Abstract: A separating method includes holding a combined substrate and separating a first substrate. In the holding of the combined substrate, the combined substrate in which the first substrate and a second substrate are bonded is held. In the separating of the first substrate, the first substrate is separated from the combined substrate, starting from a side surface of the combined substrate. The separating of the first substrate includes brining a fluid containing water into contact with the side surface.

Abstract: A stator of an electric motor includes: a stator core including a plurality of joined stator core parts each having a core back portion and a tooth portion; a plurality of insulators covering a plurality of the tooth portions; coils wound around the tooth portions via the insulators; and a plurality of magnetic substances provided between inner peripheral ends of the core back portions and the insulators in such a way as to straddle the core back portions of the stator core parts that are adjacent.

Abstract: A wireless power reception circuit system includes a wireless power reception circuit, an electric storage device, a load unit, a digital control circuit, a voltage conversion circuit, a DC-DC converter, smoothing capacitors, a voltage OR circuit, and an external signal setting circuit for resetting the digital control circuit. An enable signal input terminal of the voltage conversion circuit is in a disabled state when the voltage conversion circuit is not controlled by the digital control circuit. The digital control circuit supplies an enable signal to the enable signal input terminal of the voltage conversion circuit when operating the voltage conversion circuit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode on a substrate, a gate insulating film on the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film via the gate insulating film on the gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode on the oxide semiconductor film, a protective film provided on the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a conductive layer provided on the protective film and overlapped on the oxide semiconductor layer. The protective film includes a first silicon oxide film and a first silicon nitride film. The first oxide film is in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer. The gate insulating film includes a second silicon nitride film and a second silicon oxide film. The second silicon oxide film is in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer. The oxide semiconductor layer has a first region located between the source electrode and the drain electrode in a plan view.

Abstract: A multi-converter power supply system includes a plurality of cell converters, a common node to which an individual output terminal of each of the plurality of cell converters is connected, a current waveform signal generation circuit that generates a current waveform signal corresponding to a current waveform flowing through an individual inductor, a current average signal generation circuit that generates a current average signal by averaging temporal changes that the current waveform signal has in a switching period of a switching control circuit, and an instrumentation amplifier that receives input of a current common signal obtained from the common node and the current average signal and that generates an individual current feedback signal to be fed back to the switching control circuit.

Abstract: A composite printed wiring board includes a first printed wiring board, a second printed wiring board, an intermediate plate, a first bonding layer, and a second bonding layer. The intermediate plate is provided to surround a space. The first printed wiring board closes one side of the space and is bonded to the intermediate plate. The second printed wiring board closes the other side of the space and is bonded to the intermediate plate. At least any of the first printed wiring board and the second printed wiring board has a through hole. A cavity is provided that is the space surrounded by the first printed wiring board, the second printed wiring board, the intermediate plate, the first bonding layer, and the second bonding layer. The through hole in communication with the cavity.

Abstract: A multi-converter power supply system includes a plurality of cell converters, a common node to which an individual output terminal of each of the plurality of cell converters is connected, a current waveform signal generation circuit that generates a current waveform signal corresponding to a current waveform flowing through an individual inductor, and a first instrumentation amplifier that receives input of an individual output voltage signal obtained from the individual output terminal and the current waveform signal and that outputs a signal for comparison with a current common signal shared by a plurality of switching control circuits. The current waveform signal and the individual output voltage signal that are input to the first instrumentation amplifier are formed with reference to a potential of the common node.

Abstract: Provided is an automatic driving system based on a model predictive control, the automatic driving system where, in an event of a failure of an actuator, identification between a real vehicle and a vehicle model is simplified. Based on information regarding the failure of the actuator, the automatic driving system updates a spot in the vehicle model, the spot corresponding to the spot of failure detected, to a fixed value, and causes an actuator control device for the actuator, where the failure is detected, to fix a command value that is overwritten in accordance with a state of the actuator. With this configuration, the identification between the real vehicle and the vehicle model is simplified.

Abstract: A composite printed wiring board that allows for reflow heating for mounting electronic components using solder includes a first printed wiring board, an intermediate member, a second printed wiring board, and a bonding layer. The intermediate member is stacked on the first printed wiring board. The intermediate member has a cavity. The second printed wiring board is stacked on a surface on the opposite side to a surface opposed to the first printed wiring board in the intermediate member. The bonding layer is arranged at a bonding section between the first printed wiring board and the intermediate member and at a bonding section between the second printed wiring board and the intermediate member. The bonding layer contains high melting point metal and low melting point metal. The melting point of the bonding layer is higher than the melting point of the low melting point metal.

Abstract: A glove is provided that enables suppression of cracks in a coating layer containing nitrile butadiene rubber as a principal component. The glove comprises: a glove main body made of fibers for covering a wearer's hand; and a coating layer which comprises nitrile butadiene rubber as a principal component and coats at least a part of an outer face of a palm region of the glove main body, in which: the coating layer comprises zinc oxide and a cross-linked product of the nitrile butadiene rubber and polycarbodiimide; and a mass ratio of the polycarbodiimide to the nitrile butadiene rubber is no less than 0.002. The mass ratio of the polycarbodiimide to the nitrile butadiene rubber is preferably no greater than 0.09. The content of the zinc oxide with respect to 100 parts by mass of the nitrile butadiene rubber is preferably from 0.3 to 5 parts by mass.

Abstract: A composite printed wiring board that allows for reflow heating for mounting electronic components using solder includes a first printed wiring board, an intermediate member, a second printed wiring board, and a bonding layer. The intermediate member is stacked on the first printed wiring board. The intermediate member has a cavity. The second printed wiring board is stacked on a surface on the opposite side to a surface opposed to the first printed wiring board in the intermediate member. The bonding layer is arranged at a bonding section between the first printed wiring board and the intermediate member and at a bonding section between the second printed wiring board and the intermediate member. The bonding layer contains high melting point metal and low melting point metal. The melting point of the bonding layer is higher than the melting point of the low melting point metal.

Abstract: A stannide thermoelectric conversion module includes a thermoelectric conversion element, and an electrode material bonded to the thermoelectric conversion element with a bonding material therebetween, the thermoelectric conversion element is a stannide thermoelectric conversion element including a thermoelectric conversion part containing a stannide compound having composition represented by a general expression Mg2Si1-xSnx (where x satisfies a relation of 0.5<x<1 in the general expression), and a first diffusion prevention layer located on a surface of the thermoelectric conversion part, wherein the first diffusion prevention layer includes an Mo layer, and the bonding material is a non-flowable bonding material having no fluidity.

Abstract: A glove includes a glove main body for covering a wearer's hand, the glove main body containing nitrile-butadiene rubber as a principal component, wherein: the glove main body comprises zinc oxide, a vulcanizing agent, a vulcanization accelerating agent, and a cross-linked product from the nitrile-butadiene rubber and polycarbodiimide; a mass ratio of the polycarbodiimide to the nitrile-butadiene rubber is no less than 0.003 and no greater than 0.1; a mass ratio of the zinc oxide to the nitrile-butadiene rubber is no less than 0.010 and no greater than 0.05; and a MEK-absorption capacity of the glove main body is no greater than 25 times the glove main body on a mass basis. The percentage content of a MEK-insoluble matter in the glove main body is preferably no less than 65% by mass. The molar ratio of zinc oxide to the carbodiimide group in the polycarbodiimide is preferably 1 to 50.

Abstract: Achieved is a highly efficient separator inspecting step. An inspection for a defect is carried out with respect to at least part of an unwound part, and quality of a roll is determined in accordance with a result of the inspection.

Abstract: A method of film production includes the steps of obtaining defect information including information on the position of a defect (D) in a separator original sheet (12b), slitting the separator original sheet (12b) to produce a plurality of separators (12a), and determining, on the basis of the defect information on a single defect (D), that a separator (12a) actually having the defect (D) and another separator (12a) adjacent to the above separator (12a) are defective.

Abstract: A glove includes a glove main body for covering a wearer's hand, the glove main body containing nitrile-butadiene rubber as a principal component, wherein: the glove main body comprises zinc oxide, a vulcanizing agent, a vulcanization accelerating agent, and a cross-linked product from the nitrile-butadiene rubber and polycarbodiimide; a mass ratio of the polycarbodiimide to the nitrile-butadiene rubber is no less than 0.003 and no greater than 0.1; a mass ratio of the zinc oxide to the nitrile-butadiene rubber is no less than 0.010 and no greater than 0.05; and a MEK-absorption capacity of the glove main body is no greater than 25 times the glove main body on a mass basis. The percentage content of a MEK-insoluble matter in the glove main body is preferably no less than 65% by mass. The molar ratio of zinc oxide to the carbodiimide group in the polycarbodiimide is preferably 1 to 50.

Abstract: A method of film production includes the steps of obtaining defect information including information on the position of a defect (D) in a separator original sheet (12b), slitting the separator original sheet (12b) to produce a plurality of separators (12a), and determining, on the basis of the defect information on a single defect (D), that a separator (12a) actually having the defect (D) and another separator (12a) adjacent to the above separator (12a) are defective.

Abstract: A method for film production includes the steps of obtaining information on the position of a defect (D) in a separator (12a) and providing marks (LA, LB) at the respective positions in the vicinity of the defect (D), the marks indicating the position of the defect.

Abstract: A separator producing method includes the steps of: winding up, around a core (81, 53), a separator (12a, 12b) having a defect (D) detected; and providing a defect code (DC2) including information on a position of the defect (D) in the longitudinal direction of the separator (12a, 12b) on (i) the outermost portion (86, 86b) of the separator (12a, 12b), wound around the core (81, 53), or (ii) the core (81, 53), around which the separator (12a, 12b) is wound.