Abstract: Provided is a laminated ceramic electronic component which has excellent mechanical characteristics, internal electrode corrosion resistance, high degree of freedom in ceramic material design, low cost, low defective rate, and various properties. The laminated ceramic electronic component includes: a laminate which has a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and Al/Mn alloy internal electrodes at a plurality of specific interfaces between the ceramic layers and an external electrode formed on the outer surface of the laminate, wherein the Al/Mn ratio of the Al/Mn alloy is 80/20 or more.

Abstract: A power transfer system includes a power transmission device and a power reception device which are capacitively coupled to allow electrical conduction therethrough in the manner of alternating current. The power transmission device includes an active electrode, a passive electrode, a step-up transformer, and a high-frequency voltage generating circuit. The power reception device includes an active electrode, a passive electrode, and a load circuit. A divider for voltage division based on load capacitances (C1 and C2) is provided between the active electrode and the passive electrode. The active electrode and the passive electrode have respective equivalent capacitances to ground (Ca and Cp) relative to the ground potential. A ground leakage current Ig is minimized by adjusting the values of the respective capacitances in an equivalent circuit so as to satisfy the relationship: C2/C1=Cp/Ca.

Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte, and which has good moldability and favorable battery characteristics. In the all-solid-state secondary battery, a carbon material having carbon particles with a fracture strength of 100 MPa or less is used for an electrode active material.

Abstract: A walking shoe that senses a fall and urges a user of the shoe to perform movement for fall prevention. When the walker stumbles or almost falls, a microprocessor is activated, based on a sensing signal of a pressure-sensitive sensor that senses a pressure applied to a tread to detect a lifting velocity and/or a lifting amount of the foot based on a detection signal of an acceleration sensor, and when the lifting velocity and/or the lifting amount is lower than a reference value, the microprocessor actuates a stimulator that stimulates a bottom of the foot. At this time, since the user reflexively lifts the foot, the user can avoid stumbling.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a module including a planar coil, and a module including a planar coil, reduce manufacturing cost and also are able to handle a large current. The method for manufacturing the module including the planar coil includes the steps of providing a second resin layer including a magnetic filler on a first resin layer with a built-in chip-type electronic component; providing a planar coil on the second resin layer; and providing a third resin layer including a non-magnetic property so as to coat the planar coil.

Abstract: A crystalline perovskite crystalline composite paraelectric material includes nano-regions containing rich N3? anions dispersed in a nano-grain sized matrix of crystalline oxide perovskite material, wherein (ABO3-?)?-(ABO3-?-?N?)1-?. A represents a divalent element, B represents a tetravalent element, ? satisfies 0.005???1.0, 1-? satisfies 0.05?1-??0.9, and 1-? is an area ratio between the regions containing rich N3? anions and the matrix of remaining oxide perovskite material.

Abstract: A ladder filter including a series arm resonator and a parallel arm resonator disposed on the same common piezoelectric substrate achieves improved miniaturization. The ladder filter includes series arm resonators and parallel arm resonators, which include elastic wave resonators, and are disposed on the same common piezoelectric substrate, at least one parallel arm resonator of the series arm resonators and the parallel arm resonators includes a first resonator and a second resonator electrically connected in parallel to each other, and the first resonator and the second resonator are arranged in parallel or substantially in parallel in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to an elastic wave propagation direction, on one side outside one series arm resonator of remaining resonators in the elastic wave propagation direction thereof.

Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a circuit substrate on which sheets are laminated, a wireless IC element provided on the sheet, a radiator provided on the sheet, and a loop-shaped electrode defined by first planar conductors, via hole conductors, and one side of the radiator, coupled to the wireless IC element. The first planar conductors are coupled to the radiator and the second planar conductors by auxiliary electrodes.

Abstract: An electronic component achieves reduced variations in the mounting positions of elements even with variations in the size of solder bumps and easily supports finer pitches of the bumps. The electronic component includes a common substrate, at least two elements mounted on a first main surface of the common substrate, a conductive pattern provided on the first main surface of the common substrate so as to extend in a direction along which the at least two elements are disposed adjacent to each other and including a plurality of lands arranged at positions corresponding to terminals of the elements insulating films provided at least on the conductive pattern so as to be spaced apart from both side edges of the lands in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a land extending direction and adjacent to both ends of the lands in the land extending direction, and solder bumps that are disposed on the lands and are arranged to connect the lands and the terminals of the elements.

Abstract: A small-sized piezoelectric power generation device is provided which can generate electric power even with vibrations at low frequencies. The piezoelectric power generation device includes a piezoelectric element formed in a spiral shape and having a center-side end fixed to a first fixing member and an outer-side end fixed to a second fixing member. The piezoelectric element includes a first piezoelectric body formed in a spiral shape and polarized in a radial direction of the piezoelectric element from one side toward the other side. The first and second fixing members are arranged such that the second fixing member is displaceable relative to the first fixing member in a tangential direction x, whereas the second fixing member is restricted from displacing relative to the first fixing member in a perpendicular direction y.

Abstract: A laminate is prepared in which adjacent internal electrodes are electrically insulated from each other at an end surface at which the internal electrodes are exposed, a space between the adjacent internal electrodes, which is measured in the thickness direction of insulating layers, is about 10 ?m or less when a withdrawn distance of the adjacent internal electrodes from the end surface is about 1 ?m or less, and is about 20 ?m or less when a protruding length of the adjacent internal electrodes from the end surface is at least about 0.1 ?m. In an electroplating step, electroplating deposits deposited on the ends of the adjacent internal electrodes are grown so as to be connected to each other.

Abstract: A diode type ultraviolet sensor having a layered-structure body including a conductive layer composed of a sintered ceramic body having conductivity and a semiconductor layer composed of an oxide semiconductor including ZnO. The semiconductor layer is disposed on a principal surface of the conductive layer and forms a heterojunction with the conductive layer. The ultraviolet sensor is used in such a condition that the semiconductor layer is positioned at a light-receiving side irradiated by ultraviolet rays. The semiconductor layer is preferably composed of a sintered body. The sintered body serving as the conductive layer and sintered body serving as the semiconductor layer are preferably formed by co-firing. Terminal electrodes are provided on a principal surface and the other principal surface of the layered-structure body, respectively.

Abstract: Regarding a boundary acoustic wave device in which at least a part of an IDT electrode is embedded in a groove disposed in a piezoelectric substrate, the acoustic velocity is increased. A boundary acoustic wave device is provided with a piezoelectric substrate, a first dielectric layer, and an IDT electrode. The surface of the piezoelectric substrate is provided with a groove. The IDT electrode is disposed at the boundary between the piezoelectric substrate and the first dielectric layer in such a way that at least a part thereof is located in the groove. In the inside of the groove, the groove angle ?, which is the size of an angle formed by an upper end portion of the inside surface of the groove with the surface of the piezoelectric substrate, is less than 90 degrees.

Abstract: A method for producing a thin film laminated capacitor that makes it possible to reduce the number of operations for etching its electrode layers and its dielectric layers. On a substrate, a capacitor part is formed wherein n electrode layers and (n?1) dielectric layers are alternately laminated onto each other, wherein n is 4 or more. The capacitor part is etched from the same side k times. In any ith etching operation, through holes are formed in an amount corresponding to respective ai layers of the electrode layers and the dielectric layers. At least one of ai's is set to 2 or more, and k is made smaller than n?1, thereby making it possible to make the 2nd to nth layers of the electrode layers from the etching starting side exposed at the bottom surfaces of the through holes.

Abstract: A wireless IC module that can function as a component of an RFID system even when mounted on a metal article includes a loop-shaped electrode that is constructed such that a plane of a loop of the loop-shaped electrode is substantially perpendicular to the mounting surface of a wireless IC module. The loop-shaped electrode functions as a magnetic field antenna and is electromagnetically coupled with a metal article so that the surface of the metal article functions as a radiator antenna.

Abstract: A vibrating gyroscope includes two input buffers each arranged to input voltage signals appearing at respective detection electrodes of one of two piezoelectric vibrators. An adding circuit adds up output voltages of the respective input buffers. An amplitude control circuit automatically controls a loop gain such that an output voltage of the adding circuit has a substantially constant amplitude. A phase-shift circuit controls the phase of a drive voltage supplied to the piezoelectric vibrators such that the piezoelectric vibrators oscillate by positive feedback. Two differential amplifier circuits each amplify a voltage difference corresponding to an angular velocity about an axis. Two synchronous detection circuits each perform detection using a synchronizing signal generated from an oscillation signal, and detect a voltage signal corresponding to the angular velocity.

Abstract: A wireless communication module and a wireless communication device that are less likely to become detached even when attached to a flexible base substrate and have a reduced height includes a flexible multilayer substrate including a plurality of stacked flexible base materials and a cavity provided therein, a wireless IC chip arranged in the cavity, and a sealant filled in the cavity so as to cover the wireless IC chip. The sealant is a material that is harder than the flexible base materials. The flexible multilayer substrate includes a loop-shaped electrode defined by coil patterns. The loop-shaped electrode is electrically connected to the wireless IC chip.

Abstract: To enhance a heat dissipation property and achieve stabilization of a resonance characteristic in an elastic wave resonator including an IDT electrode weighted so as to have a plurality of apodization local maximum value portions, the elastic wave resonator includes an IDT electrode located on a piezoelectric substrate, the IDT electrode is apodization-weighted so that a plurality of local maximum values occur in apodization in an elastic wave propagation direction, heat dissipation electrodes are provided in at least one apodization local minimum value portion occurring in the elastic wave propagation direction in the IDT electrode, and when it is assumed that direction dimension widths of the heat dissipation electrodes in the elastic wave propagation direction are A and the dimension of about ½ of a wave length of a propagating elastic wave is B, B<A is satisfied.

Abstract: A small-sized elastic wave apparatus in which heat generated at a portion of a cascade connection between resonators is sufficiently dissipated includes on one main surface of a piezoelectric substrate in an elastic wave filter mounted on a base substrate on which an input/output wiring line, a ground wiring line, and a floating wiring line insulated from the input/output wiring line and the ground wiring line are provided, first electrodes coupled to the input/output wiring line or the ground wiring line, second electrodes coupled to the floating wiring line, resonators, connection wiring lines connecting the resonators, and electrode wiring lines connecting the resonators and the first electrodes. The second electrodes are disposed in contact with the connection wiring line cascading the resonators and the connection wiring line cascading the resonators, respectively.

Abstract: A radio communication device includes a radio frequency IC chip configured to process a radio signal, a feeding circuit board that is coupled to the radio frequency IC chip and includes a loop electrode including coil patterns having a predetermined winding width, and an antenna pattern that is magnetically coupled to the loop electrode. The feeding circuit board is arranged so that, in plan view, a first region of the loop electrode in which the coil patterns extend in a first direction overlaps the antenna pattern and a second region of the loop electrode in which the coil patterns extend in a second direction opposite to the first direction do not overlap the antenna pattern. The first direction and a line length direction of the antenna pattern are the same or substantially the same.