Abstract: An electret device includes an electret film capable of storing charges and a charge outflow inhibition film formed on an upper surface of a region having a high charge density in the electret film and inhibiting the charges stored in the electret film from flowing out.

Abstract: A photovoltaic device capable of improving an output characteristic is obtained. This photovoltaic device includes a first conductivity type crystalline silicon region, a second conductivity type first noncrystalline silicon layer and a substantially intrinsic second noncrystalline silicon layer arranged between the crystalline silicon region and the first noncrystalline silicon layer, and the crystalline silicon region has an aperiodic corrugated shape having a height of not more than 2 nm on the interface between the same and the second noncrystalline silicon layer.

Abstract: An AC conversion circuit includes a main transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding to electrically insulate the AC power source side and the discharge tube side from each other, an IC1 arranged on the AC power source side, a plurality of switching elements arranged on the AC power source side and driven by the IC1, to pass a current through the primary winding of the main transformer based on the DC power, an IC2 arranged on the discharge tube side, to generate a pair of rectangular-wave signals for conducting PWM control on a current passing through the discharge tube and having the same pulse width with a duty ratio of less than 50% and a phase difference of about 180 degrees, and one or more signal transfer insulated elements to send the pair of rectangular-wave signals from the IC2 to the IC1.

Abstract: The invention permits a plurality of strips of resin adhesive film having a desired width and unwound from a single feeding reel to be simultaneously pasted on a solar cell. For this purpose, the invention comprises the steps of: unwinding a resin adhesive film sheet from a reel on which the resin adhesive film sheet is wound; splitting the unwound resin adhesive film into two or more film strips in correspondence to lengths of wiring material to bond; pasting the strips of resin adhesive film on an electrode of the solar cell; and placing the individual lengths of wiring material on the electrode of the solar cell having the plural strips of resin adhesive film pasted thereon and thermally setting the resin adhesive film by heating so as to fix together the electrode of the solar cell and the wiring material.

Abstract: In the solar cell module 100, the insulating sheet 15 has the slit 151 which is in contact with the output lead 12 inside the opening portion 141 of the rear-surface-side protection member 14.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer on the second semiconductor layer and being in the shape of an island on the second semiconductor layer, a dielectric film on the second and third semiconductor layers, a control electrode on the dielectric film, a first main electrode electrically connected to the second and third semiconductor layers, and a second main electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer and having a Pd layer.

Abstract: A printer includes printing unit provided on a conveying path of a recording sheet and sheet feed unit provided on the downstream and upstream sides of the printing unit in a conveying direction of a recording sheet. The printer includes a platen roller, a first sheet feed roller, a second sheet feed roller, a first branch transmission gear group, a second branch transmission gear group, and thrust amount adjusting unit. A tooth trace of one of the gears of each of the first and second branch transmission gear groups has an inclination angle with respect to an axial direction, and the first and second branch transmission gear groups are formed of first and second idler gears including inclined gear portions of which inclined directions of tooth traces are the same as each other.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material, a binder, and a conductive agent, and a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium. The positive electrode active material includes a layered lithium-transition metal composite oxide represented by the compositional formula LiaNixM(1-x)O2 where 0<a?1.1, 0.5<X?1.0, and M is at least one element. The binder contains a fluororesin and a nitrile-based polymer. The amount of the nitrile-based polymer is 40 mass % or less with respect to the total amount of the binder.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer includes a substrate, a buffer region formed on one main surface of the substrate and formed from a compound semiconductor, and a main semiconductor region formed in the buffer region and formed from a compound semiconductor, wherein the buffer region includes a first multi-layer structured buffer region and a second multi-layer structured buffer region stacked with a plurality of alternating first layers and second layers, and a single layer structured buffer region arranged between the first multi-layer structured buffer region and the second multi-layer structured buffer region, the first layer is formed from a compound semiconductor which has a lattice constant smaller than a lattice constant of a material which forms the substrate, the second layer is formed from a compound semiconductor which has a lattice constant between a lattice constant of a material which forms the substrate and a lattice constant of a material which forms the first layer, and wherein the single layer structu

Abstract: A digital signage system according to the present invention has: a server that distributes content information for an advertisement and the like; and one or more display terminals that are provided with a touch panel and that receive the distributed content information to be displayed on the touch panel. The display terminal displays a questionnaire screen on the touch panel, accepts a response to the questionnaire inputted by an accesser by operating the touch panel, and sends the result of the response to the server. The server receives the result of the response.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material containing a lithium-containing oxide active material, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The lithium-containing oxide active material is represented by the general formula LiaMgbMO2±?, where 0.65?a?1.05, 0<b?0.3, 0 ???0.3, and M is at least one of manganese and cobalt.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to permitting a wiring material to be reused in a repair work so as to achieve productivity improvement and cost reduction.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a method and an apparatus that allow production of metal plate chip resistors having a relatively low resistance with high accuracy and yield through simple process. The object is achieved by apparatus 10 for manufacturing metal plate chip resistors including cutting mold 21 for cutting intermediate product strip 14 transversely to obtain worked product chip 16a, ohm meter 22 for measuring the resistance of the worked product chip 16a, control device 23 having a calculating part for performing a calculation using the resistance measured by the ohm meter 22 to work out a width in which the strip 14 is to be cut transversely so as to obtain a worked product chip of a desired resistance, and cutting width adjusting means 26, 27 for making an adjustment so that the strip 14 is to be cut transversely in the width obtained from the calculating part.

Abstract: An optical pickup apparatus comprising: a laser diode; an objective lens made of synthetic resin arranged in an optical path of laser light between the laser diode and an optical disc so that the laser light from the laser diode is focused onto a signal recording layer through a protection layer of the optical disc; and an aberration correction element interposed in an optical path of the laser light between the laser diode and the objective lens, the aberration correction element configured to be operated so as to correct spherical aberration caused by moisture-absorption characteristics of the objective lens.

Abstract: An optical element includes a mirror surface configured to transmit certain part of incident light and to reflect the other part of the incident light. The mirror surface has a first region and a second region. The first region includes a first polarization conversion layer configured to convert a polarization direction of incident light incident on the first region from one linear polarization into a different linear polarization. A region of the optical element from which light transmitted through the first region is emitted includes a second polarization conversion layer configured to convert a polarization direction of the light transmitted through the first region from the different linear polarization into the one linear polarization.

Abstract: A current balancing device includes: a power supply that outputs sinusoidal alternating-current; and a plurality of series circuits, each of the series circuits including a full-wave rectifier, one or more of windings, and one or more of loads in series connection, the full-wave rectifier connected to an output of the power supply and performing full-wave rectification for the alternating-current of the power supply. Currents flowing in the respective series circuits are balanced based on an electromagnetic force generated in one or more of the windings.

Abstract: A flat vibration motor able to be mounted to a device side board by just reflow processing and able to reduce the occupied area, that is, a flat vibration motor provided with a stator plate having a through hole into which one end of a shaft is fit, the stator plate having a magnetic metal core plate having detent torque generating holes 10a to 10c, interconnect patterns arranged on a first electrical insulating film formed on this front surface, and electrode patterns arranged on a second electrical insulating film formed on a back surface of the magnetic metal core plate and connected with the interconnect patterns through the through holes h1 to h3, the insides of the detent torque generating holes 10a to 10c being covered by front-to-back superposed films formed by extensions of the first electrical insulating film and second electrical insulating film.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor comprises an insulating substrate in which an anode terminal and a cathode terminal are formed. The anode terminal comprises a first anode section formed on a first surface of the insulating substrate, and a second anode section formed on a second surface of the insulating substrate, which are electrically connected to each other. A connection part is formed integrally with the first anode section. The cathode terminal comprises a first cathode section formed on the first surface and a second cathode section formed on the second surface, which are electrically connected to each other. A distance between the first anode section and the first cathode section is smaller than a distance between the second anode section and the second cathode section. And an anode section and a cathode section of a capacitor element are electrically connected to the connection part and the first cathode section respectively.

Abstract: A first band-pass filter extracts, from a first sound intermediate frequency signal, a signal having a frequency in the vicinity of a center frequency of the first sound intermediate frequency signal. Then, a mixer down converts a signal extracted by the first band-pass filter to a second sound intermediate frequency signal. A low-pass filter extracts, from the second sound intermediate frequency signal, a signal having a frequency in the vicinity of a center frequency of the second sound intermediate frequency signal or a lower frequency. With such an arrangement, FM detection can be performed preferably even if the frequency of the first sound intermediate frequency signal is deviated.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for melt-adhering resin pipes, comprising support means (11, 12) for supporting a resin pipe (1) engaged with a resin joint (2), and laser irradiation means (30) for irradiating a laser beam onto a portion of the resin pipe engaged with the resin joint. Further, an axial direction driving means and a circumferential direction driving means may be provided so that the laser irradiation means (30) moves in the circumferential direction and in the axial direction of the resin pipe.