Abstract: A method for producing ammonia from nitrogen molecules with a reducing agent and a proton source, the method using, as a catalyst, a molybdenum complex obtained by reacting a ligand of Formula (1) and a molybdenum compound: wherein R1 and R2 are each independently C3-10 alkyl group, R3, R4 and R5 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a trifluoromethyl group, a phenyl group, or an Ar1 aryl group, and at least one of R3, R4 and R5 is a phenyl group or an Ar1 aryl group, a molybdenum complex used in the method and a ligand that is a raw material for the molybdenum.

Abstract: A vacuum apparatus includes: a chamber; and a transfer robot transferring a processing object into the chamber, wherein the transfer robot includes an arm portion, a support portion provided at a tip of the arm portion and having a lower thermal conductivity than the arm portion, a plate provided between the support portion and the processing object and having a higher thermal conductivity than the support portion, and a support pad provided on the support portion and supporting the processing object by being in contact with the processing object while separating the processing object from the plate, a contact region allowing the support portion and the plate to be in contact with each other therein and a space region separated the support portion and the plate from each other are provided between the support portion and the plate, and the plate includes a projection configured as the contact region.

Abstract: An information provision device, information provision method, and a non-transitory recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the information provision method. Each of the information provision device and the information provision method includes projecting an image light to a light transmission member to display a for-driver information image indicating for-driver information to be provided to a driver of a mobile object in a prescribed display area, and displaying at a first point where a normal for-driver information image is displayed a priority for-driver information image in place of the normal for-driver information image, where the displaying includes displaying the normal for-driver information image at a second point different from the first point for at least some of a period during which the priority for-driver information image is displayed at the first point.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising: a graft copolymer (A) obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer mixture (m1) in the presence of a specific alkyl (meth)acrylate rubbery polymer (a); a graft copolymer (B) obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer mixture (m2) in the presence of a specific alkyl (meth)acrylate rubbery polymer (b); and a vinyl copolymer (C) obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer mixture (m3), wherein: a proportion of a rubbery polymer contained in the thermoplastic resin composition is 21 to 28% by mass, and a proportion of particles with a particle size of 300 nm or more among all particles formed by the rubbery polymer is 1 to 11% by mass.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising: a graft copolymer (A) obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer mixture (m1) in the presence of a specific alkyl (meth)acrylate rubbery polymer (a); a graft copolymer (B) obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer mixture (m2) in the presence of a specific alkyl (meth)acrylate rubbery polymer (b); and a vinyl copolymer (C) obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer mixture (m3), wherein: a proportion of a rubbery polymer contained in the thermoplastic resin composition is 21 to 28% by mass, and a proportion of particles with a particle size of 300 nm or more among all particles formed by the rubbery polymer is 1 to 11% by mass.

Abstract: A vacuum apparatus includes: a chamber; and a transfer robot transferring a processing object into the chamber, wherein the transfer robot includes an arm portion, a support portion provided at a tip of the arm portion and having a lower thermal conductivity than the arm portion, a plate provided between the support portion and the processing object and having a higher thermal conductivity than the support portion, and a support pad provided on the support portion and supporting the processing object by being in contact with the processing object while separating the processing object from the plate, a contact region allowing the support portion and the plate to be in contact with each other therein and a space region separated the support portion and the plate from each other are provided between the support portion and the plate, and the plate includes a projection configured as the contact region.

Abstract: To provide a compact, high density, highly reliable and low cost three-terminal IC sensor unit, a host device to be connected to the sensor unit, a sensor system comprising such sensor unit and host device and a communication method between sensor unit and host device. The power supply voltage to be supplied to the sensor unit 100 from the host device (external device) 200 through the power supply terminal 101 is turned on/off by power supply on/off means 220 in response to command and/or data to be transmitted and such on/off pulsation of the power supply voltage is detected by the data detection section 140 for transmission from the host device 200 to the sensor unit 100. Also, the current source 160 in the sensor unit 100 varies the load current of the power supply in the host device 200 through the power supply terminal 101 in response to the data and the change in the load current is detected by the current detection section 230 for data transmission from the sensor unit 100 to the host device 200.

Abstract: [Object] To provide lubricating thermoplastic resin compositions that can give formed articles exhibiting excellent lubricating properties and surface appearance and maintaining the lubricating properties permanently. [Solution] The lubricating thermoplastic resin composition includes an acid-modified copolymer (A) of a monomer mixture including an aromatic vinyl and a vinyl cyanide, the copolymer having a carboxyl group in the molecular chain, and a functionalized lubricant (B) having, in the molecule, a functional group (B1) capable of reacting with the carboxyl group and a lubricating segment (B2) having lubricating properties. The composition may further include a graft copolymer (C) and/or an additional thermoplastic resin (D) other than the acid-modified copolymer (A).

Abstract: This graft copolymer is obtainable by polymerization of a vinyl-based monomer mixture (m1) including an aromatic vinyl compound and a vinyl cyanide compound, in the presence of: an ethylene.?-olefin copolymer (A) which has a mass average molecular weight (Mw) of 17×104 to 35×104 and a distribution of molecular weight (Mw/Mn) of 1 to 3; or a cross-linked ethylene.?-olefin copolymer (C) obtainable by cross-linking treatment of the ethylene.?-olefin copolymer (A).

Abstract: This graft copolymer is obtainable by polymerization of a vinyl-based monomer mixture (m1) including an aromatic vinyl compound and a vinyl cyanide compound, in the presence of: an ethylene.?-olefin copolymer (A) which has a mass average molecular weight (Mw) of 17×104 to 35×104 and a distribution of molecular weight (Mw/Mn) of 1 to 3; or a cross-linked ethylene.?-olefin copolymer (C) obtainable by cross-linking treatment of the ethylene.?-olefin copolymer (A).

Abstract: To provide a compact, high density, highly reliable and low cost three-terminal IC sensor unit, a host device to be connected to the sensor unit, a sensor system comprising such sensor unit and host device and a communication method between sensor unit and host device. The power supply voltage to be supplied to the sensor unit 100 from the host device (external device) 200 through the power supply terminal 101 is turned on/off by power supply on/off means 220 in response to command and/or data to be transmitted and such on/off pulsation of the power supply voltage is detected by the data detection section 140 for transmission from the host device 200 to the sensor unit 100. Also, the current source 160 in the sensor unit 100 varies the load current of the power supply in the host device 200 through the power supply terminal 101 in response to the data and the change in the load current is detected by the current detection section 230 for data transmission from the sensor unit 100 to the host device 200.

Abstract: [Object] To provide lubricating thermoplastic resin compositions that can give formed articles exhibiting excellent lubricating properties and surface appearance and maintaining the lubricating properties permanently. [Solution] The lubricating thermoplastic resin composition includes an acid-modified copolymer (A) of a monomer mixture including an aromatic vinyl and a vinyl cyanide, the copolymer having a carboxyl group in the molecular chain, and a functionalized lubricant (B) having, in the molecule, a functional group (B1) capable of reacting with the carboxyl group and a lubricating segment (B2) having lubricating properties. The composition may further include a graft copolymer (C) and/or an additional thermoplastic resin (D) other than the acid-modified copolymer (A).

Abstract: The present invention provides a cyclic AD converter that reduces power consumption by reducing active circuits such as an X2 amplifier or the like and is particularly suitable to implement in an integrated circuit and also an integrator to be used therefor. The cyclic AD converter uses an integrator 11 comprising an operational amplifier 111, a first integration capacitor C1 connected between the input and output terminals of the operational amplifier 111, and a second integration capacitor C2 to be connected selectively between the reference potential source and the input/output terminals of the operational amplifier 111 by way of switches S3 and S4. The integrator 11 operates to sample/hold an analog input signal and also obtain a signal equal to the double of a reference signal from a comparator.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pulse width modulation method and apparatus capable of expressing as many values as possible in a pulse width modulation (PWM) period, while maintaining the center of pulse energy substantially equal to the center of the PWM period. For this end, prepared is the PWM pattern generator 20 including 2 kinds of PWM pulse generator 21 and 22 for generating pulses having the pulse width of 0˜N times of the reference clock period in 1 PWM period corresponding to a predetermined number N of the reference clock period. The PWM pulse generators 21 and 22 are properly switched by the switching circuit 30 under control of the control circuit 40 for performing time averaging process so that the centers of energy of the output pulses is substantially equal to the center of the PWM period.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cyclic AD converter that reduces power consumption by reducing active circuits such as an X2 amplifier or the like and is particularly suitable to implement in an integrated circuit and also an integrator to be used therefor. The cyclic AD converter uses an integrator 11 comprising an operational amplifier 111, a first integration capacitor C1 connected between the input and output terminals of the operational amplifier 111, and a second integration capacitor C2 to be connected selectively between the reference potential source and the input/output terminals of the operational amplifier 111 by way of switches S3 and S4. The integrator 11 operates to sample/hold an analog input signal and also obtain a signal equal to the double of a reference signal from a comparator.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pulse width modulation method and apparatus capable of expressing as many values as possible in a pulse width modulation (PWM) period, while maintaining the center of pulse energy substantially equal to the center of the PWM period. For this end, prepared is the PWM pattern generator 20 including 2 kinds of PWM pulse generator 21 and 22 for generating pulses having the pulse width of 0˜N times of the reference clock period in 1 PWM period corresponding to a predetermined number N of the reference clock period. The PWM pulse generators 21 and 22 are properly switched by the switching circuit 30 under control of the control circuit 40 for performing time averaging process so that the centers of energy of the output pulses is substantially equal to the center of the PWM period.

Abstract: In order to provide an audio signal amplification method and apparatus capable of directly connecting a load such as a speaker to a driver unit of a class-D amplifier without an LC filter, an output data from a ?? converter 31 for compressing a digital audio data from a digital audio source is applied to a pulse width modulator 33 by way of a low pass filter 32 and a driver unit is controlled by a driver control circuit 35 by way of a delay device 34. A speaker 37 as a load is directly driven by P output and N output from the driver unit 36.

Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter is provided which compensates for relative errors among weighting elements used for D/A conversion. The converter includes a decoder, a rotator, and a weighting section. The rotator receives decoded signals from a decoder to produce rotated output signals for activating or deactivating a plurality of weighting elements, respectively, included in the weighting section. The rotated output signals assure that the same number of weighting elements are activated in each of a plurality of sub-periods of time constituting a main period of time of the D/A conversion and that each of the plurality of weighting elements is activated the same number of times during the whole main period.

Abstract: An inverter device is provided which comprises an inverter including a pair of transistors, and first and second delay circuits. The first and second delay circuits are connected to respective inputs of the pair of transistors so as to cause the transistors of the pair to switch with a greater time difference, thereby reducing noise due to switching operations in the inverter.

Abstract: An oversampling digital-to-analog converter is provided with an auto-muting circuit which reduces noise in an analog output signal when a digital input signal remains at zero. Auto-muting circuit includes an input reference level code detection section which detects an input reference level code in the digital input signal. An output reference level code in a modulated output generated from an oversampling modulator is detected by an output reference level code detection section provided in the auto-muting circuit. A modulated output alteration section is provided which operates in response to the result of the detections to selectively pass the modulated output without any alteration or alter the modulated output by substituting it with output reference level codes.