Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery having high energy density and excellent cycle characteristics, and hardly causing burning. The present invention relates to a lithium ion secondary battery comprising an electrode mixture layer comprising an electrode active material comprising Si alloy having a median diameter of 1.2 ?m or less and 12% by weight or more and 50% by weight or less of an electrode binder; and an electrolyte solution comprising 60% by volume or more and 99% by volume or less of a phosphoric acid ester compound, 0% by volume or more and 30% by volume or less of a fluorinated ether compound, and 1% by volume or more and 35% by volume or less of a fluorinated carbonate compound, wherein the total amount of the phosphoric acid ester compound and the fluorinated ether compound is 65% by volume or more.

Abstract: An LC composite component includes a non-magnetic substrate, a magnetic layer with magnetism, capacitors, inductors, and core parts with magnetism. The non-magnetic substrate includes a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface. The magnetic layer is disposed to face the first surface of the non-magnetic substrate. The inductors and the capacitors are disposed between the first surface of the non-magnetic substrate and the magnetic layer. The core parts are disposed between the first surface of the non-magnetic substrate and the magnetic layer and connected to the magnetic layer. The thickness of the core parts is 1.0 or more times the thickness of the magnetic layer in a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the non-magnetic substrate, and each of the magnetic layer and the core parts contains magnetic metal particles and resin.

Abstract: An LC composite component includes a magnetic substrate with magnetism, a magnetic layer with magnetism, inductors, capacitors, and core parts with magnetism. The magnetic substrate includes a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface. The magnetic layer is disposed to face the first surface of the magnetic substrate. The inductors and the capacitors are disposed between the first surface of the magnetic substrate and the magnetic layer. The core parts are disposed between the first surface of the magnetic substrate and the magnetic layer and connected to the magnetic layer. The thickness of the core part is 1.0 or more times the thickness of the magnetic layer, the thickness of the magnetic substrate is 1.0 or more times the thickness of the magnetic layer.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery having high energy density and excellent cycle characteristics. The present invention relates to a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery comprising: (i) a negative electrode mixture layer comprising a negative electrode active material and a negative electrode binder and (ii) a negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material comprises an alloy comprising silicon (Si alloy), the Si alloy is crystalline and has a median diameter (D50 particle size) of 1.2 ?m or less, and an amount of the negative electrode binder based on the weight of the negative electrode mixture layer is 12% by weight or more and 50% by weight or less.

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: Disclosed herein is a multilayer wiring structure that includes a first metal layer; an interlayer insulating film formed on the first metal layer, the interlayer insulating film having an opening that exposes a first area of the first metal layer; a second metal layer formed on an inner wall of the opening; and a third metal layer filling the opening via the second metal layer. The first and third metal layers are direct contact with each other at a bottom of the opening.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multilayer wiring structure that includes a first metal layer; an interlayer insulating film formed on the first metal layer, the interlayer insulating film having an opening that exposes a first area of the first metal layer; a second metal layer formed on an inner wall of the opening; and a third metal layer filling the opening via the second metal layer. The first and third metal layers are direct contact with each other at a bottom of the opening.

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: In a photoelectric conversion/connection device (100) including an optical element (320), a mounting board (310) on which the optical element is mounted, and an optical connector (400) which is connected to the mounting board so as to be optically connected to the optical element, the optical connector (400) is arranged on a surface (310a) opposite to a mounting surface (310b) of the mounting board (310) and the optical element (320) is exposed. The photoelectric conversion/connection device (100) includes a motherboard (210) having a main surface (210a) and an electric connector (220) to be mounted on the main surface of the motherboard. The electric connector (220) is detachably connected to the mounting board (310).

Abstract: The invention provides an electronic component and a manufacturing method thereof that can achieve an improved adhesion strength when the electronic component is solder-mounted onto an external substrate and can thereby obtain considerably improved electric properties and reliabilities, etc. An electronic component, which is a capacitor 1, has: a circuit element 5a formed on a substrate 2; an electrode layer 5b connected to the circuit element 5a; passivation layers 6 and 8 that cover the electrode layer 5b; and terminal electrodes 9a and 9b connected to the electrode layer 5b via via-conductors Va and Vb formed through the passivation layers 6 and 8, the terminal electrodes 9a and 9b being formed to cover the side wall of the passivation layers 6 and 8.

Abstract: Provided is an optical interconnection device in which a volume required for cooling is reduced. In the optical interconnection device, a plurality of optical modules (12) are arranged on a periphery of an LSI (11) electrically connected to an electric wiring board (10), and liquid cooling mechanisms (13, 14) are respectively placed on the LSI (11) and the optical modules (12). The plurality of optical modules (12) may be arranged only on a surface of the electric wiring board (10) where the LSI (11) is mounted, only on a surface opposite to the surface where the LSI (11) is mounted, or on both the same surface as and the opposite surface to the surface where the LSI (11) is mounted.

Abstract: The invention provides an electronic component and a manufacturing method thereof that: can allow electronic components to be mounted on an external substrate at a higher density than before; can adjust the height (level) of a terminal electrode as required and desired, thereby solving problems that would occur in the inspection of the conventional electronic components; and can also improve the yield in the mounting of electronic components, thereby achieving increased productivity.

Abstract: An optical connector 1 is for connecting a connection object 10 to an optical module 21. A slider 3 is slidably held by a housing 2 adapted for positioning the connection object and the optical module. The housing has a first positioning portion for receiving the connection object. The slider has a first pressing portion 3a for elastically pressing the connection object in a first direction toward the first positioning portion and a second pressing portion 3e that elastically acts in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: A negative-electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising a silicon compound capable of inserting and extracting lithium ion, wherein the silicon compound contains silicon-hydrogen bonds and the silicon-hydrogen bonds are introduced into the compound by reduction of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon nitride and silicon carbide with hydrogen, and a negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a layer containing the negative-electrode active material in the above arrangement formed on a current collector.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell that operates in a temperature range of not lower than 100° C., and a method for manufacturing such a fuel cell. The fuel cell of the present invention has a proton conductive gel, an anode electrode, and a cathode electrode, the proton conductor being sandwiched between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, in which the proton conductive gel is composed of SnO2, NH3, H2O, and H3PO4, and provided that the molar ratio represented by NH3/SnO2 is X, and the molar ratio represented by P/Sn is Y, X is not less than 0.2 and not greater than 5, and Y is not less than 1.6 and not greater than 3.

Abstract: The invention provides an electronic component and a manufacturing method thereof that can achieve an improved adhesion strength when the electronic component is solder-mounted onto an external substrate and can thereby obtain considerably improved electric properties and reliabilities, etc. An electronic component, which is a capacitor 1, has: a circuit element 5a formed on a substrate 2; an electrode layer 5b connected to the circuit element 5a; passivation layers 6 and 8 that cover the electrode layer 5b; and terminal electrodes 9a and 9b connected to the electrode layer 5b via via-conductors Va and Vb formed through the passivation layers 6 and 8, the terminal electrodes 9a and 9b being formed to cover the side wall of the passivation layers 6 and 8.

Abstract: The invention provides an electronic component and a manufacturing method thereof that: can allow electronic components to be mounted on an external substrate at a higher density than before; can adjust the height (level) of a terminal electrode as required and desired, thereby solving problems that would occur in the inspection of the conventional electronic components; and can also improve the yield in the mounting of electronic components, thereby achieving increased productivity.

Abstract: Provided is an optical interconnection device in which a volume required for cooling is reduced. In the optical interconnection device, a plurality of optical modules (12) are arranged on a periphery of an LSI (11) electrically connected to an electric wiring board (10), and liquid cooling mechanisms (13, 14) are respectively placed on the LSI (11) and the optical modules (12). The plurality of optical modules (12) may be arranged only on a surface of the electric wiring board (10) where the LSI (11) is mounted, only on a surface opposite to the surface where the LSI (11) is mounted, or on both the same surface as and the opposite surface to the surface where the LSI (11) is mounted.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell that operates in a temperature range of not lower than 100° C., and a method for manufacturing such a fuel cell. The fuel cell of the present invention has a proton conductive gel, an anode electrode, and a cathode electrode, the proton conductor being sandwiched between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, in which the proton conductive gel is composed of SnO2, NH3, H2O, and H3PO4, and provided that the molar ratio represented by NH3/SnO2 is X, and the molar ratio represented by P/Sn is Y, X is not less than 0.2 and not greater than 5, and Y is not less than 1.6 and not greater than 3.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a capacitor formed by successively stacking a lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric film and an upper electrode on a substrate. The lower electrode includes a first conducting layer and a second conducting layer formed on the first conducting layer and having higher resistivity than the first conducting layer, and the capacitor dielectric film is formed so as to be in contact with the second conducting layer of the lower electrode.