Abstract: A change in electrical characteristics in a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film is inhibited, and the reliability is improved. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a first insulating film over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film over the first insulating film, a source electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film, a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film, a second insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, a first metal oxide film over the second insulating film, and a second metal oxide film over the first metal oxide film. The first metal oxide film contains at least one metal element that is the same as a metal element contained in the oxide semiconductor film. The second metal oxide film includes a region where the second metal oxide film and the first metal oxide film are mixed.

Abstract: A drive unit for a vehicle may include a motor, a casing accommodating the motor, an electric pump unit attached to a lower part of the casing and configured to circulate heat medium within the casing and a filter unit attached to the lower part of the casing and configured to filter the heat medium. At least a part of the electric pump unit and at least a part of the filter unit each protrude outside the casing. Outside the casing, the filter unit is adjacent to the electric pump unit from a front in the vehicle.

Abstract: A semiconductor device which has favorable electrical characteristics, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with high productivity, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with a high yield are provided.

Abstract: To reduce defects in an oxide semiconductor film in a semiconductor device. To improve electrical characteristics of and reliability in the semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a gate electrode and a gate insulating film over a substrate, forming an oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film, forming a pair of electrodes over the oxide semiconductor film, forming a first oxide insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film and the pair of electrodes by a plasma CVD method in which a film formation temperature is 280° C. or higher and 400° C. or lower, forming a second oxide insulating film over the first oxide insulating film, and performing heat treatment at a temperature of 150° C. to 400° C. inclusive, preferably 300° C. to 400° C. inclusive, further preferably 320° C. to 370° C. inclusive.

Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of detecting a substrate state without contacting the substrate. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided (a) loading a substrate retainer, where a plurality of substrates is placed, into a reaction tube; (b) processing the plurality of the substrates by supplying a gas into the reaction tube; (c) unloading the substrate retainer out of the reaction tube after the plurality of the substrates is processed; and (d) detecting the plurality of the substrates placed on the substrate retainer after the substrate retainer is rotated by a first angle with respect to a transferable position, wherein the plurality of the substrates is transferable to/from the substrate retainer in the transferable position.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with favorable electrical characteristics is to be provided. A highly reliable semiconductor device is to be provided. A semiconductor device with lower power consumption is to be provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a first insulating layer over the gate electrode, a metal oxide layer over the first insulating layer, a pair of electrodes over the metal oxide layer, and a second insulating layer over the pair of electrodes. The first insulating layer includes a first region and a second region. The first region has a region being in contact with the metal oxide layer and containing more oxygen than the second region. The second region has a region containing more nitrogen than the first region. The metal oxide layer has at least a concentration gradient of oxygen in a thickness direction, and the concentration gradient becomes high on a first region side and on a second region side.

Abstract: A remote control device includes a flat, plate-like display to display a state of settings of the air-conditioning apparatus or a control command; a touch panel provided on or under the display to receive input of a control command for the air-conditioning apparatus through detection of a change in an electric signal, the change occurring when a display position of the display is touched; a transmitter to transmit to the air-conditioning apparatus a signal of the control command input through the touch panel; and a start/stop button provided at a position different from the touch panel and configured to trigger start of operation of or stop of operation of the air-conditioning apparatus.

Abstract: A bonding wire for a high-speed signal line for connecting a pad electrode of a semiconductor device and a lead electrode on a circuit board contains palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), silver (Ag), and a trace additive element.

Abstract: The air-conditioning-apparatus indoor unit includes a main body that has an air inlet and an air outlet that accommodates a heat exchanger and a fan, left-right deflectors that are arranged in the air outlet and are configured to change the direction of an air flow from the air outlet in a left-right direction, up-down deflectors that are arranged in the air outlet and are configured to change the direction of the air flow from the air outlet in an up-down direction, the infrared sensor disposed at one end in the left-right direction of the front surface of the main body, and a large air flow control plate, a small air flow control plate, and an upper air flow control plate that are arranged between the infrared sensor and one end of the left-right deflector close to the infrared sensor and that control the air flow from the air outlet.

Abstract: The silver-gold alloy bonding wire of the present invention includes an alloy composed of not lower than 10% and not higher than 30% of gold (Au) and not lower than 30 ppm and not higher than 90 ppm of calcium (Ca) with the remainder of silver (Ag) at purity relative to a metallic element except for elements Au and Ca of 99.99% or higher, in mass percentage; a layer enriched with oxygen (O) and calcium (Ca) formed as a surface layer on the surface of the alloy; and a gold-enriched layer formed immediately below the surface layer.

Abstract: The silver-gold alloy bonding wire of the present invention includes an alloy composed of not lower than 10% and not higher than 30% of gold (Au) and not lower than 30 ppm and not higher than 90 ppm of calcium (Ca) with the remainder of silver (Ag) at purity relative to a metallic element except for elements Au and Ca of 99.99% or higher, in mass percentage; a layer enriched with oxygen (O) and calcium (Ca) formed as a surface layer on the surface of the alloy; and a gold-enriched layer formed immediately below the surface layer.

Abstract: A remote control device includes a display unit configured to display various screens including at least one main screen indicating an operating state of an apparatus to be operated, a touch panel disposed over the display unit, and a controller configured to cause at least one custom button to be displayed on the main screen along with the operating state. The custom button is assigned with one of a plurality of functions of the apparatus in accordance with a user operation.

Abstract: A remote control device includes a flat, plate-like display to display a state of settings of the air-conditioning apparatus or a control command; a touch panel provided on or under the display to receive input of a control command for the air-conditioning apparatus through detection of a change in an electric signal, the change occurring when a display position of the display is touched; a transmitter to transmit to the air-conditioning apparatus a signal of the control command input through the touch panel; and a start/stop button provided at a position different from the touch panel and configured to trigger start of operation of or stop of operation of the air-conditioning apparatus.

Abstract: An object is to provide a bonding wire for a high-speed signal line, formed by an Ag—Pd—Pt three-element alloy or an Ag—Pd—Pt ternary alloy, that is able to transmit a stable super-high frequency signal in a several GHz band, and that does not have a strong silver sulfide (Ag2S) film even when an unstable silver sulfide layer is formed on the surface of the bonding wire. Provided is the bonding wire for the high-speed signal line formed by a three-element alloy containing 0.8 to 2.5 mass % of palladium (Pd), 0.1 to 0.7 mass % of platinum (Pt), and a balance being silver (Ag) with purity of 99.99 mass % or more, or a ternary alloy obtained by adding a trace element to the three-element alloy, in which cross section of the bonding wire is formed by a skin film and a core, and in which a surface segregation layer containing highly-concentrated silver (Ag) is present in the skin film of the silver alloy.