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To achieve, in an oxide semiconductor thin layer transistor, both the stability of threshold voltage against electric stress and suppression of variation in the threshold voltage in a transfer characteristic. A thin film transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer and a gate insulating layer disposed so as to be in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer contains hydrogen atoms and includes at least two regions that function as active layers of the oxide semiconductor and have different average hydrogen concentrations in the layer thickness direction; and when the regions functioning as the active layers of the oxide semiconductor are sequentially defined as, from the side of the gate insulating layer, a first region and a second region, the average hydrogen concentration of the first region is lower than the average hydrogen concentration of the second region.

The invention provides a pixel circuit that allows simultaneous correction of both influence of the threshold voltage of a drive transistor and influence of the mobility of the drive transistor. Correction means is connected to a drive transistor and a capacitance part, and operates during a correction period preceding to a sampling period. The correction period is separated into a reset period and a detection period. During the reset period, the correction means energizes the capacitance part to reset the potential of the capacitance part. During the detection period, the correction means stops the energization and detects the potential difference arising between the source and gate of the drive transistor during the period when a transient current flows through the drive transistor. The capacitance part holds the potential corresponding to the detected potential difference. The held potential includes both a potential component for reducing the influence of the threshold voltage on the output current of the drive transistor, and a potential component for reducing the influence of the carrier mobility thereon.

A driving method of a light emitting device, in which when an N-type driving TFT is connected to an anode of a light emitting element or a P-type driving TFT is connected to a cathode thereof, the driving TFT operates in a saturation region and an image can be displayed with a desired gray scale level depending on a video signal. In addition, a light emitting device adopting the driving method is provided. According to the invention, when a potential having image data is supplied to a gate of a driving TFT depending on a video signal, a reverse bias voltage is applied to the driving TFT and a light emitting element which are connected in series with each other. Meanwhile, when a pixel displays an image depending on the video signal, a forward bias voltage is applied to the driving TFT and the light emitting element.

According to the present invention, oxygen and nitrogen are effectively prevented from mixing into the semiconductor film by doping Ar or the like in the semiconductor film in advance, and by irradiating the laser light in the atmosphere of Ar or the like. Therefore, the variation of the impurity concentration due to the fluctuation of the energy density can be suppressed and the variation of the mobility of the semiconductor film can be also suppressed. Moreover, in TFT formed with the semiconductor film, the variation of the on-current in addition to the mobility can be also suppressed. Furthermore, in the present invention, the first laser light converted into the harmonic easily absorbed in the semiconductor film is irradiated to melt the semiconductor film and to increase the absorption coefficient of the fundamental wave.

A liquid crystal display has an LCD controller, a microcomputer, and a storage section. The LCD controller is capable of setting up an image display period for performing display based on input image data and a black display period for performing display based on black display data, within one field period. The microcomputer switches the mode of the LCD controller between an impulse-drive mode having the image display period and the black display period within the one field period, and a hold drive mode having only the image display period. The storage section stores sets of reference gradation voltage data that are previously specified. A reference gradation voltage, which is generated at a reference gradation voltage generation section and used for driving the liquid crystal display panel, is variable according to the mode. Thus, it is possible to realize the liquid crystal display that can suppress changes in gamma characteristics so as to prevent deterioration of display quality even when the mode is switched.

A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel, a touch panel, a position signal generating device, and a display control device. The liquid crystal panel is formed so that a liquid crystal is sealed in a gap between an element substrate and an opposite substrate, which are opposed to each other, and a transmittance ratio of the liquid crystal is controlled on the basis of a voltage applied between a first electrode and a second electrode. The touch panel is arranged on a side of the opposite substrate and provided with a plurality of detection electrodes. The position signal generating device specifies one or plurality of the plurality of detection electrodes in conformity with a predetermined rule and generates a position signal that indicates a position of a pointing body on the basis of an electric potential of the specified detection electrode or on the basis of electric potentials of the specified detection electrodes. The display control device displays an image of a fixed luminance level on a display area of the liquid crystal panel, which overlaps the detection electrode or detection electrodes specified by the position signal generating device.

A hands-free loudspeaker system which is capable of achieving high-quality voice amplification without requiring a human speaker to move to a microphone or a microphone to be moved to a human speaker. A microphone whose input level has continued to be above a threshold value for not shorter than a predetermined time period is detected, based on input signals from dispersedly arranged microphones. An input signal from the microphone is selected and outputted to each loudspeaker at an output level or with a delay time, according to a location of the loudspeaker. A preset lowest threshold level is initially set to the threshold value, and an input level of the microphone higher than the threshold value is newly set to the same, while when the input level is lower than the threshold value, a lower value is set to the same in a step-by-step manner.

A power generation control device is electrically connected to a photovoltaic panel for controlling an output voltage of the photovoltaic panel. The power generation control device includes a scanning unit, configured to perform a scanning process in which the output voltage of the photovoltaic panel is sequentially changed in a predetermined voltage range. The predetermined voltage range is changed in accordance with the photovoltaic panel.

A control system for a power factor correction circuit performs stabilized oscillation operation and suppresses switching frequency variation due to change of the AC power source. A control system includes a voltage error amplifier for outputting a voltage error signal obtained by amplifying a difference between a DC output voltage Vo and a command value Vref of the DC output voltage, a current command value generating circuit for outputting a current command value Vi for controlling the input current Iin, a comparator comparing an inductor current signal obtained by detecting an inductor current running in the switching element by a current detecting resistor with a magnitude of the output signal Vi from the multiplier, a timer circuit for setting an off-period of the switching element corresponding to the voltage Vd, and a reset-set type flip-flop circuit for setting an off-timing of the switching element after an elapse of the off-period.

A GMR angle sensor for vehicles includes a GMR element in which the element resistance is changed in response to an external magnetic field, lead conductors connected to either end of the GMR element, and a protective layer that seals the GMR element and the lead conductors, wherein the protective layer has a laminated structure including an oxidation-resistant inorganic film that ensures that the GMR element and the lead conductors are sufficiently insulated and a silicone-based organic film laminated on the inorganic film.

An image recognition method or apparatus, the method comprising: inputting an image containing an object to be recognized; creating an input subspace from the inputted image; storing a model subspace to represent three-dimensional object models respectively for different environments; projectively transforming the input subspace in a manner to suppress an element common between the input subspace and the model subspace and thereby suppress influence due to environmental variation, into an environment-suppressing subspace; storing dictionary subspaces relating to registered objects; calculating a similarity between the environment-suppressing subspace and the dictionary subspace; and identifying the object to be recognized as one of the registered objects corresponding to the dictionary subspace having similarity exceeding a threshold.

The present invention relates to a ceramics composite including: a matrix phase including Al2O3 or a substance in which one selected from Sc2O3 and Ga2O3 is incorporated into Al2O3; a main phosphor phase formed in the matrix phase and including a substance represented by a general formula A3B5O12:Ce in which A is at least one selected from Y, Gd, Tb, Yb and Lu and B is at least one selected from Al, Ga and Sc; and a CeAl11O18 phase mixed in the matrix phase and the main phosphor phase.

Provided is an alternator controller that sets a target current value based on a target voltage as a control reference of an alternator mounted on a vehicle, and controls the alternator based on the set target current value. The alternator controller includes a filter processing unit that performs filter processing of a target power generation torque as a conversion physical amount used until the target current value is set from the target voltage. The filter processing unit performs a filter processing that attenuates or removes a frequency component f of the pitch resonance frequency of the vehicle among the waveforms of the target power generation torque. Thus, it is possible to surely suppress fluctuations of a vehicle behavior attributed to torque fluctuations of an alternator load torque.

In an electric power steering system, a low-pass filter executes a low-pass filtering process on a detected steering torque value detected by a torque sensor. A steering torque deviation computing unit computes a deviation ΔT between a detected steering torque value T* obtained through the low-pass filtering process and the detected steering torque value detected by the torque sensor. A PI control unit generates a vibration compensation value used to lead the detected steering torque value to the steering torque value obtained through the low-pass filtering process, by executing PI computation on the steering torque deviation computed by the steering torque deviation computing unit.

[Problem] The present invention provides an electric power steering apparatus that is capable of suppressing behaviors of steering assist and performing assist control without an uncomfortable feeling even though a power voltage varied drastically during cranking.[Means for Solving the Problem] The electric power steering apparatus comprises a steering torque detecting means for detecting a steering torque applied to a steering mechanism, a motor for generating an assist force that assists steering of a steering wheel, a power voltage detecting means for detecting a power voltage of a power supply, a power voltage monitoring section for determining a power voltage detection value detected by the power voltage detecting means and a motor drive control means for calculating an assist amount based on the steering torque and controlling drive of the motor through a driving section comprising an FET-bridge, and assist control is maintained based on a drive possible characteristic corresponding to a reduction level of the power voltage of FETs when the power voltage monitoring section determines that the power voltage detection value is less than or equal to an assist operation possible power voltage.

A heat pump apparatus that having a refrigerating cycle including a compressor, a gas cooler, a pressure reducing device and an evaporator and is designed so that water can be heated by the gas cooler. A refrigerant such as CO2 or the like working in a supercritical area is filled and used at a high-pressure side in the refrigerating cycle and a radiator is equipped between the exit of the gas cooler and the pressure reducing device. The refrigerant temperature at the exit of the radiator is kept at a substantially fixed temperature irrespective of the temperature of hot water to the gas cooler.

The present invention provides a computer generated hologram which forms a light intensity distribution on a predetermined plane by giving a phase distribution to a wavefront of incident light, comprising an anisotropic layer whose refractive index with respect to linearly polarized light in a first direction is different from a refractive index of the anisotropic layer with respect to linearly polarized light in a second direction perpendicular to the linearly polarized light in the first direction, and an isotropic layer whose refractive index with respect to the linearly polarized light in the first direction is equal to a refractive index of the isotropic layer with respect to the linearly polarized light in the second direction.

A high power zoom lens system includes, in order from the object side: a first lens group having a positive refractive power and remaining stationary during zooming; a second lens group having a negative refractive power and moving during zooming; a third lens group and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power and being movable relative to each other to correct image plane variation accompanied by zooming; and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power and including an aperture diaphragm, the fifth lens group being used for forming an image. The second lens group and a composite lens group formed by combining the third lens group and the fourth lens group pass simultaneously through −1×magnification points of the groups during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The fourth lens group has at least one aspheric surface.

A driving method of a light emitting device, in which when an N-type driving TFT is connected to an anode of a light emitting element or a P-type driving TFT is connected to a cathode thereof, the driving TFT operates in a saturation region and an image can be displayed with a desired gray scale level depending on a video signal. In addition, a light emitting device adopting the driving method is provided. According to the invention, when a potential having image data is supplied to a gate of a driving TFT depending on a video signal, a reverse bias voltage is applied to the driving TFT and a light emitting element which are connected in series with each other. Meanwhile, when a pixel displays an image depending on the video signal, a forward bias voltage is applied to the driving TFT and the light emitting element.

A switching power supply device includes: a non-linear control type switching control unit that, in accordance with a result of a comparison between a feedback voltage and a reference voltage, performs on / off control of a switch element, and thereby generates an output voltage from an input voltage; a backflow current detection unit that, upon detecting a backflow current flowing to the switch element, forcibly switches off the switch element; and an on-time setting unit that sets an on-time of the switch element, in a case of the backflow current not being detected, in accordance with a duty of the switch element, and in a case of the backflow current being detected, in accordance with a switch voltage appearing at one end of the switch element or the output voltage.

A stabilized DC power supply circuit of the present invention includes an output current limiting circuit for limiting an output current of an output transistor, and a correction circuit for correcting variation of restriction in the output current caused by variation in a current amplification factor of the output transistor. The correction circuit includes a correcting transistor that is manufactured in the same manufacturing process as the output transistor and formed so as to have the same tendency of manufacturing process variation in current amplification factor etc. as that of the output transistor.

In order to suppress a peak of an excessive current and suppress a variation in a resonance voltage of a resonator, which are likely to occur immediately after a discharge lamp starts lighting, in a case where a high-frequency current continuously flows asymmetrically with respect to a zero current instead of flowing symmetrically on positive and negative sides immediately after the lighting since electrodes of the discharge lamp are not evenly warmed, the resonance voltage and the high-frequency current are finely adjusted in a resonance voltage and high-frequency current setting method including setting a drive frequency of an inverter circuit and varying output from a down-converter.

Disclosed is a conductive elastomer material from which a molded material having good conductivity and excellent bending resistance can be obtained. This conductive elastomer material is capable of reducing variations in in-plane electrical resistively of sheet-like molded articles. Specifically disclosed is a conductive elastomer material which is characterized by being obtained by dispersing carbon nanotubes into a base component which is composed only of a thermoplastic elastomer. The conductive elastomer material is also characterized in that the carbon nanotubes have a diameter of 30-300 nm and an aspect ratio of 10-1000, and 0.01-10 parts by mass of the carbon nanotubes are blended per 100 parts by mass of the base component.

A plasma processing apparatus having 90% or more of a side wall of an inner wall 101 of a reaction chamber 1 covered with a dielectric 102, and equipped with an earthed conductive member 21a having an area of less than 10% of the side wall area of the inner wall 101 and having a structure to allow direct current from a plasma to flow therein, wherein the DC earth formed of the conductive member 21 is located at a position where floating potential of plasma (or plasma density) is higher than the floating potential of plasma 9 located near a wafer holding electrode 14 where there is relatively large wall chipping.

Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine, the control device enabling the suppression of variations in the amount of fuel injected by injection while the boost voltage is charging, without offsetting the injection timing. A boost circuit (211) boosts a first voltage supplied from a battery (201), and supplies a boosted second voltage to a fuel injection device (214). Switches (212, 213) switch the second voltage supplied to the fuel injection device from the booster circuit on and off. Computation devices (204, 207) control the switches. Each computation device comprises: an estimation unit that, before the initial fuel injection in a combustion cycle, estimates the second voltage for all of the fuel injection times in the combustion cycle; and a correction unit that corrects the amount of fuel injected for each fuel injection time depending on the estimated second voltage.

In an electro-optical module, a frame does not exist on a side surface of a first substrate on the side where a protrusion portion is positioned or at a position of a second substrate facing a side surface. Between the frame and an electro-optical panel, a heat dissipation member that includes a frame portion is disposed, which faces a surface of the protrusion portion of the first substrate on the second substrate side, a side surface of the second substrate and the side surface of the second transparent plate. In addition, the heat dissipation member includes frame that extend toward between the side surfaces of the second substrate and the frame from both end sides of the frame portion.

A fuel cell stack includes a load receiver provided in a first separator, and a contact portion. The load receiver includes a protrusion protruding outward from an outer peripheral portion of the first separator. The protrusion includes a protrusion body positioned at the center in a width direction of the protrusion, and a pair of expansions expanded in the width direction from both ends of the protrusion body in the width direction. When the load receiver contacts the contact portion, only a top portion of the expansion contacts the contact portion.

An RFID tag of the present invention is provided to suppress variations in the capacity component that occur during physical coupling between an antenna and a semiconductor chip as part of the manufacturing process. The RFID tag includes an antenna with a pair of electric contacts, draw-out conductors of the electric contacts, and an RFID chip with a pair of electric contacts, wherein the electric contacts of the antenna are encompassed to their corresponding electric contacts of the RFID chip, and draw-out electrodes are drawn out in an opposite direction to the facing direction overlapped direction).