Abstract: An imaging module of the invention includes: an imaging element; and a substrate positioned on a rear surface opposite to an imaging surface of the imaging element and provided to extend from the rear surface to a side opposite to the imaging surface. An electrode pad provided on the rear surface of the imaging element and a front end portion of an electrode pad provided on a main surface of the substrate at a position close to the imaging element are electrically connected via a conductive connecting material portion. A notch portion recessed from a distal end of the front end portion is formed at the front end portion of the electrode pad of the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparation of the compound of formula (VI), wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, without using any intermediate compound showing mutagenicity. The process comprises salt formation of the intermediate compound of formula (I) with acid to enable optical resolution to isolate the intermediate compound of formula (II) in a stereo-selective manner.

Abstract: Crystals of a quinazoline derivative are provided. The present invention relates to an acid addition salt of a compound represented by Formula (I): a pharmaceutical composition containing it, and the like.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electric wire includes providing wire rods made of aluminum alloy, forming aluminum alloy wires by drawing the wire rods to a final wire diameter without heat treatment, and forming a conductor by twisting together the aluminum alloy wires with a twist pitch of 7 to 36 times a predetermined diameter of the conductor. A composition of the aluminum alloy contains 0.1 to less than 1.0% by weight of Fe, 0 to 0.08% by weight of Zr, 0.02 to 2.8% by weight of Si, and 0.05 to 0.63% by weight of Cu and/or 0.03 to 0.45% by weight of Mg, with the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a resin container having a dense and. thin coating with good gas barrier properties and a resin-container coating apparatus. [Solution] A metal oxide film 102 is formed on at least one of inner and outer surfaces of a resin container 101. The metal oxide film 102 includes a stack of layers of a metal forming the metal oxide film that are deposited on an atomic level and has a thickness of 5 to 100 nm.

Abstract: An imaging module includes an electrical cable; a solid-state imaging element having an imaging unit orthogonal to an axis direction of a tip of the electrical cable; and a flexible wiring substrate in which the solid-state imaging element and the electrical cables are electrically connected together. The flexible wiring substrate includes an element mounting portion mounting the solid-state imaging element, and two rear pieces that are bent at both end portions of the element mounting portion and extend in a direction away from the element mounting portion. An internal space of the flexible wiring substrate surrounded by the element mounting portion and the two rear pieces is filled with adhesive resin in which a glass-transition temperature is 135° C. or less.

Abstract: An imaging module includes an electrical cable; a solid-state imaging element having an imaging unit orthogonal to an axis direction of a tip of the electrical cable; and a flexible wiring substrate in which the solid-state imaging element and the electrical cables are electrically connected together. The flexible wiring substrate includes an element mounting portion mounting the solid-state imaging element and two rear pieces that are bent at both end portions of the element mounting portion and extend in a direction moving away from the element mounting portion. An internal space of the flexible wiring substrate surrounded by the element mounting portion and the two rear pieces is filled with an adhesive resin in which the rate of volumetric shrinkage in curing is 3% or more.

Abstract: An imaging module of the invention including a flexible wiring substrate that includes: a first end portion including a connector; a second end portion including a mount portion; a mounting portion on which an imaging device is mounted; a first bend portion bended and provided between the mounting portion and the first end portion; and a second bend portion bended and provided between the mounting portion and the second end portion. The first end portion and the second end portion overlap each other at a rear side opposite to an imaging surface of the imaging device, a cable is connected to a surface of the first end portion on the opposite side of the second end portion, and a capacitor is mounted on a surface of the second end portion on the opposite side of the first end portion.

Abstract: An imaging module is capable of being used a two or more limited number of times. The imaging module includes: a CMOS imaging sensor; and a counter memory in which the number of use times is stored, the number of use times being the number of times the imaging sensor is used.

Abstract: There is provided an aluminum-alloy material having sufficient electric conductivity and tensile strength as a wiring material and excellent in wire-drawing property, and an electric wire or cable using the same. An electric wire or cable includes an aluminum-alloy strand formed of an aluminum-alloy including Fe: 0.1% by mass or more to less than 1.0% by mass, Zr: 0 to 0.08% by mass, Si: 0.02 to 2.8% by mass, at least one of Cu: 0.05 to 0.63% by mass and Mg: 0.04 to 0.45% by mass, and the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: There is provided an aluminum-alloy material having sufficient electric conductivity and tensile strength as a wiring material and excellent in wire-drawing property, and an electric wire or cable using the same. An electric wire or cable includes an aluminum-alloy strand formed of an aluminum-alloy including Fe: 0.1% by mass or more to less than 1.0% by mass, Zr: 0 to 0.08% by mass, Si: 0.02 to 2.8% by mass, at least one of Cu: 0.05 to 0.63% by mass and Mg: 0.04 to 0.45% by mass, and the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: An endoscope includes: an imaging device chip having a chip connection portion; a tubular housing tube used to a scope tip portion of an endoscope; a substrate to which the imaging device chip is fixed, the substrate having a substrate connection portion, the substrate being capable of bending at near the substrate connection portion when the substrate is inserted into the housing tube; a lead wire connecting the substrate connection portion and the chip connection portion; flexible and non-conductive resin covering an entirety of the lead wire; and an imaging module including the substrate provided with the imaging device chip thereon, the imaging module inserted into the housing tube.

Abstract: There is provided an aluminum-alloy material having sufficient electric conductivity and tensile strength as a wiring material and excellent in wire-drawing property, and an electric wire or cable using the same. An electric wire or cable includes an aluminum-alloy strand formed of an aluminum-alloy including Fe: 0.1% by mass or more to less than 1.0% by mass, Zr: 0 to 0.08% by mass, Si: 0.02 to 2.8% by mass, at least one of Cu: 0.05 to 0.63% by mass and Mg: 0.04 to 0.45% by mass, and the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: A display panel drive device includes: a ring counter circuit that includes a first ring counter having a plurality of flipflops connected in cascade, configured to operate in synchronization with a first clock signal with a first-stage one of the plurality of flipflops being set by an initial signal, and outputs signals using outputs of the plurality of flipflops; a shift register having a plurality of flipflops connected in cascade, configured to operate in synchronization with a second clock signal lower in frequency than the first clock signal with a first-stage one of the plurality of flipflops being set by the initial signal; and an output section configured to perform a logical operation between one of outputs of the ring counter circuit and one of outputs of the shift register, to generate a scanning line drive signal for a display panel.

Abstract: An electric wire includes a conductor obtained by twisting together aluminum alloy wires. The conductor is formed with a conductor twist pitch of 7 to 36 times a predetermined diameter thereof, and a composition of an aluminum alloy before formation of the aluminum alloy wires contains 0.1 to less than 1.0% by weight of Fe, 0 to 0.08% by weight of Zr, 0.02 to 2.8% by weight of Si, and 0.05 to 0.63% by weight of Cu and/or 0.03 to 0.45% by weight of Mg, with the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: An electronic endoscope of the present invention includes an elongated insertion portion inserted into a subject, a distal end of the elongated insertion portion including a solid state imaging device, an operating portion connected to an other end of the insertion portion so as to be freely attachable thereto or detached therefrom, and an interface substrate that processes RAW data obtained by the solid-state imaging device and that creates and outputs image signals. At least part of an interface substrate is disposed inside the operating portion, and a first electrical cable that transmits the RAW data obtained by the solid-state imaging device is connected to a connector located on the interface substrate or located on the way toward the interface substrate, and when the insertion portion is being attached to or detached from the operating portion, the first electrical cable is attached or detached at a connector portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combination product which comprises: (1) a polyaldehyde obtained by introducing an aldehyde group into a branched glucose in a ?-1,3-glucan, and (2) a polyamine obtained by increasing the molecular weight of a poly-L-lysine. The combination product according to the present invention is useful as a material for a tissue adhesive hydrogel which can be used as a hemostatic agent or the like which exhibits low risks for viral infections and the like, high biodegradability and biocompatibility, excellent safety, a good adhesion rate and a good adhesion strength.

Abstract: There is provided an aluminum-alloy material having sufficient electric conductivity and tensile strength as a wiring material and excellent in wire-drawing property, and an electric wire or cable using the same. An electric wire or cable includes an aluminum-alloy strand formed of an aluminum-alloy including Fe: 0.1% by mass or more to less than 1.0% by mass, Zr: 0 to 0.08% by mass, Si: 0.02 to 2.8% by mass, at least one of Cu: 0.05 to 0.63% by mass and Mg: 0.04 to 0.45% by mass, and the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: A push-pull driver circuit includes a control circuit which controls switching operations of a plurality of high-side transistors, a level-shift circuit which shifts a control signal, output by the control circuit when the control circuit performs turn-off control on the plurality of transistors, to a first voltage by which the plurality of transistors are turned off, and which inputs the shifted signal to a gate of one of the plurality of transistors, and a conduction-state selection circuit which, if an output of the level-shift circuit is the first voltage, inputs the output to gates of the rest of the transistors, and otherwise, according to the control by the control circuit, sets each of gate inputs of the rest of the transistors to either a high-impedance state or a second voltage by which the plurality of transistors are turned on.

Abstract: There is provided an aluminum-alloy material having sufficient electric conductivity and tensile strength as a wiring material and excellent in wire-drawing property, and an electric wire or cable using the same. An electric wire or cable includes an aluminum-alloy strand formed of an aluminum-alloy including Fe: 0.1% by mass or more to less than 1.0% by mass, Zr: 0 to 0.08% by mass, Si: 0.02 to 2.8% by mass, at least one of Cu: 0.05 to 0.63% by mass and Mg: 0.04 to 0.45% by mass, and the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities.