non-swing region, the swing region guiding a corresponding sector to the lens opening as the drive pin moves from the initial position, the non-swing region retaining the other sector in the receding position, when one of the first aperture sector and the second aperture sector is guided to the lens opening.
Owner:SEIKO PRECISION INC

Polyimide composition and base tape for TAB carrier tape and flexible printed circuit board made from said composition

The object of the present invention is to provide polyimide composition having such excellent property as low water absorption and low hygroscopic swelling, and a base tape for a TAB carrier tape and a FPC. The another object of the present invention is to provide polyimide composition comprising polyimide consisting of a repeating unit of the general formula (1): The further object of the present invention is to provide a base tape for a TAB carrier tape containing polyimide film made from said polyimide composition as a base film and a FPC containing polyimide film made from said polyimide composition as an insulating material.
Owner:KANEKA CORP

Heat exchanger unit

InactiveUS20100012299A1Improvement and optimization of heat conduction effectFacilitate downsizingSemiconductor/solid-state device detailsSolid-state devicesShortest distanceEngineering
According to the present invention, there is provided a heat exchanger unit having, over a base, a surface-modified portion composed of a metal, the surface-modified portion being brought into contact with a flow path provided for a liquid refrigerant, wherein the liquid refrigerant is a liquid having a surface tension smaller than that of water, and the surface-modified portion has a porous structure, in which a plurality of recesses are provided on the flow path side thereof, each recess has an introduction path having a cross-section area gradually reduced from the inlet of the recess, and a cavity communicated with the introduction path while placing an inflection portion in between, and the shortest distance between the inflection portion and the flow path is larger than the shortest distance between the cavity and the flow path.
Owner:NEC CORP

Shifting register and driving method thereof as well as gate driving circuit

The invention discloses a shifting register and a driving method thereof, as well as a gate driving circuit. The shifting register comprises an input unit, an upper control unit, a lower control unit, a plurality of output control units and output reset units, wherein each output control unit is connected with a corresponding wire of a clock signal to be output and a signal output end and used for inputting the clock signal which is provided by the wire of the clock signal to be output and is to be output to the corresponding signal output end under the control of the electric potential of a first node; each output reset unit is used for inputting third voltage provided by a third power supply end to the signal output end under the control of the electric potential of a second node. According to the shifting register, the plurality of output control units are provided and can be used for driving a plurality of gate lines, so that the quantity of the shifting registers in a gate electrode driving circuit can be effectively decreased, and the gate electrode driving circuit can be of a small size, and as a result, a narrow side frame of a panel can be displayed.
Owner:BOE TECH GRP CO LTD

Headlamp control circuit

A headlamp control circuit reduces a possibility that all headlamps become lights-out in a two-lamp system headlight, even if a switching element fails under a high-beam condition while the single switching element is driven to light two right and left high-beam filaments. A headlamp control circuit includes switch sections (SW1) and (SW2) for lighting low-beam filaments (21) and (31), a switch section (SW3) for lighting high-beam filaments (22) and (32) together, a diode (D1) for detecting an output voltage on the switch section SW3, and a control section (120) for turning the switch section (SW3) to an on-condition in the case where a high-beam indication is accepted and for turning the switch sections (SW1) and (SW2) to an on-condition in the case where a low-beam indication is accepted and in the case where a high-beam indication is accepted and the diode (D1) detects no high-beam lighting voltage.
Owner:SUMITOMO WIRING SYST LTD
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