Abstract: An imaging apparatus is provided and includes: a solid-state imaging device that receives image light of an observed portion inside of a coelom to output an imaging signal of the image light; a cover glass disposed above an light receiving surface of the solid-state imaging device so that the cover glass and the solid-state imaging device are separated with a space; and a first circuit board disposed at a vicinity of an upper surface of the cover glass and including a peripheral circuit of the solid-state imaging device, the first circuit board having a thermal conductivity lower than that of a reference circuit board whose major component is alumina, the imaging apparatus being included in a front end of an electronic endoscope.

Abstract: An electrodeposition tank that pools and enables fluidization and agitation of an electrodeposition paint into which a work is to be immersed, the electrodeposition tank including: a grooved part having a plurality of concave and convex shapes formed along a work-conveying direction on a bottom surface of the electrodeposition tank; an electrodeposition paint supply pipe that circulates and supplies the electrodeposition paint to the electrodeposition tank; a plurality of branch pipes that are arranged on ridges of the grooved part and that branch off the electrodeposition paint supply pipe; and electrodeposition paint discharge nozzles provided oriented upstream in the work-conveying direction at a section of the branch pipes that opposes bottom parts of the grooved part.

Abstract: A code error detecting device that can more precisely detect a code error due to a delayed wave is disclosed. The code error detecting device includes a receiving antenna (121) for receiving a on-off keying modulated pulse and its code-reversed pulse, a pulse detector (124) for outputting detected data in accordance with the pulses, a code comparing unit (128) for comparing each code of first received data (R1) with one of second received data (R2), wherein the first and second received data are derived from the output detected data, and an error detecting unit (129) for detecting an error of each code from a comparison result (D2) indicative of a result compared in the code comparing unit (128).

Abstract: Provided is a radio communication method capable of optimally using the wide-band communication enabled time while maintaining power saving in an ad hoc network. According to this method, in the ad hoc network using the wide-band communication and a narrow-band communication, transmission and output of the narrow-band synchronization tone signal and the resynchronization tone signal are controlled so that the reach radius of the narrow-band synchronization signal and the resynchronization tone signal exceeds the reach radius of the wide-band signal (milli-wave UWB signal). Thus, when radio communication devices pass by each other, super frame synchronization is completed before reaching the wide-band communication enabled range of the ad hoc network, thereby optimally using the wide-band communication-enabled time.

Abstract: A transmitter apparatus wherein a simple structure is used to successfully suppress the degradation of error rate performance that otherwise would be caused by fading or the like. There are included encoding parts (11—1-11—4) that encode transport data; a mapping part (3304) that performs such a mapping that encoded data sequentially formed by the encoding parts (11—1-11—4) are not successively included in the same symbol, thereby forming data symbols; and a symbol interleaver (3301) that interleaves the data symbols. In this way, a low computational complexity can be used to perform an interleaving process equivalent to a bit interleaving process to effectively improve the reception quality at a receiving end.

Abstract: An electronic endoscope has an insert section to be introduced into a human body cavity. A distal portion of the insert section contains a CCD and a printed circuit board to which the CCD is bonded. In the insert section, a cable bundle being a bundle of coaxial cables extends. Each coaxial cable consists of a signal line, insulation surrounding the signal line, a braided wire surrounding the insulation, and an insulating jacket. The cylindrical braided wire is stranded into a single line, and is soldered as a ground line to a ground terminal of the printed circuit board. The signal line is pulled out of the coaxial cable with a length longer than the ground line. The signal line is soldered to an input/output terminal of the printed circuit board with a larger sag than the ground line.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus and communication system are disclosed, and great improvement in an S/N ratio, preventing an actual throughput from decreasing, and preventing the number of circuits for synchronizing spread spectrum signals from increasing can be expected at the receiving apparatus side. The transmitting apparatus includes a pulse generating circuit, pulse repetition cycle determining circuit, peak power determining circuit, and modulator. The pulse generating circuit generates pulse strings, pulse repetition cycle determining circuit determines, based on a clock signal, a pulse repetition cycle of the pulse string generated by the pulse generating circuit. The peak power determining circuit determines a pulse peak power of the pulse string. The modulator modulates the pulse string with transmission data, and then generates a transmission signal.

Abstract: A belt unit includes an endless belt, a first reinforcing member and a second reinforcing member which are provided on the endless belt, and supporting members. In a belt widthwise direction, a length from an inner edge surface of the first reinforcing member to an inner edge surface of the second reinforcing member is smaller than a width of a region in which the supporting members contact the endless belt, and a length from an outer edge surface of the first reinforcing member to an outer edge surface of the second reinforcing member is larger than the width of the region.

Abstract: A UWB transmission apparatus that, in a system using a mixture of amplitude and phase modulation schemes, can support both of the amplitude and phase modulation schemes, while preventing the signal powers of amplitude-modulated signals from degrading. In this UWB transmission apparatus, if the modulation mode is of QPSK, a mapping part (121) selects one of four signal points on the IQ plane in accordance with a 2-bit data, and outputs information related to the I- and Q-components of the selected signal point to a QPSK/ASK modulated signal forming part (122). If the modulation mode is of ASK, the mapping part (121) selects the origin point on the IQ plane when the data being ‘0’ and selects one of four signal points on the IQ plane, similarly to the case of QPSK modulation, when the data being ‘1,’ and outputs information, which is related to the selected signal point, to the QPSK/ASK modulated signal forming part (122).

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus and communication system are disclosed, and great improvement in an S/N ratio, preventing an actual throughput from decreasing, and preventing the number of circuits for synchronizing spread spectrum signals from increasing can be expected at the receiving apparatus side. The transmitting apparatus includes a pulse generating circuit, pulse repetition cycle determining circuit, peak power determining circuit, and modulator. The pulse generating circuit generates pulse strings, pulse repetition cycle determining circuit determines, based on a clock signal, a pulse repetition cycle of the pulse string generated by the pulse generating circuit. The peak power determining circuit determines a pulse peak power of the pulse string. The modulator modulates the pulse string with transmission data, and then generates a transmission signal.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a housing, a display, an auxiliary storage, a main storage, and a lid. The housing is formed with an opening in a back surface thereof. The display is provided on the front side of the housing. The auxiliary storage is contained in the housing so as to be exposed via the opening. The main storage is contained in the housing so as to be exposed via the opening. The lid can be attached to and detached from the opening.

Abstract: An impulse waveform generating apparatus includes a multistage delay pulse signal generating part for generating a plurality of delay pulse signals by a timing signal; a signal source signal generating part for generating a signal source signal indicating the frequency component of an impulse waveform signal by the delay pulse signals; an envelope formation signal generating part for generating an envelope formation signal indicating the amplitude component of the impulse waveform signal by the delay pulse signals; and a mixer part for multiplying the signal source signal by the envelope formation signal to generate a prescribed impulse waveform signal. The impulse waveform generating apparatus generates the impulse waveform signal from the timing signal. Therefore, the circuit arrangement requires no digital-to-analog converter, the operational frequency of each element can be reduced, and the power consumption can be reduced.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus for an electronic endoscope includes a bare chip of CCD, a circuit board with approximately the same thickness as the bare chip, and a conducting plate with no less than 1/4 width of the bare chip. The bare chip has terminals on the surface with an imaging surface. The terminals are arranged near the edge facing the rear end of an insertion section of the electronic endoscope. The circuit board has terminals on the surface near the edge facing the front end of the insertion section. These terminals are connected by wire bonding. The conducting plate is attached along one side of the rear surface of the CCD and the circuit board for electrical connection. A forceps channel is provided such that its outer circumference fits partially into a cut portion formed on the rear surfaces of the CCD and the circuit board by the conducting plate.

Abstract: Provided is a power amplification circuit capable of quickly and highly accurately preventing an output power and a current of a power amplifier from fluctuating when an antenna load changes. A power amplifier 11 amplifies a radio frequency signal and obtains an output signal. A regulator 12 amplifies an input voltage by a predetermined gain and supplies an output voltage to the power amplifier 11. A current monitor 13 monitors an input current to the regulator 12 and obtains a monitor current. A first multiplier 14 multiplies the monitor current by the output voltage of the regulator 12 and obtains a monitor power. A memory 16 prestores a predetermined reference current. A second multiplier 15 multiplies the input voltage by the reference current and obtains a reference power. A gain control section 121 in the regulator 12 controls a predetermined gain based on the monitor power and the reference power.

Abstract: A communication apparatus is provided in which only a terminal having a specific positional relationship can perform communication through a relatively simple arrangement. When initial setting is performed or communication is started, a timing calculator calculates a time difference corresponding to the difference between a path from a first antenna to a terminal and a path from a second antenna to the terminal, based on a transmission signal from the first antenna and a reflection signal provided by having the transmission signal reflected from the second antenna or a communication partner, i.e. the terminal, and returned back to the first antenna. Based on the time difference thus calculated, the timing calculator outputs a signal for regulating the transmission timing of transmission data from the first antenna to a variable delay unit.

Abstract: An impulse waveform generating apparatus comprises an oscillator for generating a reference signal having a center frequency in a frequency band of an impulse to generate, a timing matching circuit for shifting a phase of the reference signal by 90 degrees, a frequency demultiplier for dividing a frequency of the phase shift signal and obtaining a timing signal having a frequency component having a frequency width of an impulse to generate, a memory storing a waveform shape table, a waveform forming section for forming a waveform in synchronism with the timing signal, according to information of a shape table having a predetermined waveform, a low-pass filter for obtaining an envelope signal from an output signal of the waveform forming section, and a waveform generating section for changing an amplitude of the reference signal according to a value of the envelope signal.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup device, comprising: a solid-state image pickup element; a circuit-board main body to which the solid-state image pickup element is connected; a shield piece consecutively connected to the circuit-board main body, capable of being folded, and having a shield pattern disposed; and a signal cable which is connected to a connection terminal disposed on the circuit-board main body and transmits an input/output signal to the solid-state image pickup element, wherein the shield piece is folded at least to one face side of a region where the connection terminal is formed.

Abstract: An endoscopic imaging device includes an objective optical system, an imaging element, a transmissive protective substrate, an optical member, and a circuit board. The objective optical system imports observation light from a subject. The imaging element captures an image of the observation light. The transmissive protective substrate is disposed on an imaging surface of the imaging element with an air gap interposed therebetween. The optical member is disposed between the objective optical system and the transmissive protective substrate to guide light from the objective optical system to the imaging surface. The circuit board is disposed so that an area where an electronic component is mounted faces the optical member and the electronic component is brought into contact with an outer surface of the optical member.

Abstract: An imaging unit includes an objective optical system, an image sensor, a cover glass, a prism, and a heat conduction portion. The objective optical system imports light of an image of a subject. The image sensor forms an image of the light and outputs an imaging signal. The cover glass is provided on an imaging surface of the image sensor and seals the image sensor air-tightly. The prism is disposed between the objective optical system and the cover glass so as to guide the light from the objective optical system to the imaging surface. The heat conduction portion touches the prism and extends from the prism towards the image sensor so as to transmit heat of the image sensor to the prism.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is presented, which includes a semiconductor substrate with a high concentration impurity of a first type conductivity and an epitaxial layer with a low concentration impurity provided on the semiconductor substrate, where a trench coupled to the semiconductor substrate is provided in the epitaxial layer with the low concentration impurity. And the semiconductor device further includes a high concentration impurity region of the first type conductivity having the same type conductivity as the type of the semiconductor substrate formed in at least the epitaxial layer with the low concentration impurity along an inner wall of the trench and coupled to the semiconductor substrate with the high concentration impurity of a first type conductivity, and contacts formed on the high concentration impurity region of the first type conductivity.