Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a copper foil excellent in softening resistance performance which reduces decrease in tensile strength after heat treatment at about 350° C. to 400° C. In order to achieve the object, a surface-treated copper foil provided with a rust-proofing treatment layer on both surfaces of a copper foil in which a rust-proofing treatment layer is constituted by zinc alloy, and the either rust-proofing treatment layer is a zinc alloy layer having zinc amount of 20 mg/m2 to 1,000 mg/m2; and the copper foil contains one or two or more of small amount elements selected from carbon, sulfur, chlorine and nitrogen, and a sum amount thereof is 100 ppm or more is adopted.

Abstract: A covering method including: preparing a mixture containing insulative material and a solvent; applying the mixture over a defective portion; and covering the defective portion with the insulative material by causing the solvent to evaporate from the mixture. In the covering method, the solvent has a boiling point no lower than 178 degrees Celsius, and in the mixture, a weight ratio percentage of the insulative material to the solvent is no lower than 10%. Thus, the defective portion, which may result in a dark spot, can be efficiently covered with insulative material while ensuring that a non-light-emission area that is formed accordingly has the smallest-necessary size and that sufficient insulation is achieved.

Abstract: An organic EL display panel includes a substrate and a bank layer on the substrate. The bank layer defines a first sub-pixel region and a second sub-pixel region that have elongated shapes and different light-emission colors from each other. The bank layer has a plurality of concave portions. When an imaginary line J is drawn in a lateral direction (X direction) from a center point in a longitudinal direction (Y direction) of the first sub-pixel region, an intersection point out of two intersection points where the imaginary line and an edge of the first sub-pixel region intersect is defined as a reference point. A minimum distance between the reference point and an edge of one of the concave portions closest to the reference point is shorter than a minimum distance between the reference point and an edge of the second sub-pixel region closest to the reference point.

Abstract: A technical object is to enable optical checks to be performed while allowing visual checks using a sample pan to be performed in a pseudo manner using an aggregate image (pseudo image) depicting grains loaded on the sample pan, by optically checking the grains using image information on the grains imaged by an imaging apparatus and creating the aggregate image using the image information. Thus, a grain appearance measuring apparatus includes imaging means for imaging a plurality of grains, analysis means for analyzing image information on the grains imaged by the imaging means in units of grains, processing means for processing the image information to form an aggregate image of the grains, and means for saving and/or displaying the aggregate image processed by the processing means.

Abstract: An organic EL panel including an organic light-emitting layer with a miniaturized structure formed by a wet process, allowing for excellent light-emitting characteristics, and a method for manufacturing the same. Specifically, the display panel includes: a substrate; first electrodes arranged above the substrate along a first and second direction intersecting with each other; a first, second, and third organic light-emitting layer arranged above the first electrodes so as to be adjacent to each other in the second direction, and each containing an organic light-emitting material corresponding to a different emission color; a first bank separating the first and the second layer; a second bank separating the second and the third layer; and a second electrode disposed above the first, the second, and the third layer and being different in polarity from the first electrodes. The first and the second bank are different in width along the second direction.

Abstract: A pixel in the panel includes sub-pixels 100a, 100b, and 100c. Bank 105a separates organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100a and organic light-emitting layer of a sub-pixel of a pixel that is adjacent to sub-pixel 100a. Bank 105d separates organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100c and organic light-emitting layer of a sub-pixel of a pixel that is adjacent to sub-pixel 100c. Bank 105b separates organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100a and organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100b. Bank 105c separates organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100b and organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100c. Inclination angle ?cb of sidewall 105cb of bank 105c located on the side of sub-pixel 100c is set to be larger than other inclination angles ?aa, ?ba, ?bb, ?cc and ?dc.

Abstract: A pixel in the panel includes sub-pixels 100a, 100b, and 100c. The sub-pixel 100a is defined by banks 105a and 105b. The sub-pixel 100b is defined by banks 105b and 105c. The sub-pixel 100c is defined by banks 105c and 105d. Organic light-emitting layers are formed in sub-pixels by, for each pixel, applying ink to the sub-pixels 100a, 100b, and 100c in the stated order and drying the applied ink. With regard to a sidewall 105aa of the bank 105a, sidewalls 105ba and 105bb of the bank 105b, and a sidewall 105cb of the bank 105c, inclination angles of the sidewalls satisfy relationships: inclination angle ?aa and inclination angle ?ba are equal, and inclination angle ?cb is larger than inclination angle ?bb.

Abstract: In an interlayer insulating layer, upper surface portions in edge regions near banks are located higher than an upper surface portion in a central region. In an anode formed to extend along upper surface portions, upper surface portions in edge regions near banks are located higher than an upper surface portion in a central region. In hole injection transporting layer formed to extend along upper surface portions, upper surface portions in edge regions near banks are located higher than an upper surface portion in central region. In an organic light-emitting layer, upper surface portions in edge regions (regions C1 and C2) near banks are located higher than an upper surface portion in a central region (region C3). As a result, in an organic light-emitting layer, thicknesses D1 and D2 are equal to thickness D3.

Abstract: The upper surface portion of a planarization layer is planarized. In an anode formed on the planarization layer, upper surface portions at edge regions by a bank are located above an upper surface portion at a central region. A hole injection transporting layer is layered along the upper surface portions of the anode, and in the hole injection transporting layer, upper surface portions at the edge regions near the bank are located above an upper surface portion at the central region. In an organic light-emitting layer, upper surface portions at the edge regions (regions D1 and D2) near the bank are located above an upper surface portion at the central region (region D3). As a result, thicknesses T11 and T12 of the light-emitting layer are equivalent to a thickness T13 of the organic light-emitting layer.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a parboiled rice manufacturing apparatus capable of efficiently manufacturing good-quality parboiled rice without increasing the overall size of the apparatus.

Abstract: An electronic component that can be prevented from being mounted on a circuit board with inclination, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. An electronic component is mountable on a circuit board including a first land and a second land. The electronic component includes outer electrodes on a lower surface of a stack to be arranged along a direction and are connectable to the first land and the second land, respectively. With the electronic component mounted to the circuit board, respective contact surfaces of the outer electrodes to the first land and the second land have a structure being symmetric about a line parallel to the direction, and each respective contact surface is divided into a plurality of portions.

Abstract: In manufacturing of a negative electrode material of a lithium ion secondary battery provided with a negative electrode mixture layer including a negative electrode active substance on a surface of a negative electrode current collector, one or mixture selected from granular materials alloyable with lithium and carbon materials for storing and releasing lithium is used as the negative electrode active substance; manufacturing method of a negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery employed is characterized in that an electro-deposited copper foil in which a surface roughness (Ra) is 0.20 ?m<Ra<0.50 ?m and the surface roughness (Ra) satisfies [0.053×D50(c)] ?m to [0.210×D50(c)] ?m where (D50(c)) is an average particle size of the negative electrode active substance is selectively used as the negative electrode current collector; a silane coupling agent treatment layer is provided on a surface of the electro-deposited copper foil.

Abstract: An electronic component that can be prevented from being shifted from a normal mount position and can be manufactured with a low cost is provided. The component is configured by stacking a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of inner conductors provided on the respective insulating layers. The connection conductors have respective exposure portions that are each exposed between corresponding ones of the insulating layers at a surface of the stack. An outer electrode is formed, for example, by plating on the lower surface so that the exposure portions are covered with the outer electrode. The plurality of exposure portions do not have uniform thicknesses or are not arranged at uniform intervals in the stacking direction.

Abstract: A pixel in the panel includes sub-pixels 100a, 100b, and 100c. Non-light-emitting cells 100d and 100e are provided between the pixel and adjacent pixels on both sides thereof, respectively. The organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100a and non-light-emitting cell 100d are separated by bank 105a. Similarly, the organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100c and non-light-emitting cell 100e are separated by bank 105d; the organic light-emitting layers of sub-pixels 100a and 100b are separated by bank 105b; and the organic light-emitting layers of sub-pixels 100b and 100c are separated by bank 105c. Inclination angle ?aa of sidewall 105aa of bank 105a adjacent to sib-pixel 100a and inclination angle ?dc of sidewall 105dc of bank 105d adjacent to sib-pixel 100c are larger than other inclination angles ?ba, ?bb, ?cb, and ?cc.

Abstract: A non-light-emitting cell 100c is provided between pixels 100a and 100b. In formation of the pixel 100a, ink for forming an organic light-emitting layer is dripped into sub-pixels 100a1, 100a2, 100a3 in this order. This also applies to the pixel 100b. However, such ink is not dripped into the non-light-emitting cell 100c since the organic light-emitting layer is not formed in the non-light-emitting cell 100c. Regarding banks 105c and 105d defining the sub-pixel 100a3 of the pixel 100a, an inclination angle ?d3 of a wall 105d3 of the bank 105d is larger than an inclination angle ?c3 of a wall 105c3 of the bank 105c. Meanwhile, regarding banks 105e and 105f defining the sub-pixel 100b1, an inclination angle ?e1 of a wall 105e1 of the bank 105e is equivalent to an inclination angle ?f1 of a wall 105f1 of the bank 105f.

Abstract: A non-light-emitting cell 100c is provided between pixels 100a and 100b. Ink for forming an organic light-emitting layer is dripped substantially simultaneously into sub-pixels 100a1, 100a2, and 100a3 in the pixel 100a and a sub-pixel 100b1 in the pixel 100b. On the other hand, such ink is not dripped into the non-light-emitting cell 100c since the organic light-emitting layer is not formed in the non-light-emitting cell 100c. Regarding two banks 105c and 105d defining the sub-pixel 100a3, an inclination angle ?d3 of a wall 105d3 of the bank 105d is larger than an inclination angle ?c3 of a wall 105c3 of the bank 105c. Similarly, regarding banks 105e and 105f defining the sub-pixel 100b1, an inclination angle ?e1 of a wall 105e1 of the bank 105e is larger than an inclination angle ?f1 of a wall 105f1 of the bank 105f.

Abstract: A non-light-emitting cell 100c is provided between pixels 100a and 100b. Ink for forming an organic light-emitting layer is dripped substantially simultaneously into sub-pixels 100a1, 100a2, and 100a3 in the pixel 100a and a sub-pixel 100b1 in the pixel 100b. On the other hand, such ink is not dripped into the non-light-emitting cell 100c since the organic light-emitting layer is not formed in the non-light-emitting cell 100c. In a bank 105d, an inclination angle ?d3 of a wall 105d3 facing the sub-pixel 100a3 is larger than an inclination angle ?dc of a wall 105dc facing the non-light-emitting cell 100c. Similarly, in a bank 105e, an inclination angle ?e1 of a wall 105e1 facing the sub-pixel 100b1 is larger than an inclination angle ?ec of a wall 105ec facing the non-light-emitting cell 100c.

Abstract: A non-light-emitting cell 100c is provided between pixels 100a and 100b. In formation of the light-emitting cell 100a, ink for forming an organic light-emitting layer is dripped into sub-pixels 100a1, 100a2, 100a3 in this order. This also applies to the light-emitting cell 100b. However, such ink is not dripped into the non-light-emitting cell 100c since the organic light-emitting layer is not formed in the non-light-emitting cell 100c. Regarding a bank 105d between the sub-pixel 100a3 and the non-light-emitting cell 100c, an inclination angle ?d3 of a wall 105d3 is larger than an inclination angle ?dc of a wall 105dc. On the other hand, regarding a bank 105e between the sub-pixel 100b1 and the non-light-emitting cell 100c, an inclination angle ?e1 of a wall 105e1 is equivalent to an inclination angle ?ec of a wall 105ec.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a copper foil excellent in softening resistance performance which reduces decrease in tensile strength after heat treatment at about 350° C. to 400° C. In order to achieve the object, a surface-treated copper foil provided with a rust-proofing treatment layer on both surfaces of a copper foil in which a rust-proofing treatment layer is constituted by zinc, and the either rust-proofing treatment layer is a zinc layer having zinc amount of 20 mg/m2 to 1,000 mg/m2; and the copper foil contains one or two or more of small amount elements selected from carbon, sulfur, chlorine and nitrogen, and a sum amount thereof is 100 ppm or more is adopted.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a copper foil excellent in softening resistance performance which reduces decrease in tensile strength after heat treatment at about 350° C. to 400° C. In order to achieve the object, a surface-treated copper foil provided with a rust-proofing treatment layer on both surfaces of a copper foil in which a rust-proofing treatment layer is constituted by zinc alloy, and the either rust-proofing treatment layer is a zinc alloy layer having zinc amount of 20 mg/m2 to 1,000 mg/m2; and the copper foil contains one or two or more of small amount elements selected from carbon, sulfur, chlorine and nitrogen, and a sum amount thereof is 100 ppm or more is adopted.