Abstract: A backup power supply device includes: a storage battery charged with power from an external power supply; charge switches for charging the storage batter; discharge switches that are made from a field-effect transistor and that discharge the storage battery to a load device; a control unit for controlling the charge switches and the discharge switches; and a discharge suppression section connected in series to the discharge switches. The discharge suppression section suppresses leakage of current from the storage battery only when the control unit charges the storage battery, and the battery voltage exceeds an input voltage and the difference voltage between the battery voltage and the input voltage is less than a prescribed value.

Abstract: Provided is an engine control device for controlling an opening degree of a valve adjusting a flow rate of an air-fuel mixture of an engine, wherein the opening degree is corrected based on an exhaust temperature deviation which is a deviation between a reference value and a current value of an exhaust temperature when controlling the opening degree.

Abstract: A waterproof structure of a door latch device, in which one end part of a cable is connected to an input lever including one end part projecting toward outside of a case, includes a cover including: a cover main body having a box shape with a cover opening, the cover main body being configured to house the one end part of the input lever and the one end part of the cable via the cover opening when the cover main body abuts on the case; and a cover supporting body extending from the cover main body. The cover is attached to the case via the cover supporting body in a state in which the cover main body is movable between a closed position at which the cover main body abuts on the case and an opened position at which the cover main body is separated from the case.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes an internal combustion engine main body including a plurality of cylinders, a knock sensor provided on each of the plurality of cylinders, a control board including an amplification circuit, and a plurality of cables differing in length and each connecting the knock sensor and the control board. The amplification circuit includes, for each of the plurality of cables, a first charge amplifier connected to a first output terminal of the knock sensor via one of the plurality of cables, a second charge amplifier connected to a second output terminal of the knock sensor via one of the plurality of cables, and a differential amplifier configured to take an output of the first charge amplifier and an output of the second charge amplifier as input.

Abstract: A waterproof structure of a door latch device, in which one end part of a cable is connected to an input lever including one end part projecting toward outside of a case, includes a cover including: a cover main body having a box shape with a cover opening, the cover main body being configured to house the one end part of the input lever and the one end part of the cable via the cover opening when the cover main body abuts on the case; and a cover supporting body extending from the cover main body. The cover is attached to the case via the cover supporting body in a state in which the cover main body is movable between a closed position at which the cover main body abuts on the case and an opened position at which the cover main body is separated from the case.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes an internal combustion engine main body including a plurality of cylinders, a knock sensor provided on each of the plurality of cylinders, a control board including an amplification circuit, and a plurality of cables differing in length and each connecting the knock sensor and the control board. The amplification circuit includes, for each of the plurality of cables, a first charge amplifier connected to a first output terminal of the knock sensor via one of the plurality of cables, a second charge amplifier connected to a second output terminal of the knock sensor via one of the plurality of cables, and a differential amplifier configured to take an output of the first charge amplifier and an output of the second charge amplifier as input.

Abstract: An opening and closing device includes an upper arm and a lower arm spaced apart in an up-and-down direction and extend between a vehicle door and a vehicle body, a connecting member connecting first end portions of the upper and lower arms, a body-side upper hinge and a body-side lower hinge attached to the vehicle body supporting the connecting member rotatably, a door-side upper hinge attached to the vehicle door to support a second end portion of the upper arm rotatably, a door-side lower hinge attached to the vehicle door to support a second end portion of the lower arm rotatably, and a driving device causing the upper and lower arms to rotate about a first and second rotational axes, and the driving device is attached to the connecting member.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an image sensor comprises: forming a trench around a photodiode, wherein the photodiode comprises a first doped region with a first conductivity type dopant formed in a semiconductor substrate with a second conductivity type dopant; forming a covering portion in the trench, the covering portion with the second conductivity type dopant covering at least a portion of a sidewall or a bottom wall of the trench, wherein a doping concentration of the covering portion is higher than a doping concentration of the semiconductor substrate; and diffusing the second conductivity type dopant in the covering portion into the semiconductor substrate so as to form a second doped region with the second conductivity type dopant surrounding the at least a portion of the sidewall or the bottom wall of the trench.

Abstract: A backside-illumination complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, comprises a semiconductor substrate including a first side for receiving incident light and a second side opposite to the first side; and a reflector disposed at the second side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the reflector is configured to reflect incident light that transmits through the semiconductor substrate back into the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: An opening and closing device includes an upper arm and a lower arm spaced apart in an up-and-down direction and extend between a vehicle door and a vehicle body, a connecting member connecting first end portions of the upper and lower arms, a body-side upper hinge and a body-side lower hinge attached to the vehicle body supporting the connecting member rotatably, a door-side upper hinge attached to the vehicle door to support a second end portion of the upper arm rotatably, a door-side lower hinge attached to the vehicle door to support a second end portion of the lower arm rotatably, and a driving device causing the upper and lower arms to rotate about a first and second rotational axes, and the driving device is attached to the connecting member.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an image sensor comprises: forming a trench around a photodiode, wherein the photodiode comprises a first doped region with a first conductivity type dopant formed in a semiconductor substrate with a second conductivity type dopant; forming a covering portion in the trench, the covering portion with the second conductivity type dopant covering at least a portion of a sidewall or a bottom wall of the trench, wherein a doping concentration of the covering portion is higher than a doping concentration of the semiconductor substrate; and diffusing the second conductivity type dopant in the covering portion into the semiconductor substrate so as to form a second doped region with the second conductivity type dopant surrounding the at least a portion of the sidewall or the bottom wall of the trench.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a substrate, the substrate including a trench structure component and active regions separated by the trench structure component, wherein, the trench structure component has a trench and a first region and a second region located in the trench, the second region at least encloses a bottom surface and a side surface of the first region, the first region is made of a conductive material, and the second region is made of an insulating material.

Abstract: In one or more exemplary embodiments, an image sensor comprises: a logic region, comprising a plurality of transistors; and a pixel region, comprising a plurality of pixel transistors; wherein a gate dielectric layer of a first pixel transistor in the plurality of pixel transistors is thinner than a gate dielectric layer of a first transistor in the plurality of transistors.

Abstract: A door operator opens and closes a side door supported on a side of a vehicle body through a hinge, and includes: a drive unit arranged in an inner space of the side door; and a link mechanism configured to connect an output shaft of the drive unit and the vehicle body. The link mechanism includes a driving arm extending radially from the output shaft of the drive unit, and a driven arm turnably connected to the vehicle body. The link mechanism is configured to open and close the side door with respect to the vehicle body through the driving arm and the driven arm when the drive unit is driven, and the driven arm and the driving arm are connected to each other while allowing for a change in distance from a relative pivot core to a shaft core of the output shaft.

Abstract: A backside-illumination complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, comprises a semiconductor substrate including a first side for receiving incident light and a second side opposite to the first side; and a reflector disposed at the second side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the reflector is configured to reflect incident light that transmits through the semiconductor substrate back into the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A money processing device includes at least one money container that contains money; a controller operable to control a process on the money container; and a storage. The storage stores a condition for deciding which of a plurality of check processes to be performed, wherein the plurality of check processes include: a quick check process in which the money in the at least one money container is not counted when an event in which an amount of money held in the at least one money container may become indefinite has not occurred; and a general check process in which the money in the at least one money container is counted regardless of the presence or absence of an occurrence of the event. The controller executes one of the quick check process and the general check process based on the condition stored in the storage.

Abstract: A door operator opens and closes a side door supported on a side of a vehicle body through a hinge, and includes: a drive unit arranged in an inner space of the side door; and a link mechanism configured to connect an output shaft of the drive unit and the vehicle body. The link mechanism includes a driving arm extending radially from the output shaft of the drive unit, and a driven arm turnably connected to the vehicle body. The link mechanism is configured to open and close the side door with respect to the vehicle body through the driving arm and the driven arm when the drive unit is driven, and the driven arm and the driving arm are connected to each other while allowing for a change in distance from a relative pivot core to a shaft core of the output shaft.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a solid-state imaging device includes a trench forming process, a concave portion forming process, a coating process, and a burying process. In the trench forming process, a trench is formed at the position to isolate a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. In the concave portion forming process, a concave portion is formed at the position to form a light shielding film of shielding at least part of subject light incident on an adjustment photoelectric conversion element used for an image quality adjustment of an imaged image. In the coating process, inner circumferential surfaces of the trench and the concave portion are coated with an insulating film. In the burying process, a light shielding member is buried inside the trench and the concave portion whose inner circumferential surface are coated with the insulating film.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a laser heating treatment method includes forming a film having a higher melting point than a structural body provided on a substrate so as to cover the structural body, and heating the structural body by irradiating the film and the structural body with laser.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a solid-state imaging device includes a trench forming process, a concave portion forming process, a coating process, and a burying process. In the trench forming process, a trench is formed at the position to isolate a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. In the concave portion forming process, a concave portion is formed at the position to form a light shielding film of shielding at least part of subject light incident on an adjustment photoelectric conversion element used for an image quality adjustment of an imaged image. In the coating process, inner circumferential surfaces of the trench and the concave portion are coated with an insulating film. In the burying process, a light shielding member is buried inside the trench and the concave portion whose inner circumferential surface are coated with the insulating film.