Abstract: A photonic-crystal surface emitting laser includes a first semiconductor layer, a photonic crystal layer having a refractive index higher than a refractive index of the first semiconductor layer and provided on the first semiconductor layer, and an active layer provided opposite to the first semiconductor layer with respect to the photonic crystal layer. The photonic crystal layer has a first region and a plurality of second regions each having a refractive index different from a refractive index of the first region and periodically disposed in the first region in a plane of the photonic crystal layer. The second regions extend from the photonic crystal layer to the first semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A substrate cleaning apparatus includes: a support part configured to support a substrate by bring into contact with a rear surface of the substrate; an annular member disposed to surround a periphery of the substrate supported on the support part and including an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane in a diametrical direction of the annular member; a rotation part configured to rotate the support part and the annular member; a first supply part configured to supply a cleaning liquid toward the rear surface of the substrate supported on the support part; and a second supply part configured to supply the cleaning liquid toward the inclined surface.

Abstract: A detection device includes a sensor including a driving electrode and detection electrodes and a controller detecting a non-contact target from signal waveforms acquired from the detection electrodes by applying a voltage to the driving electrode, the signal waveforms each indicating a change in signal strength over time. The controller discriminates a peak caused by the non-contact target on the basis of a time width from a rising start point of a peak to a peak top of the peak, a height from the rising start point of the peak to the peak top of the peak, and a slope of a rising side of the peak.

Abstract: A transistor having a large S value or a semiconductor device performing calculation utilizing a transistor operation in a subthreshold region is provided. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel formation region, a gate electrode including a region overlapping with the oxide semiconductor layer with an insulating layer therebetween, and a first conductive layer including a region overlapping with the oxide semiconductor layer with a ferroelectric layer therebetween. In particular, the ferroelectric layer includes a crystal having a crystal structure exhibiting ferroelectricity.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to a network comprises detecting, as first processing, first change in a network environment based on configuration information of the network, acquiring packet information related to one or more packets among a plurality of packets transmitted and received in the network, and detecting, as second processing, second change in the network environment based on the packet information, wherein it is started to acquire the packet information if the first change in the network environment is detected by the first processing. The information processing apparatus can detect changes in the network environment with high accuracy without having to constantly acquire the packet information.

Abstract: A substrate cleaning apparatus includes: a support part configured to support a substrate by bring into contact with a rear surface of the substrate; an annular member disposed to surround a periphery of the substrate supported on the support part and including an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane in a diametrical direction of the annular member; a rotation part configured to rotate the support part and the annular member; a first supply part configured to supply a cleaning liquid toward the rear surface of the substrate supported on the support part; and a second supply part configured to supply the cleaning liquid toward the inclined surface.

Abstract: A multilayer substrate includes an element assembly including a second insulating layer and a first insulating layer arranged in this order from a first side to a second side with respect to a layer stacking direction, a first conductor layer on the first side of the first insulating layer and including a plated layer, and a second conductor layer on the first side of the second insulating layer. The first conductor layer includes a first connection portion and a first circuit portion, and the second conductor layer includes a second connection portion and a second circuit portion. When viewed from the layer stacking direction, the first circuit portion includes an overlapping portion which overlaps the second circuit portion. A portion of the first connection portion connected to the second connection portion has a maximum thickness greater than a maximum thickness of the overlapping portion.

Abstract: To improve adhesion between a plating film reducing contact electrical resistance and a copper alloy plate containing Mg. A copper alloy plate containing Mg of more than 1.2% by mass and 2% by mass or less and the balance Cu and inevitable impurities in a center portion in a plate thickness direction, in the copper alloy plate, a surface Mg concentration at a surface is 30% or less of a center Mg concentration at the center portion in the plate thickness direction, a surface layer portion having a depth from the surface to where a Mg concentration is 90% of the center Mg concentration is provided, and in the surface layer portion, the Mg concentration increases from the surface toward the center portion of the plate thickness direction with a concentration gradient of 0.2% by mass/?m or more and 50% by mass/?m or less.

Abstract: A vehicle including: a communication section configured to receive operation information to operate a travel device from an external operation device; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire peripheral information peripheral to a vehicle body from a peripheral information detection section, generate a travel plan based on the peripheral information, and control the travel device so as to perform autonomous driving in which travel is based on the generated travel plan, and perform remote driving in which travel is based on the operation information received by the communication section; and the vehicle further comprising a presentation device configured to present, at a vehicle exterior, identifying information received by the communication section, the identifying information relating to a user making use of transportation by the autonomous driving or the remote driving.

Abstract: A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated is provided. A first conductor is formed over a substrate, a ferroelectric layer is formed over the first conductor, a second conductor is formed over the ferroelectric layer while substrate heating is performed, the ferroelectric layer includes hafnium oxide and zirconium oxide, and heat treatment at 500° C. or higher is not performed after the formation of the second conductor.

Abstract: A server that shares key information to a portable terminal includes processing circuitry configured to deliver the key information to the portable terminal. The key information is associated with an object equipped with a control device, and the control device performs a predetermined control to the object when the control device receives the key information from an external terminal. The key information includes restriction information, where the restriction information sets a restriction content for the predetermined control.

Abstract: A control device includes an acquisition unit for acquiring a deterioration state of each of a plurality of batteries capable of power transmission/reception between a power grid on an outside, and use information representing at least any of a use time of each of the plurality of batteries, a moving distance up to the present of a moving object comprising the plurality of batteries, and an integral power amount that is output up to the present by each of the plurality of batteries, and a selecting unit for selecting, based on a comparison result between the deterioration state and a predetermined first threshold value that is decided in accordance with the use information, a battery to be a target of the power transmission/reception from the plurality of batteries.

Abstract: A control device including a deterioration state acquisition unit for acquiring a deterioration state of a battery provided for a moving object, an upper limit value determining unit for determining, in accordance with the deterioration state, an upper limit value of a discharge power amount from the battery to an outside of the moving object within a predetermined period, and a discharge power amount limiting unit for limiting the discharge power amount from the battery to the outside of the moving object within the predetermined period to the upper limit value or lower.

Abstract: A copper alloy plastically-worked material comprises Mg in the amount of 10-100 mass ppm and a balance of Cu and inevitable impurities, which comprise 10 mass ppm or less of S, 10 mass ppm or less of P, 5 mass ppm or less of Se, 5 mass ppm or less of Te, 5 mass ppm or less of Sb, 5 mass ppm or less of Bi and 5 mass ppm or less of As. The total amount of S, P, Se, Te, Sb, Bi, and As is 30 mass ppm or less. The mass ratio of [Mg]/[S+P+Se+Te+Sb+Bi+As] is 0.6 or greater and 50 or less. The electrical conductivity is 97% IACS or greater. The tensile strength is 275 MPa or less. The heat-resistant temperature after draw working is 150° C. or higher.

Abstract: There is provided a control apparatus including: a guarantee application determination unit configured to determine whether a battery included in a moving object satisfies a predetermined guarantee application condition; and a limitation unit configured to limit an amount of power which is discharged from the battery to an outside of the moving object, to be lower than or equal to a first limit value, when the battery satisfies the guarantee application condition, in which the limitation unit is configured to limit, or not to limit the amount of power which is discharged from the battery to the outside of the moving object, to be lower than or equal to a second limit value which is higher than the first limit value, when the battery does not satisfy the guarantee application condition.

Abstract: A control apparatus configured to: store a guaranteed value of a parameter indicating usage of a power storage system including a battery included in a mobile object at a predetermined time point in the future; calculate a value of the parameter due to travelling that is a value of the parameter at the predetermined time point due to travelling of the mobile object; calculate, based on difference values obtained by subtracting the value of the parameter due to travelling from the guaranteed values, a usable remaining usable amount of the battery for operations other than the travelling of the mobile object until the predetermined time point; and control, based on the remaining usable amount, to conduct power transmission and reception between outside of the mobile object and the battery.

Abstract: Provided is a technology that can sufficiently suppress the temperature rise of a rotary electrical machine. A rotary electrical machine includes a main body part 10 including a rotator and a stator, and a casing part 20 that houses the main body part 10. The casing part 20 includes a first housing part 5 that surrounds the main body part 10 from a peripheral direction, and a second housing part 6 that houses a bearing for rotatably supporting a rotating shaft 2. The casing part 20 is formed with a cooling passage R extending from an inlet Rs for cooling medium to an outlet Re for cooling medium and not branching off in the middle. The cooling passage R includes a first cooling passage portion R1 that passes through the inside of the first housing part 5 and a second cooling passage portion R2 that passes through the inside of the second housing part 6.

Abstract: A novel semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor as a first semiconductor, silicon as a second semiconductor, and a plurality of memory cells lined up in a first direction; and a memory cell includes a writing transistor and a reading transistor. The first semiconductor and the second semiconductor extend in the first direction, part of the first semiconductor functions as a channel formation region of the writing transistor, and part of the second semiconductor functions as a channel formation region of the reading transistor. The second semiconductor includes a region in contact with a first layer containing a first metal element.

Abstract: In an insulated resonance circuit device, a first resonance circuit includes first and second LC resonance circuits electromagnetically coupled to each other and electrically insulated from each other, oscillates at a predetermined first resonance frequency based on an input AC voltage, and outputs an oscillation signal voltage. The second resonance circuit having a second resonance frequency substantially identical to the first resonance frequency resonates with the oscillation signal voltage to detect the oscillation signal voltage, and outputs the detected oscillation signal voltage. A control circuit compare the oscillation signal voltage from the second resonance circuit with a comparison signal voltage for obtaining a predetermined target output voltage and/or a predetermined target output current to generate and output gate signals for controlling a rectifier circuit.

Abstract: A copper alloy has a composition including: 70 mass ppm or more and 400 mass ppm or less of Mg; 5 mass ppm or more and 20 mass ppm or less of Ag; less than 3.0 mass ppm of P; and a Cu balance containing inevitable impurities. In the copper alloy, the electrical conductivity is 90% IACS or more, and the average value of KAM values is 3.0 or less.