Abstract: Provided is an electronic component supply system determining the types of electronic components installed on component pallets at a time when the electronic components are installed on the component pallets for installation, which determines the types of the electronic components installed on the component pallets based on planned multiple jobs continuously performed by multiple electronic component mounting machines to which the component pallets are attached and an execution order for the jobs such that the number of the component pallets exchanged during job switching is minimized.

Abstract: A gas concentration detection device includes a pump cell, a sensor cell, a monitor cell, a sensor current detection unit detecting a current outputted by the sensor cell, a monitor current detection unit detecting a current outputted by the monitor cell, a voltage adjustment unit adjusting a pump cell voltage applied to the pump cell, and a sensitivity determination unit determining a gas sensitivity of at least one of the sensor cell or the monitor cell. The voltage adjustment unit changes the pump cell voltage from a target voltage into a detection voltage where the concentration of the residual oxygen supplied to the sensor cell and the monitor cell is increased. The sensitivity determination unit determines the gas sensitivity based on a detection current detected by at least one of the sensor current detection unit or the monitor current detection unit in accordance with the concentration of the residual oxygen.

Abstract: A managing method of an electronic component mounting system having a plurality of production lines, the method including: preferentially allocating a job group having the latest scheduled finish time among a plurality of job groups, to one of the plurality of production lines. The allocating includes (1) specifying the scheduled finish time with respect to all of the combinations between unallocated job groups among the plurality of job groups and the plurality of production lines, (2) specifying the earliest scheduled finish time from the scheduled finish time specified for each production line, and the production line thereof, with respect to each of the unallocated job groups, and (3) allocating the job group related to the latest scheduled finish time among the earliest scheduled finish time specified for each unallocated job group, to the production line thereof.

Abstract: A production plan creation computer, in a production plan creation process before starting production, creates or enters multiple production jobs required for producing the multiple types of component-mounted boards that are planned to be produced, and predicts or enters a production job that may become a jump-the-queue job to be produced unscheduled while one of the multiple production jobs is being produced. Next, the jump-the-queue job and the production jobs are grouped into multiple setup groups, with the jump-the-queue job being included in all the setup groups. Here, the jobs are grouped in each setup group such that it is possible to switch between the production jobs and the jump-the-queue job without performing changeover. The priorities of the jump-the-queue job and the production jobs are determined, and the feeder arrangement is optimized for each setup group based on the priorities of the jump-the-queue job and the production jobs.

Abstract: A NOx sensor includes a pump cell, a monitor cell, and a sensor cell, and the pump cell discharges an oxygen in an exhaust gas introduced into a chamber. The sensor cell outputs a detected signal depending on a concentration of a NOx according to a gas after the oxygen is discharged. A microcomputer of a sensor control circuit temporarily changes an amount of the oxygen discharged by the pump cell, and then calculates output change amounts ?Ip, ?Is, and ?Im of the cells. The microcomputer performs a correction of the concentration of the NOx detected by the sensor cell and a deterioration diagnosis of the sensor cell, based on the output change amounts ?Ip, ?Is, and ?Im of the cells. When the sensor cell current Is is smaller than the monitor cell current Im, the microcomputer determines that the NOx sensor has an abnormality.

Abstract: A heater control device for an exhaust gas sensor disposed in an exhaust gas passage of an internal combustion engine and including a sensor element having a plurality of cells, and a heater heating the sensor element includes: a heater power control unit configured to execute a temp rising control, in which an impedance of one cell to be measured, of the plurality of cells, is detected and a temperature of the sensor element is raised until the impedance of the one cell reaches a target impedance by setting a power control value of the heater as a heating power control value. The heater power control unit continues the temp rising control until an extension period elapses that is needed for the other cell other than the one cell to reach an activation temperature after the impedance of the one cell reaches the target impedance.

Abstract: A NOx sensor includes a pump cell, a monitor cell, and a sensor cell, and the pump cell discharges an oxygen in an exhaust gas introduced into a chamber. The sensor cell outputs a detected signal depending on a concentration of a NOx according to a gas after the oxygen is discharged. A microcomputer of a sensor control circuit temporarily changes an amount of the oxygen discharged by the pump cell, and then calculates output change amounts ?Ip, ?Is, and ?Im of the cells. The microcomputer performs a correction of the concentration of the NOx detected by the sensor cell and a deterioration diagnosis of the sensor cell, based on the output change amounts ?Ip, ?Is, and ?Im of the cells. When the sensor cell current Is is smaller than the monitor cell current Im, the microcomputer determines that the NOx sensor has an abnormality.

Abstract: The management computer sets a production job having the largest production volume to a production job having the Nth largest production volume of multiple production jobs to reference jobs of N groups respectively (S130), and determines arrangement positions of tape feeders on a pallet so that the production time required for processing the reference job is reduced based on the reference job (S140). In addition, the management computer performs grouping to allocate remaining production jobs excluding the reference job from the multiple production jobs to one of the N groups (S150) and determines arrangement positions of the tape feeders on the pallet based on the remaining production jobs (S160). Since a production job having a large production volume occupies a large proportion of the total production time required for processing the production jobs in the group, the total production time can be reduced by the production job.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic component supply system determining the types of electronic components installed on component pallets at a time when the electronic components are installed on the component pallets for installation, which determines the types of the electronic components installed on the component pallets based on planned multiple jobs continuously performed by multiple electronic component mounting machines to which the component pallets are attached and an execution order for the jobs such that the number of the component pallets exchanged during job switching is minimized.

Abstract: A gas concentration detection device includes a pump cell, a sensor cell, a monitor cell, a sensor current detection unit detecting a current outputted by the sensor cell, a monitor current detection unit detecting a current outputted by the monitor cell, a voltage adjustment unit adjusting a pump cell voltage applied to the pump cell, and a sensitivity determination unit determining a gas sensitivity of at least one of the sensor cell or the monitor cell. The voltage adjustment unit changes the pump cell voltage from a target voltage into a detection voltage where the concentration of the residual oxygen supplied to the sensor cell and the monitor cell is increased. The sensitivity determination unit determines the gas sensitivity based on a detection current detected by at least one of the sensor current detection unit or the monitor current detection unit in accordance with the concentration of the residual oxygen.

Abstract: An exhaust gas sensor includes a sensor element having a plurality of cells, and a heater heating the sensor element. A heater control device for the exhaust gas sensor includes a heater power control unit that performs an impedance control, in which an energization of the heater is controlled by detecting an impedance of one cell to be measured, of the plurality of cells, such that the impedance of the one cell agrees with a target impedance. The heater power control unit, in the impedance control, estimates a temperature of the other cell other than the one cell based on at least one parameter of an energization condition of the heater and an operating condition of the internal-combustion engine, and corrects the target impedance so that the temperature of the other cell becomes lower than or equal to a permissible upper limit temperature.

Abstract: A heater control device for an exhaust gas sensor disposed in an exhaust gas passage of an internal combustion engine and including a sensor element having a plurality of cells, and a heater heating the sensor element includes: a heater power control unit configured to execute a temp rising control, in which an impedance of one cell to be measured, of the plurality of cells, is detected and a temperature of the sensor element is raised until the impedance of the one cell reaches a target impedance by setting a power control value of the heater as a heating power control value. The heater power control unit continues the temp rising control until an extension period elapses that is needed for the other cell other than the one cell to reach an activation temperature after the impedance of the one cell reaches the target impedance.

Abstract: A NOx sensor includes a pump cell, a monitor cell, and a sensor cell, and the pump cell discharges an oxygen in an exhaust gas introduced into a chamber. The sensor cell outputs a detected signal depending on a concentration of a NOx according to a gas after the oxygen is discharged. A microcomputer of a sensor control circuit temporarily changes an amount of the oxygen discharged by the pump cell, and then calculates output change amounts ?Ip, ?Is, and ?Im of the cells. The microcomputer performs a correction of the concentration of the NOx detected by the sensor cell and a deterioration diagnosis of the sensor cell, based on the output change amounts ?Ip, ?Is, and ?Im of the cells. When the sensor cell current Is is smaller than the monitor cell current Im, the microcomputer determines that the NOx sensor has an abnormality.

Abstract: A managing method of an electronic component mounting system having a plurality of production lines, the method including: preferentially allocating a job group having the latest scheduled finish time among a plurality of job groups, to one of the plurality of production lines. The allocating includes (1) specifying the scheduled finish time with respect to all of the combinations between unallocated job groups among the plurality of job groups and the plurality of production lines, (2) specifying the earliest scheduled finish time from the scheduled finish time specified for each production line, and the production line thereof, with respect to each of the unallocated job groups, and (3) allocating the job group related to the latest scheduled finish time among the earliest scheduled finish time specified for each unallocated job group, to the production line thereof.

Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cell regions including a plurality of bit lines, a plurality of word lines intersecting the plurality of bit lines, and a first insulating film formed in a region between any two adjacent bit lines, a bit line contact region including bit line contacts connected to the plurality of bit lines, a first UV light shielding film covering at least a portion of the semiconductor substrate in the bit line contact region, an interlayer insulating film, and a second UV light shielding film covering the plurality of memory cell regions. The first UV light shielding film effectively reduces or blocks UV light generated during a fabrication step.

Abstract: The protection element of the present invention is constructed of a MOS capacitor composed of a semiconductor substrate, an insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate and a word line formed on the insulating film. A well region having a conductivity type opposite to that of the semiconductor substrate is formed in a portion of the semiconductor substrate constituting the MOS capacitor. If charge exceeding the breakdown voltage of the insulating film constituting the MOS capacitor is induced in the word line, the induced charge is released into either the semiconductor substrate or the well region depending on whether the induced charge is positive or negative.

Abstract: In an air-conditioning system for a vehicle, which has multiple heat sources (an evaporator and a heat accumulator), either one of the heat sources, for which the input energy amount for the unit cooling capacity is smaller than that for the other heat source, is preferentially used for performing the cooling operation, an energy amount for the air-conditioning operation can be reduced.

Abstract: A carbon-based combustion catalyst is obtained by calcining sodalite at a temperature of 600° C. or more. Alternatively, a carbon-based combustion catalyst is obtained by performing the following mixing step, drying step, and calcination step. In the mixing step, aluminosilicate (sodalite), and an alkali metal source, and/or an alkaline earth metal source are mixed in water to obtain a liquid mixture. In the drying step, the liquid mixture is heated to evaporate the water, thereby obtaining a solid. In the calcination step, the solid is calcined at a temperature of 600° C. or more so that a part or all of the sodalite structure is changed. The thus-obtained catalyst can cause carbon-based material to be stably burned and removed at a low temperature for a long time.

Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cell regions including a plurality of bit lines, a plurality of word lines intersecting the plurality of bit lines, and a first insulating film formed in a region between any two adjacent bit lines, a bit line contact region including bit line contacts connected to the plurality of bit lines, a first UV light shielding film covering at least a portion of the semiconductor substrate in the bit line contact region, an interlayer insulating film, and a second UV light shielding film covering the plurality of memory cell regions. The first UV light shielding film effectively reduces or blocks UV light generated during a fabrication step.

Abstract: A power supply control apparatus for controlling an electric generator of a vehicle limits the rate of change of a power supply voltage to a predetermined variation rate range, when the change is caused by operations to control the charge condition of the vehicle battery, and controls the generated power to match the drive torque applied by the engine to the generator. When the electrical load demand changes, the generated power is controlled to limit a resultant momentary change in the power supply voltage caused by an engine response delay, while minimizing a resultant momentary amount of engine speed variation.