Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, and a liquid solution with which the capacitor element is impregnated. The capacitor element includes: an anode foil having a dielectric layer thereon, and a cathode layer including a conductive polymer and in contact with the dielectric layer. The liquid solution contains at least one of polyalkylene glycol and derivatives thereof. A total weight content of polyalkylene glycol and derivatives thereof in the liquid solution is 15 wt % or greater with respect to a weight of the liquid solution.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, and an electrolyte solution with which the capacitor element is impregnated. The capacitor element includes an anode foil having a dielectric layer on a surface thereof, and a solid electrolyte layer including a conductive polymer and in contact with the dielectric layer of the anode foil. The electrolyte solution contains at least one of polyalkylene glycol and a derivative of polyalkylene glycol, and at least one of diphenyl amine, naphthol, nitrophenol, catechol, resorcinol, hydroquinone, and pyrogallol.

Abstract: A laser apparatus for tuning the emission wavelength of a wavelength tunable laser diode will be described. The apparatus includes a tunable LD with heaters to tune the emission wavelength of the tunable LD, and a controller to control the power supplied to the heaters. A feature of the laser apparatus is that the controller supplies pre-emphasis power to the heaters before the supplement of the power corresponding to the re-tuned emission wavelength to accelerate the stability of the temperature of the heaters.

Abstract: A bowleg correction device 1 includes a pair of left and right foot mounting units 10 configured to respectively mount user feet from upper surface sides thereof; and rotating portions 20 respectively fixed to the foot mounting units 10, each of which has at least a part protruded from a lower surface side of the corresponding foot mounting unit 10, wherein each of the rotating portions 20 includes: a fixed portion 21 fixed to the corresponding foot mounting unit 10; and a shaft portion 22 rotatably engaged with the fixed portion 21, extending in a vertical direction and having a floor-contacting surface 22a which contacts a floor at a position that is protruded from a bottom surface 12a of the foot mounting unit 10, and when the foot mounting unit 10 is rotated around the shaft portion 22 in a direction, a returning force is generated in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A system includes: a splitter to branch an optical signal output by a wavelength-tunable light source into first to third optical signals; a first photodiode to perform an optical electrical conversion of the first optical signal transmitting a first etalon; a second photodiode to perform an optical electrical conversion of the second optical signal transmitting a second etalon, an FSR of the second etalon being identical to that of the first etalon, peak wavelengths of intensity of a transmitted light of the second etalon being different from those of the first etalon; a third photodiode to perform an optical electrical conversion of the third optical signal; and a controller to control the wavelength-tunable light source with use of a coefficient calculated by following formulas (1) or (2), Coefficient=(PD1?A·PD3)/(PD2?B·PD3) (1) and Coefficient=(PD2?B·PD3)/(PD1?A·PD3) (2).

Abstract: A capacitor element includes an anode foil, the first oxide film on a surface of the anode foil, a solid electrolyte layer formed using ?-conjugated conductive polymer dispersing material on the first oxide film, and a cathode foil on the solid electrolyte layer. The cathode foil faces the first oxide film across the solid electrolyte layer. An electrolytic capacitor includes the capacitor element, an anode terminal connected to the anode foil, and a second oxide film on a surface of the anode terminal. The second oxide film provided on the anode terminal has higher water repellency than the first oxide film provided on the anode foil. This electrolytic capacitor can reduce a leakage current.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sample analyzer including: a transport apparatus configured to transport a sample rack holding a sample container; and a measurement apparatus body configured to measure a sample in the sample container held in the sample rack transported by the transport apparatus, wherein the transport apparatus includes a light source holding unit configured to detachably hold a light source unit, and the measurement apparatus body includes a detection unit configured to detect, via an analysis specimen containing the sample, light emitted from the light source unit held in the light source holding unit.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, and an electrolyte solution with which the capacitor element is impregnated. The capacitor element includes an anode foil having a dielectric layer on a surface thereof, and a solid electrolyte layer including a conductive polymer and in contact with the dielectric layer of the anode foil. The electrolyte solution contains at least one of polyalkylene glycol and a derivative of polyalkylene glycol, and at least one of diphenyl amine, naphthol, nitrophenol, catechol, resorcinol, hydroquinone, and pyrogallol.

Abstract: A laser apparatus for tuning the emission wavelength of a wavelength tunable laser diode will be described. The apparatus includes a tunable LD with heaters to tune the emission wavelength of the tunable LD, and a controller to control the power supplied to the heaters. A feature of the laser apparatus is that the controller supplies pre-emphasis power to the heaters before the supplement of the power corresponding to the re-tuned emission wavelength to accelerate the stability of the temperature of the heaters.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, an electrolyte solution with which the capacitor element is impregnated, and an outer package enclosing the capacitor element and the electrolyte solution. The capacitor element includes an anode foil having a dielectric layer on a surface thereof, a cathode foil, a separator disposed between the anode foil and the cathode foil, and a solid electrolyte layer in contact with the dielectric layer of the anode foil and the cathode foil. The electrolyte solution contains a low-volatile solvent that is at least one of polyalkylene glycol and a derivative of polyalkylene glycol.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and an electrolyte solution impregnated in the capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode foil, cathode foil, separator, and a solid electrolytic layer. The anode foil has a dielectric layer on its surface, and the cathode foil confronts the anode foil. The separator is interposed between the anode foil and the cathode foil. The solid electrolytic layer is formed on the surfaces of the anode foil, cathode foil, and separator as an aggregate of fine particles of conductive polymer. The separator has an air-tightness not greater than 2.0 s/100 ml. Sizes of the fine particles measure not greater than 100 nm in diameter, and an amount of the fine particles contained falls within a range from 0.3 mg/cm2 to 1.2 mg/cm2, inclusive, as converted to weight per unit area of the anode foil.

Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus for performing heat treatment of processing objects at a time without changing the interior configuration of a conventional clean room even when the processing objects are large-sized. The heat treatment apparatus is installed in a clean room. The heat treatment apparatus includes: a heat treatment furnace including a vertical processing chamber having a furnace opening at the top and adapted to house and heat-treat processing objects, a heat insulator that surrounds the circumference of the processing chamber, and a heater provided on the inner peripheral surface of the heat insulator; a lid for closing the furnace opening of the processing chamber; and a holding tool, hung via a heat-retaining cylinder from the lid, for holding the processing objects in multiple stages. The heat treatment furnace of the heat treatment apparatus, for the most part in the height direction, lies beneath the floor of the clean room.

Abstract: A system includes: a splitter to branch an optical signal output by a wavelength-tunable light source into first to third optical signals; a first photodiode to perform an optical electrical conversion of the first optical signal transmitting a first etalon; a second photodiode to perform an optical electrical conversion of the second optical signal transmitting a second etalon, an FSR of the second etalon being identical to that of the first etalon, peak wavelengths of intensity of a transmitted light of the second etalon being different from those of the first etalon; a third photodiode to perform an optical electrical conversion of the third optical signal; and a controller to control the wavelength-tunable light source with use of a coefficient calculated by following formulas (1) or (2), Coefficient=(PD1?A·PD3)/(PD2?B·PD3) (1) and Coefficient=(PD2?B·PD3)/(PD1?A·PD3) (2).

Abstract: A separation membrane support includes a nonwoven fabric and has excellent membrane formability that achieves a high and stable yield when the separation membrane support supports various separation membranes, having excellent processability when a fluid separation element is produced, and having excellent mechanical strength. The nonwoven fabric has a boiling water shrinkage of ?0.2 to 2.0% in the length direction (longitudinal direction) after treatment in boiling water for 5 minutes.

Abstract: A suction unit 10 includes a main body portion having a first surface 13 on which a semiconductor wafer W is arranged and a second surface 14 opposite to the first surface 13, and in which a through-hole 15 that penetrates through the first surface 13 and the second surface 14 is formed and a light transmitting portion having a light incident surface 16 and a light emitting surface 17, and which is fitted to the through-hole 15. Further, in the first surface 13, a first suction groove 13a for vacuum sucking the semiconductor wafer W to fix the semiconductor device D to the light incident surface 16 is formed, and in the second surface 14, a second suction groove 14a for vacuum sucking the solid immersion lens S to fix the solid immersion lens S to the light emitting surface 17 is formed.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a processing vessel configured to be vacuumed; a holding unit configured to hold a plurality of substrates and to be inserted into or separated from the processing vessel; a gas supply unit configured to supply gas into the processing vessel; a plasma generation box partitioned and formed by a plasma partition wall; an inductively coupled electrode located at an outer sidewall of the plasma generation box along its length direction; a high frequency power supply connected to the inductively coupled electrode through a feed line; and a ground electrode located outside the plasma generation box and between the processing vessel and the inductively coupled electrode and arranged in the vicinity of the outer sidewall of the plasma generation box or at least partially in contact with the outer sidewall.

Abstract: A sample analyzer capable of preventing the loss of lids of liquid containers used in the sample analyzer is provided. The sample analyzer 1 has liquid suctioning units 11 and 17 which are provided with suction tubes for suctioning liquid, container setting units 13 through 15 for setting a plurality of liquid containers 5 through 8 holding liquid, and lid placing sections 16a through 16c and 32 through 34 for placing lids 5a through 8a of liquid containers 5 through 8.

Abstract: There is provided an analyzer capable of stably supplying the cuvettes even if a great number of cuvettes is input to the storage section without thinking. The analyzer includes a storage section configured to store the plurality of input cuvettes, a take-out section configured to take out the cuvettes in the storage section from the storage section, and a vibration unit configured to vibrate the storage section to stimulate movement of the cuvettes in the storage section.

Abstract: A processing method is provided in which an object to be processed is processed within a processing container connected to a gas supply system, an exhaust system and an opening degree variable valve by using a processing gas in a plurality of sequential processing steps. The processing method includes: an acquisition process for acquiring an opening degree of the opening degree variable valve corresponding to a target pressure value within the processing container under a predetermined processing condition for at least one of the plurality of sequential processing steps; and an execution process for executing the at least one of the plurality of sequential processing steps for which the opening degree has been acquired by the acquisition process with the opening degree.