Abstract: A wet processing apparatus, such as a plating apparatus, and an etching apparatus, is disclosed. A wet processing apparatus includes a substrate-holder advancing mechanism configured to elevate a movable support to raise a substrate holder until the substrate holder is separated from a fixed support, move the movable support together with the substrate holder by a predetermined distance toward a holder takeout position, lower the movable support until the substrate holder is supported on the fixed support and the movable support is separated from the substrate holder, and move the movable support by the predetermined distance toward a holder put-in position.

Abstract: A wireless network system including a first terminal for sending a request-to-send signal including information on a medium use period to a second terminal before sending data, receiving a clear-to-send signal from the second terminal, and sending data to the second terminal during the medium use period; the second terminal for receiving the request-to-send signal and sending the clear-to-send signal; a third terminal for receiving the request-to-send signal and transmitting data to a fourth terminal during the medium use period; and the fourth terminal. Thus, it is possible to prevent occurrence of a problem that when it is judged that the wireless channel is being used, transmission of the station is suppressed.

Abstract: A first radar transmitter and a second radar transmitter transmit a first modulation signal and a second modulation signal which are generated by repeating a predetermined time of code sequences, each of which has a predetermined code length, using a first code width and a second code width, respectively. An A/D converter converts the modulation signal into a discrete signal in a sampling cycle shorter than a difference between the first code width and the second code width. A positioning section separates a plurality of reception signals using a first correlation value based on outputs from the A/D converter and a first delay section corresponding to the first code width and a second correlation value based on outputs from the A/D converter and a second delay section corresponding to the second code width.

Abstract: A transmission beam control unit 8 changes a main beam direction of a radar transmission beam every predetermined number of transmission periods. A radar transmitting unit Tx transmits a radar transmission signal using the radar transmission beam of which the main beam direction has been changed. In a radar receiving unit Rx, an estimation range selection unit 22 selects an estimation range of the direction of arrival of a reflected wave signal by limiting the estimation range to the approximate transmission beam width on the basis of the transmission beam width of the radar transmission beam and the output from the transmission beam control unit 8. The direction-of-arrival estimation unit 23 estimates the direction of arrival of the reflected wave signal on the basis of phase information between a plurality of antennas according to the selected range.

Abstract: Provided is an array signal processing device capable of, when a spatial averaging method is applied to array signal processing, reducing the number of antennas constituting an array antenna while making use of the spatial averaging method. In the array signal processing device (300), an array antenna (310) comprises four antennas (311-1 to 311-4) disposed at the four vertices of a parallelogram. Correlation calculation units (341-1, 2) calculate, based on a received signal, spatial correlation matrices for respective sub-array antenna (312-1) and sub-array antenna (312-2), the sub-array antenna (312-1) comprising the antennas (311-1, 3) disposed at the opposing two vertices and the antenna (311-2), the sub-array antenna (312-2) comprising the antennas (311-1, 3) and the antenna (311-4). An array rotation unit (342) converts a first spatial matrix of the calculated two spatial matrices to the complex conjugate thereof.

Abstract: Provided are a distance measuring device and a distance measuring method which can easily distinguish a reflected signal from a desired tag from an unnecessary wave so as to improve the distance measuring accuracy even when IR-UWB is used for measuring a distance. The method uses a reader ID indicated by a code string formed by P bits (P is a natural number) for identifying a base station and a tag ID indicated by a code string formed by Q bits (Q is a natural number) for identifying a radio terminal. The method generates a unique word containing P pulses, each of which is ON/OFF-modulated depending on whether each of P bits indicating the reader ID is 1 or 0. The method generates a frame containing 2 M unique words and a burst containing Q frames. The method further outputs a transmission signal containing a plurality of bursts. A radio terminal Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)—modulates the transmission signal depending on whether each of the Q bits indicating the tag ID is 1 or 0.

Abstract: Under control of a first transmission code controlling section, a first radar transmitting section periodically transmits a first radar transmission signal with a first transmission period based on a first transmission trigger signal produced after elapse of a first delay time period from reception of a predetermined synchronization establishment signal by a first transmission trigger signal producing section. Under control of a second transmission code controlling section, a second radar transmitting section periodically transmits a second radar transmission signal with a second transmission period similarly. In accordance with the first delay time period and the second delay time period, arrival times of interference signals from the first radar transmitting section and the second radar transmitting section are within transmission zones of the second radar transmission signal and the first radar transmission signal.

Abstract: A pulse signal is produced in a pulse generating section, and repetitively transmitted from an antenna at constant time intervals. A reception signal, received through an antenna and including a reflective wave from an object, is amplified and gain-adjusted. Thereafter, a distance detecting section detects a reception pulse of the reflected wave, and calculates the distance to the object. The variable attenuator attenuates the reception signal by a gain adjusted in accordance with a gain control signal. The gain of the variable attenuator is controlled so as to be maximum immediately after the pulse signal is transmitted, and to be reduced with elapse of time. Based on a gain adjustment timing signal, a gain adjustment timing when the attenuation amount is changed is made different for each transmission of the pulse signal.

Abstract: A communication system has a base station control device and base station devices. The base station control device totalizes information on the number of base stations as the number of base station devices which can communicate with a mobile station device, makes Nb copies of a data frame, successively assigns integer values from 1 to Nb as stream numbers Ns to the data frames copied, and forms Nb copied data frames including Nb and Ns in header information. Copied data frames having different Ns in the header information are sent to base station devices. According to Ns and Nb, a base station device subjects the data in the copied data frame to temporal/spatial encoding to form a temporal/spatial encoding series. A mobile station device receives the temporal/spatial encoding series signal from each of the base station devices.

Abstract: Wireless communication apparatus adopting a time division duplex system for transmission and reception using plural antennas, deviation of amplitude and phase occurring between transmission and reception circuits is detected and corrected using a communication signal. Channel estimation means detects channel information based on reception output of N reception circuits having a one-to-one correspondence with N antennas. Correction value detection means finds a correction value for correcting deviation occurring between each of N transmission circuits and each of the N reception circuits based on the channel information. A wireless communication apparatus transmits an already known signal (training signal) to a base station with which the wireless communication apparatus conducts communications. The base station executes channel estimation based on the already known signal and generates and transmits a correction signal (probe signal).

Abstract: A first sector radar generates signals which are obtained by modulating a first code sequence at a first transmission cycle, obtained by modulating a second code sequence at a second transmission cycle, obtained by modulating the first code sequence at a third transmission cycle, and obtained by modulating the second code sequence at a fourth transmission cycle respectively. A second sector radar generates signals which are obtained by modulating the second code sequence at the first transmission cycle, obtained by modulating, at the second transmission cycle, a third code sequence having the opposite polarity to the first code sequence, obtained by modulating, at the third transmission cycle, a fourth code sequence having the opposite polarity to the second code sequence, and obtained by modulating the first code sequence at the fourth transmission cycle respectively.

Abstract: A radar device includes a signal generator that generates an intermittent signal having a prescribed signal width and signal interval, a transmission signal position adjuster that outputs a transmission signal while adjusting positions of the intermittent signal on the time axis, an RF transmitter that transmits the transmission signal, an RF receiver that receives a reception signal including reflection waves reflected from an object in a measurement subject space, an AD converter that converts the reception signal into a digital signal, and an object detector that detects the object based on the reception signal. The transmission signal position adjuster outputs a transmission signal in which positions of respective signal units of the intermittent signal on the time axis are adjusted in units of a time adjustment amount that is shorter than a sampling interval of the AD converter.

Abstract: A radar apparatus transmits a high-frequency transmission signal, and receives a signal of a reflective wave reflected by a target. Given a first code sequence of a first code length, a second code sequence of a second code length which is longer than the first code sequence, and a third code sequence obtained by inverting each code of the first code sequence, a first transmission signal obtained by modulating the first code sequence, a second transmission signal obtained by modulating the second code sequence, a third transmission signal obtained by modulating the third code sequence and a fourth transmission signal obtained by modulating the second code sequence are generated in a first transmission period, a second transmission period, a third transmission period and a fourth transmission period respectively.

Abstract: A high-frequency transmission signal is transmitted from a transmission antenna with a predetermined transmission period, and a signal of a reflected wave reflected from a target is received by a reception antenna. A code generator generates a first code sequence and second code sequence that constitute a pair of complementary codes. A first modulator modulates the first code sequence to generate a first transmission signal. A second modulator modulates the second code sequence to generate a second transmission signal. A quadrature modulator performs quadrature modulation by using the generated first and second transmission signals. The high-frequency transmission signal is generated from a signal that is quadrature modulated, and transmitted from the transmission antenna.

Abstract: A radar receiver has plural antenna system processors each for performing coherent integration on the basis of correlation values between a reception signal and a transmission signal using correction amounts for phase variations corresponding to plural Doppler frequencies, plural correlation matrix generators for generating, for each of the plural different Doppler frequencies, correlation matrices which are pieces of phase difference information relating to an arrangement of reception antennas on the basis of sets of outputs of the coherent integration, respectively, an adder for adding together outputs of the plural correlation matrix generators, and an incoming direction estimator for estimating an incoming direction of reflection waves on the basis of outputs of the adder.

Abstract: A radar apparatus transmits a radio frequency transmission signal from a transmitter antenna in a given transmission period, and receives a signal of a reflected wave reflected by a target via a receiver antenna. The radar apparatus includes a transmission signal generator that generates a first transmission signal obtained by modifying a code having a third sub-code sequence and a fourth sub-code sequence coupled to each other in a first transmission period, and generates a second transmission period obtained by modifying a code having a fifth sub-code sequence and a sixth sub-code sequence coupled to each other in a second transmission period, and a transmitter RF unit that converts the first and second transmission signals into radio frequency transmission signals, and transmits the radio frequency transmission signals from the transmitter antenna.

Abstract: The disclosed technique includes transmitting a signal intermittently according to a transmission cycle having a predetermined transmission period and a non-transmission period; receiving the signal reflected from a target with reception antennas; and detecting the target from the reflected signal. A high-frequency transmission signal attenuated during the transmission period and a receipt signal received during the non-transmission period are combined together. A correlation value between a reference transmission signal and the receipt signal in the combined signal is calculated, and the amount of phase shift in an arbitrarily selected reception antenna is calculated from the correlation value of a reference reception antenna, and the correlation values of the other reception antennas. The phase component of the correlation value of the arbitrarily selected reception antenna is corrected on the basis of the amount of phase shift.

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus capable of alleviating a burden in setting a transmission format and suppressing increases in the scale of the apparatus. In this apparatus, space multiplexing adaptability detection section (108) detects space multiplexing transmission adaptability for divided bands (DB-1 to DB-Nd) obtained by dividing a communication band to which Ns subcarrier signals belong in multicarrier transmission and to which a plurality of subcarrier signals belong, and outputs the detection results (#1 to #Nd). Transmission format setting section (110) sets a transmission format when carrying out radio transmission based on the detection results (#1 to #Nd) from space multiplexing adaptability detection section (108).

Abstract: A wireless communication system capable of removing a transmission signal to a different terminal space division multiplexed, an interference signal, in a terminal when wireless communications are conducted using space division multiple access is provided. A base station apparatus sends a notification of dedicated data transmission to a space division multiplexed terminal MSm and also sends a notification of information concerning a transmission beam used in a different terminal space division multiplexed and information concerning signal power used in the different terminal normalized in the terminal MSm.

Abstract: A radio arrival direction estimation device that accurately estimates the arrival direction of radio waves from a desired tag, even when there are multiple antennas disposed at short intervals. When ID detection timing is provided from a timing detector (114) to a switch (201), relative amplitude/phase data related to the tag ID digital value “1” or “0” is obtained by an arrival direction estimation unit (125). One relative amplitude/phase datum is formed for each unit cycle in a first adder (202), which adds the relative amplitude/phase datum related to the tag ID digital value “1” to each element in a matrix, and a second adder (203), which adds the relative amplitude/phase datum related to the tag ID digital value “0” to each element in a matrix.