Abstract: A sheet ejecting device includes: a sheet ejecting unit configured to eject a sheet; a stacking unit on which the sheet that is ejected by the ejecting unit is stacked; an aligning unit configured to align the sheet in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the sheet is ejected; and a blowing unit configured to be provided to the aligning unit and blow a wind toward the ejected sheet.

Abstract: A power amplifier includes: a first transistor having a gate, a drain, and a source that is grounded; a second transistor having a gate, a drain, and a source that is connected to the drain of the first transistor; a capacitor connected between the gate of the second transistor and a grounding point; an idling current control circuit having a positive temperature coefficient and making an idling current flowing through the first transistor proportional to an ambient temperature; and a drain voltage control circuit having a positive temperature coefficient and making a drain voltage on the first transistor proportional to the ambient temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed is a directional coupler including a broadside coupled line 1031 provided with a main signal line conductor 1001 and a secondary signal line conductor 1011 arranged in parallel with the main signal line conductor 1001, and an offset broadside coupled line 1032 provided with a main signal line conductor 1002 having an end portion connected to an end portion of the main signal line conductor 1001 and a second secondary signal line conductor 1012 having an end portion connected to an end portion of the secondary signal line conductor 1011, and arranged in parallel with the main signal line conductor 1002, in which a coupled line impedance in the broadside coupled line 1031 is lower than a terminal impedance and a coupled line impedance in the offset broadside coupled line 1032 is higher than the terminal impedance.

Abstract: A thin film forming method for forming a thin film on a workpiece accommodated within a reaction chamber includes a first operation of supplying a first source gas and a second source gas into the reaction chamber, and a second operation of stopping the supply of the first source gas, supplying the second source gas into the reaction chamber and setting an internal pressure of the reaction chamber higher than an internal pressure of the reaction chamber set in the first operation. The first operation and the second operation are alternately repeated a plurality of times.

Abstract: A recording medium discharging device includes a discharging unit configured to discharge a recording medium from a discharge port; a tray unit on which the recording medium discharged from the discharging unit is stacked; and an air blower configured to blow air in a direction substantially parallel to a direction in which the recording medium is discharged.

Abstract: A sheet loader includes a sheet loading part and a sheet length detector. The sheet loading part has a loading face on which a sheet is loaded. The sheet length detector is provided to the sheet loading part to detect a length of the sheet by obtaining information whether the loading face either contacts or approaches a surface of the sheet disposed facing the loading face at a given position on the loading face in a sheet conveying direction of the sheet loading part. The sheet length detector includes multiple projections retreatably extending outward beyond the loading face of the sheet loading part, and a projection retreating detector detecting whether the multiple projections are retreated under the loading face. At least one of the multiple projections is disposed closer to an upstream end of the sheet loading part than the other.

Abstract: A sheet folding apparatus includes: a first sheet conveying unit; a second sheet conveying unit that is disposed downstream of the first sheet conveying unit; a folded part forming unit that forms a folded part on a sheet by nipping a turned-back portion formed on a part of the sheet between the first sheet conveying unit and the second sheet conveying unit; a second conveying path that bifurcates from the first conveying path and in which a sheet with the folded part is conveyed; and a pushing member that is movable between a pushing position at which the pushing member pushes the turned-back portion toward the folded part forming unit and a retracted position. The pushing member also serves as a changing unit that changes a direction of a leading end of the sheet that is conveyed in the first conveying path into a direction toward a second conveying path.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes: a stacking unit that stacks conveyed sheets; an aligning unit that aligns the sheets stacked on the stacking unit in a sheet conveying direction; a binding unit that moves along an end portion of a bundle of the sheets on a binding portion side and performs a binding process for the bundle of the sheets that have been aligned by the aligning unit; a pressing unit that presses the bundle of the sheets at the end portion thereof on the binding portion side; and an interlocking unit that moves the pressing unit in association with a motion of the binding unit.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes: a first pair of conveying members that convey a sheet; a second pair of conveying members that receive the sheet conveyed by the first pair of the conveying members and further conveys the sheet to a subsequent stage; and a third pair of conveying members that fold the sheet by rotating the second pair of the conveying members in a reverse direction while the sheet is held by the first pair of the conveying members and the second pair of the conveying members. One of the conveying members of the second pair serves as one of the conveying members of the third pair.

Abstract: A sheet ejecting device includes: a sheet ejecting unit configured to eject a sheet; a stacking unit on which the sheet that is ejected by the ejecting unit is stacked; an aligning unit configured to align the sheet in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the sheet is ejected; and a blowing unit configured to be provided to the aligning unit and blow a wind toward the ejected sheet.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mold or an optical element provided with a fine surface roughness according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method in which the fine surface roughness has been manufactured using a reactive etching apparatus. In the apparatus a substrate or a film made of a semiconductor or a metal which reacts with sulfur hexafluoride is placed, and into which a mixed gas of sulfur hexafluoride and oxygen is introduced and tuned into plasma such that oxides are made to be scattered on a surface of the substrate or the film, the surface of the substrate or the film is made to undergo etching by the sulfur hexafluoride while the oxides function as an etching mask, and thus the fine surface roughness is formed on the surface of the substrate or the film.

Abstract: A recording medium discharging device includes a discharging unit configured to discharge a recording medium from a discharge port; a tray unit on which the recording medium discharged from the discharging unit is stacked; and an air blower configured to blow air in a direction substantially parallel to a direction in which the recording medium is discharged.

Abstract: A cascode amplifier includes: a first transistor having a gate to which a signal is input, a grounded source, and a drain; a second transistor having a gate, a source connected to the drain of the first transistor, and a drain; a load connected to the drain of the second transistor; a DC-DC converter supplying a supply voltage, which is variable according to output power, to the drain of the second transistor via the load; and a first bias circuit supplying a voltage, which is a function of the supply voltage, to the gate of the second transistor.

Abstract: A power amplifier includes: first and second bias terminals to which bias voltages are respectively supplied; a first transistor having a first control terminal connected to the first bias terminal, a first terminal that is grounded, and a second terminal; a second transistor having a second control terminal connected to the second bias terminal, a third terminal connected to the second terminal, and a fourth terminal; a capacitor connected between the second control terminal and a grounding point; and a variable resistor connected in series with the capacitor, between the second control terminal and the grounding point.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a sheet processing apparatus includes a stacking unit that stacks a sheet conveyed thereto; a first alignment unit that aligns the sheet or a bundle of sheets stacked in the stacking unit in a sheet conveying direction; a second alignment unit that aligns the sheet or the bundle of sheets stacked in the stacking unit in a direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction; a pressing unit that presses the bundle of sheets at an end portion thereof on a predetermined one side; and a control unit that causes at least one of the first and second alignment units to execute an alignment operation during a press operation of the sheet or the bundle of sheets performed by the pressing unit.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes: a folding processing unit that folds a sheet by reversely rotating a second conveying member in a condition in which the sheet is held by a first and the second conveying members; a calculating unit that calculates an amount of deflection of the sheet held by the first and second conveying members from timings at which the sheet is detected by first and second detecting units disposed upstream of the first conveying member and downstream of the second conveying member and a distance between disposed positions of the first and second detecting units; and a control unit that sets, from the calculated amount of deflection of the sheet, an amount of conveyance for the first conveying member in a direction opposite to a sheet conveying direction in a condition in which the sheet is held by the first and second conveying members.

Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes an image reading control unit and a print control unit. The print control unit includes: a first communication control unit connected to the image reading control unit; and a power supply control unit configured to control power supply to the image reading control unit. The image reading control unit includes: a second communication control unit connected to the first communication control unit. When completing a process to transition to a power save mode in accordance with an instruction from the print control unit, the image reading control unit cuts off the communications through the second communication control unit. After sending the image reading control unit the instruction to transition to the power save mode, the print control unit detects the cutoff of the communications and then cuts off the power supply to the image reading control unit through the power supply control unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a power amplifier for amplifying RF signals in multiple frequency bands, an output matching circuit connected to an output of the power amplifier, a first capacitor connected at a first end to an output of the output matching circuit, multiple output paths, a switch connected to a second end of the first capacitor and directing each of the RF signals to a respective one of the output paths in accordance with frequency band of the each of the RF signals, and multiple second capacitors. Each second capacitor is connected in series to a respective one of the output paths. The switch and either the first capacitor or the second capacitors, or both the first and second capacitors, are integrated as a single monolithic microwave integrated circuit.

Abstract: A power amplifier includes: a first transistor having a gate, a drain, and a source that is grounded; a second transistor having a gate, a drain, and a source that is connected to the drain of the first transistor; a capacitor connected between the gate of the second transistor and a grounding point; an idling current control circuit having a positive temperatures coefficient and making an idling current flowing through the first transistor proportional to an ambient temperature; and a drain voltage control circuit having a positive temperature gradient coefficient and making a drain voltage on the first transistor proportional to the ambient temperature.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a sheet processing apparatus includes a stacking unit that stacks a sheet conveyed thereto; a first alignment unit that aligns the sheet or a bundle of sheets stacked in the stacking unit in a sheet conveying direction; a second alignment unit that aligns the sheet or the bundle of sheets stacked in the stacking unit in a direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction; a pressing unit that presses the bundle of sheets at an end portion thereof on a predetermined one side; and a control unit that causes at least one of the first and second alignment units to execute an alignment operation during a press operation of the sheet or the bundle of sheets performed by the pressing unit.