Abstract: A battery protecting apparatus includes: a charging/discharging control chip including a charging control FET and a discharging control FET connected to a secondary battery; a protecting chip configured to control, based on a voltage between both ends of the secondary battery, the FETs to prevent overcharging, over discharging, and an overcurrent; and a lead frame having a connection surface for a plurality of external terminals and another surface in conduction with the connection surface. Said another surface is electrically connected, via a conductive material, to terminals of the FETs formed on a front surface of the charging/discharging control chip. A back surface of the protecting chip faces a back surface of the charging/discharging control chip via an insulative member. Terminals of the protecting chip are electrically connected to said another surface through bonding wires. The charging/discharging control chip and the protecting chip are covered by a resin.

Abstract: A battery protecting apparatus includes: a charging/discharging control chip including a charging control FET and a discharging control FET connected to a secondary battery; a protecting chip configured to control, based on a voltage between both ends of the secondary battery, the FETs to prevent overcharging, over discharging, and an overcurrent; and a lead frame having a connection surface for a plurality of external terminals and another surface in conduction with the connection surface. Said another surface is electrically connected, via a conductive material, to terminals of the FETs formed on a front surface of the charging/discharging control chip. A back surface of the protecting chip faces a back surface of the charging/discharging control chip via an insulative member. Terminals of the protecting chip are electrically connected to said another surface through bonding wires. The charging/discharging control chip and the protecting chip are covered by a resin.

Abstract: A photo amplifying apparatus for amplifying wavelength division multiplexed signals includes a specific wavelength measuring unit for measuring a specific wavelength at a measuring point, a total power measuring unit for measuring all wavelengths at the measuring point, and an output control unit for controlling the output of the photo amplifying apparatus based on the light power measured by the specific wavelength measuring unit and the total power measuring unit. Since the photo amplifying apparatus measures both the specific wavelength and all wavelengths, the photo amplifying apparatus can determine change in the number of multiplexed wavelengths and the gain gradient of the photo signals, and can properly control its output level.

Abstract: There is provided such a heat-generating body for warming a foot in that a heat-generating composition is used that can retain the shape thereof irrespective of the pressure inside the container bag upon using by application to a foot, a footgear or a sock. The heat-generating body of the invention for warming a foot is characterized in that it contains a heat-generating formed article causing a heat-generating reaction in the presence of air and having a shape retaining degree of 70 or more charged in a container bag constituted with a base material, a covering material and the like. Further a process is provided for producing a heat-generating body for warming a foot in that the heat generation reaction of the heat-generating composition is suppressed to prevent loss due to the heat-generating reaction during production, quality deterioration of the heat-generating composition, and other problems.

Abstract: The heat source 1 comprises a bag 10 and a heat-generating composition 20 containing aluminum powder and calcium oxide powder, packed in the bag 10. The bag 10 is formed by a packing material made of a base material of nonwoven fabric of which one surface is coated with a watertight layer. The packing material being punctured with a plurality of pinholes and has a water permeable rate of 45 to 310 milliliter/min/1 cm2 measured when head of water is 27 cm. The heat source 1 can satisfy preferable temperature conditions including rate of water temperature rise, risen temperature of the water, duration of the risen temperature of water, rate of vapor temperature rise, risen temperature of the vapor and duration of the risen temperature of vapor under conditions in which a heating device is conventionally used. Accordingly, a heat source capable of causing a rapid and stable heat-generating reaction and a heating device using the heat source can be provided.

Abstract: A process for producing an adhesive type heat-generation according to the present invention comprises an adhesive layer forming process 30 and a heating composition filling and the adhesive layer gathering process 60. In the adhesive layer forming process, the hydrous hydrophilic adhesive layer is spread and sandwiched between a release film and a base film while continuously feeding the release film and the base film from respective rolls to form the adhesive layer. In the heating composition filling and the adhesive layer gathering process 60, the base film is placed on the air-permeable film at its one side opposite to the adhesive layer, peripheral edges of the films are melt-bonded to form a heat-sealed peripheral edge and thus to form a pocket between the base film and the air-permeable film for containing the heating composition. At the same time, an adhesive of the adhesive layer is pushed and gathered inside the heat-sealed peripheral edge.

Abstract: A motor drive circuit includes a first transistor. The collector of a second transistor is connected to the emitter of the first transistor in series. A motor is connected to a connection point between the first and second transistors. A first brake control circuit turns off the first transistor and turns on the second transistor in accordance with a brake operation instruction signal. A second brake control circuit forces the first transistor to be turned OFF in accordance with the brake operation instruction signal independently from the first brake control circuit.

Abstract: In a heat generating composition which generates heat by contacting with air, a heat generating composition which is characterized in that an exothermic substance, a reaction promoter, water and a carbon component are essential components, water mobility value thereof is 20 or less, maximum particle size of water-insoluble solid components excluding the reaction promoter and water is 1 mm or less where 80% or more thereof has a particles size of 300 ?m or less, water in the heat generating composition does not function as a barrier layer and exothermic reaction takes place when contacted to the air. A heat generating composition having a molding property and a shape-holding property and also having an exothermic characteristic whereby exothermic reaction is able to start by contacting to the air immediately after the molding and a heat generating body using the same are provided.

Abstract: A heat-generating body which can constitute a adhesive portion by, as a main component, a water-containing hydrophilic gel agent obtained from a hydrophilic polymeric thickening agent and has an excellent heat-generating performance due to scarce transfer of moisture between a heat-generating portion and the adhesive portion is provided. The heat-generating body has the heat-generating portion formed by sealing a heat-generating composition causing an exothermic reaction in the presence of air in an air-permeable container in desired form such as bag form or sheet form and the adhesive portion formed by, as a main component, the water-containing hydrophilic gel agent obtained from a hydrophilic polymeric thickening agent and is characterized in that a difference between critical moisture values of the heat-generating portion and the adhesive portion is allowed to be 5% or less.

Abstract: There are provided a heat-generating composition excellent in moldability, shape retaining property and heat-generating characteristics, and a heat-generating body using the same that can maintain the shape of a molded article of the heat-generating composition irrespective to the pressure inside the container bag and has excellent heat-generating characteristics and long-term heat generation maintaining property. It is a non-viscous heat-generating composition having excessive water characterized in that the heat generating composition generating heat in contact with air comprises, as essential components, a water absorbing polymer, a carbon component, a heat-generating promoter, water and a heat-generating substance, has excessive water, and has an incremental degree of viscosity of less than 1,000 cP and a liquid permeation degree of 5 or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat-generating body containing a heat-generating composition causing a heat-generating reaction in the presence of air sealed in an air permeable container body having a desired shape, such as a bag form, a sheet form and the like, and a cohesive layer provided.

Abstract: A motor drive circuit includes a first transistor. The collector of a second transistor is connected to the emitter of the first transistor in series. A motor is connected to a connection point between the first and second transistors. A first brake control circuit turns off the first transistor and turns on the second transistor in accordance with a brake operation instruction signal. A second brake control circuit forces the first transistor to be turned OFF in accordance with the brake operation instruction signal independently from the first brake control circuit.

Abstract: A sherbet-like heat-generating composition according to the present invention includes, as requisite components, an exothermic substance suitable to react with oxygen to generate a heat, a carbon component, an oxidation promoter and water, so that the water mobility value is in a range of 7 to 50. A heater having any shape is produced from such a sherbet-like heat-generating composition at any thickness and any size by use of a molding means such as the screen printing, the coating, the transferring, the force-in die molding, the force-through die molding and the like. During the production of the heater, the generation of a dust can be prevented, and after the production, the heater has an excellent heat-generating characteristic. An initial reaction in the heater is fast and can be maintained over a long time.

Abstract: There are provided such a heat-generating body for warming foot in that a heat-generating composition is used that can retain the shape thereof irrespective of the pressure inside the container bag upon using by application to a foot, a footgear or a sock, the heat-generating composition is prevented from migration by fixing a part or a whole thereof inside the packing material, and it is well fit to the shape of the foot upon application to warm the prescribed part effectively for a long period of time, and such a process for producing a heat-generating body for warming foot in that the heat generation reaction of the heat-generating composition is suppressed to prevent loss due to the heat-generating reaction during production, quality deterioration of the heat-generating composition, and various problems associated with solidification of the heat-generating composition, a transferring and laminating method, such as printing, coating, such as mold-through forming, gravure printing, is employed, the non-visc

Abstract: A photo amplifying apparatus for amplifying wavelength division multiplexed signals includes a specific wavelength measuring unit for measuring a specific wavelength at a measuring point, a total power measuring unit for measuring all wavelengths at the measuring point, and an output control unit for controlling the output of the photo amplifying apparatus based on the light power measured by the specific wavelength measuring unit and the total power measuring unit. Since the photo amplifying apparatus measures both the specific wavelength and all wavelengths, the photo amplifying apparatus can determine change in the number of multiplexed wavelengths and the gain gradient of the photo signals, and can properly control its output level.

Abstract: It relates to a heat-generating composition having such dispersion stability that withstands continuous molding, and has excellent drainage property, excellent heat-generating characteristics, excellent molding property and excellent shape retaining property, without becoming viscous, and relates to a heat-generating body using the same and a process for producing the heat-generating body.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device having: a process chamber capable of being evacuated; a coil unit for generating an alternating magnetic field in the process chamber; a conductive partition unit disposed in the process chamber for defining an inner space and generating another alternating magnetic field which cancels a change in the alternating magnetic field generated in the inner space, the partition unit allowing gas to be transported between the inner space and a space outside of the inner space; a pipe for supplying process gas to the process chamber; and a pipe for exhausting gas from said process chamber. The gas supply pipe and gas exhaust pipe have a plurality of openings directed to the inner space. Radicals are efficiently generated by inductively coupled plasma, and efficiently transported by a gas flow into the inner space.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device having: a process chamber capable of being evacuated; a coil unit for generating an alternating magnetic field in the process chamber; a conductive partition unit disposed in the process chamber for defining an inner space and generating another alternating magnetic field which cancels a change in the alternating magnetic field generated in the inner space, the partition unit allowing gas to be transported between the inner space and a space outside of the inner space; a pipe for supplying process gas to the process chamber; and a pipe for exhausting gas from said process chamber. The gas supply pipe and gas exhaust pipe have a plurality of openings directed to the inner space. Radicals are efficiently generated by inductively coupled plasma, and efficiently transported by a gas flow into time inner space.