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In a multiple gate transistor, the plurality of Fins of the drain or source of the transistor are electrically connected to each other by means of a common contact element, wherein enhanced uniformity of the corresponding contact regions may be accomplished by an enhanced silicidation process sequence. For this purpose, the Fins may be embedded into a dielectric material in which an appropriate contact opening may be formed to expose end faces of the Fins, which may then act as silicidation surface areas.

An organic light-emitting device with enhanced operational stability comprising an anode; a hole-transporting layer disposed over the anode; a light-emitting layer disposed over the hole-transporting layer for producing light in response to hole-electron recombination, wherein the light-emitting layer includes at least one organic host material and one organic luminescent dopant material; a stability-enhancing layer disposed in contact with the light-emitting layer, wherein the stability-enhancing layer includes at least one organic host material and one inorganic dopant material; an electron-transporting layer disposed over the stability-enhancing layer; and a cathode disposed over the electron-transporting layer.

According to the present invention, an operational stability enhancing device for construction machinery is provided. The operational stability enhancing device for construction machinery includes: a plurality of cameras configured to capture surrounding images of construction machinery; a plurality of sensors configured to detect an obstacle located in the surrounding area of the construction machinery; a monitor configured to display the surrounding images captured by the plurality of cameras; and a control unit configured to, in a case where a detected object is detected in a surrounding area of a moving path by the sensor, and the detected object is an avoidance processing target, display an image of the captured detected object on a monitor through screen conversion or change the image of the captured detected object so as to be easily recognized by an operator when the construction machines approaches the detected object.

The present invention is a sealed electroluminescent display that incorporates a perimeter seal that inhibits exposure of display components to atmospheric contaminants and to a sealing process for fabrication of the same. The sealed electroluminescent display comprises a substrate, a cover plate and an electroluminescent display structure between the substrate and the cover plate. A perimeter seal is provided that extends from the substrate to the cover plate to inhibit exposure of the electroluminescent display structure to an atmospheric contaminant. The perimeter seal comprises one or more layers of a sealing material wherein at least one of the layers further comprises a getter material.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an LED drive circuit that is capable of ameliorating insufficient lighting and improving power utilization efficiency. This LED drive circuit is an LED drive circuit wherein the number of LEDs that are turned on varies in accordance with the voltage of a commercial alternating-current power supply, the LED drive circuit being characterized by having an LED row in which multiple LEDs are connected in series, a current detection resistor for detecting a current that flows in the LED row, a bypass circuit that is connected to an intermediate connection part of the LED row, and a current-limiting circuit that is connected to an end of the LED row, wherein the bypass circuit includes a first current-limiting component, the current-limiting circuit includes a second current-limiting component, the first current-limiting component is controlled on the basis of a voltage across the ends of the current detection resistor or a voltage that is obtained by dividing the voltage across the ends of the current detection resistor, and the second current-limiting component is controlled by the divided voltage that is obtained by dividing the current detection resistor.

The present invention provides a gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell vehicle with improved operational stability, the gas diffusion layer, which functions to supply hydrogen and air (oxygen) as reactant gases to a fuel cell stack, discharge product water generated by an electrochemical reaction, and transmit generated electricity, being formed with a thinned structure.For this purpose, the present invention provides a gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell vehicle with improved operational stability, the gas diffusion layer being formed with a dual layer structure including a microporous layer and a macroporous substrate, the macroporous substrate being formed of a material selected from the group consisting of carbon fiber felt and carbon fiber paper, the gas diffusion layer being thinned to have a thickness of 200 to 300 μm at 25 kPa and a thickness of 170 to 250 μm at 1 MPa, a density of 0.20 to 0.60 g / cm3 at 25 kPa, a porosity of 50 to 90% measured by mercury intrusion, and a through-plane electrical resistance of 30 mΩ·cm2 or lower measured at a clamping pressure of 1 MPa.

A semiconductor memory device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed, which reduce parasitic capacitance generated between a storage node contact and a bit line of a high-integration semiconductor device. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes forming a buried word line in an active region of a cell region, forming an insulation layer in the cell region and a lower electrode layer of a gate in a peripheral region so that a height of the insulation layer is substantially equal to that of the lower electrode layer, and providing a first conductive layer over the cell region and the peripheral region to form a bit line layer and an upper electrode layer.

A shift register unit and a gate drive apparatus are disclosed. The shift register unit comprises a pre-charge module configured to provide a voltage of a first voltage source to a first node under the control of an input signal from the signal input terminal, the first node being an output node of the pre-charge module; a pull-up module, and configured to provide a clock signal from a first clock signal terminal to a signal output terminal under the control of a voltage of the first node; a reset module configured to provide a voltage of a second voltage source to the first node under the control of an input signal from a reset signal terminal; and a pull-down module configured to maintain the first node and the signal output terminal at a low level during non-operating time of the shift register unit.

A double-effect thermoelectric cooling apparatus is described. The double-effect thermoelectric cooling apparatus includes a heat-dissipating barrel, a wind guide, cooling fins, and a fan. The heat-dissipating barrel further includes a thermoelectric chip-cooling module and heat-dissipating fins disposed therein. The fan drives a part of air passing through the heat-dissipating fins to remove a heat exchanged by the thermoelectric chip-cooling module. One end of the wind guide is coupled to a heat source of an electronic device, for example, a CPU or a graphic card of a computer. Another end of the wind guide is coupled to the fan to guide another part of the air through the cooling fins reducing the temperature thereof to the heat source of the electronic device to reduce the operating temperature of the heat source.

A semiconductor memory device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed, which reduce parasitic capacitance generated between a storage node contact and a bit line of a high-integration semiconductor device. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes forming a buried word line in an active region of a cell region, forming an insulation layer in the cell region and a lower electrode layer of a gate in a peripheral region so that a height of the insulation layer is substantially equal to that of the lower electrode layer, and providing a first conductive layer over the cell region and the peripheral region to form a bit line layer and an upper electrode layer.

An operating device (40) for a state-changing element that is an embodiment of the present invention includes a detent mechanism (50) for displacing and positioning displacement members (22, 33) included in a state-changing element (10), an actuator (60) for driving the detent mechanism (50), and a control unit (5) that controls the actuator (60). The control unit (5) includes an initial motion means (S1) that, in a case of receiving a request to change the state of the state-changing element (10) and changing the position of a detent member (51), drives an electric motor (61) and reduces play in the rotation direction that exists in the actuator (60), and a management means (S2 to S5) that, when it has been determined that the play has been reduced, sets a value obtained by tacking on play in the rotation direction that exists in a coupling portion between a spindle (52) and an output shaft (63) to a rotation angle necessary for a position change of the detent member (51) corresponding to the request, as a target rotation angle of the electric motor (61).

A plurality of p wells and a plurality of n wells are formed in a p-type semiconductor substrate having a memory portion and a peripheral circuit portion. Next, a resist pattern is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The resist pattern has apertures which, as viewed from the direction normal to the plane of the semiconductor substrate, approximately coincide with the p wells, wherein the area of aperture openings on the top side of the resist pattern is different from the area of aperture openings on the bottom side of the resist pattern. By using the resist pattern as a mask, p-type ions are injected in a shape approximately the same as that of the aperture opening on the top side or bottom side, whichever has the smaller area. Thereafter, by using the same resist pattern as a mask, n-type ions having enough energy to pass through resist of a predetermined thickness are injected into the p-type semiconductor substrate through areas, located adjacent the apertures in the resist pattern, in which the effective thickness of the resist is small, thereby forming deep n wells so as to cover the p well regions.

Chlorine dioxide generating processes of the single vessel type which produce chlorine dioxide of high purity are monitored and controlled by a computer using Advanced Control Strategies for steady, stable operation with optimum chemical usage on the basis of a desired chlorine dioxide production rate as the sole input from an operator to the computer program effecting the computer control.

The present invention discloses a support leg and a mobile offshore work platform having that leg. The disclosed support leg for a mobile offshore work platform comprises a support arm extending in a vertical direction, further comprising a support platform that has a cross section larger than that of the support arm, and that the lower end of said support arm is fixed to the upper surface of the support platform. When wind turbine installations or other offshore works are carried in sea areas of soft foundation ground, the support platform is supported on a soft foundation ground by a larger cross-sectional area, providing a greater support force and improving the stability of the mobile offshore work platform, and the mobile offshore work platform can be used to complete wind turbine installations and other predetermined works in sea areas of soft foundation ground.

A drive device comprises an air cylinder 123 for causing an operating member for a packaging operation to perform a reciprocating motion, a sensor 132 for detecting the cycle velocity or time of the air cylinder 123, a control valve 222 for controlling the pressure or flow rate of the fluid to be supplied to the air cylinder 123, and an a sequencer 201 for setting a reference value SV corresponding to the cycle velocity or time of the air cylinder 123, receiving a value PV detected by the sensor 132 as an input, calculating a valve opening degree so as to reduce the deviation of the detected value PV from the reference value SV to zero and setting the opening degree of the control valve 222 based on the calculated valve opening degree.

The invention provides a solid polymer fuel cell whose operational stability over time has been enhanced. A reinforced solid polymer electrolyte composite membrane for a solid polymer fuel cell according to the present invention comprises two or more polymer electrolyte membranes and one or more layers of a sheet-like porous reinforcing member, wherein the polymer electrolyte membranes provide both the upper and lower surfaces of the composite membrane, and pores in the sheet-like porous reinforcing member are substantially filled with the electrolyte from the polymer electrolyte membranes, and wherein the sheet-like porous reinforcing member contains a peroxide decomposition catalyst.

An organic light-emitting device with enhanced operational stability comprising an anode; a hole-transporting layer disposed over the anode; a light-emitting layer disposed over the hole-transporting layer for producing light in response to hole-electron recombination, wherein the light-emitting layer includes at least one organic host material and one organic luminescent dopant material; a stability-enhancing layer disposed in contact with the light-emitting layer, wherein the stability-enhancing layer includes at least one organic host material and one inorganic dopant material; an electron-transporting layer disposed over the stability-enhancing layer; and a cathode disposed over the electron-transporting layer.

A pneumatic tire is provided with a center land section formed between center main grooves, a pair of intermediate land sections formed between shoulder main grooves and the center main grooves, and a pair of shoulder land sections formed on the outside of the shoulder main grooves in a tire width direction. The center land section and the intermediate land sections swell outwardly in a tire radial direction from a basic tread profile line that smoothly connects ground contact surfaces of the pair of shoulder land sections. The radius of a peak section of the intermediate land sections is equal to or smaller than the radius of a peak section of the center land section, and the thickness of the intermediate land sections is greater than the thickness of the center land section.

An air-conditioning heat dissipation system includes a heat dissipation device and an enclosure. The heat dissipation device has a top and a bottom heat sinks secured to each other and a cryogenic chip sandwiched between the top and bottom heat sinks. The enclosure has a box assembly and a planar assembly extending from one side of the box assembly. The box assembly is operative to receive the heat dissipation device therein, and the planar assembly includes a channel having one end in communication with the box assembly and the other end open to external.

A USB connector positioning structure includes a protective casing affixed to a frame shell of a machine case around a USB connector insertion slot for guiding insertion of a male USB connector through the USB connector insertion slot into a plug hole in a female USB connector at a circuit board inside the machine case, and a positioning holder shell pivotally coupled to the protective casing and biasable between a close horizontal position and an opened vertical position and movable along two horizontal guide slots of the protective casing for holding an inserted male USB connector in connection with the female USB connector in the machine case and protecting the inserted male USB connector against external pressure, and holding screws for locking the protective casing and the inserted gale USB connector in position.

An inner-rotor motor for preventing the formation of an electrical conducting path between an iron core and a housing of the motor is disclosed in the present invention. The inner-rotor motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a housing, an insulating layer and an iron core. The insulating layer is arranged between the housing and the iron core and prevents the electrical conducting path from forming between the housing and the iron core. The rotor includes a shaft rotatably coupled with the housing, and a permanent magnet unit arranged around the shaft.

A level shifter circuit includes a level shifting unit configured to receive signals that may vary in a first range via a positive input terminal and a negative input terminal, respectively and to output signals that may vary in a second range to a positive output terminal and a negative output terminal, respectively, where the second range is larger than the first range, a first pre-charging unit configured to pre-charge the positive output terminal to a predetermined level when a clock is in a first level, and a second pre-charging unit configured to pre-charge the negative output terminal to the predetermined level when the clock is in the first level.

A cutter assembly has a blade holder, a blade and a limiting element. The blade holder has an elongated blade chamber defined along a longitudinal direction of the blade holder and an opening defined in one end of the blade holder and communicating with the blade chamber. The blade is moveably mounted in the blade chamber. The limiting element is mounted on the blade holder at a position adjacent to the opening and has a limiting segment extending into the blade chamber and abutting a side surface of the blade.

A semiconductor device including: a first memory cell including a non-volatile first variable resistance element that stores data by varying a resistance value and a selection transistor that selects the first variable resistance element; a first memory layer provided with more than one such first memory cell arranged in a plane; a second memory cell including a non-volatile second variable resistance element that stores data by varying a resistance value and a selection diode that selects the second variable resistance element; and a second memory layer provided with more than one such second memory cell arranged in a plane; wherein more than one such second memory layer is stacked over the first memory layer.

An inverting apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The inverting apparatus includes an inverting circuit, a detection circuit, and a control circuit. The inverting circuit converts a DC input power into an AC output power. The detection circuit detects an input voltage and an input current. The control circuit provides a control signal for disturbing the input voltage, such that a voltage value of the input voltage is adjusted to a command voltage represented by the control signal. The control circuit calculates an input power corresponding to each of time points, calculates a power variation between the disturbed power and the undisturbed power, then determines whether the power variation is larger than a predetermined variation, and sets a disturbance voltage according to the determination result, based on an MPPT operation or based on a disturbance direction of the command voltage of the previous time point.