Abstract: The present invention relates to an air cooling blower and a piece of air-cooled clothing on which the air cooling blower is mounted. An air intake port is provided on a first end side of a tubular fan case, and an air outlet is provided on a second end side. First lock portions are provided in portions of a mounting flange or in portions of the tubular fan case near the portions of the mounting flange, and a second lock portion is provided in a portion of the mounting flange that opposes the first lock portions via a central axis of the tubular fan case interposed therebetween or in a portion of the tubular fan case near the portion of the mounting flange that opposes the first lock portions via the central axis of the tubular fan case interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A grease composition containing a urea compound as a thickener, a base oil, an alkaline earth metal salicylate and/or an alkaline earth metal phenate as a first additive constituent, a metal soap, being a stearic acid metal salt, as a second additive constituent, and a calcium sulphonate and/or a zinc naphthenate as a third additive constituent.

Abstract: A transimpedance amplifier circuit for generating an output voltage in accordance with an input current includes an offset resistor, a common emitter inverting amplifier having a first input and a first output, the first input receiving the input current, an emitter follower having a second input and a second output, the second input being coupled to the first output through the offset resistor, the second output outputting the output voltage, a feedback resistor connected between the second output and the first input, a variable current source connected to a node between the offset resistor and the second input, the variable current source configured to provide an offset current to the offset resistor, the offset current having a current value varied in accordance with a control signal, and a control circuit configured to generate the control signal so that an average voltage of the first output approaches a preset voltage value.

Abstract: A transimpedance amplifier (TIA) circuit disclosed includes an input terminal, a first TIA circuit, a second TIA circuit, a field effect transistor (FET), and a gain control circuit. The first TIA circuit outputs a voltage signal from a first output in accordance with an input current received at a first input electrically connected to the input terminal. The second TIA circuit outputs a reference signal from a second output. The FET varies a resistance between a first current terminal and a second current terminal in accordance with a control signal applied to a control terminal. The first current terminal is electrically connected to the input terminal. The second current terminal is electrically connected to the second output of the second TIA circuit. The gain control circuit detects an amplitude of the voltage signal and generates the control signal according to a detection result of the amplitude.

Abstract: A differential amplifier circuit disclosed includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a field effect transistor (FET) connected between the first transistor and the second transistor, a first current source connected to the first transistor, a second current source connected to the second transistor, and a control circuit. The first transistor and the second transistor generates a differential output signal in accordance with an input signal and a reference signal. The control circuit includes a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series to each other between drain and source of the FET, a center node between the first resistor and the second resistor, a third resistor connected between gate of the FET and the center node, and a variable current source. The variable current source supplies a control current to the third resistor in accordance with a gain control signal. The control circuit controls on-resistance of the FET.

Abstract: An optical receiver disclosed includes a bias terminal, an input terminal, a photodiode, an amplifier circuit, a first resistor, a bypass circuit, a filter circuit, and a control circuit. The photodiode receives a bias from the filter circuit through the bias terminal, and outputs a current signal to the amplifier circuit through the input terminal. The amplifier circuit converts an input current to an output voltage. The bypass circuit electrically connected to the input terminal decreases a first input impedance viewed from the input terminal, when activated, and increases the first input impedance, when deactivated. The filter circuit increases a second input impedance viewed from the bias terminal, when a dumping function thereof is activated, and decreases the second input impedance, when the dumping function is deactivated. The control circuit activates the dumping function and the bypass circuit, when the output voltage is larger than a certain voltage.

Abstract: A transimpedance amplifier circuit includes a single-input amplifier that converts a current signal into a voltage signal, a control current circuit that generates a control current based on the voltage signal and a reference voltage signal, and a bypass circuit. The bypass circuit includes a control circuit configured to receive the control current, a feedback current source configured to generate a direct current (DC) bypass current, and a variable resistance circuit configured to generate an alternating current (AC) bypass current, and the control circuit includes a first current mirror circuit that varies the DC bypass current via the feedback current source in accordance with the control current, and a second current mirror circuit varies the AC bypass current via the variable resistance circuit in accordance with the control current and an offset current.

Abstract: In a transimpedance amplifier circuit, a control current circuit generates a control current based on a voltage signal and a reference voltage signal and includes an integrating circuit that generates a differential integral signal based on the voltage signal and the reference voltage signal, the transconductance amplifying circuit includes a first transconductance circuit that generates a first output current in accordance with a differential integral signal, a second transconductance circuit that generates a second output current in accordance with the differential integral signal, and a current source that supplies a third output current, and the control circuit has an input electrically connected to an output of the first transconductance circuit, an output of the second transconductance circuit, and an output of the current source.

Abstract: A transimpedance amplifier converts an input current to a differential signal and outputs the differential signal. The transimpedance amplifier includes a single-ended amplifier configured to convert a current signal to a voltage signal, a first feedback circuit configured to generate a bypass current, a differential amplifier circuit configured to generate the differential signal in accordance with the difference between the voltage signal and a reference voltage signal, and a detector circuit configured to detect a start and an end of a burst optical signal. The detector circuit detects the end of the burst optical signal based on a peak value of the positive-phase component and a peak value of the negative-phase component and switches the time constant of the first feedback circuit from a first time constant to a second time constant smaller than the first time constant in response to detecting the end of the burst optical signal.

Abstract: A grease composition containing a base oil and a calcium complex soap as a thickening agent, wherein a C18-22 straight chain, substituted or unsubstituted higher fatty acid; a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic monocarboxylic acid having a benzene ring; a C2-4 straight-chain saturated lower fatty acid; and a substituted or unsubstituted saturated dicarboxylic acid are used as carboxylic acids constituting the calcium complex soap.

Abstract: A differential amplifier circuit includes: a control current source supplying a control current; paired bipolar transistors; an a variable resistance circuit including: a series circuit of a first resistor and a second resistor having an identical resistance, the series circuit electrically connected between a first terminal and a second terminal of the variable resistance circuit; a first field effect transistor (FET) having a source and a drain being electrically connected to emitters of the paired bipolar transistors, respectively; and a second FET having a drain, a gate being electrically connected to the drain thereof, the gate of the first FET, and a control terminal of variable resistance circuit, a source being electrically connected to a connection node between the first resistor and the second resistor, wherein the control current source adjusts the control current to allow transconductance of the second FET to be kept constant.

Abstract: A driver circuit configured to increase or decrease a drive current flowing to a light emitting element in accordance with an input signal, the driver circuit including: an output terminal configured to be electrically connected between a bias current source and the light emitting element, and configured to draw an output current inward; a shunt circuit configured to generate a first current in accordance with the input signal; and a waveform shaping circuit configured to detect a rising transition of a voltage of the output terminal and generate a second current based at least in part on a result of detection, wherein the first current and the second current constitute the output current, Wherein the first current increases when the input signal increases, and decreases when the input signal decreases, and wherein the voltage of the output terminal rises when the output current decreases.

Abstract: An optical modulator implementing an electro-absorption (EA) modulator is disclosed. The optical modulator includes a transmission line, a terminator, an EA modulator, a bonding wire, and a coil element. The transmission line transmits an electrical signal. The terminator terminates the transmission line. The coil element includes first and second inductors magnetically coupled with each other, where the first inductor is connected with the transmission line, while, the second inductor is connected with the terminator. The bonding wire connects the first and second inductors with the EA modulator. The impedance of the coil element as viewed from the transmission line substantially matches with the impedance of the transmission line.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently identifying a polyubiquitinated substrate which is generally not easily identified. The method for identifying a polyubiquitinated substrate includes (1) a step of expressing a trypsin-resistant polyubiquitin chain-binding protein and a ubiquitin ligase in a cell, (2) a step of isolating a complex that contains the trypsin-resistant polyubiquitin chain-binding protein from the cell having undergone the step (1), (3) a step of subjecting the complex isolated by the step (2) to trypsin digestion, and (4) a step of identifying a peptide that has a ubiquitination site from a digested material obtained by the step (3).

Abstract: An LD driver circuit includes an adjustment circuit to which a power supply voltage is applied. The adjustment circuit receives an input signal through an input terminal, generates a shifted input signal shifted in voltage from the input signal by a predetermined shift amount, and outputs the shifted input signal from an output terminal. The LD driver circuit also includes a transistor with its base receiving the shifted input signal, its collector electrically connected to an anode of a driven LD, and its emitter electrically connected to a cathode of the LD and ground, which transistor varies an amount of a shunt current flowing from the collector to the emitter in accordance with the shifted input signal. The adjustment circuit includes a comparator which compares a voltage in the collector and a threshold voltage, and increases or decreases the predetermined shift amount in accordance with an output of the comparator.

Abstract: A mover control system according to an embodiment includes a controller, a node generator, and a path generator. The controller controls a mover traveling within a predetermined area. The node generator generates a pair of specified nodes at respective arbitrary locations on a map corresponding to the predetermined area. The pair of specified nodes are nodes where the mover is controllable. The path generator generates a path between the pair of specified nodes. The controller makes the mover travel along a traveling route corresponding to the path within the predetermined area.

Abstract: A transimpedance amplifier converts an input current to a differential signal and outputs the differential signal. The transimpedance amplifier includes a single-ended amplifier configured to convert a current signal to a voltage signal, a first feedback circuit configured to generate a bypass current, a differential amplifier circuit configured to generate the differential signal in accordance with the difference between the voltage signal and a reference voltage signal, and a detector circuit configured to detect a start and an end of a burst optical signal. The detector circuit detects the end of the burst optical signal based on a peak value of the positive-phase component and a peak value of the negative-phase component and switches the time constant of the first feedback circuit from a first time constant to a second time constant smaller than the first time constant in response to detecting the end of the burst optical signal.

Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition, being a grease composition containing a base oil and, as a thickener a calcium complex soap, and being a grease composition using for the carboxylic acids forming the aforementioned calcium complex soap substituted or unsubstituted C18-22 straight-chain higher fatty acids, aromatic monocarboxylic aromatic acids having substituted or unsubstituted benzene rings and C2-4 straight-chain saturated lower fatty acids, wherein the aforementioned substituted or unsubstituted C18-22 straight-chain higher fatty acids include behenic acid and the amount of behenic acid used, as a mass ratio in terms of the total amount of the aforementioned substituted or unsubstituted C18-22 straight-chain higher fatty acids used, is from 25 mass % up to 70 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a polymer-impregnated base resin which is excellent in providing low adsorption of proteins and blood cells such as platelets. The method of producing a polymer-impregnated base resin includes impregnating a base resin with a polymer solution that includes a solvent able to swell the base resin.

Abstract: An LD driver circuit includes an adjustment circuit, to which a power supply voltage is applied, which receives an input signal through an input terminal, and which generates a shifted input signal shifted in voltage from the input signal by a predetermined shift amount and outputs the shifted input signal from an output terminal; and a transistor, in which a base receives the shifted input signal, in which a collector is electrically connected to an anode of an LD, in which an emitter is electrically connected to a cathode of the LD and a ground, and which varies an amount of a shunt current flowing the collector to the emitter in accordance with the shifted input signal. The adjustment circuit includes a comparator which compares a voltage in the collector and a threshold voltage, and increases or decreases the predetermined shift amount in accordance with an output of the comparator.