Abstract: A sensor interface circuit includes: an RF switch having a control node; a bias circuit electrically connected to the control node and applying, to the control node, a voltage at a first level or a second level corresponding to a linear region of a reflection characteristic; a first variable oscillation circuit electrically connectable to a first sensor; a second variable oscillation circuit electrically connectable to a second sensor; and a difference circuit electrically connected between the first variable oscillation circuit and the bias circuit, and between the second variable oscillation circuit and the bias circuit.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes dielectric layers and internal electrode layers provided on the dielectric layers. The dielectric layers each include a perovskite compound that includes Ca and Zr, and optionally Sr and Ti. Mn is disposed at an interface between one of the dielectric layers and one of the internal electrode layers, and a Mn/Zr molar ratio at the interface is not less than about 0.117.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes dielectric layers and internal electrode layers provided on the dielectric layers. The dielectric layers each include a perovskite compound that includes Ca and Zr, and optionally Sr and Ti. Mn is disposed at an interface between one of the dielectric layers and one of the internal electrode layers, and a Mn/Zr molar ratio at the interface is not less than about 0.117.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated body in a raw state for a laminated ceramic capacitor, which includes dielectric ceramic layers containing a dielectric ceramic raw material powder for and internal electrodes, in which a heat treatment is carried out in accordance with a temperature profile in which the average rate of temperature rise is 40° C./second or more from room temperature to a maximum temperature. The dielectric ceramic raw material powder contains a BaTiO3 system as its main constituent and contains Re (Re is at least one selected from Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu) as an accessory constituent, in which the content of Re is 0.3 to 3 parts by mol with respect to 100 parts by mol of the main constituent.

Abstract: It is harder to realize structural defects when the thickness of an internal electrode is reduced in a laminated ceramic electronic component, such as a laminated ceramic capacitor, when the internal electrodes contain a base metal as their conductive constituent, and the dielectric ceramic layers are formed from a dielectric barium titanate ceramic, and as an accessory constituent, at least one alkali metal element selected from Li, K, and Na, each of the internal electrodes has a thickness of 0.5 ?m or less, and the content of the alkali metal element in the dielectric ceramic is 0.2 parts by mol or more with respect to 100 parts by mol of the main constituent.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic containing ABO3 in which A is Ba, possibly with at least one of Ca and Sr, and B is Ti, possibly with at least one of Zr and Hf as its main component, and Si as a accessory component. The dielectric ceramic includes main phase grains containing the ABO3 main component and secondary phase grains having a composition different from that of the main phase grains. The ratio of the Si content in the secondary phase grains to the total content of Si in the dielectric ceramic is 40% or more so that more Si is distributed in the secondary phase grains. It is preferable that the Si content in secondary phase grains be 30 mol % or more.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic contains a barium titanate and Li. In the dielectric ceramic, the following inequalities are satisfied: 0.5?e?6.0, 0.06<Rg<0.17, and ?g<0.075, where e is the content, in molar parts, of Li with respect to 100 molar parts of the titanate; Rg is the average size, in ?m, of grains in the dielectric ceramic; and ?g is the standard deviation, in ?m, of the size of the grains.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated body in a raw state for a laminated ceramic capacitor, which includes dielectric ceramic layers containing a dielectric ceramic raw material powder for and internal electrodes, in which a heat treatment is carried out in accordance with a temperature profile in which the average rate of temperature rise is 40° C./second or more from room temperature to a maximum temperature. The dielectric ceramic raw material powder contains a BaTiO3 system as its main constituent and contains Re (Re is at least one selected from Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu) as an accessory constituent, in which the content of Re is 0.3 to 3 parts by mol with respect to 100 parts by mol of the main constituent.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic material is composed of a perovskite compound represented by ABO3 as a main component. In the case where ABO3 is, for example, BaTiO3, the crystal grains include BaTiO3 crystal grains composed of the main component and, as secondary phases, Mg—Ni—Ti-containing crystalline grains composed of a crystalline oxide containing at least Mg, Ni, and Ti and Ba—Si-containing crystalline grains composed of a crystalline oxide containing at least Ba and Si.

Abstract: A receiving section receives a supply request for product from a terminal set up at a shop or a terminal used by a client. A first determination processing section determines whether a product in stock can be reserved for an order. A first reserve processing section reserves the product in stock for the order when the first determination processing section determines that the product can be reserved. A second determination processing section determines whether a semifinished product necessary for manufacturing a final product can be reserved when the first determination processing section determines that the product reserve is inadequate. A second reserve processing section reserves the semifinished product for the order when the second determination processing section determines that the semifinished product can be reserved.

Abstract: To increase the dielectric constant of a dielectric ceramic containing ABO3 (A being Ba alone or further containing at least one of Ca and Sr, and B is Ti alone or or further contains at least one of Zr and Hf) as its main constituent and containing Re (Re is at least one of Dy, Ho, Sc, Y, Gd, Er, Yb, Tb, Tm, and Lu) as an accessory constituent, the main phase grains are ABO3 based main constituent and secondary phase grains have a different composition from the main phase grains. More Re is concentrated in the secondary phase grains in such a way that the ratio of the content of Re in the secondary phase grains to the total content of Re in the dielectric ceramic is 50% or more. The content of Re in the secondary phase grains is preferably 30 mol % or more.

Abstract: It is harder to realize structural defects when the thickness of an internal electrode is reduced in a laminated ceramic electronic component, such as a laminated ceramic capacitor, when the internal electrodes contain a base metal as their conductive constituent, and the dielectric ceramic layers are formed from a dielectric barium titanate ceramic, and as an accessory constituent, at least one alkali metal element selected from Li, K, and Na, each of the internal electrodes has a thickness of 0.5 ?m or less, and the content of the alkali metal element in the dielectric ceramic is 0.2 parts by mol or more with respect to 100 parts by mol of the main constituent.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic contains a BaTiO3-based compound as a main ingredient, and can be represented by the general formula: 100AmBO3+aNiO+bROn+cMOv+dMgO+eXOw where R represents a rare earth element such as Dy, M represents a metal element such as Mn, and X represents a sintering aid component containing Si. Ni is uniformly solid-solved in crystal grains, and the solid-solution region of the rare earth element in the crystal grains is an average 10% or less in terms of a cross section ratio. 0.96?m?1.030, 0.05?a?3, 0.1?b?1.5, 0.1?c?1.0, 0.1?d?1.5, and 0.05?e?3.5 are satisfied. A laminated ceramic capacitor has dielectric layers formed of the dielectric ceramic. As a result, a dielectric ceramic, and a laminated ceramic capacitor having excellent AC voltage characteristics, capable of keeping desired dielectric characteristics and excellent temperature characteristics, and having excellent withstand voltage and capable of ensuring reliability can be realized.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic represented by a general formula: 100BamTiO3+aROn+bMOv+cXOw (where R represents a rare earth element, M represents a predetermined metal element, and n, v, and w represent independently a positive number determined in accordance with the valences of the elements R and M and a sintering aid component X, respectively), and the solid solution regions of the secondary components in the main phase grains are 10% or less (including 0%) on average in terms of a cross-sectional area ratio. The sintering aid component X contains at least Si, and m, a, b, and c satisfy 0.995?m?1.030, 0.1?a?2.0, 0.1?b?3.0, and 0.1?c?5.0. In a monolithic ceramic capacitor, dielectric layers are formed from the above-described dielectric ceramic.

Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit device that reduces the influence of crosstalk noise and is operable properly even when relatively long signal wirings that pass over a macrocell are formed. In the semiconductor integrated circuit according to the present invention, buffering cells formed between the macrocell and an input/output circuit close thereto are connected to their corresponding signal wirings extended so as to pass over an area formed with the macrocell.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic containing ABO3 in which A is Ba, possibly with at least one of Ca and Sr, and B is Ti, possibly with at least one of Zr and Hf as its main component, and Si as a accessory component. The dielectric ceramic includes main phase grains containing the ABO3 main component and secondary phase grains having a composition different from that of the main phase grains. The ratio of the Si content in the secondary phase grains to the total content of Si in the dielectric ceramic is 40% or more so that more Si is distributed in the secondary phase grains. It is preferable that the Si content in secondary phase grains be 30 mol% or more.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic contains a BaTiO3-based compound as a main ingredient, and can be represented by the general formula: 100AmBO3+aNiO+bROn+cMOv+dMgO+eXOw where R represents a rare earth element such as Dy, M represents a metal element such as Mn, and X represents a sintering aid component containing Si. Ni is uniformly solid-solved in crystal grains, and the solid-solution region of the rare earth element in the crystal grains is an average 10% or less in terms of a cross section ratio. 0.96?m?1.030, 0.05?a?3, 0.1?b?1.5, 0.1?c?1.0, 0.1?d?1.5, and 0.05?e?3.5 are satisfied. A laminated ceramic capacitor has dielectric layers formed of the dielectric ceramic. As a result, a dielectric ceramic, and a laminated ceramic capacitor having excellent AC voltage characteristics, capable of keeping desired dielectric characteristics and excellent temperature characteristics, and having excellent withstand voltage and capable of ensuring reliability can be realized.

Abstract: A receiving section receives a supply request for product from a terminal set up at a shop or a terminal used by a client. A first determination processing section determines whether a product in stock can be reserved for an order. A first reserve processing section reserves the product in stock for the order when the first determination processing section determines that the product can be reserved. A second determination processing section determines whether a semifinished product necessary for manufacturing a final product can be reserved when the first determination processing section determines that the product reserve is impossible. A second reserve processing section reserves the semifinished product for the order when the second determination processing section determines that the semifinished product can be reserved.

Abstract: The present invention is achieved based on a novel finding that chitosan gel having retentivity in tissue has an antitumor activity and provides an antitumor composition containing chitosan gel having retentivity in tissue. The chitosan gel having retentivity in tissue of the present invention is preferably chitosan gel formed of a chitosan derivative having a carbohydrate chain introduced thereto as a base, to which a photoreactive group is further introduced to form crosslink with photo-irradiation; or chitosan gel formed of a polyion complex, which is formed of a carbohydrate chain-containing chitosan derivative and another substance, for example, an acidic polysaccharide. The antitumor composition of the present invention can suppress growth of a tumor without bringing it into contact with the tumor but by simply arranging it near the tumor.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic contains a barium titanate and Li. In the dielectric ceramic, the following inequalities are satisfied: 0.5?e?6.0, 0.06<Rg<0.17, and ?g<0.075, where e is the content, in molar parts, of Li with respect to 100 molar parts of the titanate; Rg is the average size, in ?m, of grains in the dielectric ceramic; and ?g is the standard deviation, in ?m, of the size of the grains.