Abstract: An optical transmission system includes nodes connected to each other by optical transmission lines, and includes: monitoring parts each configured to collect signal information in time series at at least one signal collection point of a transmission end of a respective node, a reception end of the respective node, and a location at or between devices in the respective node; and an operation system configured to control the monitoring parts. The operation system extracts a component estimated to include a failure location by causing the monitoring parts to observe signal information on a reception end of a component, and, in the component, identifies the failure location by causing the monitoring parts to observe a temporal change of the signal information at the signal collection point to detect an abnormality.

Abstract: A leakage current is suppressed in a display device provided with an organic EL film. In one example, a display device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic EL film. The first electrode and the second electrode have different polarities. The organic EL film is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode when viewed from a direction that is parallel to a predetermined plane, and formed in a predetermined number of sub-pixels and a connection portion that is a portion mutually connecting adjacent sub-pixels in an inter-pixel region between the predetermined number of sub-pixels, when viewed from a vertical direction that is vertical to the predetermined plane.

Abstract: Provided is a display device capable of preventing a common electrode from coming into contact with a lateral surface of an organic layer. The display device includes a plurality of light emitting elements, an insulating member, and a common electrode. The plurality of light emitting elements is two-dimensionally arranged. The light emitting elements each include a first electrode, an organic layer including a light emitting layer, and a second electrode in this order. The first electrode, the organic layer, and the second electrode are isolated for each of the light emitting elements. The common electrode is provided on the second electrodes of two or more of the light emitting elements. The insulating member covers the lateral surface of the organic layer of each of the light emitting elements.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a rare earth metal complex phosphor having an extended durability; and a method of producing such a rare earth metal complex phosphor; and the like. Provided is a method of producing a metal complex phosphor having an emission peak wavelength of 600 nm to 635 nm, the method comprising: preparing a ligand that is represented by Chemical Formula (I) and comprises two sets of azomethine groups, and dissolving this ligand in a first solvent to prepare a solution (1); preparing a rare earth metal complex that comprises a ?-diketonato ligand represented by Chemical Formula (II) but does not comprise the ligand represented by Chemical Formula (I), and dissolving this rare earth metal complex in a second solvent to prepare a solution (2); mixing the solution (1) and the solution (2).

Abstract: A component determination system includes a checker module unit that supplies power to a DUT being connected, and a normality determination unit that transmits and receives inspection data to and from the DUT via the checker module unit. The checker module unit includes a connector conversion unit and a power conversion unit, and the normality determination unit receives inspection data indicating that the DUT has been activated by supplying power to the DUT, and causes a GUI to display a fact that the DUT has been activated.

Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting material containing a phosphor that emits red light with high luminance. The light-emitting material contains a fluoride phosphor having a first composition containing an alkali metal including K, Si, Al, Mn, and F. In the first composition, when a total number of moles of the alkali metal is 2, a total number of moles of Si, Al, and Mn is in a range from 0.9 to 1.1, a number of moles of Al is in a range from greater than 0 to 0.1, a number of moles of Mn is in a range from greater than 0 to 0.2, and a number of moles of F is in a range from 5.9 to less than 6.0. The fluoride phosphor has a cubic system crystal structure and has a lattice constant of 0.8138 nm or larger.

Abstract: Provided is a fluoride phosphor that can improve reliability in a light-emitting device. The fluoride phosphor includes fluoride particles and an oxide covering at least a portion of the surface of the fluoride particles. The oxide contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Ti, Zr, Sn, and Zn, and a content percentage of the oxide is in a range from 2 mass % to 30 mass %. The fluoride particles have a composition containing an element M including at least one element selected from the group consisting of Group 4 elements, Group 13 elements, and Group 14 elements, an alkali metal, Mn, and F, and when the number of moles of the alkali metal is 2, the number of moles of Mn is in a range greater than 0 and less than 0.2, the number of moles of the element M is a range greater than 0.8 and less than 1, and the number of moles of F is in a range greater than 5 and less than 7.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a comparator, an AD converter, a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and a comparator control method that can reduce power consumption while increasing the determination speed of the comparator. The comparator includes a comparison unit, a positive feedback circuit, and a current limiting unit. The comparison unit compares the voltage of an input signal and the voltage of a reference signal, and outputs a comparison result signal. The positive feedback circuit increases the transition speed at the time when the comparison result signal is inverted. The current limiting unit limits the current flowing in the comparison unit after the inversion of the comparison result signal. The present disclosure can be applied to comparators, for example.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a comparator, an AD converter, a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and a comparator control method that can reduce power consumption while increasing the determination speed of the comparator. The comparator includes a comparison unit, a positive feedback circuit, and a current limiting unit. The comparison unit compares the voltage of an input signal and the voltage of a reference signal, and outputs a comparison result signal. The positive feedback circuit increases the transition speed at the time when the comparison result signal is inverted. The current limiting unit limits the current flowing in the comparison unit after the inversion of the comparison result signal. The present disclosure can be applied to comparators, for example.

Abstract: Provided a method of producing a ?-sialon fluorescent material having excellent emission intensity. The method includes providing a first composition containing aluminum, an oxygen atom, and a europium-containing silicon nitride, heat treating the first composition, contacting the heat-treated composition and a basic substance to obtain a second composition, and contacting the second composition resulting from contacting the heat-treated composition with the basic substance and an acidic liquid medium containing an acidic substance.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a comparator, an AD converter, a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and a comparator control method that can reduce power consumption while increasing the determination speed of the comparator. The comparator includes a comparison unit, a positive feedback circuit, and a current limiting unit. The comparison unit compares the voltage of an input signal and the voltage of a reference signal, and outputs a comparison result signal. The positive feedback circuit increases the transition speed at the time when the comparison result signal is inverted. The current limiting unit limits the current flowing in the comparison unit after the inversion of the comparison result signal. The present disclosure can be applied to comparators, for example.

Abstract: Provided are a display device capable of curbing light leakage between adjacent pixels, a method of manufacturing the display device, and an electronic apparatus using the display device. The display device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements in which a lower electrode, an organic layer, and an upper electrode are laminated in this order on a substrate, an upper surface protective layer laminated on an upper surface side of the light-emitting elements and covering the upper electrodes, and an element isolation wall disposed between adjacent light-emitting elements and covering side edges surfaces of the light-emitting elements, and the element isolation wall extends from the light-emitting elements toward the upper surface protective film in a thickness direction of the light-emitting elements.

Abstract: There is provided a display apparatus including: a first semiconductor substrate (100) provided with a drive circuit unit (40) including a pixel transistor group including a plurality of pixel transistors (400) that drives a light emitting unit (20); and a second semiconductor substrate (200) provided with the light emitting unit and a peripheral circuit unit (30) including a plurality of peripheral circuit transistors (300) that supplies a signal voltage to the drive circuit unit, the second semiconductor substrate being stacked on the first semiconductor substrate and bonded to the first semiconductor substrate, wherein a film thickness of a gate oxide film (404) of each of the plurality of pixel transistors is larger than a film thickness of a gate oxide film (304) of each of the plurality of peripheral circuit transistors.

Abstract: Provided a method of producing a ?-sialon fluorescent material having excellent emission intensity. The method includes providing a first composition containing aluminum, an oxygen atom, and a europium-containing silicon nitride, heat treating the first composition, contacting the heat-treated composition and a basic substance to obtain a second composition, and contacting the second composition resulting from contacting the heat-treated composition with the basic substance and an acidic liquid medium containing an acidic substance.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device, including: a first substrate including a first electrode, and a first insulating film configured from a diffusion preventing material for the first electrode and covering a periphery of the first electrode, the first electrode and the first insulating film cooperating with each other to configure a bonding face; and a second substrate bonded to and provided on the first substrate and including a second electrode joined to the first electrode, and a second insulating film configured from a diffusion preventing material for the second electrode and covering a periphery of the second electrode, the second electrode and the second insulating film cooperating with each other to configure a bonding face to the first substrate.

Abstract: Provided a method of producing a ?-sialon fluorescent material having excellent emission intensity. The method includes providing a first composition containing aluminum, an oxygen atom, and a europium-containing silicon nitride, heat treating the first composition, contacting the heat-treated composition and a basic substance to obtain a second composition, and contacting the second composition resulting from contacting the heat-treated composition with the basic substance and an acidic liquid medium containing an acidic substance.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a ?-sialon fluorescent material having a high light emission intensity and an excellent light emission luminance. The method includes preparing a calcined product having a composition of ?-sialon containing an activating element; grinding the calcined product to obtain a ground product; and heat-treating the ground product to obtain a heat-treated product. A specific surface area of the ground product is 0.2 m2/g or more.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a comparator, an AD converter, a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and a comparator control method that can reduce power consumption while increasing the determination speed of the comparator. The comparator includes a comparison unit, a positive feedback circuit, and a current limiting unit. The comparison unit compares the voltage of an input signal and the voltage of a reference signal, and outputs a comparison result signal. The positive feedback circuit increases the transition speed at the time when the comparison result signal is inverted. The current limiting unit limits the current flowing in the comparison unit after the inversion of the comparison result signal. The present disclosure can be applied to comparators, for example.

Abstract: A method for producing ?-sialon fluorescent material having excellent emission intensity is provided. The method for producing ?-sialon fluorescent material includes providing a composition comprising silicon nitride that contains aluminium, an oxygen atom, and europium, heat treating the composition, contacting the heat-treated composition with a basic substance, and washing the composition, which has been contacted with the basic substance, with an acidic liquid medium.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a comparator, an AD converter, a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and a comparator control method that can reduce power consumption while increasing the determination speed of the comparator. The comparator includes a comparison unit, a positive feedback circuit, and a current limiting unit. The comparison unit compares the voltage of an input signal and the voltage of a reference signal, and outputs a comparison result signal. The positive feedback circuit increases the transition speed at the time when the comparison result signal is inverted. The current limiting unit limits the current flowing in the comparison unit after the inversion of the comparison result signal. The present disclosure can be applied to comparators, for example.