Abstract: Provided is an electrode for a battery which effectively suppress a short circuit between a positive electrode and a negative electrode at high temperature of the battery. The electrode includes a current collector 110, an active material layer 111 formed on at least one side of the current collector 110 and an insulating layer 112 formed on the surface of the active material layer 111. The electrode was formed so that peeling occurs between the current collector 110 and the active material layer 111 and the peeling strength was 10 mN/mm or more when a 90° peeling test was performed at a peeling rate of 100/min.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode, comprising: a metal foil; an electrode layer formed on at least one surface of the metal foil; and an insulating layer formed on the electrode layer; wherein boundary portion between the insulating layer and the electrode layer is in a state in which a part of the insulating layer engages into a part of the electrode layer, and Ls/L is 1.25 or more, wherein a reference length of a straight line in a direction in which the metal foil extends is taken as L and a boundary length along boundary between the insulating layer and the electrode layer is taken as Ls.

Abstract: An alarm device that can urge changing of a vehicle driver without giving a nuisance to the driver or an occupant of the vehicle includes a captured image acquisition section for acquiring at least a plurality of captured images image-capturing a face of an occupant at a driver's seat of a vehicle, a measuring section for measuring a time period lapsed after starting of an engine of the vehicle, a decision section for deciding presence/absence of changing of the occupant of the driver's seat based on the plurality of captured images acquired, and an informing section for informing if the decision section decides absence of change of the occupant of the driver's seat and a measurement result of the measuring section reaches a preset value.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode for a battery which effectively suppress a short circuit between a positive electrode and a negative electrode at high temperature of the battery. The electrode includes a current collector 110, an active material layer 111 formed on at least one side of the current collector 110 and an insulating layer 112 formed on the surface of the active material layer 111. The electrode was formed so that peeling occurs between the current collector 110 and the active material layer 111 and the peeling strength was 10 mN/mm or more when a 90° peeling test was performed at a peeling rate of 100/min.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material constituting a lithium ion secondary battery having high energy density and excellent cycle characteristics, and a negative electrode and a lithium ion secondary battery comprising the same are provided. The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material comprising graphite particles and crystalline silicon particles, wherein a median diameter of the crystalline silicon particles is 0.7 ?m or less, and a weight ratio of the crystalline silicon particles to the total weight of the graphite particles and the crystalline silicon particles is 1 wt % or more and 25 wt % or less.

Abstract: A film package battery 1 has a battery element (20) having a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator that are stacked or wound, wherein, at least at 200° C., the separator does not melt or soften and has a heat shrinkage ratio of 3% or less; a film package (10) enclosing the battery element; and a fixing tape (70) fixed to a part of the battery element and fixed to an inner surface of the film package.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode, comprising: a metal foil; an electrode layer formed on at least one surface of the metal foil; and an insulating layer formed on the electrode layer; wherein boundary portion between the insulating layer and the electrode layer is in a state in which a part of the insulating layer engages into a part of the electrode layer, and Ls/L is 1.25 or more, wherein a reference length of a straight line in a direction in which the metal foil extends is taken as L and a boundary length along boundary between the insulating layer and the electrode layer is taken as Ls.

Abstract: An alarm device that can urge changing of a vehicle driver without giving a nuisance to the driver or an occupant of the vehicle includes a captured image acquisition section for acquiring at least a plurality of captured images image-capturing a face of an occupant at a driver's seat of a vehicle, a measuring section for measuring a time period lapsed after starting of an engine of the vehicle, a decision section for deciding presence/absence of changing of the occupant of the driver's seat based on the plurality of captured images acquired, and an informing section for informing if the decision section decides absence of change of the occupant of the driver's seat and a measurement result of the measuring section reaches a preset value.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material constituting a lithium ion secondary battery having high energy density and excellent cycle characteristics, and a negative electrode and a lithium ion secondary battery comprising the same are provided. The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material comprising graphite particles and crystalline silicon particles, wherein a median diameter of the crystalline silicon particles is 0.7 ?m or less, and a weight ratio of the crystalline silicon particles to the total weight of the graphite particles and the crystalline silicon particles is 1 wt % or more and 25 wt % or less.

Abstract: A film package battery 1 has a battery element (20) having a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator that are stacked or wound, wherein, at least at 200° C., the separator does not melt or soften and has a heat shrinkage ratio of 3% or less; a film package (10) enclosing the battery element; and a fixing tape (70) fixed to a part of the battery element and fixed to an inner surface of the film package.

Abstract: In the present invention, a secondary battery comprises: a battery element (20) in which a positive pole plate and a negative pole plate are layered; a housing (10) for housing the battery element (20) and an electrolyte; electrode tabs (21, 25) of the positive electrode and the negative electrode that are led out from the housing (10); a fusing part (25b) that is formed in a part of the electrode tab and preferentially fuses if a predetermined current has flowed; and a reinforcing member (33) which is attached to an electrode tab at least at the section having the fusing part (25b), and which is attached so as to be separated from the housing.

Abstract: An optical A/D converter according to the present invention includes an optical splitter that splits an analog input signal light into plurals, a plurality of Mach-Zehnder interferometers to which each of the signal lights split by the optical splitter is input, and plurality of optical/electrical conversion unit that convert each signal lights output from each Mach-Zehnder interferometer into a digital electrical signal, in which each Mach-Zehnder interferometer includes optical intensity-to-phase conversion unit that optically convert intensity of the input signal light into an amount of phase shift and the amount of phase shift differs for each Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Then, it is possible to provide a high speed and low power consuming optical demodulation circuit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium ion secondary battery having an electrode element in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are arranged so as to face each other, an electrolyte and an outer package housing the electrode element and the electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode is formed by using a second negative electrode active material in which lithium is doped into a first negative electrode active material containing a metal (a) capable of forming an alloy with lithium, a metal oxide (b) capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, and a carbon material (c) capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions; and the electrolyte contains a fluorinated ether compound represented by a predetermined formula.

Abstract: An optical intensity-to-phase converter according to the present invention includes first and second waveguides to which a first input light is input, a third waveguide to which a second input light is input, and an interaction region that is provided in common on the second and third waveguides in which the first and second input lights are multiplexed and interact. The optical intensity-to-phase converter provides delay to output lights output from the first and second waveguides based on intensity of the first or second input light. Then, it is possible to provide an optical intensity-to-phase converter that enables simple configuration of an optical A/D converter.

Abstract: An optical intensity-to-phase converter according to the present invention includes first and second waveguides to which a first input light is input, a third waveguide to which a second input light is input, and an interaction region that is provided in common on the second and third waveguides in which the first and second input lights are multiplexed and interact. The optical intensity-to-phase converter provides delay to output lights output from the first and second waveguides based on intensity of the first or second input light. Then, it is possible to provide an optical intensity-to-phase converter that enables simple configuration of an optical A/D converter.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an optical modulation device and an optical modulation method that achieve an excellent spectral efficiency with a simple and compact configuration and low power consumption. An optical modulation device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a CW light source (11), a coupler (12), optical modulators (14a) and (14b), an optical frequency shifter (15b), a serial-to-parallel converter (21), and a delay circuit (24a). The serial-to-parallel converter (21) divides a data signal having a bit rate B into two data strings having a bit rate B/2, and extracts a clock signal (CLK). The delay circuit (24a) temporally synchronizes the two data strings. CW light emitted from the CW light source is split into two beams by the coupler (12). The optical modulators (14a) and (14b) generate optical signals by modulating the two split light beams according to the data strings.

Abstract: The invention provides a semiconductor optical modulator including a two-step mesa optical waveguide having a first clad layer (101); a mesa-like core layer (102) formed over the first clad layer (101); and a second clad layer (103) formed into a mesa shape over the core layer (102), and having a mesa width smaller than that of the core layer (102). The two-step mesa optical waveguide includes a multi-mode optical waveguide region to which an electric field is applied or into which an electric current is injected, and a single-mode optical waveguide region to which the electric field is not applied and into which the electric current is not injected. When the mesa width of the core layer in the multi-mode optical waveguide region is defined as Wmesa1, and the mesa width of the core layer in the single-mode optical waveguide region is defined as Wmesa2, Wmesa1>Wmesa2 is satisfied.

Abstract: A semiconductor optical waveguide-A having an optical amplification function and a semiconductor optical waveguide-B having a light control function are integrated together on the same substrate. A facet of the semiconductor optical waveguide-A facing an isolation trench and a facet of the semiconductor optical waveguide-B facing the isolation trench are configured as a composite optical reflector/optical connector using an optical interference. The facet of the semiconductor optical waveguide-A achieves an optical reflectivity not higher than the reflectivity corresponding to a cleaved facet and not smaller than several percent, and an optical coupling coefficient of not lower than 50% between the semiconductor optical waveguide-A and the semiconductor optical waveguide-B.

Abstract: An optical intensity-to-phase converter according to the present invention includes first and second waveguides to which a first input light is input, a third waveguide to which a second input light is input, and an interaction region that is provided in common on the second and third waveguides in which the first and second input lights are multiplexed and interact. The optical intensity-to-phase converter provides delay to output lights output from the first and second waveguides based on intensity of the first or second input light. Then, it is possible to provide an optical intensity-to-phase converter that enables simple configuration of an optical A/D converter.

Abstract: An optical A/D converter according to the present invention includes an optical splitter that splits an analog input signal light into plurals, a plurality of Mach-Zehnder interferometers to which each of the signal lights split by the optical splitter is input, and plurality of optical/electrical conversion unit that convert each signal lights output from each Mach-Zehnder interferometer into a digital electrical signal, in which each Mach-Zehnder interferometer includes optical intensity-to-phase conversion unit that optically convert intensity of the input signal light into an amount of phase shift and the amount of phase shift differs for each Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Then, it is possible to provide a high speed and low power consuming optical demodulation circuit.