Abstract:
There is provided a coating and developing apparatus that develops a substrate of which surface is coated with resist and exposed to lights. The coating and developing apparatus includes a developing module; a cleaning module; and a transfer mechanism configured to transfer a substrate developed by the developing module to the cleaning module. The developing module includes an airtightly sealed processing vessel configured to form a processing atmosphere; a temperature control plate provided in the processing vessel and mounts thereon the substrate and cools the substrate; and an atmosphere gas supply unit configured to supply an atmosphere gas including mist of a developing solution to a surface of the substrate within the processing vessel. The cleaning module includes a mounting table configured to mount thereon the substrate; and a cleaning solution supply unit configured to supply a cleaning solution to the substrate mounted on the mounting table.
Abstract:
A computer performs press forming analysis based on a shape of a formed product or of a member, a blank holder force, a friction coefficient, a tensile strength of a material, a yield strength, a stress-strain relation, and a sheet thickness, as press forming conditions, to calculate sheet thickness distribution and post-formation strain distribution of the formed product. The computer also performs performance analysis based on the sheet thickness distribution, the post-formation strain distribution, and the shape of the formed product or of the member, as state amounts of the formed product. This calculate performance of the member. The computer repeats the calculations performed in the process from the first step through the second step a predetermined number of times, with at least one of the press forming conditions being changed, to output an optimum press forming condition that gives a maximum value or a target value of the performance
Abstract:
There is provided a signal conversion circuit which is suitably used in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device (especially a multiprimary liquid crystal display device which performs display in a vertical alignment mode), and a multiprimary liquid crystal display device having such a signal conversion circuit.A signal conversion circuit according to the present invention is for use in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device which performs display in a vertical alignment mode, and converts an input video signal to a multiprimary signal corresponding to four or more primary colors. When generating a multiprimary signal for displaying dark skin, the signal conversion circuit according to the present invention applies a conversion to the video signal so that a color difference Δu′v′=((u′−u60′)2+(v′−v60′)2) is 0.03 or less, the color difference Δu′v′ being defined by CIE1976 chromaticity coordinates (u′, v′) representing a chromaticity when the pixel is viewed from the frontal direction and CIE1976 chromaticity coordinates (u60′, v60′) representing a chromaticity when the pixel is viewed from a 60° oblique direction.
Abstract:
A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly includes a fuel electrode, an air electrode and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the fuel electrode and the air electrode, a fuel supply mechanism disposed on the air electrode side of the membrane electrode assembly to supply fuel to the fuel electrode, and a humidification layer disposed on the air electrode side of the membrane electrode assembly to be impregnated with water produced in the air electrode. The humidification layer include a first humidification section disposed opposite to a high-temperature area of an air electrode and a second humidification section disposed opposite to a low-temperature area of the air electrode when generating electricity. The second humidification section is so configured that water vapor is released into air therefrom more easily than from the first humidification section in the membrane electrode assembly.
Abstract:
In an electronic device, state detection elements are arranged at various locations of a fuel cell system supplies an electric power to a phone unit, the state detection elements detect states of the fuel cell system at the locations. A cell state detection unit detects an operating state of the fuel cell from an output signal of each of the state detection elements. A determination unit determines an operating mode to prompt action to be taken for the operating state of the fuel cell detected by the cell state detection unit. A content of the operating mode is displayed with an image of a character or a fictitious creature based on a determination by the determination unit.
Abstract:
A fuel cell (1) includes an electromotive unit (2) having a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) (12), a fuel storage unit (4) storing a liquid fuel, and a fuel supply mechanism (3) supplying the fuel from the fuel storage unit (4) to a fuel electrode (7) of the membrane electrode assembly (12). The membrane electrode assembly (12) has a gas vent hole (17) provided in a manner to penetrate through at least an electrolyte membrane (11) to let a gas component generated on a side of the fuel electrode (7) escape to a side of an air electrode (10).
Abstract:
A fuel cell seal includes: a first seal member having a first protrusion in a major surface thereof; and a second seal member having a recess in a major surface thereof. The recess is engageable with at least part of the first protrusion. A fuel cell includes: a solid electrolytic film; a first and second seal member placed on both major surface sides of the solid electrolytic film, respectively, and opposed to each other; a fuel electrode placed on a side of the first seal member, the side being opposite to the solid electrolytic film; and an oxidizer electrode placed on a side of the second seal member, the side being opposite to the solid electrolytic film. One of the first and the second seal members has a first protrusion. Other of the first and the second seal members has a recess engageable with at least part of the first protrusion. The first and the second seal members are engaged with each other across the solid electrolytic film.
Abstract:
The present invention is applied to a semiconductor apparatus using a lead frame as a base frame. A semiconductor apparatus according to the present invention includes a first multi-chip structure, which comprises a plurality of semiconductor chips mounted on the base frame and a terminal region formed on at least one surface of the multi-chip structure, the terminal region being connected electrically to an external component; and a second multi-chip structure, which comprises a plurality of semiconductor chips mounted on the base frame and a terminal region formed on at least one surface of the multi-chip structure, the terminal region being connected electrically to an external component. Inner leads of the base frame are connected to the terminal region of the first multi-chip structure by a wire-bonding process and to the terminal region of the second multi-chip structure by a wire-bonding process.
Abstract:
A highly durable separator for solid polymer fuel cells that can be produced at low cost and that is characterized by the separator having a flat portion in the peripheral portion and channels in the central portion composed of protruded portions and recessed portions which provide flow paths for gases on the front surface and the back surface, and the shape of each channel end portion being tilted.
Abstract:
An optical fiber connector comprising a base and a lid member constituting an element having a doubly split structure which forms a roughly rod-like shape when united, and a spring for housing the base and lid member and applying pressure for pressing them together, wherein centering grooves for positioning and centering optical fibers for adjoinment and connection are provided in at least one or between the opposing faces of the base and lid member which are put together. In a mode wherein the element is inserted into a C-shaped spring having a rod shape with a C-shaped cross section, the optical fibers which are inserted from both ends of the element are pushed to the centering groove and adjoined into connection. By inserting or withdrawing wedges into wedge insertion grooves formed between the base and the lid member, it is possible to open or close the element.