Abstract: An internal combustion engine including: a cylinder block in which a plurality of cylinders are formed; and a cylinder head formed in conjunction with the cylinder block into one body to form a plurality of combustion chambers, wherein an upper surface of the cylinder head is divided, along a direction in which the plurality of cylinders are arranged, into first regions that are regions that overlap the combustion chambers as viewed from an axial direction of the cylinders and a second region that is a region located between two of the first regions adjacent to each other, and at least either an intake-side cam journal or an exhaust-side cam journal is disposed in the second region.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion unit having a light incident surface and including: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed further toward the light incident surface; and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a member in contact with the photoelectric conversion layer and constituting a light guide together with the layer. An area of a first surface parallel to the light incident surface at a portion of the photoelectric conversion layer surrounded by the member is smaller than an area of a second surface disposed between the first surface and the second electrode at a portion of the photoelectric conversion layer surrounded by the member, and an area of orthogonal projection to the light incident surface of the first electrode is smaller than an area of orthogonal projection to the light incident surface of the second surface.

Abstract: An arranging section is provided to rearrange the order of articles received by a receiving portion into a specified order. When distributing and collecting a plurality of articles, that are being rearranged, among and in a plurality of upstream collecting branch portions, the operations of the arranging section are controlled such that the articles are classified into article groups of the same number of articles as the number of the last collecting branch portions, and such that, for each article group, elements of a subsequence representing the specified order assigned to a plurality of articles forming an article group are elements of a consecutive subsequence for the articles forming the article group, so that the articles in one article group are distributed and collected before the articles in any other article group.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus has a photoelectric conversion substrate having a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and a microlens array arranged above the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions; a light transmissive plate; a first member arranged between the photoelectric conversion substrate and the light transmissive plate; a second member arranged between the first member and the microlens array; and a third member arranged between the first member and the second member. A porosity of the first member<a porosity of the third member<a porosity of the second member is satisfied.

Abstract: At least one of a passivation film extending from a pixel circuit region to a peripheral circuit region and a member disposed between a semiconductor layer and the passivation film in the peripheral circuit region contains hydrogen. The passivation film in the peripheral circuit region has a portion overlapping one conductive line of the plurality of conductive lines in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the semiconductor layer, the one conductive line being closest to the passivation film among the plurality of conductive lines. The passivation film in the peripheral circuit region has a through-hole, the through-hole including a portion not overlapping the one conductive line in the direction perpendicular to the main surface of the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a photoelectric converter includes a first step of preparing a semiconductor substrate including a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor, a second step of forming a plurality of interlayer insulating films above the semiconductor substrate, and a third step of forming a photoelectric conversion portion above the semiconductor substrate. The second step includes a step of forming a first film containing hydrogen. The third step includes a step of forming a first electrode, a step of forming a photoelectric conversion film, and a step of forming a second electrode. The method includes a step of performing heat treatment between the step of forming the first film and the step of forming the photoelectric conversion film.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion substrate having photoelectric conversion units and a microlens array arranged above the conversion units, a light transmissive plate, a first member arranged between the photoelectric conversion substrate and the light transmissive plate, and that bonds the photoelectric conversion substrate and the light transmissive plate, and a second member arranged between the first member and the microlens array. The second member has at least one of a refractive index lower than the microlens array or a porosity higher than the microlens array. A surface on a side of the photoelectric conversion substrate of the first member has a plurality of steps from a portion over the plurality of photoelectric conversion units to a side surface of the photoelectric conversion apparatus.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion unit having a light incident surface and including: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed further toward the light incident surface; and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a member in contact with the photoelectric conversion layer and constituting a light guide together with the layer. An area of a first surface parallel to the light incident surface at a portion of the photoelectric conversion layer surrounded by the member is smaller than an area of a second surface disposed between the first surface and the second electrode at a portion of the photoelectric conversion layer surrounded by the member, and an area of orthogonal projection to the light incident surface of the first electrode is smaller than an area of orthogonal projection to the light incident surface of the second surface.

Abstract: An arranging section is provided to rearrange the order of articles received by a receiving portion into a specified order. When distributing and collecting a plurality of articles, that are being rearranged, among and in a plurality of upstream collecting branch portions, the operations of the arranging section are controlled such that the articles are classified into article groups of the same number of articles as the number of the last collecting branch portions, and such that, for each article group, elements of a subsequence representing the specified order assigned to a plurality of articles forming an article group are elements of a consecutive subsequence for the articles forming the article group, so that the articles in one article group are distributed and collected before the articles in any other article group.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a separation system and a separation material for efficiently separating white blood cells or mononuclear cells from a biological fluid containing blood cell components. White blood cells or mononuclear cells can be efficiently separated by contacting a biological fluid containing blood cell components with a separation material having an average fiber diameter of at least 2.0 ?m but not more than 6.0 ?m and an air permeability coefficient M of at least 6.2 but not more than 35 to capture white blood cells on the separation material, and recovering the captured white blood cells or mononuclear cells using a detachment solution.

Abstract: A photoelectric transducer includes a wiring structure and a photoelectric conversion section provided on a substrate. The photoelectric conversion section includes a first electrode and a photoelectric conversion layer provided on the first electrode. The wiring structure includes a first wiring layer including a wiring pattern. The distance between the bottom face of the first electrode and the substrate is shorter than the distance between the bottom face of the wiring pattern and the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a separation system and a separation material for easily and rapidly separating a red blood cell-rich fraction, a white blood cell-rich fraction, and/or a platelet-rich fraction from a biological fluid containing these blood cell components without the necessity of performing centrifugation. The separation of a red blood cell-rich fraction, a white blood cell-rich fraction, and/or a platelet-rich fraction from a biological fluid can be accomplished by capturing white blood cells and platelets on a blood cell separation material by contacting the biological fluid with the blood cell separation material, thereby providing a red blood cell-rich fraction; and recovering a white blood cell-rich fraction by separating white blood cells captured from the resulting blood cell separation material using a separation solution.

Abstract: At least one of a passivation film extending from a pixel circuit region to a peripheral circuit region and a member disposed between a semiconductor layer and the passivation film in the peripheral circuit region contains hydrogen. The passivation film in the peripheral circuit region has a portion overlapping one conductive line of the plurality of conductive lines in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the semiconductor layer, the one conductive line being closest to the passivation film among the plurality of conductive lines. The passivation film in the peripheral circuit region has a through-hole, the through-hole including a portion not overlapping the one conductive line in the direction perpendicular to the main surface of the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a photoelectric converter includes a first step of preparing a semiconductor substrate including a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor, a second step of forming a plurality of interlayer insulating films above the semiconductor substrate, and a third step of forming a photoelectric conversion portion above the semiconductor substrate. The second step includes a step of forming a first film containing hydrogen. The third step includes a step of forming a first electrode, a step of forming a photoelectric conversion film, and a step of forming a second electrode. The method includes a step of performing heat treatment between the step of forming the first film and the step of forming the photoelectric conversion film.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a photoelectric converter includes a first step of preparing a semiconductor substrate including a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor, a second step of forming a plurality of interlayer insulating films above the semiconductor substrate, and a third step of forming a photoelectric conversion portion above the semiconductor substrate. The second step includes a step of forming a first film containing hydrogen. The third step includes a step of forming a first electrode, a step of forming a photoelectric conversion film, and a step of forming a second electrode. The method includes a step of performing heat treatment between the step of forming the first film and the step of forming the photoelectric conversion film.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a photoelectric converter includes a first step of preparing a semiconductor substrate including a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor, a second step of forming a plurality of interlayer insulating films above the semiconductor substrate, and a third step of forming a photoelectric conversion portion above the semiconductor substrate. The second step includes a step of forming a first film containing hydrogen. The third step includes a step of forming a first electrode, a step of forming a photoelectric conversion film, and a step of forming a second electrode. The method includes a step of performing heat treatment between the step of forming the first film and the step of forming the photoelectric conversion film.

Abstract: The present invention reduces the leakage of the electric charge, which occurs at an end of a pixel electrode. An imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged separately from each other; an insulating film arranged on the pixel electrode; a pixel isolating film of an insulating member arranged between the pixel electrodes; and a photoelectric conversion film arranged on the insulating film, wherein the pixel isolating film contacts the pixel electrode.

Abstract: A photoelectric transducer includes a wiring structure and a photoelectric conversion section provided on a substrate. The photoelectric conversion section includes a first electrode and a photoelectric conversion layer provided on the first electrode. The wiring structure includes a first wiring layer including a wiring pattern. The distance between the bottom face of the first electrode and the substrate is shorter than the distance between the bottom face of the wiring pattern and the substrate.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion unit having a light incident surface and including: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed further toward the light incident surface; and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a member in contact with the photoelectric conversion layer and constituting a light guide together with the layer. An area of a first surface parallel to the light incident surface at a portion of the photoelectric conversion layer surrounded by the member is smaller than an area of a second surface disposed between the first surface and the second electrode at a portion of the photoelectric conversion layer surrounded by the member, and an area of orthogonal projection to the light incident surface of the first electrode is smaller than an area of orthogonal projection to the light incident surface of the second surface.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an organic EL display device is provided in which an organic compound layer is formed by vapor deposition after a layer used for patterning the organic compound layer has been formed, so that the organic compound layer is formed without being affected by the surface tension of the sides of the layer for the patterning.