Author: claimsbot

1. An optoelectronic device comprising:
a doped semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type;
pads (54) or a layer, on a surface (16 ) of the substrate, doped with a second conductivity type opposite to the first type;
wire-shaped, conical, or tapered semiconductor elements, doped with the first conductivity type, each element resting on one of the pads or on the layer;
light-emitting semiconductor portions, each portion at least partially covering one of the semiconductor elements; and
a circuit for biasing the pads or the layer,
wherein the substrate is made of a semiconductor material selected from the group comprising silicon, germanium, silicon carbide, a III-V compound, a II-VI compound, and a combination of these compounds, and wherein the pads or the layer are made of a material selected from the group comprising aluminum nitride, boron nitride, silicon carbide, magnesium nitride, magnesium gallium nitride, or a combination thereof and of their nitrided compounds.
2. The optoelectronic device of claim 1, further comprising a circuit for biasing the semiconductor portions.
3. The optoelectronic device of claim 1, wherein the dopant concentration of the pads or of the layer is in the range from 1015 atomscm3 to 1019 atomscm3.
4. The optoelectronic device of claim 1, wherein the dopant concentration of the substrate is in the range from 1016 atomscm3 to 1021 atomscm3.
5. The optoelectronic device of claim 1, wherein the dopant concentration of each semiconductor element is in the range from 1016 atomscm3 to 1021 atomscm3.
6. The optoelectronic device of claim 1, wherein the thickness of each pad or of the layer is in the range from 1 nm to 1 \u03bcm.
7. The optoelectronic device of claim 1, wherein the substrate is made of single-crystal silicon.
8. The optoelectronic device of claim 1, wherein each semiconductor element mainly comprises a semiconductor material selected from the group comprising a III-V compound, a II-VI compound, and a combination of these compounds.
9. The optoelectronic device of claim 1, wherein each semiconductor element is a microwire or a nanowire.
10. The optoelectronic device of claim 1, wherein each semiconductor element is at least partially covered with a semiconductor structure capable of emitting light.
11. A method of manufacturing an optoelectronic device, comprising the successive steps of:
providing a doped semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type;
forming, on a surface of the substrate, a layer or pads, doped with a second conductivity type opposite to the first type;
forming wire-shaped, conical, or tapered semiconductor elements, doped with the first conductivity type, each semiconductor element resting on one of the pads or on the layer;
forming light-emitting semiconductor portions, each portion at least partially covering one of the semiconductor elements; and
providing a circuit for biasing the pads or the layer,
wherein the substrate is made of a semiconductor material selected from the group comprising silicon, germanium, silicon carbide, a III-V compound, a II-VI compound, and a combination of these compounds and wherein the pads or the layer are made of a material selected from the group comprising alumi-num nitride, boron nitride, silicon carbide, magnesium nitride, magnesium gallium nitride, or a combination thereof and of their nitrided compounds.

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. A wireless communications terminal comprising:
a housing having an interior surface that is configured to enclose at least a controller circuit, a transceiver circuit, and a RF feed circuit and is configured to at least partially enclose a display device and a user input interface, wherein the housing extends between opposing top and bottom surfaces, between opposing first and second side surfaces, and between opposing front and back surfaces;
a first radiator line that is connected on distal ends to a feed node and to a ground node and extends in a loop across at least a majority of a width of the housing between the first and second side surfaces, wherein the first radiator line is configured to resonate in a first frequency range responsive to first electromagnetic radiation coupled to the feed and ground nodes;
a second radiator line that is connected to the feed node and extends away from an adjacent portion of the first radiator line, wherein the second radiator line is configured to resonate in a second frequency range responsive to second electromagnetic radiation coupled to the feed and ground nodes; and
a third radiator line that is connected to the first radiator line at a branch node that is spaced apart from the feed node and the ground node, wherein the third radiator line extends away from an adjacent portion of the first radiator line and is configured to resonate in a third frequency range responsive to third electromagnetic radiation coupled to the feed and ground nodes, wherein the first, second, and third frequency ranges are different from one another.
2. The wireless communications terminal of claim 1, wherein:
the first radiator line extends from the feed node, which is adjacent to the first side surface, through a central region of the housing and the branch node, which is adjacent to the second side surface, and loops back to the ground node, which is adjacent to the first side surface.
3. The wireless communications terminal of claim 1, wherein:
the first, second, and third radiator lines are integrally formed as a single layer on a flexible film surface.
4. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein:
the first, second, and third radiator lines extend along a single flexible film surface;
the first radiator line extends on the flexible film surface across the terminal and is fixedly attached to the top surface or the bottom surface; and
the second and third radiator lines extend on the flexible film surface along and are fixedly attached to at least one side surface of the housing.
5. The wireless communication terminal of claim 4, wherein:
the second and third radiator lines extend on the flexible film surface along and are fixedly attached to opposite side surfaces of the housing.
6. The wireless communications terminal of claim 1, further comprising:
a printed circuit board that electrically connects and fixedly supports the controller circuit, the transceiver circuit, and the RF feed circuit, the printed circuit board having opposing major surfaces,
wherein the first, second, and third radiator lines do not overlap either of the opposing major surfaces of the printed circuit board.
7. The wireless communications terminal of claim 6, wherein:
the first, second, and third radiator lines are located in a bottom portion of the housing relative to how the housing is held by a user during voice communications through the enclosed controller, transceiver, and RF feed circuits, and the first, second, and third radiator lines are spaced apart from an edge of the printed circuit board.
8. The wireless communications terminal of claim 6, wherein:
the first, second, and third radiator lines are located in a top portion of the housing relative to how the housing is held by a user during voice communications through the enclosed controller, transceiver, and RF feed circuits, and the first, second, and third radiator lines are spaced apart from an edge of the printed circuit board.
9. The wireless communications terminal of claim 1, wherein:
the third radiator line is connected to the branch node midway along a length of the first radiator line between the feed node and the ground node.
10. The wireless communications terminal of claim 1, wherein:
the first radiator line extends to the ground node adjacent to one of the front and back housing surfaces, the second radiator line extends along the first side housing surface and along the other one of the front and back housing surfaces that is opposite the ground node, and the third radiator line extends along the second side housing surface and along the same one of the front and back housing surfaces as the second radiator line.
11. The wireless communications terminal of claim 10, wherein:
a portion of the first radiator line is fixedly connected to and supported by the one of the front and back interior housing surfaces that is adjacent to the ground node;
a majority of the second radiator line is fixedly connected to and supported by both the first side interior housing surface and the other one of the front and back interior housing surfaces that is opposite to that adjacent the ground node; and
the third radiator line is fixedly connected to and supported by both the second side interior housing surface and the same one of the front and back interior housing surfaces as the second radiator line.
12. The wireless communications terminal of claim 11, wherein:
the second and third radiator lines extend in opposite directions toward each other along at least a quarter of the one of the front and back interior housing surfaces that is opposite to that adjacent the ground node.
13. The wireless communications terminal of claim 1, wherein:
the first radiator line extends to the ground node adjacent to one of the front and back housing surfaces, the second radiator line extends along the first side housing surface and along the other one of the front and back housing surfaces that is opposite to that adjacent the ground node, and the third radiator line extends along the second side housing surface and along the same one of the front and back surfaces as the ground node.
14. The wireless communications terminal of claim 13, wherein:
a portion of the first radiator line is fixedly connected to and supported by the one of the front and back interior housing surfaces that is adjacent to the ground node;
a majority of the second radiator line is fixedly connected to and supported by both the first side interior housing surface and the other one of the front and back interior housing surfaces that is opposite to that adjacent the ground node; and
the third radiator line is fixedly connected to and supported by both the second side interior housing surface and the same one of the front and back interior housing surfaces that is adjacent to the ground node.
15. The wireless communications terminal of claim 14, wherein:
the second and third radiator lines extend in opposite directions toward each other along at least a quarter of respective ones of the front and back interior housing surfaces.
16. The wireless communications terminal of claim 1, wherein:
the first frequency range resonated by the first radiator line is a higher frequency range than the second and third frequency ranges; and
the second frequency range resonated by the second radiator line is a higher frequency range than the third frequency range.
17. The wireless communications terminal of claim 16, wherein:
a length of the first radiator line between the feed node and the ground node is at least twice as long as a length of the second radiator line and a length of the third radiator line.
18. The wireless communications terminal of claim 16, wherein:
the first frequency range resonated by the first radiator line is in a frequency range between 2000 and 2700 MHz;
the second frequency range resonated by the second radiator line is in a frequency range between 800 and 950 MHz; and
the third frequency range resonated by the third radiator line is in a frequency range between 1800 and 2000 MHz.
19. The wireless communications terminal of claim 18, wherein:
the first frequency range resonated by the first radiator line includes 2100 MHz;
the second frequency range resonated by the second radiator line includes 850 MHz; and
the third frequency range resonated by the third radiator line includes 1800 MHz.
20. A wireless communications terminal comprising:
a housing having an interior surface that is configured to enclose at least a controller circuit, a transceiver circuit, and a RF feed circuit and is configured to at least partially enclose a display device and a user input interface, wherein the housing extends between opposing top and bottom surfaces, between opposing first and second side surfaces, and between opposing front and back surfaces;
a first radiator line that extends from a feed node that is adjacent to the first side surface through a central region of the housing and a branch location adjacent to the second side surface and loops back to a ground node that is adjacent to the first side surface, wherein the first radiator line is configured to resonate in a first frequency range responsive to first electromagnetic radiation coupled to the feed and ground nodes, and wherein a portion of the first radiator line is fixedly connected to and supported by the one of the front and back interior housing surfaces that is adjacent to the ground node;
a second radiator line that is integrally connected to the first radiator line at the feed node and extends away from the ground node toward the frontback surface of the housing, wherein the second radiator line is configured to resonate in a second frequency range responsive to second electromagnetic radiation coupled to the feed and ground nodes, wherein a majority of the second radiator line is fixedly connected to and supported by both the first side interior housing surface and the other one of the front and back interior housing surfaces that is opposite the ground node;
a third radiator line that is integrally connected to the branch node and extends away from an adjacent portion of the first radiator line, wherein the third radiator line is configured to resonate in a third frequency range responsive to third electromagnetic radiation coupled to the feed and ground nodes, wherein the first, second, and third frequency ranges are different from one another, and wherein the third radiator line is fixedly connected to and supported by both the second side interior housing surface and the same one of the front and back interior housing surfaces as the second radiator line;
a printed circuit board that electrically connects and fixedly supports the controller, transceiver, and RF feed circuits, the printed circuit board having opposing major surfaces, wherein the first, second, and third radiator lines are located in a bottom portion of the housing relative to how the housing is held by a user during voice communications through the enclosed controller, transceiver, and RF feed circuits, and the first, second, and third radiator lines are spaced apart from an edge of the printed circuit board.

1. A magnetic disk test method for testing a magnetic disk by scanning a magnetic disk by a composite magnetic head having a write head and a read head which are deviated in position from each other in a track testing direction, writing a test signal in a predetermined track by the write head and reading the test signal by the read head, comprising the steps of:
writing the test signal for one track revolution of the predetermined track and further overwriting the test signal, to create an overwritten test signal, after the one track revolution, and
setting a test inhibit region having a predetermined width before and after a write end point of the overwritten test signal as a reference and reading the test signal from the predetermined track,
wherein the overwriting of the test signal is performed over a connecting region between a write end point and a write start point of the test signal in the predetermined track, where the write end point and the write start point are determined by an amount of a positional deviation between the write head and the read head and a peripheral speed of the magnetic disk such that the predetermined width is narrower than the width of the connecting region.
2. A magnetic disk test method claimed in claim 1, wherein the magnetic disk has a plurality of tracks that includes the predetermined track, and
wherein a defect test of the magnetic disk is performed on concentric circles correspondingly to the plurality of the test tracks and the write end point is determined by using a sector signal in the write start point of the test signal or an index signal as a reference.
3. A magnetic disk test method claimed in claim 2, wherein the test inhibit region is set by generating a test inhibit gate signal for invalidating a read signal of the test signal or invalidating a detected error.
4. A magnetic disk test method claimed in claim 3, wherein the test inhibit gate signal is sent to a read circuit for reading the test signal, a width of the overwritten test signal and the predetermined width are stored in a memory as data, the write end point is determined by counting time by using the sector signal or the index signal as a reference according to the data of the width of the overwrite read out from the memory and the test inhibit gate signal is generated by counting time according to the data of the predetermined width read out from the memory.
5. A magnetic disk test method for testing a magnetic disk by scanning a magnetic disk by a composite magnetic head having a write head and a read head, which are deviated in position from each other in a track testing direction, writing a test signal in a predetermined track by the write head and reading the test signal by the read head, comprising the steps of:
writing the test signal for one track revolution of the predetermined track and further overwriting the test signal after the one track revolution, and
reading the test signal as a test data from the predetermined track by generating a test inhibit gate signal for invalidating a read signal of the test data in the predetermined track or invalidating a detected error in the predetermined track,
wherein overwriting of the test data is performed over a connecting region between a write end point and a write start point of the test signal in the predetermined track, where the write end point and the write start point are determined by an amount of the positional deviation between the write head and the read head and a peripheral speed of the magnetic disk, and
wherein the test inhibit gate signal is generated by generating a first signal indicative of a start timing before the write end point and then generating a second signal indicative of an end timing, and a period between the first signal and the second signal is shorter than the width of the connecting region.
6. A magnetic disk test method claimed in claim 5, wherein the magnetic disk has a plurality of tracks that includes the predetermined track, and
wherein a defect test of the magnetic disk is performed for concentric circles corresponding to the plurality of tracks respectively and the write end point is determined by using a sector signal at the write start point of the test signal or an index signal as a reference.
7. A magnetic disk test method claimed in claim 6, wherein the test inhibit gate signal has a test inhibit region determined by a predetermined width from the first signal to the second signal, an overwritten width and the predetermined width are stored as data in a memory, the write end point is determined according to data for the overwritten width read out from the memory and the first signal and the second signal are generated by counting time by using the sector signal or the index signal as a reference according to data read out from the memory.
8. A magnetic disk test method claimed in claim 7, wherein the memory includes a data table storing the overwritten width and the predetermined width and optimal data of the overwritten width and the predetermined width are selected by referring to the data table according to a test condition of the magnetic disk.
9. A magnetic disk tester for testing a magnetic disk by scanning a magnetic disk by a composite magnetic head having a write head and a read head which are deviated in position from each other in a track testing direction, writing a test signal in a predetermined track by said write head and reading the test signal by said read head, comprising a data writeread circuit, an error detection circuit and a defect detection processing device, wherein
said defect detection processing device writes the test signal as a test data for one track revolution in the predetermined track through said data writeread circuit and further overwrites the test data after the one track revolution to set a test inhibit region having a predetermined width before and after a write end point of an overwrite of the test data as a reference and reads the test signal-data from the predetermined track through said data writeread circuit,
the overwrite of the test data is performed over a connecting region connecting a write end point of the test data and a write start point of the test data in the predetermined track determined by an amount of the positional deviation between said write head and said read head and a peripheral speed of the magnetic disk, and
the predetermined width is narrower than the width of the connecting region.
10. A magnetic disk tester claimed in claim 9, wherein the magnetic disk has a plurality of test tracks that includes the predetermined track, and
wherein a defect test of the magnetic disk is performed for concentric circles corresponding to the plurality of the test tracks and the write end point is determined by using a sector signal in the write start point of the test signal or an index signal as a reference.
11. A magnetic disk tester claimed in claim 10, wherein the test inhibit region is set by generating a test inhibit gate signal for invalidating a read signal of the test data or invalidating a detected error.
12. A magnetic disk tester claimed in claim 11, wherein the test inhibit gate signal is sent to a read circuit for reading the test data, an overwritten width and the predetermined width are stored in a memory as data, the write end time point is determined by counting a time with the sector signal or the index signal as a reference according to data of the overwritten width read out from said memory and the test inhibit gate signal is generated by counting the time according to the data of the predetermined width read out from said memory.
13. A magnetic disk tester claimed in claim 11, wherein the test inhibit gate signal is sent to said error detection circuit to invalidate the detected error.
14. A magnetic disk tester for testing a magnetic disk by scanning a magnetic disk by a composite magnetic head having a write head and a read head which are deviated in position from each other in a track testing direction, writing a test signal in a predetermined track by said write head and reading the test signal by said read head; comprising a data writeread circuit, an error detection circuit and a defect detection processing device, wherein
said defect detection processing device reads the test signal as a test data from the predetermined track through said data writeread circuit by writing the test data for one track revolution in the predetermined track through said data writeread circuit, further overwriting the test data after the one track revolution and setting a test inhibit gate signal for invalidating the read signal of the test data in the predetermined track or invalidating a detected error in the predetermined track by using the write end point of an overwrite of the test data for the predetermined track,
the overwrite of the test data is performed over a connecting region connecting a write end point of the test data and a write start point of the test data in the predetermined track which are determined by an amount of the positional deviation between said write head and said read head and a peripheral speed of the magnetic disk,
the test inhibit gate signal is generated by generating a first signal indicative of a start timing before the write end point and generating a second signal indicative of the write end point thereafter,
a period between the first signal and the second signal is shorter than the width of the connecting region.
15. A magnetic disk tester claimed in claim 14, wherein the magnetic disk has a plurality of tracks that includes the predetermined track, and
wherein a defect test of the magnetic disk is performed for concentric circles correspondingly to the plurality of the test tracks respectively and the write end point is determined by using a sector signal in the write start point of the test signal or an index signal as a reference.
16. A magnetic disk test method claimed in claim 15, wherein the test inhibit gate signal has a test inhibit region determined by a predetermined width from the first signal to the second signal, an overwritten width and the predetermined width are stored in a memory as data, the write end point is determined according to data for the overwritten width read out from said memory and the first signal and the second signal are generated by counting time by using the sector signal or the index signal as a reference according to data read out from said memory.

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. A recorder comprising:
a recording section for recording content; and
a VoD section for comparing the content recorded by the recording section with content provided through a video-on-demand service and removing the content recorded by the recording section based on the comparison.
2. The recorder according to claim 1, further comprising:
a receiving section for receiving the content provided through the video-on-demand service; and
a reproduction content selector for allowing the receiving section to receive and reproduce the content provided through the video-on-demand service when the reproduction content selector receives an instruction for reproduction of the content removed by the VoD section.
3. The recorder according to claim 1, wherein
the VoD section requests a notification indicating suspension of the video-on-demand service for the content to be provided through the video-on-demand service.
4. The recorder according to claim 1, wherein
when the VoD section receives the notification indicating the suspension of the video-on-demand service for the content to be provided through the video-on-demand service, the content or a corresponding content is recorded.
5. The recorder according to claim 1, wherein
the VoD section compares meta data of the content recorded by the recording section with meta data of the content provided through the video-on-demand service.
6. The recorder according to claim 5, wherein
the VoD section compares a broadcast date, broadcast time, and broadcast channel that are included in the meta data of the content recorded by the recording section with a broadcast date, broadcast time, and broadcast channel that are included in the meta data of the content provided through the video-on-demand service, or compares a content ID included in the meta data of the content recorded by the recording section with a content ID included in the meta data of the content to be provided through the video-on-demand service.
7. The recorder according to claim 5, wherein
when the meta data of the content recorded by the recording section does not match the meta data of the content provided through the video-on-demand service, the VoD section compares video data of the recorded content with video data of the content provided through the video-on-demand service andor compares audio data of the recorded content with audio data of the content provided through the video-on-demand service.
8. The recorder according to claim 1, wherein
the VoD section switches a process for the comparison to another comparison process based on whether or not the content provided through the video-on-demand service is free.
9. The recorder according to claim 1, wherein
when the content recorded by the recording section matches the content provided through the video-on-demand service, the VoD section removes the content recorded by the recording section, and
when the content recorded by the recording section does not match the content provided through the video-on-demand service, the VoD section requests that the recorded content is provided through the video-on-demand service.
10. The recorder according to claim 1, wherein
when a first portion of the content recorded by the recording section matches a first portion of the content provided through the video-on-demand service, and when a second portion of the content recorded by the recording section does not matches a second portion of the content provided through the video-on-demand service, the VoD section removes only the first portion of the content recorded by the recording section.
11. The recorder according to claim 1, wherein
the VoD section compares a broadcast content with a video-on-demand enabled content and displays the fact that video-on-demand is possible before the recording is performed.
12. The recorder according to claim 11, wherein
the VoD section performs a function for recording the broadcast content to record data on a method for starting to reproduce the content provided through the video-on-demand service without recording the broadcast content in a recording medium.
13. The recorder according to claim 11, wherein
the recording section records only a portion that is described in information indicating a difference between the broadcast content and the video-on-demand enabled content and attached to the broadcast content, the portion being provided only through broadcast.
14. A receiver comprising:
a receiving section for receiving a broadcast content; and
a VoD section for comparing the broadcast content received by the receiver with a video-on-demand enabled content, and displaying the fact that video-on-demand is possible based on the comparison before the recording is performed.
15. The receiver according to claim 14, wherein
the VoD section records data on a method for starting to reproduce the content provided through the video-on-demand service.