Abstract:
In a solid-state image pickup device, a transfer register 10 is provided with an overflow control gate OFCG and an overflow drain OFD, and the gate electrode 12A of the overflow control gate OFCG is formed so as to be superposed on the lower-layer electrodes St1, 13 of the transfer register 10 side and the overflow drain OFD side.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display apparatus is provided with a liquid crystal panel comprising a pair of substrates each provided with an electrode and a liquid crystal disposed between the pair of substrates. A supporting member having a frame supports the liquid crystal panel, and an elastic member for secures the liquid crystal panel in a floating state to the frame of the supporting member so as to define an almost closed space enclosed with the liquid crystal panel, the supporting member and the elastic member. A backlight illuminates the liquid crystal panel below the supporting member so as to define the almost closed space enclosed with the liquid crystal panel, the supporting member, the elastic member and the backlight.
Abstract:
A process of producing a parallel type of stripe filter comprises the steps of:(a) forming a metal layer (I) on a transparent base plate into a striped configuration.(b) forming thereon a dichroic layer having predetermined spectral characteristics,(c) further forming a metal layer (II) on said dichroic layer, the etching solution for said metal layer (II) being different from that for the metal layer (I),(d) utilizing the metal layer (II) as the protecting layer for the dichroic layer when another dichroic layer is formed subsequently, and(e) finally removing the metal layer (II) to expose the dichroic layers overlying the transparent base plate into a striped configuration.
Abstract:
When a signal output by a solid-state image sensing device is clamped to a predetermined reference potential, a high voltage generated in a transfer suspension period after the clamping as generally supplied to an A/D converter is generated. A sample/hold output Va is clamped to a clamp level Vref over a period of time between a halfway point of time of a signal of a picture element preceding ahead by one line and the end of an inhibit period of transfer clocks of a signal output by an empty transmission unit via a first clamp pulse and a sample/hold output for the second picture element, or a subsequent one of an OPB unit is clamped to the clamp level via a second clamp pulse to prevent a signal output from exceeding a reference voltage from being supplied to an A/D converter at a later stage.
Abstract:
A movable contact element includes a cover sheet to which a movable contact having a dome shape is bonded and which is stacked on a top surface of a pressure sensitive conductive sheet. The movable contact element is bonded to a top surface of a substrate having a fixed contact formed thereon, thereby forming a switch. Through the construction, it is possible to obtain the movable contact element, which has a simple construction and can perform various operations, and the switch using the same.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a solid-state image-pickup device and a driving method thereof, more particularly, the present invention relates to a solid-state image-pickup device comprising a sensor array comprising a plurality of sensors; and a plurality of transfer registers for transferring signal charges from said sensors of said sensor array, wherein an accumulation gate for reading out signal charges from said sensors at the same time, accumulating said signal charges and allocating said signal charges to said transfer registers is provided between said sensor array and said transfer registers. As a result, it is possible to provide a solid-state image-pickup device capable of producing a good signal output by eliminating variations in sensitivity from sensor to sensor and a deviation in signal-charge fetching between sensors and to provide a method of driving the solid-state image-pickup device.
Abstract:
An image erasing device for erasing an image formed erasably on a recording medium is provided. An image display apparatus equipped with the image erasing device, and an image recording apparatus equipped with the image erasing device are also provided. The image erasing device includes a device for feeding the recording medium stepwise, and a cleaner for erasing the image forming on the recording medium by independently scanning the cleaner perpendicularly to the direction of feeding of the recording medium while the recording medium stays stationary.
Abstract:
A CCD solid state imaging device has an overflow mechanism to discharge excess electric charges at the sensor section. An overflow level can be stabilized without adjustment. The CCD solid state imaging device includes an overflow barrier region for determining an amount of electric charges handled by a sensor section, and an overflow drain region for discharging excess electric charges at the sensor section adjacent to the sensor section. An intermediate region having the same potential as that of the sensor portion is provided between the overflow barrier region and the overflow drain region. Also, a CCD solid state imaging device includes linear sensors provided in a plurality of lines and vertical transfer registers provided at end of the linear sensors in the charge transfer direction of the horizontal transfer registers. When signal charges are overflowed in a part of the horizontal transfer register, signals of all pixels can be avoided from being destroyed. In a CCD solid state imaging device having linear sensors arranged in a plurality of lines, and vertical transfer registers provided at ends of the linear sensors in the charge transfer direction of the horizontal transfer registers, there is formed a limit region for limiting electric charges to a predetermined amount before electric charges are transferred from the horizontal transfer register to the vertical transfer register.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal contained in a liquid crystal reservoir is applied to an injection port of a blank liquid crystal panel in a vacuum chamber, and the vacuum chamber is restored to the atmospheric pressure to inject the applied liquid crystal into the liquid crystal panel through the injection port. Herein, the liquid crystal, particularly a ferroelectric liquid crystal having a high viscosity, is effectively used for filling the liquid crystal panel with a minimum loss by using a transfer member moving between the liquid crystal reservoir and the liquid crystal panel.
Abstract:
A method of disconnecting a short-circuited part between upper and lower electrodes is provided which comprises the steps of;(a) forming a cell by placing one upon another a first substrate provided with a common electrode and a second substrate provided with opposed electrodes in the manner that said common electrode and said opposed electrode may form a plurality of mutually opposed portions;(b) detecting, among the plurality of mutually opposed portions, a mutually opposed portion at which a short circuit has occurred; and(c) disconnecting by insulation a short-circuited site present at the mutually opposed portion from the common electrode or opposed electrode.