Abstract: In a resonator-type surface acoustic wave filter comprising a lithium tantalate substrate, lithium niobate substrate or lithium tetraborate substrate having a cut plane of high velocity, the direction of propagation of surface acoustic waves is set within the range of (40 deg to 90 deg, 40 deg to 90 deg, 0 deg to 60 deg) as expressed in Eulerian angles, and the capacitance Cos of the series resonators and the capacitance Cop of the parallel resonators are set within a predetermined range formulated with the center frequency taken as a parameter. Optimum ranges of the required design parameters are thus clarified to assure the resonator-type surface acoustic wave filter of higher performance.

Abstract: In an organic electroluminescent device according to the present invention, at least a carrier transporting layer and a luminescent layer which use an organic material are provided between a hole injection electrode and an electron injection electrode, and at least one of a compound having a pyrimidine ring as its center skeleton and a compound having a triazine ring as its center skeleton is used for a hole transporting material in a hole transporting layer in the carrier transporting layer and the organic material in the luminescent layer.

Abstract: In an organic electroluminescent device according to the present invention, at least a carrier transporting layer and a luminescent layer which use an organic material are provided between a hole injection electrode and an electron injection electrode, wherein a luminescent portion having a luminescent peak wavelength different from a luminescent peak wavelength in the luminescent layer is partially provided in such a manner that it is laminated on the luminescent layer, or at least a hole transporting layer having luminous characteristics and an electron transporting layer having luminous characteristics which respectively contain organic materials emitting fluorescence in different colors in a visible region are provided between the hole injection electrode and the electron injection electrode, wherein a hole transporting portion having non-luminous characteristics is partially provided between the hole transporting layer having luminous characteristics and the electron transporting layer having luminous ch

Abstract: In a cordless telephone apparatus, a mobile set is provided with a remaining a battery amount measuring section which is incremented or decremented in accordance with a value corresponding to an operating condition of the mobile set and a value corresponding to a charging current set by a charging current change=over circuit. A full charge condition is detected on the basis of a value measured by the remaining battery amount measuring section, and this is used to control the charging current. Thereby, it becomes possible to operate the mobile set from the battery even in the course of charging, and to control the charging time and the charging current considering the electric power used for the operation of the mobile set. Since the charging time and the charging current are accurately adjusted in accordance with use conditions of the mobile set, it becomes possible to prevent over-charging and under-charging.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave convolver of the present invention includes, on a surface of a piezoelectric substrate, a pair of comb-like surface acoustic wave excitation electrodes 2 and 3, and a center electrode 4. The excitation electrodes 2 and 3 are disposed opposed to each other at a specified interval while the center electrode 4 having a shorter width than a length of the excitation electrodes 2 and 3 is positioned between the electrodes 2 and 3. The center electrode 4 propagates the surface acoustic waves respectively produced by the excitation electrodes 2 and 3 in reverse directions to each other to obtain a convolution output signal. A pair of reflectors 10 are positioned on opposite sides of a region defined between the excitation electrode 2 and one end of the center electrode 4 with a width equivalent to that of the center electrode 4.

Abstract: Organic electroluminescent elements capable of operating at a low driving voltage, leading to saving of electric power and operating cost for a driving circuit. In an organic electroluminescent element in which a hole transport layer and a luminous layer are formed between a hole injecting electrode layer and an electron injecting electrode layer which are oppositely arranged in a pair and in which the hole transport layer is overlaid on the hole injecting electrode layer, the hole transport layer is doped with a hole injection material at least at a region near the interface between the hole transport layer and a hole injecting electrode. The hole injection material has an ionization potential which is lower than that of the material of the hole transport layer and higher than that of the material of the hole injecting electrode layer.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter according to the present invention is constructed by connecting in series one or two or more filter functional units each comprising a first surface acoustic wave resonator having input and output terminals connected in series with a signal line and a second surface acoustic wave resonator having input and output terminals one of which is connected to the signal line and the other of which is grounded. The first surface acoustic wave resonator is constituted by one interdigital transducer and a pair of electrically open strip type grating reflectors with the interdigital transducer interposed therebetween, and the second surface acoustic wave resonator is constituted by one interdigital transducer and a pair of electrically short strip type grating reflectors with the interdigital transducer interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A paint film-protective sheet comprising a supporting substrate having formed thereon a rubber-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a fatty acid glycerol ester and an antifungal agent.

Abstract: An organic EL element that exhibits excellent durability by reducing the amount of accumulated carriers and curbing degradation by heat generated while the organic EL element is driven.

Abstract: A paint film-protective sheet comprising a supporting substrate having formed thereon a rubber-based pressure-sensitive layer comprising a rubber-based polymer having a low polarity and which does not contain unsaturated bonds or contains a small amount of unsaturated bonds, and a high-polar additive. The paint film-protective sheet can adhere even to a paint film which is liable to cause a poor adhesion by bleeding, etc., without need of applying a cleaning treatment, can maintain the good adhered state over a long period of time, and can be easily peeled cleanly even after adhering for a long period of time.

Abstract: A deodorant containing an azo metal complex expressed by the following structural formula 1, which is produced by mixing a solution in which azo compounds to be ligands are dissolved with a solution in which a metal salt is dissolved: ##STR1## In the structural formula 1, M represents a metal element, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent aromatic compounds, which may be the same or different from each other, and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 represent aromatic compounds or heterocyclic compounds, which may be the same or different from each other. In addition, either one or both of nitrogen atoms in an azo base in each of the legends may be coordinated to the metal M.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter according to the present invention is constructed by connecting in series one or two or more filter functional units each comprising a first surface acoustic wave resonator having input and output terminals connected in series with a signal line and a second surface acoustic wave resonator having input and output terminals one of which is connected to the signal line and the other of which is grounded. The first surface acoustic wave resonator is constituted by one interdigital transducer and a pair of electrically open strip type grating reflectors with the interdigital transducer interposed therebetween, and the second surface acoustic wave resonator is constituted by one interdigital transducer and a pair of electrically short strip type grating reflectors with the interdigital transducer interposed therebetween.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the characteristics of the conventional antenna duplexer and to provide an antenna duplexer contributing to higher performance and smaller size of a mobile communication apparatus. The antenna duplexer has a filter for wave receiving and a filter for wave transmission, and respective one ends of both the filters are connected to an antenna shared terminal through a matching circuit constituted by transmission lines. The characteristic impedance of at least one of a transmission line for connecting the antenna shared terminal and the filter for wave receiving to each other and a transmission line for connecting the antenna shared terminal and the filter for wave transmission to each other is set to a value other than the standard characteristic impedance of a receiver circuit and a transmitter circuit connected to the antenna duplexer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an organic EL element improved in durability. The organic EL element comprises a hole-injecting electrode and an electron-injecting electrode, and at least a film made of a luminous material therebetween, wherein the luminous material is one of a metal complex polymer, an inner complex salt having two or more ligands, and 10-hydroxybenzo [h] quinoline-metal complex.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device adapted to attain a higher acoustic velocity than conventionally by realizing SH waves excitable at a higher frequency than the fundametal mode of Rayleigh waves. Aluminum is sputtered for deposition on the R-plane of a sapphire substrate 1 using a sputter ion source, and at the same time, the R-plane of the substrate 1 is irradiated with a nitrogen ion beam having energy of 50 to 250 eV at a current density of 0.2 to 1.0 mA/cm.sup.2 using an assist ion source to form an aluminum nitride thin film 2 on the R-plane of the substrate 1 with the [00.1] axis of the film tilted with respect to a normal to the substrate.

Abstract: An electroluminescent device having a hole injection electrode, an electron injection electrode, and at least an organic emitting layer therebetween, said organic emitting layer includes an 8-quinolinol derivative-metal complex whose ligand is selected from the group consisting of chemical formulas 102 through 106:chemical formula 102 ##STR1## chemical formula 103 ##STR2## chemical formula 104 ##STR3## chemical formula 105 ##STR4## chemical formula 106 ##STR5##

Abstract: An electroluminescent (EL) device is disclosed which has a pair of electrodes, an organic film therebetween including at least organic emitting material, and a vacuum evaporated metal film extending from the electrodes on to the outer surface of the organic film. The metal film protects at least an area on the outer surface of the organic film against air. The area is part of the border between the exposed area of the organic film and one of the electrodes, the part of the border corresponding to the crossing region of the electrodes and its vicinity.

Abstract: There is disclosed an EL element having at least one layer made from an organic material between an electron injection electrode and a hole injection electrode. The organic material consists of an oxadiazole series compound which has a plurality of oxadiazole rings, each of the oxadiazole rings being substituted by a condensed polycyclic aromatic group.

Abstract: In order to obtain a microwave dielectric ceramic composition having a high dielectric constant (.epsilon.r) and a large Q value and having a temperature coefficient of resonance; frequency (.tau.f) which is close to zero, the present invention is directed to a microwave dielectric ceramic composition expressed by a composition formula of w.multidot.Li.sub.2 O-x.multidot.CaO-y.multidot.A.sub.2 O.sub.3 -z.multidot.TiO.sub.2, wherein w, x, y and z are respectively in the ranges of 0.0 mole %<w.ltoreq.25.0 mole %, 0.0 mole %.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.50.0 mole %, 0.0 mole %<y.ltoreq.30.0 mole %, 0.0 mole %<z.ltoreq.80.0 mole % where w+x+y+z=100 mole %, and not more than 5 parts by weight of any one of ZnO, CoO, NiO and MgO is contained therein, and wherein A is selected from Sm and Nd.

Abstract: There is disclosed an electroluminescent (EL) element having an electron injection electrode, a hole injection electrode, and at least one layer therebetween, the layer comprising either a Rhodamine metal complex, a chromone metal complex, an azomethine metal complex, or another metal complex whose ligand is either thiobromine, flaviosin, or acriflavine.