Abstract: In a lighting apparatus for an illumination light source (discharge lamp or the like), a fly-back type DC-DC converter circuit comprises a transformer and a switching element. A control circuit is provided for controlling power supplied to the illumination light source, such that operation is controlled in a current boundary mode by a control signal sent from the control circuit to the switching element. A fluctuation generator circuit is provided for giving fluctuations to a frequency at which the switching element is driven by changing the power supplied to the illumination light source with reference to a target power value associated with the power control for the illumination light source.

Abstract: A lighting circuit includes a DC/DC converting circuit for boosting an input DC voltage so as to produce boosted DC power, a detecting circuit for producing a detection signal in response to the output voltage of the DC/DC converting circuit, a DC/AC converting circuit for producing AC power to be supplied to the discharge tube from the boosted DC power, a starting circuit for starting up the discharge tube, and a control circuit for receiving the detection signal from the detecting circuit. The control circuit contains a capacitor which is charged based upon the detection signal, a first discharging unit for discharging the capacitor, a second discharging unit for providing a discharging path for the capacitor in response to turning-OFF of the input DC voltage, and a signal producing unit for producing a control signal used to adjust the output of the DC/DC converting circuit in response to a terminal voltage of the capacitor.

Abstract: A transformer is comprised of an inner peripheral bobbin, an outer peripheral bobbin which is arranged in a coaxial manner with respect to the inner peripheral bobbin, an outer case which covers both the inner peripheral bobbin and the outer peripheral bobbin, and a position holding spacer which is interposed between the inner peripheral bobbin and the outer peripheral bobbin, in which the position holding spacer supports both the outer peripheral bobbin and the inner peripheral bobbin, so that the outer peripheral bobbin is not contacted with respect to both the inner peripheral bobbin and the outer case.

Abstract: In a lighting apparatus for an illumination light source (discharge lamp or the like), a fly-back type DC-DC converter circuit comprises a transformer and a switching element. A control circuit is provided for controlling power supplied to the illumination light source, such that operation is controlled in a current boundary mode by a control signal sent from the control circuit to the switching element. A fluctuation generator circuit is provided for giving fluctuations to a frequency at which the switching element is driven by changing the power supplied to the illumination light source with reference to a target power value associated with the power control for the illumination light source.

Abstract: A mechanism to allow accurate control of the position of a magnetic head even if the state of the magnetic head has changed due to instability.

Abstract: A phosphor material of the chemical composition formula (Sr1−x−y, Mgx, Cay)TiO3:Pr,Al, where the value of x+y is in the range 0.001 to 0.05. Another phosphor material has the chemical composition formula SrTiO3:Pr,Al, in which the surfaces of phosphor particles are diffused with a diffusing agent containing at least one of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba. Still another phosphor material has the chemical composition formula SrTiO3:Pr,Al, where Sr/Ti molar ratio is 0.88 to 0.99.

Abstract: A power supply unit having a series regulator that changes an input DC voltage input from a DC power supply into a stabilized output DC voltage lower than the input DC voltage, includes: a power consuming unit, provided on a direct current path between the DC power supply and the series regulator, including a parallel circuit formed by a first fixed resistor and a semiconductor device; and a current setting unit operable to set the amount of a current flowing between a current input and a current output of the semiconductor device, wherein the current input of the semiconductor device is arranged on the DC power supply side thereof, the current output of the semiconductor device is arranged on the series regulator side thereof, and a setting input of the semiconductor device is connected to a setting output of the current setting unit.

Abstract: The Phosphor material has the chemical composition formula (Sr1−x−y, Mgx, Cay)TiO3:Pr,Al; where the value of x+y is in the range 0.001 to 0.05.

Abstract: A power supply unit having a series regulator that changes an input DC voltage input from a DC power supply into a stabilized output DC voltage lower than the input DC voltage, includes: a power consuming unit, provided on a direct current path between the DC power supply and the series regulator, including a parallel circuit formed by a first fixed resistor and a semiconductor device; and a current setting unit operable to set the amount of a current flowing between a current input and a current output of the semiconductor device, wherein the current input of the semiconductor device is arranged on the DC power supply side thereof, the current output of the semiconductor device is arranged on the series regulator side thereof, and a setting input of the semiconductor device is connected to a setting output of the current setting unit.

Abstract: A method of reclaiming a phosphor from a recovered phosphor slurry containing carbon, a bichromate, and polyvinyl alcohol, comprises, (a) a decomposition treatment step of adding an alkali to the recovered phosphor slurry after the slurry is heated to prepare a phosphor suspension having an alkali concentration of 0.5N or less in the slurry, and adding an oxidizing agent in an amount of 1.0 to 20.0 wt % with respect to a dry solid component of the suspension, (b) a weak acid treatment step of separating a phosphor from the suspension, and adding a weak acid to a suspension obtained by adding water to the separated phosphor, thereby adjusting a pH to be 3.0 to 5.0, and (c) a surface treatment step of treating the surface of the phosphor separated from the suspension.

Abstract: A noise suppressor is disclosed in which a noise signal is detected by a first detector, then processed by an adaptive filter, and an output signal from the adaptive filter and an audio signal from audio equipment are added by an adder and reproduced by a speaker. The sound signal thus reproduced by the speaker and the noise signal are detected by a second detector located at a listening point and sent to a filter control circuit. The filter control circuit possesses the signal sent from the second detector and the audio signal from the audio equipment having a transfer function from the adder to the filter control circuit convoluted thereby to remove the audio signal component therefrom. The adaptive filter adaptively controls the noise signal in response to the output signal from the filter control circuit.

Abstract: An antiparkinsonian agent comprising DL- or L-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine and a decarboxylase inhibitor (e.g. carbidopa and benserazide), which is useful for the treatment of parkinson's disease, particularly treatment of the freezing phenomenon which has not previously been cured by the conventional antiparkinsonian drugs such as L-DOPA.

Abstract: A method for treating peripheral orthostatic hypotension which comprises administering DL- or L-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof to a subject suffering from the disease. The composition may be administered either orally or parenterally.