Abstract: The line narrowed laser apparatus configured to perform a plurality of burst oscillations including a first burst oscillation and a second burst oscillation next to the first burst oscillation to output a pulse laser beam. The line narrowed laser apparatus comprises a laser resonator, a chamber provided in the laser resonator, a pair of electrodes provided in the chamber, an electric power source configured to apply pulsed voltage to the pair of electrodes, a wavelength selecting element provided in the laser resonator, a spectral width varying unit provided in the laser resonator, and a controller. The controller is configured to measure a duty in a predetermined period before starting the second burst oscillation and a length of a suspension period from a time of ending the first burst oscillation to a time of starting the second burst oscillation, and perform a first control of the spectral width varying unit based on the duty and the length of the suspension period.

Abstract: A power conversion device in one embodiment includes power conversion circuitry having a plurality of converter cells connected in series to each other. Each converter cell includes an energy storage device and is configured to be capable of discharging stored energy. A control device is configured to generate a control command for controlling operation of each converter cell. A protection device is configured to generate a protection command for instructing whether to cause each converter cell to operate based on the control command or to stop operation of each converter cell regardless of the control command. A repeating device is configured to generate a control-and-protection command that is a combination of control information based on the control command and protection information based on the protection command, and output the generated control-and-protection command to each converter cell.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic electronic component provided with a component main body formed by alternatively laminating multiple dielectric ceramic layers and multiple internal electrode layers, and external electrodes disposed on the end faces where the internal electrode layers of the component main body are exposed, wherein at least a part of the multiple internal electrode layers exposed on the end faces of the component main body are provided with end-face electrode portions that connect the adjacent internal electrode layers, the connecting portions are present between the end-face electrode portions and the dielectric ceramic layers that contact with the end-face electrode portions, and the external electrodes are disposed so that the end-face electrode portions are covered.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic electronic component with a cuboid-shaped element main body having a first main face and a second main face elongating along the length direction and the width direction, a first side face and a second side face elongating along the length direction and the height direction, and a first end face and a second end face elongating along the width direction and the height direction; and a pair of internal electrode layers opposite to each other in the height direction inside the element main body with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween in such a manner that they are exposed at the first end face or the second end face, wherein the thickness of the dielectric layer becomes larger from central portion to the first side face and the second side face.

Abstract: A narrowband laser apparatus may be provided with a laser resonator including optical elements for narrowing a spectral linewidth, a spectrometer configured to detect spectral intensity distributions of multiple pulses included in a pulsed laser beam output from the laser resonator, a spectral waveform producer configured to produce a spectral waveform by adding up the spectral intensity distributions of the multiple pulses, a device function storage configured to store a device function of the spectrometer, a wavelength frequency function generator configured to generate a wavelength frequency function which represents a frequency distribution of center wavelengths of the multiple pulses, and a deconvolution processor configured to perform deconvolution processing on the spectral waveform with the device function and the wavelength frequency function.

Abstract: The line narrowed laser apparatus configured to perform a plurality of burst oscillations including a first burst oscillation and a second burst oscillation next to the first burst oscillation to output a pulse laser beam. The line narrowed laser apparatus comprises a laser resonator, a chamber provided in the laser resonator, a pair of electrodes provided in the chamber, an electric power source configured to apply pulsed voltage to the pair of electrodes, a wavelength selecting element provided in the laser resonator, a spectral width varying unit provided in the laser resonator, and a controller. The controller is configured to measure a duty in a predetermined period before starting the second burst oscillation and a length of a suspension period from a time of ending the first burst oscillation to a time of starting the second burst oscillation, and perform a first control of the spectral width varying unit based on the duty and the length of the suspension period.

Abstract: A narrow band laser apparatus may include: a laser resonator; a pair of discharge electrodes; a power supply; a first wavelength measurement device configured to output a first measurement result; a second wavelength measurement device configured to output a second measurement result; and a control unit. The control unit calibrates the first measurement result, based on a difference between the second measurement result derived when the control unit controls the power supply to apply a pulsed voltage to the pair of discharge electrodes with a first repetition frequency and the second measurement result derived when the control unit controls the power supply to apply the pulsed voltage to the pair of discharge electrodes with a second repetition frequency, the second repetition frequency being higher than the first repetition frequency.

Abstract: A narrow band laser apparatus may include: a laser resonator; a pair of discharge electrodes; a power supply; a first wavelength measurement device configured to output a first measurement result; a second wavelength measurement device configured to output a second measurement result; and a control unit. The control unit calibrates the first measurement result, based on a difference between the second measurement result derived when the control unit controls the power supply to apply a pulsed voltage to the pair of discharge electrodes with a first repetition frequency and the second measurement result derived when the control unit controls the power supply to apply the pulsed voltage to the pair of discharge electrodes with a second repetition frequency, the second repetition frequency being higher than the first repetition frequency.

Abstract: A laminate-type ceramic electric component such as laminated ceramic capacitor which has excellent mechanical strength and also has thermal shock resistance at the same time is provided. A laminate-type ceramic electronic component includes an inner layer part, in which dielectric layers including ABO3 (which represents a perovskite crystal in which A contains at least Ba and B contains at least Ti) as a main component and internal electrode layers are alternately laminated; and a pair of outer layer parts which sandwich the inner layer part, wherein the outer layer parts include a continuous film containing a Ba—Si—Ti—O based crystal phase.

Abstract: The present invention aims to suppress the cracks and delamination to improve the bending strength of multilayer ceramic electronic component with internal electrode layers wherein the thickness of the internal electrode layer is 0.5 ?m or less. The multilayer ceramic electronic component is a laminated body having internal electrode layers and dielectric ceramic layers which are laminated alternately. The internal electrode layers have electrode discontinuity portion. In a part of the electrode discontinuity portion, a dielectric ceramic particle bigger than the thickness of the dielectric ceramic layer is contained when the cross section is observed from the direction perpendicular to the laminating plane of the laminated body.

Abstract: The present invention aims to suppress the cracks and delamination to improve the bending strength of multilayer ceramic electronic component with internal electrode layers wherein the thickness of the internal electrode layer is 0.5 ?m or less. The multilayer ceramic electronic component is a laminated body having internal electrode layers and dielectric ceramic layers which are laminated alternately. The internal electrode layers have electrode discontinuity portion. In a part of the electrode discontinuity portion, a dielectric ceramic particle bigger than the thickness of the dielectric ceramic layer is contained when the cross section is observed from the direction perpendicular to the laminating plane of the laminated body.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic electronic component with a cuboid-shaped element main body having a first main face and a second main face elongating along the length direction and the width direction, a first side face and a second side face elongating along the length direction and the height direction, and a first end face and a second end face elongating along the width direction and the height direction; and a pair of internal electrode layers opposite to each other in the height direction inside the element main body with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween in such a manner that they are exposed at the first end face or the second end face, wherein the thickness of the dielectric layer becomes larger from central portion to the first side face and the second side face.

Abstract: A laminated ceramic electronic component provided with a component main body formed by alternatively laminating multiple dielectric ceramic layers and multiple internal electrode layers, and external electrodes disposed on the end faces where the internal electrode layers of the component main body are exposed, wherein at least a part of the multiple internal electrode layers exposed on the end faces of the component main body are provided with end-face electrode portions that connect the adjacent internal electrode layers, the connecting portions are present between the end-face electrode portions and the dielectric ceramic layers that contact with the end-face electrode portions, and the external electrodes are disposed so that the end-face electrode portions are covered.

Abstract: A laser device (100) may include: a laser resonator (20, 30) configured to output pulsed laser light (L); an actuator (35, 36, 37) configured to change wavelength of the pulsed laser light; and a controller (110) configured to receive data of target wavelength for a plurality of pulses of the pulsed laser light before the pulsed laser light is output, and to control the actuator, based on the data of the target wavelength for the plurality of pulses, such that the wavelength of the pulsed laser light approaches the data of the target wavelength.

Abstract: The present invention provides a recombinant PRPK protein, a recombinant TPRKB protein, or a recombinant PRPK/TPRKB complex expressed by use of a eukaryotic cell expression system. The present invention also provides a method of preparing a recombinant PRPK, a recombinant TPRKB, or a recombinant PRPK/TPRKB, comprising expressing a recombinant PRPK, a recombinant TPRKB, or a recombinant PRPK/TPRKB complex by use of a eukaryotic cell expression system. The present invention also provides a method of identifying an agent that modulates PRPK, TPRKB, or PRPK/TPRKB complex using the recombinant PRPK, the recombinant PRPK or the recombinant PRPK/TPRKB complex.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed to improve the poor insulation of the laminate-type ceramic electronic component having dielectric ceramic layers of 0.5 ?m or less. A laminate-type ceramic electronic component which is a laminated body having a laminated structure formed by laminating the first ceramic parts and the internal electrode layers alternately. The first ceramic parts have a main ingredient of ABO3 representing a perovskite-type crystal in which site A contains at least Ba and site B contains at least Ti. The laminate-type ceramic electronic component has external electrodes which are connected with the internal electrodes. The end edge parts of the internal electrodes other than the end connected with the external electrodes are connected with the second ceramic parts. The second ceramic parts contain aluminum oxide as a main ingredient.

Abstract: A laminate-type ceramic electric component such as laminated ceramic capacitor which has excellent mechanical strength and also has thermal shock resistance at the same time is provided. A laminate-type ceramic electronic component comprises an inner layer part, in which dielectric layers comprising ABO3 (which represents a perovskite crystal in which A contains at least Ba and B contains at least Ti) as a main component and internal electrode layers are alternately laminated; and a pair of outer layer parts which sandwich the inner layer part, wherein the outer layer parts comprise a continuous film containing a Ba—Si—Ti—O based crystal phase.

Abstract: The present invention provides a recombinant PRPK protein, a recombinant TPRKB protein, or a recombinant PRPK/TPRKB complex expressed by use of a eukaryotic cell expression system. The present invention also provides a method of preparing a recombinant PRPK, a recombinant TPRKB, or a recombinant PRPK/TPRKB, comprising expressing a recombinant PRPK, a recombinant TPRKB, or a recombinant PRPK/TPRKB complex by use of a eukaryotic cell expression system. The present invention also provides a method of identifying an agent that modulates PRPK, TPRKB, or PRPK/TPRKB complex using the recombinant PRPK, the recombinant PRPK or the recombinant PRPK/TPRKB complex.

Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a first placing unit and a second placing unit each configured to thrust an electronic component that is held toward a substrate, place the electronic component on the substrate, and leave the substrate, and a controller configured to set an inhibit period during which, while one placing unit of the first placing unit and the second placing unit thrusts the electronic component or leaves the substrate, at least one of a thrusting operation of the electronic component and an operation of leaving the substrate by another placing unit is inhibited so that the other placing unit does not execute the at least one of the thrusting operation and the operation of leaving the substrate.

Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a first placing unit and a second placing unit each configured to thrust an electronic component that is held toward a substrate, place the electronic component on the substrate, and leave the substrate, and a controller configured to set an inhibit period during which, while one placing unit of the first placing unit and the second placing unit thrusts the electronic component or leaves the substrate, at least one of a thrusting operation of the electronic component and an operation of leaving the substrate by another placing unit is inhibited so that the other placing unit does not execute the at least one of the thrusting operation and the operation of leaving the substrate.