Abstract: The present invention can provide a salt and a resist composition including the salt, capable of producing a resist pattern with satisfactory line edge roughness (LER). A salt represented by formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 each represent a chain hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, an alicyclic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent or an aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, or R1 and R2 are bonded each other to form a ring together with sulfur atoms to which they are bonded, R3, R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, —CH2— included in the hydrocarbon group may be replaced by —O— or —CO—, and A? represents a counter anion.

Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.

Abstract: A parallel line formed on the same plane as a patch element, close to the patch element, in a direction that is a magnetic field direction of a patch antenna and parallel to the polarization direction of the patch antenna, and a bent line shaped so as to be bent between adjacent patch elements and configured to connect their parallel lines to each other, form a coupling line, which couples part of an electromagnetic wave excited by one of the patch elements to its adjacent patch antenna, and, in the coupling line, a gap between the parallel line and the patch element and a length of the bent line are set so that an electromagnetic wave coupled from one patch antenna to its adjacent patch antenna via space and an electromagnetic wave coupled from the one patch antenna to the adjacent patch antenna via the coupling line cancel each other.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to vary the directivity of an antenna (100a) while reducing the signal loss by switching circuits (5a-5d) in a splitter circuit. The switching circuits (5a-5d) in the splitter circuit connect or disconnect n (n is an integer of 2 or more) second lines (12a) connected in parallel with a first line (10a) to/from output terminals (7) connected to n antenna elements (8) having different directivities of signals. If m (m is an integer ranging from 1 to n?1) switching circuits (5b, 5d) arbitrarily selected from the n switching circuits (5a-5d) are switched to on-states, the characteristic impedance of each of the n second lines (12a) is set to a product between the characteristic impedance of the first line (10a) and the number m of switching circuits (5b and 5d) switched to on-states.

Abstract: A signal combiner (33) specifies a weighting coefficient w for suppressing a grating lobe included in a composite signal S3 obtained when combining a digital received signal S1 and digital received signal S2 stored by a signal calculation storage (31), from the gain in a grating lobe direction in a first radiation pattern and the gain in a grating lobe direction in a second radiation pattern, and combines the digital received signal S1 and digital received signal S2 stored by the signal calculation storage (31) using the weighting coefficient w.

Abstract: There are provided a communication excitation distribution calculating unit (11) that calculates an excitation distribution W1(t) of a communication beam using an excitation phase distribution S that directs a main lobe of the communication beam in a communication direction; an interference excitation distribution calculating unit (14) that calculates an excitation distribution W2(t) of an interference beam using an excitation phase distribution D that forms a null of an antenna pattern in the communication direction; and an excitation distribution combining unit (20) that combines the excitation distribution W1(t) of the communication beam and the excitation distribution W2(t) of the interference beam. An amplitude/phase controlling unit (30) controls amplitudes and phases of carrier signals to be provided to element antennas (3-1) to (3-K), in accordance with the combined excitation distribution obtained by the excitation distribution combining unit (20).

Abstract: An array antenna device AAD including: a plurality of element antennas EAs; a transmission/reception module TRM, which is to be connected to one of the EAs, and includes a transmission circuit TC, a reception circuit RC, and a transmission/reception switch; a transmission/reception controller controlling by controlling an amplitude and phase of a signal passing through each TC and RC, and by switching transmission/reception; a distributor distributing a signal from a signal transmitter to each TC to transmit a distributed signal from the each TC; a combiner combining a signal from the each RC; and a receiver receiving the combined signal. A detection signal, which contains a detected amplitude and phase of the signal received by the receiver, is corrected with a piece of interconnection amplitude-phase information about the EAs to obtain a calibration value in calibration of each TRM, and calibration is conducted with the calibration value.

Abstract: A salt represented by the formula (I). wherein Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, z, and Z+ are defined in the specification.

Abstract: A power tool which brakes a motor without turning off a trigger switch when a trouble occurs in the motor is provided. The power tool (10) comprises: a motor (20) that rotates by supply of electricity from a power source (PS); a controller (38) for controlling the rotation of the motor; a switch (12) for switching on and off of power supply from the power source to the motor manually; first braking means (23) for braking the motor when the switch (12) is switched from on to off; and second braking means (23, 45) for braking the motor (20) on the basis of a prescribed signal from the controller when the switch (12) is in an on state.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a mobile terminal are described herein. In one example, a semiconductor device is provided that includes: a power-source part; an interface part; a logic part; and a driving part. In the semiconductor device, the power-source part includes a power-source-cutoff-detection circuit operable to detect a first state in which supply of an external power source is cut off. The logic part includes: a data-cutoff-detection circuit operable to detect a second state in which supply of stream data accompanied by synchronizing signals from outside the semiconductor device is cut off undesirably; and a control circuit operable to perform control for having the driving part cope with the power source cutoff with the power-source-cutoff-detection circuit detecting the first state or the data-cutoff-detection circuit detecting the second state.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tungsten alloy includes a W component and a Hf component including HfC. A content of the Hf component in terms of HfC is 0.1 wt % or more and 3 wt % or less.

Abstract: A ground conductor (1) having slots (2a to 2g) for radiating electromagnetic waves, a ground conductor (3) in which cavities (4) recessed in a direction away from the ground conductor (1) is formed in positions opposite to the slots (2a to 2g) of the grounding conductor (1), and central conductors (5a, 5b, 6a to 6c, 7a, and 7b) arranged in positions overlapping with the slots (2a to 2g), respectively, between the ground conductor (1) and the ground conductor (3) are provided. The central conductors (5a, 5b, 6a to 6c, 7a, and 7b) are arranged such that the ground conductor (1) is closer to them than the ground conductor (3).

Abstract: Provided is a light source device for a collimator capable of improving an illuminance ratio in an inside of a visible light's radiation field to an outside thereof. The light source device for a collimator includes an LED with a light emitting portion that irradiates visible light and a visible light guide member. The visible light guide member may have a main body, a spacer, and a base. In the main body, a through-hole of a truncated conical shape is formed. The through-hole of a truncated cone shape forms a first opening at a first surface of the main body on a side of the LED and a second opening a second surface of the main body opposite to the first surface. The first opening may be smaller than the second opening. The conical surface of the through-hole having the truncated conical shape is formed as a mirror surface which reflects the visible light irradiated from the LED with high reflectance.

Abstract: An illuminating device may include an optical guiding body configured to dispose linear optical guiding members side by side, the linear optical guiding members guiding light incident from one end side in a longitudinal direction to another end side. The illuminating device may also include optical sources to emit light toward corresponding linear optical guiding members. The optical guiding body may include first and second optical guiding members adjacent in a width direction. A luminance distribution of the light in the longitudinal direction emitted from the first optical guiding member becomes darker, and that emitted from the second optical guiding member becomes brighter, according to being closer to the other end side from the one end side. The illuminating device may further include a control unit configured to light up the optical sources of the first and second optical guiding members in order and thereafter, light them out in order.

Abstract: A salt represented by the formula (I). wherein Z+, Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Z, X1, X2, Xa, Xb, L1, L2, L3 and L4 are defined in the specification.

Abstract: A zoom optical system (ZL) comprises a first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power, a second lens group (G2) having negative refractive power, a third lens group (G3) having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group (G4) having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens group (G5) having positive refractive power that are disposed in order from an object. Upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state, the lens groups are moved along an optical axis to change distances between the lens groups. The fifth lens group (G5) comprises at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens. Certain conditional expressions are satisfied.

Abstract: A switching power-supply circuit includes a second rectifying/smoothing circuit arranged to generate a second output voltage by rectifying and smoothing the output of a second secondary winding, and the second rectifying/smoothing circuit includes a second rectifier circuit and a capacitor, connected to the second secondary winding. A second switching control circuit operates in response to an alternating-current winding voltage occurring in the second secondary winding, and includes a time constant circuit causing a switch mechanism connected to the control terminal of a rectifier switch element to operate, and a second feedback circuit arranged to detect and feed back the second output voltage to the time constant circuit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tungsten alloy includes a W component and a Hf component including HfC. A content of the Hf component in terms of HfC is 0.1 wt % or more and 3 wt % or less.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitting apparatus includes: a loop conductor for power transmission having an inductance; an inverter circuit configured to receive a DC voltage, convert the DC voltage into an AC voltage, and apply the AC voltage to the loop conductor; a capacitor connected between one end of the loop conductor and at least one end of the inverter circuit; and a metal layer covering one of the faces formed by the loop conductor farthest from a power receiving apparatus.

Abstract: Support bracket and projection which project from curved lower surface of intake manifold are provided. Both parts are arranged in an opposed relation to each other with respect to a center of gravity of the intake manifold when viewed from a longitudinal direction in which a plurality of branches are arranged in parallel to one another. Intake manifold can be stably placed on a flat surface of a floor or the like in such a state that intake manifold is directed downwardly using support bracket and projection as legs. Support bracket also serves as a boss portion for a fixing bolt that fastens an engine body and intake manifold.