Abstract: Engine control device includes a delay unit which delays or cuts off a flow of current from a first current system, which directs current to a coil, to a second current system, which directs current to a starter motor. When a starter switch, which turns the flow of current from the power source to the first current system on or off, is turned on and electricity flows to the first current system, the delay unit delays the current flowing from the first current system to the second current system. When electricity flows to the first current system as a result of a controller having turned a first switch on, the delay unit cuts off the flow of electricity from the first current system to the second current system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nitrided steel member and manufacturing method thereof. the nitrided steel member including: an iron nitride compound layer formed on a surface of a steel member made of carbon steel for machine structural use or alloy steel for machine structural use, in which with regard to X-ray diffraction peak intensity IFe4N (111) of the (111) crystal plane of Fe4N and X-ray diffraction peak intensity IFe3N (111) of the (111) crystal plane of Fe3N obtained by measuring a surface of the nitrided steel member by X-ray diffraction, an intensity ratio represented by IFe4N(111)/{IFe4N (111)+IFe3N (111)} is 0.5 or more, and a thickness of the iron nitride compound layer is 2 to 17 ?m.

Abstract: There is provided a power supply circuit. A switching regulator is configured to drop a battery voltage to a first specific voltage. A series regulator includes a switching element and a capacitor connected at an output stage of the switching element. The series regulator is configured to drop the first specific voltage to a second specific voltage and output the second specific voltage. A control circuit is configured to adjust an amount of electric charge to be accumulated in the capacitor according to a voltage value of the first specific voltage.

Abstract: To provide an analysis device capable of quantitatively measuring the concentration of a substance without diluting a sample containing the substance to be analyzed, detection portions (5) that detect the substance in different concentration ranges are formed in a plurality of minute flow paths (2), respectively, and the concentration of the substance to be detected can be obtained within a calibration range in any one of the detection portions (5).

Abstract: A stop of a detection object clock is detected by inverting a signal level of an output signal of a level output unit at a count completion time at a counter unit operated by a detection clock and of which count value is changeable, and by determining whether or not a signal level change passes through a clock detection unit operated by the detection object clock by comparing signal levels of an output signal of a level output unit and an output signal of a clock detection unit.

Abstract: An idling stop device installed in a vehicle includes a microcomputer, a detector, a storage, and a controller. The microcomputer automatically stops an engine of the vehicle when a prescribed stopping condition is satisfied, and automatically activates a starter motor of the engine when a prescribed activating condition is satisfied. The detector detects whether a drive voltage of the microcomputer, which is obtained by dropping a voltage of a battery of the vehicle is less than a threshold value. The storage stores, irrespective of a state of the microcomputer, information indicating that the detector has detected that the drive voltage is less than the threshold value. The controller drops an increasing speed of a current for driving the starter motor when the microcomputer activates the stator motor under the condition that the information is stored in the storage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biosensor including a working electrode or working electrodes on which a reaction material or a bonding material is immobilized, where the reaction material is reactive with a target material so as to produce a product, and the bonding material is bondable with a target material; a counter electrode; and a reaction section for holding a sample liquid containing the target material, the working electrode and the counter electrode being provided on a bottom surface of the reaction section, and the working electrode occupying the bottom surface of the reaction section by a ratio of 0.7 or greater.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring substrate, includes obtaining a laminated body in which a first copper tin alloy layer and a copper layer are arranged in sequence on a first coupling agent layer, on a first insulating resin layer, forming a seed layer on the copper layer, forming a plating resist in which an opening portion is provided on the seed layer, forming a metal plating layer in the opening portion of the plating resist by applying an electroplating that utilizes the seed layer as a plating power feeding path, removing the plating resist, and forming a first wiring layer on the first coupling agent layer by etching the seed layer, the copper layer, and the first copper tin alloy layer while using the metal plating layer as a mask.

Abstract: An idling stop apparatus is provided which can prevent a voltage of a battery from being lowered even when a microcomputer is reset. In an idling stop apparatus when a reset condition is established, reset information indicating that the reset condition is established is stored in a latch circuit and a microcomputer disables an idling stop function when the reset information is stored. The reset information is stored in the latch circuit even when the microcomputer is being reset or even after the microcomputer is reset. Accordingly, the microcomputer after the reset can disable the idling stop function. As a result, it is possible to prevent the voltage of the battery from being lowered due to the idling stop function.

Abstract: Engine control device includes a delay unit which delays or cuts off a flow of current from a first current system, which directs current to a coil, to a second current system, which directs current to a starter motor. When a starter switch, which turns the flow of current from the power source to the first current system on or off, is turned on and electricity flows to the first current system, the delay unit delays the current flowing from the first current system to the second current system. When electricity flows to the first current system as a result of a controller having turned a first switch on, the delay unit cuts off the flow of electricity from the first current system to the second current system.

Abstract: A stop of a detection object clock is detected by inverting a signal level of an output signal of a level output unit at a count completion time at a counter unit operated by a detection clock and of which count value is changeable, and by determining whether or not a signal level change passes through a clock detection unit operated by the detection object clock by comparing signal levels of an output signal of a level output unit and an output signal of a clock detection unit.

Abstract: Reset request from external are held at a reset request holding unit having holding units connected in series; a reset switching unit performs a logical product operation of all of outputs of the holding units to set it as an asynchronous reset request, setting an output of the holding unit at a final stage of the holding units as a synchronous reset request, performing a logical product operation of the asynchronous reset request and the synchronous reset request, and outputs an operation result; the asynchronous reset request is masked in a synchronous reset mode; and a reset signal is output from a reset output unit based on the operation result at the reset switching unit.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for enhancing recombinant antibody production by co-expressing in a host cell a recombinant antibody and ERp23 protein, which facilitates oxidative folding and stability of the recombinant antibody thereby enhancing production.

Abstract: There is provided a novel target recognition molecule. The target recognition molecule has a specific reactivity, and can be densely self-assembled and immobilized reversibly or irreversibly at a predetermined site in a microfluidic device. And The target recognition molecule including: (1) a target recognition peptide segment having an amino acid sequence which specifically interacts with a target substance capable of causing an immune reaction; and (2) an electrostatically-charged segment which is provided with three or more electrostatically-charged functional groups capable of being electrically charged to the same polarity in the same solution.

Abstract: Provided a microdevice capable of performing analysis quickly and at a high level of sensitivity even when a minute amount of sample solution is used. The microdevice is equipped with a rotation board, a reaction field provided on the rotation board, and an introduction portion for introducing a solution into the reaction field. The microdevice is characterized in that the following angle is always 45 to 90°: an angle of a part of a wall surface of the reaction field where the centrifugal force has the greatest effect with respect to the direction of the centrifugal force generated when the rotation board is rotated.

Abstract: In order to realize an accurate electrochemical measurement without a peak caused due to a silver chloride complex ion, an electrochemical measurement electrode of the present invention which measures an electrochemical active substance in a sample solution containing a chloride ion includes (i) a working electrode, (ii) a reference electrode made of silver and silver chloride, and (iii) a silver ion capturing material which captures a silver ion out of a silver chloride complex ion generated in the reference electrode.

Abstract: A solar cell module is provided with a plurality of dye sensitized solar cells arranged on a plane and connected in series with an intercell region interposed therebetween. A first transparent substrate, a first transparent conductive film, a dye carrying oxide semiconductor layer, an electrolyte layer, a catalyst layer, a second transparent conductive film and a second transparent substrate are laminated. An insulating barrier seals cells on both sides thereof in fluid tightness and insulates them in the intercell region. An electrode connecting portion provided in a vertical central part of the insulating barrier connects an extended portion of the first transparent conductive film of one of the cells to that of a second transparent conductive film of the other cell, and the electrode connecting portion penetrates through at least one of the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate in the vertical direction and is thus exposed.

Abstract: A novel target recognition molecule is provided which has a electrostatic property whereby such target recognition molecules can be densely brought together in a self-assembly manner in a predetermined region of an analytical chip and, in addition, can be reversibly or irreversibly stably immobilized there. This target recognition molecule has a target recognition peptide segment as a specific binding site for a target substance, an electrostatically-charged segment which is provided with three or more electrostatically-charged functional groups capable of being electrically charged with charges of the same polarity in the same solution and which has no functional groups that become electrically charged to different polarities in the same solution, and a connecting segment which chemically links with the target recognition peptide segment and with the electrostatically-charged segment for establishing a connection between both the segments.

Abstract: A power supply control circuit is configured including a MOS-FET 61 connected between a DC power supply 10 and a load circuit 31 so that a body diode D300 formed between the drain and the source is in a forward direction; and a holding circuit 62 for maintaining the ON state of the MOS-FET 61 for a predetermined time when the power supply from the DC power supply 10 is stopped; where heat generation of the switching element by the surge voltage is suppressed when the surge voltage is generated to prevent breakdown of the switching element while preventing breakdown of internal circuits with respect to reverse connection of the power supply.

Abstract: A wireless communication device is provided. The wireless communication device executes digital processing for a received UWB signal with use of an A/D converter having an adequate sample rate and resolution, and thus can obtain precise reception timing information. Since the sample rate of an A/D converted output is high, a timing detection circuit is formed of two-stage matched filters. The former-stage chip matched filter calculates the correlation between an input signal and a template signal. When a correct transmission pulse signal has arrived, the chip matched filter outputs to a frame matched filter an indication as to the presence of a pulse and reception timing. The latter-stage frame matched filter calculates the correlation value between a received frame signal and a spreading code to thereby determine whether the received frame is correct or incorrect, and adequately changes a threshold value of the chip matched filter.