An audio signal time-duration converter comprises a random access memory. The compression and expansion of input signals is effected by designating an address in the random access memory and assigning the designated address to a write mode or read mode. The address designation is effected either from an output from a write address counter which serves to count write clock pulses or an output from a read address counter which serves to count read clock pulses. However, in the event of overlap of ...

An imaging lens (100) comprising, arranged sequentially from the object side, a positive-meniscus first lens (1) with its convex plane facing the object side, a negative-power-meniscus second lens (2), and a positive-power third lens (3), the second and third lenses (2, 3) functioning as correction lenses. The first lens (1) has a strong power, and both the second and third lenses (2, 3) are aspherical on opposite planes. When the synthetic focal distance of the imaging lens is f, the focal dist...

A digital camera imaging lens includes first, second and third lenses arranged in sequence from an object side toward an imaging surface side. The first lens is a meniscus lens having a positive power, whose convex surface faces the object side. The second lens is a meniscus lens having a negative power, whose concave surface faces the object side. The third lens is an aspherical lens having an inflection point on its object-side surface. An aperture stop is disposed between the first and second...

An imaging lens (100) comprising, arranged sequentially from the object side, a positive-meniscus first lens (1) with its convex plane facing the object side, a negative-power-meniscus second lens (2), and a positive-power third lens (3), the second and third lenses (2, 3) functioning as correction lenses. The first lens (1) has a strong power, and both the second and third lenses (2, 3) are aspherical on opposite planes. When the synthetic focal distance of the imaging lens is f, the focal dist...

A backlight unit of a liquid crystal display device includes a light source and a reflective means, the reflective means having a plurality of sloping reflective surfaces for reflecting light emitted from the light source to a light-irradiation surface of a liquid crystal panel at an angle of about 30.degree. or less with respect to a line perpendicular with the light-irradiation surface of the liquid crystal panel thereby to improve light efficiency.

The present invention is directed to stabilize the flying height at a constant level and prevent head crashes. Indented portions 104 and 105 are formed shorter than rail portions 101 and 102. Rear rail surfaces 113 and front rail surfaces 112 are formed at the slider 1 with middle rail surfaces 111 formed between them. The rear rail surfaces 113 and the front rail surfaces 112 each include a first surface (L1) whose surface width is determined by the entire width W01 or W02 of the rail portion 1...

In a coaxial cable comprising a cylindrical conductor tube structure, a cylindrical core conductor arranged within the conductor tube structure, and a dielectric member provide between the conductor tube structure and the core conductor, the conductor tube structure is constituted by a cylindrical outer conductor and a cylindrical inner conductor provided within the outer conductor in coaxial and radially spaced relationship with the outer conductor to be capacitively coupled with the outer cond...

A gas at an extremely low temperature is jet-sprayed onto a warped concave surface of a wafer to correct this warped concave surface flat.

Herein disclosed is a coaxial connector for connecting a coaxial cable to some device including another coaxial cable. The coaxial connector comprises a hollow ring-shaped member threaded with the coaxial cable and having an inner diameter which is slightly larger than an outer diameter of the coaxial cable. The hollow ring-shaped member has an annular cross section. The coaxial connector further comprises a cylindrical housing having a seat surface portion which allows the hollow ring-shaped me...

A paper sheet P is fed to a transport mechanism, which conveys the sheet to a printer section, which prints a pattern on the sheet P. The image data on the printed sheet is supplied to an image input section, and compared with standard data at a print inspect section. The compared image data is sent to data display sections as the occasion demands and judged to be acceptable or unacceptable at judgment input sections. The judgment results are sent to a sort mechanism, which discards unacceptable...