Abstract: The invention relates to a reception device, etc., applied to a transmission/reception system capable of performing high-speed transmission, having a structure to enable to adjust an offset without increasing a circuit area and power consumption. The reception device includes a signal input unit including an offset adjusting circuit, and an adjustment unit. When a pair of adjusting signals of which a voltage between signals is fixed to zero V is outputted from a transmission device to the reception device connected to each other via a differential signal line including at least a pair of signal lines, the signal input unit that has received the pair of adjusting signals outputs logical value data corresponding to the voltage between signals. The adjustment unit determines adjustment value data to adjust the offset of a threshold to obtain the logical value data based on the logical value data inputted in a certain period.

Abstract: A triaxial magnetic sensor that can detect with high precision magnetic fields in three axial directions comprises a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a magnetic sensor element group provided on the first surface. The magnetic sensor element group includes a first magnetic sensor element for magnetic detection in the x-axis direction, a second magnetic sensor element for magnetic detection in the y-axis direction and a third magnetic sensor element for magnetic detection in the z-axis direction. The first through third magnetic sensor elements respectively contain first through third magneto-resistive effect elements composed of laminated bodies including at least a magnetization fixed layer and a free layer, and the magnetization direction of each of the magnetization fixed layers of the first through third magneto-resistive elements is fixed in a direction inclined at a prescribed angle with respect to the first surface.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles including an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, wherein, when the toner particles are subjected to a measurement to determine an area ratio of the crystalline resin present on a surface of the toner particle before and after being heated at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 50% RH for a week, a relationship between an area ratio a (%) of the crystalline resin present on a surface of the toner particles before being heated and an area ratio b (%) of the crystalline resin present on a surface of the toner particles after being heated satisfies Expression (1): 0.05?(b?a)/b?0.50.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles each including an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, wherein, when the toner particles are subjected to a measurement to determine an area ratio of the crystalline resin on a cross section of the toner particle before and after being heated at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 50% RH for three days, a relationship between an area ratio a (%) of the crystalline resin on a cross section with respect to the toner particles before being heated, and an area ratio b (%) of the crystalline resin on the cross section with respect to the toner particles after being heated satisfies Expression (1): 0.9?a/b?1.0.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles including an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, wherein, when the toner particles are subjected to a measurement by differential scanning calorimetry before and after being heated at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 50% RH for a week, a relationship between an endothermic amount S1 (J/g) derived from the crystalline resin in a first heating process with respect to the toner particles before being heated and an endothermic amount Sh (J/g) derived from the crystalline resin in a first heating process with respect to the toner particles after being heated satisfies Expression (1): 0.50?S1/Sh?0.90.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reception device, etc., applied to a transmission/reception system capable of performing high-speed transmission, having a structure to enable to adjust an offset without increasing a circuit area and power consumption. The reception device includes a signal input unit including an offset adjusting circuit, and an adjustment unit. When a pair of adjusting signals of which a voltage between signals is fixed to zero V is outputted from a transmission device to the reception device connected to each other via a differential signal line including at least a pair of signal lines, the signal input unit that has received the pair of adjusting signals outputs logical value data corresponding to the voltage between signals. The adjustment unit determines adjustment value data to adjust the offset of a threshold to obtain the logical value data based on the logical value data inputted in a certain period.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles including an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, wherein, when the toner particles are subjected to a measurement by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) before and after being stored at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 90% RH for 24 hours, a relationship between an onset temperature T1 (° C.) of an endothermic peak having the lowest peak temperature in a first heating step with respect to the toner particles before being stored and an onset temperature T2 (° C.) of an endothermic peak having the lowest peak temperature in a first heating step with respect to the toner particles after being stored satisfies Expression (1): 2<T2?T1<10.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles including an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, wherein, when the toner particles are subjected to a measurement by differential scanning calorimetry before and after being heated at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 50% RH for a week, a relationship between an endothermic amount x (J/g) derived from the crystalline resin with respect to the toner particles before being heated and an endothermic amount y (J/g) derived from the crystalline resin with respect to the toner particles after being heated satisfies Expression (1): x/y<0.3.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles including an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, wherein, when the toner particles are subjected to a measurement to determine an area ratio of the crystalline resin present on a surface of the toner particle before and after being heated at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 50% RH for a week, a relationship between an area ratio a (%) of the crystalline resin present on a surface of the toner particles before being heated and an area ratio b (%) of the crystalline resin present on a surface of the toner particles after being heated satisfies Expression (1): 0.05?(b?a)/b?0.50.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles each including an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, wherein, when the toner particles are subjected to a measurement to determine an area ratio of the crystalline resin on a cross section of the toner particle before and after being heated at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 50% RH for three days, a relationship between an area ratio a (%) of the crystalline resin on a cross section with respect to the toner particles before being heated, and an area ratio b (%) of the crystalline resin on the cross section with respect to the toner particles after being heated satisfies Expression (1): 0.9?a/b?1.0.

Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a reception device that enables accurate separation of video data and SYNC data sent out from a transmission device in accordance with a data enable (DE) signal, from among reception data even if the reception data deteriorates due to noise. The reception device separates the video data and the SYNC data from the reception data in accordance with the DE signal reproduced using a detection result of the BS data and the BE data representing a transition timing of a signal level of the DE signal and a prediction result of detection timings of the BS data and the BE data or a prediction result of the transition timing of the DE signal.

Abstract: This embodiment relates to a clock data recovering apparatus capable of improving consecutive identical digits (CID) resistance. The clock data recovering apparatus includes a clock generating apparatus. The clock generating apparatus includes a signal selection unit, a phase detection unit, a phase control unit, a selection unit, a phase delay unit, a time measurement unit, and a phase selection unit. The phase delay unit includes a plurality of delay elements. The phase selection unit selectively outputs an output signal of any one of the plurality of delay elements as a feedback clock. The phase detection unit detects a phase relation between an edge signal and the feedback clock. The phase control unit outputs a control signal to control a signal selection operation by the phase selection unit such that a phase difference detected by the phase detection unit decreases, to the phase selection unit.

Abstract: A transmission/reception system 1 includes a transmission device 10 configured to transmit image data and a reception device 20 configured to receive the image data transmitted from the transmission device 10. The transmission device 10 includes a serializer 11, an encoding unit 12, a data buffering unit 13, a data selection unit 14, a counter 15, and a synchronization signal generation unit 16. The data buffering unit 13 buffers data every n bits in synchronization with the clock. The data selection unit 14 outputs m-bit data selected from the data buffered by the data buffering unit 13 on the basis of a count value from the counter 15.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to, for example, a transceiver system capable of notifying a transmission device of an asynchronous state of a reception device with a simple configuration. The reception device includes an input unit, a synchronous-state detector, a resistance-value controller, and a terminal resistor. When the synchronous-state detector detects the asynchronous state, the resistance-value controller sets a resistance value of the terminal resistor to a resistance value indicating the asynchronous state. The transmission device includes an output unit, an amplitude detector, an output controller, and a transmission resistor. The output controller causes the output unit to output a signal constituting normal data including clock information when the synchronous state of the reception device is detected, and causes the output unit to output a signal constituting training data including the clock information when the asynchronous state of the reception device is detected.

Abstract: There is provided an electrostatic image-developing toner containing a binder resin, a coloring agent and a release agent having a melting temperature of 85° C. to 120° C., the toner having a sea-island structure involving a sea part containing the binder resin and an island part containing the release agent, wherein a mode value of the distribution of the eccentricity degree B of the release agent-containing island part, represented by the specific formula, is from 0.75 to 1.00 and a skewness of the distribution of the eccentricity degree B is from ?1.30 to ?0.50.

Abstract: A signal multiplexer according to the present embodiment has a configuration sufficiently capable of accelerating a data rate. The signal multiplexer includes M number of front units and a rear unit. An m-th front unit Am outputs an output signal corresponding to an m-th input signal Im when both the control signal Cm and the control signal Cn are significant levels, and outputs an output signal having a fixed level when at least either one of the control signal Cm or the control signal Cn is an non-significant level. A rear unit B receives signals from the front units, and outputs a signal having a different signal level in a case in which all the output signals from the front units are the same level or in the other case.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit that forms a yellow image by an electrostatic charge image developing yellow toner; a second image forming unit that forms a magenta image by an electrostatic charge image developing magenta toner; a transfer unit that transfers the yellow image and the magenta image to a recording medium; and a fixing unit that fixes the yellow image and the magenta image to the recording medium, wherein a maximum absorption wavelength ?max (M) of the electrostatic charge image developing magenta toner at a wavelength of 360 nm to 760 nm is from 530 nm to 580 nm, and when an absorbance of the maximum absorption wavelength ?max (M) is standardized to 1, an absorbance at a wavelength of 450 nm is 0.20 or less and an absorbance at a wavelength of 400 nm is 0.10 or less.

Abstract: A magneto-resistive effect element (MR element) has an upper shield that is magnetized in a cross track direction, a lower shield that is positioned at an interval relative to the upper shield in a down track direction, and a multilayer film that is positioned between the upper shield and the lower shield and that faces an air bearing surface (ABS). The multilayer film has a free layer where its magnetization direction fluctuates relative to an external magnetic field, a pinned layer where its magnetization direction is pinned against the external magnetic field, a nonmagnetic spacer layer that is positioned between the free layer and the pinned layer, and an insulating layer that is positioned at a back side of the free layer viewed from the ABS. The MR element further has a pair of side shields that are positioned at both sides of the free layer and the insulating layer in a cross track direction.

Abstract: A magneto-resistive effect element (MR element) has an upper shield that is magnetized in a cross track direction, a lower shield that is positioned at an interval relative to the upper shield in a down track direction, and a multilayer film that is positioned between the upper shield and the lower shield and that faces an air bearing surface (ABS). The multilayer film has a free layer where its magnetization direction fluctuates relative to an external magnetic field, a pinned layer where its magnetization direction is pinned against the external magnetic field, a nonmagnetic spacer layer that is positioned between the free layer and the pinned layer, and an insulating layer that is positioned at a back side of the free layer viewed from the ABS. The MR element further has a pair of side shields that are positioned at both sides of the free layer and the insulating layer in a cross track direction.

Abstract: This embodiment relates to a clock data recovering apparatus capable of improving CID resistance. The clock data recovering apparatus includes a clock generating apparatus. The clock generating apparatus includes a signal selection unit, a phase detection unit, a phase control unit, a selection unit, a phase delay unit, a time measurement unit, and a phase selection unit. The phase delay unit includes a plurality of delay elements. The phase selection unit selectively outputs an output signal of any one of the plurality of delay elements as a feedback clock. The phase detection unit detects a phase relation between an edge signal and the feedback clock. The phase control unit outputs a control signal to control a signal selection operation by the phase selection unit such that a phase difference detected by the phase detection unit decreases, to the phase selection unit.