Nec Corporation

Nec Lcd Technologies, Ltd.

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Citizen Holdings Company, Ltd.

Kazutoshi Takahashi

Takahiko Watanabe

Kanetaka Sekiguchi

Takakazu Yano

Shinya Ikeda

Toshiaki Ishiyama

Kosei Miyabe

A data retrieval system and method includes a data server, a client terminal, and a web server. The client terminal performs a data retrieval operation. The web server handles data processed between the data server and the client terminal. The client terminal has a socket communications program for communicating with the web server without using the web browser of the web server. The web server communicates with the data server and sends data received from the data server back to the client terminal, in accordance with a request for data retrieval sent from the socket communications program of the client terminal.

Method and apparatus for data retrieval from data server using a socket communications program

A liquid crystal display panel includes a moving image display area in which the pixel portions are arranged in a matrix shape and a pictograph display area in which the pixel portions are formed in a fixed pictograph shape. Moreover, first protective elements are inserted between the respective pixel portions in the moving image display area and a drive circuit for the pixel portions and are arranged in an outer periphery of the moving image display area. Second protective elements are inserted between the respective pixel portions in the pictogram display area and a drive circuit for the pixel portions and arranged in an outer periphery of the pictogram display area.

Liquid crystal display panel

A liquid crystal display has a first substrate formed with a picture character pixel electrode for displaying a picture character represented by a fixed pattern, a second substrate formed with a common electrode opposite to the picture character pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The picture character pixel electrode is formed on an interlayer insulating film, and is connected to a picture character signal electrode formed below the interlayer insulating film through a plurality of contact holes formed through the interlayer insulating film.

Liquid crystal display device

A linearizer is provided which is capable of scaling its circuit down and making it lightweight, of lowering power consumption and of facilitating an input-output calibration. The linearizer is so configured that a first resistor is connected in series to a second resistor, a third resistor is connected to a connecting point between the first and second resistors, an FET (Field Effect Transistor) as a variable resistance element is connected to the third resistor, an inductor is connected between the FET and a GND, and the first, second and third resistors and the FET constitute a T-type attenuator.

Linearizer

A step attenuator whereby the attenuation setting error over a broad band is reduced disclosed. The step attenuator includes: resistors,and,connected in series between an input terminal,and an output terminal,a MOS-type FET,connected to resistors,and,in a parallel manner; and a frequency characteristic adjustment circuit,connected in series between the joint of the resistors,and,and a ground. The frequency characteristic adjustment circuit,includes: a transmission line,connected between the joint of the resistors,and,and resistor,and a MOS-type FET,connected to the resistor,in a parallel manner. The transmission line,is '&lgr;/4&minus;&agr;' (0&lE;&agr;&lE;&lgr;/16) in length, where &lgr; denotes the wave-length of a signal entering the input terminal.

Step attenuator having shunt circuit equipped with transmission line

A computer system includes first and second subsystems. The first subsystem is provided with a function of generating control data of message data. The second subsystem does not have such a function. The message data is stored in the second subsystem. When the second subsystem transmits the message data, the second subsystem sends format information of the message data to the first subsystem. The first subsystem generates intermediate control data referring to the format information. When the first subsystem encounters an operation requiring reference to the message data, the first subsystem skips this operation. As a result, some portions of the intermediate control data remain blank. The first subsystem sends the intermediate control data back to the second subsystem. The second subsystem generates the control data from the intermediate control data referring to the message data stored therein. Thus, the control data is generated without exchanging the message data between the first and second subsystems.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kazutoshi Takahashi