An address signal controller (251) transfers the address signal to an address comparator (252) in the 8-bit output mode, based on an output mode decision signal (BYTE) and 8-bit forced decision signal (FORCEx8). When the address signal coincides with a fail address, the comparator generates a repair enable signal. A fail bit generator (253) generates fail bit signal to indicate error bits, based o...

A semiconductor memory device including a fuse control circuit for providing with a plurality of fail word line addresses written in its own circuit in advance and outputting a redundancy signal representing that an input address is the same as one of the fail word line addresses, and a normal word line interruption signal, a redundancy word line controller for inputting the redundancy signal and ...

A method for fabricating a semiconductor memory device is provided. The method includes: forming a trench in a portion of a substrate, defined as a cell region; forming a first polysilicon layer doped with N-type impurities on regions where N-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistors are to be formed in the cell region and the periphery region; forming a second polysilicon layer doped with ...

FIELD: wireless electrical communications. ^ SUBSTANCE: in order to enhance quality of coherent demodulation in system use is made of subchannels which are not subchannels for pilot signals. To this end, corrected data received over main channel are used to obtain better estimate of pilot-signal channel which is then used for demodulating data channel. ^ EFFECT: enhanced precision of estimating ph...

Disclosed are a transmission system and a device of small scale, low cost and low power for transmitting signal of a rate over 1Gbps using a small scale and low loss ultrawide band pass filter (UWBPF). The transmission system comprises the steps of generating pulse signal by a short pulse generator, band-limiting the pulse signal by passing it through a waveshape forming filter, and transmitting t...

A method and apparatus for using information about a mobile terminal's location relative to a base station can improve performance of a communication system. In addition, information about the mobile terminal's velocity relative to the base station may be used to improve performance of the communication system. The location information may be used to estimate a nominal PN offset, and a set of PN o...

A method for fabricating a semiconductor memory device is provided. The method includes: forming an inter-layer insulation layer with a storage node contact hole on a substrate; forming storage node contact spacers on sidewalls of the inter-layer insulation layer in the storage node contact hole; forming a storage node contact plug in the storage node contact hole; recessing the inter-layer insula...

A diffusely reflecting material adapted to resist contamination. The material is preferably a layer of expanded PTFE with a transparent barrier layer of PFA or FEP, for example, disposed on it. If contamination does occur, the material is adapted to be cleaned and restored substantially to its original reflectance.

PSCA and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein PSCA exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, PSCA provides a diagnostic, prognostic, propylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The PSCA gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment t...

There are disclosed a large conductance calcium-activated K channel opener comprising a compound of the formula (I): wherein ring A is a 5-membered heterocyclic ring containing any one of O, N or S, which ring may be substituted by R4, R1 is aryl, heterocyclic or heterocycle-substituted carbonyl; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, carboxy, amino, alkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkenyl or cycloalkyl; R3 is aryl, het...

A kit for promoting the proper sequential oral administration of a pharmaceutically active ingredient and accompanying nutrients, said kit comprising: (a) at least one unit dose of a pharmaceutical active to be given continuously on a frequency of once a week, twice a week, once every two weeks, twice a month, or once a month; (b) at least one unit dose of a nutrient to be given subsequent to the ...

The invention relates to electrical energetics and can be used in triphase electrical distributing network for identification permanent or momentary fault and distance to a fault place. The method is characterized in that recordings are made not longer as 100 Ás and less than 100 ns by time intervals. In that case impact of the noise less than 10kHz is reduced. Distance from first end of section o...

The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the alpha7 nACh...

FIELD: metallurgy; combination systems for application of coats; mechanical engineering; manufacture of materials possessing protective and decorative properties. ^ SUBSTANCE: systems (10) include substrate (18) having surface (16) with many areas for many materials (14). Feed mechanism (12) connected with many materials is provided for simultaneous delivery of each material to substrate surface. ...

A resistive multilayer device (201) employs a first layer (202) comprising a first material that is electrically conducting, a second layer (204) disposed on the first layer, wherein the second layer (204) comprises a second material having a state that is switchable between an antiferromagnetic state and a paramagnetic state by passing current through the second material, a third layer (208) disp...

FIELD: the invention refers to solar power engineering and may find application in solar electric stations for direct transformation of solar energy. ^ SUBSTANCE: solar power engineering module for transformation of receiving electromagnetic radiation has solar panels of rectangular form with lateral reflectors mounted at an angle to photosensitive surface of panels which are in-series located on ...