Abstract: A signal processing method of converting a real number component and an imaginary number component of each polarization of a sub-carrier-multiplexed and polarization-multiplexed received signal into a frequency domain signal; selecting a frequency domain signal corresponding to a sub-carrier; receiving, as input signals, a real number component and an imaginary number component of each polarization of each sub-carrier and frequency inversion and phase conjugation, performing a first equalization process of multiplying, for each sub-carrier and polarization, the real number component and the imaginary number component of each polarization included in the input signal by a complex transfer function and then adding them and performing inverse conversion from a frequency domain signal into a time domain signal and a second equalization process of performing a signal of a real number component obtained by subjecting the real number component of each polarization included in the input signal to frequency inversion

Abstract: A characteristic measurement device that measures a characteristic between lanes of a transmitter and a receiver connected via an optical fiber transmission path, the characteristic measurement device including an adaptive equalization unit that uses a polarization multiplexed reception signal and a phase conjugate signal of the polarization multiplexed reception signal or a plurality of signals mathematically equivalent to the reception signal and the phase conjugate signal of the reception signal as input signals and performs equalization processing on the input signals, and a characteristic function derivation unit that calculates a first inverse characteristic representing an inverse characteristic of the transmitter and a second inverse characteristic representing an inverse characteristic of the receiver on the basis of a filter coefficient obtained at the time of the equalization processing performed by the adaptive equalization unit and a frequency offset.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a transmission system for transmitting an optical signal which includes a phase conjugate light generation part which generates phase conjugate light of the optical signal whose frequency is within a first band in a second band different from the first band and an optical phase-sensitive amplifying part which phase-sensitively amplifies the optical signal and the phase conjugate light and in which the first band is a frequency band in which the sensitivity of light reception of a receiver which receives the optical signal is a predetermined level or more among the frequency bands in which a transmitter which outputs the optical signal is able to output the optical signal with a predetermined intensity or more and the second band is a higher or lower frequency band than the first band.

Abstract: A turbine includes a turbine housing having a scroll flow passage and a gas inflow passage fluidly coupled to the scroll flow passage, and a variable nozzle assembly located inside the turbine housing. The variable nozzle assembly includes a plurality of nozzle vanes located in the gas inflow passage and a plurality of vane shafts separately fixed to the nozzle vanes. The plurality of nozzle vanes includes a first nozzle vane and a number of second nozzle vanes. A width of the first nozzle vane in an axial direction of the vane shafts is smaller than a width of each of the second nozzle vane in the axial direction of the vane shafts.

Abstract: An optical transmission system, comprising: a transmission unit that maximizes a frequency interval between a plurality of channel components within a transmission band, and generates a first optical signal that is an optical signal in which the plurality of channel components are wavelength-division multiplexed, a first transmission path for transmitting the first optical signal, a phase conjugate conversion unit that generates a second optical signal by inverting a spectrum of the first optical signal, and a second transmission path for transmitting the second optical signal. The first transmission path and the second transmission path wavelength-disperse the plurality of channel components of the first optical signal and the second optical signal. The first transmission path may include one or more first optical relay units for amplifying and relaying the first optical signal.

Abstract: A current detection device includes a current detection unit configured to detect current flowing through a switching element of a lower-side arm; a correction value calculation unit configured to calculate an offset correction value, based on a detection value of the current detected by the current detection unit in a period during which the switching element off during PWM control, and to hold and update the calculated offset correction value; and a correction unit configured to correct, by the offset correction value held by the correction value calculation unit, the detection value of the current detected by the current detection unit in a period during which the switching element is on. The correction value calculation unit is configured to not update the offset correction value in a case where a duty ratio of the PWM control is equal to or less than a duty ratio lower limit value.

Abstract: A large electron tube includes: a tubular collector; and a magnetic body disposed outside the collector and having no axial symmetry with respect to a center axis of the collector. This makes it possible to inhibit parasitic oscillation that occurs inside the collector.

Abstract: An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes: a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which a refrigerant is sequentially flowed; a high-temperature heat medium circuit through which a high-temperature heat medium has exchanged heat with the refrigerant in the condenser is circulated; a low-temperature heat medium circuit through which a low-temperature heat medium has exchanged heat with the refrigerant in the evaporator is circulated; a connection line connecting the high-temperature heat medium circuit to the low-temperature heat medium circuit; vehicle interior heat exchangers allowed to be introduced the heat medium thereinto; and a switching unit which switches an operation state of the air conditioning device to a first mode allowing to connect the vehicle interior heat exchangers to the high-temperature heat medium circuit, a second mode allowing to connect the vehicle interior heat exchangers to the low-temperature heat medium circ

Abstract: Provided is a vehicular refrigeration cycle unit interposed between a vehicle-exterior heat exchanger and a vehicle-interior heat exchanger and that exchanges heat between secondary refrigerants flowing through the vehicle-exterior heat exchanger and the vehicle-interior heat exchanger, respectively, the vehicular refrigeration cycle unit being provided with a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which a primary refrigerant sequentially flows, and the distance between the compressor and the evaporator is longer than the distance between the compressor and the condenser.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner includes: a refrigeration cycle in which a refrigerant circulates; a high-temperature cycle in which a first heat medium in liquid form heated by the refrigeration cycle circulates; a low-temperature cycle in which a second heat medium in liquid form cooled by the refrigeration cycle circulates; and a seat that is provided in a vehicle interior and has a warm flow passage and a cold flow passage disposed close to each other. The warm flow passage is provided on the route of the high-temperature cycle, and the cold flow passage is provided on the route of the low-temperature cycle.

Abstract: A current detection device includes a current detection unit configured to detect current flowing through a switching element of a lower-side arm; a correction value calculation unit configured to calculate an offset correction value, based on a detection value of the current detected by the current detection unit in a period during which the switching element off during PWM control, and to hold and update the calculated offset correction value; and a correction unit configured to correct, by the offset correction value held by the correction value calculation unit, the detection value of the current detected by the current detection unit in a period during which the switching element is on. The correction value calculation unit is configured to not update the offset correction value in a case where a duty ratio of the PWM control is equal to or less than a duty ratio lower limit value.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicular refrigeration cycle unit that is interposed between a vehicle-outside heat exchanger and a vehicle-inside heat exchanger and that exchanges heat between secondary refrigerants respectively flowing through the vehicle-outside heat exchanger and the vehicle-inside heat exchanger. The vehicular refrigeration cycle unit includes a refrigeration cycle provided in a device accommodation space inside a vehicle, the refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which a primary refrigerant having flammability and having a higher specific gravity than atmosphere flows sequentially, and a leakage sensor located below the compressor, the condenser, and the evaporator and is configured to detect the concentration of the primary refrigerant contained in air in the device accommodation space.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is an optical transmission system including a transmitter connected to a transmission line having M spatial channels, and a receiver that receives a signal transmitted from the transmitter via the transmission line, wherein the transmitter includes: an allocator that allocates a transmission bit string transmitted to the transmission line into a bit string serving as a basic signal and a bit string serving as spatial channel information; a generator that generates N (M>N) signals from the bit string serving as the basic signal allocated by the allocator; and a selector that selects N spatial channels, through which the N signals generated by the generator are transmitted, from the M spatial channels on the basis of the bit string serving as the spatial channel information allocated by the allocator.

Abstract: Provided is a joint structure. The joint structure includes a first structure, and a second structure joined to the first structure via a joint portion formed of a Au—Sn-based alloy, wherein a thickness of the joint portion is 3 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less.

Abstract: This air conditioning device for a vehicle comprises: a refrigeration cycle having a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which refrigerant sequentially flows; a high-temperature heat medium circuit in which a high-temperature heat medium that has been heat-exchanged with the refrigerant in the condenser circulates; a low-temperature heat medium circuit in which a low-temperature heat medium that has been heat-exchanged with the refrigerant in the evaporator circulates; a connection line for connecting the high-temperature heat medium circuit and the low-temperature heat medium circuit; a plurality of heat exchangers outside the vehicle that allow introduction of the heat medium; and a switching unit capable of switching modes for each of the plurality of heat exchangers outside the vehicle, among a mode for connecting to the high-temperature heat medium circuit, a mode for connecting to the low-temperature heat medium circuit, and a mode for not connecting to either of the h

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a signal detection device including a mode demultiplexer configured to convert N (N is a natural number) spatial mode signals including a plurality of higher modes excited in a transmission path fiber into N base modes and output the N basis modes, a frequency conversion unit configured to convert N optical signals into frequencies different from each other, a multiplexing unit configured to multiplex the N optical signals having frequencies that have been converted, and a reception unit configured to photoelectrically convert a multiplexed optical signal while maintaining modulation information for a phase and polarization, perform digital signal conversion and signal processing, and demodulate an original information sequence.

Abstract: There is provided a metal-coated Al bonding wire which can provide a sufficient bonding reliability of bonded parts of the bonding wire under a high temperature state where a semiconductor device using the metal-coated Al bonding wire is operated. The bonding wire includes a core wire of Al or Al alloy, and a coating layer of Ag, Au or an alloy containing them formed on the outer periphery of the core wire, and the bonding wire is characterized in that when measuring crystal orientations on a cross-section of the core wire in a direction perpendicular to a wire axis of the bonding wire, a crystal orientation <111> angled at 15 degrees or less to a wire longitudinal direction has a proportion of 30 to 90% among crystal orientations in the wire longitudinal direction. Preferably, the surface roughness of the wire is 2 ?m or less in terms of Rz.

Abstract: A vehicular refrigeration cycle unit is a vehicular refrigeration cycle unit installed between a vehicle exterior heat exchanger and a vehicle interior heat exchanger and exchanging heat between secondary refrigerants respectively flowing through the vehicle exterior heat exchanger and the vehicle interior heat exchanger, the vehicular refrigeration cycle unit including: a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which a primary refrigerant sequentially flows; an exterior flow passage through which the secondary refrigerant is circulated between the evaporator and the vehicle exterior heat exchanger; an interior flow passage through which the secondary refrigerant is circulated between the condenser and the vehicle interior heat exchanger; a pair of flow passage switching valves connecting the exterior flow passage and the interior flow passage to allow to switch the flow state of the second refrigerant between the exterior flow passage and the int

Abstract: There is provided an Al bonding wire which can provide a sufficient bonding reliability of bonded parts of the bonding wire under a high temperature state where a semiconductor device using the Al bonding wire is operated. The bonding wire is composed of Al or Al alloy, and is characterized in that an average crystal grain size in a cross-section of a core wire in a direction perpendicular to a wire axis of the bonding wire is 0.01 to 50 ?m, and when measuring crystal orientations on the cross-section of the core wire in the direction perpendicular to the wire axis of the bonding wire, a crystal orientation <111> angled at 15 degrees or less to a wire longitudinal direction has a proportion of 30 to 90% among crystal orientations in the wire longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle air conditioning system and a vehicle air conditioning method that increase heating performance while recovering exhaust heat from onboard equipment. The vehicle air conditioning system comprises: a refrigerant circuit; a heat medium circuit including a high-temperature medium circuit and a low-temperature medium circuit; an interior heat exchanger that exchanges heat between a heat medium and air; an exterior heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the heat medium and outside air; an exhaust heat recovery circuit; and a switching part.