Abstract: The present technology relates to a light receiving device, a method for manufacturing the same, and a distance measuring device capable of improving distance measurement accuracy by maintaining the balance of transfer capability between transfer transistors.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a light reception device and a distance measurement module whose characteristic can be improved. The light reception device includes an on-chip lens, a wiring layer, and a semiconductor layer arranged between the on-chip lens and the wiring layer. The semiconductor layer includes a first tap having a first voltage application portion and a first charge detection portion arranged around the first voltage application portion, and a second tap having a second voltage application portion and a second charge detection portion arranged around the second voltage application portion. Furthermore, the light reception device is configured such that a phase difference is detected using signals detected by the first tap and the second tap. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a light reception device that generates distance information, for example, by a ToF method, and so forth.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a heating element; and a plurality of heat pipes that is thermally connected to the heating element. Each of the heat pipes has a cross section having a rectangular shape, a heat receiving surface thermally connected to the heating element, and a side surface orthogonal to the heat receiving surface. The side surfaces of the heat pipes, which are adjacent to each other, are in surface contact with each other.

Abstract: A charged particle beam apparatus acquires an image that is not affected by movement of a stage at a high speed. The apparatus includes: a charged particle source for irradiating a sample with a charged particle beam; a stage on which the sample is placed; a measurement unit for measuring a movement amount of the stage; a deflector; a deflector offset control unit, which is a feedback control unit for adjusting a deflection amount of the deflector according to the movement amount of the stage; a plurality of detectors for detecting secondary charged particles emitted from the sample by irradiation of the charged particle beam; a composition ratio calculation unit that calculates composition ratios of signals output from the detectors based on the deflection amount adjusted by the feedback control unit; and an image generation unit for generating a composite image by compositing the signals using the composition ratio.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a light receiving device, a method for manufacturing a light receiving device, and a distance measuring module, capable of improving sensitivity. A light receiving device includes: a pixel array unit in which pixels each including a first tap that detects charges photoelectrically converted by a photoelectric conversion unit and a second tap that detects charges photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion unit are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix; an on-chip lens disposed for each pixel on a light incident surface side of a substrate; and a lens isolation portion that is formed in the same layer as the on-chip lens and isolates the on-chip lenses from each other. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a distance measuring system or the like that performs distance measurement by an indirect ToF method.

Abstract: A surface-mounted inductor including a coil having a wound part formed by winding a conductive wire and extended parts extended from an outer circumference of the wound part, a molded body containing the coil, constituted by a composite material containing a magnetic powder, and outer terminals connected to end portions of the extended parts disposed on a mounting surface. The wound part is contained within the molded body so that a winding axis is parallel to the mounting surface. The extended parts are extended toward the mounting surface side, each end portion of the extended parts are exposed from the surface thereof of the molded body. In the molded body, a density of a magnetic powder between the end portions of the extended parts on the mounting-side surface is lower than a density in the surface on the opposite side from the mounting surface.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a light receiving device and a distance measuring module capable of curbing a decrease in distance measurement accuracy due to an increase in the number of pixels. A light receiving device includes a pixel array unit in which pixels each having a first tap detecting charge photoelectrically converted by a photoelectric conversion unit and a second tap detecting charge photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion unit are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix. In the pixel array unit, four vertical signal lines for outputting a detection signal detected by any one of the first tap and the second tap to the outside of the pixel array unit are arranged for one pixel column. The present technology can be applied to a distance measuring sensor or the like of the indirect ToF scheme, for example.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a light reception device and a distance measurement module. The light reception device includes an on-chip lens, a wiring layer, and a semiconductor layer between the on-chip lens and the wiring layer. The semiconductor layer includes a first tap to which a first voltage is applied and a first charge detection portion, and a second tap to which a second voltage different from the first voltage is applied and a second charge detection portion. The position of the on-chip lens differs depending upon an in-plane position of a pixel array section, so that an optical path length or a DC contrast of a chief ray from an object is uniform at in-plane pixels of the pixel array section. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a light reception device that generates distance information, for example, by a ToF method, and so forth.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a light receiving device and a distance measuring module capable of improving sensitivity. A light receiving device includes a pixel array unit in which pixels each having a first tap detecting charge photoelectrically converted by a photoelectric conversion unit and a second tap detecting charge photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion unit are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix. The first tap and the second tap each have a voltage application unit that applies a voltage, the pixel array unit has a groove portion formed by digging from a light incident surface side of a substrate to a predetermined depth, and the groove portion is arranged so as to overlap at least a part of the voltage application unit in plan view. The present technology can be applied to a distance measuring sensor or the like of the indirect ToF scheme, for example.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a controller that outputs notification information based on input information; and a processor that functions as a system processing unit that executes system processing based on an operating system (OS) and a Basic Input Output System (BIOS) processing unit that executes control related to the performance of the system processing by control of a BIOS using the notification information output from the controller.

Abstract: An information apparatus includes a main body chassis having a CPU and a display chassis having a display, the main body chassis and the display chassis being rotatably connected at their respective connecting edge parts. The information apparatus includes a vapor chamber provided in the main body chassis and thermally connected to the CPU, a display controller provided in the main body chassis and controlling display of the display, an FPC connecting the display controller and the display through the connecting edge parts, and a graphite sheet thermally connected to the vapor chamber, overlaid with the FPC to pass through the connecting edge parts, and provided extending from the main body chassis to the display chassis. The graphite sheet is connected to a rear cover.

Abstract: A charged particle beam apparatus acquires an image that is not affected by movement of a stage at a high speed. The apparatus includes: a charged particle source for irradiating a sample with a charged particle beam; a stage on which the sample is placed; a measurement unit for measuring a movement amount of the stage; a deflector; a deflector offset control unit, which is a feedback control unit for adjusting a deflection amount of the deflector according to the movement amount of the stage; a plurality of detectors for detecting secondary charged particles emitted from the sample by irradiation of the charged particle beam; a composition ratio calculation unit that calculates composition ratios of signals output from the detectors based on the deflection amount adjusted by the feedback control unit; and an image generation unit for generating a composite image by compositing the signals using the composition ratio.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a bottom cover, a main board provided with a stud, a screw, a washer, and a sponge. The screw has a head portion having a diameter larger than that of an attachment hole, a male screw portion configured to be screwed into a first female screw portion, and a columnar portion having a diameter smaller than a root diameter of the male screw portion. The washer has a flange portion having a diameter larger than that of the attachment hole, a cylindrical portion having a diameter smaller than that of the attachment hole, and a second female screw portion which the male screw portion is screwable into and passable through. The head portion abuts on the bottom cover to fix the bottom cover by the male screw portion. The flange portion is between the stud and the bottom cover.

Abstract: A heat transport device is disclosed. The heat transport device includes a heat pipe and a heat spreader. The heat pipe, which is thermally connecting to a heating element, includes a heat receiving surface for receiving heat from the heating element, and a side surface intersecting with the heat receiving surface. The heat spreader, which is thermally connecting to the heat pipe, includes a first plate member having a first side surface thermally connecting to the side surface of the heat pipe, and a second plate member having a side surface thermally connecting to a second side surface of the first plate member opposite to the first side surface in contact with the heat pipe.

Abstract: The automatic analyzer includes a first storage device that stores sample information including a measurement result of a reaction solution for each sample and a second storage device that stores the sample information on at least a part of the samples among the sample information stored in the first storage device, in which when the automatic analyzer reaches a predetermined operation state, the control device performs a backup process of backing up the sample information on the samples satisfying a predetermined backup condition from the first storage device to the second storage device, and deleting the sample information on the backed up samples from the first storage device.

Abstract: A light reception element and an electronic apparatus in which leakage current can be reduced to decrease current consumption are provided. The light reception element includes a pixel array section. The pixels each include two taps that detect an electric charge obtained through photoelectric conversion by a photoelectric conversion section. A flat region in each pixel, except the two taps and a pixel transistor region, includes a tap peripheral region and a pixel transistor neighboring region. In the tap peripheral region, an embedded oxide film is formed on a surface opposite to a light incident surface of a substrate, and a first semiconductor region is formed on the light incident surface side of the embedded oxide film. In the pixel transistor neighboring region, a second semiconductor region is formed. The present technology is applicable to a light reception element that carries out ranging, for example.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a light reception device and a distance measurement module. The light reception device includes an on-chip lens, a wiring layer, and a semiconductor layer between the on-chip lens and the wiring layer. The semiconductor layer includes a first tap to which a first voltage is applied and a first charge detection portion, and a second tap to which a second voltage different from the first voltage is applied and a second charge detection portion. The position of the on-chip lens differs depending upon an in-plane position of a pixel array section, so that an optical path length or a DC contrast of a chief ray from an object is uniform at in-plane pixels of the pixel array section. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a light reception device that generates distance information, for example, by a ToF method, and so forth.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a pattern measurement tool characterized by being provided with: a charged-particle beam sub-system having a tilt deflector; and a computer sub-system which is connected to the charged-particle beam sub-system and which is for executing measurement of a pattern on the basis of a signal obtained by said charged-particle beam sub-system, wherein the charged-particle beam sub-system acquires at least two signal profiles by scanning beams having at least two incidence angles, the computer sub-system measures the dimension between one end and the other end of the pattern on the basis of the at least two signal profiles, calculates the difference between the two measurements, and calculates the height of the pattern by inputting the difference value determined by said calculation into a relational formula indicating the relation between the height of the pattern and said difference value.

Abstract: A heat transport device includes: a sub heat sink which extends along a surface of a main board on which a chip is mounted, and which has a sheet mounting hole formed in a portion including the chip as observed in plan view; a main heat sink which extends along a back surface opposite from the mounting surface and which is in thermal contact at a position on the back surface that corresponds to the chip; a sheet member which is installed to the sub heat sink in such a manner as to close the sheet mounting hole and which has thermal conductivity; and a bracket which is fixed to the main board and which covers the sheet mounting hole. The sheet member is in thermal contact with a surface of the chip and has lower rigidity than the sub heat sink.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a light-receiving element and a distance-measuring module for enabling improvement of characteristics. A light-receiving element includes an on-chip lens, a wiring layer, a first substrate arranged between the on-chip lens and the wiring layer, and a second substrate bonded to the first substrate via the wiring layer, the first substrate includes a first voltage application portion to which a first voltage is applied, a second voltage application portion to which a second voltage different from the first voltage is applied, a first charge detection portion arranged around the first voltage application portion, and a second charge detection portion arranged around the second voltage application portion, and the second substrate includes a plurality of pixel transistors that performs an operation of reading charges detected in the first and second charge detection portions.