Abstract: An electrolytic copper foil having higher electrical conductivity, and a method for producing the same are provided. The electrolytic copper foil has a carbon content of 5 ppm or less, a sulfur content of 3 ppm or less, an oxygen content of 5 ppm or less, and a nitrogen content of 0.5 ppm or less; has a total content of carbon, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen of 15 ppm or less; and has a number of grains of 8.0 to 12.0/?m2, the number of grains changing to 0.6 to 1.0/?m2 by heating the electrolytic copper foil at 150° C. for 1 hour. A method for producing this electrolytic copper foil includes cleaning a copper raw material; dissolving the copper raw material after the cleaning to obtain an electrolytic solution having a total organic carbon of 10 ppm or less; and electrolyzing the electrolytic solution to obtain the electrolytic copper foil.

Abstract: Provided is a surface-treated copper foil in which in order to avoid failures of electronic parts by corrosion, a high bond strength between an electrolytic copper foil and a resin base material can be maintained even when the surface-treated copper foil is exposed to corrosive gases and microparticles, and a method for manufacturing the same. The surface-treated copper foil of the present invention comprises an electrolytic copper foil, a roughened layer covering at least one surface side of the electrolytic copper foil, and a rust preventive layer further covering the roughened layer, wherein the rust preventive layer is at least one surface of the surface-treated copper foil; the rust preventive layer comprises at least a nickel layer; and the thickness of the nickel layer is 0.8 to 4.4 g/m2 in terms of mass per unit area of nickel; and the noncontact roughness Spd of the rust preventive layer is 1.4 to 2.6 peaks/?m2 and the surface roughness RzJIS of the rust preventive layer is 1.0 to 2.5 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a surface-treated copper foil in which in order to avoid failures of electronic parts by corrosion, a high bond strength between an electrolytic copper foil and a resin base material can be maintained even when the surface-treated copper foil is exposed to corrosive gases and microparticles, and a method for manufacturing the same. The surface-treated copper foil of the present invention comprises an electrolytic copper foil, a roughened layer covering at least one surface side of the electrolytic copper foil, and a rust preventive layer further covering the roughened layer, wherein the rust preventive layer is at least one surface of the surface-treated copper foil; the rust preventive layer comprises at least a nickel layer; and the thickness of the nickel layer is 0.8 to 4.4 g/m2 in terms of mass per unit area of nickel; and the noncontact roughness Spd of the rust preventive layer is 1.4 to 2.6 peaks/?m2 and the surface roughness RzJIS of the rust preventive layer is 1.0 to 2.5 ?m.

Abstract: A slot antenna apparatus that includes a waveguide including a sidewall and having an extending direction, a slot provided on the sidewall, and a dielectric member that is attached to the waveguide and is slidable in the extending direction with respect to the slot, the dielectric member including a first section and a second section, the first section covering the slot at a first slide position, the second section covering the slot at a second slide position next to the first slide position, and the first section and the second section having different relative permittivities or different thicknesses with each other.

Abstract: An electrolytic copper foil having higher electrical conductivity, and a method for producing the same are provided. The electrolytic copper foil according the present invention has a carbon content of 5 ppm or less, a sulfur content of 3 ppm or less, an oxygen content of 5 ppm or less, and a nitrogen content of 0.5 ppm or less; has a total content of carbon, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen of 15 ppm or less; and has a number of grains of 8.0 to 12.0/?m2, the number of grains changing to 0.6 to 1.0/?m2 by heating the electrolytic copper foil at 150° C. for 1 hour. A method for producing this electrolytic copper foil includes cleaning a copper raw material; dissolving the copper raw material after the cleaning to obtain an electrolytic solution having a total organic carbon (TOC) of 10 ppm or less; and electrolyzing the electrolytic solution to obtain the electrolytic copper foil.

Abstract: A slot antenna apparatus that includes a waveguide including a sidewall and having an extending direction, a slot provided on the sidewall, and a dielectric member that is attached to the waveguide and is slidable in the extending direction with respect to the slot, the dielectric member including a first section and a second section, the first section covering the slot at a first slide position, the second section covering the slot at a second slide position next to the first slide position, and the first, section and the second section having different relative permittivities or different thicknesses with each other.

Abstract: A distortion compensation device includes a generating unit, a calculation unit, a conversion unit, and a distortion compensation unit. The generating unit generates, from an output signal of a power amplifying unit that amplifies transmission signals having a plurality of different bands, a superimposed signal in which the transmission signals having the different bands have been superimposed. The calculation unit calculates, based on the superimposed signal, a coefficient indicating a forward characteristic of nonlinear distortion of the power amplifying unit associated with each of the transmission signals having the different bands. The conversion unit converts the coefficient calculated by the first calculation unit to a coefficient indicating an inverse characteristic of the nonlinear distortion of the power amplifying unit.

Abstract: A multiantenna communication device forms a directional beam by adding an antenna weight to respective signals of a plurality of antenna elements. The multiantenna communication device includes: a processor that executes performing distortion compensation on a transmission signal by using a distortion compensation coefficient; a plurality of power amplifiers that are provided corresponding to the antenna elements, and that amplify the transmission signal subjected to the distortion compensation by the processor; a multiplexer that multiplexes signals output from the power amplifiers to feed back; and an analog/digital (A/D) converter that A/D converts a multiplex feedback signal that is obtained by the multiplexer, wherein the processor executes updating the distortion compensation coefficient by using the multiplex feedback signal A/D converted by the A/D converter and the transmission signal.

Abstract: A distortion compensation device includes a generating unit, a calculation unit, a conversion unit, and a distortion compensation unit. The generating unit generates, from an output signal of a power amplifying unit that amplifies transmission signals having a plurality of different bands, a superimposed signal in which the transmission signals having the different bands have been superimposed. The calculation unit calculates, based on the superimposed signal, a coefficient indicating a forward characteristic of nonlinear distortion of the power amplifying unit associated with each of the transmission signals having the different bands. The conversion unit converts the coefficient calculated by the first calculation unit to a coefficient indicating an inverse characteristic of the nonlinear distortion of the power amplifying unit.

Abstract: A distortion compensation device includes an electric power amplifier that amplifies a transmission signal, and a processor that executes a process including: first identifying, by using a series that includes a plurality of coefficients or by using a look-up table that stores therein distortion compensation coefficients, an inverse characteristic of nonlinear distortion generated in the transmission signal in the electric power amplifier; second identifying, by using a plurality of coefficients, an inverse characteristic of linear distortion generated in the transmission signal in the electric power amplifier; and setting the coefficients for the first identifying and the second identifying such that a coefficient of a term with a degree of 1 in the series used in the first identifying or a sum of the plurality of coefficients used in the second identifying is a constant.

Abstract: A distortion compensation device includes an electric power amplifier that amplifies a transmission signal, and a processor that executes a process including: first identifying, by using a series that includes a plurality of coefficients or by using a look-up table that stores therein distortion compensation coefficients, an inverse characteristic of nonlinear distortion generated in the transmission signal in the electric power amplifier; second identifying, by using a plurality of coefficients, an inverse characteristic of linear distortion generated in the transmission signal in the electric power amplifier; and setting the coefficients for the first identifying and the second identifying such that a coefficient of a term with a degree of 1 in the series used in the first identifying or a sum of the plurality of coefficients used in the second identifying is a constant.

Abstract: A distortion compensation apparatus includes: a generation unit that generates a first signal to be used on a transmission side and a feedback side in common; a conversion unit that converts a frequency of a third signal that is to be an even-order distortion compensation signal by using a second signal that is based on the first signal; and a compensation unit that compensates an even-order distortion in a transmission signal caused by amplification by using a signal obtained by frequency conversion for the third signal by the conversion unit.

Abstract: A multiantenna communication device forms a directional beam by adding an antenna weight to respective signals of a plurality of antenna elements. The multiantenna communication device includes: a processor that executes performing distortion compensation on a transmission signal by using a distortion compensation coefficient; a plurality of power amplifiers that are provided corresponding to the antenna elements, and that amplify the transmission signal subjected to the distortion compensation by the processor; a multiplexer that multiplexes signals output from the power amplifiers to feed back; and an analog/digital (A/D) converter that A/D converts a multiplex feedback signal that is obtained by the multiplexer, wherein the processor executes updating the distortion compensation coefficient by using the multiplex feedback signal A/D converted by the A/D converter and the transmission signal.

Abstract: A distortion compensation apparatus include: a feedback unit that generates a feedback signal containing a first frequency component in which a plurality of odd-order distortions are superimposed and a second frequency component in which a plurality of even-order distortions are superimposed according to output of a power amplifier which amplifies a transmission signal; and a signal processor that separates the first frequency component and the second frequency component from the generated feedback signal and performs signal processing.

Abstract: A distortion compensation apparatus includes: a generation unit that generates a first signal to be used on a transmission side and a feedback side in common; a conversion unit that converts a frequency of a third signal that is to be an even-order distortion compensation signal by using a second signal that is based on the first signal; and a compensation unit that compensates an even-order distortion in a transmission signal caused by amplification by using a signal obtained by frequency conversion for the third signal by the conversion unit.

Abstract: A distortion compensation apparatus include: a feedback unit that generates a feedback signal containing a first frequency component in which a plurality of odd-order distortions are superimposed and a second frequency component in which a plurality of even-order distortions are superimposed according to output of a power amplifier which amplifies a transmission signal; and a signal processor that separates the first frequency component and the second frequency component from the generated feedback signal and performs signal processing.

Abstract: A passive intermodulation (PIM) canceller of a communication device includes a combining unit, a replica generating unit, and a delay measuring instrument. The replica generating unit generates an intermodulation signal based on the amount of delay of each transmission signal. The combining unit cancels out the intermodulation signal from the reception signal using the generated intermodulation signal. The delay measuring instrument delays a transmission signal x2 included in a plurality of transmission signals by different first amounts of delay. The delay measuring instrument generates an intermediate signal Sm1 by multiplying the delayed transmission signal x2 to the reception signal. The delay measuring instrument calculates, based on the correlation values of the intermediate signal Sm1 corresponding to each first amount of delay and a transmission signal x1 included in the plurality of transmission signals, the amount of delay of the transmission signal x1 with respect to the intermodulation signal.

Abstract: A peak suppression device includes an acquiring unit that acquires multiple envelopes of carrier signals that are included in a multicarrier signal, an adding unit that adds the envelopes to generate a combined envelope, a detecting unit that detects a peak value and a peak timing of the multicarrier signal by using the combined envelope, and a suppressing unit that suppresses a peak of the multicarrier signal in accordance with the peak value and the peak timing.

Abstract: A delay measuring instrument includes a generating unit and a calculating unit. The generating unit is, for example, a multiplier. The calculating unit is, for example, a maximum value detecting unit. The generating unit generates an intermediate signal by multiplying one of transmission signals or the complex conjugate of the one of the transmission signals included in the plurality of transmission signals that are transmitted at different frequencies by a reception signal that includes therein an intermodulation signal generated by the plurality of the transmission signals. The calculating unit calculates, based on a correlation value between the intermediate signal and the other one of the transmission signals included in the plurality of the transmission signals, an amount of delay of the other one of the transmission signals with respect to the intermodulation signal.

Abstract: A distortion cancel device includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of transmission signals including at least two transmission signals that are wirelessly transmitted at an identical frequency; a second acquiring unit that acquires a reception signal to which an intermodulation signal generated due to the transmission signals is attached; and a processor that executes a process including: determining a ratio of the transmission signals acquired by the first acquiring unit and wirelessly transmitted at the identical frequency; generating a ratio signal for each frequency from the transmission signals in accordance with the determined ratio; generating a cancel signal corresponding to the intermodulation signal by using an arithmetic expression that uses the generated ratio signal; and combining the generated cancel signal with the reception signal acquired by the second acquiring unit.