A control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided that can prevent fuel consumption from deteriorating by preventing a battery from tending to discharge if a failure such as being unable to operate a deceleration cylinder deactivation system occurs. In the control device for a hybrid vehicle comprising an engine and a motor as its drive sources, which stops the fuel supply to the engine at the tim...

A method for improving a reading resolution of a biosensor is provided. The present invention includes applying a specimen on a chip of a biosensor, and a voltage-time discharge curve is generated in response to a specific component in the specimen detected by the chip. Using a voltage Vo of a sampling time t0 of the voltage-time discharge curve as a central voltage, and selecting a plurality of r...

A golf bag has a generally tubular body and a dual shoulder strap assembly for supporting the golf bag on both shoulders of a golfer. The dual shoulder strap assembly includes first and second shoulder straps, and a lower end of the first shoulder strap is received in and connected to a pocket on the body. An elongated plate is located within the lower end of the first shoulder strap so that an up...

The object of the invention is to provide a carbon fiber reinforced rubber material, which sufficiently exhibits heat-resistant properties, water-resistant properties and size stability of carbon fibers, and has flex fatigue-resistant properties without any practical problems. The present invention relates to a prepreg, of which the viscosity at 70 DEG C is in the range of 0.01 Pa.s to 100 Pa.s, a...

The invention relates to webs or batts comprising polytrimethylene terephthalate crimped staple fibers and fiberfill products comprising such webs and batts, as well as the processes of making the staple fibers, webs, batts and fiberfill products. According to the preferred process of making a web or batt comprising polytrimethylene terephthalate staple fibers, comprising polytrimethylene terephth...

A semiconductor ceramic having a negative temperature coefficient of resistance, the element comprising about 0.1 to 20 mol % of AMnO3 (A represents at least one of Ca, Sr, Ba, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Th, Dy and Ho) and to a spinel composite oxide made of a solid solution of Mn and at least one element in Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mg and Al. As a perovskite Mn composite oxide, one or more of ...

Production of thermoformable composites of fibre-reinforced polylactam comprises (a) impregnating the reinforcing fibre system with a melt of lactam, in which activated anionic polymerisation is initiated by a liquid system containing activator, catalyst and optionally additives and heating to form the polylactam matrix, after adding additives if necessary; and then (b) forming and optionally re-f...

The present invention provides a dielectric element that can effectively stop oxygen from diffusing to areas below the lower electrode while performing heat treatment for sintering oxide dielectric film. It consists of a lower electrode, an SBT film, and an SiN film. The lower electrode includes an IrSiN film (14) capable of stopping oxygen from diffusing. The SBT film (19) is formed on the lower ...

The invention relates to a process for forming the lower and upper electrodes of a high dielectric constant capacitor in a semiconductor device from an organoruthenium compound by chemical vapor deposition. This chemical vapor deposition technique employs an organoruthenium compound, an oxidizing gas, and a gas (such as argon) which is hardly adsorbed to the ruthenium surface or a gas (such as eth...

A parallel plate capacitor in copper technology is formed in an area that has no copper below it (within 0.3 mum) with a bottom etch stop layer, a composite bottom plate having an aluminum layer below a TiN layer, an oxide capacitor dielectric, and a top plate of TiN; in a process that involves etching the top plate to leave a capacitor area, etching the bottom plate to a larger bottom area having...

A thin-film multi-layer high Q inductor spanning at least three metal layers is formed by forming a plurality of parallel first metal runners on the semiconductor substrate. A plurality of first and second vertical conductive vias are formed in electrical communications with each end of the plurality of metal runners. A plurality of third and fourth conductive vias are formed over the plurality of...

A multimedia game device includes a processing device, a memory medium device and a touch-sensitive display. A game program is stored in the memory medium device. The processing device executes the game program and displays game screens on the touch-sensitive display. Players input arbitrary images, e.g. signature, using the touch-sensitive display. The arbitrary images are later mixed into game s...

A semiconductor module process includes the following steps. First, a substrate, at least one first chip and at least one second chip are provided. Subsequently, the first chip on the backside thereof is mounted on the chip pad of the substrate and many wires are bonded such that the first chip is electrically connected with the substrate. Next, many bumps are formed onto the second chip and thus,...

Provided is a semiconductor device which prevents displacement of a semiconductor element and a wiring pattern of a wiring substrate so as to ensure the connection of the semiconductor element and the wiring pattern. The semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor element and a wiring substrate which is provided with a film substrate and a wiring pattern which is formed ...

This invention relates to a method and a means for packaging integrated circuits, especially relates to a method and a means for packaging high-density integrated circuits by using a dielectric layer. without a solder mask. A solder wettable metal is formed on a outer solder pad to be a material of the first solder pad, the dielectric layer is formed on the top surface of the metal layer which is ...

The present invention provides a power cord connecting set having grounding function for power connection and grounding simultaneously and substantially with a simple constitution. It includes an annular joining protrusion having a tapered cross-section around the terminals of the power plug in the plug main body; and an annular joining depression having a tapered cross-section and corresponding t...

The trim comprises a fireproof profiled element (11) of incombustible material, particularly steel, with an L-section having a first limb (11a) fixed to a jamb (1, 2) or transom (3) of the door frame and a second limb (11b) located adjacent the corresponding side or face (4-6) of the door opening. In front of the fireproof element (11) is a profiled cover element (14) of channel-section which has ...

PURPOSE: A scanning method of an organic electro-luminescence display having a structure of passive matrix is provided to remove the momentary radiation of light from a center of a panel by performing a scanning operation symmetrical to the center of the panel. CONSTITUTION: An organic electro-luminescence display having a structure of passive matrix includes a plurality of data lines arrayed to o...

The present invention is directed to a pre-formed food packaging article, a nd method of manufacturing the same, useful in the packaging of individual food portions comprising a planar member having an upper surface and a lower surface, said planar member having a detachable utensil formed integrally in said planar member; and, said planar member having a sanitary membrane affixed to the lower sur...

A pre-formed food packaging article, and method of manufacturing the same, useful in the packaging of individual food portions, comprises a semi-rigid planar member having an upper surface and a lower surface, and one or more cavities adapted to receive and contain food, a utensil formed in said planar member and removably secured thereto; and, a sanitary membrane affixed to the lower surface of t...