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A display apparatus is provided which can achieve suitable screen display luminance depending on video content as well as can reduce power consumption sufficiently. A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel that displays video and a light source that illuminates the liquid crystal panel, and the emission luminance of the light source is controlled depending on the genre of the video displayed on the liquid crystal panel. The emission luminance of the light source is adjusted while maintaining approximately constant white chromaticity (white balance).

The formation method of graphene includes the steps of forming a layer including graphene oxide over a first conductive layer; and supplying a potential at which the reduction reaction of the graphene oxide occurs to the first conductive layer in an electrolyte where the first conductive layer as a working electrode and a second conductive layer with a as a counter electrode are immersed. A manufacturing method of a power storage device including at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and a separator includes a step of forming graphene for an active material layer of one of or both the positive electrode and the negative electrode by the formation method.

An inkjet printhead with a plurality of nozzles, a bubble forming chamber corresponding to each of the nozzles respectively, the bubble forming chambers adapted to contain ejectable liquid, a heater element positioned in each of the bubble forming chambers respectively for heating the ejectable liquid to form a gas bubble that causes the ejection of a drop of the ejectable liquid from the nozzle; and,a print engine controller for controlling the operation of the heater elements; wherein during use,the print engine controller heats the ejectable liquid with the heater element to lower its viscosity prior to a print job; andduring printing, the print engine controller ensures that the time interval between successive actuations of each of the heater elements is less than a predetermined time in which the viscosity of the ejectable liquid in the increases to a threshold.

Method for dewatering, pressure testing, hydrotreating, suppressing methane hydrate formation and suppressing solution freezing point in pipeline operations have been disclosed, where the solution used in the operations includes an effective amount of a metal formate salt. The metal formate salt solutions have a low viscosity, have a high density, have a low metals corrosivity, are non-volatile, have a low solubility in hydrocarbons, are readily biodegradable, have a low toxicity, are non-hazardous, have a low environmental impact, have a freezing point depression property forming water / formate eutectic point mixtures, and have a water-structuring and water activity modification property.

The formation method of graphene includes the steps of forming a layer including graphene oxide over a first conductive layer; and supplying a potential at which the reduction reaction of the graphene oxide occurs to the first conductive layer in an electrolyte where the first conductive layer as a working electrode and a second conductive layer with a as a counter electrode are immersed. A manufacturing method of a power storage device including at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and a separator includes a step of forming graphene for an active material layer of one of or both the positive electrode and the negative electrode by the formation method.

A dense phase swirl pulverized coal burner comprises a primary air channel, a direct flow secondary air channel and a outermost swirl secondary air channel; and multiple levels of pulverized coal concentration rings are arranged axially at intervals along the oil gun casing in a straight tube section of the primary air channel, so that pulverized coal air flow is distributed thickly outside and thinly inside the primary air nozzle. In the invention, dense phase pulverized coal outside the primary air nozzle passes through guide vanes, forms disturbed flow, is ejected into a furnace and mixes with high temperature backflow flue gas rapidly and sufficiently at an outlet. Meanwhile, dilute pulverized coal air flow at the center is ejected into the furnace by direct flow, ensuring subsequent mixing and combustion of pulverized coal flow. The primary air nozzle and the secondary air nozzle are provided with cone flaring structures with certain angle to effectively control appropriate mixing of secondary air and pulverized coal. The invention has advantages of strong ignition and combustion stability, good coal adaptability, low nitric oxide emission, simple primary air channel structure and small resistance, which effectively slows wear rate of parts.

A fuel vapor treatment device for suppressing emission of fuel vapor from a fuel tank or the like of an automotive vehicle. The fuel vapor treatment device comprises a casing having a charge port connected to a fuel tank, a purge port connected to an intake section of an engine, and an atmospheric air port through which atmospheric air is introduced. Fuel vapor adsorbing material is filled in the casing. Additionally, an adsorbing material cartridge is disposed in a part of the casing and includes a cylindrical cartridge main body section having a cross-sectional area smaller than that of the casing. Fuel vapor adsorbing material is filled in the cartridge main body section. Air introduced from the atmospheric air port is flowable through the inside of the cartridge main body section to the fuel vapor adsorbing material in the casing.

A fuel vapor treatment device for suppressing emission of fuel vapor from a fuel tank or the like of an automotive vehicle. The fuel vapor treatment device comprises a casing having a charge port connected to a fuel tank, a purge port connected to an intake section of an engine, and an atmospheric air port through which atmospheric air is introduced. Fuel vapor adsorbing material is filled in the casing. Additionally, an adsorbing material cartridge is disposed in a part of the casing and includes a cylindrical cartridge main body section having a cross-sectional area smaller than that of the casing. Fuel vapor adsorbing material is filled in the cartridge main body section. Air introduced from the atmospheric air port is flowable through the inside of the cartridge main body section to the fuel vapor adsorbing material in the casing.

In order to provide a data compression apparatus, a data compression program and an image-taking apparatus estimating the compression ratio and being adequate for reducing an operation time, a differential generation section that determines, for a series of numerical values of to-be-compressed data of a series of numerical values, a difference between numerical values adjacent to each other directly or with a given space therebetween, to generate new compressed data of a series of numerical values each representing the difference, a compression section that subjects the compressed data generated to compression processing, and an estimation section that determines a concentration degree indicating concentration of respective numerical values of the to-be-compressed data generated on a numerical value representing a difference “0”, and estimates a compression degree used when the compressed data is compressed by the compression section, such that the higher the concentration degree is, the higher the compression degree is.

A protection for ICs against ESD transients includes a circuit with a master circuit driving a slave circuit. The master circuit responds to ESD voltage V(t). The slave circuit comprises parallel shunt devices having common inputs. The output of the master circuit is coupled to the common inputs. As V(t) increases the master circuit applies a portion of V(t) to the input of the slave circuit shunt devices. The threshold voltage Vt1 at which the slave circuit shunt devices would otherwise turn on to a lower value Vt1′ closer to the holding voltage Vh of the shunt devices. All of the slave circuit devices turn on substantially simultaneously at about Vt1′ close to Vh, thereby shunting the ESD transient to ground at a lower value of V(t). The master and slave circuits are inactive during normal IC operation.

A cooling structure and a rotating electric machine with the cooling structure are provided. The cooling structure produces sufficient reductions in the temperature of the stator core while at the same time not causing a large reduction in the output of the rotating electric machine. The rotating electric machine is provided with a first cooling medium passage formed in the slot. In addition, a second cooling medium passage is provided which extends in parallel to the first cooling medium passage and allows flow of the same cooling medium as the first cooling medium passage. The stator core comprises at least a section of the passage wall of the second cooling medium passage. The second cooling medium passage is disposed so that the second cooling medium passage does not impede the flow of magnetic flux in the stator core.

The present invention relates to a method for stabilising the operation of a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) driven by a phase locked loop (PLL), the voltage controlled oscillator delivering an RF signal and receiving through at least one spurious path a harmonic component of a frequency equal or proximate to that of the RF signal, capable of disturbing its operation by injection pulling. According to the present invention, the method comprises a step of injecting into the voltage controlled oscillator an injection pulling compensation signal, the phase and the amplitude of which are adjusted so as to neutralise the effects of the spurious harmonic component. Application particularly to phase modulation IQ circuits in radiotelephony.

A reciprocating tool (1) includes a housing (20, 30), a driving source (21), a reciprocation conversion unit (34, 36), —and a vibration reduction mechanism (30). The driving source is accommodated in the” housing. The reciprocation conversion unit (34, 36) is supported by the housing and is configured to convert a driving force of the driving source into a reciprocating motion for providing a tool bit (16) movably supported to the housing with a reciprocating motion. The vibration reduction mechanism (70) includes a shaft (72), a weight (71), a support member (73), and a urging portion (74). The shaft i(72)s supported by the housing and extending in a direction perpendicular to directions of the reciprocating motion of the tool bit (41) t and has an axis. The weight (71) is located away from the shaft (72) and is swingable in a swinging direction. The support member (73) swingably supports the weight (71) about the axis of the shaft (72). The urging portion (74) urges the weight (71) toward a prescribed position of the weight in the swinging direction with respect to the housing.

An objective is to reduce the sheet resistance and gas evolution in a battery electrode comprising a conductive intermediate layer capable of reducing or shutting off a current when overcharged. A battery electrode (12) comprises a conductive intermediate layer (123) being placed between a current collector (122) and an active layer (124) while comprising conductive particles (50) and a binder (60). The mass proportion of conductive particles (50) is equal to or larger than the mass proportion of the binder (60). Conductive particles (50) has a size distribution that exhibits a first peak with the maximum at a first particle diameter value and a second peak with the maximum at a second particle diameter value larger than the first particle diameter value. The intermediate layer (123) contains 10% to 60% by mass of conductive particles (52) having particle diameters that belong to the second peak.

DeNOx catalysts for the reduction of NOx compounds and porous catalyst support materials are provided. The inventive catalysts comprise an active metal catalyst component and mixed TiO2 / ZrO2 porous support particles that comprise a) a crystalline phase comprising titanium dioxide and / or a titanium / zirconium mixed oxide, b) an amorphous phase comprising zirconium, and c) a small amount of one or more metal oxide(s) or metalloid oxide(s) deposited on the amorphous outer layer. The inventive catalysts exhibit superior activity and ammonia selectivity.

In a semiconductor laser module, in order to sufficiently reduce the thermal stress arising in a due to the bonding of elements when they are packaged and to improve the yield of production, the semiconductor laser module is provided with a semiconductor laser element, a submount bonded to the semiconductor laser element with a solder layer in-between and thereby mounted with it, and a base mounted with this submount with another solder layer in-between. Herein, T / W≧0.15 holds, where W is the width of the submount in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the semiconductor laser element and T is the thickness of the submount.

Method for dewatering, pressure testing, hydrotreating, suppressing methane hydrate formation and suppressing solution freezing point in pipeline operations have been disclosed, where the solution used in the operations includes an effective amount of a metal formate salt. The metal formate salt solutions have a low viscosity, have a high density, have a low metals corrosivity, are non-volatile, have a low solubility in hydrocarbons, are readily biodegradable, have a low toxicity, are non-hazardous, have a low environmental impact, have a freezing point depression property forming water / formate eutectic point mixtures, and have a water-structuring and water activity modification property.

A high resistivity p type silicon wafer with a resistivity of 100 Ωcm or more, in the vicinity of the surface being formed denuded zone, wherein when a heat treatment in the device fabrication process is performed, a p / n type conversion layer due to thermal donor generation is located at a depth to be brought into contact with neither any device active region nor depletion layer region formed in contact therewith or at a depth more than 8 μm from the surface, and a method for fabricating the same. The high resistivity silicon wafer can cause the influence of thermal donors to disappear without reducing the soluble oxygen concentration in the wafer, whereby even if various heat treatments are performed in the device fabrication process, devices such as CMOS that offer superior characteristics can be fabricated. The wafer has wide application as a substrate for a high-frequency integrated circuit device.

The present invention provides a method for low NOx combustion of high hydrogen content fuels in gas turbines. In the method of the present invention, at least a portion of the fuel is combusted under fuel rich conditions and a portion of resulting reaction heat is transferred to combustion air prior to non-premixed combustion of the fuel.

A method for producing a proton conductive electrolyte membrane in which proton conductivity is sufficiently high, methanol permeability is sufficiently low and physical strength is sufficient for reducing the thickness adequately. The production method includes: laminating a dispersion liquid containing inorganic particles and inflammable organic particles on an inflammable support, the inflammable organic particles having an average particle size of 100 to 450 nm; baking the inflammable support on which the dispersion liquid is laminated; and filling a porous membrane formed of the inorganic particles obtained by the baking with an proton conductive organic material.

A reciprocating tool (1) includes a housing (20, 30), a driving source (21), a reciprocation conversion unit (34, 36), —and a vibration reduction mechanism (30). The driving source is accommodated in the” housing. The reciprocation conversion unit (34, 36) is supported by the housing and is configured to convert a driving force of the driving source into a reciprocating motion for providing a tool bit (16) movably supported to the housing with a reciprocating motion. The vibration reduction mechanism (70) includes a shaft (72), a weight (71), a support member (73), and a urging portion (74). The shaft i(72)s supported by the housing and extending in a direction perpendicular to directions of the reciprocating motion of the tool bit (41) t and has an axis. The weight (71) is located away from the shaft (72) and is swingable in a swinging direction. The support member (73) swingably supports the weight (71) about the axis of the shaft (72). The urging portion (74) urges the weight (71) toward a prescribed position of the weight in the swinging direction with respect to the housing.

A method and system for improving the performance of diesel particulate filters. Before entering the filter, the exhaust gas is subjected to sonic waves to agglomerate the particles.

A first magnetic film includes a first pole piece, and a second magnetic film includes a second magnetic piece. A gap film is disposed between the first pole piece and the second pole piece. The first magnetic film and the second magnetic film are magnetically joined with each other at a joint as viewed backward from the first pole chip and the second pole chip. A coil film winds vertically around the joint. Third magnetic films are disposed at both sides of the first pole piece or the second pole piece by a given distance.

The present invention discloses a metal silicide self-aligned SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor, which is designed to overcome the shortcomings such as the large base resistance RB of the prior art products. The metal silicide self-aligned SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor of the present invention mainly comprises an Si collector region, a local dielectric region, a base region, a base-region low-resistance metal silicide layer, a polysilicon emitter region, an emitter-base spacer dielectric region composed of a liner silicon oxide layer and a silicon nitride inner sidewall, a monocrystalline emitter region, a contact hole dielectric layer, an emitter metal electrode and a base metal electrode. The base-region low-resistance metal silicide layer extends all the way to the outside of the emitter-base spacer dielectric region. The present invention discloses a method of forming a metal silicide self-aligned SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor, which is used to form the aforesaid bipolar transistor. The metal silicide self-aligned SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor and the method of forming the same of the present invention can reduce the base resistance RB, and feature a simple process and a low cost.

A thin film magnetic head has an air bearing surface and comprises magnetic shield layers, an MR element, bias-applying layers, and a hard magnetic layer. Each of the magnetic shield layers has an end face forming the air bearing surface, and an end face located opposite to the end face. The MR element is located between the magnetic shield layers and on the end face side. The bias-applying layers are located between the magnetic shield layers and are arranged to apply a bias magnetic field to the MR element. The hard magnetic layer is located between the magnetic shield layers and on the end face side. A height of the hard magnetic layer is larger than ⅓ and smaller than ½ of a height of each magnetic shield layer.

The light-quantity control apparatus includes a stop blade including a stop portion and a supported portion rotatably supported with respect to a base member, a shutter blade having a shutter portion and a supported portion rotatably supported with respect to the base member, and a driving member disposed between the shutter and stop blades and rotating around the light-passing aperture to rotate the stop blade. The stop and shutter blades have tilts in their supported portions toward a same one side in the optical axis direction so that the stop and shutter portions are distant from the supported portions in the optical axis direction. The driving member has a shape concave toward the one side from its outer circumferential side portion to its inner circumferential side portion. A concave space facing the light-passing aperture is formed inside than the stop and shutter blades and the driving member.