Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material wherein an expansion upon intercalation of a metal ion such as a Li ion is suppressed. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material comprising a silicon clathrate type crystal phase, and the active material includes a Na element, a Si element and a M element that is a metal element with an ion radius larger than the Si element, and a proportion of the M element to a total of the Si element and the M element is 0.1 atm % or more and 5 atm % or less.

Abstract: To improve the quality of the demodulated signal without altering the form in which an AM radio wave is transmitted, the received amplitude-modulated signal is converted to a single-sideband signal, and the information signal demodulated from the phase term of this converted single-sideband signal.

Abstract: To improve the quality of the demodulated signal without altering the form in which an AM radio wave is transmitted, the received amplitude-modulated signal is converted to a single-sideband signal, and the information signal demodulated from the phase term of this converted single-sideband signal.

Abstract: The invention addresses itself to the task of providing a medium-frequency stereo broadcast receiving circuit that does not require any alteration of the radio wave format used in the medium-frequency stereo broadcast system that has become the de facto standard, and that receives transmitted broadcast waves and removes, in the course of the demodulation process, disturbance that has affected the signal during its propagation, thereby improving the audio quality of the demodulated signal and obtaining the full potential of the stereo effect. To achieve this, the received medium-frequency stereo broadcast wave is converted to a single-sideband signal, and the sum signal (L+R) is demodulated from the phase term of this converted single-sideband signal. The difference signal (L−R) is demodulated from the phase term of the received medium-frequency stereo broadcast wave and from the demodulated sum signal output.

Abstract: This invention addresses itself to the task of securing excellent narrowband transmission quality when transmitting audio signals such as voice and music, or various kinds of multimedia signal, by means of unidirectional or broadcast communication systems. Excellent demodulation characteristics are obtained by reducing the required transmission bandwidth by using SSB modulation technology, and by performing RZ SSB demodulation at the receiving side. The sideband and the carrier component are transmitted at a sufficient distance from one another in the frequency domain so that even if frequency stability in the transmitting and receiving circuits is not very high, there is little likelihood of quality deterioration due to frequency instability, and so that the receiving circuit is easier to implement, since less sharply selective bandpass filters are required.

Abstract: An automatic dynamic range control circuit is provided with a fixed-gain first circuit means and a variable-gain second circuit means having substantially the same propagation delay as the first circuit means. The automatic dynamic range control circuit holds the peak value of an input signal, selects the first circuit means when this peak value is smaller than a reference signal level, and selects the second circuit means when the peak value exceeds this reference signal level. When the held peak value is smaller than the reference signal level, the second circuit means is operated at the same gain relative to an input signal as the first circuit means by having its gain set by the reference signal. When the held peak value exceeds the reference signal, the gain of the second circuit means is limited by this held peak value and its output level is kept at or below a prescribed level.

Abstract: A circuit which limits to a fixed value the amplitude of a pilot signal received along with a modulated signal, mixes the amplitude-limited pilot signal with the modulated signal, and uses the random FM noise contained in the pilot signal to cancel the random FM noise contained in the modulated signal. The desired signal to be received is selected from the input signal at the high frequency band; this output is converted to a low frequency band signal by means of a frequency converter. The extraction of the pilot signal and the cancellation of the random FM noise is performed in the low frequency band, whereby the characteristics required for the high frequency band-pass filter are relaxed.