Abstract: There is provided a power amplifier circuit with improved operation speed of the protection function against overcurrent or overvoltage. The power amplifier circuit includes an amplifier configured to amplify a radio frequency signal and output the radio frequency signal, a bias current supply circuit configured to supply a bias current to the amplifier, a detection circuit configured to detect whether the current or voltage of the amplifier is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold; and a draw circuit configured to, when the detection circuit detects that the current or voltage is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, draw at least a part of the bias current supplied to the amplifier.

Abstract: There is provided an infrared signal receiver which includes a photo-detector unit receiving light in a predetermined infrared wavelength region, sent from a remote operating unit; and an optical element disposed in front of the photo-detector unit, allowing the light of the predetermined infrared wavelength region to transmit therethrough in preference to other infrared wavelength region. In the receiver, the predetermined signal wavelength region is a region of 930 nm or longer and 960 nm or shorter, and mean transmittance of light of the optical element in the predetermined signal wavelength region is larger than mean transmittance of light in a region of 900 nm or longer and shorter than 930 nm, and/or, mean transmittance of light in a region of longer than 960 nm and 1,020 nm or shorter.

Abstract: An optical compensation member is provided and includes an alignment layer, and an optical anisotropic layer composed of liquid crystal molecules and provided on the alignment layer, wherein the alignment layer contains an additive which suppresses transmission of light in a specific wavelength range.

Abstract: There is provided an infrared signal receiver which includes a photo-detector unit receiving light in a predetermined infrared wavelength region, sent from a remote operating unit; and an optical element disposed in front of the photo-detector unit, allowing the light of the predetermined infrared wavelength region to transmit therethrough in preference to other infrared wavelength region. In the receiver, the predetermined signal wavelength region is a region of 930 nm or longer and 960 nm or shorter, and mean transmittance of light of the optical element in the predetermined signal wavelength region is larger than mean transmittance of light in a region of 900 nm or longer and shorter than 930 nm, and/or, mean transmittance of light in a region of longer than 960 nm and 1,020 nm or shorter.

Abstract: The invention provides a fine particle dispersion composition that does not depend on a curing method and that has adaptability to the curing methods and versatility and can provide a highly transparent optical component, an optical component using the fine particle dispersion composition and a method of manufacturing the same, and an optical film laminate using the optical component, and also provides a polarization splitting device using the optical component. In order to achieve the above, there is provided an optical component, which is obtained by curing a fine particle dispersion composition, which comprises metal-oxide fine particles, an organic resin material adapted to cure by absorbing energy, one of a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphoric acid-based surfactant and a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether carboxylic acid-based surfactant, each of which has a molecular weight of 500 or more, and an organic solvent.

Abstract: An optical multilayer film and reflective screen are provided. An optical multilayer film includes an optical laminate A including a plurality of types of optical layers having different refractive indices laminated on each other, the optical laminate A having a reflection characteristic in which the reflectance peak intensities in the red, green, and blue wavelength regions are substantially the same; and an optical laminate B including a plurality of types of optical layers having different refractive indices laminated on each other, the optical laminate B having a reflection characteristic in which the bottom of the reflectance curve lies in the green wavelength region.

Abstract: An optical multilayer film and reflective screen are provided. An optical multilayer film includes an optical laminate A including a plurality of types of optical layers having different refractive indices laminated on each other, the optical laminate A having a reflection characteristic in which the reflectance peak intensities in the red, green, and blue wavelength regions are substantially the same; and an optical laminate B including a plurality of types of optical layers having different refractive indices laminated on each other, the optical laminate B having a reflection characteristic in which the bottom of the reflectance curve lies in the green wavelength region.

Abstract: A screen achieving high contrast and high gain and a method for producing a screen, which is favorable in mass-productivity, are provided. The screen has an optical multilayer film, which has a high reflection property with respect to light in a specific wavelength region and a high transmission property with respect to at least visible light in wavelength regions other than the specific wavelength region. The optical multilayer film has a stacked structure in which a first optical film (12H) having a high refractive index and a second optical film (12L) having a lower refractive index than that of said first optical film are alternately stacked on both surfaces of a transparent base (11) by coating, and the outermost layer of the optical multilayer film is formed by the first optical film, the optical multilayer film being comprised of (2n+1) layers (where n is an integer of 1 or more).

Abstract: An optical multilayer film and reflective screen are provided. An optical multilayer film includes an optical laminate A including a plurality of types of optical layers having different refractive indices laminated on each other, the optical laminate A having a reflection characteristic in which the reflectance peak intensities in the red, green, and blue wavelength regions are substantially the same; and an optical laminate B including a plurality of types of optical layers having different refractive indices laminated on each other, the optical laminate B having a reflection characteristic in which the bottom of the reflectance curve lies in the green wavelength region.

Abstract: The invention provides a fine particle dispersion composition that does not depend on a curing method and that has adaptability to the curing methods and versatility and can provide a highly transparent optical component, an optical component using the fine particle dispersion composition and a method of manufacturing the same, and an optical film laminate using the optical component, and also provides a polarization splitting device using the optical component. In order to achieve the above, there is provided an optical component, which is obtained by curing a fine particle dispersion composition, which comprises metal-oxide fine particles, an organic resin material adapted to cure by absorbing energy, one of a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphoric acid-based surfactant and a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether carboxylic acid-based surfactant, each of which has a molecular weight of 500 or more, and an organic solvent.