Abstract: A duplexer includes: a first filter of which first and second ends connect to a common terminal and a first terminal respectively; and a second filter having a passband higher than that of the first filter, a first end and second end thereof connecting to the common terminal and a second terminal respectively, wherein a phase shifter is located neither between the first filter and the common terminal nor between the second filter and the common terminal, the second filter is a ladder-type filter including piezoelectric thin film resonators connected in a ladder shape, a propagation constant in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of a piezoelectric thin film in the piezoelectric thin film resonator is a real number at frequencies lower than a resonance frequency of the piezoelectric thin film resonator, and a resonator at a first stage is a parallel resonator in the second filter.

Abstract: A filter includes: a plurality of piezoelectric thin film resonators, each having a multilayered film including a lower electrode located on a substrate, a piezoelectric film located on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode located on the piezoelectric film so as to face the lower electrode, wherein at least two piezoelectric thin film resonators have thick film portions, in each of which the multilayered film is thicker in at least a part of an outer peripheral portion than in an inner portion of a resonance region in which the lower electrode and the upper electrode face each other across the piezoelectric film, and lengths of the thick film portions from edges of the resonance regions are different from each other in the at least two piezoelectric thin film resonators.

Abstract: A filter includes: a coupled multi-mode acoustic wave filter connected between an input terminal and an output terminal; a first inductor connected between the coupled multi-mode acoustic wave filter and a ground terminal; an acoustic wave resonator, one end of which is connected between the input terminal or the output terminal and the coupled multi-mode acoustic wave filter; and a second inductor connected between another end of the acoustic wave resonator and the ground terminal.

Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base substrate provided with cantilevers and a piezoelectric element formed on each cantilever. The piezoelectric element includes: a lower electrode layer; a piezoelectric layer formed on the lower electrode layer; and an upper electrode layer having a conductive oxide layer formed on the piezoelectric layer. Because the conductive oxide layer has covalent bonds or ionic bonds, and therefore produces little plastic deformation, relaxation of the stress is less likely to occur. Thus, even with repetitive motion in the piezoelectric actuator, the as-deposited internal stress (film stress) can be stably maintained for a long period of time.

Abstract: A solar cell with an electrode lead-out structure that a unitary cell to be easily mounted on and removed from a connection side substrate is provided. A solar cell 10 is configured such that a power generation electrode 11 including a transparent electrode 14, a collector electrode 18, and a power generation layer 36 formed on a translucent substrate principal surface 12A is arranged opposite an opposite electrode 28 including a metal electrode 24 and a catalyst layer 26 both formed on a substrate principal surface 20A so that the power generation layer 36 is sandwiched between the power generation electrode 11 and the opposite electrode 28. A through-hole 16 is formed in a substantially central portion of a substrate 12. A periphery of the through-hole 22 forms an annular exposed portion that does not overlap the opposite electrode 28. A lead-out portion (annular portion 18A) for the collector electrode 18 is formed on the exposed portion.

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes: a substrate; a functional element that is located on the substrate and excites acoustic waves; a side wall portion that is made of a metal and is located on the substrate so as to surround the functional element; a metal plate that is located above the functional element and the side wall portion, and seals the functional element so that a space is formed above the functional element; and a terminal that is located on the substrate and further out than the side wall portion, and is electrically connected to the functional element.

Abstract: A filter includes: first series resonators and first parallel resonators that are connected in a ladder shape between an input terminal and an output terminal; a first inductor that is connected in parallel to at least one first series resonator; one or more second parallel resonators that are provided separately from the first parallel resonators, are connected between the input terminal and the output terminal, and have a resonance frequency and an anti-resonance frequency at frequencies lower than a passband formed by the first series resonators and the first parallel resonators; wherein an attenuation region is formed by a first attenuation pole formed by the at least one first series resonator and the first inductor and a second attenuation pole formed by a resonant response of the one or more second parallel resonators.

Abstract: A laminated inductor offers higher magnetic permeability, high inductance, low resistance and high rated current, while also supporting downsizing of device, by using a soft magnetic alloy as the magnetic material. Provided is a laminated inductor, comprising: an internal conductor forming area and a top cover area and a bottom cover area formed in a manner sandwiching the internal conductor forming area from above and below, wherein the internal conductor forming area has a magnetic material part formed by soft magnetic alloy particles, and internal conductors buried in the magnetic material part, and at least one of the top cover area and bottom cover area is formed by soft magnetic alloy particles exhibiting a two-peak particle size distribution curve (based on count).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a way to reduce the internal resistance of a lithium ion capacitor without causing its capacity or withstand voltage to drop. The present invention provides a lithium ion capacitor having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte solution, wherein the separator contains cellulose that has been given a treatment to create carbon-carbon double bonds.

Abstract: A coil-type electronic component having a coil inside or on the surface of a base material, characterized in that the base material of the coil-type electronic component is constituted by a group of soft magnetic alloy grains whose main ingredients are iron, silicate and chromium, and that an oxide layer is formed on the surface of each soft magnetic alloy grain, where the oxide layer is produced as a result of oxidization of the grain and has more chromium than the alloy grain, and this oxide layer has a two-layer structure constituted by an inner layer whose main ingredient is chromium oxide and an outer layer whose main ingredient is iron-chromium oxide, and the outer layers of soft magnetic alloy grains are inter-bonded.

Abstract: The capacitor includes, a pair of conductor layers opposed to each other at a predetermined distance; a dielectric layer interposed between the pair of conductor layers and composed of an oxide of valve metal; a multitude of holes formed through the dielectric layer, so as to be orthogonal to the pair of conductor layers and reach each of the pair of conductor layers; first electrodes and second electrodes formed by filling an electrode material in the holes and connected to one and the other one of the conductor layers, respectively; and insulators for electrically insulating the first electrodes from the other one of the pair of the conductor layers and the second electrodes from the one of the pair of the conductor layers, wherein the holes are formed so that the size of the diameter thereof observed in a cross-section of the dielectric layer parallel to the conductor layers becomes gradually larger from a cross-sectional position at one end of the dielectric layer toward a cross-sectional position at the

Abstract: A lithium-titanium complex oxide manufactured by the solid phase method is suitable as an active material for a lithium ion secondary battery. The lithium-titanium complex oxide is characterized in that (a) the average particle size D50 based on granularity distribution measurement by the laser diffraction method is 0.5 to 1.0 ?m; (b) the maximum particle size D100 based on granularity distribution measurement by the laser diffraction method and maximum primary particle size d100 measured by observation using a scanning electron microscope have a ratio D100/d100 of 1.5 to 15; and (c) the equivalent sphere size DBET calculated from the specific surface area measured by the BET method and above D50 have a ratio D50/DBET of 3 to 7, and preferably the angle of repose is 35 to 50°.

Abstract: A lithium-titanium complex oxide, which exhibits high effective capacity and high rate characteristics, has a particle size distribution as measured by the laser diffraction method such that the maximum particle size (D100) is 20 ?m or less, average particle size D50 is 1.0 to 1.5 ?m, total frequency of particles whose particle size is greater than twice the average particle size D50 is 16 to 25%, and preferably the specific surface area as measured by the BET method is 6 to 14 m2/g, and preferably the angle of repose is 35 to 50°.

Abstract: A lithium-titanium complex oxide manufactured by the solid phase method is suitable as an active material for a lithium ion secondary battery capable of achieving both a high capacity and high rate characteristics. The main constituent of the lithium-titanium complex oxide is Li4Ti5O12 and, when the main peak intensities of each Li4Ti5O12, Li2TiO3 and TiO2 phase detected from an X-ray diffraction pattern are given by I1, I2 and I3, respectively, I1/(I1+I2+I3) is 96% or more, where the crystallite size of Li4Ti5O12 as calculated by Scherrer's equation from the half width of the peak on its (111) plane in the above X-ray diffraction pattern is 520 ? to 590 ?.

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes: a substrate; a dielectric film formed on the substrate; opposing comb-shaped electrodes located between the substrate and the dielectric film, each of the opposing comb-shaped electrodes including an electrode finger, wherein at least one of the substrate and the dielectric film is a piezoelectric substance, an upper surface of the dielectric film, which is located above a gap between a tip of an electrode finger of one of the opposing comb-shaped electrodes and the other of the opposing comb-shaped electrodes, is inclined against an upper surface of the substrate in an extension direction of the electrode finger, and an inclination angle of the upper surface of the dielectric film against the upper surface of the substrate is equal to or larger than 30° and equal to or smaller than 50°.

Abstract: An electronic component includes: an element that is located on a substrate; a signal wiring that is located on the substrate and electrically connected to the element; a metal plate that is located so as to form a cavity on a functional part of the element and covers an upper surface of the cavity; a support post that is located on the substrate so as not to be located on the signal wiring, and supports the metal plate; and an insulating portion that covers the metal plate and the support post, and contacts a side surface of the cavity.

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes: an electrode that excites an acoustic wave and is located on a substrate; and a silicon oxide film that is located so as to cover the electrode and is doped with an element or molecule displacing O in a Si—O bond, wherein the element or molecule is F, H, CH3, CH2, Cl, C, N, P, or S.

Abstract: A ceramic material offering both high capacity and high rate characteristics includes, as a main constituent, titanium oxide, and 0.004 to 0.249 percent by mass of potassium, 0.013 to 0.240 percent by mass of phosphorous and 0.021 to 1.049 percent by mass of niobium, has a spinel structure, and preferably has a peak intensity measured on the Li27.84Ti36.816Nb1.344O90 (310) plane by powder X-ray diffraction corresponding to 3/10 of the peak intensity of the Li4Ti5O12 (111) plane or less, or preferably has a maximum primary particle size of 2 ?m or less. The ceramic material is used in an electrode which is used in a lithium ion secondary battery.

Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy element of high magnetic permeability that allows for easy quality check is constituted by a grain compact including: multiple metal grains 11 constituted by a Fe—Cr—Si soft magnetic alloy; oxide films formed on the surface of the metal grains; and connection parts via the oxide films formed on the surface of adjacent metal grains; wherein, in color difference measurement on the grain compact 1 based on the L*a*b* color system, a* (D65) is ?3 to 5 and b* (D65) is ?8 to 0, and preferably L* (D65) is 22 to 35, as well as an electronic component having such element.