Abstract: Provided is a distribution circuit which has good pass characteristic and isolation characteristic over a wide band. A distribution circuit, in which Wilkinson-type distribution circuits configured with a coil, a capacitor, and a resistor are cascaded in two stages between an input terminal and at least three terminals, and a capacitor is connected in parallel with the resistor inserted between the output terminals in the latter-stage Wilkinson-type distribution circuits.

Abstract: A clock data recovery circuit includes a ring oscillator, an oscillation control circuit unit to start or stop the ring oscillator according to existence or absence of a PWM signal, a counter circuit unit to count pulse signals to hold N bits of count value, a register circuit unit which is configured to transmit upper M bits of count value, as a reference count value, in response to a transmission signal, a comparison circuit unit to output a timing clock when the count value exceeds the reference count value, and a transmission control circuit unit to be synchronized with a rising timing of the PWM signal to generate the transmission signal and a reset signal for resetting the counter circuit unit.

Abstract: A clock data recovery circuit includes a ring oscillator, an oscillation control circuit unit to start or stop the ring oscillator according to existence or absence of a PWM signal, a counter circuit unit to count pulse signals to hold N bits of count value, a register circuit unit which is configured to transmit upper M bits of count value, as a reference count value, in response to a transmission signal, a comparison circuit unit to output a timing clock when the count value exceeds the reference count value, and a transmission control circuit unit to be synchronized with a rising timing of the PWM signal to generate the transmission signal and a reset signal for resetting the counter circuit unit.

Abstract: Provided is a circuit board including an air core coil including a winding portion having a conductive wire wound in a helical shape, a first lead portion extending from an end of the winding portion, and a second lead portion extending from another end of the winding portion, wherein the first lead portion and the second lead portion extend in different directions from each other on a substantially same plane, and a coil mounting portion including an opening to accommodate the winding portion, a first conductive part provided on a periphery of the opening and contacting the first lead portion, and a second conductive part provided on the periphery of the opening and contacting the second lead portion.

Abstract: Provided is a complementary logical gate device represented by a silicon CMOS logical circuit among semiconductor integrated logical circuits which can effectively solve the problem of the speed performance limit of an ultra-large scale integration and an ultra-low power consumption type logical circuit. The complementary logical gate includes an electron running layer formed by grapheme without using an n-channel FET or a p-channel FET, has the ambipolar characteristic, and uses only two FET having different threshold values, i.e., a first FET and a second FET. The first FET has a gate electrode short-circuited to a gate electrode of the second FET so as to constitute an input terminal. The first FET has a source electrode set to a low potential. The first FET has a drain electrode connected to a source electrode of the second FET so as to constitute an output terminal. The second FET has a drain electrode set to a high potential.

Abstract: A tuner module includes a filter that reduces the signal level outside the frequency band of a selected channel in an input RF signal of terrestrial television broadcasting, a local oscillation circuit that oscillates a local oscillation signal, a mixing circuit that mixes the RF signal in which the signal level outside the frequency band of the selected channel is reduced by the filter and the local oscillation signal oscillated by the local oscillation circuit to downconvert the RF signal to an intermediate frequency signal, and a control circuit that controls the local oscillation frequency of the local oscillation signal oscillated by the local oscillation circuit. The control circuit adjusts the local oscillation frequency to a value that suppresses an effect of a disturbance wave from other channels within a frequency band of the intermediate frequency signal of the selected channel.

Abstract: The disclosed field-effect transistor has a graphene channel, and does not exhibit ambipolar properties. Specifically, the field-effect transistor has a semi-conducting substrate; a channel including a graphene layer disposed on the aforementioned semiconductor substrate; a source electrode and drain electrode comprising a metal; and a gate electrode. The aforementioned channel and the aforementioned source and drain electrodes comprising a metal are connected via a semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A first mixer circuit mixes a first center frequency signal with a first local oscillation signal to generate a second mixed signal, and mixes the first center frequency signal with a second local oscillation signal to generate a first mixed signal, and a second mixer circuit mixes a second center frequency signal with the first local oscillation signal to generate a fourth mixed signal, and mixes the second center frequency signal with the second local oscillation signal to generate a third mixed signal. An adder and subtracter circuit subtracts the third mixed signal from the second mixed signal to output a signal of subtraction result as a first upper side band signal, and adds the first mixed signal to the fourth mixed signal to output a signal of addition result as a second upper side band signal different in phase from the first upper side band signal by 90 degrees.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus is provided. The wireless communication apparatus includes wireless communication functions conforming to incompatible first and second communication standards. The wireless communication apparatus includes a first transceiver that performs a wireless communication operation conforming to the first communication standard and includes a first transmission/reception port, a second transceiver that performs a wireless communication operation conforming to the second communication standard and includes a second transmission/reception port, a shared antenna shared by the first and the second transceivers, an antenna connecting unit that connects the shared antenna and the first and the second transmission/reception ports, and a control unit that controls the communication operations in the first and the second transceivers.

Abstract: Provided is a complementary logical gate device represented by a silicon CMOS logical circuit among semiconductor integrated logical circuits which can effectively solve the problem of the speed performance limit of an ultra-large scale integration and an ultra-low power consumption type logical circuit. The complementary logical gate includes an electron running layer formed by grapheme without using an n-channel FET or a p-channel FET, has the ambipolar characteristic, and uses only two FET having different threshold values, i.e., a first FET and a second FET. The first FET has a gate electrode short-circuited to a gate electrode of the second FET so as to constitute an input terminal. The first FET has a source electrode set to a low potential. The first FET has a drain electrode connected to a source electrode of the second FET so as to constitute an output terminal. The second FET has a drain electrode set to a high potential.

Abstract: The present invention improves the efficiency of conversion from a non-radiation two-dimensional electron plasmon wave into a radiation electromagnetic wave, and realizes a wide-band characteristic. A terahertz electromagnetic wave radiation element of the present invention comprises a semiinsulating semiconductor bulk layer, a two-dimensional electron layer formed directly above the semiconductor bulk layer by a semiconductor heterojunction structure, source and drain electrodes electrically connected to two opposed sides of the two-dimensional electron layer, a double gate electrode grating which is provided in the vicinity of and parallel to the upper surface of the two-dimensional electron layer and for which two different dc bias potentials can be alternately set, and a transparent metal mirror provided in contact with the lower surface of the semiconductor bulk layer, formed into a film shape, functioning as a reflecting mirror in the terahertz band, and being transparent in the light wave band.

Abstract: An ink jet printer ejects ink droplets of a plurality of sizes based on image data, and prints dots of a plurality of sizes corresponding to the ink droplets of the plurality of sizes for recording the image. In the ink jet printer, in order to print a smoothing dot close to a normal dot, pulse voltage having a waveform having its printing timing changed from a waveform for printing the normal dot is applied to a piezoelectric element. As a result, an ink jet printer capable of recording high definition images can be provided.

Abstract: A first mixer circuit mixes a first center frequency signal with a first local oscillation signal to generate a second mixed signal, and mixes the first center frequency signal with a second local oscillation signal to generate a first mixed signal, and a second mixer circuit mixes a second center frequency signal with the first local oscillation signal to generate a fourth mixed signal, and mixes the second center frequency signal with the second local oscillation signal to generate a third mixed signal. An adder and subtracter circuit subtracts the third mixed signal from the second mixed signal to output a signal of subtraction result as a first upper side band signal, and adds the first mixed signal to the fourth mixed signal to output a signal of addition result as a second upper side band signal different in phase from the first upper side band signal by 90 degrees.

Abstract: A tuner module includes a filter that reduces the signal level outside the frequency band of a selected channel in an input RF signal of terrestrial television broadcasting, a local oscillation circuit that oscillates a local oscillation signal, a mixing circuit that mixes the RF signal in which the signal level outside the frequency band of the selected channel is reduced by the filter and the local oscillation signal oscillated by the local oscillation circuit to downconvert the RF signal to an intermediate frequency signal, and a control circuit that controls the local oscillation frequency of the local oscillation signal oscillated by the local oscillation circuit. The control circuit adjusts the local oscillation frequency to a value that suppresses an effect of a disturbance wave from other channels within a frequency band of the intermediate frequency signal of the selected channel.

Abstract: In a high frequency oscillator circuit including first and second field effect transistors, the first field effect transistor has a gate connected to a short-stub transmission line and a drain connected to an oscillation output terminal, and the second field effect transistor has a drain connected to a source of the first field effect transistor and a grounded source. The high frequency oscillator circuit oscillates by using a feedback circuit including the short-stub transmission line and the second field effect transistor. A feedback capacitor is further provided which is connected between a gate of the second field effect transistor and the drain of the first field effect transistor.

Abstract: An ink jet printer ejects ink droplets of a plurality of sizes based on image data, and prints dots of a plurality of sizes corresponding to the ink droplets of the plurality of sizes for recording the image. In the ink jet printer, in order to print a smoothing dot close to a normal dot, pulse voltage having a waveform having its printing timing changed from a waveform for printing the normal dot is applied to a piezoelectric element. As a result, an ink jet printer capable of recording high definition images can be provided.

Abstract: The present invention improves the efficiency of conversion from a non-radiation two-dimensional electron plasmon wave into a radiation electromagnetic wave, and realizes a wide-band characteristic. A terahertz electromagnetic wave radiation element of the present invention comprises a semiinsulating semiconductor bulk layer, a two-dimensional electron layer formed directly above the semiconductor bulk layer by a semiconductor heterojunction structure, source and drain electrodes electrically connected to two opposed sides of the two-dimensional electron layer, a double gate electrode grating which is provided in the vicinity of and parallel to the upper surface of the two-dimensional electron layer and for which two different dc bias potentials can be alternately set, and a transparent metal mirror provided in contact with the lower surface of the semiconductor bulk layer, formed into a film shape, functioning as a reflecting mirror in the terahertz band, and being transparent in the light wave band.

Abstract: An ink jet printer ejects ink droplets of a plurality of sizes based on image data, and prints dots of a plurality of sizes corresponding to the ink droplets of the plurality of sizes for recording the image. In the ink jet printer, in order to print a smoothing dot close to a normal dot, pulse voltage having a waveform having its printing timing changed from a waveform for printing the normal dot is applied to a piezoelectric element. As a result, an ink jet printer capable of recording high definition images can be provided.

Abstract: In a high frequency oscillator circuit including first and second field effect transistors, the first field effect transistor has a gate connected to a short-stub transmission line and a drain connected to an oscillation output terminal, and the second field effect transistor has a drain connected to a source of the first field effect transistor and a grounded source. The high frequency oscillator circuit oscillates by using a feedback circuit including the short-stub transmission line and the second field effect transistor. A feedback capacitor is further provided which is connected between a gate of the second field effect transistor and the drain of the first field effect transistor.

Abstract: An ink jet printer ejects ink droplets of a plurality of sizes based on image data, and prints dots of a plurality of sizes corresponding to the ink droplets of the plurality of sizes for recording the image. In the ink jet printer, in order to print a smoothing dot close to a normal dot, pulse voltage having a waveform having its printing timing changed from a waveform for printing the normal dot is applied to a piezoelectric element. As a result, an ink jet printer capable of recording high definition images can be provided.