1. An image reading apparatus comprising:
automatic document feeder for setting a sequential document in units of one bundle;
control panel for entering read settings for the document set by the automatic document feeder;
reading means for sequentially reading each bundle of the document set by the automatic document feeder in units of one page on the basis of the read settings entered by the control panel;
recording means for recording image data on the document read by the reading means such that the image data corresponding to one bundle are recorded together;
processing means, operating when abnormality occurs during read processing which the reading means performs with respect to one of the bundles of the document, for deleting from the recording means image data corresponding to a bundle for which the abnormality occurs, and for restoring the bundle to an original state; and
notification means for showing what type of abnormality has occurred.
2. An image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the read settings entered by the control panel include settings regarding a read mode, a color mode, a resolution, a document size, a doublesingle-sided mode and an image rotation.
3. An image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control panel includes the notification means.
4. An image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording means comprises a hard disk.
5. An image reading apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an interface for external communications.
6. An image reading apparatus comprising:
automatic document feeder for setting a sequential document in units of one bundle;
control panel for entering read settings for the document set by the automatic document feeder;
reading means for sequentially reading each bundle of the document set by the automatic document feeder in units of one page on the basis of the read settings entered by the control panel;
recording means for recording image data on the document read by the reading means such that the image data corresponding to one bundle are recorded together;
first alteration means for altering the read settings entered by the control panel when the automatic document feeder sets a second and subsequent bundles of the document;
first processing means for causing the reading means to read the document set by the automatic document feeder such that the document is read in units of one page on the basis of the read settings altered by the first alteration means, and for controlling the recording means to record read images;
output means for outputting read results which represent how the reading means reads each bundle of the document and also outputting recording results which represent how the recording means operates;
designation means for designating an alteration of an order in which the image data recorded by the recording means and corresponding to the bundles of the document are arranged;
second alternation means for altering an order in which the image data recorded by the recording means and corresponding to the bundles of the document are arranged;
second processing means, operating when abnormality occurs during read processing which the reading means performs with respect to one of the bundles of the document, for deleting from the recording means image data corresponding to a bundle for which the abnormality occurs, and for restoring the bundle to the original state; and
notification means for showing what type of abnormality has occurred.
7. An image reading apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the read settings entered by the control panel include settings regarding a read mode, a color mode, a resolution, a document size, a doublesingle-sided mode and an image rotation.
8. An image reading apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control panel includes the notification means.
9. An image reading apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the recording means comprises a hard disk.
10. An image reading apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising an interface for external communications.
11. A digital copying machine comprising:
automatic document feeder for setting a sequential document in units of one bundle;
control panel for entering read settings for the document set by the automatic document feeder;
reading means for sequentially reading each bundle of the document set by the automatic document feeder in units of one page on the basis of the read settings entered by the control panel;
recording means for recording image data on the document read by the reading means such that the image data corresponding to one bundle are recorded together;
processing means, operating when abnormality occurs during read processing which the reading means performs with respect to one of the bundles of the document, for deleting from the recording means image data corresponding to a bundle for which the abnormality occurs, and for restoring the bundle to an original state;
notification means for showing what type of abnormality has occurred; and
a printer section for printing data corresponding to a document fed by the automatic document feeder.
12. A digital copying machine according to claim 11, wherein the read settings entered by the control panel include settings regarding a read mode, a color mode, a resolution, a document size, a doublesingle-sided mode and an image rotation.
13. A digital copying machine according to claim 11, wherein the control panel includes the notification means.
14. A digital copying machine according to claim 11, wherein the recording means comprises a hard disk.
15. A digital copying machine according to claim 11, further comprising an interface for external communications.
16. A digital copying machine according to claim 15, wherein the printer section outputs externally received data.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An integrated circuit, comprising:
a first circuit block formed in a substrate;
a second circuit block formed in the substrate; and
a plurality of regions formed between the first circuit block and the second circuit block, wherein the plurality of regions are configured to provide noise isolation between the first circuit block and the second circuit block, and the plurality of regions includes:
a p-well block region formed in the substrate, which has a first doping concentration of a p-type dopant,
a first portion of a guard region formed in the substrate between the p-well block region and the first circuit block, wherein the first portion of the guard region has a second doping concentration of a p-type dopant,
a second portion of the guard region formed in the substrate between the p-well block region and the second circuit block, wherein the second portion of the guard region has the second doping concentration,
a first grounded highly doped region formed in the substrate between the first portion of the guard region and the first circuit block, wherein the first grounded highly doped region has a third doping concentration of a p-type dopant, and
a second grounded highly doped region formed in the substrate between the second portion of the guard region and the second circuit block, wherein the second grounded highly doped region has the third doping concentration, and wherein the second doping concentration is higher than the first doping concentration;
wherein the guard region has an intermediate amount of doping between the first doping concentration of the p-well block region and the third doping concentration of the first grounded highly doped region;
wherein the p-well block region does not include any active region therein; and
wherein the guard region surrounds the p-well block region and has a depth substantially deeper than that of the first and second grounded highly doped regions.
2. The integrated circuit of claim 1, wherein the p-well block region is a wall formed between the first circuit block and the second circuit block.
3. The integrated circuit of claim 1, wherein the guard region contacts the p-well block region, and the first and second grounded highly doped regions contact the guard region.