Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer including first and second electrode forming surfaces and side surface, an anode electrode formed on the first electrode forming surface, a cathode electrode formed on the second electrode forming surface; an insulating film continuously formed from the first electrode forming surface to the side surface so as to cover the first edge. The side surface of the semiconductor layer is covered with the insulating film, so that a leak current flowing along the side surface is reduced. Further, the side surface is protected by the insulating film, making cracking, chipping, cleavage, and the like less likely to occur.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a Schottky barrier diode using gallium oxide capable of suppressing heat generation and enhancing heat radiation performance while ensuring mechanical strength and handling performance. A Schottky barrier diode includes a semiconductor substrate 20 made of gallium oxide having a recessed part 23 on the second surface 22, an epitaxial layer 30 made of gallium oxide and provided on a first surface 21 of the semiconductor substrate 20; an anode electrode 40 provided at a position overlapping the recessed part 23 as viewed in the lamination direction and brought into Schottky contact with the epitaxial layer 30, and a cathode electrode 50 provided in the recessed part 23 of the semiconductor substrate 20 and brought into ohmic contact with the semiconductor substrate 20.

Abstract: The power supply apparatus includes an inductor; a switching element, which is connected in series to the inductor, and is configured to be driven in accordance with an input pulse signal; and a booster circuit, which is connected to both ends of the inductor, and includes a plurality of rectification units each including a diode and a capacitor, wherein the power supply apparatus is configured to repeat an operation of successively driving the switching element in accordance with the input pulse signal in a cycle that is longer than a cycle in which the switching element is successively driven.

Abstract: The power supply apparatus includes an inductor; a switching element connected to another end of the inductor, the switching element configured to drive the inductor by being turned on or turned off in accordance with an input pulse signal; a boost converter circuit connected to both ends of the inductor and including a plurality of rectification units, the boost converter circuit configured to amplify a voltage generated in the inductor, each of the plurality of rectification units including a diode and a capacitor; and a voltage boosting element configured to supply a voltage obtained by boosting an input voltage to the inductor.

Abstract: The power supply apparatus includes a switching element configured to drive a transformer, a primary side and a secondary side of the transformer being insulated from each other, a control unit configured to output a pulse signal for driving the switching element, and a comparing unit configured to compare a target voltage of an output voltage that is output from the secondary side of the transformer and the output voltage, and to control the output voltage to be the target voltage, wherein the comparing unit cuts off an input of the pulse signal to the switching element in a case where the output voltage is larger than the target voltage, and wherein the control unit determines a frequency or an on-duty ratio of the pulse signal according to the target voltage.

Abstract: The circuit board has a surface mount LED with a lens on the circuit board. A conductive portion and remaining space in the periphery of the LED are covered with solid copper foil so that reflectance of light and a heat dissipation effect are enhanced. In addition, layer structures between the circuit board and an assembled component are the same between contact portions with the assembled component so that tilt in mounting the board is suppressed. As a result, the circuit board having mounted thereon the surface mount LED having high directivity can be accurately mounted on the assembled component, tilt of an optical axis can be suppressed, the reflectance of light from the LED can be increased, and the heat dissipation effect can be enhanced.

Abstract: The electronic apparatus includes a first circuit board on which a circuit mounted, a second circuit board arranged close to the circuit on the first circuit board, and a conductive terminal, which is in contact with a ground pattern on the first circuit board, and is arranged at a location between the circuit and the second circuit board so as to extend over the circuit.

Abstract: The electronic apparatus includes a first circuit board on which a circuit mounted, a second circuit board arranged close to the circuit on the first circuit board, and a conductive terminal, which is in contact with a ground pattern on the first circuit board, and is arranged at a location between the circuit and the second circuit board so as to extend over the circuit.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to develop: a method for selectively separating a glycoprotein derived from the central nervous system from a body fluid or a central nervous system cell; and a method for searching for an index marker for central nervous system diseases, which utilizes the aforementioned method. A protein derived from the central nervous system, which occurs in a trace amount in a body fluid or a central nervous system cell, can be selectively enriched by a two-stage separation procedure comprising removing a glycoprotein having sialic acid at a non-reducing terminal thereof from the body fluid or the central nervous system cell and then separating a glycoprotein having N-acetylglucosamine at a non-reducing terminal thereof.

Abstract: The power supply apparatus includes an inductor; a switching element connected to another end of the inductor, the switching element configured to drive the inductor by being turned on or turned off in accordance with an input pulse signal; a boost converter circuit connected to both ends of the inductor and including a plurality of rectification units, the boost converter circuit configured to amplify a voltage generated in the inductor, each of the plurality of rectification units including a diode and a capacitor; and a voltage boosting element configured to supply a voltage obtained by boosting an input voltage to the inductor.

Abstract: The power supply apparatus includes an inductor; a switching element, which is connected in series to the inductor, and is configured to be driven in accordance with an input pulse signal; and a booster circuit, which is connected to both ends of the inductor, and includes a plurality of rectification units each including a diode and a capacitor, wherein the power supply apparatus is configured to repeat an operation of successively driving the switching element in accordance with the input pulse signal in a cycle that is longer than a cycle in which the switching element is successively driven.

Abstract: As a technique for specifically detecting cancer cells, provided is a method for detecting cancer cells, including the steps of: bringing BC2LCN lectin into contact with a test sample; and determining the presence or absence or the amount of a sugar chain having a BC2LCN lectin binding activity in the test sample, in which the test sample is a body fluid sample of a test individual.

Abstract: An incidence angle of laser light with respect to a photosensitive member in a main-scanning direction is different depending on an exposure position. Hence, the spot shape of the laser light on the photosensitive member is different in the main-scanning direction. A filter coefficient is changed in the main-scanning direction, and image data is corrected with the filter coefficient.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for introducing a target substance into undifferentiated cells, and a carrier therefor, whereby the target substance can be specifically introduced into the undifferentiated cells by contacting the undifferentiated cells with an rBC2LCN-target substance fusion product in which rBC2LCN lectin is fused to the target substance. Particularly, an rBC2LCN-toxin fusion product in which rBC2LCN lectin is fused to a toxin functioning in cells or its domain having the ability to kill cells functions as an agent for eliminating undifferentiated stem cells and can be administered into a medium after inducing the differentiation of the stem cells to reliably kill only the stem cells in an undifferentiated state.

Abstract: The power supply apparatus includes a transformer, a switch connected to a primary side of the transformer, a first line connected to a secondary side of the transformer to output a voltage of a first polarity, a second line connected to the secondary side of the transformer to output a second polarity voltage whose polarity is opposite to the first polarity, a first diode connected to the first line in a direction, a first capacitor connected to the first line, a second diode connected to the second line in another direction opposite to the direction of the first diode, a second capacitor connected to the second line, a resistor connected to the first line on an output side of the first diode, and a controller controlling a frequency of the switch to control an output from the second line constant.

Abstract: The circuit board has a surface mount LED with a lens on the circuit board. A conductive portion and remaining space in the periphery of the LED are covered with solid copper foil so that reflectance of light and a heat dissipation effect are enhanced. In addition, layer structures between the circuit board and an assembled component are the same between contact portions with the assembled component so that tilt in mounting the board is suppressed. As a result, the circuit board having mounted thereon the surface mount LED having high directivity can be accurately mounted on the assembled component, tilt of an optical axis can be suppressed, the reflectance of light from the LED can be increased, and the heat dissipation effect can be enhanced.

Abstract: The electronic apparatus includes a first circuit board on which a circuit mounted, a second circuit board arranged close to the circuit on the first circuit board, and a conductive terminal, which is in contact with a ground pattern on the first circuit board, and is arranged at a location between the circuit and the second circuit board so as to extend over the circuit.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to developing a glycan markers capable of detecting a hepatic disease, and more specifically to developing a glycan marker indicating a hepatic disease-state. Furthermore, the present invention is also directed to developing a glycan marker capable of distinguishing hepatic disease-states with the progress of hepatocarcinoma. The present inventors identified, among the serum glycoproteins, glycopeptides and glycoproteins in which a glycan structure specifically changes due to a hepatic diseases including hepatocarcinoma and provide these as novel glycan markers (glycopeptide and glycoprotein) specific to hepatic disease-states.

Abstract: An incidence angle of laser light with respect to a photosensitive member in a main-scanning direction is different depending on an exposure position. Hence, the spot shape of the laser light on the photosensitive member is different in the main-scanning direction. A filter coefficient is changed in the main-scanning direction, and image data is corrected with the filter coefficient.

Abstract: An incidence angle of laser light with respect to a photosensitive member in a main-scanning direction is different depending on an exposure position. Hence, the spot shape of the laser light on the photosensitive member is different in the main-scanning direction. A filter coefficient is changed in the main-scanning direction, and image data is corrected with the filter coefficient.