Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology comprise a method and system for induction heating. The system may provide a first induction coil wrapped around a metal cylinder and a second induction coil wrapped around the metal cylinder. The first induction coil may carry a current in a first direction and the second induction coil may carry a current in an opposite, second direction. The currents may be generated in an alternating sequence.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixel electrodes each connected to a semiconductor device, a plurality of common electrodes each disposed opposite to a part of the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of common wirings each connected to the plurality of common electrodes. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer having a polycrystalline structure, and at least a part of each common wiring is composed of the oxide semiconductor layer. Each common electrode may be located across a plurality of pixel electrodes.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes an optical waveguide including a first main surface and a second main surface opposed to the first main surface, a first alignment film disposed on the second main surface, a first liquid crystal layer which overlaps the first alignment film, which comprises a first cholesteric liquid crystal, and which reflects at least part of light incident through the optical waveguide toward the optical waveguide, a second alignment film which overlaps the first liquid crystal layer, and a second liquid crystal layer which overlaps the second alignment film, which comprises a second cholesteric liquid crystal, and which reflects at least part of light incident through the optical waveguide toward the optical waveguide.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes an optical waveguide including a first main surface and a second main surface opposed to the first main surface, an alignment film disposed on the second main surface, a liquid crystal layer which overlaps the alignment film, which includes cholesteric liquid crystals, and which reflects at least part of light incident through the optical waveguide toward the optical waveguide, and a transparent first protective layer which overlaps the liquid crystal layer, and which is formed of a water-soluble polymer or a fluorine-based resin.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a counter substrate that are disposed opposite to each other with a liquid crystal layer in between. The TFT substrate has, an organic passivation film formed covering the TFT, and a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed on the organic passivation film, the organic passivation film having a through-hole to connect the pixel electrode and the TFT. A columnar spacer is formed on the counter substrate to define a distance between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. A planarization film made of resin is formed in the through-hole. A recess is formed in the through-hole by a surface of the planarization film and a sidewall of the through-hole. A tip end of the columnar spacer exists in the recess.

Abstract: A multilayer film substrate includes a piezoelectric substrate, a first insulating film formed on the piezoelectric substrate, a support substrate, a second insulating film formed on the support substrate, and a bonding layer formed between the first insulating film and the second insulating film. The piezoelectric substrate and the support substrate are bonded each other using the first insulating film, the second insulating film, and the bonding layer as an interlayer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an oxide insulating layer, an oxide semiconductor layer on the oxide insulating layer, a gate insulating layer on and in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer. The oxide semiconductor layer includes a channel region overlapping the gate electrode, and source and drain regions that do not overlap the gate electrode. At an interface between the source and drain regions and the gate insulating layer, a concentration of an impurity on a surface of at least one of the source and drain regions is greater than or equal to 1×1019 cm?3.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing method of a display device includes forming a lower electrode, forming an insulating layer which covers the lower electrode, forming a partition which includes a lower portion located on the insulating layer and formed of a conductive material and an upper portion located on the lower portion and protruding from a side surface of the lower portion, forming an aperture which overlaps the lower electrode by patterning the insulating layer, forming an organic layer including a light emitting layer, on the lower electrode, and forming an upper electrode which covers the organic layer and is in contact with the lower portion of the partition. The insulating layer is formed of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS).

Abstract: A vacuum pump which suppresses occurrence of deposition caused by an exhaust gas is obtained. The vacuum pump includes: a pump portion including a shaft portion, a rotor disposed on an outer peripheral side of the shaft portion, and a stator disposed on the outer peripheral side of the rotor; a channel of the exhaust gas from the pump portion to an outlet port; and a shielding portion which suppresses contact of the exhaust gas with the shaft portion in the channel. Further, an end portion of the shielding portion has a surface opposed to the rotor.

Abstract: A morphing wing includes a pantograph mechanism capable of being extended and contracted in a predetermined direction, a plurality of flight feathers attached to the pantograph mechanism, connection members configured to connect flight feathers adjacent to each other among the plurality of flight feathers, a first rotating mechanism configured to rotate the pantograph mechanism around one axis of a plane that intersects the direction, and a second rotating mechanism configured to rotate the pantograph mechanism around another axis of the plane. Each of the plurality of flight feathers is configured so that an angle formed by adjacent flight feathers connected via the connection members increases as the pantograph mechanism extends.

Abstract: A detection device includes: a substrate, a detection electrode on a first surface of the substrate, a first flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the detection electrode, a shield layer on a second surface opposite the first surface of the substrate, and a second flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the shield layer on the second surface; wherein the first flexible printed circuit board has a first terminal on a side of a first side extending outward from the substrate, the second flexible printed circuit board has a second terminal on a side of a second side extending outward from the substrate, the first flexible printed circuit board and the second flexible printed circuit board are arranged side-by-side along a side of the substrate.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a liquid crystal panel includes: a first substrate that is a light-transmitting substrate; a second substrate that is disposed facing the first substrate with a liquid crystal interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and is a light-transmitting substrate; a wiring layer provided on the first substrate on a side facing the liquid crystal and comprising a plurality of wiring lines arrayed in a predetermined direction; an insulating layer stacked on the wiring layer on a side facing the liquid crystal; a first electrode layer stacked on the insulating layer on a side facing the liquid crystal; and a second electrode layer provided on the second substrate on a side facing the liquid crystal. A sheet resistance of the first electrode layer is higher than a sheet resistance of the wiring layer and a sheet resistance of the second electrode layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first wiring electrically connected to the first electrode, a second wiring electrically connected to the second electrode, and a controller electrically connected to the first wiring and the second wiring, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are located in a display area, the first electrode is connected to the first wiring in a position away from the controller than the second electrode, the second electrode is connected to the second wiring in a position closer to the controller than the first electrode, and a number of the first wiring being greater than a number of the second wiring.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display area for displaying an image, a plurality of detection electrodes and a movable electrode. The plurality of detection electrodes are disposed in a peripheral area surrounding the display area. The movable electrode is disposed in such a way as to surround the detection electrodes and is movable around the detection electrodes. The movable electrode has a length corresponding to a length of each of the detection electrodes in a peripheral direction.

Abstract: A display apparatus with a detecting device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels provided to the substrate, an inorganic light emitting element provided to each of the pixels, a plurality of detection electrodes arranged in a first direction parallel to the substrate, and a plurality of drive electrodes arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction and provided intersecting the detection electrodes in planar view seen from a direction perpendicular to the substrate. The detection electrodes each includes a plurality of first linear parts, a plurality of second linear parts extending in a direction intersecting the first linear parts, and a bent part that couples the first linear part and the second linear part, the first linear parts and the second linear parts are metal thin wires, and the drive electrodes are translucent electric conductors.

Abstract: A probe position monitoring structure includes a first common line and a contact portion configured for being directly contacted with a probe. The contact portion includes a first zigzag structure, and a first end of the first zigzag structure is directly connected with the first common line. A method of monitoring a position of a probe includes the following steps. The probe position monitoring structure is provided. The first zigzag structure is directly contacted with a first probe. A resistance measurement is performed to measure a resistance of a portion of the first zigzag structure located between the first probe and the first end for monitoring a position of the first probe.

Abstract: Provided is an electric motor in which it is possible to accurately leading-out terminal sections of a magnet wire that constitutes a stator coil in a prescribed leading-out direction as lead wires. A wire cover formed from a hard insulating resin is press-fitted into a wire leading-out hole provided in an end member that closes one end of a motor housing, and lead wires are led out to an exterior through through-holes provided in the wire cover. Crush ribs are provided to side surfaces of a head part of the wire cover, and, due to crushing of the crush ribs and press-fitting of the wire cover into the wire leading-out hole, the wire cover is prevented from inclining within the wire leading-out hole and a leading-out direction of the lead wires is prevented from deviating from the prescribed leading-out direction.

Abstract: The present invention is a surface-modified carbon material including chemical addends added to the surface of graphene, such that a one-dimensional periodicity corresponding to a large number of addition positions of the chemical addends can be observed in a Fourier-transformed image of a scanning probe microscopic image of the surface of graphene. The surface-modified carbon material of the present invention has a bandgap and therefore can be used as a sensor capable of electronically controlling an operation or another electronic device.