Abstract: A transmission device configured to transmit a transmission bit string which is an arrangement of a unit bit string of multiple N bits includes: a conversion unit configured to convert the unit bit string into a converted bit string in accordance with a conversion table obtained by obtaining an error rate wherein a k'th bit out of the N bits is in error; obtaining an error expectancy which is an expectancy that a significant bit of the N bits in the unit bit string will err; and creating a conversion table that correlates the unit bit string and a converted bit string obtained by converting the insignificant bit of the unit bit string to a smallest error expectancy bit pattern which is a bit pattern that minimizes the error expectancy of the multiple bit patterns; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the converted bit string.

Abstract: A planar antenna device includes a dielectric layer and two conductor layers vertically sandwiching the dielectric layer. The lower conductor layer is used as a ground, and the upper conductor layer forms a radiating element having a structure in which four or more radiating element pieces of different sizes are connected to a feeder line.

Abstract: A planar antenna device is mounted on a board including a dielectric layer and two conductor layers vertically sandwiching the dielectric layer. The upper conductor layer includes a first radiating element having an end portion connected through a via hole to a ground formed by the lower conductor layer, a second radiating element having an open end portion, first and second ground conductors connected to respective base portions of the first and second radiating elements via resistors, and a feeder line configured to feed power to the first and second radiating elements.

Abstract: A reception device configured to receive a signal of a transmitted bit string transmitted from a transmission device which transmits a bit string includes: a receiving unit arranged to receive a signal from the transmission device and output a received bit string corresponding to the transmitted bit string; a storing unit arranged to store an error rate table wherein said received bit string is correlated with an error rate of post-data which is data of one bit or greater received following the received bit string being in error; and an error correcting unit arranged to perform error correcting of the post-data of the received bit string.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a package packing a solid-state imaging device is provided, the package having: a package container fixing the solid-state imaging device therein; and an IR-coated cover glass hermetically sealing the solid-state imaging device in the package container. The apparatus has an ultraviolet radiation unit that radiates an ultraviolet ray to the package in which the IR-coated cover glass are bonded to the package container with an ultraviolet-curing resin, the ultraviolet radiation unit being disposed in a position to radiate the ultraviolet ray in a direction inclining relative to a surface of the cover glass.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is produced by effecting in the course of its production steps a resist-peeling method including the steps of (a) changing the quality of a resist layer on a substrate, (b) contacting the changed resist with a liquid containing 2-amino-1-ethanol, and (c) removing the liquid containing the thus peeled resist from the surface of the etched resist, and optionally, (d) regenerating a liquid containing 2-amino-1-ethanol by distillation from the liquid used in step (c) and reusing the regenerated liquid in step (b).

Abstract: A resist is peeled without leaving a residue after peeling, by bringing a resist-peeling liquid comprising a primary aliphatic amine of 2-6 carbon atoms into contact with the surface of an etched novolak positive photoresist, and removing the resist-peeling liquid containing the thus peeled resist from the surface of the etched resist. The used resist-peeling liquid can easily be recovered and regenerated.