Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror including a main body portion having a reflection surface that reflects display light, and a rotating shaft protruding from a first side wall of the main body portion, and a driving member that includes a motor including an output shaft arranged parallel to the rotating shaft, and neighboring the rotating shaft in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis line of the rotating shaft, a first gear portion coupled to the output shaft, and a second gear portion engaged with the first gear portion, and coupled to the rotating shaft, and rotates the mirror by transmitting rotation of the output shaft of the motor to the rotating shaft via the first gear portion and the second gear portion.

Abstract: A radio communication device includes an oscillation circuit and a modulation path. The oscillation circuit is configured to perform PLL control by using a reference frequency oscillated by a reference oscillator. The modulation path is configured to modulate a reference signal outputted from the reference oscillator, by a signal of a comparison frequency as a modulation wave.

Abstract: A radio communication device includes an oscillation circuit and a modulation path. The oscillation circuit is configured to perform PLL control by using a reference frequency oscillated by a reference oscillator. The modulation path is configured to modulate a reference signal outputted from the reference oscillator, by a signal of a comparison frequency as a modulation wave.

Abstract: A coordinate supporting apparatus comprises a determination section configured to determine whether or not there is a combination of commodities realizing a given coordinate pattern according to the data of the commodities purchased by a customer and a storage section configured to accumulatively store the data of the combination of commodities in association with a customer feature data relating to preferences of the customer who purchases commodities of the combination if the determination section determines that there is a combination of commodities realizing the given coordinate pattern.

Abstract: A commodity accommodation apparatus comprises an accommodation unit configured to accommodate commodities, a shooting unit configured to shoot an image of the interior of the accommodation unit and a sending section configured to send an identification information for specifying one's own identity and the shot image to a commodity registration apparatus.

Abstract: An allocation apparatus registers the data of the commodity selected as allocation object of the key button from the commodities displayed the names in association with the key button which is specified, then, if the existence of the commodity which is associated with the registered commodity is confirmed, takes the associated commodity as allocation object of next key button.

Abstract: A switching power-supply module includes circuit boards, power conversion circuit sections provided on the respective circuit boards, conductor land patterns provided with spacing therebetween along edges of the circuit boards, conductor terminals for interconnecting the conductor land patterns. The circuit boards are stacked with spacing therebetween with the corresponding conductor land patterns being aligned, and the aligned conductor land patterns are interconnected by the corresponding conductor terminals. At least one of the conductor terminals includes an interboard-connection portion for interconnecting the conductor land patterns of the circuit boards and a leg portion that extends from the interboard-connection portion in the stacking direction of the circuit boards and that defines an external-connection portion, and the other conductor terminals each function as an interboard-connection dedicated terminal for providing connection between the circuit boards.

Abstract: A laser oscillation apparatus includes a wavelength change unit for driving a wavelength selection element in a band-narrowing module and changing the oscillation wavelength of a laser beam to a target value, and an oscillation history memory for storing the oscillation state of the laser beam as an oscillation history. The wavelength change unit drives the wavelength selection element on the basis of the oscillation history and changes the oscillation wavelength of the laser beam to the target value.

Abstract: A gas laser device includes a laser gas supplying device in a chamber for supplying a laser gas to an exciting region in the chamber, and an exciting device for exciting the laser gas supplied to the exciting region. The gas laser device controls the laser gas supplying device so that, when the laser gas is excited by the exciting device, the laser gas is circulated at a first circulating rate and so that, when the laser gas is not excited by the exciting device, the laser gas is circulated at a second circulating rate lower than the first circulating rate.

Abstract: In a gas laser device, a laser gas sealingly stored in a chamber is excited using a discharging electrode that is electrically discharged. Laser light produced by the electrical discharging is totally reflected by a total reflection mirror. An output window partially reflects the laser light and outputs a portion of the laser light reflected between the total reflection mirror and the output window. A blower circulates the laser gas within the chamber so that the laser gas passing an electrical discharging region of the discharging electrode is circulated in the chamber and is returned to the electrical discharging region of the discharging electrode. The blower is operated according to the state of electrical discharging from the discharging electrode.

Abstract: A switching power-supply module includes circuit boards, power conversion circuit sections provided on the respective circuit boards, conductor land patterns provided with spacing therebetween along edges of the circuit boards, conductor terminals for interconnecting the conductor land patterns. The circuit boards are stacked with spacing therebetween with the corresponding conductor land patterns being aligned, and the aligned conductor land patterns are interconnected by the corresponding conductor terminals. At least one of the conductor terminals includes an interboard-connection portion for interconnecting the conductor land patterns of the circuit boards and a leg portion that extends from the interboard-connection portion in the stacking direction of the circuit boards and that defines an external-connection portion, and the other conductor terminals each function as an interboard-connection dedicated terminal for providing connection between the circuit boards.

Abstract: A laser oscillation apparatus includes a wavelength change unit for driving a wavelength selection element in a band-narrowing module and changing the oscillation wavelength of a laser beam to a target value, and an oscillation history memory for storing the oscillation state of the laser beam as an oscillation history. The wavelength change unit drives the wavelength selection element on the basis of the oscillation history and changes the oscillation wavelength of the laser beam to the target value.

Abstract: A laser oscillation apparatus includes a wavelength change unit for driving a wavelength selection element in a band-narrowing module and changing the oscillation wavelength of a laser beam to a target value, and an oscillation history memory for storing the oscillation state of the laser beam as an oscillation history. The wavelength change unit drives the wavelength selection element on the basis of the oscillation history and changes the oscillation wavelength of the laser beam to the target value.

Abstract: A projection exposure apparatus includes an illumination optical system for illuminating a pattern of a reticle with laser light from a continuous emission excimer laser, a projection optical system projecting the illuminated pattern onto a substrate, an adjusting device for adjusting an optical characteristic of the projection optical system in accordance with a change in wavelength of the laser, and a wavelength stabilizing device for stabilizing the wavelength of the laser light when the adjustment of the optical characteristic of the projection optical system by the adjusting device is insufficient.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus comprising (a) irradiating means for illuminating a mask with laser light from an excimer laser and (b) a projection optical system for projecting a pattern of the mask onto a substrate with the laser light, wherein a characteristic of the projection optical system is measured by use of a harmonic of a predetermined laser, and wherein the laser light from the excimer laser has a wavelength corresponding to that of the harmonic of the predetermined laser.

Abstract: A projection exposure apparatus includes an illumination optical system for illuminating a pattern of a reticle with laser light from a continuous emission excimer laser, a projection optical system for projecting the illuminated pattern onto a substrate, wherein the projection optical system includes a lens system being made of a substantially single glass material, a wavelength detecting device for detecting a wavelength of the laser light from the excimer laser and for producing an output, and a displacing device for shifting a mirror for resonance of the excimer laser, in an optical axis direction of the excimer laser, on the basis of the output of the wavelength detecting device.

Abstract: A part having a large height contained in a module part is placed in a first cut-off portion formed in a part-mounting substrate to be mounted. Moreover, the module part itself is placed in a second cut-off portion formed in a mother board to be mounted.

Abstract: A power supply converts a first direct-current voltage into a second direct-current voltage and outputs the second direct-current voltage. The power supply includes a reference voltage generating circuit for generating a reference voltage, a control circuit for controlling an output voltage in accordance with the reference voltage, and a short-circuit detecting circuit for performing an output short-circuit protection operation, when short circuiting occurs at the output, by detecting the occurrence of short circuiting and by decreasing the reference voltage so that the output voltage is decreased.

Abstract: A multi-output DC-DC converter includes a step-down DC-DC converter circuit which includes a switching device for switching an input DC voltage to convert it to a pulse voltage, a choke coil and a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the pulse voltage to obtain a first output lower than the input DC voltage, and a flywheel rectifying device for causing a current to flow through the choke coil when the switching device is off; and a rectifying circuit for processing and rectifying the pulse voltage in the DC-DC converter circuit to obtain a second output. Since the flywheel rectifying device is a bi-directional synchronous rectifying device which is turned on when the switching device is off, even when the load current of the first output decreases, the amplitude of the source voltage of the switching device is not reduced. Therefore, the second output obtained from the rectifying circuit always maintains a normal value.

Abstract: A DC-to-DC converter is provided with an astable multivibrator containing a first time constant circuit for setting an ON period of an output and a second time constant circuit for setting an OFF period of the output, and provided with a switching element controlled by the output. The output voltage is controlled by changing the duty ratio of the astable multivibrator in accordance with the output voltage.