Abstract: A solid-state imaging device as disclosed includes a semiconductor layer having a light incidence surface and an element formation surface. The semiconductor layer includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units including a first photoelectric conversion portion, a second photoelectric conversion portion, an isolation portion, a charge accumulation region, a first transfer transistor capable of transferring a signal charge from the first photoelectric conversion portion to the charge accumulation region, and a second transfer transistor capable of transferring a signal charge from the second photoelectric conversion portion to the charge accumulation region.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus of an embodiment includes a rotor image-pickup unit for picking up an image of a rotor using a rotor image-pickup device in the air gap between the rotor and a stator. The rotor image-pickup device includes: a carriage casing; a camera; an image-pickup position changing part; and an image-pickup direction changing part. The camera is installed in the carriage casing, and picks up an image of a ventilation hole of the rotor in the air gap. The image-pickup position changing part is installed in the carriage casing, and changes an image-pickup position of the camera by moving the carriage casing in a circumferential direction of the rotor in the air gap. The image-pickup direction changing part is installed in the carriage casing, and changes an image-pickup direction of the camera to an inclined angle to a radial direction of the rotor in the air gap.

Abstract: A contact system for electrically connecting a device having an arcuate wall with a docking station having a linear wall. The contact system includes a first contact positioned in the device and a second contact positioned in the docking station. The first contact has a contoured contact engagement surface with a contoured contact engagement surface arc which is essentially the same as an arcuate wall arc of the arcuate wall of the device. The second contact has a resilient contact arm which engages the contoured contact engagement surface of the first contact when the device is inserted into the docking station. The engagement of the resilient contact arm of the second contact and the contoured contact engagement surface of the first contact provides a positive electrical connection between the first contact and the second contact and compensates for angular misalignment between the device with the docking station.

Abstract: A pre-folding apparatus for a pouch-type battery includes: a main frame, a rib, a pusher support portion, and a pusher. The main frame includes a pair of columns and a horizontal bar configured to connect upper portions of the columns. The rib installed to be fixed across the pair of columns under the horizontal bar has a forming protrusion whose upper end is flat. The pusher support portion disposed above the rib includes a linear driving portion configured to move the pusher support portion in a vertical direction along the columns. Finally, the pusher installed at the pusher support portion is aligned with the forming protrusion.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition with improved high temperature safety and a lithium secondary battery including the same is described herein. The electrolyte composition containing a primary additive comprising a compound represented by Formula 1, and specific amount of a secondary additive that contains one or more of cyclic carbonates, can not only reduce the generation of gas during secondary battery charge-discharge, but also improve storage characteristics and the lifespan characteristics under a high temperature condition by strengthening the SEI coating film on the surface of an electrode. wherein all the variables are described herein.

Abstract: An electrical connector which can be used to field terminate a cable. The electrical connector includes a housing having a base member and a cover member. An electrical terminal is positioned in a terminal receiving cavity of the housing. The electrical terminal includes an insulation displacement portion and a quick disconnect portion. The insulation displacement portion has insulation displacement slots provide at a first end of the terminal. The quick disconnect portion is positioned at a second end of the terminal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present technology includes a semiconductor chip, and a wiring board portion having the semiconductor chip mounted thereon and having an external connection terminal for establishing electrical connection to the outside, the external connection terminal being formed on its back surface which is a surface opposite to its front surface which is a surface on which the semiconductor chip is mounted, in which the semiconductor chip is connected to a terminal formed on the front surface of the wiring board portion through a bonding wire to be wire-bonded to the wiring board portion, and a heat dissipation member is disposed between the bonding wire and the wiring board portion.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an acoustic wave resonator includes forming a dielectric layer on an upper surface of a substrate, forming a lower electrode on an upper surface of the dielectric layer, forming a layer of piezoelectric material on an upper surface of the lower electrode, forming a dielectric material layer via in the dielectric layer subsequent to forming the lower electrode and the layer of piezoelectric material, and forming a conductive through substrate via passing through the substrate and the dielectric material layer via and contacting a lower surface of the lower electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution, wherein a patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is included on one surface or both surfaces of at least one structure of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, or the separator.

Abstract: A system for a high resolution optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) using various optical configurations to reduce polarization dependent loss (PDL) is disclosed. The system may include a birefringent element to receive an input optical beam. The birefringent element may then split the optical beam into at least two exit beams. The system may also include an optical configuration comprising at least one optical element. The optical configuration may receive the at least two exit beams from the birefringent element and transform at least one of the two exit beams using the at least one optical element to provide two parallel beams with parallel polarizations. The optical configuration may then output the two parallel beams with parallel polarizations to a downstream optical element, such as a diffraction grating, or other optical element.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a secondary battery, including: a current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer provided on the current collector; and a second negative electrode active material layer provided on the first negative electrode active material layer, in which at least one of the first and second negative electrode active material layers includes a lithium-substituted carboxymethyl cellulose, and the second negative electrode active material layers includes a silicon-based active material, and a secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a secondary battery, including: a current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer provided on the current collector; and a second negative electrode active material layer provided on the first negative electrode active material layer, in which the first and second negative electrode active material layers include a silicon-based active material and natural graphite, the natural graphite has an average particle diameter (D50) of 10 ?m or less, and the OI (004/110) of the first and second negative electrode active material layers is 8 or less, and a secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: An electronic device according to the present disclosure includes a semiconductor substrate, a chip, a bump, and a sidewall portion. The bump connects a plurality of connection pads provided on the opposing main surfaces of the semiconductor substrate and the chip. The sidewall portion includes a porous metal layer and that annularly surrounds a region where a plurality of bumps is provided, and connects the semiconductor substrate and the chip. The chip has a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of the semiconductor substrate by 0.1 ppm/° C. or more. The chip is a semiconductor laser, and the semiconductor substrate includes a drive circuit that drives the semiconductor laser.

Abstract: A closed-loop control device, for closed-loop control of a power assembly including an internal combustion engine and a generator having an operative drive connection to the internal combustion engine, includes: the closed-loop control device which is configured for: detecting a generator power (PG) of the generator as a controlled variable; determining a control deviation (eP) as a difference between the generator power (PG) which is detected and a target generator power (Psoll); determining a target speed (nsoll) as a manipulated variable for controlling the internal combustion engine as a function of the control deviation (eP); using a control rule for determining the target speed (nsoll); and being operatively connected to an open-loop control device of the internal combustion engine in such a way that the target speed (nsoll) can be transmitted by the closed-loop control device to the open-loop control device.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a heating rotating body, a pressure rotating body, and a fixing frame. The fixing frame supports the heating rotating body and the pressure rotating body. The fixing frame includes a pair of side plates and a plurality of stays. The side plates are disposed to face each other, and supports both axial end portions of the heating rotating body and both axial end portions of the pressure rotating body. The stays are disposed between the side plates. In a XYZ coordinate in which an axis along a direction in which the side plates face each other is defined as the X-axis, and axes perpendicular to the X-axis and perpendicular to each other are defined as the Y-axis and the Z-axis, each of the stays is fastened to the side plates at least two axial directions of the three axial directions of the XYZ coordinates.

Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a light source portion, a deflector, a first scanning lens, a second scanning lens, and a pair of reflection mirrors. The first scanning lens collects a light beam having been reflected by the deflector. The second scanning lens causes the light beam having passed through the first scanning lens to form an image on a circumferential surface of an image carrier. The pair of reflection mirrors, on an image formation optical path of the light beam, reflect the light beam having passed through the second scanning lens toward the image carrier. The light beam having been reflected by the pair of reflection mirrors passes between the first scanning lens and the second scanning lens to travel toward the image carrier.

Abstract: Methods and systems for hybrid feature video bitstream encoding and decoding are provided. Encoding can be performed in one of a plurality of modes. In one mode, the video components of the encoded bitstream include residual data generated encoding the difference between feature data and input video data. A compatible decoder can operate in a plurality of decoding modes. In one decoding mode, the video components are decoded using the encoded video and encoded feature data in the bitstream. The hybrid bitstream between the encoder and decoder is formed with a plurality of hybrid segments, each having a plurality of components specifying characteristics the feature and video content of the segment.

Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a main relay that controls connection between a battery pack and a load may comprise a resistor dividing circuit including a plurality of resistors, wherein the resistor dividing circuit is connected between a first main relay connected to a positive terminal of the battery pack and the load and between a first end of a second main relay connected to a negative terminal of the battery pack and a second end of the second main relay, and a diagnosing module connected to the resistor dividing circuit and a voltage source and outputting a relay diagnosis voltage to be used for diagnosing the first main relay and the second main relay.

Abstract: A video encoder encodes a bitstream for decoding by a compliant decoder which is configured to selectively operate in a mode for generating a motion compensation predictor from a reference picture for a subsequent picture having a resolution different from the reference picture. The encoded bitstream includes a coded picture having a first coded region and a second coded region and signaling information from which the decoder determines first and second spatial resolution scale factors for reconstructing the first and second regions.

Abstract: An electrode for electrochemical reaction device of an embodiment includes: a substrate; and a catalyst lamination provided on the substrate, and having a plurality of catalyst layers, and void layers respectively arranged between the plurality of catalyst layers adjacent to each other. The plurality of catalyst layers include a first catalyst layer arranged at a position close to the substrate and having a first thickness, and a second catalyst layer arranged at a position separated from the substrate and having a second thickness that is smaller than the first thickness.