Abstract: Disclosed are an object of the present disclosure is to provide a solid-state imaging apparatus, a method of manufacturing a solid-state imaging apparatus, and an electronic device, which are capable of realizing superior low illuminance PDAF performance and superior light shielding performance at the same time, and which are capable of realizing higher-accuracy image quality. The pixel portion 20 is divided into a central region RCTR and a peripheral region RPRP, and in all of the pixel units PUP in the peripheral region RPRP, the number NP of same-color pixels PX which a microlens MCL is responsible for making light incident thereon is 2. The number NP is less than the number NC of same-color pixels PX in which a microlens MCL is responsible for making light incident thereon in the pixel unit PUC in the central region RCTR, which is 4. Moreover, the microlens MCL adopted in the central region RCTR and the microlens MCL adopted in the peripheral region RPRP have the same shape.

Abstract: A pixel portion includes photodiodes formed on a semiconductor substrate as photoelectric conversion portions, and includes: a high absorption layer (HA layer) for controlling a reflection component of incident light on one surface side of the photodiodes (photoelectric conversion portions), and re-diffusing the incident light in the photoelectric conversion portions, on one surface side of the photodiodes upon which light is incident; and a diffused light suppression structure for suppressing diffused light (caused by light scattering) in a light incident path toward one surface side of the photoelectric conversion portions including the high absorption layer. Due to this, a solid-state imaging apparatus capable of reducing crosstalk between pixels, achieving miniaturization of pixel size, reducing color mixing, and achieving high sensitivity and high performance can be realized.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an aliphatic-aromatic polyester, such as PBST, by an esterification and/or transesterification reaction and a polycondensation reaction, the method being capable of reducing the insufficiency in the degree of crystallization in the related art and capable of producing an aliphatic-aromatic polyester having a high degree of crystallinity. A method for producing an aliphatic-aromatic polyester, the method including subjecting an aliphatic diol component, an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid component, and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid component that serve as raw materials to an esterification and/or transesterification reaction and a polycondensation reaction subsequent to the esterification and/or transesterification reaction in a presence of a catalyst, wherein, while the aliphatic-aromatic polyester is produced, a nucleating agent that satisfies a condition represented by Formula (1) below is present in a reaction system. 0° C.<Tm1?Tm2?100° C. . . .

Abstract: This air pump device is provided with: an electric pump unit including a pump mechanism and a motor; a case; and a vibration-proof member. The pump mechanism and the motor are arranged side by side in the axial direction of the motor. The pump mechanism has an inlet and an outlet at an end in the axial direction on the opposite side of the motor. The case has a first wall and a second wall which are located on opposite sides in the axial direction of the motor and which face the electric pump unit. The vibration-proof member is provided with: a first axial vibration-proof unit interposed between the electric pump unit and the first wall; and a second axial vibration-proof unit interposed between the electric pump unit and the second wall. The first axial vibration-proof unit covers the inlet.

Abstract: This vehicle seat control device is provided with a storage unit, a position detection unit, a control unit, and an operation order setting unit. The space on a seat occupied by a passenger sitting in the seat is a sitting passenger-occupied space, and during the execution of an automatic operation, the operation order setting unit is configured to set the operation order such that position adjustments of seat elements operated in the direction of advancing into the sitting passenger-occupied space are started at the same time as, or are started after, the starting of the position adjustments of the seat elements operated in the direction moving away from the sitting passenger-occupied space.

Abstract: Disclosed are a solid-state imaging apparatus, a signal processing method of a solid-state imaging apparatus, and an electronic device, which are capable of correcting uneven sensitivities generated by multiple factors in a broad area and realizing the higher-precision image quality. A correction circuit 710 weight a sensitivity Pi corresponding to a pixel signal of each pixel related to correction in a pixel unit PU that is the correction target and a sensitivity Pi corresponding to a pixel signal of each pixel related to correction in at least one same color pixel unit PU and adjacent to the pixel unit PU that is the correction target by a weighting coefficient Wi. Consequently, the correction coefficient ? is calculated by dividing a sum of the weighted sensitivities by a total number n of pixels related to correction.

Abstract: A pixel PXL includes a first photodiode PDSL and a second photodiode PSLS having different well capacities and responsivities, transfer transistors TGSL-Tr, TGLS-Tr for transferring the charges stored in the photodiodes to a floating diffusion FD, and a capacitance changing part 80 for changing the capacitance of the floating diffusion depending on a capacitance changing signal. The first well capacity of the first photodiode PDSL is smaller than the second well capacity of the second photodiode PDLS, and the first responsivity of the first photodiode PDSL is larger than the second responsivity of the second photodiode PDLS. With these configurations, it becomes possible to realize a widened dynamic range, prevent the read-out noise from affecting the performance, and eventually achieve improved image quality.

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes forming a ring-shaped rib at an outer circumferential edge of a semiconductor wafer by grinding a center of a back surface of the semiconductor wafer, so that the rib has a thickness greater than a thickness of the center of the semiconductor wafer, pasting a first protective film on the back surface of the semiconductor wafer, pasting a second protective film so as to cover an outer circumferential edge of the first protective film and an outer circumference of the rib, positioning the back surface of the semiconductor wafer so as to face a heating surface of a hot plate and directly heating the first protective film and the second protective film by using the hot plate, and performing a plating treatment on a surface of the semiconductor wafer.

Abstract: A vehicle seat adjustment device includes a first adjustment mechanism, a second adjustment mechanism, and a controller. The first adjustment mechanism is moved in a first direction upon driving of a first motor to adjust a position of a vehicle seat. The second adjustment mechanism is moved in both the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction upon driving of a second motor to adjust the position of the vehicle seat. The controller controls and drives the first motor and the second motor. A speed at which the second adjustment mechanism is moved in the first direction is lower than or equal to a speed at which the first adjustment mechanism is moved in the first direction. When the second motor needs to be driven, the controller drives the second motor while driving the first motor.

Abstract: An optical sensor includes a bare chip mounted on a circuit board, a protection member configured to protect the bare chip, a pad connected to the bare chip via a wire, and a pattern connecting the pad and a terminal portion at an edge of the circuit board to each other. The pattern is connected to the terminal portion on a same surface as a surface on which the bare chip is mounted, and a portion of the pattern between the protection member and the terminal portion is covered with solder resist.

Abstract: A seat device includes a holding member that holds an air tube and is located below a seat cushion. The holding member includes a base wall that defines a holding surface for the air tube, a locking portion that locks air tubes routed along the holding surface on the base wall, and a side wall extending in a routing direction of each of the air tubes.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including preparing a semiconductor wafer having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to each other, forming a first electrode on the first main surface of the semiconductor wafer, applying a first tape to the second main surface of the semiconductor wafer, so as to cover the second main surface of the semiconductor wafer with the first tape, applying a second tape to an outer peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer, to thereby cover an end of the semiconductor wafer with the second tape, heating the semiconductor wafer having the first tape and the second tape applied thereto, by a heat treatment at a temperature of at least 40 degrees C., and forming a plating layer on a surface of the first electrode after heating the semiconductor wafer.

Abstract: One object is to provide a solid-state imaging device that can capture visible light images such as RGB images and infrared images such as NIR images and maintain a high light-receiving sensitivity for infrared light, a method of driving such a solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus. The solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel part having unit pixel groups arranged therein, the unit pixel groups each including a plurality of pixels at least for visible light that perform photoelectric conversion; and a reading part for reading pixel signals from the pixel part, wherein the plurality of pixels for visible light have a light-receiving sensitivity for infrared light, and in an infrared reading mode, the reading part is capable of adding together signals for infrared light read from the plurality of pixels for visible light.

Abstract: A seat device includes a holding member that holds an air tube and is located below a seat cushion. The holding member includes a base wall that defines a holding surface for the air tube, a locking portion that locks air tubes routed along the holding surface on the base wall, and a side wall extending in a routing direction of each of the air tubes.

Abstract: This air pump device is provided with: an electric pump unit including a pump mechanism and a motor; a case; and a vibration-proof member. The pump mechanism and the motor are arranged side by side in the axial direction of the motor. The pump mechanism has an inlet and an outlet at an end in the axial direction on the opposite side of the motor. The case has a first wall and a second wall which are located on opposite sides in the axial direction of the motor and which face the electric pump unit. The vibration-proof member is provided with: a first axial vibration-proof unit interposed between the electric pump unit and the first wall; and a second axial vibration-proof unit interposed between the electric pump unit and the second wall. The first axial vibration-proof unit covers the inlet.

Abstract: A controller, which serves as a pressure-feeding control portion, drives an air pump to pressure-feed air to massage airbags located in a seat. In addition, the controller, which serves as an inflation-deflation control portion, performs massage control that inflates and deflates the airbags while keeping the air pump driven by controlling the operation of intake-discharge valves in second flow passage (branch lines), which connects the air pump to the airbags. Furthermore, the controller, which serves as a decompression control portion, opens a discharge valve, which is located upstream of the intake-discharge valves, in a state in which the airbags are deflated during the massage control.

Abstract: The method of mounting an electronic component onto a substrate by a reflow process, the electronic component having at least one first terminal provided along one side of the electronic component and at least one second terminal provided along another side of the electronic component opposed to the one side, the substrate having a first copper foil pattern to which the at least one first terminal is soldered and a second copper foil pattern to which the at least one second terminal is soldered, the method including applying a first solder cream portion to the first copper foil pattern and applying a second solder cream portion to the second copper foil pattern.

Abstract: A pit gate includes a gate body which is inserted between a pool portion storing water and a canal portion connected to the pool portion and is configured to change a flow state of the water, and a seal portion (6) which is accommodated in a groove-shaped accommodation recess formed in the gate body and seals between the pool portion and the gate body. The seal portion (6) includes a low-rigidity portion (10) which is relatively easily deformed by a load according to a water pressure from the pool portion side, and a high-rigidity portion (11) which is provided on the pool portion side of the low-rigidity portion and is not easily deformed relatively by the load.

Abstract: A temperature adjustment device controller is configured to determine a temperature adjustment control basic value from a necessary temperature adjustment control amount calculated based on a parameter including environmental information, set a target blowing temperature of temperature adjustment air based on the temperature adjustment control basic value, and set a target blowing amount of the temperature adjustment air based on the temperature adjustment control basic value, an open-closed state of a movable roof, and a vehicle speed.

Abstract: An optical sensor includes a substrate, a light emitting element, a light receiving element, and an electronic circuit element. Light from the light emitting element is blocked by a detection object to detect the detection object. The light emitting element, the electronic circuit element and the light receiving element are mounted on the same surface of the substrate. The electronic circuit element is disposed between the light emitting element and the light receiving element on a mounting surface of the substrate.