Author: claimsbot

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type;
a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type on the first semiconductor layer;
a third semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type on the second semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer being between the first and third semiconductor layers in a first direction;
a first plurality of source elements each extending along the first direction from the third semiconductor layer into the second semiconductor layer and spaced from each other along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a first gate electrode extending along the first direction from the third semiconductor layer into the second semiconductor layer and spaced from the first plurality of source elements in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, the first gate electrode extending continuously along the second direction parallel to the first plurality of source elements;
a source electrode electrically connected to first plurality of source elements; and
a drain electrode on the first semiconductor layer such that the first semiconductor layer is between the second semiconductor layer and the drain electrode in the first direction.
2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a second plurality of source elements each extending along the first direction from the third semiconductor layer into the second semiconductor layer and spaced from each other along the second direction perpendicular, the second plurality of source elements spaced in the third direction from the first plurality of source elements and the first gate electrode such that the first gate electrode is between the first plurality of source elements and the second plurality of source elements.
3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2, wherein
spacing between source elements in the first plurality of source elements is at a first pitch along the second direction, and
spacing between source elements in the second plurality of source elements is at the first pitch along the second direction.
4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3, wherein the second plurality of source elements is offset in the second direction by one-half of the first pitch from the first plurality of source elements.
5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4, wherein the first gate electrode includes a plurality of portions which extend along the third direction such that a portion of the first gate electrode is between each adjacent pair of source elements in the first plurality of source elements and between each adjacent pair of source elements in the second plurality of source elements.
6. The semiconductor device according to claim 2, wherein the first gate electrode includes a plurality of portions which extend along the third direction such that a portion of the first gate electrode is between each adjacent pair of source elements in the first plurality of source elements and between each adjacent pair of source elements in the second plurality of source elements.
7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a gate insulating layer between the first gate electrode and the first, second, and third semiconductor layers; and
a source element insulating layer between each source element in the first plurality of source elements and the first, second, and third semiconductor layers.
8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the source electrode is directly contacting each source element in the first plurality of source elements.
9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the first plurality of source elements extends along the first direction into the first semiconductor layer for a first distance and the first gate electrode extends along the first direction into the first semiconductor layer for a second distance that is less than the first distance.
10. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the first conductivity type is n-type and the second conductivity type is p-type.
11. The semiconductor device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a second plurality of source elements each extending along the first direction from the third semiconductor layer into the second semiconductor layer and spaced from each other along the second direction perpendicular, the second plurality of source elements spaced in the third direction from the first plurality of source elements and the first gate electrode such that the first gate electrode is between the first plurality of source elements and the second plurality of source elements; and
a second gate electrode extending along the first direction from the third semiconductor layer into the second semiconductor layer and spaced from the first gate electrode and the second plurality of source elements in the third direction, the second gate electrode extending continuously along the second direction parallel to second plurality of source elements.
12. The semiconductor device according to claim 11, wherein
spacing between elements in the first plurality of source elements is at a first pitch along the second direction,
spacing between source elements in the second plurality of source elements along the second direction is at the first pitch, and
the second plurality of source elements is offset by one-half of the first pitch in the second direction from the first plurality of source elements.
13. The semiconductor device according to claim 12, wherein
the first gate electrode includes:
a plurality of first portions which extend along the third direction such that a first portion is between each adjacent pair of source elements in the first plurality of source elements, and
a plurality of second portions which extend along the third direction such that a second portion is between each adjacent pair of source elements in the second plurality of source elements, and

the first and second gate electrodes are electrically connected by the second portions.
14. The semiconductor device according to claim 11, wherein
the first gate electrode includes:
a plurality of first portions which extend along the third direction such that a first portion is between each adjacent pair of source elements in the first plurality of source elements, and
a plurality of second portions which extend along the third direction such that a second portion is between each adjacent pair of source elements in the second plurality of source elements, and

the first and second gate electrodes are electrically connected by the second portions.
15. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type;
a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type on the semiconductor substrate;
a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type on the first semiconductor layer;
a third semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type on the second semiconductor layer;
a first trench penetrating the second and third semiconductor layers in a perpendicular direction to a surface of the semiconductor substrate;
a second trench penetrating the second and third semiconductor layers in the perpendicular direction to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, the second trench being separated from the first trench;
a third trench penetrating the second and third semiconductor layers in the perpendicular direction to the surface of the substrate, the third trench being separated from the second trench;
a first groove penetrating the second and third semiconductor layers in the perpendicular direction to the surface of the substrate, the first groove being provided in parallel with a direction connecting the first, second and third trenches in a plan view;
a first, second, and third insulating film formed in the first, second and third trenches, respectively;
a first, second and third conductive section formed in the first, second, and third trenches, and inside the first, second and third insulating films, respectively;
a source electrode electrically connected to the first, second, and third conductive sections, and on the third semiconductor layer;
a fourth insulating film formed in the first groove;
a gate electrode in the fourth insulating film; and
a drain electrode provided on a back surface side of the substrate.
16. The semiconductor device according to claim 15, further comprising:
a fourth trench penetrating the second and third semiconductor layers in the perpendicular direction to the surface of the substrate; and
a fifth trench penetrating the second and third semiconductor layers in the perpendicular direction to the surface of the substrate, the fifth trench being separated from the fourth trench, wherein
a direction connecting the fourth trench and the fifth trench in the plan view is parallel with the first groove, and
the first groove is formed between the first, second and third trenches, and the fourth and fifth trenches.
17. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a plurality of source elements arranged in a dotted pattern such that the source elements are separated from each other in a first plane of a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, the source elements penetrating, in a first direction orthogonal to the first plane, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type disposed on the first semiconductor and a third semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type disposed on the second semiconductor layer;
an insulating film adjacent to each source element and between each source element and the first, second, and third semiconductor layers;
a gate electrode in a plurality of grooves formed in an striped pattern spaced from each other in a second direction parallel to the first plane and extending along a third direction that is parallel to the first plane and perpendicular to the second direction, the grooves penetrating the second and third semiconductor layers in the first direction; and
a gate insulating film between the gate electrode and the first, second, and third semiconductor layers, wherein
the source elements are between the plurality of grooves.
18. The semiconductor device according to claim 17, wherein the plurality of source elements extend along the first direction into the first semiconductor layer for a first distance and the plurality of grooves extends along the first direction into the first semiconductor layer for a second distance that is less than the first distance.
19. The semiconductor device according to claim 17, wherein the dotted pattern of the plurality of source elements has rows and columns and each column of the dotted pattern is between a respective pair of adjacent grooves and each column of the dotted pattern is disposed with one-half pitch offset from each adjacent column of the dotted pattern.
20. The semiconductor device according to claim 17, further comprising:
a plurality of connector grooves extending between adjacent grooves of the plurality of grooves and electrically connecting portions of the gate electrode in adjacent grooves, the connector grooves passing between adjacent source elements in the dotted pattern.

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 access assembly in combination with a planting implement having a first storage tank laterally adjacent to a second storage tank both mounted on a wheeled frame assembly for movement in a forward direction of travel, comprising:
a central ramp located between and fixed relative to the first and second storage tanks;
an extended ramp having a forward end opposite a rearward end aligned in a fore-and-aft direction relative to the direction of travel of the implement, the forward end of the extended ramp pivotally connected about a first horizontal axis at a rearward end of the central ramp; and
a ladder defined by first and second side supports including upper ends, the first and second side supports having elongated slots therein adjacent the upper ends; a first and second pivots, the first pivot extending through the slot in a first guide bar of a slide mechanism and the slot in the first side support of the ladder and the second pivot extending through the slot in a second guide bar of the slide mechanism and the slot in the second side support of the ladder so as to pivotally couple the guide bars of the slide mechanism to the ladder about a second horizontal,
said ladder pivotally coupled about the second horizontal axis at the rearward end of the extended ramp,

wherein the ladder and the extended ramp pivot together about the first horizontal axis at the forward end of the extended ramp between a raised position and a lowered position.
2. The access assembly of claim 1, wherein the ladder is configured to slide in a linear direction in parallel relation to the extended ramp.
3. The access assembly of claim 2, wherein the ladder slides between an extended position and a stowed position, the ladder in the extended position pivotal about the rearward end of the extended ramp, the ladder in the stowed position is aligned underneath the extended ramp and restrained from pivoting independent of the extended ramp.
4. The access assembly of claim 3, further comprising a lock pin configured to restrain the ladder in the stowed position relative to the extended ramp.
5. The access assembly of claim 1, wherein the extended ramp includes a continuous tread surface, and wherein the ladder is guided to slide in the linear direction by a slide mechanism located underneath the tread surface.
6. The access assembly of claim 1, further comprising a first handrail located at one side of the extended ramp and generally aligned in the fore-and-aft direction and parallel to a second handrail located at an opposite side of the extended ramp.
7. The access assembly of claim 1, further comprising a ramp support footing assembly located at the rearward end of the extended ramp, the ramp support footing assembly aligned to support the rearward end of the extended ramp in a vertical direction from engagement at the wheeled frame assembly.

1. A variable element, comprising:
a. a stationary circuit board, having at least one transmission line having a first output and a second output;
b. a rotatable circuit board, the rotatable circuit board including:
i. an input and a coupling section, the coupling section located to capacitively couple an input signal to the at least one transmission line between the first output and the second output; and
ii. an accelerometer, the accelerometer being oriented such that it provides a signal indicative of a physical angle of the rotatable circuit board with respect to vertical;

c. a look-up table having a plurality of physical angles of the rotatable circuit board correlated to a plurality of beam attributes; and
d. a controller configured to access the lookup table to obtain a physical angle of the rotatable circuit board that corresponds to a desired beam attribute, and to access the accelerometer to obtain the signal indicative of a physical angle of the rotatable circuit board.
2. The variable element of claim 1, wherein the stationary circuit board and the rotatable circuit board comprise a phase shifter and the beam attribute comprises a beam downtilt angle.
3. The variable element of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to operate an actuator to cause the rotatable circuit board to move to a physical angle corresponding to a desired beam downtilt angle.
4. The variable element of claim 1, further comprising an actuator, wherein the actuator includes the controller, a non-volatile memory coupled to the controller and including the look-up table, and a motor coupled to the controller, and the controller is further configured to operate the motor to cause the rotatable circuit board to move to a physical angle corresponding to a desired beam attribute.
5. The variable element of claim 1, wherein the accelerometer provides signals indicative of an angle with respect to vertical with respect to a plurality of axes.
6. The variable element of claim 1, wherein the accelerometer provides signals indicative of physical angle with respect to vertical with respect to a plurality of axes and wherein the look-up table further comprises a plurality of default tilt angles and beam downtilt angles correlated to the physical angle with respect to vertical with respect to a plurality of axes.
7. A panel antenna comprising:
a. a plurality of radiating elements;
b. an input;
c. a first feed network coupling the input to a first set of dipoles of the plurality of radiating elements, the first feed network comprising a plurality of transmission lines and at least a first variable element according to claim 1; and
d. an actuator coupled to the variable element.
8. The panel antenna of claim 7, further comprising a second feed network coupling a second input to a second set of dipoles of the plurality of radiating elements, the second feed network comprising a plurality of transmission lines and at least a second variable element, the second variable element being mechanically coupled to the first variable element.
9. The panel antenna of claim 8, wherein the first and second variable elements are differential phase shifters.
10. A phase shifter, comprising:
a. a stationary circuit board, having at least one transmission line having a first output and a second output;
b. a rotatable circuit board, the rotatable circuit board including:
i. an input and a coupling section, the coupling section located to capacitively couple an input signal to the at least one transmission line between the first output and the second output; and
ii. an accelerometer, the accelerometer being oriented such that it provides a signal indicative of a physical angle of the rotatable circuit board with respect to vertical;

c. a look-up table having a plurality of physical angles of the rotatable circuit board correlated to a plurality of beam downtilt angles; and
d. a controller configured to access the lookup table to obtain a physical angle of the rotatable circuit board that corresponds to a desired beam downtilt angle, and to access the accelerometer to obtain the signal indicative of a physical angle of the rotatable circuit board.
11. The variable element of claim 10, further comprising an actuator, wherein the actuator includes the controller, a non-volatile memory coupled to the controller and including the look-up table, and a motor coupled to the controller, and the controller is further configured to operate the motor to cause the rotatable circuit board to move to a physical angle corresponding to a desired beam downtilt angle.
12. The variable element of claim 10, wherein the accelerometer provides signals indicative of physical angle with respect to vertical with respect to a plurality of axes and wherein the look-up table further comprises a plurality of default tilt angles and beam downtilt angles correlated to the physical angle with respect to vertical with respect to a plurality of axes.
13. A panel antenna comprising:
a. a plurality of radiating elements;
b. an input;
c. a feed network coupling the input to the plurality of radiating elements, the feed network comprising a plurality of transmission lines and at least one variable element according to claim 10; and
d. an actuator coupled to the variable element.

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. (canceled)
2. A printing apparatus comprising:
a holding unit configured to hold setting information for expanding a print setting function;
a receiving unit configured to receive identification information from an information processing apparatus, wherein the identification information which enables to identify whether to transmit setting information, and setting information to be transmitted;
a determination unit configured to determine whether to transmit setting information based on the identification information; and
a transmitting unit configured, if the determination unit determines to transmit setting information, to decide setting information to be transmitted from setting information held by the holding unit based on the identification information, and to transmit the decided setting information to the information processing apparatus,
wherein in the information processing apparatus, the print setting function is expanded by using the setting information received from the printing apparatus.
3. The printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the identification information is setting information about a version of a printer driver and a version of an operating system in the information processing apparatus.
4. The printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the receiving unit receives a model name as the identification information from the information processing apparatus.
5. The printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the holding unit further holds a table in which the identification information is associated with setting information to be transmitted, and
wherein the transmitting unit decides setting information to be transmitted from setting information held by the holding unit based on the table and the received identification information.
6. The printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein in the information processing apparatus, a print setting function of a printer driver is expanded by using the setting information received from the printing apparatus.
7. A control method for a printing apparatus comprising:
holding setting information for expanding a print setting function in a storage unit;
receiving identification information from an information processing apparatus, wherein the identification information which enables to identify whether to transmit setting information, and setting information to be transmitted; and
determining whether to transmit setting information based on the identification information,
wherein if it is determined, in the determining step, that setting information is transmitted, deciding setting information to be transmitted from setting information held in the storage unit based on the identification information, and transmitting the decided setting information to the information processing apparatus, and
wherein in the information processing apparatus, the print setting function is expanded by using the setting information received from the printing apparatus.
8. The control method according to claim 7, wherein the identification information is setting information about a version of a printer driver and a version of an operating system in the information processing apparatus.
9. The control method apparatus according to claim 7, wherein in the receiving step, a model name is received as the identification information from the information processing apparatus.
10. The control method according to claim 7, wherein in the holding step, a table in which the identification information is associated with setting information to be transmitted is further held in the storage unit, and
wherein setting information to be transmitted is decided from setting information held in the storage unit based on the table and the received identification information.
11. The control method according to claim 7, wherein in the information processing apparatus, a print setting function of a printer driver is expanded by using the setting information received from the printing apparatus.
12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute the steps of:
holding setting information for expanding a print setting function in a storage unit;
receiving identification information from an information processing apparatus, wherein the identification information which enables to identify whether to transmit setting information, and setting information to be transmitted; and
determining whether to transmit setting information based on the identification information,
wherein if it is determined, in the determining step, that setting information is transmitted, deciding setting information to be transmitted from setting information held in the storage unit based on the identification information, and transmitting the decided setting information to the information processing apparatus, and
wherein in the information processing apparatus, the print setting function is expanded by using the setting information received from the printing apparatus.
13. The medium according to claim 12, wherein the identification information is setting information about a version of a printer driver and a version of an operating system in the information processing apparatus.
14. The medium according to claim 12, wherein in the receiving step, a model name is received as the identification information from the information processing apparatus.
15. The medium according to claim 12, wherein in the holding step, a table in which the identification information is associated with setting information to be transmitted is further held in the storage unit, and
wherein setting information to be transmitted is decided from setting information held in the storage unit based on the table and the received identification information.
16. The medium according to claim 12, wherein in the information processing apparatus, a print setting function of a printer driver is expanded by using the setting information received from the printing apparatus.