Abstract: A magnetic head supporting mechanism includes a fixing member, a piezoelectric element supported by the fixing member, and a head supporting member provided on the piezoelectric element, a magnetic head being supported by the head supporting member. An acceleration sensor is formed by the head supporting member and the piezoelectric element so as to be incorporated into the mechanism.

Abstract: An angular velocity sensor is provided that includes a frame, an oscillator and torsion bars that connect the oscillator to the frame. The frame, the oscillator and the torsion bar are formed integral with each other by etching a material substrate in the thickness direction of the substrate. The oscillator, configured in the form of an H, includes a support, two first arms and two second arms. These arms extend from the support in an arm-extending direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the substrate. The oscillator includes a mounting surface that is provided with a piezoelectric driver for generating in-plane oscillation of the oscillator, and with a piezoelectric detector for detecting out-of-plane oscillation of the oscillator.

Abstract: A film bulk acoustic resonator is fabricated in the following manner. First, a base layer is formed on an insulating substrate. Then, a resonator assembly is formed on the base layer. The resonator assembly includes a first electrode held in contact with the base layer, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer held between the first and the second electrodes. Then, a resist layer is formed to cover the resonator assembly and the base layer. Then, a through-hole is formed in the resist layer so that the base layer is exposed via the through-hole. Then, etchant is supplied via the through-hole to make a space in the base layer under the resonator assembly. Finally, the resist layer is removed.

Abstract: A dual band portable phone includes a first mobile phone system used in a first mode, a second mobile phone system used in a second mode, a storing section and a control section. The storing section has a mode area for storing a mode data indicative of a current operation mode, a first area for storing a first control channel data indicative of a first control channel used for the first mobile phone system in the first mode, and a second area for storing a second control channel data indicative of a second control channel used for the second mobile phone system in the second mode. The mode data indicates the first mode at present. The control section performs a position registration of the portable phone using the second control channel data stored in the storing section to set the second mode, when a first radio communication using the first mobile phone system becomes impossible while the first radio communication is performed in the first mode.

Abstract: This invention intends to provide a method capable of automatically selecting one system without a large increase of production cost in a dual band mobile phone of this invention having both PHS and GSM functions. First, a common control unit (40) retrieves whether or not a SIM card (19) is mounted on a card mounting unit (9) by a SIM card retrieval circuit (41). Next, if the mounting thereof is detected and storage data is read properly from the SIM card (19), the GSM function is indicated on a mode lamp (17) so that communication is carried out by an operation of the GSM mode. On the other hand, if the mounting of the SIM card (19) cannot be detected or data cannot be read from the SIM card (19), the PHS mode is set up by a mode setting circuit (43) instead of the GSM mode. Then, the PHS mode is indicated on the mode lamp (17) so that communication is carried out by an operation of the PHS mode.

Abstract: A mobile telephone includes: a display unit for displaying a multimedia information; and a first function unit for lighting on a display unit, wherein said first function unit is adopted for varying a lighting on time period.

Abstract: Radio equipment is made up of a portable telephone and a charger for charging it. Whether or not the telephone is set on the charger is determined, when a call incoming occurs while the telephone is set on the charger, the telephone alerts the user of the telephone to the call incoming via a call incoming reporter selected beforehand. If the call incoming reporter selected beforehand uses vibration, a vibration detector included in the charger detects the vibration of the telephone. Subsequently, an alert tone is output via aa speaker included in the charger. When the user hearing the alert tone picks up the telephone from the charger, the alert tone output from the speaker ends.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode which can be dischargeably charged with lithium ions, an anode made of lithium metal, a lithium alloy or any other anode material which can be releasably doped with lithium ions, and an electrolyte which allows migration of lithium ions between both electrodes. The cathode contains a halogen compound which releases halogen atoms, halogen ions or a reactive halogen-containing substance for reacting with the anode, thereby deactivating the anode to prevent excessive heat generation before oxygen released from the cathode due to a temperature rise reacts with the anode.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode which can be dischargeably charged with lithium ions, an anode made of lithium metal, a lithium alloy or any other anode material which can be releasably doped with lithium ions, an electrolyte which allows migration of lithium ions between both electrodes, and an endothermic substance which undergoes an endothermic reaction upon a temperature rise of the battery for preventing excessive heat generation. Typically, the endothermic substance is a metal carbonate such as magnesium carbonate, cobalt (II) carbonate, silver carbonate, cadmium carbonate or sodium hydrogencarbonate.

Abstract: An ion-conductor for a lithium secondary battery comprising at least an electrolyte and an additive;wherein the additive contains at least one kind of imido compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z is an optionally substituted alkylene group having 2 to 7 carbon atoms represented by the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- (n is an integer from 2 to 7), an optionally substituted 1,2-cyclohexylene group or an optionally substituted 1,2-phenylene group; and X is a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, or an optionally substituted aralkylcarbonyl group.

Abstract: An electrolytic solution for a lithium secondary battery is provided, which comprises: an electrolyte; an organic solvent; and an additive, wherein the additive is an aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound such as pyrazine, quinoxaline, indole, phenazine, phthalazine, pyrimidine, or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: A SAW filter includes a first SAW resonator having a pair of terminals and a predetermined resonance frequency (f.sub.rp), the first SAW resonator being provided in a parallel arm of the SAW filter. A second SAW resonator has a pair of terminals and a predetermined resonance frequency (f.sub.rs) approximately equal to a predetermined antiresonance frequency of the first SAW resonator (f.sub.ap). The second SAW resonator is provided in a series arm of the SAW filter. An inductance element is connected in series to the first SAW resonator.

Abstract: A SAW filter includes a first SAW resonator having a pair of terminals and a predetermined resonance frequency (f.sub.rp), the first SAW resonator being provided in a parallel arm of the SAW filter. A second SAW resonator has a pair of terminals and a predetermined resonance frequency (f.sub.rs) approximately equal to a predetermined antiresonance frequency of the first SAW resonator (f.sub.ap). The second SAW resonator is provided in a series arm of the SAW filter. An inductance element is connected in series to the first SAW resonator.

Abstract: A surface-acoustic-wave device comprises a substrate of a piezoelectric material for providing a passage of surface acoustic waves at an upper major surface of the substrate, a plurality of interdigital electrodes provided on the piezoelectric substrate in a row in correspondence to the passage of surface acoustic waves such that the electrodes are aligned in the propagating direction of the surface acoustic waves, each of the plurality of interdigital electrodes having a first part connected to a bonding pad on the substrate for external electric connection and having a plurality of finger electrodes extending parallel with each other in a direction crossing the propagating surface acoustic waves, and a second part separated from the first part and having a plurality of finger electrodes extending parallel with each other in a direction opposite to the direction of the finger electrodes of the first part.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device comprises a pair of multiple-electrode surface acoustic wave elements that are mirror-symmetrically arranged and disposed on a piezoelectric substrate. Each of the multiple-electrode surface acoustic wave elements comprises a plurality of input/output inter-digital transducers and connected inter-digital transducers. The number of the input/output inter-digital transducers is equal to or smaller by one, than the number of the connected inter-digital transducers, so that insertion loss of the surface acoustic wave device can be reduced without increasing the size of the device.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device in which a surface acoustic wave device element is arranged with interdigital electrodes on a piezoelectric substrate is packaged in a package provided in a metal pattern. Metal bumps are formed on a bonding pad section of the surface wave device element and the metal bumps are contact connected with the metal pattern of the package.

Abstract: A surface-acoustic-wave device comprises a substrate of piezoelectric material providing for the propagation of surface acoustic waves along a channel formed on an upper major surface of the substrate, a plurality of interdigital electrodes provided on the piezoelectric substrate major surface in a row, in correspondence to the channel, such that the electrodes are aligned in the propagating direction of the surface acoustic waves, each of the plurality of interdigital electrodes having a first art connected to a bonding pad on the substrate for external electric connection and having a plurality of finger electrodes extending in parallel, spaced relationship with respect to each other in a direction transverse to and crossing the channel, and a second part separated from the first part and having a plurality of finger electrodes extending in parallel, spaced relationship with respect to each other and in a direction opposite to the direction of the finger electrodes of the first part and transverse to and cr

Abstract: A SAW device comprises a substrate, input and output interdigital electrodes provided on the substrate alternately to form a row of electrodes, and a pair of open strip reflectors disposed at both ends of the row, the input interdigital electrodes having a first pair number representing the number of pairs of opposing finger electrodes forming the input electrode, the output interdigital electrodes having a second pair number representing the number of pairs of opposing finger electrodes forming the output electrode, wherein the first pair number and second pair number are set different in the adjacent input and output electrodes with a predetermined ratio therebetween, the first pair number is changed in each input electrodes in the row, and the second pair number is changed in each output electrodes in the row.

Abstract: A SAW filter includes a first SAW resonator having a pair of terminals and a predetermined resonance frequency (frp), the first SAW resonator being provided in a parallel arm of the SAW filter. A second SAW resonator has a pair of terminals and a predetermined resonance frequency (frs) approximately equal to a predetermined antiresonance frequency of the first SAW resonator (fap). The second SAW resonator is provided in a series arm of the SAW filter. An inductance element is connected in series to the first SAW resonator.

Abstract: A SAW filter includes a first SAW resonator having a pair of terminals and a predetermined resonance frequency (frp), the first SAW resonator being provided in a parallel arm of the SAW filter. A second SAW resonator has a pair of terminals and a predetermined resonance frequency (frs) approximately equal to a predetermined antiresonance frequency of the first SAW resonator (fap). The second SAW resonator is provided in a series arm of the SAW filter. An inductance element is connected in series to the first SAW resonator.