Abstract: An optical transmission system converts a first electrical signal into an optical signal, transmits the converted optical signal, and converts the transmitted optical signal into a second electrical signal. The optical transmission system includes an electrooptic conversion device, an optical transmission path, and a photoelectric conversion device. The first electrical signal includes a high-frequency communication signal of above 9 MHz and 10 GHz or less. The optical transmission system further includes an additional signal generating device for generating a low-frequency additional signal having a frequency of 1 Hz or more and 9 MHz or less. The electrooptic conversion device converts the first electrical signal including the additional signal generated in the additional signal generating device and the communication signal into the optical signal.

Abstract: Provided is an optical transmission system that performs RoF transmission of an RF signal. The optical transmission system includes an electro-optical conversion device for receiving an RF signal, converting the RF signal into an optical signal, and transmitting the optical signal; a multimode optical fiber for transmitting the optical signal transmitted from the electro-optical conversion device; and an opto-electrical conversion device for converting the optical signal transmitted from the optical fiber into an RF signal and transmitting the RF signal. The optical fiber has a numerical aperture (NA) of 0.13 or more and 0.22 or less.

Abstract: A control method includes: (a) connecting a power supply to an electrode of an electrostatic chuck inside a chamber and applying a voltage from the power supply to the electrode; (b) after (a), switching a connection between the electrode and the power supply to a non-connection state; (c) after (b), supplying a gas into the chamber to generate plasma; and (d) measuring a potential of the electrode during (c).

Abstract: A discharging method of removing electric charge from a substrate is provided. In the discharging method, gas is supplied into a processing chamber while the substrate is placed on an electrostatic chuck provided in the processing chamber, and direct-current (DC) voltage is applied to an attracting electrode of the electrostatic chuck, until discharge occurs in the processing chamber. After the discharge occurs, the DC voltage is adjusted to a magnitude in which an amount of charge on the substrate becomes zero or becomes in a neighborhood of zero, and the substrate is removed from the electrostatic chuck.

Abstract: A control method includes: (a) connecting a power supply to an electrode of an electrostatic chuck inside a chamber and applying a voltage from the power supply to the electrode; (b) after (a), switching a connection between the electrode and the power supply to a non-connection state; (c) after (b), supplying a gas into the chamber to generate plasma; and (d) measuring a potential of the electrode during (c).

Abstract: A discharging method of removing electric charge from a substrate is provided. In the discharging method, gas is supplied into a processing chamber while the substrate is placed on an electrostatic chuck provided in the processing chamber, and direct-current (DC) voltage is applied to an attracting electrode of the electrostatic chuck, until discharge occurs in the processing chamber. After the discharge occurs, the DC voltage is adjusted to a magnitude in which an amount of charge on the substrate becomes zero or becomes in a neighborhood of zero, and the substrate is removed from the electrostatic chuck.

Abstract: A measuring device includes a switch that switches a connection of an electrode to which a direct current voltage is applied, wherein the electrode is within an electrostatic chuck disposed in a plasma processing device; a component provided with electrostatic capacitance, wherein the component is connected to the switch; and a measuring unit that measures a value corresponding to an electric charge amount accumulated in the component provided with the electrostatic capacitance.

Abstract: A measuring device includes a switch that switches a connection of an electrode to which a direct current voltage is applied, wherein the electrode is within an electrostatic chuck disposed in a plasma processing device; a component provided with electrostatic capacitance, wherein the component is connected to the switch; and a measuring unit that measures a value corresponding to an electric charge amount accumulated in the component provided with the electrostatic capacitance.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device 1 of the present invention includes a support substrate 2, an organic electroluminescence element 3 provided on the support substrate 2, a moisture absorbing layer 41 which is provided on the organic electroluminescence element 3 and which contains a boron compound, and a moisture barrier layer 51 which is provided on the moisture absorbing layer 41 and which contains a nitrogen compound. In this organic electroluminescence device, a moisture barrier layer and a moisture absorbing layer are hardly peeled off.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an organic EL device which suppresses a deterioration in the light emission properties. In this method, while first and second electrode layers are prevented from being in contact with each other, an organic layer is allowed to protrude from the first electrode layer toward at least both outer sides in the longitudinal direction of a substrate. Further, the second electrode layer is allowed to protrude from the organic layer toward at least both outer sides in the longitudinal direction. Thereby, the first electrode layer, the organic layer, and the second electrode layer are formed so that both end edges of the organic layer in a longitudinal direction of the substrate are covered by both end sides of the second electrode layer in the longitudinal direction, on at least both outer sides of the light emitting part in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device 1 of the present invention includes a substrate 2, a laminate 3A including an organic electroluminescence element 3 which includes a first conductive layer 31 provided on the substrate 2 and having a first terminal portion 311, an organic electroluminescence layer 32 provided on the first conductive layer 31, and a second conductive layer 33 provided on the organic electroluminescence layer 32 and having a second terminal portion 331, and an insulating inorganic film 4 that covers the laminate 3A except for the first terminal portion 311 and the second terminal portion 331.

Abstract: A method for producing an organic electroluminescence device of the present invention includes a laminating step of laminating a belt-shaped sealing substrate 5 on a belt-shaped supporting substrate 2 on which a plurality of organic EL elements 3 are formed while interposing an uncured thermosetting type adhesive layer 52, a winding step of winding a belt-shaped laminated body 11 having the belt-shaped supporting substrate 2, the organic EL elements 3 and the sealing substrate 5 into a roll, and a curing step of applying heat to the laminated body 11 to perform curing of the adhesive layer 52 while the laminated body 11 remains wound into a roll.

Abstract: A method for producing an organic electroluminescence device using a roll-to-roll method includes the step of sticking a belt-shaped sealing substrate 5 transported while being applied with tension on a belt-shaped supporting substrate 21 on which an organic electroluminescence element is formed, wherein either one substrate of the supporting substrate 21 or the sealing substrate 5 has a tensile modulus of elasticity larger than that of another substrate, in the step, the sticking is performed in the middle of transporting the belt-shaped supporting substrate 21 in the long-side direction while being applied with tension, and in the step, the substrate having a smaller tensile modulus of elasticity is applied with tension less than or equal to 170 N/m and the substrate having a larger tensile modulus of elasticity is applied with tension greater than the tension applied to the substrate having a smaller tensile modulus of elasticity.

Abstract: An organic EL device 1 includes first and second organic insulating layers 31, 32 on a conductive substrate 2, an inorganic insulating layer 33 on both organic insulating layers 31, 32, a first conductive layer 41 having a first terminal part 411 on the inorganic insulating layer, an organic EL layer 42 on the first conductive layer 41, and a second conductive layer 43 having a second terminal part 431 on the organic EL layer 42, wherein the first organic insulating layer 31 is disposed at the lower side of the first terminal part 411 via the inorganic insulating layer, the second organic insulating layer 32 is disposed at the lower side of the second terminal part 431 via the inorganic insulating layer, and respective inner end faces 31a, 32a and respective upper faces 31b, 32b of both organic insulating layers 31, 32 are covered with the inorganic insulating layer.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence panel 1 of the present invention includes a belt-shaped substrate 2, a plurality of organic electroluminescence elements 3 which is aligned and provided on the belt-shaped substrate 2 in a long direction of the belt-shaped substrate 2, and a plurality of sealing layers 4 which is provided on the organic electroluminescence elements 3, wherein each of the sealing layers 4 is independently provided on each of the plurality of organic electroluminescence elements 3, and adjacent sealing layers 4, 4 of the plurality of sealing layers do not contact each other.

Abstract: An organic EL device whose organic EL elements hardly deteriorate and device manufacturing method are provided. The organic EL device 1 includes: a light emission panel 2 and a sealing member 3, wherein the light emission panel 2 comprises a base material 21, a plurality of organic electroluminescence elements 5 each including an organic layer 53 and electrode terminals 521, 541, and a connection portion 6, wherein the organic electroluminescence elements 5 are disposed on the base material 21 in parallel in a tile pattern, and the connection portion 6 is a portion to which the electrode terminals 521, 541 of each organic electroluminescence element 5 are electrically connected; and the sealing member 3 seals a light emission region 22 formed by a plurality of organic layers 53 and an inter-layer region 23 sandwiched by two neighboring organic layers 53 in the light emission panel 2.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device is manufactured using a roll-to-roll method. The manufacturing method includes the steps of forming a plurality of organic EL elements 3 on a belt-shaped flexible substrate 2, laminating a sealing film 5 on the plurality of organic EL elements 3 through a thermosetting or photo-curing adhesive layer in an uncured state, and winding a belt-shaped laminated body 10 having the belt-shaped flexible substrate 2, the organic EL elements 3, and the sealing film 5, into a roll. The adhesive layer in the uncured state is provided on a back surface of the sealing film 5 except for both end parts of the back surface of the sealing film 5, and after the step of winding the laminated body, the adhesive layer is cured by applying heat or light to the laminated body 10.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a top emission organic electroluminescence element which can be stably driven for a long time is provided. The method for manufacturing a top emission organic electroluminescence element includes: a step of forming an organic electroluminescence layer including an anode, an organic layer having two or more layers, and a cathode in this order, a glass-transition temperature Tg of formation materials of the organic layer being 120° C. or more; and a step of subjecting the organic electroluminescence layer to annealing treatment after the organic electroluminescence layer is formed, the annealing treatment being carried out in a temperature range of 75° C. or more and (Tg?20)° C. or less, wherein the Tg denoted in the temperature range where the annealing treatment is carried out indicates a lowest glass-transition temperature among the glass transition temperatures of the formation materials of the organic layer.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence panel is produced using a roll-to-roll method. The method includes an element forming step of forming an organic electroluminescence element on a flexible substrate, a protective layer forming step of forming a protective layer on the organic electroluminescence element, and a sealing step of bonding a sealing film onto the protective layer, wherein the element forming step, the protective layer forming step and the sealing step are carried out successively in a vacuum chamber without winding the substrate in the form of a roll. By using such the production method, an organic electroluminescence panel having excellent durability can be produced.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an organic EL device which suppresses a deterioration in the light emission properties. In this method, while first and second electrode layers are prevented from being in contact with each other, an organic layer is allowed to protrude from the first electrode layer toward at least both outer sides in the longitudinal direction of a substrate. Further, the second electrode layer is allowed to protrude from the organic layer toward at least both outer sides in the longitudinal direction. Thereby, the first electrode layer, the organic layer, and the second electrode layer are formed so that both end edges of the organic layer in a longitudinal direction of the substrate are covered by both end sides of the second electrode layer in the longitudinal direction, on at least both outer sides of the light emitting part in the longitudinal direction.