Abstract: A reduction in contaminating impurities in a TFT, and a TFT which is reliable, is obtained in a semiconductor device which uses the TFT. By removing contaminating impurities residing in a film interface of the TFT using a solution containing fluorine, a reliable TFT can be obtained.

Abstract: A high precision high reliability and quick response thermosensitive chip and manufacturing method thereof is provided, including a thermosensitive ceramic semiconductor substrate; glass protective layers are alternately spray-coated and sintered on the two surfaces of the thermosensitive ceramic semiconductor substrate; and the two surfaces of the thermosensitive ceramic semiconductor substrate having the glass protective layers are printed with metal electrode layers. The thermosensitive chip achieves quick response, accurate control of resistance precision and has high precision; in addition, the glass protective layers thereof enable the thermosensitive chip to have high reliability.

Abstract: A system and method for calculating a flip angle schedule is provided. The technique includes selecting an initial condition, providing a function for calculating flip angles, calculating flip angles, assessing the flip angles, and repeating the calculation of the flip angles by adjusting the function until a desired flip angle schedule is obtained.

Abstract: An axial fan is provided which has a high degree of freedom of design of a condition of gas to be discharged. An axial fan 1 of the present disclosure comprises a discharge port; a rotation axis; an impeller 23; and a casing 30 including a side wall 31 part that encloses the impeller 23, wherein the side wall part 31 includes a plurality of inner face parts 37a1 in a circumferential direction on the discharge port 2 side, and an inner face part angle is an angle of the inner face part 37a1 with respect to the rotation axis, and the inner face part angle on an outwardly spreading side with respect to the rotation axis is a positive angle, and the inner face part angles are greater than 0°, and the two inner face parts adjacent to each other have different inner face part angles.

Abstract: Provided is a heavy duty pneumatic tire that includes a tread portion including, in a tread pattern: shoulder lug grooves extending outward in the tire width direction and opening at ground contact edges; a pair of circumferential primary grooves; center lug grooves; center blocks defined by the center lug grooves and the pair of circumferential primary grooves and aligned in the tire circumferential direction; and circumferential secondary grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction in the center block regions and opening to the center lug grooves adjoining the center blocks. The circumferential secondary grooves extend in the tire circumferential direction while changing positions in the tire width direction and each include third groove turning portions formed into a bent shape or a curved shape. The ratio P4/P1 of the width P4 of the circumferential secondary grooves to the width P1 of the circumferential primary grooves is from 0.70 to 1.10.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod comprising 0.1-1.0 mass % Mg; 0.1-1.0 mass % Si; 0.01-1.40 mass % Fe; 0.01-0.50 mass % Zr; 0.000-0.100 mass % Ti; 0.000-0.030 mass % B; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cu; 0.00-0.50 mass % Ag; 0.00-0.50 mass % Au; 0.00-1.00 mass % Mn; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cr; 0.00-0.50 mass % Hf; 0.00-0.50 mass % V; 0.00-0.50 mass % Sc; 0.00-0.50 mass % Co; and 0.00-0.50 mass % Ni, a Mg/Si ratio being greater than 1, wherein a dispersion density of an Mg2Si compound having a particle size of 0.5 ?m to 5.0 ?m is less than or equal to 3.0×10?3 particles/?m2, and in the sectional structure, a concentration of each of Mg and Si other than a compound is less than or equal to 2.00 mass %.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a method for manufacturing the same and a display device. The array substrate includes a plurality of signal lines and a connection line electrically connected to the plurality of signal lines. During the formation of each insulation layer on the connection line, a via-hole is formed at a position where the connection line is to be interrupted. In addition, the protection layer is provided to cover the portion of the connection line corresponding to the region where the via-hole is located, so as to protect the connection line. Upon the completion of the insulation layers, the connection line may be interrupted through the via-holes, so as to interrupt electrical connection among the signal lines.

Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring an interior of a process chamber including a process chamber including a chamber body and a view port defined in the chamber body, a cover section including a pinhole in one end, the cover section disposed to correspond to an end portion of the view port, the cover section having a first length in a direction toward a center point of the process chamber, and a sensing unit inserted into the view port to monitor the interior of the process chamber through the pinhole, a region in the process chamber to be sensed by the sensing unit determined based on the first length may be provided.

Abstract: An automatic transmission where an engagement mode in which the forward engagement element is put in the engagement state is executed when the vehicle travels forward in the second mode in which the second engagement element is put in the engagement state and the first engagement element is put in a release state.

Abstract: Provided are: a thermally conductive silicone composition which, while having low hardness, exhibits excellent re-workability and excellent long-term stability; and a thermally conductive silicone moulded article obtained by moulding said composition into a sheet shape. The thermally conductive silicone composition includes: an organopolysiloxane (a) which has, in at least molecular side chains, alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms, and in which the number of alkenyl groups in molecular side chains is 2-9; an organohydrogenpolysiloxane (b) in which at least both terminals are closed by hydrogen atoms directly bonded to silicon atoms; a thermally conductive filler (c); a platinum group metal-based curing catalyst (d); and an organic antioxidant and/or an inorganic antioxidant as an antioxidant (e).

Abstract: A silicon carbide vertical MOSFET includes an N-counter layer of a first conductivity type formed in a surface layer other than a second semiconductor layer base layer selectively formed in a low concentration layer on a surface of the substrate, a gate electrode layer formed through a gate insulating film in at least a portion of an exposed portion of a surface of a third semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type between a source region of the first conductivity type and the N-counter layer of the first conductivity type, and a source electrode in contact commonly with surfaces of the source region and the third semiconductor layer. Portions of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer are connected with each other in a region beneath the N-counter layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula [1] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which has an excellent NHE3 inhibitory effect: [Formula 15] A-Y??[1] wherein A represents a structure represented by the following formula [2]: wherein R11 and R12 each represent a halogen atom or the like, R2 represents C1-6 alkyl or the like, ring E represents triazole, tetrazole, pyrimidine, or the like, R31 and R32 each represent a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy, or the like, and W represents a single bond, the formula —NH—, the formula —O—, or the formula —CONH—, and Y represents a hydrogen atom or a structure represented by the following formula [3?]:

Abstract: An oil-water separation apparatus is provided which can easily separate and collect oil from a liquid mixture containing water and oil at low cost. The oil-water separation apparatus includes an oil-water-separating member configured to separate a liquid mixture containing water and oil into moisture and oil, and a liquid reservoir subdivided into an upper region and a lower region by the oil-water-separating member. The oil-water separation apparatus filters the liquid mixture by gravity. The oil-water-separating member includes a base which includes a channel for the liquid mixture. The oil-water-separating member is formed in the base, and the oil-water-separating member contains a fluorine compound which has an oil-repellency-imparting group and a hydrophilicity-imparting group. A drain port for discharging the moisture is formed in the lower region of the liquid reservoir.

Abstract: A suction-attachment structure includes an electrically conducting unit and a suction-attaching member. The suction-attaching member includes a base. The base has an edge from which a wall extends. The wall has an upper end forming an attaching face. The electrically conducting unit is coupled to the base of the suction-attaching member. The attaching face formed at the upper end of the wall defines a suction-attaching configuration to allow the suction-attaching member to securely hold the electrically conducting unit in position. As such, the electrically conducting unit is prevented from displacing during an operation of detection and contact engagement with a surface layer of a human body can be securely maintained for carrying out detection of physiological signals.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a scent-generating apparatus and a special-effect experiential chair equipped with same, and more specifically, to a scent-generating apparatus which is installed in the interior or exterior of a movie theater and operates during a movie screening to release scent into the audience and impart olfactory effects, thereby maximizing the degree of immersion of the audience, and to a special-effect experiential chair equipped with the scent-generating apparatus.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a steam electrolysis cell of which current efficiency is high and by which hydrogen can be efficiently produced, and a method for producing hydrogen using the steam electrolysis cell. The steam electrolysis cell according to the present invention is characterized in comprising an anode layer, a cathode layer, and a proton conducting oxide electrolyte layer between the anode layer and the cathode layer, wherein the anode layer comprises a perovskite oxide, and the perovskite oxide comprises Ba and Co.

Abstract: Disclosed is a face detection method and apparatus, the method including detecting a candidate area from a target image using a first sliding window moving at an interval of a first step length and detecting a face area in the candidate area using a second sliding window moving at an interval of a second step length less than the first step length.

Abstract: A multiple parallel-connected resonant converter, an inductor-integrated magnetic element and a transformer-integrated magnetic element are provided. The multiple parallel-connected resonant converter includes a first and a second converters. The first converter having a first input and output end includes a first inductor, a first transformer and a first capacitor connected in series. The second converter having a second input and output end includes a second inductor, a second transformer and a second capacitor connected in series. The second output end is connected with the first output end in parallel. The first and second inductor are integrated in a first magnetic element, the first magnetic element includes a first and second side column, and a first and second central column. The first inductor includes a first coil positioned around the first central column and the second inductor includes a second coil positioned around the second central column.

Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing aircraft using a hybrid electric propulsion system includes an engine, a generator that produces electric power using power supplied by the engine, and a battery that stores the produced electric power. A motor receives the electric power stored in the battery and electric power produced by the generator but not stored in the battery and provides the power to a thrust generating apparatus. A controller selects either silence mode or normal mode, and determines the amount of electric power stored in the battery and the amount of electric power not stored in the battery from the electric power supplied to the motor. In the silence mode, the controller supplies only the electric power stored in the battery and controls a duration by adjusting output power of motor. In the normal mode, the controller supplies electric power not stored in the battery.

Abstract: A display apparatus and display panel having liquid crystal capsule layer on which a plurality of liquid crystal capsules are distributed; and an optical compensator configured to compensate an anisotropic refraction of the liquid crystal capsule layer.