Abstract: The solar cell module having a preferable edge space that prevents characteristics of a solar cell such as conversion efficiency from being deteriorated without making processes complicated is provided. In a solar cell module including a substrate glass, a first layer formed on the substrate glass and a second layer formed on the first layer, the first layer is removed by a first removing means having a first energy amount to provide a first edge space in which the first layer is not formed between an end part of the first layer and an end part of the glass substrate, and the second layer is removed by a second removing means having a second energy amount to provide a second edge space in which the second layer is not formed between an end part of the second layer and the end part of the glass substrate. A width of the second edge space is larger than a width of the first edge space.

Abstract: The solar cell module having a preferable edge space that prevents characteristics of a solar cell such as conversion efficiency from being deteriorated without making processes complicated is provided. In a method for manufacturing a solar cell module including a substrate glass, a first layer formed on the substrate glass and a second layer formed on the first layer, the method includes a step of forming a first edge space having a first width by removing the first layer and the second layer by the first width from an end part of the glass substrate and a step of forming a second edge space by removing only the second layer by a second width from the end part of the glass substrate, and the width of the second edge space is larger than the width of the first edge space.

Abstract: A relay device includes mechanical relays, a first bus bar, a second bus bar, and a relay drive circuit. The relay includes a coil, a moving contact whose position changes according to whether the coil is energized, a load terminal conductive to the contact and connected to the first bar, and a coil terminal connected to the coil and second bar. The first bar includes a loading circuit. A current flows to an external load through the loading circuit opened/closed when the position of the contact changes. The second bar includes a coil circuit through which the coil is energized. The drive circuit is packaged on the second bar and opens/closes the coil circuit based on an operation signal. The first and second bars are stacked at predetermined intervals. The relays are between the first and second bars.

Abstract: An electronic circuit device includes a bus bar, a base component and an electronic component. The bus bar has an external connector terminal capable of receiving electric power from an external power source. The base component has a metallic heat radiation portion and is disposed to oppose the bus bar. The electronic component is held between the bus bar and heat the radiation portion of the base component. The bus bar further includes fixing terminals extending toward the base component. The fixing terminals are fixed to the base component to constitute fixing portions. The fixing portions are configured to have elasticity and exert a restoring force such that a distance between the bus bar and the base component reduces. The electronic component is in pressure contact with the bus bar and the base component by the restoration force of the elasticity of the fixing portions.

Abstract: There is provided a child car seat that can be stably mounted on a seat of a vehicle by means of a simple mounting operation. A child car seat includes: a pedestal to be mounted on a seat of a vehicle, the pedestal including a base part having a front surface and side surfaces, and a standing part standing from the base part; and a seat body supported on the pedestal. The pedestal includes a waist-belt guide part for guiding a waist belt. The waist-belt guide part includes a front guide part extending on the front surface of the base part, and side guide parts continuous to the front guide part and extending on the side surfaces of the base part. The pedestal includes a lateral guide member having a laterally projecting part laterally projecting from the side surface of the base part, and an upwardly extending part extending upwardly from the laterally projecting part. The laterally projecting part forms at least a portion of a lower edge defining a side guide part.

Abstract: Electromagnetic field transmissions between a sensor unit mounted on the inside surface of a tire and a sensor control unit mounted on the vehicle body are attenuated by the wall surface of a tire disposed between the units, and sensitivity is reduced. A booster antenna (18) is embedded in the tire wall surface between the sensor unit (6) and the sensor control unit (10). The booster antenna (18) is a coil antenna, and is configured so that the resonance frequency, which corresponds to the impedance and capacitance component of the booster antenna coil, corresponds to the frequency f0 of the transmission electromagnetic field of the sensor control unit (10). The booster antenna (18) is disposed in a position in which a magnetic coupling is formed with the coil antenna of the sensor unit (6), and transmissions via the electromagnetic field between the sensor unit (6) and the sensor control unit (10) are carried out through the booster antenna (18).

Abstract: The position of the rotation of a tire complicates the establishing of a wireless connection between a sensor unit attached to the tire and a sensor control unit attached to a vehicle body. A reflection plate is attached to an inner surface of a wheel housing at a position different from that of a sensor control unit. A transmission electromagnetic field from the sensor control unit is reflected by the metal reflection plate and transmitted to a sensor unit rotated to a position to which the field does not readily reach directly from the sensor control unit. The sensor unit varies an impedance of a coil antenna in accordance with transmission data, and generates a variation in the transmission electromagnetic field. The variation is detected via the reflection plate as a variation in a transmission load of the sensor control unit, and the transmission data from the sensor unit is detected in the sensor control unit.

Abstract: An AD converter comprising: a delta-sigma-modulation circuit to output an analog signal from a bridge circuit as a quantized signal; a switch circuit to switch between a first state, where a first level voltage is applied to one terminal of the bridge circuit and a second level voltage different in level from the first level voltage is applied to the other terminal thereof, and a second state, where voltages opposite in level to those in the first state are applied thereto, based on a logic level of a control signal; and an up-down counter to increase a count value based on a rate of the quantized signal being one logic level, during a predetermined period, in the first state, and decrease the count value based on the rate, during the predetermined period, in the second state, the count value representing a digital signal according to the physical quantity.

Abstract: The accuracy of a measurement value obtained by a tire pressure detection device is lowered by a centrifugal force and an inertial force during travel. A pressure sensor (30) displaces a diaphragm (20) in its vertical direction (32) according to the pressure. The pressure sensor (30) is arranged in a tire (2) with the vertical direction (32) directed to a direction parallel to a rotation axis (34) instead of the tire circumferential direction or radial direction. The pressure sensor (30) is mounted onto a substrate with the vertical direction (32) of its diaphragm (20) directed in parallel to the substrate surface and the substrate is bonded to a tread portion of the tire (2) and a wheel rim portion while adjusting the vertical direction (32) of the diaphragm (20) with the direction of the rotation axis (34).

Abstract: There are provided a frameless solar cell module and a manufacturing method thereof, in which the frameless solar cell module includes a sub-module including a substrate glass, a thin-film solar cell device formed on the substrate glass, a cover glass attached to a light receiving surface side of the thin-film solar cell device, and a filler for adhering and holding the substrate glass and the cover glass, and is characterized in that lamination surfaces at side ends of the sub-module are sealed with a metal sealing material.

Abstract: A relay device includes mechanical relays, a first bus bar, a second bus bar, and a relay drive circuit. The relay includes a coil, a moving contact whose position changes according to whether the coil is energized, a load terminal conductive to the contact and connected to the first bar, and a coil terminal connected to the coil and second bar. The first bar includes a loading circuit. A current flows to an external load through the loading circuit opened/closed when the position of the contact changes. The second bar includes a coil circuit through which the coil is energized. The drive circuit is packaged on the second bar and opens/closes the coil circuit based on an operation signal. The first and second bars are stacked at predetermined intervals. The relays are between the first and second bars.

Abstract: According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a low-voltage operation constant-voltage circuit includes a band-gap reference voltage circuit including a resistor-diode series circuit as a main component. A resistor and a diode-connected bipolar transistor are connected in series to create a constant current. It also includes an output circuit connected in parallel to the resistor-diode series circuit and formed so that the same constant current as the current flowing through the resistor-diode series circuit flows. The output circuit includes a diode-connected MOS transistor, and is configured to cancel the positive temperature coefficient of the current flowing through the output circuit by the MOS transistor. With this, a stable output low-voltage of, e.g., about 0.6 V, excellent in temperature characteristics can be obtained regardless of the ambient temperature changes.

Abstract: The electrode parts of a solar cell module which differ in color form other parts of the module are hidden without increasing the number of module assembly/production steps to thereby enable the whole CIS based thin-film solar cell module to have an even color throughout and hence an improved appearance. A solar cell module 1 having a beautiful appearance is provided which includes a submodule 3 having the same color as electrode parts 3A of the submodule. A black ceramic layer 7 having almost the same color as the submodule 3 is formed on the back side (lower side) of peripheral edge parts of a cover glass 4. The silver-white electrode parts 3A formed in peripheral areas of the submodule 3 are hidden by the black ceramic layer 7, whereby the whole module 1 has an even color throughout and has an improved appearance. For a baking operation for forming the black ceramic layer 7, the heating performed when the cover glass 4 is produced through tempering by a heat treatment may be utilized.

Abstract: A communication system is provided comprising an environment-side electrode and a living body-side electrode sandwiching an insulating layer and electrically insulated from each other, a grounding electrode which is electrically connected to the environment-side electrode, and a reception amplifier which amplifies a potential difference between the environment-side electrode and the living body-side electrode, wherein the grounding electrode has a side surface section which extends along a vertical direction.

Abstract: A communication system is provided comprising a living body-side electrode which primarily capacitively couples with a living body, an environment-side electrode which primarily capacitively couples with an external environment, and a circuit board on which a circuit which processes a signal which is output from at least one of the living body-side electrode and the environment-side electrode is mounted, wherein the circuit board is not placed between the living body-side electrode and the environment-side electrode.

Abstract: A tire pressure measuring system (TPMS) for transmitting pressure information from a tire to a vehicle body has a complicated structure when a plurality kinds of transmission data exist. A sensor unit receives a transmission electromagnetic field from a sensor control unit, and rectify-detects the received field. The counter of the sensor unit determines a rotation cycle of a tire, based on the signal obtained by the rectification detection, then switches the switch in conjunction with the rotation cycle, and sequentially sends the plurality of transmission data items for every tire rotation.

Abstract: An AD converter comprising: a delta-sigma-modulation circuit to output an analog signal from a bridge circuit as a quantized signal; a switch circuit to switch between a first state, where a first level voltage is applied to one terminal of the bridge circuit and a second level voltage different in level from the first level voltage is applied to the other terminal thereof, and a second state, where voltages opposite in level to those in the first state are applied thereto, based on a logic level of a control signal; and an up-down counter to increase a count value based on a rate of the quantized signal being one logic level, during a predetermined period, in the first state, and decrease the count value based on the rate, during the predetermined period, in the second state, the count value representing a digital signal according to the physical quantity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery-free electronic key used in motorcycles and improves security. A communication circuit (44) is actuated when an electronic key is inserted into a keyhole. An electromotive force generated in a coil L2 is rectified by a power circuit (74) and supplied to the components of an electronic key-side circuit (40) as a source of power, in accordance with the variations of an electromagnetic field having a frequency of f0 generated by the communication circuit (44). The electronic key-side circuit (40) reads identification information from a storage unit (72), and the information is converted to ternary value data in a binary value/ternary value conversion circuit (70). Transistors Tr1 and Tr2 are switched on and off in accordance with the bit values of 2-bit data that expresses ternary value data, which generates three-stage variations in the electromagnetic field between coils L1 and L2.

Abstract: An amplitude setting circuit for setting an amplitude level of its output signal corresponding to an input signal. By setting a current flowing through a first diode-connected transistor (Q5) and a current flowing through a first drive transistor (Q1) to be in a predetermined relationship, variation with temperature in potential at a first connection point of the first drive transistor (Q1) and a first conductivity-type transistor (M1) is removed, and by setting a current flowing through a second diode-connected transistor (Q6) and a current flowing through a second drive transistor (Q4) to be in a predetermined relationship, variation with temperature in potential at a second connection point of a second conductivity-type transistor (M2) and the second drive transistor (Q4) is removed.

Abstract: Electromagnetic field transmissions between a sensor unit mounted on the inside surface of a tire and a sensor control unit mounted on the vehicle body are attenuated by the wall surface of a tire disposed between the units, and sensitivity is reduced. A booster antenna (18) is embedded in the tire wall surface between the sensor unit (6) and the sensor control unit (10). The booster antenna (18) is a coil antenna, and is configured so that the resonance frequency, which corresponds to the impedance and capacitance component of the booster antenna coil, corresponds to the frequency f0 of the transmission electromagnetic field of the sensor control unit (10). The booster antenna (18) is disposed in a position in which a magnetic coupling is formed with the coil antenna of the sensor unit (6), and transmissions via the electromagnetic field between the sensor unit (6) and the sensor control unit (10) are carried out through the booster antenna (18).