Abstract: A production method capable of stably producing a prepreg and a copper foil with thin insulating layer using a thin backbone material capable of securing excellent laser hole-making property.

Abstract: A film carrier tape for mounting electronic parts comprises an insulating film, a wiring pattern formed on a surface of the insulating film, and a solder resist layer formed by moving a squeegee using a screen mask of a prescribed pattern that is formed in such a manner that connecting terminal portions of the wiring pattern should be exposed. The edge of the solder resist layer is formed almost in parallel or almost at right angles to the moving direction of the squeegee used in the application of the solder resist. The solder resist layer can be formed by the use of a screen mask for solder resist coating in which the edge of the screen that is unmasked to apply the solder resist is formed almost in parallel or almost at right angles to the moving direction of the squeegee used in the application of the solder resist. According to the present invention, the fraction defective of the solder resist coating can be decreased.

Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method capable of mass production of a thin film decoupling capacitor provided with a capacitor circuit on the surface of a film tape carrier form of a polyimide resin or the like. For the purpose of achieving the above described object, there is provided a film carrier tape with a capacitor circuit, including a wiring pattern on the surface of a resin film including a plurality of sprocket holes on each of the two edges, wherein the resin film includes solder ball land holes and the wiring pattern includes a capacitor circuit having a structure in which a dielectric layer is disposed between an upper electrode and a lower electrode. As the method for manufacturing the aforementioned film carrier tape, there is provided such a method for semicontinuously manufacturing the film carrier tape concerned in the state of tape as applied to manufacturing conventional TAB products.

Abstract: There is provided a blue excited yellow fluorescent material that shows a broad light emitting spectrum ranging from green components to red components, is easy to control color tones, has high color rendering properties, and can provide white light close to natural light (sunlight), by combining with a blue light emitting element such as LED. To achieve the above features, a blue excited yellow fluorescent materials comprising an alkaline earth metal sulfide as a crystal base material, the fluorescent material activated by Ce3+ and Eu2+ or Mn2+ is used; and specifically, a blue excited yellow fluorescent material represented by (Ca1-xSrx)S:Ce, Eu or (Ca1-xSrx)S:Ce, Mn is preferably used.

Abstract: A motor comprises a yoke as casing, a shaft extending along a center of the yoke, an annular stator fixed to the yoke and an armature fixed to the shaft to rotate with the shaft inside the stator. The armature comprises a plurality of teeth on the outer circumferential surface. A wire is wound on any of the teeth to form a normal coil. Another wire is wound on another of the teeth to form a brake coil that is a short circuit. When the motor rotates much faster, the brake coil produces magnetic flux which acts as load against the rotation of the motor to allow the motor to rotate slower.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tape cleaning device and tape cleaning method which can improve tape cleaning efficiency. The tape cleaning device includes a cleaning section structured in such a way so as to hold dipping water in a dipping tank, in which second and third guide rollers are dipped to dip the tape being transferred. The dipping tank holds an ultrasonic cleaning means which faces a fourth guide roller.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a flexible printed wiring board which allows formation of a bump on a wire trace even in a high-density mounting process, and a flexible printed wiring board which realizes high-density mounting with high reliability.

Abstract: A flexible printed wiring board comprises a wiring pattern that is made of conductive metal on the surface of an insulating base film and that is protected by bonding an insulating cover layer film to the surface of the wiring pattern in such a manner that the terminal section of the wiring pattern is exposed, wherein the size of the cover layer film is specified previously in such a manner that the shape of the cover layer film is almost same as that of the wiring pattern area from which the terminal section is excluded, from a viewpoint of projection, and the cover layer film is bonded to the wiring pattern area from which the terminal section is excluded. Also disclosed is a method for fabricating a flexible printed wiring board, and a semiconductor device, all that can prevent film edges from peeling and bubbles from being formed in a cover layer film when the cover layer film is bonded to the surface of the wiring pattern.

Abstract: A flow rate/liquid type detecting method for detecting the flow rate of a fluid and, at the same time, detecting any one of or both the type of the fluid and the concentration of the fluid, characterized in that: by using a flow rate/liquid type detecting apparatus comprising; a main passage through which a fluid to be detected flows, an auxiliary passage branched from said main passage, and a flow rate/liquid type detecting sensor device provided in said auxiliary passage, is provided, and in conducting any one of or both the detection of the type of said fluid to be detected and the detection of the concentration of said fluid to be detected, said auxiliary passage opening/closing valve is closed, and said fluid to be detected is allowed to temporarily stay within said flow rate/liquid type detecting sensor device to conduct any one of or both the detection of the liquid type and the detection of the concentration, and in detecting the flow rate of the fluid to be detected, said auxiliary passage opening/cl

Abstract: A flexible printed wiring board comprises a wiring pattern that is made of conductive metal on the surface of an insulating base film and that is protected by bonding an insulating cover layer film to the surface of the wiring pattern in such a manner that the terminal section of the wiring pattern is exposed, wherein a dummy pattern with a cross-sectional shape almost same as that of the wiring pattern is formed on a part of the area protected by the cover layer film in the event that no wiring pattern is formed on the part of the area. Also provided is a method for fabricating a flexible printed wiring board, and a semiconductor device all that can prevent film edges from peeling and bubbles from being formed in a cover layer film when the cover layer film is bonded to the surface of the wiring pattern.

Abstract: One form of evaluation apparatus comprising a plurality of light sources vertically arranged by one side of a carrier line in width direction Y perpendicular to carrying direction X of the carrier line; and a light-receiving section arranged by an opposite side of the carrier line in the width direction Y perpendicular to the carrying direction X of the carrier line.

Abstract: A sliding door apparatus includes a sliding door having a window and slidably disposed with respect to a body of a vehicle, a foreign object detecting unit that detects whether a foreign object exists in the open area, and a slide stopping unit that stops, upon the foreign object detecting unit detecting existence of the foreign object, sliding of the sliding door in the opening direction before the sliding door reaches a full-open position.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for identifying type and distillation properties of light oil. A pulse voltage is applied for a predetermined period of time to a liquid type identification sensor heater comprising a heater and an identification liquid temperature sensor provided in the vicinity of the heater; the light oil to be identified is heated by the heater; and the liquid type is identified with a voltage output difference V0, corresponding to a temperature difference between the initial temperature and the peak temperature of the identification liquid temperature sensor.

Abstract: A roller arm unit of the present invention has three or more pulleys by odd pieces. A door-opening cable and a door-closing cable extending from a power unit have tip ends fixed to a first and second end portions of a guide rail by way of the pulleys. The door-opening cable and the door-closing cable are intersected with each other between two neighboring pulleys. A path length of a take-up side cable becomes short and a path length of a pay-out side cable becomes long when the roller arm unit is caused to be swung due to influence of the curved portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin-coated copper foil, which does not form a crack in the filled resin layer due to thermal shock in a soldering step or the like, when the resin of the resin-coated copper foil has filled via holes. The present invention provides a resin-coated copper foil having the resin layer on one side of the copper foil, wherein the resin composition of the resin layer comprises (1) 20 to 70 parts by weight of an epoxy resin, (2) 5 to 30 parts by weight of a high polymer having a crosslinkable functional group in the molecule and a crosslinking agent therefor in combination, and (3) 10 to 60 parts by weight of a compound having a structure shown in Formula 1. wherein n is an integer of one or more.

Abstract: A housing, a sun gear rotatably supported in the housing, a ring gear rotatably supported coaxially with the sun gear, a planetary carrier rotatably supported coaxially with the sun gear, a plurality of planetary gears rotatably supported to the planetary carrier and meshing with the sun gear and the ring gear, a motor connected to the ring gear to rotate the ring gear, an electromagnetic brake capable of applying a braking force to rotation of the sun gear, and an actuating member connected to the planetary carrier and linked to a door of a vehicle, and capable of moving the door in opening and closing directions are provided.

Abstract: An opening switch for an opening and closing body includes a switch base having a first substrate and a second substrate which are put together in a manner such that inner faces of the substrates face each other and outer faces of the substrates are outer faces of the switch base; a main switch body provided on the outer face of the first substrate; a lever portion which is provided on the inner face of the first substrate and passes the second substrate through a through hole; and a flange portion for preventing an over stroke of the lever portion. The flange portion protrudes from the outer face of the second substrate and is positioned away from the lever portion and on a side toward which the lever portion is inclined. A flexible cover member for covering a combined body of the lever portion and the flange portion is provided.

Abstract: A liquid treating apparatus includes an etchant discharging nozzle for discharging a treating solution (E) onto an upper surface of a film carrier tape for mounting an electronic component (T) from above and a treating solution contact prevention chamber disposed on an upstream side of a liquid treating start position (A) in which an etchant (E) discharged onto an upper surface of the film carrier tape (T) through an etchant discharging nozzle starts etching and serving to prevent the discharged solution from coming in contact with the film carrier tape (T) before the liquid treating start position (A). The apparatus also includes a liquid sealing lip member of a first infiltration preventing member and an upper lip component and a lower lip component of a second infiltration preventing member disposed in the treating solution contact prevention chamber.

Abstract: A transportation apparatus for a film carrier tape for mounting electronic components comprises an unwinding side tension applying means 21 for applying a tension on the unwinding side to the film carrier tape 3, and a winding side tension applying means 23 for applying more larger tension on the winding side to the film carrier tape 3 than the tension on the unwinding side, and thereby the film carrier tape 3 is transported in such a condition that the gear protrusions 31 of the drive gear 17 are not abutted with the edges of the transportation direction side in the sprocket holes 40 of the film carrier tape 3.

Abstract: A film carrier tape for mounting electronic devices thereon has a tin-bismuth alloy deposit in which the bismuth content in the deposit is substantially uniform along a thickness direction thereof. The film carrier tape can be produced by plating at least a part of a wiring pattern with a tin-bismuth alloy and washing the tin-bismuth alloy deposit formed by plating with a water-ejecting washing nozzle within 6 seconds after the plating is completed. A plating apparatus for use in the above production includes a washing nozzle for washing the film carrier tape within 6 seconds after the film carrier tape has exited a plating tank.