A method of the present invention includes the steps of forming an organic material film having projections and depressions, using a photo-embossing material, on an insulating film on an underlying electrode in a thin-film transistor of an active-matrix liquid crystal display device; exposing the insulating film in a contact-hole-forming-area by reducing a thickness of the organic material film by...

The present invention provides radioactive metal heterocomplexes of formula (I): Ä(Me=N-R)L<1>L<2>Ü<+>Z<-> wherein Me, R, L<1> L<2> and Z<-> have the meanings indicated in the description. The complexes include a trivalent radioactive metal-imido group, typically a technetium- or rhenium-imido group, strongly stabilized by the presence of an ancillary tridentate hetero-diphosphine ligand L<1>, whi...

A ferroelectric capacitor is formed above a semiconductor substrate ( 1 ), and thereafter, wirings ( 24 a) are formed. A barrier film ( 25 ) covering the wirings ( 24 a) is formed. A silicon oxide film ( 26 ) embedding gaps between the adjacent wirings ( 24 a) is formed. The silicon oxide film ( 26 ) is polished until a surface of the barrier film ( 25 ) is exposed by a CMP method. A barrier film ...

A method and apparatus for stimulating a portion of a vagus nerve of a patient to treat a gastrointestinal disorder is provided. At least one electrode is coupled to at least one portion of a vagus nerve of the patient. The portion of the a vagus nerve may include an esophageal plexus, a myenteric plexus of aurbach, a submucous plexus of the meissner, a principal nerve of the lesser curvature of t...

Systems and methods for inferring category synonyms from prior result data may include identifying prior query data including query information and category information relating to the prior result data; determining whether the query information is a synonym for the category information; and using the query information and the category information in subsequent search requests if it is determined ...

An acid corrosion solution for preparing polysilicon suede is obtained by mixing an oxidant and a hydrogen fluoride. The oxidant is a nitrate or nitrite. The method applied of the solution includes putting the polysilicon cut pieces into the acid corrosion solution to carry out the corrosion reaction. The reaction time is about 30 seconds to 20 minutes and the temperature of acid corrosion solutio...

A data-processing apparatus 1 that can provide information related to broadcast contents, whether it is receiving broadcast signals or not. In the data-processing apparatus 1, the setting means 13 sets the frequencies of broadcast signals the apparatus 1 can receive in the area where it is used, and allocates the receiving channels to the frequencies set. The information representing the relation ...

A plasma discharge electrode having a front surface with a central portion thereof including gas outlets discharging a process gas which forms a plasma and a peripheral portion substantially surrounding the gas outlets. The peripheral portion has at least one step for controlling a density of the plasma formed by the electrode. The electrode can be used as the grounded upper electrode in a paralle...

It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor device capable of preventing deterioration due to penetration of moisture or oxygen, for example, a light-emitting apparatus having an organic light-emitting device that is formed over a plastic substrate, and a liquid crystal display apparatus using a plastic substrate. According to the present invention, devices formed on a glas...

Provided is a shower plate in which there's no need for a cover plate. The shower plate 105 is disposed in a processing chamber 102 of a plasma processing apparatus, for discharging a plasma excitation gas to generate plasma in the processing chamber 102, and the shower plate 105 includes a horizontal hole 111 for introducing the plasma excitation gas into the shower plate 105 from a gas inlet por...

Disclosed herein is a heat dissipating device for a battery pack which comprises a heat collecting plate having a heat collecting channel, a heat dissipating plate having a heat dissipating channel, and a pump, wherein, one port of the heat collecting channel is communicated with one port of the heat dissipating channel, the other post the heat collecting channel is communicated with the liquid ou...

There is provided a method for indicating whether a program is capable of being fully recorded in a remaining storage space on a storage device. An on screen display device is configured as a grid having a first axis and a second axis. The first axis is for identifying the programming selections and the second axis is for identifying the respective broadcast times of the programming selections. An...

There is disclosed a single crystal obtained by a single crystal pulling method, wherein an interval of striations incorporated into the single crystal due to temperature fluctuation of crystal melt at the time of crystal growth is controlled, and a method of growing a single crystal according to a single crystal pulling method, wherein a growth rate and/or a temperature fluctuation period are con...

The present invention is a method of producing a P(phosphorus)-doped silicon single crystal by Czochralski method, wherein, at least, a growth of the single crystal is performed so that an Al (aluminum) concentration is 2x10¹² atoms/cc or more. Thereby, there can be provided a method of easily and inexpensively producing a P(phosphorus)-doped silicon single crystal of defect-free region...

A library of a PC is easily synchronized with recorded contents of a disc loaded into a recording and reproducing apparatus (PD). The PC has a dynamic group and a database. Contents of the dynamic group are, dynamically changed. The dynamic group is correlated with the ID of the disc on which the contents of the dynamic group have been recorded. When the CP and the PD are connected, the ID of the ...

A method of producing a polyurethane foam sheet, and a laminated sheet that uses such a foam sheet, that can be applied to artificial leather, synthetic leather, and cushioning materials used in all manner of applications. A polyurethane foam sheet is produced by applying a liquid mixture, obtained by mixing together a heated and melted hot melt urethane prepolymer (A) containing isocyanate groups...

Manufacturing processes for phase change memory have suffered from the problem of chalcogenide material being susceptible to delamination, since this material exhibits low adhesion to high melting point metals and silicon oxide films. Furthermore, chalcogenide material has low thermal stability and hence tends to sublime during the manufacturing process of phase change memory. According to the pr...

The object of the present invention is to provide a hard coating composition for a metal substrate, including a film-forming resin component which contains a urethane (meth)acrylate obtained by reacting a polyisocyanate compound, a polyol, and a (meth)acrylate monomer having a hydroxyl group, wherein the polyisocyanate compound is hydrogenated xylylene diisocyanate and/or hydrogenated dicyclohexyl...

Disclosed herein is a heat dissipating device for a battery pack which comprises a heat pipe and a heat collecting plate comprising a bottom heat collecting plate and an upper heat collecting plate each having a hole therein, wherein two ends of the heat pipe are inserted respectively into the holes in the bottom heat collecting plate and the upper heat collecting plate. A battery using the heat d...

Provided are an electrode material which can secure both high electrical capacity and high stability with time and can be improved in the adhesion of a conductive material and a method for producing the electrode material. The electrode material comprises an aluminum foil (1) and a carbon-containing layer (2) formed on the surface of the aluminum foil (1). An interposition layer (3) containing an ...