Abstract: It is an object to provide an overcurrent protecting device to branch lines branched from a trunk line and to make it easy to check the overcurrent protecting device. A solar power generation system includes an electric power extracting trunk line having a plurality of solar cell strings interconnected in parallel; a plurality of branch lines that connect the solar cell strings to the trunk line, and an overcurrent protecting device connected between the branch line and the solar cell string.

Abstract: According to this invention, a data arrangement method, the computer connected to a storage system which provides a plurality of logical storage devices comprising a plurality of physical storage devices arranges data in a logical storage volume constructed by integrating the plurality of logical storage devices. The method includes: a step wherein the computer receives an instruction to build the logical storage volume using the plurality of logical storage devices or to rebuild the constructed logical storage volume; a step wherein the computer obtains information about the plurality of physical storage devices constituting each of the plurality of logical storage devices included in the received instruction; and a step wherein the arrangement position of data into the logical storage volume is determined on the basis of the obtained information about the plurality of physical storage devices.

Abstract: A method of depositing a silicon oxide film on a resist pattern or etched lines formed on a substrate by plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) includes: providing a substrate on which a resist pattern or etched lines are formed in a PEALD reactor; controlling a temperature of a susceptor on which the substrate is placed at less than 50° C. as a deposition temperature; introducing a silicon-containing precursor and an oxygen-supplying reactant to the PEALD reactor and applying RF power therein in a cycle, while the deposition temperature is controlled substantially or nearly at a constant temperature of less than 50° C., thereby depositing a silicon oxide atomic layer on the resist pattern or etched lines; and repeating the cycle multiple times substantially or nearly at the constant temperature to deposit a silicon oxide atomic film on the resist pattern or etched lines.

Abstract: With a solar cell module (1A) according to one embodiment, a plurality of solar cells (3) are formed in rows and disposed in parallel on an insulating substrate (2), and are connected in series. The proximal ends of lead wires (7) are connected to end electrodes (6) provided at both ends of the serial connection. These lead wires (7) are guided from the end electrodes (6) along the insulating substrate (2), and are formed in a curved shape. The shape of the lead wires (7) may also be that of a mesh formed from fine copper or aluminum wire.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a solar battery module includes a stacking step of arranging a peripheral sealing member at a peripheral portion of an upper surface of a glass substrate, arranging one or more solar cells on the upper surface of the glass substrate surrounded by the peripheral sealing member, arranging a first laminate film on an upper surface of the solar cells, and stacking a surface side plate glass above the first laminate film to face the glass substrate. The manufacturing method of a solar battery module further includes a sealing step of performing a lamination process by heating and applying pressure to the first laminate film in an air evacuation environment to obtain a translucent resin layer, and sealing the solar cells and the translucent resin layer in a space surrounded by the glass substrate, the surface side plate glass and the peripheral sealing member.

Abstract: An optical disc (100) is provided with a recording region where prescribed clock information (WBL) is preformatted for recording. The clock information is (i) included in a first frequency band that is definable by a first reference frequency (Fstd) (that is impossible for a conventional reproducing device to detect by a detecting method based on a self-correlation) and is (ii) defined by a frequency that is integer times the first frequency.

Abstract: A method of forming dielectric film having Si—N bonds on a semiconductor substrate by plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD), includes: introducing a nitrogen- and hydrogen-containing reactive gas and a rare gas into a reaction space inside which the semiconductor substrate is placed; introducing a hydrogen-containing silicon precursor in pulses of less than 1.0-second duration into the reaction space wherein the reactive gas and the rare gas are introduced; exiting a plasma in pulses of less than 1.0-second duration immediately after the silicon precursor is shut off; and maintaining the reactive gas and the rare gas as a purge of less than 2.0-second duration.

Abstract: A method for controlling flow and concentration of a liquid precursor includes: supplying a carrier gas to a first auto-pressure regulator and outputting therefrom the carrier gas at a first pressure to a precursor reservoir; outputting the mixture of the vaporized precursor and the carrier gas from the precursor reservoir; and supplying the mixture to a second auto-pressure regulator and outputting therefrom the mixture at a second pressure to a reactor via an orifice.

Abstract: A method of forming a conformal dielectric film having Si—N bonds on a semiconductor substrate by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) includes: introducing a nitrogen- and hydrogen-containing reactive gas and an additive gas into a reaction space inside which a semiconductor substrate is placed; applying RF power to the reaction space; and introducing a hydrogen-containing silicon precursor in pulses into the reaction space wherein a plasma is excited, thereby forming a conformal dielectric film having Si—N bonds on the substrate.

Abstract: A method of forming a conformal dielectric film having Si—N bonds on a substrate having a patterned surface includes: introducing a reactant gas into a reaction space; introducing a silicon precursor in pulses of less than 5-second duration into the reaction space; applying a first RF power to the reaction space during the pulse of the silicon precursor; applying a second RF power to the reaction space during the interval of the silicon precursor pulse, wherein an average intensity of the second RF power during the interval of the silicon precursor pulse is greater than that of the first RF power during the pulse of the silicon precursor; and repeating the cycle to form a conformal dielectric film having Si—N bonds with a desired thickness on the patterned surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A method of forming dielectric film having Si—N bonds on a semiconductor substrate by plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD), includes: introducing a nitrogen- and hydrogen-containing reactive gas and a rare gas into a reaction space inside which the semiconductor substrate is placed; introducing a hydrogen-containing silicon precursor in pulses of less than 1.0-second duration into the reaction space wherein the reactive gas and the rare gas are introduced; exiting a plasma in pulses of less than 1.0-second duration immediately after the silicon precursor is shut off; and maintaining the reactive gas and the rare gas as a purge of less than 2.0-second duration.

Abstract: A clamping mechanism for a semiconductor substrate includes: a C-shaped pickup plate; a susceptor top plate having a periphery adapted to receive and support an inner periphery portion of the C-shaped pickup plate thereon; and a clamp comprising (i) a top ring portion for clamping the substrate by sandwiching a periphery of the substrate between the top ring portion and the susceptor top plate and (ii) a pickup plate supporting portion adapted to support an outer periphery portion of the C-shaped pickup plate, wherein the C-shaped pickup plate is movable between the top ring portion and the pickup plate supporting portion, and the clamp is movable upward together with the C-shaped pickup plate and the susceptor top plate.

Abstract: A solar battery panel inspection apparatus is an apparatus for inspecting a solar battery panel including a transparent insulating substrate having a main surface, and a transparent electrode layer, a semiconductor photoelectric conversion layer and a back electrode layer which are sequentially stacked and having an outer circumferential insulating region in which the main surface is exposed, to check the insulation performance of the outer circumferential insulating region.

Abstract: To provide a database which has plural log storage areas, and eliminates the sort in the restoration process by means of the application of logs, thereby carrying out the restoration quickly. A management server allocates DB servers to a corresponding one of plural data storage areas so as to access the corresponding one. The DB servers store data to the allocated data storage areas. When the data is referenced or updated, a log representing a data change history is stored in preset log areas for each data server. When the management server transmits a notification to change the data storage areas, area remapping logs are stored in log areas.

Abstract: A cylinder block is provided with a cylinder bore and a thermally sprayed metallic coating disposed on an internal wall of the cylinder bore. The internal wall has first and second wall sections that are located at different axial locations along the internal wall of the cylinder bore. The thermally sprayed metallic coating is disposed on the internal wall of the cylinder bore by spraying droplets of a molten metal. The thermally sprayed metallic coating includes a first thermally sprayed coating portion having a first iron oxide concentration and a second thermally sprayed coating portion having a second iron oxide concentration. The first thermally sprayed coating portion is disposed on the first wall section. The second thermally sprayed coating portion is disposed on the second wall section. The second iron oxide concentration is different from the first iron oxide concentration.

Abstract: The thin-film solar cell module according to the present invention has a substrate and a cell module that includes three or more cell strings, each of which has a constant width, and is characterized in that each cell string has a plurality of solar cells which are connected in series, the cell strings are provided on the substrate so as to be aligned in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the solar cells are connected in series and connected to each other in parallel, the solar cells each have a front surface electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer and a rear surface electrode stacked in this order, the cell strings have contact lines which electrically connect the front surface electrode of one of neighboring solar cells of the solar cells and the rear surface electrode of the other, the solar cells being included in the cell string, and have the same width as the cell string, and at least one of the cell strings at the two ends of the above described three or more cell strings has a width

Abstract: The thin-film solar cell module according to the present invention has: a substrate; and a cell module having three or more cell strings, each of which has a constant width, wherein each cell string has a plurality of solar cells having the same width as the cell string and connected in series, the cell strings have the same length as the solar cells connected in series and are provided on the substrate in parallel connection so as to be aligned, the solar cells respectively have a front surface electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer and a rear surface electrode layered in this order, each cell string has contact lines electrically connecting the front surface electrode of a first solar cell to the rear surface electrode of a second solar cell, and the cell strings at both ends in the three or more cell strings have a width narrower than the other cell string.

Abstract: In a solar cell module and a manufacturing method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention, a solar cell (55) composed of a transparent electrode film, a photoelectric conversion layer and a back face electrode film is laminated on a light-transmitting insulating substrate (51). On the back face electrode film of the solar cell (55), an insulated lead wire (62, 63) and a back film (65) having an opening (65a) for drawing out an output lead portion (62a, 63a) of the lead wire (62, 63) are sequentially laminated. In such a solar cell module, an insulating sheet (11) is disposed between the back face electrode film of the solar cell (55) and the back film (65) so as to completely cover the opening (65a) of the back film (65). The insulating sheet (11) is disposed so as to cover the entire perimeter of the edge of the opening (65a) of the back film (65).

Abstract: A method for forming an interconnect structure with airgaps, includes: providing a structure having a trench formed on a substrate; depositing a spacer oxide layer on sidewalls of the trench as sidewall spacers by plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition; filling the trench having the sidewall spacers with copper; removing the sidewall spacers to form an airgap structure; and encapsulating the airgap structure, wherein airgaps are formed between the filled copper and the sidewalls of the trench.

Abstract: In a screw structure of a high-pressure tank, there is an issue in that the strength of the screw section declines each time the screw section is used, and therefore an object of the present invention is to provide a tank having a structure which restricts decline in the strength of the screw section. In order to achieve this, the tank according to the present invention includes a mouthpiece having a mouthpiece screw section which is formed with a screw thread and has a larger diameter on the outer side than on the inner side in an axial direction of the tank, and a valve having a valve screw section which corresponds only to a portion of the mouthpiece screw section. In this tank, when installing a product valve on the mouthpiece, it is possible to use a screw portion of the mouthpiece of which strength has not declined, by using, for example, a test valve and a product valve having different positions of the valve screw sections.