Abstract: Provided is a nozzle sheet manufacturing method by which highly fine manufacture and low cost are achieved. The method for manufacturing a nozzle sheet to be used for an inkjet head for an inkjet printer is provided with a step of forming a first resin sheet on a patterned liquid repellent film on a first dummy substrate, a step of forming a first nozzle which penetrates the first resin sheet, and a step of peeling the first dummy substrate.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes at least two living-body detecting units, a imaging unit, and a drive unit. The living-body detecting units are provided at a imaging position where a part of a living body is laid, in conformity with the shape of the part of the living body. The imaging unit images the part of the living body, which is laid at the imaging position. The drive unit drives the imaging unit when all of the at least two living-body detecting units detect the living body.

Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus including a reference electrode; a signal electrode which electrostatically couples to a communication medium; a measurement unit for measuring an impedance of a circuit system including between the reference electrode and the signal electrode; and a transmission processing unit for creating a potential difference between the signal electrode and the reference electrode based on a transmission power corresponding to the impedance of the circuit system measured by the measurement unit, and transmitting a signal to another communication apparatus electrostatically coupled to the communication medium.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an antenna configured to generate a magnetic field corresponding to a signal of a first communication method; and a communication unit configured to perform communication via a communication medium by transmitting/receiving a signal of a second communication method by using a potential difference between the communication unit and a predetermined reference point, the communication unit including a transparent conductive film. The antenna and the communication unit are integrated with each other.

Abstract: An information processing terminal is disclosed that is allowed to carry out contactless data transmission or reception with a reading or writing device by use of a magnetic field. The information processing terminal includes a data transmitter or receiver, a signal processor, and a load modulator. The data transmitter or receiver is configured to generate an induced voltage from a magnetic field generated from the reading or writing device at the time of data reception, and send a transmission signal to the read/write reading or writing device at the time of data transmission. The signal processor is configured to generate a response signal based on the induced voltage. The load modulator controls a variable resistance based on the induced voltage and carries out load modulation relating to the transmission signal based on the response signal and the variable resistance.

Abstract: Provided is a nozzle sheet manufacturing method by which highly fine manufacture and low cost are achieved. The method for manufacturing a nozzle sheet to be used for an inkjet head for an inkjet printer is provided with a step of forming a first resin sheet on a patterned liquid repellent film on a first dummy substrate, a step of forming a first nozzle which penetrates the first resin sheet, and a step of peeling the first dummy substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor integrated circuit and a wireless communication apparatus that can be reduced in size without deteriorating a receiving sensitivity and a transmission efficiency. Communication with an external reader/writer and an external non-contact IC card is carried out through a common antenna 211. The signal received from the external reader/writer or the external non-contact IC card through the antenna is supplied to an ASK demodulation circuit 149 and demodulated. The signal received from the external reader/writer is full-wave rectified and smoothed by an full-wave rectification and smoothing circuit composed of diodes 231, 232 and a capacitor 233, and the power obtained from the full-wave rectified and smoothed signal is supplied to respective units of a semiconductor integrated circuit 101. The present invention can be applied to a mobile phone.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing terminal that has a plurality of data communication portions that receive data from a read/write unit by a non-contact method. The information processing terminal includes a data processing portion that selects and processes one of the data received by a first data communication portion that is one of the plurality of data communication portions and the data received by a second data communication portion that is one of the plurality of data communication portions. The information processing terminal also includes a load modulation portion that performs a load modulation with respect to a response to the read/write unit according to the data processing in the data processing portion.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing terminal that has a plurality of data communication portions that receive data from a read/write unit by a non-contact method. The information processing terminal includes a data processing portion that selects and processes one of the data received by a first data communication portion that is one of the plurality of data communication portions and the data received by a second data communication portion that is one of the plurality of data communication portions. The information processing terminal also includes a load modulation portion that performs a load modulation with respect to a response to the read/write unit according to the data processing in the data processing portion.

Abstract: There is provided a communication apparatus includes a soft decision data detection section which detects soft decision data from a received digitally modulated signal; an indicator calculation section which calculates an indicator indicating a degree of variation in the soft decision data detected by the soft decision data detection section; and a packet length control section which controls a packet length in accordance with the indicator calculated by the indicator calculation section.

Abstract: An electromagnetic induction type processing apparatus includes a coil and a functional device. The coil is configured to generate electromotive force from a magnetic field supplied from the outside. The functional device is configured to operate with the electromotive force and containing conductive substance having a conductivity with which eddy current to be generated in the conductive substance by the magnetic field supplied from the outside is suppressed such that the lowest electromotive force for operation of the functional device is assured regardless of a magnetic field generated by the eddy current and acting in the opposite direction to that of the magnetic field supplied from the outside.

Abstract: A positive resist composition comprises: (A) a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation; and (B) a resin that has an acid-decomposable repeating unit represented by formula (I?), has a dispersity of 1.5 or less and increases its solubility in an alkali developer by action of an acid, wherein Xa1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cyano group or a halogen atom; Ry1 to Ry3 each independently represents an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group, and at least two members out of Ry1 to Ry3 may combine to form a ring structure; and Z represents a divalent linking group.

Abstract: A positive resist composition comprising: a resin which increases solubility in an alkali developing solution by an action of an acid and comprises a repeating unit containing a lactone structure and a cyano group, a repeating unit containing a first group selected from groups represented by the formulae (pI) to (pV) as defined herein and a repeating unit containing a second group selected from groups represented by the formulae (pI) to (pV) as defined herein which is different from the first group; a compound which generates an acid upon irradiation of an actinic ray or a radiation; and a solvent.

Abstract: There is provided a transmission system, including a power supplying apparatus that includes an AC signal generation unit that generates an AC signal, a first resonance unit that has an induction component and/or a capacitance component and resonates the AC signal generated by the AC signal generation unit, and a power supplying electrode that externally radiates the resonated AC signal as a potential difference in an electrostatic field, and a power receiving apparatus that includes a power receiving electrode that generates an electric signal by sensing the potential difference in the electrostatic field, a second resonance unit that has an induction component and/or a capacitance component and resonates the electric signal generated by the power receiving electrode, and a rectification unit that rectifies the resonated electric signal.

Abstract: An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition and a pattern forming method using the composition are provided, the composition including (A) a resin containing a repeating unit having a group represented by formula (1) as defined in the specification, the resin being capable of increasing a solubility of the resin in an alkali developer by an action of an acid, and (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation; and a polymerizable compound represented by formula (M-1) as defined in the specification and a polymer compound obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable compound are provided.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an antenna configured to generate a magnetic field corresponding to a signal of a first communication method; and a communication unit configured to perform communication via a communication medium by transmitting/receiving a signal of a second communication method by using a potential difference between the communication unit and a predetermined reference point, the communication unit including a transparent conductive film. The antenna and the communication unit are integrated with each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor integrated circuit and a wireless communication apparatus that can be reduced in size without deteriorating a receiving sensitivity and a transmission efficiency. Communication with an external reader/writer and an external non-contact IC card is carried out through a common antenna 211. The signal received from the external reader/writer or the external non-contact IC card through the antenna is supplied to an ASK demodulation circuit 149 and demodulated. The signal received from the external reader/writer is full-wave rectified and smoothed by an full-wave rectification and smoothing circuit composed of diodes 231, 232 and a capacitor 233, and the power obtained from the full-wave rectified and smoothed signal is supplied to respective units of a semiconductor integrated circuit 101. The present invention can be applied to a mobile phone.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing terminal that has a plurality of data communication portions that receive data from a read/write unit by a non-contact method. The information processing terminal includes a data processing portion that selects and processes one of the data received by a first data communication portion that is one of the plurality of data communication portions and the data received by a second data communication portion that is one of the plurality of data communication portions. The information processing terminal also includes a load modulation portion that performs a load modulation with respect to a response to the read/write unit according to the data processing in the data processing portion.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes at least two living-body detecting units, a imaging unit, and a drive unit. The living-body detecting units are provided at a imaging position where a part of a living body is laid, in conformity with the shape of the part of the living body. The imaging unit images the part of the living body, which is laid at the imaging position. The drive unit drives the imaging unit when all of the at least two living-body detecting units detect the living body.

Abstract: An identification level control method and an optical receiver are disclosed to determine an optimal identification level in a simple structure without clock extraction. In the identification level control method, an identification level supplied to a limiter amplifier is changed from a lower bound to an upper bound thereof and is stored together with an output average of the limiter amplifier. Then, a first average and a second average are set based on the output average. A first identification level corresponding to the first average and a second identification level corresponding to the second average are obtained, and an optimal identification level is computed based on the first identification level and the second identification level, and is supplied to the limiter amplifier.