Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kioxia Corporation

Ando Electric Company

Mitsuru Kondo

Yoshiaki Watanabe

Haruo Uchida

Yasuyuki Asai

Kenji Kawazoe

Nozomu Nishiberi

Koichiro Kawaguchi

Toshiyuki Ohtaki

A pattern forming method includes forming a resist film having a first region, a second region, and a third region, on a substrate, irradiating the first region with light or an energy ray in a first irradiation amount, and irradiating the second region with light or an energy ray in a second irradiation amount, the second irradiation amount being smaller than the first irradiation amount. The pattern forming method also includes dissolving the resist film of the first region by using first liquid, forming a coating film on a side surface of the resist film after the resist film of the first region is dissolved, and dissolving the third region by using second liquid that is different from the first liquid.

Pattern forming method and template manufacturing method

A data conversion apparatus which converts data including a K pixel amount of bit data expressed as N bits/1 pixel, where N and K are plural, using conversion data of predetermined bits comprising: a holding unit configured to hold input data in K&#xd7;N bits; an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the conversion data a number of bit patterns corresponding to a decimal value expressed by N bits among a conversion target to convert the input data held by the holding unit by N-bit units; a storage unit configured to store a pattern of N bits corresponding to a decimal value obtained from a bit pattern acquired by the acquisition unit in a bit position of the conversion target; and an updating unit configured to update the bit position of the conversion target each time the acquisition unit and the storage unit perform processing.

Data conversion apparatus, recording apparatus including the data conversion apparatus, and data conversion method

This invention is directed to a system for stirring pigment ink whose pigment particles in a container subside without moving the container containing pigment ink, and detecting that pigment particles have been stirred satisfactorily. To achieve this, a pair of electrodes greatly different in surface area and at least one of which has an inconstant width are arranged outside a container containing pigment ink whose pigment particles subside. An AC power supply is connected to the electrodes and applies an AC voltage to them. Then, an electric field generated between the electrodes causes induced polarization in pigment particles which subside in the container. The pigment particles are attracted to a portion having high electric field intensity. Convection occurs in the container, stirring the subsiding pigment particles. Based on a voltage detected by an interelectrode voltage detector, it is detected that pigment particles are dispersed sufficiently.

Printing apparatus and pigment ink stirring method

A recording apparatus includes a platen that guides a sheet, restraining members disposed on the platen at respective side edges of the sheet to restrain the side edges of the sheet from being raised, a sheet width detector that detects the width of the sheet, and a restraining member detector that detects the positions of the restraining members. At least one of the restraining members is moved in accordance with the information obtained by the sheet width detector regarding the positions of the side edges of the sheet and the information obtained by the restraining position detector regarding the positions of the restraining members.

Recording apparatus having an adjustable restraining member

A sheet processing apparatus includes a feeding portion that feeds an original or a recording medium, a reading portion that reads an original, and a recording portion that performs recording on a recording medium. The original or recording medium fed from the feeding portion can be selectively conveyed to the reading portion or the recording portion, thereby allowing for compactness of the apparatus as well as cost reduction.

Sheet processing apparatus

A recording apparatus includes moving rollers and a feeding roller. The moving rollers move a set first sheet in a direction intersecting a conveying direction. The feeding roller conveys sheets at a sheet stacking portion. After the first sheet is shifted to a parallel position by the moving roller, a second sheet at a setting position and the first sheet at the parallel position are conveyed by the feeding roller.

Recording apparatus

An IC measuring device constituted by a first timing generator (TG) for outputting a pair of judgment strobe pulses (S); a first edge detector (E) for detecting the states of a data strobe (DCK) at two time points within one test cycle on the basis of the pair of judgment strobe pulses (S); a second timing generator (TG) for outputting a pair of judgment strobe pulses (S); a second edge detector (E) for detecting the states of data at two time points within one test cycle on the basis of the pair of judgment strobe pulses (S); and a judgment section (J) for determining acceptance/rejection of the timing of the data with reference to the data strobe on the basis of the states of the data and the states of the data strobe.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Mitsuru Kondo