Abstract: An RFID tag comprises a semiconductor chip storing therein information of an object to be discriminated and carrying out radio communication with a reader/writer device; and an antenna coil provided with a magnetic core member and connected electrically to the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip and the magnetic core member are wrapped by an insulation sheet carrying an interconnection pattern connecting a pad of the semiconductor chip and the antenna coil electrically and plural coil patterns on one side thereof. The plural coil patterns includes bar-shaped conductor patterns formed obliquely to the magnetic core member, each of the bar-shaped conductor patterns having an end connected to an end of an adjacent coil pattern, the bar-shaped conductor patterns thereby forming together a spiral coil around the magnetic core member. The coil patterns being connected with each other at a part where the coil patterns overlap with each other.

Abstract: A printed circuit board comprises a base substrate and an external interconnection terminal provided on the base substrate, wherein external interconnection terminal comprises a land formed on a front surface of the base substrate and a metal plate soldered upon the land via a solder layer, a through-hole being formed in the base substrate such that the through-hole penetrates through the land and through the base substrate, the through-hole being filled with a solder such that the solder in the through-hole extends in continuation to the solder layer connecting the metal plate to the land.

Abstract: A printed circuit board comprises a base substrate and an external interconnection terminal provided on the base substrate, wherein external interconnection terminal comprises a land formed on a front surface of the base substrate and a metal plate soldered upon the land via a solder layer, a through-hole being formed in the base substrate such that the through-hole penetrates through the land and through the base substrate, the through-hole being filled with a solder such that the solder in the through-hole extends in continuation to the solder layer connecting the metal plate to the land.

Abstract: An RFID tag comprises a semiconductor chip storing therein information of an object to be discriminated and carrying out radio communication with a reader/writer device; and an antenna coil provided with a magnetic core member and connected electrically to the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip and the magnetic core member are wrapped by an insulation sheet carrying an interconnection pattern connecting a pad of the semiconductor chip and the antenna coil electrically and plural coil patterns on one side thereof. The plural coil patterns includes bar-shaped conductor patterns formed obliquely to the magnetic core member, each of the bar-shaped conductor patterns having an end connected to an end of an adjacent coil pattern, the bar-shaped conductor patterns thereby forming together a spiral coil around the magnetic core member. The coil patterns being connected with each other at a part where the coil patterns overlap with each other.

Abstract: A synchronous digital multiplex transmission apparatus judges whether a received signal is a SONET AU-3 mapping signal or a SDH AU-4 mapping signal, based on values of H1, H2 and H3 bytes which form H bytes, and carries out an AU-3 pointer process in the case of the AU-3 mapping signal and an AU-4 pointer process in the case of the AU-4 mapping signal, with respect to the received signal. A pointer value is inserted in each of the H1, H2 and H3 bytes in the case of the AU-3 mapping signal and a pointer value is inserted in the H1 bytes in the case of the AU-4 mapping signal, with respect to a transmitting signal.

Abstract: An optical communication system includes first and second optical terminal apparatuses, first and second optical repeating installations, a working transmission line coupling the first and second optical terminal apparatuses via the first optical repeating installation, and a protection transmission line coupling the first and second optical terminal apparatuses via the second optical repeating installation.