Abstract: A spacecraft includes: a main-reflection unit configured to reflect and emit a radio wave outside, a sub-reflection unit configured to face the main-reflection unit, a radiator arranged to face the sub-reflection unit and configured to radiate the radio wave in a direction of the sub-reflection unit, a main body configured to be able to accommodate at least one part of the sub-reflection unit therein, and a delivery device connected to the sub-reflection unit and configured to deliver the sub-reflection unit, at least one part of which is accommodated in the main body, to a position where the sub-reflection unit is able to reflect the radio wave radiated from the radiator to the main-reflection unit and cause the main-reflection unit to radiate the radio wave outside.

Abstract: Spacecraft and antenna apparatus that can be more easily deployed from a stored state can include: a main-reflection unit including a plurality of ribs formed to be deployable in a stored state in which the ribs are folded and a sheet body provided between a plurality of the ribs and configured to be capable of reflecting a radio wave radiated from a radiator and emitting the radio wave outside, and a restriction member configured to restrict deployment of the plurality of ribs in the stored state, and release the restriction by operation of a restriction release member different from the main-reflection unit.

Abstract: A battery system comprises a plurality of battery modules, each of the battery modules includes an assembled battery configured to include a plurality of battery cells connected in series, a monitoring unit configured to monitor the assembled battery, and an external member configured to be electrically connected to the monitoring unit, and the monitoring unit of each of the battery modules has a generation unit configured to generate, based on an electric signal input from the external member, an identification information item on the corresponding one of the battery modules, the identification information items of the respective battery modules being different from one another.

Abstract: An antenna module to be provided to a vehicle includes: an array antenna configured to form a beam directed from an aperture provided in an exterior body panel of the vehicle, toward a vehicle outside; and a housing holding the array antenna in a vehicle inside.

Abstract: Provided is a distortion compensation device performing distortion compensation on a signal to be amplified by an amplifier, of which an internal state affecting a distortion characteristic varies, using a distortion compensation model, wherein the distortion compensation model includes a plurality of calculation models having respective distortion compensation characteristic for the amplifier in different internal states, and a combiner combining the plurality of calculation models at a combination ratio corresponding to the internal state that varies.

Abstract: A controller is a controller for an adjuster that adjusts an input signal for pre-distortion of an amplifier. The controller includes a determination unit that determines a target section corresponding to electric power of the input signal among set sections and a generator that generates a control signal. The adjuster is configured to adjust at least one of an amplitude and a phase of the input signal. An amount of adjustment of at least one of the amplitude and the phase of the input signal is brought in correspondence with each of the sections. The generator generates a signal indicating the amount of adjustment brought in correspondence with the target section as the control signal and provides the control signal to the adjuster.

Abstract: An antenna module to be provided to a vehicle includes: an array antenna configured to form a beam directed from an aperture provided in an exterior body panel of the vehicle, toward a vehicle outside; and a housing holding the array antenna in a vehicle inside.

Abstract: Provided is a distortion compensation device performing distortion compensation on a signal to be amplified by an amplifier, of which an internal state affecting a distortion characteristic varies, using a distortion compensation model, wherein the distortion compensation model includes a plurality of calculation models having respective distortion compensation characteristic for the amplifier in different internal states, and a combiner combining the plurality of calculation models at a combination ratio corresponding to the internal state that varies.

Abstract: Provided is a modeling device performing calculation using an amplifier model that models an amplifier of which an internal state affecting a distortion characteristic varies, wherein the amplifier model includes a plurality of calculation models that model the amplifier in different internal states, and a combiner that combines the plurality of calculation models at a combination ratio corresponding to the internal state that varies.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device which includes at least one concave on a light extraction surface opposite to a surface on which a semiconductor stack comprising a light emitting layer between a n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer is mounted. The concave has not less than two slopes each having a different slope angle in a direction that a diameter of the concave becomes narrower toward a bottom of the concave from an opening of the concave and a slope having a gentle slope angle is provided with irregularities and a slope having a steep slope angle is a flat surface.

Abstract: A light emitting element includes an n-type semiconductor layer having an upper surface; a p-type semiconductor layer over a portion of the upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer, the p-type semiconductor layer having an upper surface; a protective film continuously covering the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer, the protective film defining an n-side opening at the upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer and a p-side opening at an upper surface of the p-type semiconductor layer; a p-side electrode on the upper surface of the p-type semiconductor layer that is exposed in the p-side opening; an n-side electrode on the upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer that is exposed at the n-side opening, n-side electrode having an n-side light-transmissive electrode; and an n-side pad electrode on the upper surface of the n-side light-transmissive electrode.

Abstract: In a method for producing a semiconductor light emitting device: a semiconductor lamination of first and second semiconductor layers having different conductive types is formed; a portion of the semiconductor lamination is removed to expose an area of a surface of the first semiconductor layer; a conductor layer connecting the first and second semiconductor layers is formed; a first electrode is formed on the exposed areas of the first semiconductor layer and a second electrode is formed on an upper surface of the second semiconductor layer; a barrier layer covering at least one of the first and second electrodes is formed; and a connection part in the conductor layer connecting the first and second semiconductor layers is removed.

Abstract: A distortion compensation apparatus that compensates for distortion of an amplifier is provided. The distortion compensation apparatus includes: a distortion compensation processing section that performs a predistortion process for a signal provided to the amplifier, based on an amplifier model of the amplifier, and outputs a compensated signal; an estimation section that estimates the amplifier model; and a filter. The estimation section estimates the amplifier model, based on the compensated signal and a monitor signal obtained by monitoring an output of the amplifier. The monitor band of the monitor signal provided to the estimation section is narrower than a frequency band of the compensated signal. The filter is provided so as to eliminate an influence of a signal component outside the monitor band among signal components of the compensated signal, on the estimation of the amplifier model by the estimation section.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device which includes at least one concave on a light extraction surface opposite to a surface on which a semiconductor stack comprising a light emitting layer between a n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer is mounted. The concave has not less than two slopes each having a different slope angle in a direction that a diameter of the concave becomes narrower toward a bottom of the concave from an opening of the concave and a slope having a gentle slope angle is provided with irregularities and a slope having a steep slope angle is a flat surface.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device which includes at least one concave on a light extraction surface opposite to a surface on which a semiconductor stack comprising a light emitting layer between a n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer is mounted. The concave has not less than two slopes each having a different slope angle in a direction that a diameter of the concave becomes narrower toward a bottom of the concave from an opening of the concave and a slope having a gentle slope angle is provided with irregularities and a slope having a steep slope angle is a flat surface.

Abstract: Distortion is effectively reduced in a wide frequency band of an output signal from an amplifier. A distortion compensation apparatus includes: a distortion compensation processing section that performs a distortion compensation process on an input signal to the amplifier, based on a first amplifier model of the amplifier, and output a compensated signal; a signal generation section that receives the compensated signal and a first digital monitor signal, and generates a second digital monitor signal; and an estimation section that estimates the first amplifier model, based on the compensated signal and the second digital monitor signal. The first digital monitor signal is a signal generated by subjecting an analog monitor signal obtained by monitoring an output signal from the amplifier, to analog-to-digital conversion. A monitor band of the first digital monitor signal is narrower than a frequency band of the compensated signal.

Abstract: A light emitting element includes an n-type semiconductor layer having an upper surface; a p-type semiconductor layer over a portion of the upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer, the p-type semiconductor layer having an upper surface; a protective film continuously covering the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer, the protective film defining an n-side opening at the upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer and a p-side opening at an upper surface of the p-type semiconductor layer; a p-side electrode on the upper surface of the p-type semiconductor layer that is exposed in the p-side opening; an n-side electrode on the upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer that is exposed at the n-side opening, n-side electrode having an n-side light-transmissive electrode; and an n-side pad electrode on the upper surface of the n-side light-transmissive electrode.

Abstract: Distortion is effectively reduced in a wide frequency band of an output signal from an amplifier. A distortion compensation apparatus includes: a distortion compensation processing section that performs a distortion compensation process on an input signal to the amplifier, based on a first amplifier model of the amplifier, and output a compensated signal; a signal generation section that receives the compensated signal and a first digital monitor signal, and generates a second digital monitor signal; and an estimation section that estimates the first amplifier model, based on the compensated signal and the second digital monitor signal. The first digital monitor signal is a signal generated by subjecting an analog monitor signal obtained by monitoring an output signal from the amplifier, to analog-to-digital conversion. A monitor band of the first digital monitor signal is narrower than a frequency band of the compensated signal.

Abstract: A compensation apparatus compensates a quadrature-demodulated signal output from a quadrature demodulator 5 that performs quadrature demodulation by using a signal of a carrier frequency fc, by removing an image component caused by the quadrature demodulator 5 from the quadrature-demodulated signal. The compensation apparatus includes a signal generator 10 that generates a reference signal having a predetermined bandwidth in a reception band, and provides the reference signal to an input side of the quadrature demodulator 5. The reference signal includes a frequency band that is biased to either a higher-frequency side or a lower-frequency side with respect to the carrier frequency.

Abstract: Distortion compensation is performed taking into account a memory effect that occurs in a signal path other than an input-to-output path of an amplifier. An amplifier circuit 1 includes an amplifier 2 that amplifies a signal, a variable power supply 3 that varies a power supply voltage of the amplifier 2 in accordance with envelope change, and a distortion compensation section 4 that performs compensation for distortion characteristics. The distortion compensation section 4 performs the distortion compensation, based on an amplifier model which represents a memory effect that occurs on a path from a signal input port 2a of the amplifier 2 to a signal output port 2b thereof, and a memory effect that occurs on a path from a power supply port 2c of the amplifier 2 to the signal output port 2b thereof.