Abstract: A product inspection device and method for correctly calculating consumer and producer risks irrespective of the type of distribution of products. A characteristic value representing a predetermined product characteristic is measured for each product as a product measurement value, and a standard deviation of measurement variations in measurement results is calculated as a measurement value standard deviation. The products are determined to be conforming based on whether the measured product measurement value falls within a range of a product standard. Consumer and producer risks are calculated based on the measurement variations. The calculated consumer and producer risks are respectively and successively added up and it is determined whether the number of products having undergone the adding have reached a predetermined number. If so, the added up consumer risk and producer risk are divided by the number of products to calculate a final consumer risk and a final producer risk.

Abstract: Upper and lower limits of predetermined characteristic values of products contained in a plurality of product lots are stored in accordance with the product standard for a target product. An average value of standard deviations in the characteristic values is calculated based on a control chart for the product lots. An average value of the characteristic values is calculated, and an upper limit and a lower limit of an average value of the characteristic values in a 95% confidence interval is calculated. A measurement standard deviation representing a variation in a measuring instrument with regard to the characteristic values is estimated. One of an upper limit and a lower limit of the average value of the characteristic values in the confidence interval is updated as an average value of the characteristic values. A standard deviation in the characteristic values of the product is estimated, and an upper defect rate and a lower defect rate are calculated, so that a yield rate is calculated.

Abstract: A product stratification device calculates a standard deviation for characteristic value variation of products. The device stratifies products into a plurality of ranks based on measured characteristic values. The device then calculates an average of the characteristic values and a deemed standard deviation that corresponds to a standard deviation for variation in the characteristic values. The characteristic values for each product belonging to one or more of the plurality of ranks are then re-measured, and the products are re-stratified into the plurality of ranks based on the re-measured characteristic values. An estimation number of products belonging to each rank is estimated based on the probability distribution for the average and the deemed standard deviation for the products. Based on the estimation number, measured value variation of the products is calculated for each item and can be used for determining whether the products are defective or non-defective.

Abstract: A product inspection device that includes a measuring section, a deemed standard deviation calculation unit, a measurement value standard deviation calculation unit, a determination unit, and a risk calculation unit. The measuring section measures characteristic values of products, the deemed standard deviation calculation unit calculates a deemed standard deviation, and the risk calculation unit calculates a consumer risk and a producer risk based on at least one of an average value of the measured characteristic values of some of the products contained in a measured product lot, the deemed standard deviation, or the measurement value standard deviation. The determination unit changes a inspection standard based on at least one of the calculated consumer risk or the calculated producer risk, and determines whether or not all the products contained in the product lot are non-defective articles with the changed inspection standard as a reference.

Abstract: A product inspection device and method for correctly calculating consumer and producer risks irrespective of the type of distribution of products. A characteristic value representing a predetermined product characteristic is measured for each product as a product measurement value, and a standard deviation of measurement variations in measurement results is calculated as a measurement value standard deviation. The products are determined to be conforming based on whether the measured product measurement value falls within a range of a product standard. Consumer and producer risks are calculated based on the measurement variations. The calculated consumer and producer risks are respectively and successively added up and it is determined whether the number of products having undergone the adding have reached a predetermined number. If so, the added up consumer risk and producer risk are divided by the number of products to calculate a final consumer risk and a final producer risk.

Abstract: Upper and lower limits of predetermined characteristic values of products contained in a plurality of product lots are stored in accordance with the product standard for a target product. An average value of standard deviations in the characteristic values is calculated based on a control chart for the product lots. Using data acquired by measuring the samples, an average value of the characteristic values is calculated, and an upper limit and a lower limit of an average value of the characteristic values in a 95% confidence interval is calculated. A measurement standard deviation representing a variation in a measuring instrument with regard to the characteristic values is estimated, and one of an upper limit and a lower limit of the average value of the characteristic values in the confidence interval, which corresponds to either one of the input upper and lower limits that is closer to the calculated average value of the characteristic values, is updated as an average value of the characteristic values.

Abstract: A product inspection device that includes a measuring section, a deemed standard deviation calculation unit, a measurement value standard deviation calculation unit, a determination unit, and a risk calculation unit. The measuring section measures characteristic values of products, the deemed standard deviation calculation unit calculates a deemed standard deviation, and the risk calculation unit calculates a consumer risk and a producer risk based on at least one of an average value of the measured characteristic values of some of the products contained in a measured product lot, the deemed standard deviation, or the measurement value standard deviation. The determination unit changes a inspection standard based on at least one of the calculated consumer risk or the calculated producer risk, and determines whether or not all the products contained in the product lot are non-defective articles with the changed inspection standard as a reference.

Abstract: A product discriminating device that includes a measuring section, a discriminating unit, a deemed standard deviation calculation unit, a re-discriminating unit, a rank estimated number calculation unit, and a standard deviation calculation unit. The standard deviation calculation unit changes variables of a probability distribution of a deemed standard deviation such that the number of products belonging to at least one of a predetermined plurality of ranks re-discriminated at least once and an estimated number of the products belonging to the rank in a rank estimated number calculation unit substantially match each other, and calculates the changed variables as a standard deviation of characteristic value variation of the products and a standard deviation of measurement value variation.

Abstract: A product inspection device that includes a measuring section, a deemed standard deviation calculation unit, a measurement value standard deviation calculation unit, a determination unit, and a risk calculation unit. The measuring section measures characteristic values of products, the deemed standard deviation calculation unit calculates a deemed standard deviation, and the risk calculation unit calculates a consumer risk and a producer risk based on at least one of an average value of the measured characteristic values of some of the products contained in a measured product lot, the deemed standard deviation, or the measurement value standard deviation. The determination unit changes a inspection standard based on at least one of the calculated consumer risk or the calculated producer risk, and determines whether or not all the products contained in the product lot are non-defective articles with the changed inspection standard as a reference.

Abstract: A product inspection device that includes a measuring section, a deemed standard deviation calculation unit, a measurement value standard deviation calculation unit, a determination unit, and a risk calculation unit. The measuring section measures characteristic values of products, the deemed standard deviation calculation unit calculates a deemed standard deviation, and the risk calculation unit calculates a consumer risk and a producer risk based on at least one of an average value of the measured characteristic values of some of the products contained in a measured product lot, the deemed standard deviation, or the measurement value standard deviation. The determination unit changes a inspection standard based on at least one of the calculated consumer risk or the calculated producer risk, and determines whether or not all the products contained in the product lot are non-defective articles with the changed inspection standard as a reference.

Abstract: A product discriminating device that includes a measuring section, a discriminating unit, a deemed standard deviation calculation unit, a re-discriminating unit, a rank estimated number calculation unit, and a standard deviation calculation unit. The standard deviation calculation unit changes variables of a probability distribution of a deemed standard deviation such that the number of products belonging to at least one of a predetermined plurality of ranks re-discriminated at least once and an estimated number of the products belonging to the rank in a rank estimated number calculation unit substantially match each other, and calculates the changed variables as a standard deviation of characteristic value variation of the products and a standard deviation of measurement value variation.

Abstract: A delay line comprising a dielectric substrate including a pair of main surfaces; a transmission line disposed on one of the main surfaces of the dielectric substrate; a ground conductor disposed on the other of the main surfaces of the dielectric substrate; and at least one of a variable capacitor and a diode being disposed on the dielectric substrate and connected in parallel to the transmission line for setting a desired delay time of the delay line. In the above delay line, the delay time can be adjusted even after the delay line is mounted on a printed circuit board, and further, the delay time can be continuously adjusted. The delay line can also be formed in a multilayer structure rather than on the above dielectric substrate.

Abstract: In a high frequency switch, first and second diodes are respectively connected between first and second ports and between first and third ports so that they are directed in the same direction with respect to the first port. Coupling capacitors are connected on both sides of the respective diodes. Distributed constant lines and capacitors are connected between points of connection between the respective diodes and the corresponding capacitors, and reference potentials. Control voltage terminals are connected to points of connection between the distributed constant lines and the capacitors. A distributed constant line and a capacitor are connected between the first port and a reference potential. A fixed voltage terminal is connected through a resistor to a point of connection between the distributed constant line and the capacitor.

Abstract: A portable telephone includes a portable telephone body made from plastic having a receiver, a transmitter, and dial keys, and a chip antenna which is mounted on a circuit board secured at the inside of the portable telephone body and which is electrically connected to an RF section provided on the circuit board in the portable telephone. The chip antenna is disposed near the transmitter at a location where a transmitted electromagnetic signal is unlikely to be affected by the body of a person who is holding the portable telephone.

Abstract: A high-frequency filter 10 serving as a bandpass filter has three transmission lines SL11 to SL13 side-coupled in three stages. The transmission lines SL11 to SL13 are respectively connected in parallel to capacitors C11 to C13. One end of the input transmission line SL11 is connected to an input terminal Pi through an input capacitor C14. One end of the output transmission line SL13 is connected to an output terminal Po through an output capacitor C15. The other ends of the transmission lines SL11 and SL13 are connected and the connection point is connected to the ground through an inductor Lg for forming a pole. One end of the transmission line SL12 is connected to the ground.

Abstract: A portable terminal device including a main body including a data entry keyboard; a cover openably and closably attached to the main body and establishing a connecting portion between the main body and the cover; a display disposed on the inner side of the cover; a chip antenna disposed on the cover at a place other than the display and opposed to the connecting portion; the chip antenna including a ceramic base body, a conductor disposed at least either inside the base body or on a surface thereof, and a feeding terminal disposed on a surface of the base body and connected to one end of the conductor. The above portable terminal device has the directivity of an antenna in a desired direction without increasing the size and weight of the portable terminal device and without having a bulky and/or separate and/or protruding antenna device.

Abstract: An antenna includes a spirally wound conductor composed of a copper wire or a covered copper wire, and a covering material consisting essentially of a resin or a resin mixture with 1<&egr;≦10. At least part of the conductor is covered with the covering material. One end of the conductor leads to the outside of the covering material to form an external terminal. Another end of the conductor forms a free end in the covering material. In addition, a method for adjusting the resonant frequency of the antenna includes at least the step of changing a winding interval of a part of the conductor which is not covered with the covering material or the step of covering with the covering material a part of the conductor which is not covered with the covering material, or both. Furthermore, the antenna preferably satisfies the following numerical expression: 1.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus 10 includes a chip antenna 14 provided with a conductor 11, a power-supply electrode 12 to which one end of the conductor 11 is connected, and a terminal electrode 13 to which the other end of the conductor is connected; and a mounting substrate 18 provided with a line-shaped radiative conductor 15 formed by printing an electrically conductive material on a surface, a line-shaped conductive pattern 16, and a substantially rectangular ground electrode 17. The chip antenna 14 is mounted on the mounting substrate 18. The power-supply electrode 12 of the chip antenna 14 is connected through the conductive pattern 16 on the mounting substrate 18 to a power-supply source V. The terminal electrode 13 of the chip antenna 14 is connected to one end of the radiative conductor 15 on the mounting substrate 18.

Abstract: A chip antenna comprising a basic body made of a ceramic material; a first conductor and a second conductor respectively disposed at least either inside or on the surface of the basic body so as to be close to each other; a feeding terminal for applying a voltage to the first conductor disposed on the surface of the basic body and connected to the first conductor; and a grounding terminal disposed on the surface of the basic body and connected to the second conductor.

Abstract: An antenna device, comprising an antenna unit including basic body comprising at least one of dielectric ceramic and magnetic ceramic, at least one conductor disposed at least one of inside and on a surface of the basic body, and a feeding electrode for applying a voltage to the conductor disposed on the surface of the basic body; a mounting board on which the antenna unit is mounted; a ground part in association with the mounting board and adapted to resonate with the antenna unit; and a length in the polarization direction of a radio wave of the ground part being about &lgr;/4 or more, where &lgr; is a wavelength of the radio wave, the basic body comprising a first generally planar sheet having a plurality of spaced, first conductors formed on one major surface thereof and a second generally planar sheet having a plurality of spaced second conductors formed on one major surface thereof; the first and second generally planar sheets being laminated together to form an elongated structure wherein respective pa