Abstract:
The present invention provides an optical disc, as an information recording medium for storing map information for mapping time stamp information about an audio object recorded on the optical disc in a constant bit rate format or a variable bit rate format and a recording position on the disc, which can reduce a size of the map information. The map information stored in the optical disc records a playback duration for only first and last units of a plurality of audio object units (AOBU) comprised in an audio object (AOB) for each AOB when audio data in the variable bit rate mode is to be recorded, and records the sizes and playback duration of the AOBU for the last one of AOBUs comprised in AOB and for any one of the AOBUs except for the last AOBU.
Abstract:
A tunneling transistor is provided as an effective means for miniaturization of a semiconductor integrated circuit having nonvolatile memory. An insulating layer is disposed on a silicon substrate. A source and a drain are disposed on the insulating layer, with an insulator of a few nanometers in thickness that provides a tunnel barrier being interposed between the source and the drain. A ferroelectric layer that exhibits spontaneous polarization is disposed directly above a region of the source that is adjacent to the insulator. With this construction, when the ferroelectric layer is polarized in a predetermined direction, at least a portion of the region of the source adjacent to the insulator forms a depletion region, with it being possible to vary the amount of current tunneling through the insulator depending on whether the ferroelectric layer is polarized or not.
Abstract:
A resin-molded semiconductor device includes: signal leads; a die pad with a central portion elevated above a peripheral portion thereof; support leads, each including a raised portion higher in level than the other portions; and DB paste for use in die bonding. All of these members are encapsulated within a resin encapsulant. The lower part of each of these signal leads protrudes downward out of the resin encapsulant and functions as an external electrode. Each of the support leads is provided with two bent portions to cushion the deforming force. By forming a half-blanked portion in the die pad, the central portion is elevated above the peripheral portion, thus preventing the semiconductor chip from being hampered by the support leads. Accordingly, the size of the semiconductor chip mounted can be selected from a broader range and the humidity resistance of the device can also be improved.
Abstract:
This invention discloses a physical quantity distribution sensor comprising a plurality of unit cells. Each such unit cell includes an information storage region responsive to a physical stimulus and capable of a transition from a first electrical potential state to a second electrical potential state according to the physical stimulus, a driving element for providing at an output portion thereof an electrical potential according to the electrical potential state of the information storage region, and a switching element by means of which the unit cell is selected. The physical quantity distribution sensor further includes an output adjustment section capable of adjusting the first electrical potential state of the information storage region in order that the output of the selected driving element may substantially equal a reference electrical potential at the time when the switching element is in the conductive state.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a semiconductor device which comprises a substrate in which surface is formed a depression having a closed figure when viewed from the substrate normal and a semiconductor layer which is formed on the surface of the substrate by crystal growth from at least an inside face of the depression.
Abstract:
A nonvolatile nondestructible read-out ferroelectric FET memory (10, 40, 60, 80, 100, 110, 120, 130, 160) comprising a semiconductor substrate (19), a ferroelectric functional gradient material ('FGM') thin film (26, 50, 70, 90, 20, 140, 170), and a gate electrode (30). In one basic embodiment, the ferroelectric FGM thin film (26, 50, 70, 90, 20, 140, 170) contains a ferroelectric compound and a dielectric compound. The dielectric compound has a lower dielectric constant than the ferroelectric compound. There is a concentration gradient of the ferroelectric compound in the thin film. In a second basic embodiment, the FGM thin film (26, 50, 70, 90, 20, 140, 170) is a functional gradient ferroelectric ('FGF'), in which compositional gradients of ferroelectric compounds result in unconventional hysteresis behavior. The unconventional hysteresis behavior of FGF thin films is related to an enlarged memorywindow in ferroelectric FET memories. FGM thin films (26, 50, 70, 90, 20, 140, 170) are preferably formed using a liquid source MOD methods, preferably a multisource CVD method.
Abstract:
An image display apparatus comprises, in a vacuum container formed by a rear container (10) and a front glass container (14), a fluorescent layer (15), an electron emission source (11c), electrodes (11,12,13) to control electron beams emitted from the electron emission source (11c). The electrodes (11,12,13) are formed by stringing wires (11b,12b,13b,13c) on frames (11a,12a,13a) made of a resilient material, and the frames (11a,12a,13a) on which the wires (11b,12b,13b,13c) are strung have respectively pairs of opposing sides that are flat plates formed on the same surface. The electrodes that are free from waviness or warping have high flatness, control the focusing and deflection of the electron beams appropriately, and prevent deviation of the landing positions of the electron beams and errors including error irradiation. Such an image display apparatus can provide excellent images and high resolution.
Abstract:
The disc player according to the present invention is provided with a disc selecting lever 8 which is oscillatably journaled on both ends along the direction perpendicular to a disc transportation direction X. Furthermore, on both ends of the disc selecting lever 8 are provided projecting portions 8a, 8b projecting toward the disc side, respectively. When a large-diameter disc is transported, both of the projecting portions 8a, 8b abut on the disc to push down the disc, while on the other hand, when a small-diameter disc is transported, both or at least one of the projecting portions 8a, 8b does not abut on the disc. In addition, a large-diameter latch member 5 for receiving and latching the large-diameter disc having reached a terminal end of transportation after being pushed down by the projecting portions 8a, 8b, and a small-diameter latch member 6 for receiving and latching the small-diameter disc having reached the terminal end of transportation are provided. In this way, decrease in whole thickness is achieved.
Abstract:
In an SOI (Silicon-On-Insulator) semiconductor device (200), a first semiconductor layer (3) overlies a semiconductor substrate (1) so as to sandwich an insulating layer (2), and second (9) and third (11) semiconductor layers are formed on the surface of the first semiconductor layer (3). At the interface between the first semiconductor layer (3) and the insulating layer (2), a fourth semiconductor layer (12) with a conductivity type opposite that of the first semiconductor layer (3) is formed. The fourth semiconductor layer (12) includes an impurity density larger than 3x10 12 /cm 2 so as to be not completely depleted even when a reverse bias voltage is applied between the second (9) and third (11) semiconductor layers. The device may be a field-effect transistor such as a LDMOS, a LIGBT, a LDD transistor, or it may be a pu-junction diode or a lateral thyristor.
Abstract:
A lead frame includes a die pad including a die pad main portion having a large thickness and a die pad peripheral portion having an intermediate thickness smaller than that of the die pad main portion, provided on at least one side of the die pad main portion, at least one support lead connected to the die pad, and at least two first inner leads having a small thickness smaller than that of the die pad peripheral portion, arranged such that end portions thereof are opposed to the die pad peripheral portion. The thick die pad provides good heat release properties, and reducing the thickness of the leads allows fine pitched leads to be produced. Such a lead frame can be manufactured easily by press stamping after belt-shaped regions having different thickness are formed by rolling.