Abstract:
The problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a plasma processing device capable of easily controlling the energy distribution of electrons in a cloud of plasma according to the kind of gas molecules or their dissociation energy. A plasma processing device 10 according to the present invention includes a plasma processing chamber 1l, a plasma producing chamber 12 communicating with the plasma processing chamber 11, a radio-frequency antenna 16 for producing plasma, a plasma control plate 17 for controlling the energy of electrons in the plasma, as well as an operation rod 171 and a moving mechanism 172 for regulating the position of the plasma control plate 17. In this plasma processing device 10, the energy distribution of the electrons of the plasma produced in the plasma producing chamber 12 can be controlled by regulating the distance between the radio-frequency antenna 16 and the plasma control plate 17 by simply moving the operation rod 171 in its longitudinal direction by the moving mechanism 172. Therefore, a plasma process suitable for the kind of gas molecules to be dissociated and/or their dissociation energy can be easily performed.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a voltage controlled oscillator having a wide frequency variation range and an oscillation frequency that shows favorable linearity with respect to control voltage. The present invention includes an amplifier circuit 21, a piezoelectric element 22 connected in parallel to the amplifier circuit 21 and forming a feedback loop, variable capacitive elements 24 and 25 respectively connected to an input terminal and an output terminal of the amplifier circuit 21 and having a capacitance value that is dependent on control voltage, and an analog operation circuit 26 that generates a control voltage Vcs based on an inputted control voltage Vc. In this arrangement, the control voltage Vc is applied to the variable capacitive element 24 and the control voltage Vcs generated by the analog operation circuit 26 is applied to the variable capacitive element 25.
Abstract:
Provided is a pointing device (10) that can be reduced in thickness even if a magnetic field sensor (5) is mounted to a front face of a printed circuit board (p). When a support portion (13a, 21a, 22f) laterally moves, a reverse face of a flexible portion is displaced while being guided away from the printed circuit board due to deformation of a mountain fold flexure portion (13i) as a directional deformation portion (13i, 22c). Therefore, a clearance between the reverse face of the flexible portion (13b, 22a) and the printed circuit board (P) increases, and the magnetic field sensor (5) can be mounted to the front face of the printed circuit board (P), thereby making it possible to reduce thickness of the pointing device (10). At the same time, the flexible portion (13b, 22a) would not be ruptured through sliding contact with the magnetic field sensor (5).
Abstract:
An AGC control section (110) has a first operation mode for controlling the gain of a variable gain amplifier (103) so that the amplitude of a synchronization signal measured by a synchronization signal amplitude measurement circuit (108) is maintained constant and a second operation mode not increasing the gain even if the amplitude of the synchronization signal measured by a video signal processing circuit (109) is smaller than a predetermined first reference value and reducing the gain of the variable gain amplifier (103) only when the video signal amplitude has become greater than a predetermined second reference value. Here, when the synchronization signal amplitude is smaller than the predetermined first reference value and the video signal amplitude is greater than the predetermined second reference value while the AGC control section (110) is operating in the first operation mode, the mode is switched to the second operation mode. On the other hand, when the synchronization signal amplitude has become smaller than the predetermined first value while the AGC control section (110) is operating in the second operation mode, the mode is switched from the second operation mode to the first operation mode.
Abstract:
A flange, which forms a portion of a vacuum container, has a rectangular opening surrounded by an insulating frame. A plate-shaped radio-frequency antenna conductor 13 is provided so as to cover the opening, with the insulating frame clamped thereby. In this structure, a radio-frequency power source is connected via a matching box to one end along the length of the radio-frequency antenna conductor, the other end is connected to ground, and electric power is supplied so that a radio-frequency current flows from one end of the radio-frequency antenna conductor to the other. By this method, the impedance of the radio-frequency antenna conductor can be lowered, and high-density plasma with a low electron temperature can be efficiently generated.
Abstract:
The present invention aims at providing a plasma processing apparatus for performing a plasma processing on a planar substrate body to be processed, the apparatus being capable of generating the plasma with good uniformity and efficiently using the plasma, and having a high productivity. That is, the plasma processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a vacuum chamber 11; one or plural antenna supporters (plasma generator supporters) 12 projecting into the internal space 111 of the vacuum chamber 11; radio-frequency antennas (plasma generators) 13 attached to each antenna supporter 12; and a pair of substrate body holders 16 provided across the antenna supporter 12 in the vacuum chamber 11, for holding a planar substrate body to be processed 21.
Abstract:
In a motor control circuit which controls energization of a coil on the basis of a detection result of a rotor position, the control is performed so that the continuous rotation of the rotor due to its own inertia is suppressed and stopped in a short time, and that the reverse rotation of the rotor is prevented. When an external control signal CTL is changed from L to H, the normal rotation control is switched to reverse rotation control, so that a reverse brake state is effected. When motor rotation speed is monitored and reduced to a set rotation speed, a brake control signal SPSB is changed from L to H, so that a short brake state is effected. However, the motor continues to be rotated by its own inertia, and a position detection signal HALL is changed. Thus, reverse brake control is temporarily performed (only during a time period corresponding to a pulse width T RB ). The short pulse reverse brake control is intermittently performed until the motor is completely stopped. Therefore, it is possible to stop the motor in a shorter time as compared with the case where the motor is stopped only by the short brake control after the motor is decelerated to a rotation speed immediately before being stopped.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a spatial information detecting system that can conduct continuous measurement using an alternating magnetic field, and that has a high degree of freedom of frequency settings and a simple configuration. A magnetic sensor driving unit (23) drives a magnetic sensor (21) via a multiplexer unit (22). Signals of the magnetic sensor are converted from analog signals to digital signals, and are transmitted from a data transmitting unit (26) to an arithmetic unit (3) as magnetic data. A Fourier transform unit (32) calculates the amplitudes and phases of a plurality of frequency components of individual axes from the output signal of the magnetic data receiving unit (31). A magnetic field vector calculating unit (33) calculates signs of the amplitudes of the individual axes from phase relationships between the plurality of frequency components on the individual axes from the output signal from the Fourier transform unit (32), and calculates the magnetic field vector representing the direction and magnitude of the magnetic field from the signs and amplitudes. A direction calculating unit (34) calculates the direction of the information terminal (2).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a magnetic sensor with which magnetic characteristics are made extremely stable by consideration of an area of contact of a base layer of a magnetic substance and a semiconductor substrate. On a semiconductor substrate (111) a plurality of Hall elements (112a, 112b) are embedded so as to be coplanar to a top surface of the semiconductor substrate while being mutually spaced apart by a predetermined distance, and above the Hall elements and the semiconductor substrate, a base layer (114), having coefficient of thermal expansion differing from that of the Hall elements and partially covers a region of each Hall elements, is formed via a protective layer (113), and a magnetic flux concentrator (115), having an area larger than the base layer and with magnetic amplification, is formed on the base layer. An area of contact of the base layer of the magnetic substance and the semiconductor substrate is made small to lessen the generation of an offset voltage.
Abstract:
Provided is a transconductance amplifier capable of suppressing variation in the range of a linear relationship between an input voltage and an output current depending on the magnitude of a tuning voltage Vctrl, thereby adjusting transconductance over a wider range of operating input voltages. The transconductance amplifier is configured by a differential pair formed of MOS transistors (111, 112) having a common source, MOS transistors (113, 114), amplifiers (106, 107), a voltage generator circuit (100), and a differential-pair input voltage generator circuit (120). An input differential common voltage Vcm of all differential signals inputted to the differential pair is adjusted so that a difference between Vcm and Vctrl is equal to a constant, in accordance with a change in the tuning voltage Vctrl that controls the transconductance. This enables keeping constant the range in which the transconductance amplifier can achieve good linearity.