Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel, a cover member overlapping the touch panel, and a controller. The controller includes a position detection unit configured to detect a position of a pointer, based on a signal value obtained from a position detection electrode, an amplification processing unit configured to perform amplification processing on at least one signal value in a pressing force detection range corresponding to the position of the pointer detected by the position detection unit among signal values obtained from a pressing force detection electrode, and a pressing force detection unit configured to calculate magnitude of a pressing force generated by the pointer, based on a signal value after the amplification processing being a signal value in the pressing force detection range including a signal value obtained by amplification by the amplification processing unit.

Abstract: Provided is a control circuit for controlling an ON period and an OFF period in a switching cycle of a switching element configured to perform switching control of a principal current flowing through a transformer of a switching power source, and performing control to turn off the switching element when an overcurrent is detected after an elapse of an invalidation period in the switching cycle and to set a period in which the switching element is turned on in the switching cycle to be minimum period or more, the control circuit including a shared timer unit configured to output a first timer signal for defining the invalidation period and a second timer signal for defining the minimum period.

Abstract: A coating die includes: a first body; a second body; a discharge port; an intermediate member; a first shim to define a first flow passage; a second shim to define a second flow passage; and a confluence passage in which the first flow passage and the second flow passage join together and that communicates with the discharge port. The first shim includes a pair of first arms, and the second shim includes a pair of second arms. Each first arm includes a first female portion and a first male portion. Each second arm includes a second female portion and a second male portion. The first female portion and the second male portion are engaged with each other, and the first male portion and the second female portion are engaged with each other.

Abstract: An integrated circuit configured to switch a transistor in a power supply circuit. The integrated circuit includes a first terminal to which a first resistor is coupled; a first detection circuit configured to detect whether a load of the power supply circuit is in an overload state; a second detection circuit configured to detect whether a current flowing through the transistor is overcurrent; an oscillator circuit configured to output an oscillator signal with a cycle corresponding to a first resistance value of the first resistor; and a driving signal output circuit configured to output a driving signal to turn on the transistor, based on the oscillator signal, and turn off the transistor, based on a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage. The driving signal output circuit further outputs the driving signal to turn off the transistor, in response to the current flowing through the transistor reaching overcurrent.

Abstract: A coating die includes: a first body; a second body; a discharge port; an intermediate member; a first shim to define a first flow passage; a second shim to define a second flow passage; and a confluence passage in which the first flow passage and the second flow passage join together and that communicates with the discharge port. The first shim includes a pair of first arms, and the second shim includes a pair of second arms. Each first arm includes a first female portion and a first male portion. Each second arm includes a second female portion and a second male portion. The first female portion and the second male portion are engaged with each other, and the first male portion and the second female portion are engaged with each other.

Abstract: Provided is a control circuit configured to control a switching element of a switching power source, the control circuit comprising: a first protection unit configured to stop a principal current flowing through the switching element when the principal current of the switching element has exceeded a first threshold value; and a second protection unit configured to stop the principal current of the switching element over a longer time period than the first protection unit when the principal current has exceeded a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value. The first protection unit may shorten a pulse width of a control pulse in one cycle of an oscillation signal, and the second protection unit may fix the switching element to the off-state over a plurality of cycles of the oscillation signal.

Abstract: A terminal protection circuit of a semiconductor chip, including a first pad serving as a ground terminal of the semiconductor chip, a ground line extending along an outer periphery of the semiconductor chip and being connected to the first pad, and an overcurrent sensing circuit. The overcurrent sensing circuit has a second pad, a threshold voltage generating circuit, a comparator having inverting and non-inverting input terminals respectively connected to the threshold voltage generating circuit and the second pad, the comparator comparing a current detection signal and a threshold voltage received respectively at the non-inverting and inverting input terminals, a first input protection element connected between the second pad and a first position on the chip-peripheral ground line, and a potential shift element connected between the inverting input terminal of the comparator and the first position, for shifting the threshold voltage thereat according to a potential at the first position.

Abstract: A power supply circuit includes an inductor, a power transistor configured to control an inductor current flowing through the inductor, and an integrated circuit driving the power transistor. The integrated circuit includes a first terminal that receives a power supply voltage for operating the integrated circuit, generated according to a variation in the inductor current, a second terminal to which a control electrode of the power transistor is coupled, a first drive circuit configured to drive the power transistor via the second terminal during a first time period to turn on the power transistor, and a second drive circuit configured to drive the power transistor via the second terminal during a second time period to turn on the power transistor, the second time period including at least a part of the first time period, driving capability of the second drive circuit being lower than that of the first drive circuit.

Abstract: A signal output circuit including a first transistor coupled to a power supply line to receive a power supply voltage, a diode provided between the power supply line and a gate electrode of the first transistor, and a current generation circuit provided on a ground side with respect to the diode, the current generation circuit being configured to generate a current for the diode, upon turning on of the first transistor, and to increase the current, upon the power supply voltage dropping below a predetermined level.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a biological information measurement garment that reduces the wear discomfort. The garment includes a clothing fabric; and an electrode formed on a skin-side surface of the clothing fabric, the clothing fabric having, in the skin-side surface thereof, an area of 30 cm2 or more that is not covered with the electrode and is exposed, the electrode including a conductive member, and a heat capacity A (J/K) of the conductive member and a heat capacity B (J/K) of the clothing fabric satisfying a following formula (1).

Abstract: Provided is a power supply device comprising a voltage conversion portion configured to convert input voltage to output voltage by pulse width modulation, a frequency reduction circuit configured to reduce a frequency of the pulse width modulation in response to detection of an overload during normal operation of the voltage conversion portion and startup of the voltage conversion portion, and a frequency setting circuit configured to set the frequency of the pulse width modulation used when starting up the voltage conversion portion to a frequency higher than a minimum frequency corresponding to the overload. In addition, provided is a power supply control device and a power supply control method relating to the power supply device.

Abstract: A power supply circuit includes an inductor, a power transistor configured to control an inductor current flowing through the inductor, and an integrated circuit driving the power transistor. The integrated circuit includes a first terminal that receives a power supply voltage for operating the integrated circuit, generated according to a variation in the inductor current, a second terminal to which a control electrode of the power transistor is coupled, a first drive circuit configured to drive the power transistor via the second terminal during a first time period to turn on the power transistor, and a second drive circuit configured to drive the power transistor via the second terminal during a second time period to turn on the power transistor, the second time period including at least a part of the first time period, driving capability of the second drive circuit being lower than that of the first drive circuit.

Abstract: A sliding member having a hard carbon coating that has a thickness of 3 ?m or more and demonstrates high peeling resistance and high wear resistance is provided. A sliding member 100 according to the present disclosure includes a base member 10 and a hard carbon coating 12 that is formed on the base member 10 and has the hydrogen content of 3 atomic % or less and a thickness of 3 ?m or more. When HM represents a Martens hardness of the hard carbon coating 12 and HIT represents an indentation hardness, the ratio HM/HIT is 0.40 or more.

Abstract: A terminal protection circuit of a semiconductor chip, including a first pad serving as a ground terminal of the semiconductor chip, a ground line extending along an outer periphery of the semiconductor chip and being connected to the first pad, and an overcurrent sensing circuit. The overcurrent sensing circuit has a second pad, a threshold voltage generating circuit, a comparator having inverting and non-inverting input terminals respectively connected to the threshold voltage generating circuit and the second pad, the comparator comparing a current detection signal and a threshold voltage received respectively at the non-inverting and inverting input terminals, a first input protection element connected between the second pad and a first position on the chip-peripheral ground line, and a potential shift element connected between the inverting input terminal of the comparator and the first position, for shifting the threshold voltage thereat according to a potential at the first position.

Abstract: A sliding member having a hard carbon coating that has a thickness of 3 ?m or more and demonstrates high peeling resistance and high wear resistance is provided. A sliding member 100 according to the present disclosure includes a base member 10 and a hard carbon coating 12 that is formed on the base member 10 and has the hydrogen content of 3 atomic % or less and a thickness of 3 ?m or more. When HM represents a Martens hardness of the hard carbon coating 12 and HIT represents an indentation hardness, the ratio HM/HIT is 0.40 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a power supply device comprising a voltage conversion portion configured to convert input voltage to output voltage by pulse width modulation, a frequency reduction circuit configured to reduce a frequency of the pulse width modulation in response to detection of an overload during normal operation of the voltage conversion portion and startup of the voltage conversion portion, and a frequency setting circuit configured to set the frequency of the pulse width modulation used when starting up the voltage conversion portion to a frequency higher than a minimum frequency corresponding to the overload. In addition, provided is a power supply control device and a power supply control method relating to the power supply device.

Abstract: Provided is a sliding member having a hard carbon coating that makes high wear resistance compatible with a low coefficient of friction and that has excellent peeling resistance. A sliding member (100) includes a base member (10) and a hard carbon coating (12) formed on the base member (10). The indentation hardness of the hard carbon coating (12) decreases gradually from the base member side to the surface side. The hard carbon coating (12) has an indentation hardness distribution at 0?T/Ttotal?0.6 approximated by a first line and an indentation hardness distribution at 0.9?T/Ttotal?1 approximated by a second line, and the intersection between the first line and the second line (T2/Ttotal, H2) satisfies Expression (1), (H3?H1)×T2/Ttotal+H1<H2?0.9×H1, and Expression (2), 0.6?T2/Ttotal?0.9.

Abstract: Provided is a sliding member having a hard carbon coating that makes high wear resistance compatible with a low coefficient of friction and that has excellent peeling resistance. A sliding member (100) includes a base member (10) and a hard carbon coating (12) formed on the base member (10). The indentation hardness of the hard carbon coating (12) decreases gradually from the base member side to the surface side. The hard carbon coating (12) has an indentation hardness distribution at 0?T/Ttotal?0.6 approximated by a first line and an indentation hardness distribution at 0.9?T/Ttotal?1 approximated by a second line, and the intersection between the first line and the second line (T2/Ttotal, H2) satisfies Expression (1), (H3?H1)×T2/Ttotal+H1<H2?0.9×H1, and Expression (2), 0.6?T2/Ttotal?0.9.

Abstract: A switched-mode power supply circuit that performs a burst-mode operation to stop and restart switching is provided, including: a power supply that supplies DC voltage; a switching element that controls the switching; a first comparator that detects an output voltage of the switched-mode power supply circuit; a storage element that stores an output of the first comparator according to a timing of controlling the switching; and a determination unit that measures a time period for which at least one of an output of the first comparator or an output of the storage element continues to be higher than the predetermined voltage, and if the measurement is not reset within a predetermined elapsed time, determines that the switched-mode power supply circuit is in an overvoltage state, wherein the switched-mode power supply circuit resets the measurement at a timing corresponding to a switching stop timing in the burst-mode operation.

Abstract: A switched-mode power supply circuit that performs a burst-mode operation to stop and restart switching is provided, including: a power supply that supplies DC voltage; a switching element that controls the switching; a first comparator that detects an output voltage of the switched-mode power supply circuit; a storage element that stores an output of the first comparator according to a timing of controlling the switching; and a determination unit that measures a time period for which at least one of an output of the first comparator or an output of the storage element continues to be higher than the predetermined voltage, and if the measurement is not reset within a predetermined elapsed time, determines that the switched-mode power supply circuit is in an overvoltage state, wherein the switched-mode power supply circuit resets the measurement at a timing corresponding to a switching stop timing in the burst-mode operation.