Abstract: A hydrogen production apparatus including a desulfurizer, a reformer, a CO transformer a gas flow path, and a purge gas supply path which is provided where a purge gas is supplied to an upstream side of a pressure feeding apparatus in the gas flow path, prior to a stopping operation, a purging step of replacing gas within the gas flow path with the purge gas and filling the purge gas into the gas flow path is performed, and in a start-up operation in which a heating means is operated to increase the temperature of the gas within the gas flow path, which is performed prior to a hydrogen purification operation, a pressure increasing step of supplying the purge gas from the purge gas supply path to the closed circulation circuit and increasing the pressure within the closed circulation circuit is performed.

Abstract: A hydrogen production apparatus including a desulfurizer, a reformer, a CO transformer a gas flow path, and a purge gas supply path which is provided where a purge gas is supplied to an upstream side of a pressure feeding apparatus in the gas flow path, prior to a stopping operation, a purging step of replacing gas within the gas flow path with the purge gas and filling the purge gas into the gas flow path is performed, and in a start-up operation in which a heating means is operated to increase the temperature of the gas within the gas flow path, which is performed prior to a hydrogen purification operation, a pressure increasing step of supplying the purge gas from the purge gas supply path to the closed circulation circuit and increasing the pressure within the closed circulation circuit is performed.

Abstract: A hydrogen production apparatus including a desulfurizer, a reformer, a CO transformer a gas flow path, and a purge gas supply path which is provided where a purge gas is supplied to an upstream side of a pressure feeding apparatus in the gas flow path, prior to a stopping operation, a purging step of replacing gas within the gas flow path with the purge gas and filling the purge gas into the gas flow path is performed, and in a start-up operation in which a heating means is operated to increase the temperature of the gas within the gas flow path, which is performed prior to a hydrogen purification operation, a pressure increasing step of supplying the purge gas from the purge gas supply path to the closed circulation circuit and increasing the pressure within the closed circulation circuit is performed.

Abstract: A hydrogen production apparatus including a desulfurized, a reformer, a CO transformer a gas flow path, and a purge gas supply path which is provided where a purge gas is supplied to an upstream side of a pressure feeding apparatus in the gas flow path, prior to a stopping operation, a purging step of replacing gas within the gas flow path with the purge gas and filling the purge gas into the gas flow path is performed, and in a start-up operation in which a heating means is operated to increase the temperature of the gas within the gas flow path, which is performed prior to a hydrogen purification operation, a pressure increasing step of supplying the purge gas from the purge gas supply path to the closed circulation circuit and increasing the pressure within the closed circulation circuit is performed.

Abstract: To provide a semiconductor test apparatus which is capable of adjusting skew efficiently with sufficient operational convenience. The semiconductor test apparatus tests a semiconductor device based on a signal obtained by applying a test signal to the semiconductor device, and includes a driver pin block. The driver pin block is provided with: a plurality of drivers which generate the test signal; at least one adjustment comparator which is connected to output terminals of the drivers and which is used for adjusting timings of the drivers; and a reference signal input terminal to which a reference signal for adjusting a timing of the adjustment comparator is input.

Abstract: A laser diode driver output stage for driving an associated laser diode device. The laser diode driver output stage includes a driver circuit adapted to receive an input data signal at an input node and provide an output signal to a positive output node and a negative output node in response to the data signal. The laser diode driver output stage further includes a transformer having a positive terminal of a first side coupled to the positive output node of the driver circuit, a negative terminal of the first side coupled to the negative output node, a positive terminal of a second side coupled to the positive output node, and negative terminal of the second side coupled to a bias current generator. The transformer functions to isolate the bias current from fluctuations in the output signal, whereby the output signal and bias current are provided to the associated laser diode device.

Abstract: To efficiently dry it, a nonionic alkylene oxide-type water-soluble resin is put into a container, then the container is degassed to a prescribed vacuum degree which is maintained while a dry gas having a dew point not higher than prescribed is introduced into the container at a rate not lower than prescribed. Minor volatiles are efficiently removed from the resin in an evaporation tank having a stirring blade. For protecting the dried resin from water, a dry gas is introduced into and air is purged from an empty packaging container whereafter the resin is charged into the container is sealed. By controlling solvent content and visocity of the resin and loading it into a temperature-controlled transportation container and/or unloading it out of the transportation container by the use of a pump, good subsquent processability of the resin and prevention of deterioration thereof are ensured.

Abstract: A laser diode driver output stage for driving an associated laser diode device. In one aspect of the present invention, the laser diode driver output stage includes a driver circuit having at least one input node and an output node. The driver circuit is adapted to receive an input data signal at the at least one input node and provide an output signal at the output node in response to the data signal. The laser diode driver output stage further includes a transformer connected to the output node of the driver circuit. The transformer is adapted to receive the output signal at a first side and apply impedance compensation to the output signal to provide an output drive signal from a second side to drive the associated laser diode device.

Abstract: A laser diode driver output stage for driving an associated laser diode device. The laser diode driver output stage includes a driver circuit adapted to receive an input data signal at an input node and provide an output signal to a positive output node and a negative output node in response to the data signal. The laser diode driver output stage further includes a transformer having a positive terminal of a first side coupled to the positive output node of the driver circuit, a negative terminal of the first side coupled to the negative output node, a positive terminal of a second side coupled to the positive output node, and negative terminal of the second side coupled to a bias current generator. The transformer functions to isolate the bias current from fluctuations in the output signal, whereby the output signal and bias current are provided to the associated laser diode device.

Abstract: To efficiently dry it, a nonionic alkylene oxide-type water-soluble resin is put into a container, then the container is degassed to a prescribed vacuum degree which is maintained while a dry gas having a dew point not higher than prescribed is introduced into the container at a rate not lower than prescribed. Minor volatiles are efficiently removed from the resin in an evaporation tank having a stirring blade. For protecting the dried resin from water, a dry gas is introduced into and air is purged from an empty packaging container whereafter the resin is charged into the container is sealed. By controlling solvent content and visocity of the resin and loading it into a temperature-controlled transportation container and/or unloading it out of the transportation container by the use of a pump, good subsquent processability of the resin and prevention of deterioration thereof are ensured.

Abstract: A laser diode driver output stage for driving an associated laser diode device. The laser diode driver output stage includes a driver circuit adapted to receive an input data signal at an input node and provide an output signal to a positive output node and a negative output node in response to the data signal. The laser diode driver output stage further includes a transformer having a positive terminal of a first side coupled to the positive output node of the driver circuit, a negative terminal of the first side coupled to the negative output node, a positive terminal of a second side coupled to the positive output node, and negative terminal of the second side coupled to a bias current generator. The transformer functions to isolate the bias current from fluctuations in the output signal, whereby the output signal and bias current are provided to the associated laser diode device.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to enhance the photoelectric conversion performance to more than the limit possessed by prior organic solar cells in arts of organic solar cells in which an organic semiconductor layer is constituted by at least two material layers.

Abstract: A laser diode driver output stage for driving an associated laser diode device. The laser diode driver output stage includes a driver circuit adapted to receive an input data signal at an input node and provide an output signal to a positive output node and a negative output node in response to the data signal. The laser diode driver output stage further includes a transformer having a positive terminal of a first side coupled to the positive output node of the driver circuit, a negative terminal of the first side coupled to the negative output node, a positive terminal of a second side coupled to the positive output node, and negative terminal of the second side coupled to a bias current generator. The transformer functions to isolate the bias current from fluctuations in the output signal, whereby the output signal and bias current are provided to the associated laser diode device.

Abstract: A laser diode driver output stage for driving an associated laser diode device. In one aspect of the present invention, the laser diode driver output stage includes a driver circuit having at least one input node and an output node. The driver circuit is adapted to receive an input data signal at the at least one input node and provide an output signal at the output node in response to the data signal. The laser diode driver output stage further includes a transformer connected to the output node of the driver circuit. The transformer is adapted to receive the output signal at a first side and apply impedance compensation to the output signal to provide an output drive signal from a second side to drive the associated laser diode device.

Abstract: A driver circuit integrated with a load current output circuit has a function as a driver for applying a predetermined test waveform to a device under test (DUT), and a function as a load current output for reproducing an actual use situation by receiving the load current to the DUT to judge a response waveform by receiving the response waveform from the DUT. Both functions are made up on a common circuit, operate as the driver circuit when applying the test waveform, and operate as the load current output circuit when judging the response waveform.

Abstract: A driver circuit integrated with a load current output circuit has a function as a driver for applying a predetermined test waveform to a device under test (DUT), and a function as a load current output for reproducing an actual use situation by receiving the load current to the DUT to judge a response waveform by receiving the response waveform from the DUT. Both functions are made up on a common circuit, operate as the driver circuit when applying the test waveform, and operate as the load current output circuit when judging the response waveform.

Abstract: The sulfonation of a polyaniline or a derivative thereof by the use of a sulfonating agent, characterized by dispersing the polyaniline or the derivative thereof in a reaction solvent thereby inhibiting the formation of lumps of grains due to substantial aggregation. Preferably, the solvent for the reaction is an organic solvent incapable of reacting with the sulfonating agent. The initial stirring power for the reaction of sulfonation is preferred to be not less than 0.03 kW/m3 and the polyaniline or the derivative thereof is preferred to have a water content of not more than 8 wt. %. Further, this invention is characterized by subjecting a polyaniline having introduced a sulfonic acid group therein or a derivative thereof to hydrolysis in a mixed solution of water with a hydrophilic organic solvent. The hydrophilic organic solvent is preferred to be an alcohol.

Abstract: The prism assembly of the present invention includes: a prism made of plastics having light transmittivity; and a glass plate which is joined to a plane of the prism obliquely intersecting a light incidence plane of the prism and whose one surface carries a dichroic layer formed thereon.

Abstract: The water-soluble electrically-conductive polyaniline of this invention is such that the aromatic rings of the skeleton thereof are substituted by an average of 0.1-4 sulfonic acid (salt) groups and an average of 0-3.9 H's or other substituents (providing that the total of the number of sulfonic acids (salts) and that of other substituents is 4) per aromatic ring and 0.025-1 nitrogen atom of each of the nitrogen atoms in the main skeleton is doped with an external dopant. It is obtained by causing polyaniline to react with chlorosulfuric acid and then subjecting the reaction product to hydrolysis.The antistatic agent of this invention is formed by using a water-soluble electrically-conductive polymer which has been doped with an external dopant.

Abstract: A processing apparatus comprises a resist coating machine for coating resist on the surface of a substrate, a resist removing machine for removing the unnecessary resist stuck to the peripheral portion of the substrate carried out of the resist coating machine, and a transport arm for transporting the substrate from the resist coating machine to the resist removing machine, wherein the resist removing machine comprises a substrate table on which the substrate brought in by the transport arm is placed, a nozzle for spraying a solvent on the peripheral portion to remove the unnecessary resist stuck to the peripheral portion of the substrate on the substrate table; a discharge machine for discharging the solvent used to dissolve and remove the unnecessary resist and the dissolved and removed resist, and an exhaust machine for exhausting the atmosphere under the substrate table downward.