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20080213151 | Pr-Containing Scintillator Single Crystal, Method of Manufacturing the Same, Radiation Detector, and Inspection Apparatus - The present invention provides an oxide-base scintillator single crystal having an extremely large energy of light emission, adoptable to X-ray CT and radioactive ray transmission inspection apparatus, and more specifically to provide a Pr-containing, garnet-type oxide single crystal, a Pr-containing perovskite-type oxide single crystal, and a Pr-containing silicate oxide single crystal allowing detection therefrom light emission supposedly ascribable to 5d-4f transition of Pr. | 09-04-2008 |
20090092536 | CRYSTAL PRODUCTION PROCESS USING SUPERCRITICAL SOLVENT, CRYSTAL GROWTH APPARATUS, CRYSTAL AND DEVICE - To control the precipitation position of a crystal and increase the yield of the crystal by performing the crystal growth according to the solvothermal method while allowing a predetermined amount of a substance differing in the critical density from the solvent to be present in the reaction vessel; and to prevent mixing of an impurity into the crystal and improve the crystal purity. | 04-09-2009 |
20100104495 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR, CRYSTAL GROWTH RATE INCREASING AGENT, SINGLE CRYSTAL NITRIDE, WAFER AND DEVICE - A method for producing a nitride semiconductor, comprising controlling temperature and pressure in a autoclave containing a seed having a hexagonal crystal structure, a nitrogen element-containing solvent, a raw material substance containing a metal element of Group 13 of the Periodic Table, and a mineralizer so as to put said solvent into a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state and thereby ammonothermally grow a nitride semiconductor crystal on the surface of said seed, wherein the crystal growth rate in the m-axis direction on said seed is 1.5 times or more the crystal growth rate in the c-axis direction on said seed. By the method, a nitride semiconductor having a large-diameter C plane or a nitride semiconductor thick in the m-axis direction can be efficiently and simply produced. | 04-29-2010 |
20130003779 | WIRELESS MEASURING APPARATUS AND WIRELESS TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - There is provided a wireless measuring apparatus that efficiently measures the frequency characteristics of a sensor unit mounted on an object to be measured. The wireless measuring apparatus is a wireless measuring apparatus that measures the frequency characteristics of a sensor unit ( | 01-03-2013 |
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20090165702 | SELF-COATED SINGLE CRYSTAL, AND PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND PROCESS THEREFOR - It is an object of the present invention to provide a self-coated single crystal that without any special step conducted after crystal growth, has its circumference coated with a layer of different properties. A self-coated single crystal according to the present invention is characterized in that in operations comprising melting crystal materials for a core and a clad in a single crucible and carrying out growth of a single crystal through a pulling up method or a pulling down method, a grown single crystal in an as-growth condition has its circumference self-coated with a clad whose refractive index is lower than that of the core. | 07-02-2009 |
20110000423 | Method for producing fluoride crystal - Provided is an apparatus capable of producing a fluoride crystal in a very short period of time, and a method suitable for producing a fluoride crystal using the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a chamber, a window material, and the like, and is modified such that it can evacuate air from the chamber to provide a high degree vacuum there. The apparatus further includes a crucible, which has a perforation at its bottom. The capillary portion of the perforation is adjusted to facilitate the contact of a seed crystal with a melt. By using the apparatus it is possible to stably produce high quality single crystals of fluorides in a short period of time. | 01-06-2011 |
20120057222 | SINGLE CRYSTAL OF MAGNESIUM FLUORIDE, OPTICAL MEMBER AND OPTICAL ELEMENT COMPRISING THE SAME - A single crystal of magnesium fluoride having a large diameter and excellent optical properties such as internal transmittance and long term laser durability, and suited for use as optical elements for exposing apparatus. The single crystal of magnesium fluoride is of a cylindrical shape having a straight body portion of a diameter of not smaller than 10 cm, has an internal transmittance of at least 85%/cm at 120 nm and at least 98%/cm at 193 nm and has, desirably, an induced absorption of not larger than 0.0030 absorption/cm at 255 nm and, particularly desirably, not larger than 0.0010 absorption/cm. at 255 nm immediately after the irradiation with 2 million shorts of an ArF excimer laser of an energy density of 30 mJ/cm | 03-08-2012 |
20130087739 | SCINTILLATOR MATERIAL AND SCINTILLATION DETECTOR - A scintillator material is made of a zinc-oxide single crystal grown on a +C surface or a −C surface of a plate-shaped seed crystal of zinc oxide including a C surface as a main surface. The zinc-oxide single crystal contains In and Li. In response to an incident radiation, the scintillator material emits fluorescence of less than 20-ps fluorescence lifetime. | 04-11-2013 |
20140205840 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL AND AUTOCLAVE FOR USE IN THE METHOD - There is provided a novel method for producing a nitride single crystal with both a rapid crystal growth rate and high crystal quality, as well as a novel autoclave that can be used in the method. The invention provides a method for producing a Ga-containing nitride single crystal by an ammonothermal method, comprising introducing at least a starting material, an acidic mineralizer and ammonia into an autoclave, and then growing a Ga-containing nitride single crystal under conditions wherein the temperature (T1) at the single crystal growth site is 600° C. to 850° C., the temperature (T1) at the single crystal growth site and the temperature (T2) at the starting material feeder site are in the relationship T1>T2, and the pressure in the autoclave is 40 MPa to 250 MPa, as well as an autoclave that can be used in the method. | 07-24-2014 |
20150104375 | STARTING MATERIAL ALUMINA FOR PRODUCTION OF SAPPHIRE SINGLE CRYSTAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAPPHIRE SINGLE CRYSTAL - Disclosed is an alumina raw material for the production of a sapphire single crystal, which contains at least one element X selected from the group consisting of elements (1) to (3) shown below, wherein the concentration of the element X is 10 ppm or more and 1,000 ppm or less expressed in terms of atoms, and each concentration of silicon (Si), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge) and tin (Sn) is 10 ppm or less expressed in terms of atoms. | 04-16-2015 |
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20100163571 | Paper sheet storing and feeding unit - The present invention is to provide a banknote storing and feeding unit | 07-01-2010 |
20100213661 | PAPER SHEET DIVERTER, PAPER SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PAPER SHEET DIVERTING METHOD - Provided is a diverter | 08-26-2010 |
20120024659 | MONEY HANDLING APPARATUS - A banknote handling apparatus includes at least a depositing and dispensing unit that performs depositing and dispensing of banknotes, a storage and feed unit that stores or feeds the banknotes, and a storage unit that stores therein the banknotes. Unlocking conditions of a locking mechanism included in the storage and feed unit can be set different from that of a locking mechanism included in the storage unit. With this structure, three or more different concerned parties can handle a part allowed to the party concerned. | 02-02-2012 |
20120305362 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND BANKNOTE HANDLING METHOD - A banknote handling apparatus that performs a depositing handling or a depositing/dispensing handling by transporting banknotes along a transport path includes a recognizing unit that recognizes an inserted banknotes; a deposit acceptability judging unit that determines, based on a recognition result obtained by the recognizing unit, whether the banknotes is acceptable for deposit; a reject reason identifying unit that identifies a reject reason of rejected banknotes that is determined to be unacceptable for deposit by the deposit acceptability judging unit; and a dispensing handling unit that sorts and dispenses the rejected banknotes based on the reject cause identified by the reject cause identifying unit. | 12-06-2012 |
20140238815 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND BANKNOTE HANDLING METHOD - A banknote handling apparatus that performs a depositing handling or a depositing/dispensing handling by transporting banknotes along a transport path includes a recognizing unit that recognizes an inserted banknotes; a deposit acceptability judging unit that determines, based on a recognition result obtained by the recognizing unit, whether the banknotes is acceptable for deposit; a reject reason identifying unit that identifies a reject reason of rejected banknotes that is determined to be unacceptable for deposit by the deposit acceptability judging unit; and a dispensing handling unit that sorts and dispenses the rejected banknotes based on the reject cause identified by the reject cause identifying unit. | 08-28-2014 |
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20140140103 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A switching power supply is provided including a transformer that transforms an AC voltage converted by a bridge circuit, and outputs the transformed voltage from a center tap between secondary coils, and two second switches that respectively cause both ends of the secondary coils to be brought in contact with and be separated from a fixed electrical potential. By the second switches being switched on/off, the switching power supply outputs the rectified DC voltage from the center tap. The switching power supply further includes two diodes connected to the both ends of the secondary coils, and cause the currents to flow from the both ends, a capacitor that stores the currents caused to flow, and a third switch that is connected between the capacitor and the center tap, in which, by the third switch being turned on, the capacitor is discharged to the smoothing circuit. | 05-22-2014 |
20140321065 | DC-DC CONVERTER - A DC-DC converter is provided with a transformer provided with a primary coil and a secondary coil; switching elements connected to the primary coil for switching the flow of electrical current to the primary coil; rectifying elements connected to the secondary coil; a case having a first accommodating portion in which the transformer is accommodated and a second accommodating portion in which the switching elements and the rectifying elements are accommodated; and a metal heat sink mounted on the case, the metal heat sink being thermally connected to the switching elements and the rectifying elements and having a radiator portion exposed on the outer surface of the case. | 10-30-2014 |
20150084580 | POWER-SUPPLY DEVICE - Disclosed is a power-supply device configured to supply an operating voltage from an external battery to a control circuit via a voltage terminal. The power-supply device is also configured to supply an operating voltage from an output terminal to a driving circuit of the power-supply device via a switch. The control circuit that has received the operating voltage compares the voltage of the output terminal with a predetermined voltage, and makes a determination. If the voltage of the output terminal is not higher than the predetermined voltage, a predetermined notification is sent outside the power-supply device. | 03-26-2015 |