Abstract: A first antenna, a second antenna, and a waveguide structure are housed in a single cabinet. An operating frequency of the second antenna is higher than an operating frequency of the first antenna. The second antenna is an array antenna including a plurality of radiating elements. The waveguide structure is present outside a range of a half-value angle of a main beam as viewed from the first antenna, includes a unit waveguide disposed in a route of a radio wave received by the second antenna, and further attenuates a radio wave with the operating frequency of the first antenna.

Abstract: A communication network system is a communication network system that distributes information to a plurality of terminals inside a closed space. The communication network system includes a network server and a plurality of lighting fixtures each having an antenna that transmits and receives millimeter-wave-band communication signals to and from the terminals.

Abstract: A power amplifier circuit has an input node from which an input signal, which is a high-frequency signal, is inputted and an output node to which the input signal is amplified by a differential amplifier circuit to be outputted as an output signal. The power amplifier circuit includes a balun transformer (second balun transformer) including an input-side winding that has a substantially center to which a power-supply voltage is supplied and that is connected between differential outputs of the differential amplifier circuit, and an output-side winding that is coupled to the input-side winding via an electromagnetic field and that has one end connected to a reference potential; and a capacitive element (capacitor) provided between another end (node) of the output-side winding and the output node.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus acquires first control data regarding generation of first rectangular image data that includes a whole of a document area corresponding to a document within a reading area of read image data. The image reading apparatus acquires second control data regarding generation of second rectangular image data that does not include a background area not corresponding to the document within the reading area of the read image data and includes at least a part of the document area.

Abstract: A filter device includes a first filter including a first input terminal, a first output terminal, a first series arm including first series arm resonators, and first parallel arms connected to the first series arm and each including a first parallel arm resonator, the first filter having a pass band in a predetermined frequency band, a second filter including a second input terminal, a second output terminal, a second series arm including second series arm resonators, and second parallel arms connected to the second series arm and each including a second parallel arm resonator, the second filter having a pass band in the predetermined frequency band, a substrate including the first and second filters, and an inductor connected between a ground terminal and a parallel arm resonator included in at least one parallel arm of the first and second parallel arms.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus acquires first control data regarding generation of first rectangular image data that includes a whole of a document area corresponding to a document within a reading area of read image data. The image reading apparatus acquires second control data regarding generation of second rectangular image data that does not include a background area not corresponding to the document within the reading area of the read image data and includes at least a part of the document area.

Abstract: Provided are a power amplifier circuit and a communication device that improve a power handling capability required for a filter while increasing output power. A power amplifier circuit includes: an amplifier unit that amplifies an input signal of a time division duplex scheme and outputs a signal to a signal path and a signal to a signal path; a filter that is provided in the signal path and outputs a signal based on the signal; a filter that is provided in the signal path and outputs a signal based on the signal; and a transformer that is connected to the signal path through the filter and connected to the signal path through the filter and outputs an output signal based on the signal and the signal to a signal path.

Abstract: On a single-crystal semiconductor substrate with an upper surface including a first direction in which an inverted mesa step extends and a second direction in which a forward mesa step extends in response to anisotropic etching in which an etching rate depends on crystal plane orientation, a bipolar transistor including a collector layer, a base layer, and an emitter layer that are epitaxially grown, and a base wire connected to the base layer are arranged. A step is provided at an edge of the base layer, and the base wire is extended from inside to outside of the base layer in a direction intersecting the first direction in a plan view. An intersection of the edge of the base layer and the base wire has a disconnection prevention structure that makes it difficult for step-caused disconnection of the base wire to occur.

Abstract: A power amplifier circuit includes a power amplifier, first and second filters, and first and second output paths. The power amplifier is able to amplify both of a first signal and a second signal. The frequency of the second signal is higher than that of the first signal. The first filter includes a first inductor and attenuates the second signal amplified in the power amplifier. The first inductor serves as a path for the first signal amplified in the power amplifier. The second filter includes a first capacitor and attenuates the first signal amplified in the power amplifier. The first capacitor serves as a path for the second signal amplified in the power amplifier. The first signal outputted from the first filter is supplied to the first output path. The second signal outputted from the second filter is supplied to the second output path.

Abstract: A feed line connects an RFIC and a radiating element. A baseband ground plane (BB ground) is connected to a ground terminal of a BBIC. A radio frequency ground plane (RF ground) is placed in such a manner as to overlap the BB ground. The RF ground serves as a return path of the feed line. A first inter-ground connection circuit connects the BB ground and the RF ground. Furthermore, a second inter-ground connection circuit connects the BB ground and the RF ground. Connecting parts between these grounds and the second inter-ground connection circuit are arranged closer to the edges of these grounds than connecting parts between these grounds and the first inter-ground connection circuit. The connecting part between the ground and the second inter-ground connection circuit is placed on one side of a certain imaginary straight line that passes substantially the geometric center of the ground.

Abstract: Provided is a power amplification module that includes: a first transistor, a first signal being inputted to a base thereof; a second transistor, the first signal being inputted to a base thereof and a collector thereof being connected to a collector of the first transistor; a first resistor, a first bias current being supplied to one end thereof and another end thereof being connected to the base of the first transistor; a second resistor, one end thereof being connected to the one end of the first resistor and another end thereof being connected to the base of the second transistor; and a third resistor, a second bias current being supplied to one end thereof and another end thereof being connected to the base of the second transistor.

Abstract: A communication terminal capable of at least millimeter-wave communication and microwave communication is provided. The communication terminal includes a repeater that relays communication between a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal by using millimeter-wave communication. Such a communication terminal is capable of maintaining good millimeter-wave communication between terminals.

Abstract: A communication terminal device is a glasses-type communication terminal device having an optically transmissive display mounted thereon. The communication terminal device includes first and second radio-frequency modules that perform radio-frequency signal processing and a baseband module that is connected to the first and second radio-frequency modules via communication lines so as to be communicable and that performs baseband signal processing. The first and second radio-frequency modules are selectively switched by the baseband module to perform a reception operation. When the first radio-frequency module performs the reception operation, a reception signal received by the first radio-frequency module is retransmitted from the second radio-frequency module.

Abstract: A power amplifier circuit amplifies a radio-frequency signal in a transmit frequency band. The power amplifier circuit includes an amplifier, a bias circuit, and an impedance circuit. The amplifier amplifies power of a radio-frequency signal and outputs an amplified signal. The impedance circuit is connected between a signal input terminal of the amplifier and a bias-current output terminal of the bias circuit and has frequency characteristics in which attenuation is obtained in the transmit frequency band. The impedance circuit includes first and second impedance circuits. The first impedance circuit is connected to the signal input terminal. The second impedance circuit is connected between the first impedance circuit and the bias-current output terminal.

Abstract: A first antenna, a second antenna, and a waveguide structure are housed in a single cabinet. An operating frequency of the second antenna is higher than an operating frequency of the first antenna. The second antenna is an array antenna including a plurality of radiating elements. The waveguide structure is present outside a range of a half-value angle of a main beam as viewed from the first antenna, includes a unit waveguide disposed in a route of a radio wave received by the second antenna, and further attenuates a radio wave with the operating frequency of the first antenna.

Abstract: An antenna device comprises a substrate including a planar first region and a planar second region; at least one first radiating element, arranged in the first region, that communicates a radio wave of a first frequency; and at least one second radiating element, arranged in the second region, that communicates a radio wave of a second frequency. A separation direction is a direction of a straight line connecting a first geometric center position of the at least one first radiating element and a second geometric center position of the at least one second radiating element, and in a case that the second region is viewed along a normal direction of the second region, an angle formed by the separation direction and a polarization direction of the at least one second radiating element is equal to or greater than 45° and equal to or less than 90°.

Abstract: A power supply circuit board includes a substrate, a first line that is provided on a first main surface of the substrate and that has a land, a second line that is provided on the first main surface of the substrate and that has a land, an inductor that is connected to the land of the first line and the land of the second line and that is made of a ferrite material, and an open stub that is connected to at least one of the first line and the second line.

Abstract: A multi-antenna module includes, on or in the dielectric substrate, a first radiation element, a second radiation element that operates at a frequency band lower than that of the first radiation element, and a ground plane. A first feed line and a second feed line are provided on or in the dielectric substrate. A first switch element switches between a first state in which a signal is supplied to the second radiation element and a second state including at least one of a state in which the second radiation element is connected to the ground plane with terminal impedance interposed therebetween, a state in which the second radiation element is in a floating state with respect to the second feed line and the ground plane, and a state in which the second radiation element is short-circuited to the ground plane.

Abstract: Provided is a power amplification circuit that includes: an amplifier that amplifies an input signal and outputs an amplified signal; a first bias circuit that supplies a first bias current or voltage to the amplifier; a second bias circuit that supplies a second bias current or voltage to the amplifier; a first control circuit that controls the first bias current or voltage; and a second control circuit that controls the second bias current or voltage. The current supplying capacity of the first bias circuit is different from the current supplying capacity of the second bias circuit.

Abstract: A management system for objects under monitoring that is capable of managing the presence of moving objects under monitoring. The management system includes a plurality of beacon terminals, one or more management terminals, and a management server. The beacon terminals are respectively held by the moving objects under monitoring, and each have a unique identifier and broadcast a beacon signal. The one or more management terminals are respectively held by one or more moving bodies moving in one or more areas, receive beacon signals to acquire beacon identifiers and beacon presence information, and acquire location information via a positioning system. The management terminals output beacon information spontaneously or upon request. The management server determines the state of presence of the objects under monitoring in the one or more areas, based on the beacon information acquired from the one or more management terminals.