Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor element that can be manufactured easily at a low cost, can obtain a high tunneling current, and has an excellent operating characteristic, a method for manufacturing the same, and a semiconductor integrated circuit including the semiconductor element. The semiconductor element of the present invention is characterized in that the whole or a part of a tunnel junction is constituted by a semiconductor region made of an indirect-transition semiconductor containing isoelectronic-trap-forming impurities.

Abstract: A pressure control valve includes a pressure control block including a bore hole that is bored perpendicularly from one outer surface, and two internal channel openings of whose end portions are at a bottom surface of the bore hole, a valve body having elasticity and covering the bottom surface of the bore hole, a sealing member for pressing a portion of the valve body against the bottom surface of the bore hole, the portion abutting a peripheral edge portion of a portion of the bottom surface where the openings are provided, and an actuator for driving a portion, of the valve body, abutting the portion where the openings are provided in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface of the bore hole.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a gas barrier film, capable of producing a gas barrier film which has production suitability in a roll-to-roll manner and is excellent in productivity and in gas barrier performance.

Abstract: A laser machine includes a laser oscillator, a cooler for cooling the laser oscillator, and a control unit for controlling the laser oscillator and the cooler. The control unit includes a controller that stops base discharge of the laser oscillator at a time when a specified time has elapsed from a stop of laser light emission by the laser oscillator. According to the laser machine, since base discharge of the laser oscillator is stopped after the specified time has elapsed from the stop of laser light emission, wasteful energy (power) consumption of the laser oscillator in a standby state can be restricted.

Abstract: A drive circuit includes a constant current circuit which supplies a constant current to the gate of an IGBT and on-operates the IGBT; a discharge circuit which grounds the gate of the IGBT and off-operates the IGBT; and a switch circuit which operates one of the constant current circuit or discharge circuit in accordance with a control signal and turns on or off the IGBT. In particular, the drive circuit includes a current detection circuit which detects a current flowing through the IGBT when the IGBT is turned on; and a current regulation circuit which feeds the current detected by the current detection circuit back to the constant current circuit and controls an output current of the constant current circuit in accordance with the turn-on characteristics of the IGBT.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas barrier film having high gas barrier properties and also having high durability even under harsh, high-temperature, high-humidity conditions. The gas barrier film includes a substrate and at least one gas barrier layer on the substrate, wherein the gas barrier layer includes at least one gas barrier layer A having a chemical composition of chemical formula (1): SiAlwOxNyCz, wherein w, x, y, and z are the elemental ratios of aluminum to silicon, oxygen to silicon, nitrogen to silicon, and carbon to silicon, respectively, measured in the thickness direction of the gas barrier layer, y is the maximum value of the elemental ratio of nitrogen to silicon measured in the thickness direction of the gas barrier layer and satisfies mathematical formula (1): 0.05?y?0.20, and w, x, and z satisfy mathematical formula (2): 0.07?w?0.20, mathematical formula (3): 1.90?x?2.40, and mathematical formula (4): 0.00?z?0.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a ferrite magnetic material which can provide a permanent magnet retaining high Br and HcJ as well as having high Hk/HcJ. The ferrite magnetic material according to a preferred embodiment is a ferrite magnetic material formed of hard ferrite, wherein a P content in terms of P2O5 is 0.001% by mass or more.

Abstract: An injection molding composition includes a ferrite powder which is a collection of ferrite particles, a first binder and a second binder, wherein a softening point of the second binder is lower than that of the first binder, a weight and a specific surface area of the ferrite powders are represented by Wp and S, and a weight and a density of the first binder and the second binder is represented by Wb1, Wb2, and Db1, Db2, and a hypothetical thickness Tb1 of the first binder is 0.6 to 3.0, and a hypothetical thickness Tb2 of the second binder is 5.0 to 16.0. In the composition, it is preferable that coated ferrite particles covering the outer circumference of the ferrite particles with the first binder and the second binder exist. Tb1 [nm]=(Wb1×103)/(Db1×Wp×S)??formula (1) Tb2 [nm]=(Wb2×103)/(Db2×Wp×S)??formula (2).

Abstract: A roll of a gas barrier film may be obtained by winding a gas barrier film including a base and a gas barrier layer in a direction orthogonal to a width of the film. The gas barrier layer may contain silicon, oxygen, and carbon atoms. A surface of the base, opposite to a side of the gas barrier layer, may have protrusions A having a height of 10 nm or more and less than 100 nm from a roughness center plane at a density of 500 to 10,000/mm2, and protrusions B having a height of 100 nm or more from a roughness center plane at a density of 0 to 500/mm2. The base may have a haze of 1% or less measured in accordance with JIS K-7136. A flatness index defined as the number of sites raised 1 mm or more is within a range of from 0 to 5.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a ferrite magnetic material capable of providing a permanent magnet in which high Br and HcJ are kept, and which has a high Hk/HcJ. A ferrite magnetic material in accordance with a preferred embodiment has a ferrite phase having a hexagonal structure and has a main composition represented by Ca1-w-x-yRwSrxBayFezMmO19 (R is at least one element of rare earth elements (including Y) essentially including La, and Bi, and M is at least one element of Co, Mn, Mg, Ni, Cu, and Zn essentially including Co), where 0.25<w<0.65, 0.01<x<0.45, 0.0002<y<0.011, y<x, 8<z<11, 1.0<w/m<2.5, and 0.017<m/z<0.065 are satisfied. The total amount of a Si component is 0.1 to 3 mass % based on the amount of the main composition, and respective elements satisfy the relationship of 1.5?[(Ca+R+Sr+Ba)?(Fe+M)/12]/Si?3.5.

Abstract: A server provides a game that improves the interest in and taste of a battle event and increases the interest in and real enjoyment of the entire game. The server includes an information storage device that stores information related to the game, and a controller that accesses the information, performs various computations, and displays game images on a terminal device. In a battle event of this game, multiple character cards are aligned and displayed in a first field, and a player selects therefrom a character card to be used for a battle with an enemy character. The first field is replenished with another character card alternative to the selected character card as needed so that the player can further select an additional character card therefrom.

Abstract: A driver circuit for turning ON and OFF one of two parallel-connected insulated-gate semiconductor elements includes a voltage control circuit that controls a level of a power supply voltage in response to a detected element temperature of the one semiconductor element, a constant current supply section, responsive to a drive signal, for supplying a constant current to a gate of the one semiconductor element to turn the one semiconductor element ON, the power supply voltage being supplied to the constant current supply section from the voltage control circuit, and a discharge circuit, responsive to the drive signal, for discharging an electric charge accumulated in the gate to turn the one semiconductor element OFF.

Abstract: There is realized a server for providing a game capable of improving the interest in and taste of a battle event and increasing the interest in and real enjoyment of the entire game. The server according to the present invention includes an information storage unit for storing information related to the game, and a control unit for accessing the information, performing various computations, and displaying game images on a terminal device. In a battle event of this game, multiple character cards are aligned and displayed in a first field, and a player selects therefrom a character card to be used for a battle with an enemy character. The first field is replenished with another character card alternative to the selected character card as needed so that the player can further select an additional character card therefrom.

Abstract: A ferrite magnet and a ferrite sintered magnet including a ferrite magnetic material are provided. A main phase of the ferrite magnetic material includes a ferrite phase having a hexagonal crystal structure, and metal element composition expressed by Ca1-w-x-yR wSr xBayFezMm wherein 0.25<w<0.5, 0.01<x<0.35, 0.0001<y<0.013, y<x, 8.7<z<9.9, 1.0<w/m<2.1, 0.017<m/z<0.055 and Si component is at least included as a sub-component, and wherein; when content y1 mass % of the Si component in the ferrite magnetic material, with respect to SiO2, is shown on Y-axis and a total content x1 of z and m is shown on X-axis, a relation between x1 and y1 is within a range surrounded by 4 points placed on X-Y coordinate having the X and Y axes.

Abstract: A protective relay system inducting includes plural protective relay devices protecting a power system based on electrical quantity data from the power system, and a communication between the protective power devices is performed via a network. The protective relay device includes a clock unit periodically clocking a timing at which sampling is performed on an electrical quantity of the power system, a relay computing unit performing a relay computation based on the electrical quantity data having undergone the sampling and electrical quantity data received via the network, a random-number creating unit creating a random number, and a synchronization-frame processing unit setting a timing of sending a synchronization frame to another protective relay device via the network based on the random number created by the random-number creating unit.

Abstract: A supercritical fluid chromatograph includes a supercritical flow path, a mobile phase supply section for supplying a mobile phase containing liquid carbon dioxide, a sample introduction section, a sample separation section, a detector, and a pressure control valve. A valve post-stage flow path is connected to a fluid outlet of the pressure control valve, and the inside of the valve post-stage flow path is maintained by pressure maintaining means at a pressure by which a mobile phase from the fluid outlet of the pressure control valve is not vaporized.

Abstract: A field oxide film lies extending from the underpart of a gate electrode to a drain region. A plurality of projection parts projects from the side face of the gate electrode from a source region side toward a drain region side. The projection parts are arranged side by side along a second direction (direction orthogonal to a first direction along which the source region and the drain region are laid) in plan view. A plurality of openings is formed in the field oxide film. Each of the openings is located between projection parts adjacent to each other when seen from the first direction. The edge of the opening on the drain region side is located closer to the source region than the drain region. The edge of the opening on the source region side is located closer to the drain region than the side face of the gate electrode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device with a narrow frame region and high display quality. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention is provided with: a first substrate that has a first electrode and a third electrode; and a second substrate that has a second electrode and a fourth electrode. The first electrode has a first main wire part and a first lead-out part, the third electrode has a third main wire part and a third lead-out part, and the first main wire part and the third main wire part are disposed between a sealing member and a display region.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink for ink-jet recording having high storage stability and high discharge stability and providing high abrasion resistance to the resulting image. The ink for ink-jet recording includes polymer particles. The polymer particles each include a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer from the inside to the outside in this order. The first layer is formed of an uncrosslinked first polymer, the second layer is formed of a crosslinked second polymer having ionizable groups, and the third layer is formed of units each having a hydrophilic part and a hydrophobic part.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a controlling apparatus is a controlling apparatus for a combined cycle power-generating plant having a plurality of power-generating plants, each of the power-generating plants comprising: a power generator; a gas turbine that is connected with the power generator; and an heat recovering steam generator that recovers heat of exhaust gas from the gas turbine and generates steam from an incorporated drum. The controlling apparatus comprises a controlling unit that controls the turbine bypass regulating valve. The controlling unit closes the turbine bypass regulating valve in accordance with a predetermined time-dependent change, before the controlling valve is in a full open state. The controlling unit controls the turbine bypass regulating valve based on a pressure of the drum of the power-generating plant subsequently started, when the controlling valve is in the full open state.