Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. An image display device comprising:
a display unit composed of plural pixels each having a light emitting means;
a signal line for inputting an analog display signal to the pixels;
a light emitting drive means or driving the light emitting means based on the analog display signal inputted to the pixels through the signal line; and
a light emitting control switch means for controlling a light-on or a light-off of the light emitting means during image-displaying,
wherein the light emitting means in each pixel connected to one end of the light emitting drive means.
2. An image display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light emitting control switch means is provided between the light emitting drive means and the light emitting means.
3. An image display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light emitting means is an organic light emitting diode.
4. An image display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light emitting drive means and the light emitting control switch means are polycrystalline silicon thin film transistors provided on a transparent substrate.
5. An image display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light emitting control switch means in each pixel is constructed to turn ON or OFF simultaneously.
6. An image display device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the light emitting control switch means is constructed to turn ON when the analog display signal is inputted to the pixels.
7. An image display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light emitting control switch means is constructed to turn ON when the analog display signal is inputted to the pixels and to turn OFF after a predetermined light-on time period.
8. An image display device comprising:
a display unit composed of plural pixels each having a light emitting means;
a signal line for inputting an analog display signal to the pixels; and
a light emitting drive means for driving the light emitting means based on the analog display signal inputted to the pixels through the signal line, wherein
the light emitting drive means provided for each of the pixels is a field effect transistor,
the signal line is connected to a gate of the field effect transistor through at least one capacitance means,
one of a source or a drain of the field effect transistor is connected to a power supply means, the other of the source and the drain is connected to the light emitting means, and at least one of the source and the drain is connected via a first switch to the power supply means or the light emitting means, and
the field effect transistor is constructed to apply one of the analog display signal and a virtually triangular pulse signal to the gate thereof through the capacitance means.
9. An image display device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the light emitting means is an organic light emitting diode.
10. An image display device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the light emitting drive means and the light emitting control switch means are polycrystalline silicon thin film transistors provided on a transparent substrate.
11. An image display device as claimed in claim 8, wherein a second switch is provided between the gate and the drain of the field effect transistor, while the first switch is provided between the drain and the light emitting means.
12. An image display device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the field effect transistor, the first switch, and the second switch are TFTs of the same conductivity type.
13. An image display device as claimed in claim 8, wherein both the analog display signal and the virtually triangular pulse signal are generated by a common DA converter.
14. An image display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the DA converter is composed of polycrystalline silicon thin film transistors.
15. An image display device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a display signal processing unit for storing at least one display signal taken externally to be processed to form an analog display signal.
16. An image display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a time period ratio of the light-on and the light-off ranges from 1:9 to 9:1.
17. An image display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a time period ratio of the light-on and the light-off is 1:1.
18. An image display device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the light-on and the light-off are alternated by alternating the first switch and the second switch.
19. An image display device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first switch and the second switch are a drive switch and signal input switch.
20. An animation display device comprising:
an image display device including:
a display unit composed of plural pixels each having a light emitting means;
a signal line for inputting an analog display signal to the pixels;
a light emitting drive means or driving the light emitting means based on the analog display signal inputted to the pixels through the signal line; and
a light emitting control switch means for controlling a light-on or a light-off of the light emitting means during image-displaying, the light emitting means in each pixel connected to one end of the light emitting drive means;

an input interface circuit for receiving animated image data;
a microprocessor for decoding the animated image data;
a display panel controller incorporating a DA converter;
a triangular pulse generation circuit;
a first battery and a secondary battery; and
a frame 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.

What is claimed is:

1. A dielectric plate adapted to be provided between a process chamber of a plasma processing apparatus and a slot electrode guiding a microwave used for a plasma process,
wherein a thickness H of said dielectric plate has a predetermined relationship with a wavelength of the microwave in said dielectric plate so that an amount of isolation of said dielectric plate due to transmission of the microwave is minimized, the wavelength being represented by 0n, where 0 is a wavelength of the microwave in a vacuum and n is a wavelength reducing rate of said dielectric plate represented by n1(t), where t is a specific dielectric rate of said dielectric plate in a vacuum.
2. The dielectric plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined relationship between the thickness H and the wavelength of said dielectric plate is represented by 0.5<H<0.75.
3. The dielectric plate as claimed in claim 2, wherein the thickness H of said dielectric plate satisfies a relationship represented by 0.6H0.7.
4. The dielectric plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined relationship between the thickness H and the wavelength of said dielectric plate is represented by 0.3<H<0.4.
5. The dielectric plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined relationship between the thickness H and the wavelength of said dielectric plate is represented by one of the relationships (0.10.5N)H(0.20.5N) and (0.30.5N)H(0.40.5N), where N is an integer.
6. A plasma processing apparatus comprising:
a process chamber in which a plasma process is applied to an object to be processed;
a slot electrode having a plurality of slits guiding a microwave introduced into said process chamber so as to generate plasma in said process chamber; and
a dielectric plate provided between said slot electrode and said process chamber, wherein a thickness H of said dielectric plate has a predetermined relationship with a wavelength of the microwave in said dielectric plate so that an amount of isolation of said dielectric plate due to transmission of the microwave is minimized, the wavelength being represented by 0n, where 0 is a wavelength of the microwave in a vacuum and n is a wavelength reducing rate of said dielectric plate represented by n1(t), where t is a specific dielectric rate of said dielectric plate in a vacuum.
7. The plasma processing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the predetermined relationship between the thickness H and the wavelength of said dielectric plate is represented by 0.5<H<0.75.
8. The plasma processing apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the thickness H of said dielectric plate satisfies a relationship represented by 0.6H0.7.
9. The plasma processing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the predetermined relationship between the thickness H and the wavelength of said dielectric plate is represented by 0.3<H<0.4.
10. The plasma processing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the predetermined relationship between the thickness H and the wavelength of said dielectric plate is represented by one of the relationships (0.10.5N)H(0.20.5N) and (0.30.5N)H(0.40.5N), where N is an integer.

1. A true time delay system for optical signals, comprising:
a hollow core optical fiber;
a droplet of reflective liquid metal disposed in the hollow core; and
a pressure actuator coupled to a first end of the hollow core optical fiber configured to change a position of the droplet within the hollow core;
a single mode fiber optically coupled to a second end of the hollow core optical fiber; the second end of the hollow core optical fiber configured to receive optical energy, to transmit the optical energy through the hollow core toward the reflective droplet, and to return the reflected optical energy toward the second end of the hollow core optical fiber.
2. The true time delay system according to claim 1, wherein the hollow core optical fiber is a hollow core photonic bandgap fiber.
3. The true time delay system according to claim 2, wherein holes in the hollow core photonic bandgap fiber cladding surrounding the hollow core are substantially free of the reflective liquid.
4. The true time delay system according to claim 1, wherein the droplet is mercury.
5. The true time delay according to claim 1, further comprising an optical circulator optically coupled to an end of the hollow core optical fiber for separating input optical signals and output time-delayed optical signals.
6. The true time delay system according to claim 1, wherein the droplet has a length along the core of the hollow core optical fiber of between about two core diameters and three core diameters.
7. The true time delay system according to claim 1, wherein the droplet has a length along the core of the hollow core optical fiber of between one core diameter and about ten core diameters.
8. A true time delay system for optical signals, comprising:
a hollow core photonic bandgap optical fiber;
a droplet of reflective liquid metal disposed in a hollow core of the hollow core optical fiber;
an actuator coupled to at least a first end of the hollow core optical fiber to introduce gas into or remove gas from the hollow core at a near side of the droplet, thereby increasing or decreasing a gas pressure at the near side of the droplet and changing a position of the droplet within the hollow core;
a single mode fiber optically coupled to a second end of the hollow core photonic bandgap optical fiber, the second end of the hollow core photonic bandgap optical fiber configured to receive optical energy from outside the hollow core photonic bandgap optical fiber, to transmit the received optical energy through the hollow core toward the reflective droplet, and to return the reflected optical energy toward the second end of the hollow core optical fiber.
9. The true time delay according to claim 8, further comprising an optical circulator optically coupled to an end of the hollow core photonic bandgap optical fiber for separating input optical signals and output time-delayed optical signals.
10. The true time delay system according to claim 8, wherein holes in the hollow core photonic bandgap fiber cladding surrounding the hollow core are substantially free of the reflective liquid.
11. The true time delay system according to claim 8, wherein the droplet has a length along the core of the hollow core optical fiber of between about two core diameters and three core diameters.
12. The true time delay system according to claim 8, wherein the droplet has a length along the core of the hollow core optical fiber of between one core diameter and about ten core diameters.
13. The true time delay system according to claim 8, wherein the pressure actuator is in contact only with the first end of the hollow core photonic bandgap optical fiber.

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 washing device of a substrate for a magnetic recording medium that holds a plurality of substrates for a magnetic recording medium in an immersion tank and washes the substrates for a magnetic recording medium by a wet process using a washing liquid that is contained in the immersion tank,
the washing device comprising a plurality of screw conveyors that hold the substrates for a magnetic recording medium in the immersion tank, wherein
both ends of main shafts of the screw conveyors are provided outside of the immersion tank and supported via a rotation mechanism that causes synchronous rotation of the plurality of screw conveyors, with the main shafts of these screw conveyors penetrating the tank walls of the immersion tank in a non-contact manner.
2. The washing device of a substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to claim 1, further comprising an oscillating mechanism outside of the immersion tank that imparts oscillation from outside of the immersion tank to the washing liquid.
3. The washing device of a substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to claim 2, wherein the screw conveyors are provided at positions that do not block the oscillation imparted from outside of the immersion tank to the substrates for a magnetic recording medium.
4. A washing method of a substrate for a magnetic recording medium, comprising a step of washing a plurality of the substrates for a magnetic recording medium by a wet process using the washing device for a substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to claim 1, wherein
during washing of the substrates for a magnetic recording medium, a washing liquid is supplied from outside the immersion tank to inside the immersion tank, and
the washing liquid in the immersion tank is discharged from penetration positions of the screw conveyor main shafts in the tank walls of the immersion tank.
5. The washing method of a substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to claim 4, wherein the washing liquid in the immersion tank is moreover discharged from the upper portion of the immersion tank.
6. The washing method of a substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to claim 4, wherein the washing liquid in the immersion tank is supplied from the bottom portion of the immersion tank.
7. The washing device of a substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to claim 1, wherein flanges are formed on the main shafts of the screw conveyors.
8. The washing device of a substrate for a magnetic recording medium according to claim 7, further comprises an outer tank which is provided outside of the immersion tank and covers the flanges and the bottom portion of the immersion tank.