Abstract: A semiconductor element includes: a p-type semiconductor region; an n-type light-receiving surface buried region buried in the semiconductor region; an n-type charge accumulation region buried in the semiconductor region, continuously to the light-receiving surface buried region, establishing a deeper potential well depth than the light-receiving surface buried region; a charge read-out region configured to read out the charges accumulated in the charge accumulation region; an exhaust-drain region buried in the semiconductor region, configured to extract the charges from the light-receiving surface buried region; a first potential controller configured to extract the charges from the light-receiving surface buried region to the exhaust-drain region; and a second potential controller configured to transfer the charges from the charge accumulation region to the charge read-out region.

Abstract: A power factor correction circuit steps up and power-factor-corrects a rectified voltage, which has been rectified from an AC input voltage of an AC power source Vin, through an ON/OFF operation of a switching element Q1 and supplies a stepped-up output voltage to a DC-DC converter that is driven with a first pulse signal. The power factor correction circuit includes a delay circuit to receive the first pulse signal whose pulse width corresponds to an output voltage of the DC-DC converter, generate, in response to an ON pulse of the first pulse signal, a delay pulse signal whose pulse width corresponds to the rectified voltage, and synthesize the first pulse signal and the delay pulse signal into a second pulse signal. The power factor correction circuit also includes a driver to drive the switching element according to the second pulse signal.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for performing communication through a network, including a communication section to perform communication with a plurality of different information processing apparatuses which commonly use a predetermined space, a characteristic information acquisition section to acquire characteristic information of the different information processing apparatuses including position information and direction information in the predetermined space, connection requirement degree information which indicates a degree of connection requirement for each opposite party of communication, and directional information which indicates a degree of connection requirement for each azimuth, and a priority degree calculation section to calculate a connection priority degree for each of the different information processing apparatuses in the communication based on characteristic information of the information processing apparatus itself and the characteristic information of the different information proce

Abstract: A positive-type photosensitive resin composition comprises (A) an alkali-soluble resin having at least a polybenzoxazole precursor structure, (B) a sensitizer, and (C) a cyclic compound having an alcoholic hydroxyl group. A protecting layer and an insulating layer include a cured layer which is a cured product of the positive-type photosensitive resin composition. A semiconductor device and a display device include the cured layer. According to the present invention, a highly reliable positive-type photosensitive resin composition can be obtained even when cured at a low temperature.