Abstract: Provided is a film for a capacitor that can improve dielectric strength retention at high temperatures and can also improve metal vapor deposition properties and formability. The film for a capacitor contains a hydrogenated dicyclopentadiene ring-opened polymer that is crystalline and has a heat shrinkage ratio of not less than 0.01% and not more than 1.0% when heated at 200° C. for 10 minutes, a plane orientation factor of 0.01 or more, a density of 1.03×106 g/m3 or more, and a thickness of 15.0 ?m or less.

Abstract: A shaping material contains a crystalline alicyclic structure-containing resin. More specifically, the crystalline alicyclic structure-containing resin in the shaping material has a melting point of 200° C. or higher, and content of chlorobenzene-soluble components in the shaping material is 1,000 ppm or less as an o-dichlorobenzene-equivalent value based on gas chromatography analysis with o-dichlorobenzene as a standard substance.

Abstract: Provided is a film for a capacitor that can improve dielectric strength retention at high temperatures and can also improve metal vapor deposition properties and formability. The film for a capacitor contains a hydrogenated dicyclopentadiene ring-opened polymer that is crystalline and has a heat shrinkage ratio of not less than 0.01% and not more than 1.0% when heated at 200° C. for 10 minutes, a plane orientation factor of 0.01 or more, a density of 1.03×106 g/m3 or more, and a thickness of 15.0 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition containing a hydrogenated crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer and a nucleator, wherein a content of the nucleator is 0.01 to 0.50 part by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the hydrogenated crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer, and a resin formed article comprising a hydrogenated crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer and a nucleator, wherein a content of the nucleator is 0.01 to 0.50 part by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the hydrogenated crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer. The resin composition containing a hydrogenated crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer is suitably used as a raw material for a low-polluting resin formed article, and a low-polluting resin formed article containing the hydrogenated crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer.

Abstract: A shaping material contains a crystalline alicyclic structure-containing resin. More specifically, the crystalline alicyclic structure-containing resin in the shaping material has a melting point of 200° C. or higher, and content of chlorobenzene-soluble components in the shaping material is 1,000 ppm or less as an o-dichlorobenzene-equivalent value based on gas chromatography analysis with o-dichlorobenzene as a standard substance.

Abstract: The present invention is a flame-retardant resin composition comprising a cycloolefin-based polymer and a halogen-containing flame retardant selected from a group consisting of a halogenated bisimide compound and a halogen-containing styrene-based resin, and may be comprising a halogen-active species scavenger, wherein a content of the halogen-containing flame retardant is 10 to 80 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the cycloolefin-based polymer, and a content of the halogen-active species scavenger is less than 25 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the halogen-containing flame retardant, and a resin formed article. One aspect of the invention provides a flame-retardant resin composition having excellent flame retardance, low dielectric constant and low dielectric loss tangent, and a resin formed article produced by forming this flame-retardant resin composition.

Abstract: The present invention is a film capacitor comprising a dielectric film and a metal layer, the dielectric film being a resin film obtained by stretching an unstretched film produced using a crystalline hydrogenated dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer, and heating the resulting stretched film, and the resin film having a softening point of 250 to 320° C., a thermal shrinkage ratio of 0.01 to 5.0% when heated at 200° C. for 10 minutes, a loss tangent (tan ?) of 0.0001 to 0.0010, and a coefficient of static friction of 0.01 to 1.00. The present invention provides a film capacitor that includes a resin film as a dielectric film, the resin film exhibiting excellent heat resistance, excellent withstand voltage properties, and excellent workability.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition containing a hydrogenated crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer and a nucleator, wherein a content of the nucleator is 0.01 to 0.50 part by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the hydrogenated crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer, and a resin formed article comprising a hydrogenated crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer and a nucleator, wherein a content of the nucleator is 0.01 to 0.50 part by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the hydrogenated crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer. The resin composition containing a hydrogenated crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer is suitably used as a raw material for a low-polluting resin formed article, and a low-polluting resin formed article containing the hydrogenated crystalline dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer.

Abstract: A drive method for an electrostatic capacitance type transducer is provided. The electrostatic capacitance type transducer includes a plurality of elements, the element including one or more cells, the cell having a first electrode and a second electrode separated from the first electrode by a gap, the first electrode or the second electrode in the plurality of elements being applied with an alternating current voltage. The plurality of elements includes a first element and a second element. A waveform of an alternating current voltage applied to the first element is set the similar as a waveform of an alternating current voltage applied to the second element. A phase difference between the alternating current voltage applied to the first element and the alternating current voltage applied to the second element is set equal to approximately 90 degrees.

Abstract: A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer includes a first insulating film and a second insulating film disposed with a gap therebetween, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on outer surfaces of the first and second insulating films, respectively, with the gap therebetween, at least one cell having an electrostatic capacitance between the first and second electrodes that varies with a variation of a thickness of the gap caused by displacement of the second insulating film and the second electrode, and a voltage applying unit configured to apply a voltage to between the first electrode and the second electrode. An electric field strength applied to the first insulating film is closer to an electric field strength that causes dielectric breakdown than an electric field strength applied to the second insulating film.

Abstract: Provided are a method, a device and the like for driving a capacitance transducer that enable reduction of transmission sound pressure variation caused by variation in characteristics of a capacitance transducer used for, e.g., an ultrasound conversion element. A method for driving a capacitance transducer including a plurality of elements each including cells each having a structure in which a vibration membrane including one electrode of a pair of electrodes formed with a cavity therebetween is supported in such a manner that the vibration membrane can vibrate is provided.

Abstract: A transducer includes at least one element including a plurality of cells. Each of the cells includes a pair of electrodes disposed with a gap therebetween and a vibrating membrane including one of the electrodes, and the vibrating membrane is vibratably supported. First and second cells of the plurality of cells in the element have the gaps that communicate with each other, and the first cell and a third cell in the element have the gaps that do not communicate with each other.

Abstract: The present invention is a flame-retardant resin composition comprising a cycloolefin-based polymer and a halogen-containing flame retardant selected from a group consisting of a halogenated bisimide compound and a halogen-containing styrene-based resin, and may be comprising a halogen-active species scavenger, wherein a content of the halogen-containing flame retardant is 10 to 80 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the cycloolefin-based polymer, and a content of the halogen-active species scavenger is less than 25 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the halogen-containing flame retardant, and a resin formed article. One aspect of the invention provides a flame-retardant resin composition having excellent flame retardance, low dielectric constant and low dielectric loss tangent, and a resin formed article produced by forming this flame-retardant resin composition.

Abstract: The present invention is a film capacitor comprising a dielectric film and a metal layer, the dielectric film being a resin film obtained by stretching an unstretched film produced using a crystalline hydrogenated dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer, and heating the resulting stretched film, and the resin film having a softening point of 250 to 320° C., a thermal shrinkage ratio of 0.01 to 5.0% when heated at 200° C. for 10 minutes, a loss tangent (tan?) of 0.0001 to 0.0010, and a coefficient of static friction of 0.01 to 1.00. The present invention provides a film capacitor that includes a resin film as a dielectric film, the resin film exhibiting excellent heat resistance, excellent withstand voltage properties, and excellent workability.

Abstract: A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer includes a first insulating film and a second insulating film disposed with a gap therebetween, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on outer surfaces of the first and second insulating films, respectively, with the gap therebetween, at least one cell having an electrostatic capacitance between the first and second electrodes that varies with a variation of a thickness of the gap caused by displacement of the second insulating film and the second electrode, and a voltage applying unit configured to apply a voltage to between the first electrode and the second electrode. An electric field strength applied to the first insulating film is closer to an electric field strength that causes dielectric breakdown than an electric field strength applied to the second insulating film.

Abstract: A drive method for an electrostatic capacitance type transducer is provided. The electrostatic capacitance type transducer includes a plurality of elements, the element including one or more cells, the cell having a first electrode and a second electrode separated from the first electrode by a gap, the first electrode or the second electrode in the plurality of elements being applied with an alternating current voltage. The plurality of elements includes a first element and a second element. A waveform of an alternating current voltage applied to the first element is set the similar as a waveform of an alternating current voltage applied to the second element. A phase difference between the alternating current voltage applied to the first element and the alternating current voltage applied to the second element is set equal to approximately 90 degrees.

Abstract: Provided are a method, a device and the like for driving a capacitance transducer that enable reduction of transmission sound pressure variation caused by variation in characteristics of a capacitance transducer used for, e.g., an ultrasound conversion element. A method for driving a capacitance transducer including a plurality of elements each including cells each having a structure in which a vibration membrane including one electrode of a pair of electrodes formed with a cavity therebetween is supported in such a manner that the vibration membrane can vibrate is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electromechanical transducer, including: a cell including a substrate, a vibration film, and a supporting portion of the vibration film configured to support the vibration film so that a gap is formed between the substrate and the vibration film; and a lead wire that is placed on the substrate with an insulator interposed therebetween and extends to the cell, wherein the insulator has a thickness greater than the thickness of the supporting portion. The electromechanical transducer can reduce parasitic capacitance to prevent an increase in noise, a reduction in bandwidth, and a reduction in sensitivity.

Abstract: A technology that makes it possible to adjust, through processing, an output signal sent from a capacitive electromechanical transducer apparatus such as a CMUT upon reception of an elastic wave is provided. A capacitive electromechanical transducer apparatus 100 includes cells 102 that include a first electrode 104 and second electrodes 106, each of which is disposed so as to be opposite the first electrode 104 with a cavity 105 therebetween. In the capacitive electromechanical transducer apparatus 100, at least one of the cells 102 includes a processed unit on which at least either addition of a material or removal of a material is performed as processing.

Abstract: A transducer includes at least one element including a plurality of cells. Each of the cells includes a pair of electrodes disposed with a gap therebetween and a vibrating membrane including one of the electrodes, and the vibrating membrane is vibratably supported. First and second cells of the plurality of cells in the element have the gaps that communicate with each other, and the first cell and a third cell in the element have the gaps that do not communicate with each other.