Abstract: An electrochemical hydrogen pump includes at least one hydrogen pump unit including an electrolyte membrane, an anode on one main surface of the electrolyte membrane, a cathode on the other main surface of the electrolyte membrane, an anode separator on the anode, and a cathode separator on the cathode, the at least one hydrogen pump unit transferring, to the cathode, hydrogen supplied to the anode and pressurizing the hydrogen, a first fixing member for preventing movement of the cathode separator in a direction in which the cathode separator is stacked, a first end plate on the anode separator at one end in the stacking direction, a second end plate on the cathode separator at the other end in the stacking direction, and a first gas flow channel through which hydrogen in the cathode is supplied to a first space between the second end plate and the cathode separator.

Abstract: A power converter is composed of a switching circuit including a bipolar transistor for switching a DC power input. A SiGe heterobipolar transistor is used as the aforementioned bipolar transistor. The high speed switching characteristics of the SiGe heterobipolar transistor effectively reduces loss of the power converter.

Abstract: A DC/DC converter is comprised of a bipolar transistor, an inductor, a smoothing capacitor, an input terminal, an output terminal, and a grounded terminal. A base of the transistor includes a silicon germanium layer. The bipolar transistor has a high switching speed and a low on-state voltage through an optimization of a structure of the transistor.

Abstract: A DC/DC converter is comprised of a bipolar transistor, an inductor, a smoothing capacitor, an input terminal, an output terminal, and a grounded terminal. A base of the transistor includes a silicon germanium layer. The bipolar transistor has a high switching speed and a low on-state voltage through an optimization of a structure of the transistor.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing electronic device by which even if a CPU and/or information processing integrated circuit enters a sleep mode in a frequency of 100 to 10,000 times per second, a leakage current loss caused in the CPU or integrated circuit in a transition time of rise and fall of a supply voltage is reduced, a loss reduction effect in such highly frequent sleep function is maximized and a smaller and lighter device is realized. While at least one of the CPU and information processing integrated circuit is frequently applied with a sleep control, a DC/DC converter which includes at least one SiGe bipolar transistor for switching operation, supplying the CPU and/or information processing integrated circuit with the power has a capacity to put out a power of 20 to 50 W as well as has at least one inductor of the DC/DC converter, the at least one inductor being so constructed that an equivalent inductance value thereof is 0.04 to 0.

Abstract: A DC/DC converter is comprised of a bipolar transistor, an inductor, a smoothing capacitor, an input terminal, an output terminal, and a grounded terminal. A base of the transistor includes a silicon germanium layer. The bipolar transistor has a high switching speed and a low on-state voltage through an optimization of a structure of the transistor.

Abstract: A motor driving system for driving an induction motor with a rotation frequency detector. The induction motor drives a load, and the rotation frequency detector detects a rotation frequency of the induction motor. The motor driving system includes a variable speed driving unit and an inverter control unit. The variable speed driving unit is connected to the induction motor and has a capacitance at output. The variable speed driving unit rectifies first 3-phase AC power to produce DC power, and converts the DC power into second 3-phase AC power with a frequency, and drives the induction motor with the second 3-phase AC power. The inverter control unit generates a frequency instruction and a temporary current instruction based on the detected rotation frequency and a rotation frequency instruction at least.

Abstract: A motor driving system drives an induction motor with a rotation frequency detector. The induction motor drives a load, and the rotation frequency detector detects a rotation frequency of the induction motor. The motor driving system includes a variable speed driving unit, and an inverter control unit. The variable speed driving unit is connected to the induction motor and has a capacitance at output. The variable speed driving unit rectifies first 3-phase AC power to produce DC power, and converts the DC power into second 3-phase AC power with a frequency, and drives the induction motor with the second 3-phase AC power. The inverter control unit generates a frequency instruction and a temporary current instruction based on the detected rotation frequency and a rotation frequency instruction at least.

Abstract: A lease-business support apparatus collects latest information from a brand-new-sales-company terminal, a secondhand-sales-company terminal, a leasing-company terminal, and a maintenance-company terminal which are related to lease business. By performing quality management and appropriate fixed-period-sales-price calculation based on the latest information, the lease-business support apparatus provides each customer terminal with appropriate lease-business information. This makes it possible to inexpensively lease a high-quality item.

Abstract: A pulse charging apparatus includes a DC high-voltage generator, a capacitor that is charged by a DC high voltage output from the DC high-voltage generator, a switching unit for switching charges stored on the capacitor to provide a pulse-like high voltage to a load, and a control unit for controlling the operation of the switching unit. The switching unit consists of a series combination of an electron tube and a stationary gap. The control unit controls the operation of the electron tube.

Abstract: There is provided a capacitor having an end connected to the ground and the other end connected through a secondary winding of a pulse transformer to the discharge electrode. The ground side terminal of the capacitor is connected through a smoothing circuit to a positive voltage side output terminal of a base power supply circuit and a negative voltage side terminal of the base power supply circuit is connected to the discharge electrode side terminal of the capacitor. An output terminal of a pulse power supply circuit is connected to a primary winding of the pulse transformer. The base voltage and the pulse voltage can be controlled independently, and it becomes possible to apply a steep pulse with large output power to the discharge electrode.

Abstract: A noise removal circuit for use in partial discharge measuring device of a high voltage apparatus. The circuit includes a first phase shift/reduction device responsive to an input signal for passing it directly while delaying it by a predetermined time and for reducing the delayed signal from the directly passed signal a second phase shift/reduction device for passing an output of the first phase shift/reduction device directly while delaying the output by the predetermined time and for reducing the delayed signal from the directly passes signal, and a phase shift/multiplying device for directly passing an output signal of the second phase shift/reduction device while delaying it by a time twice the predetermined time and multiplying the directly passed signal with the delayed signal.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for testing the quality of ready-mixed concrete. The present invention enables the water-to-cement ratio in ready-mixed concrete to be measured quickly and precisely through the measurement of the weight and underwater weight of mortar extracted from the ready-mixed concrete whose quality is to be examined.