Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Fujitsu Corporation

Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd.

J-devices Corporation

Hitachi, Ltd.

Elco Corporation

Kyocera Elco Corporation

Naoki Hayashi

Keisuke Fujita

Tachio Kawai

Yosuke Kashiide

Yu Fukasawa

Takashi Kimura

Tsuyoshi Hashimoto

Masaaki Takeuchi

Koji Fujinaka

Minoru Ikeda

Kazuo Saito

Toshihiro Iwasaki

Tadashi Kaji

Hiroaki Matsubara

Kazuo Shibuta

Tomoshige Chikai

Hiroshi Ikesugi

Takahiko Nomura

Yasuko Toju

Akifumi Yato

Shinichi Irube

Takeshi Kondo

Yukio Kozawa

Provided is a wiring substrate and its manufacturing method in which a thick wiring layer capable of being applied with a large current and a thin wiring layer capable of being subjected to microfabrication coexist in the same layer. The wiring substrate includes: an insulating film located over a first wiring and having a via; and a second wiring over the insulating film. The second wiring has a stacked structure including a first layer and a second layer covering the first layer. The second layer is in direct contact with the first wiring in the via. A thickness of the second layer in a region overlapping with the first layer is different from a thickness of the second layer in the via.

Wiring substrate, semiconductor package having the wiring substrate, and manufacturing method thereof

A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance portion including a rotary member, and a counter member, a first contact member, a second contact member, and a contacting and separating mechanism. The contacting and separating mechanism causes the second contact member to separate from the surface of a rotary member of a conveyance portion when the rotary member rotates in the first direction, and causes the second contact member to abut against the surface of the rotary member when the rotary member rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

Sheet conveyance apparatus having paper dust removal and image forming apparatus

Process cartridge for image forming apparatus

The present invention relates to a fixing apparatus including a tubular film, a heater provided at an inside of the film, a protection element provided at the inside of the film, and at least one conductive member provided at the inside of the film. The protection element includes two terminals and a switch that turns off to shut off power to the heater when the heater abnormally generates heat. A first end of the conductive member is electrically connected to one of the terminals of the protection element. The conductive member is not coated with an insulator, and a second end of the conductive member projects out of the film so that the cost of the fixing apparatus is reduced.

Mounted fixing apparatus for fixing an image formed on a recording medium

An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, an image forming portion for forming an image on the drum and for transferring the image to a sheet, and a fixing portion for fixing the image on the sheet, while heating the sheet in a fixing nip. The fixing portion is provided above the drum, and includes a first roller, a second roller cooperative with the first roller to form the fixing nip, first and second covers for protecting the first and second rollers, respectively, and at least one opening for fluid communication between an inside and an outside of the fixing portion, the opening being provided in the first cover at a position that is lower than a line connecting a rotation axis of the first roller and a rotation axis of the second roller, as seen along a rotational axis of the second roller.

Image forming apparatus having a fixing portion and at least one opening for fluid communication between an inside and an outside of the fixing portion

A parallel-computing system includes: computation nodes connected in a mesh or torus connection and configured to perform parallel-computation; and a job management node including a computer, being coupled to the computation nodes, and being configured to: manage a plurality of jobs, select a first job from the jobs being executed by any of the computation nodes, search for a second area adjoining a first area occupied by a first computation node of the computation nodes executing the first job, the second area being occupied by a free computation node not executing any job, determine a fourth area of a same size as the first area at a location contacting an end in a predetermined direction in a third area comprising the first area and the second area, determine a fifth area of a predetermined shape in a range not overlapping the fourth area in the third area.

Parallel computing system, job management device, and job management method

An interconnect structure in which the current capacity of an interconnect pattern involving a large amount of current is increased without preventing the miniaturization of signal lines and increasing the film thickness. The interconnect structure includes a resin layer; and interconnects formed on the resin layer, wherein the resin layer has a plurality of parallel grooves in an area in which the interconnects are formed, and the interconnects are formed of a plating film created on a resin layer front surface in the area, in which the interconnects are formed, and on inner wall surfaces of the plurality of grooves.

Interconnect structure, printed circuit board, semiconductor device, and manufacturing method for interconnect structure

An apparatuses includes a processor, a storage unit, and a communication unit to access the storage unit without intermediary of the processor and to access a second apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses via a communication unit of the second apparatus. The communication unit of a first apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses executes at least one of a process of storing redundant data which is generated by making redundant data stored in the storage unit of the first apparatus in the storage unit of the second apparatus via the communication unit of the second apparatus, and a process of acquiring redundant data which is generated by making redundant data stored in the storage unit of the second apparatus via the communication unit of the second apparatus, and storing the acquired data in the storage unit of the first apparatus.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, control method for information processing system, and medium

Provided is a bonding method to construct a bonding with high thermal reliability between electrodes formed on both chip surfaces of a semiconductor device and wiring. The bonding method includes: bonding a semiconductor chip over a first substrate with a bonding film interposed therebetween; forming a first insulating film over the semiconductor chip; forming a first via in the first insulating film; forming a first wiring over the first insulating film so as to be electrically connected to the semiconductor chip through the first via; forming a second via in the bonding film; and forming a second wiring under the semiconductor chip so as to be electrically connected to the semiconductor chip through the second via.

Semiconductor package and its manufacturing method

An ID bridge service system manages a type and assurance of identity information required for provision of service by an application service system and a type and assurance of identity information managed by plural authentication service systems, and is provided with a selecting measure that selects an authentication service system that manages identity information corresponding to the identity information required for the provision of the service by the application service system out of the plural authentication service systems when a request for authentication is received from the application service system and a requesting measure that requests the selected authentication service system to authenticate.

ID bridge service system and method thereof

A document processor colorizing a black-and-white document by converting a portion of a document which is highlighted with marks, such as underline or hatching, into a highlight expression having color. The document processor inputs document image information, detects a mark from the inputted image information, detects a character string to be subjected to alteration of a visual characteristic thereof from an area covered by the detected mark, determine in what manner the visual characteristic of the character string is to be altered, and generates new image information containing an altered visual characteristic of the character string.

Device for coloration of black and white documents

The present invention provides a document processing apparatus including an information inputting component for inputting document information having a document element including a numeric value, an element detecting component for detecting the document element including the numeric value in the document information input by the information inputting component, an element value detecting component for detecting the numeric value included in the document element detected by the element detecting component, and a storing component for storing a numeric value condition and a method of emphasis of a document element corresponding to the numeric value condition. Emphasis determining components determine the method of emphasis of the document element detected by the element detecting component, if the numeric value detected by the element value detecting component satisfies the numeric value condition stored in the storing component, by fetching a method of emphasis of the document element corresponding to the satisfied numeric value condition. Image information generating components generate a document image in which emphasis is given to the document element detected by the element detecting component according to the method of emphasis determined by the emphasis determining components.

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Yokohama, Japan

Naoki Hayashi