Abstract: An apparatus for storing a thin film device, the apparatus including: a thin film device 3 having an insulating thin film containing Si and having a thickness of 100 nm or less; a solution in contact with the thin film; and a container having a tank that seals the solution, wherein the solution is a solution that satisfies any of the following conditions (1) to (3). (1) A solution containing water in a volume ratio of 0% or more to 30% or less (2) A solution cooled and maintained at a temperature equal to or higher than a solidification point and lower than 15° C. (3) A solution that contains a salt with a concentration of 1 mol/L or more and a saturation concentration or less and is cooled and maintained to a temperature equal to or higher than a solidification point and lower than 25° C.

Abstract: A configuration of a time and space-resolved infrared spectroscopic analysis which can be integrated onto a chip is provided. An infrared analysis system includes a light source having a nanocarbon material as a luminescent material, and a photodetector configured to detect an infrared light emitted from the light source and transmitted through or reflected from a sample, wherein the nanocarbon material is provided on a surface of a substrate and configured to output a surface-emitted light.

Abstract: There is provided an optical waveguide that performs propagation only in a reference mode at a first wavelength. Communication is performed using light of a second wavelength that enables the optical waveguide to perform propagation in at least a first order mode in addition to the reference mode. When light entering the optical waveguide deviates with respect to an optical axis or deviates angularly, propagation is performed in at least the first order mode in addition to the reference mode, the first order mode being generated due to the deviation with respect to the optical axis or the angular deviation. This results in a reduction in a loss of coupling of optical power. This makes it possible to relax the accuracy with respect to a deviation with respect to an optical axis or an angular deviation, and thus to reduce costs.

Abstract: A battery manufacturing method includes forming a unit cell having a positive electrode that is obtained by a positive electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode that is obtained by a negative electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a negative electrode current collector, and a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes. Heat sealing a seal part that is disposed at an outer peripheral portion of the unit cell. Cooling the outer peripheral portion of the unit cell by using a cooling medium after carrying out the heat sealing of the seal part. The method is performed such that the positive electrode and the negative electrode are formed without an application film being subjected to a drying process performed through heating.

Abstract: A toner cartridge includes a first chamber configured to accommodate toner and a second chamber provided with an opening that is configured to discharge the toner. A feeding portion is configured to feed the toner from the first chamber toward the second chamber. An air flow generating portion is configured to generate an air flow and blow the air flow into the second chamber to thereby discharge the toner to outside of the cartridge through the opening. A rotatable coupling including a projection is configured to receive a rotational force from outside of the cartridge, the rotatable coupling being operatively connected to the feeding portion and the air flow generating portion so as to drive the feeding portion and the air flow generating portion with rotation of the rotatable coupling.

Abstract: An imaging device including: a first pixel and a second pixel that are arranged along a first direction, the first pixel and the second pixel each including a photoelectric converter that converts light into a charge, a charge accumulator that accumulates the charge, and a first transistor one of a source and a drain of which is connected to the charge accumulator; a first line and a second line that each extend along the first direction; first voltage supply circuitry that is connected to the first transistor of the first pixel through the first line; and second voltage supply circuitry that is connected to the first transistor of the second pixel through the second line.

Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte, which is able to adjust the morphology unavailable traditionally, or is readily adjusted so as to have a desired morphology, the sulfide solid electrolyte having a volume-based average particle diameter measured by laser diffraction particle size distribution measurement of 3 ?m or more and a specific surface area measured by the BET method of 20 m2/g or more; and a method of treating a sulfide solid electrolyte including the sulfide solid electrolyte being subjected to at least one mechanical treatment selected from disintegration and granulation.

Abstract: A control device includes a control unit and a communication unit. The control unit is configured to calculate a set value that is the set value of an air conditioner provided in the destination facility of a vehicle and is to be used by the occupants of the vehicle, based on information on the air conditioning environment in the vehicle and is configured to send the calculated set value of the air conditioner to a predetermined sending destination via the communication unit.

Abstract: A gate resistance adjustment device has a waveform input unit that inputs waveforms of a drain voltage or a collector voltage and a drain current or a collector current at least one of during which a switching device is turned on and during which the switching device is turned off, an extraction unit that extracts time required for at least one of turning on or off the switching device and a steady-state drain current or a steady-state collector current of the switching device based on the waveforms input by the waveform input unit, a calculator that calculates a gate resistance of the switching device based on the time and the steady-state drain current or the steady-state collector current that are extracted by the extraction unit, and a setting unit that sets a gate resistance calculated by the calculator in the switching device.

Abstract: A control unit determines whether a rapid acceleration pedal depression operation has been performed. The control unit determines whether a low impact collision has occurred. When it is determined that the rapid acceleration pedal depression operation has been performed and the low impact collision has occurred, the control unit executes a secondary collision damage mitigation control. Consequently, the secondary collision damage mitigation control can be appropriately executed even when a collision that does not cause an air bag to be inflated has occurred.

Abstract: Location data is obtained in which an arrival link from which a vehicle can enter a location serving as a destination and an arrival link direction are associated with the location, the arrival link direction indicating a direction in which the vehicle can enter upon entering the location from the arrival link. A cost related to the arrival link is corrected based on the obtained location data. A route to the destination is searched for, using the corrected cost related to the arrival link.

Abstract: A power amplifier circuit includes a lower transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal connected to ground, and a third terminal, wherein a first power supply voltage is supplied to the first terminal, and an input signal is supplied to the third terminal; a first capacitor; an upper transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal connected to the first terminal of the lower transistor via the first capacitor, and a third terminal, wherein a second power supply voltage is supplied to the first terminal, an amplified signal is outputted to an output terminal from the first terminal, and a driving voltage is supplied to the third terminal; a first inductor that connects the second terminal of the upper transistor to ground; a voltage regulator circuit; and at least one termination circuit that short-circuits an even-order harmonic or odd-order harmonic of the amplified signal to ground potential.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a nozzle inspection unit configured to inspect nozzle clogging of a nozzle, a discharged dot count unit configured to count a number of times a discharge signal is transmitted to the nozzle, a storage unit configured to store ink residual amount-related information containing an ink consumption amount for one dot, and an ink residual amount control unit configured to calculate an ink consumption amount based on the number of times the discharge signal is transmitted counted by the discharged dot count unit and the ink consumption amount for one dot, and to update the residual amount of the ink retained in the ink retaining unit. The printing apparatus removes the nozzle determined to be clogged by the inspection of the nozzle clogging by the nozzle inspection unit from the nozzles targeted for calculating the ink consumption amount.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a sheet binding apparatus capable of performing stable pressure-bonding binding processing. A sheet binding apparatus includes a moving means configured to move at least one of the first binding portion and the second binding portion to bring the first binding portion and the second binding portion into pressure contact with each other, and a plurality of peeling members configured to apply peeling force in a direction opposite to a pressure-bonding direction to peel off a bound portion of the sheets stuck to the surface when the first binding portion and the second binding portion are separated by the moving means after pressure-bonding binding processing is performed. Here, the peeling force is applied by the plurality of peeling members at different timings.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device capable of reducing wiring resistance by using a stripe wire. The semiconductor device includes: a source pad electrode formed on a second interlayer insulating layer; a plurality of source extraction electrodes extracted in a first direction from the source pad electrode; a drain pad electrode formed on the second interlayer insulating layer; and a plurality of drain extraction electrodes extracted in the first direction from the drain pad electrode. The source pad electrode and the plurality of source extraction electrodes are electrically connected to a plurality of source wires of stripe wire covered by the second interlayer insulating layer. The drain pad electrode and the plurality of drain extraction electrodes are electrically connected to a plurality of drain wires of the stripe wire. The plurality of drain extraction electrodes are engaged with the plurality of source extraction electrodes.

Abstract: An electrode manufacturing apparatus includes a film forming device that forms an electrode layer on a surface of a substrate. The film forming device includes a first roll that rotates, a second roll that is spaced apart from and opposed to the first roll and rotates in an opposite direction of the first roll, a third roll that is spaced apart from and opposed to the second roll and rotates in the opposite direction of the second roll, and a temperature adjusting unit that reduces a temperature difference between a central portion and an end portion in an axial direction of at least one roll of the first roll, the second roll, and the third roll.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first heat sink formed in contact with a back surface of a first semiconductor chip, and a second heat sink formed in contact with a back surface of a second semiconductor chip. The first heat sink is made of a material with larger thermal conductivity than that of the first semiconductor chip and has a heat dissipation surface exposed from the mold resin layer to the outside. The second heat sink is made of a material with larger thermal conductivity than that of the second semiconductor chip and has a heat dissipation surface exposed from the mold resin layer to the outside.

Abstract: A printer includes a curved path through which a medium is transported toward a line head, a transport roller pair provided in the curved path, pinching the medium by a driving roller and a driven roller at a pinching position, and transporting the medium, a gate portion having a contact surface configured to switch between a contact position located upstream of the pinching position in a transport direction in the curved path and a retreat position at which the contact surface does not contact with the medium, and a guide portion guiding a tip of the transported medium to the contact surface located at the contact position.

Abstract: An electronic structure includes a substrate having a first surface; a functional unit including a functional section that has an electronic function and a protective member that protects the functional section and having a second surface formed on the first surface’s side; and a support layer provided at a position to contact the first surface and having a third surface in contact with the second surface of the functional unit, area of the third surface being smaller than area of the second surface, wherein one of part of the functional unit forming the second surface of the protective member and part of the support layer forming the third surface contains organic material as its principal component and the other contains inorganic material as its principal component.