Abstract: In the present invention a rotor core is formed by multiple divided cores that are separated from one another, and side core plates that link the outer circumferential ends of the divided cores in the circumferential direction. Slits into which magnets are inserted are maintained between the divided cores. The rotor core and a rotary shaft are coupled to one another by a molded resin, and the molded resin covers protrusions which are on both sides in the circumferential direction at the inner circumferential end of each divided core.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an inspection apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface acquires package information regarding a package being conveyed by a sorter that sorts the package and an operation signal generated based on an operation of an operator. The processor outputs reference information, based on past history in which inspection-result information indicating whether or not the package is a regulated-article candidate, generated based on the operation signal, and the package information are associated together, and the package information newly acquired.

Abstract: A control method includes: (a) connecting a power supply to an electrode of an electrostatic chuck inside a chamber and applying a voltage from the power supply to the electrode; (b) after (a), switching a connection between the electrode and the power supply to a non-connection state; (c) after (b), supplying a gas into the chamber to generate plasma; and (d) measuring a potential of the electrode during (c).

Abstract: LDPC coding is executed using a check matrix of an LDPC code whose code length is 736 bits and whose code rate is 1/4, and modulation is executed using a repetition unit that has an LDPC code obtained by the LDPC coding, repeatedly arranged therein. The LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bits, the parity matrix portion has a stepwise structure, the information matrix portion is indicated by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a predetermined table indicating positions of elements of “1” of the information matrix portion for each eight columns. This technique is applicable to, for example, information transmission using the LDPC code.

Abstract: Provided is a binding device that prevents damage to binding tape including a biodegradable material as a base material. A pressing surface 106 is formed on an attachment 105 including resin, which is detachably mounted on a head 84 of a tape holding plate 83, and therefore it is possible to mount an attachment 105 of a shape and material suitable for binding tape 7 to be used. Furthermore, because the tape receiving plate 87 is formed by a rubber plate, the tape receiving plate 87 is able to absorb a shock generated by the pointed end 85 of the tape holding plate 83 entering the tape receiving plate 87. With this arrangement, it possible to prevent damage to fragile binding tape 7 including a biodegradable material as a base material.

Abstract: A robot has a vertical 6-axis articulated arm having an offset arm having a fifth axis and length link, and mutually linking fourth and sixth axes. The fourth and sixth axes shaft centers are parallel. The articulated arm has a head portion designated as a control point. A position and an orientation targeted to the control point is processed by an inverse transform to calculate angles of the axes. A provisional target position of the sixth axis is obtained by subtracting the link length from a target position of the sixth axis. The link length to the provisional target position is given zero to perform the inverse transform process. Processed results are evaluated. Until a difference between a calculated sixth-axis angles and provisionally decided sixth-axis angles becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value, processes started from the angle provisional decision of the sixth axis are repeatedly performed.

Abstract: A substrate position detecting method, includes loading a substrate into a processing chamber such that a clean surface of the substrate faces a mounting surface of a stage provided in the processing chamber, mounting the loaded substrate on the stage, fixing the substrate to the stage, releasing the fixing of the substrate to the stage, unloading the substrate out of the processing chamber, detecting a particle distribution of particles on the clean surface of the unloaded substrate, and calculating a positional relationship between the substrate and the stage when the substrate is mounted on the stage, based on the detected particle distribution. The particles include irregularities formed at the time of contact between the clean surface of the substrate and the mounting surface.

Abstract: An electronic device including circuitry configured to perform control in a manner that a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) header format is selected from a plurality of PLCP header formats; and append the selected PLCP header to a physical layer packet for transmission.

Abstract: An electronic device including circuitry configured to perform control in a manner that a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) header format is selected from a plurality of PLCP header formats; and append the selected PLCP header to a physical layer packet for transmission.

Abstract: There is provided a robot control apparatus that controls a vertical articulated robot and is suitable for direct teaching. In the apparatus, an axis setting section sets operation axes and control axes from among the axes subjected to angle control, when performing the direct teaching of changing a position of the arm tip, while retaining a posture thereof at a target posture. The operation axes can be dominant factors when determining the position of the arm tip and are allowed to freely move according to an external force, and the control axes can be dominant factors when determining the posture of the arm tip and are controlled by an angle control section. When performing the direct teaching, the angle control section receives an input of current angles of the operation axes and the target posture to calculate command angles of the respective control axes according to inverse kinematics calculation.

Abstract: A discharging method of removing electric charge from a substrate is provided. In the discharging method, gas is supplied into a processing chamber while the substrate is placed on an electrostatic chuck provided in the processing chamber, and direct-current (DC) voltage is applied to an attracting electrode of the electrostatic chuck, until discharge occurs in the processing chamber. After the discharge occurs, the DC voltage is adjusted to a magnitude in which an amount of charge on the substrate becomes zero or becomes in a neighborhood of zero, and the substrate is removed from the electrostatic chuck.

Abstract: A control apparatus transmits a confirmation request to confirm whether a direct communication is possible to each terminal as a target of the direct communication. Each terminal confirms whether the direct communication is possible and transmits the confirmation result to the control apparatus. The control apparatus judges whether the direct communication is possible based on the confirmation result transmitted from the terminal and when judging as possible, transmits a switch request for the direct communication to the terminal side. Consequently, a situation where a communication cannot actually be established when switching to the direct communication can be avoided.

Abstract: It is impossible to avoid the increase in device cost and maintenance cost in order to cool a plurality of heat sources efficiently using a natural-circulation type phase-change cooling device; therefore, a phase-change cooling device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of heat receiving units configured to hold respectively refrigerant receiving heat from a plurality of heat sources; a condensing unit configured to generate refrigerant liquid by condensing and liquefying refrigerant vapor of the refrigerant evaporated in the heat receiving units; a refrigerant vapor transport structure connecting the heat receiving units to the condensing unit and configured to transport the refrigerant vapor; and a refrigerant liquid transport structure connecting the heat receiving units to the condensing unit and configured to transport the refrigerant liquid, wherein the refrigerant liquid transport structure includes a main-liquid-pipe connected to the condensing unit, a refrig

Abstract: A communications apparatus and method provide logic for establishing communications sessions in accordance with one or more connection rights. In one implementation, a communications apparatus may include a control circuit configured to establish, through an information processing apparatus, a communications session with an additional communications apparatus associated with one or more first connection rights. The established communications session may be associated with one or more second connection rights that differ from the first connection rights, and the control circuit may be further configured to generate an instruction to transmit data in accordance with the second connection rights.

Abstract: A measurement method includes vibrating a wafer through up-and-down movement of one or more pins supporting the wafer after performing processing with gas-based plasma generated through application of high-frequency electric power while the wafer, which is placed on a stage in a processing container, is electrostatically adhered by an electro-static chuck, calculating a residual charge amount of the wafer from an induced current flowing through an attracting electrode upon the vibrating of the wafer, and calculating a voltage to be applied to the attracting electrode in response to the calculated residual charge amount of the wafer.

Abstract: A measuring device includes a switch that switches a connection of an electrode to which a direct current voltage is applied, wherein the electrode is within an electrostatic chuck disposed in a plasma processing device; a component provided with electrostatic capacitance, wherein the component is connected to the switch; and a measuring unit that measures a value corresponding to an electric charge amount accumulated in the component provided with the electrostatic capacitance.

Abstract: Provided are a phase change cooling device and a control method, whereby stable high-efficiency cooling performance can be obtained according to heat exchange performance. This phase change cooling device includes: a heat receiver which accommodates a coolant and receives heat from a heat generation body which is to be cooled; a heat radiator which radiates the heat of a coolant vapor of the coolant gasified by receiving heat by means of the heat receiver, and recirculates a liquefied liquid coolant to the heat receiver; a valve for controlling the flow rate of the liquid coolant; and a control means for controlling the opening degree of the valve, wherein the control means controls the opening degree of the valve on the basis of an exhaust temperature, which is the temperature after being discharged from the heat receiver, and the temperature in the vicinity of the heat radiator.

Abstract: A freezer power calculation unit calculates power consumption Wc of a freezer, based on a heat exchanging amount Q of an electronic device and a performance coefficient COP_c of the freezer. An apparatus performance coefficient calculation unit calculates an apparatus performance coefficient ACOP, based on a calorific value Q of the electronic device, Wc, and power consumption Wf of an air conditioning blower unit. Note that the apparatus performance coefficient ACOP is a performance coefficient of an apparatus including an evaporator, a condenser, a heat exchanger, the freezer, and the air conditioning blower unit. A blower rotational speed control unit controls a rotational speed r of the air conditioning blower unit, based on the apparatus performance coefficient ACOP. A coolant temperature control unit controls a first coolant temperature Tin being a temperature of coolant COO flowing from the freezer, based on the apparatus performance coefficient ACOP.

Abstract: In a measurement method, a terminal is brought into contact with an electrode in an electrostatic chuck in contact with a substrate that is grounded. Further, the terminal, the electrostatic chuck and the substrate are fixed, and a current value and a voltage value are measured using an ammeter and a voltmeter, respectively, that are connected to the terminal. In addition, whether or not the terminal and the electrode are electrically connected is determined from a slope of the current value and/or a peak current value based on the measured current value and the voltage value.

Abstract: A phase-change cooling apparatus according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes heat receiving means; refrigerant liquid driving means for circulating the refrigerant liquid; a first refrigerant flow path in which the refrigerant liquid flowing away from the refrigerant liquid driving means circulates through the heat receiving means and the heat radiating means; a second refrigerant flow path of a flow path shortening the first refrigerant flow path in such a way that a branched refrigerant liquid being at least part of the refrigerant liquid flowing away from the refrigerant liquid driving means toward the heat receiving means circulates without passing through the heat receiving means and the heat radiating means; and control means for controlling a flow rate of a heat-receiving-side refrigerant liquid being a refrigerant liquid flowing into the heat receiving means based on a flow rate of the branched refrigerant liquid.