Abstract: A board connector 10 of the present disclosure is to be mounted on a circuit board 50 and provided with a housing 11 including a receptacle 15 open forward and a rear wall 30 provided on a side opposite to a front end part where the receptacle 15 is open, an outer conductor 20 fixed to the housing 11 through the rear wall 30, an insulating dielectric 19 disposed inside the outer conductor 20, an inner conductor 18 disposed inside the dielectric 19, and a ground spring 40 to be connected to the outer conductor 20. The outer conductor 20 includes a flange 23 to be disposed along the rear wall 30 of the housing 11. The ground spring 40 includes a mounting piece 46 to be inserted between the rear wall 30 and the flange 23.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a plurality of imaging elements, wherein each of the plurality of imaging elements includes: a plurality of pixels containing impurities of a first conductivity type; an element separation wall surrounding the plurality of pixels and provided so as to penetrate a semiconductor substrate; an on-chip lens provided above a light receiving surface of the semiconductor substrate so as to be shared by the plurality of pixels; and a first separation portion provided in a region surrounded by the element separation wall and separating the plurality of pixels, the first separation portion is provided so as to extend in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate, and a first diffusion region containing impurities of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type is provided in a region positioned around the first separation portion and extending in the thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A method for performing a multi-frequency transmitter electrode driving scheme. The method comprises driving, by a processing system of an input device, a plurality of transmitter electrodes using a plurality of frequencies. A first subset of the plurality of transmitter electrodes is driven using a first frequency and a second subset of the plurality of transmitter electrodes is driven using a second frequency. The input device comprises a hybrid in-cell sensor comprising a thin film transistor (TFT) glass layer and a color filter glass layer. The plurality of transmitter electrodes are positioned on a first side of the TFT glass layer and a plurality of receiver electrodes are positioned on a first side of the color filter glass layer. The method further comprises obtaining resulting signals and determining a presence of an input object on a sensing region of the input device based on the resulting signals.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a joined body includes joining a first plate portion and a second plate portion together by forming a penetration portion extending from the second plate portion to the first plate portion in a region where a weld bead is formed. The weld bead includes a first weld portion, a second weld portion, and a third weld portion. The first weld portion and the second weld portion form a loop portion as a loop-shaped weld portion. A terminal end of the third weld portion as a terminal end of the weld bead is formed on an inner peripheral side of the loop portion. An amount of heat supplied to a region to be heated during formation of the third weld portion is controlled to be smaller than an amount of heat supplied to the region to be heated during formation of the first weld portion.

Abstract: Provided is a substituted polyphenylene sulfide resin containing a constituent unit represented by General formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently H, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or an alkenyl group-containing organic group, and one or more of R1, R2, R3, and R4 are an alkyl group or an alkoxy group.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging device that includes a first substrate including a sensor pixel that performs photoelectric conversion, a second substrate including a pixel circuit that outputs a pixel signal on a basis of electric charges outputted from the sensor pixel, and a third substrate including a processing circuit that performs signal processing on the pixel signal. The first substrate, the second substrate, and the third substrate are stacked in this order, and a low-permittivity region is provided in at least any region around a circuit that reads electric charges from the sensor pixel and outputs the pixel signal.

Abstract: Provided is an image pickup device including: a semiconductor substrate including a pixel region including a plurality of image pickup elements arranged in an array and an outer peripheral portion surrounding the pixel region; a glass substrate provided above the semiconductor substrate; a first sealing material that covers the outer peripheral portion of the semiconductor substrate and seals a gap between the semiconductor substrate and the glass substrate; and a plurality of columnar bodies provided at an inner side from the first sealing material on the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A solid-state electrolyte material that includes: a solid-state electrolyte particle; and a covering part on a surface of the solid-state electrolyte particle, the covering part including Li2+x(OH)1-xY, where 0?x<1, and Y is chlorine, bromine, or iodine.

Abstract: An imaging optical system may include an aperture stop, a first transmissive reflective surface, a quarter waveplate, and a second transmissive reflective surface. The first transmissive reflective surface, the quarter waveplate, and the second transmissive reflective surface may be arranged in order from an object side to an image side. Light from the object side sequentially may transmit through the first transmissive reflective surface and the quarter waveplate, be reflected toward the object side by the second transmissive reflective surface, transmit through the quarter waveplate, be reflected toward the image side by the first transmissive reflective surface, and sequentially transmit through the quarter waveplate and the second transmissive reflective surface toward the image side.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode, or a secondary battery having high charge load characteristics. The positive electrode active material includes a lithium complex oxide having a layered rock-salt structure. The lithium complex oxide contains lithium, a metal element including at least one of cobalt and nickel, and potassium. A ratio of a substance amount of potassium contained in the lithium complex oxide to a substance amount of the metal element included in the lithium complex oxide is 0.0005 or more and 0.03 or less. In the lithium complex oxide, potassium is distributed so as to extend in a direction intersecting a <001> direction of the layered rock-salt structure.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a first amplifier capable of amplifying a signal of each pixel using a plurality of different gains, a second amplifier capable of amplifying the signal of each pixel using a plurality of different gains, with a method different from a method used by the first amplifier; and a control unit that performs control so as to execute one of first processing and second processing based on a shooting mode of the image capturing apparatus, a setting at the time of shooting, or a state of a subject, the first processing causing the first amplifier to amplify the signal of each pixel using a plurality of different gains, the second processing causing the second amplifier to amplify the signal of each pixel using a plurality of different gains.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte that includes: a first crystallite in a primary particle and having a first crystal structure; a second crystallite in the primary particle and having a second crystal structure that is different from the first crystal structure; and an amorphous phase, the first crystallite and the second crystallite each contain lithium, the first crystal structure is a hexagonal crystal, the second crystal structure is an orthorhombic crystal, and the crystallite size of the first crystallite and the crystallite size of the second crystallite are each 50 nm or less.

Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, a microstructure at a location of ¼ of a sheet thickness and at a location of 100 ?m from a surface comprising, in area %, one or more of martensite and tempered martensite: 95% or more in total, and ferrite, bainite and pearlite: 5% or less in total, and an average dislocation density at the location of 100 ?m from the surface is 1.2 times or more of an average dislocation density at the location of ¼ of the sheet thickness.

Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure at a ¼ position of a sheet thickness in a sheet thickness direction from a surface, by area ratios, a primary phase is 95.00% to 98.00% of bainite, a secondary phase is 2.00% to 5.00% of tempered martensite, an average grain size of the secondary phase is 1.5 ?m or less, a pole density in a (110)<112> orientation is 3.0 or less, an average grain size of an iron-based carbide is 0.100 ?m or less, in a microstructure from the surface to a 1/16 position of the sheet thickness in the sheet thickness direction from the surface, a pole density in a (110)<1-11> orientation is 3.0 or less, and a tensile, strength TS is 980 MPa or more.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor; and a control unit that, in a case where a first shooting mode is set, controls to perform shooting a plurality of times with the image sensor while changing exposure to obtain a plurality of images, and in a case where a second shooting mode different from the first shooting mode is set, controls to amplify an image signal obtained by performing shooting once with the image sensor by a plurality of different gains within the image sensor to obtain a plurality of images.

Abstract: A laser irradiation system (1) includes: a conveyance stage (150); an observation apparatus (110) that captures an image of a workpiece; a laser irradiation unit (170) that irradiates the workpiece, which is inspected by the observation apparatus, with a laser light; a dust collecting mechanism (130) that sucks gas in a periphery of an irradiation region of the laser light; a processing unit (20) that determines whether or not the workpiece is defective based on a captured image of the workpiece captured before the workpiece is irradiated with the laser light; and a control unit that controls the conveyance stage so that the workpiece is not conveyed toward the laser irradiation unit when it is determined that the workpiece is defective.

Abstract: Provided is a high strength hot rolled steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, wherein when a total width in a direction perpendicular to a rolling direction and sheet thickness direction is W, a microstructure at a ¼ position in sheet thickness at all positions of a 1/10W position, 3/10W position, 5/10W position, 7/10W position, and 9/10W position from an end in a width direction comprises, by area %, tempered martensite: 95% or more, fresh martensite: 5% or less, and at least one of ferrite, upper bainite, and pearlite: 5% or less in total, and a difference between a maximum value and minimum value in tensile strength at all the positions in the width direction is 30 MPa or less.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a first plate portion to contact an object; a second plate portion that forms, between the first plate portion and the second plate portion, a flow path for a heat exchange medium; multiple partitioning portions; and multiple protrusions. The multiple partitioning portions extend in a flow direction of the heat exchange medium and are arranged alongside in a width direction to partition the flow path. The multiple protrusions are each arranged between a first partitioning portion and a second partitioning portion adjacent to each other and protrude within the flow path. The multiple protrusions each extend from at least one of the first partitioning portion or the second partitioning portion and from the second plate portion, and are spaced apart from the first plate portion. The multiple protrusions each include an inclined surface getting closer to the first plate portion toward a downstream side.

Abstract: A communication system according to an embodiment includes a fixed terminal and a mobile terminal. The fixed terminal includes: a first communication unit configured to perform wireless communication in a first communication method; and a first control unit configured to control communication performed by the first communication unit. The mobile terminal includes: a second communication unit configured to perform wireless communication in the first communication method; a second control unit configured to control communication performed by the second communication unit; and a storage unit. The first control unit transmits identification information unique to the mobile terminal connected using the first communication unit, to the mobile terminal, disconnects the connection with the mobile terminal after transmitting the identification information, designates the mobile terminal by using the identification information using the first communication unit, and reconnects to the mobile terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a curable composition having excellent workability and being capable of forming a cured product having super heat resistance by curing. The curable composition of the present disclosure includes a curable compound represented by Formula (1) below and a radical polymerization initiator. In the following formula, R1 and R2 each represent a curable functional group, and D1 and D2 each represent a single bond or a linking group. L represents a divalent group having a repeating unit containing a structure represented by Formula (I) below and a structure represented by Formula (II) below. Ar1 to Ar3 each represent an arylene group or a group in which two or more arylene groups are bonded via a single bond or a linking group. X represents —CO—, —S—, or —SO2—, and Y represents —S—, —SO2—, —O—, —CO—, —COO—, or —CONH—. n represents an integer of 0 or greater.