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20090136236 | Optically Coupling Components Of A Transceiver - An apparatus comprises one or more electro-optical coupling modules. An electro-optical coupling module comprises a diode, a flexible optical coupling element, a reflective surface, and an optical fiber. The diode performs an electro-optical conversion on a signal. The flexible optical coupling element communicates the signal between the diode and the reflective surface. The reflective surface reflects the signal between the flexible optical coupling element and the optical fiber. | 05-28-2009 |
20130071063 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector includes: a holding member that holds an optical transmission line; a lens member that has a lens; a concavo-convex structure provided between the holding member and the lens member; and a moving member that moves the concavo-convex structure between a first state where a protrusion and a recess of the concavo-convex structure are engaged with each other and a second state where a gap is formed between the protrusion and the recess. | 03-21-2013 |
20140079354 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR - A method for producing an optical connector includes making only the core jut spherically from an end facet of an optical fiber by arc discharge, the optical fiber having a difference in index of refraction between a core and a clad at 1% to 3% by adding dopant that increases an index of refraction of the core and lowers a melting point of the core, and mounting the optical fiber processed by the arc discharge in a ferrule. | 03-20-2014 |
20140363129 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector includes an optical fiber, and a ferrule configured to hold the optical fiber, wherein the ferrule has a front part, a rear part, a deformable mechanism to connect between the front part and the rear part, and an opening to allow the optical fiber to bend along with displacement of the deformable mechanism, and wherein the deformable mechanism has a restrictor to restrict the displacement or deformation of the deformable mechanism, the restrictor being provided at least between the deformable mechanism and the front part or between the deformable mechanism and the rear part. | 12-11-2014 |
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20090061170 | ANISOTROPIC FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ANISOTROPIC FILM - An anisotropic film is disclosed in which a line-shaped nanostructure is disposed inside a resin film. Also disclosed is a method of producing an anisotropic film that includes: forming a metal nanostructure on a substrate, forming a resin film that embeds the metal nanostructure, and detaching the resin film from the substrate, wherein the step of forming the metal nanostructure on the substrate includes: at least, forming a coating film on the surface of a template provided on the substrate, the coating film including a metal layer formed by electroless plating; and removing a portion or all of the template while retaining a portion or all of the coating film, or removing a portion of the coating film. Also disclosed is an anisotropic film produced using the method of producing an anisotropic film. | 03-05-2009 |
20090087625 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURE, AND STRUCTURE - A method of producing a structure, including:
| 04-02-2009 |
20130210231 | METHOD OF FORMING CONTACT HOLE PATTERN - A method of forming a contact hole pattern, including: a block copolymer layer forming step in which a layer containing a block copolymer having a plurality of blocks bonded is formed on a substrate having on a surface thereof a thin film with a hole pattern formed, so as to cover the thin film; a phase separation step in which the layer containing the block copolymer is subjected to phase separation; a selective removing step in which phase of at least one block of the plurality of blocks constituting the block copolymer is removed, wherein hole diameter of the hole pattern formed on the thin film is 0.8 to 3.1 times period of the block copolymer, and in the layer forming step, thickness between upper face of the thin film and surface of the layer containing the block copolymer is 70% or less of thickness of the thin film. | 08-15-2013 |
20130313223 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE HAVING SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURE - A method for producing a substrate having a surface nanostructure, including a forming, on a substrate, a layer containing a block copolymer having a plurality of blocks bonded together, and subsequently heating this layer to cause phase separation of the layer; a decomposing at least a portion of the phase including at least one block of the plurality of blocks that constitute the block copolymer of this layer; and immersing the layer in a developing solution and selectively removing the phase containing the decomposed block(s), the developing solution containing, as the main component, an organic solvent having an SP value of 7.5 to 11.5 (cal/cm | 11-28-2013 |
20140054265 | METHOD OF FORMING FINE PATTERN, AND DEVELOPER - A method of forming a fine pattern, including: a phase separation step in which a layer containing a block copolymer having a plurality of blocks bonded is formed on a substrate, and then the layer is heated for phase separation of the layer; a decomposition step in which at least a portion of a phase of at least one block of the plurality of blocks constituting the block copolymer is decomposed; a selective removal step in which the layer is immersed in a developing solution to selectively remove a phase containing decomposed blocks to form a nano structure; and an etching step in which the substrate is subjected to etching by using the nano structure as a mask; and a main component of the developing solution is an organic solvent having an SP value of 7.5 to 11.5 (cal/cm | 02-27-2014 |
20140113236 | SOLVENT DEVELOPABLE NEGATIVE RESIST COMPOSITION, RESIST PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR FORMING PATTERN OF LAYER INCLUDING BLOCK COPOLYMER - A solvent developing negative-tone resist composition containing a base component (A) which exhibits increased polarity and reduced solubility in an organic solvent under action of an acid and an acid generator component (B) which generates an acid upon exposure, the component (A) including a resin component (A1) containing: a structural unit (a2) derived from an acrylate ester containing a 4- to 12-membered lactone-containing cyclic group, a 3- to 7-membered ether-containing cyclic group or a 5- to 7-membered carbonate-containing cyclic group; and a structural unit (a1) derived from an acrylate ester containing an acid decomposable group which exhibited increased polarity by the action of acid, and the acid generator component (B) including an acid generator (B1) containing a compound which generates a sulfonic acid upon exposure. | 04-24-2014 |
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20080203404 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In an optical semiconductor device that emits or receives light substantially perpendicularly to or in parallel to an active surface formed on a semiconductor substrate, the optical semiconductor device, an electrode that is formed on the active surface side and connected to the active surface is stepped or tapered at an end of the electrode. The electrode of the optical semiconductor device is formed of three layers including an adhesive layer, a diffusion prevention layer, and an Au layer, and the stepped configuration or the taped configuration is formed by a difference of the thickness of the Au layer or the thickness of the adhesive layer/diffusion prevention layer/Au layer. | 08-28-2008 |
20090065901 | Semiconductor Element and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A semiconductor element and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor element are provided. A ridge waveguide type semiconductor integrated element includes: an electrode of an EA portion and an electrode of an LD portion which are arranged so as to be away from each other; a contact layer of the EA portion and a contact layer of the LD portion which are arranged so as to be away from each other and in each of which the electrode is formed on an upper surface and an edge of at least a part of the upper surface is set to the same electric potential as that of the electrode; a passivation film as an insulative concave/convex structure extending from an edge of one of the two contact layers to an edge of the other contact layer; and a polyimide resin for embedding the passivation film. | 03-12-2009 |
20120008895 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSMITTER MODULE, OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT - Provided is a semiconductor optical device, which has a buried heterostructure structure and is formed in a structure capable of reducing a parasitic capacitance to further improve characteristics thereof, and also provided are an optical transmitter module, an optical transceiver module, and an optical transmission equipment. The semiconductor optical device includes a modulator portion for modulating light input along an emitting direction and radiating the modulated light, the modulator portion including: a mesa-stripe structure, which includes an active layer and extends in the emitting direction; and a buried layer provided adjacent to each side of the mesa-stripe structure, in which a distance between a lower surface of the buried layer and a lower surface of the active layer is 20% or more of a distance between the lower surface and an upper surface of the buried layer. | 01-12-2012 |
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20090130833 | INSULATING BUFFER FILM AND HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANT SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes: an n-transistor including a first gate insulating film made of a high-dielectric-constant material and a first gate electrode fully silicided with a metal, the first gate insulating film and the first gate electrode being formed in this order over a semiconductor region; and a p-transistor including a second gate insulating film made of the high-dielectric-constant material and a second gate electrode fully silicided with the metal, the second gate insulating film and the second gate electrode being formed in this order over the semiconductor region. If the metal has a work function larger than a Fermi level in potential energy of electrons of silicon, a metal concentration of the second gate electrode is higher than that of the first gate electrode whereas if the metal has a work function smaller than the Fermi level of silicon, a metal concentration of the second gate electrode is lower than that of the first gate electrode. | 05-21-2009 |
20090242983 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR USING A HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANT GATE INSULATING FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having an N-channel field effect transistor, the N-channel field effect transistor is formed by a process including the steps of forming a high dielectric constant gate insulating film on a substrate, forming a gate electrode on the high dielectric constant gate insulating film, forming an extension region by introducing N-type impurities into the substrate by using at least the gate electrode as a mask, and forming a pocket region by introducing P-type impurities under the extension region in the substrate by using at least the gate electrode as a mask. An amount of arsenic (As) that is introduced as the N-type impurities is in a range that is equal to or lower than a prescribed value that is determined based on a thickness of the high dielectric constant gate insulating film. | 10-01-2009 |
20110008954 | INSULATING BUFFER FILM AND HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANT SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes: an n-transistor including a first gate insulating film made of a high-dielectric-constant material and a first gate electrode fully silicided with a metal, the first gate insulating film and the first gate electrode being formed in this order over a semiconductor region; and a p-transistor including a second gate insulating film made of the high-dielectric-constant material and a second gate electrode fully silicided with the metal, the second gate insulating film and the second gate electrode being formed in this order over the semiconductor region. If the metal has a work function larger than a Fermi level in potential energy of electrons of silicon, a metal concentration of the second gate electrode is higher than that of the first gate electrode whereas if the metal has a work function smaller than the Fermi level of silicon, a metal concentration of the second gate electrode is lower than that of the first gate electrode. | 01-13-2011 |
20110230038 | PLASMA DOPING METHOD - Plasma doping is performed using a plasma made of a gas containing an impurity which will serve as a dopant. In this case, at least one of plasma generation high-frequency power and biasing high-frequency power is supplied in the form of pulses. | 09-22-2011 |
20120034750 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PLASMA DOPING APPARATUS - After a fin-semiconductor region ( | 02-09-2012 |
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20110019442 | POWER CONVERTER - The noise generated from a power converter is suppressed by increasing the noise frequency to a level not lower than the maximum frequency of the human audible range. To obtain the frequency of an output current harmonic component as a noise source which has exceeded the maximum frequency of the human audible range, it is adequate to determine that the frequency of a driving carrier wave for the individual converter cells in the power converter, in which the phases of the carrier wave for the converter cells are mutually shifted by a given value between the converter cells, meets the following equation. | 01-27-2011 |
20110019449 | POWER CONVERTER APPARATUS - A power converter apparatus having a configuration of a plurality of unit cells, including a DC capacitor and semiconductor devices, connected in cascade, includes a variable voltage source that is connected with a DC link, and a unit having a function that initially charges up the DC capacitor in the unit cell alone selected at a time of an initial charge. | 01-27-2011 |
20120026767 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A power conversion device connected with a three-phase power system through a transformer, including unit converters cascade-connected so that reactors are unnecessary, and volume and weight are reduced. The secondary winding of the transformer is an open winding having six terminals. A first converter group, includes a circuit which has three converter arms, which are star-connected, connected to three of the terminals of the secondary winding. A second converter group, having three different converter arms which are star-connected, is connected to three other terminals of the secondary winding. A neutral point (the point where the star connection is made) of the first converter group, and a neutral point of the second converter group are made to be the output terminals of the power conversion device. | 02-02-2012 |
20120113698 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - Disclosed is a power conversion device, wherein among the optical fiber cables used in control/communication, at least the majority of high-voltage optical fiber cables with a dielectric strength against the output voltages of a plurality of cells can be eliminated and thus a low-voltage optical fiber cable with a dielectric strength against the output voltage of one cell can be used. Furthermore, here, the length required for the optical fiber cable can be reduced. A controller of the power conversion device comprising a plurality of cascade-connected cells comprises a central controller, and a cell controller with the same potential as each cell, the cell controller being installed in the vicinity of each cell, wherein the central controller and each cell controller are daisy-chained using an optical fiber cable. | 05-10-2012 |
20130148392 | Power Conversion Device - A power conversion device includes at least two legs connected in parallel each of which includes at least two unit converters connected in series, wherein at least one of the legs is formed using at least two kinds of unit converters including a first type unit converter capable of outputting a unipolar voltage and a second type unit converter capable of outputting a bipolar voltage. | 06-13-2013 |
20130223115 | Power Conversion Device - A power conversion device includes: a plurality of cascade-connection type single-phase power converters; and a central control unit that controls the plurality of the single-phase power converters, wherein each of the plurality of single-phase power converters has a single-phase power converter control unit, and the central control unit and the plurality of the single-phase power converter control units are connected via a communication means having a daisy-chain configuration, wherein the single-phase power converter control unit transmits and receives a control signal via the communication means having the daisy-chain configuration, as well as a specific pattern signal, other than a control signal frame, which can be distinguished from the control signal frame, and determines a communication error due to not receiving the specific pattern signal at the single-phase power converter control unit, or an inconsistency between the received signal and the specific pattern signal. | 08-29-2013 |
20140016379 | Voltage Source Converter and Method for Controlling the Converter - A control apparatus for use with a voltage source converter includes legs each of which is configured by a plurality of converter modules each having capacitors. Each of the legs has a first terminal on a positive side and a second terminal on a negative side. The control apparatus is operative to create command pulses for operating the converter modules to operate the converter modules. The command pulses have a frequency that is a non-integral multiple of a frequency of a system voltage. The non-integral multiple is 3.5, for example. | 01-16-2014 |
20140078796 | Power Conversion Apparatus and Control Method Thereof - In the present invention, provided is a power conversion apparatus in which at least one energy storage element and at least one switching element are included, a plurality of series circuits of a transformer winding and an arm in which one or a plurality of at least two-terminal unit converters which depend on ON/OFF of the switching element and supply a zero voltage or a voltage depending on a voltage of the energy storage element are connected in series are connected in parallel, and a multi-phase power source or a multi-phase load is connected to another winding of the transformer, and the parallel-connection point is set as a DC terminal, and which includes means for controlling a current flowing through each of the arms to have a phase and amplitude different from each other. | 03-20-2014 |
20140169048 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A power conversion device is provided which includes a plurality of series circuits each formed of a voltage source and a controlled current source. At least two of said series circuits formed of the voltage source and the controlled current source are connected in parallel. Further, parallel connection points of the series circuits connected in parallel form output terminals. | 06-19-2014 |
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20080270430 | FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD, SUPPORT DEVICE THEREOF, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A file management system includes a management server and a support device. The support device checks whether or not a program file satisfies a check rule for each program file, and sending the program file satisfying the check rule to the management server. | 10-30-2008 |
20140038719 | SERVER DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM - A server device according to an embodiment is connected to a plurality of player terminals to communicate information with the player terminals. The server device includes: a storage unit configured to store game content information, the game content information being configured to have special numbers at a predetermined interval in serial number order; a providing unit configured to select the same number of pieces of game content as the number of the predetermined interval, and to provide the selected pieces of game content at a time; a provision notice information generating unit configured to generate provision notice information for notifying in advance of whether a piece of game content with a special number is to be provided; and an image data generating unit configured to generate image data for displaying a game screen on a display unit of the player terminal before providing the pieces of game content. | 02-06-2014 |
20140200082 | SERVER DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM - A server device according to an embodiment is connected to a plurality of player terminals to communicate information with the player terminals. The server device includes: a storage unit configured to store game content information, the game content information being configured to have special numbers at a predetermined interval in serial number order; a providing unit configured to select the same number of pieces of game content as the number of the predetermined interval, and to provide the selected pieces of game content at a time; a provision notice information generating unit configured to generate provision notice information for notifying in advance of whether a piece of game content with a special number is to be provided; and an image data generating unit configured to generate image data for displaying a game screen on a display unit of the player terminal before providing the pieces of game content. | 07-17-2014 |
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20090050394 | Pedestrian protecting apparatus for vehicle - A pedestrian protecting apparatus is provided with a pedestrian protecting unit which is mounted at a hood of a vehicle to protect a pedestrian in a collision with the vehicle, a detecting unit for measuring an inclination angle of the obstacle entering a predetermined region at an upper side of the hood, a pedestrian collision determining unit for determining the collision between the vehicle and the pedestrian based on the measured inclination angle of the obstacle, and a control unit. In the case where the measured inclination angle of the obstacle varies with the time elapse so that the obstacle inclines to the side of the hood, the pedestrian collision determining unit determines that there occurs the collision between the vehicle and the pedestrian. Thus, the control unit actuates the pedestrian protecting unit. | 02-26-2009 |
20140375446 | ACCIDENT REPORT SYSTEM - An accident report system for a vehicle includes an accident detection section to detect an accident; an information collection section to collect information; and an information report section to report the collected information to an external agency when the accident is detected. The information collection section differentiates the collected information before and after the detection of the accident such that (i) an accident cause data is collected before the detection of the accident to confirm an exterior outside of the vehicle and (ii) an accident damage data is collected after the detection of the accident to confirm an interior inside of the vehicle. The collection and report of the accident cause data and accident damage data permits the external agency to recognize states of the vehicle or states of an occupant of the vehicle before and after the detection of the accident. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379201 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VEHICULAR SELF-DIAGNOSIS - A vehicular self-diagnosis apparatus in a vehicle diagnoses whether a sensor serving as an accessory in the vehicle exhibits an anomaly. The apparatus includes a state recording section and a determination recording section. The state recording section records sensor information of the sensor. The determination recording section determines a normal state, a failed state, or a non-normal state, whichever the sensor exhibits based on the sensor information, and records the determined state. This reduces useless inspection or repair of the sensor having exhibited the non-normal state that is enabled to return to the normal state. | 12-25-2014 |
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20100151629 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A wiring circuit layer | 06-17-2010 |
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20120171359 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An organic EL device manufacturing method includes a step of supplying a substrate, and while moving the substrate with a non-electrode-layer side thereof in contact with a surface of a can roller, the non-electrode-layer provided with no electrode layer, discharging a material from a nozzle of a vapor deposition source to form an organic layer on an electrode-layer side of the substrate, the electrode-layer side provided with an electrode layer. The vapor deposition step includes supplying a shadow mask including an opening portion to interpose the shadow mask between the substrate contacting the can roller, and the nozzle; and forming the organic layer corresponding to the opening portion on the electrode-layer side of the substrate while moving the substrate and the shadow mask with through holes included at each of the substrate and the shadow mask engaged with projections included in the can roller. | 07-05-2012 |
20120286652 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL DEVICE, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR ORGANIC EL DEVICE, AND ORGANIC EL DEVICE - A method for manufacturing an organic EL device, including: while supplying a strip-shaped substrate, forming an organic EL film on the substrate by successively vapor depositing at least an organic layer including a light-emitting layer and an electrode layer on one side of the substrate; and successively winding up the substrate on which the organic EL film is formed by the vapor deposition, wherein the substrate is wound up along with a strip-shaped protective film that is softer than the substrate while supplying the protective film and adhering the protective film to a non-vapor deposition side of the substrate. | 11-15-2012 |
20130193844 | ORGANIC ELECTRO-LUMINESCENCE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME - In order to provide an organic electroluminescent light-emitting device with less uneven brightness, which can be manufactured at low cost, a plurality of ribbon-like organic electroluminescent elements are connected to wires, which are connected to electrode terminals for energization at specific locations in a terminal region and mounted on a base material which has a substantially plate-like shape. | 08-01-2013 |
20130288402 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An organic EL device manufacturing method includes a vapor deposition step of supplying a substrate, and while moving the substrate with a side thereof, on which an electrode layer is not provided, in contact with a surface of a can roller that rotates, discharging an evaporated organic layer forming material from a nozzle of a vapor deposition source to form an organic layer over a side of the substrate on which the electrode layer is provided, wherein the vapor deposition step is performed while, using a distance measuring section capable of measuring a first distance to the substrate supported by the can roller, and a position adjusting section capable of adjusting a second distance between the nozzle of the vapor deposition source and a surface of the substrate, control is performed by the position adjusting section so that the second distance is constant. | 10-31-2013 |
20130320325 | SURFACE LIGHT-EMITTING OBJECT - A surface light emitter according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes: a base material; a plurality of ribbon-shaped organic electroluminescent elements provided side by side on the base material; and a lenticular sheet that is attached to the base material and the ribbon-shaped organic electroluminescent elements through an adhesion layer, and that has a plurality of convex cylindrical lenses provided side by side. A direction in which the convex cylindrical lenses extend and a direction in which the ribbon-shaped organic electroluminescent elements extend are substantially parallel to each other. | 12-05-2013 |
20140051198 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL DEVICE - Provided is a method for manufacturing an organic EL device, including: a vapor deposition step of forming an organic layer over a substrate moving relative to a nozzle by discharging a vaporized organic layer-forming material through the nozzle. The vapor deposition step is performed so that a light emitting region formed of the organic layer and having a width A (mm) in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the substrate is moving is formed, and so that W≧A+2×h (where h≦5 mm) is satisfied, where a length of an opening of the nozzle in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the substrate is moving is denoted by W (mm), and a distance between the opening and the substrate is denoted by h (mm). | 02-20-2014 |
20140216519 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLAR BATTERY CELL AND SOLAR BATTERY MODULE - A method for producing a solar battery cell which hardly causes an electric short circuit at the cut end surface of a solar battery element is provided. A method for producing a solar battery cell in which a solar battery cell is obtained from an elongated solar battery element including an elongated flexible base material, a first electrode layer, a light absorbing layer, and a second electrode layer in this order, and the method includes a partial removal step of forming one or more partial removal portion each extending like a belt at a plurality of parts in the surface of the solar battery element by partially removing layers of the second electrode layer through to the light absorbing layer or the second electrode layer through to the first electrode layer, and a cutting step of cutting the solar battery element at the partial removal portion. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220729 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CIGS FILM, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING CIGS SOLAR CELL BY USING SAME - A CIGS film production method is provided which ensures that a CIGS film having a higher conversion efficiency can be produced at lower costs at higher reproducibility even for production of a large-area device. A CIGS solar cell production method is also provided for producing a CIGS solar cell including the CIGS film. The CIGS film production method includes: a stacking step of stacking a layer (A) containing indium, gallium and selenium and a layer (B) containing copper and selenium in a solid phase in this order over a substrate; and a heating step of heating a stacked structure including the layer (A) and the layer (B) to melt a compound of copper and selenium of the layer (B) into a liquid phase to thereby diffuse copper from the layer (B) into the layer (A) to permit crystal growth to provide a CIGS film. | 08-07-2014 |
20140295603 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - A method is provided for producing an organic EL element having excellent electric properties in a relatively low cost. The method includes the steps of using a vapor deposition apparatus | 10-02-2014 |
20140306209 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An organic EL device and a method for forming the same, capable of obtaining a high light emission yield and improving long-term stability. The organic EL device is an organic EL device ( | 10-16-2014 |
20140327356 | WIRELESS ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY TYPE LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A wireless electric power supply type light-emitting element | 11-06-2014 |
20150028319 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC EL DEVICE AND ORGANIC EL DEVICE - A method for producing an organic EL device and the organic EL device, capable of enhancing reliability of the organic EL device by suppressing peeling caused by stress concentration to each layer end through reduction in the stress concentration even in the case of using a roll-to-roll process. The method includes: supplying a substrate from a delivery roll to a wind-up roll; forming a first electrode layer over the substrate; forming an organic EL layer over the first electrode layer; and forming a second electrode layer over the organic EL layer. The first electrode layer s formed using a shadow mask. At least a part of a side surface of the first electrode layer is a tapered surface of inwardly sloping from a lower side toward an upper side. An angle formed between the tapered surface and the surface of the substrate on the side over which the first electrode layer is formed is 1° or less. | 01-29-2015 |
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20110034633 | Thermoplastic resin composition, process for manufacture and use thereof - A process for manufacturing a thermoplastic resin composition including 73 to 95.5 parts by weight of (A) an ionomer wherein 20 to 90% of carboxyl group of ethylene/(meth)acrylic acid copolymer is neutralized by metal ion; 0.5 to 7 parts by weight of (B) a copolymer of ethylene or α-olefin, containing glycidyl (meth)acrylate or unsaturated glycidyl ether, optionally further containing vinyl ester or unsaturated carboxylic acid ester; and 4 to 20 parts by weight of (C) propylene/α-olefin copolymer, the process including melt-blending the ionomer (A) with melt-blended mixture of (B) the copolymer of ethylene or α-olefin, containing glycidyl (meth)acrylate or glycidyl unsaturated ether, or optionally further containing vinyl ester or unsaturated carboxylic acid ester and (C) the propylene/α-olefin copolymer. | 02-10-2011 |
20110071259 | POLYMER COMPOSITION - Provided is a polymer composition including (A) an ionomer containing an ethylene/α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer and an ethylene/α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid/α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester terpolymer, and (B) a propylene-based polymer, wherein the mass of constituent units derived from the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester is from 1 to 4.5% by mass of the entire mass of the ionomer. Through this, a high seal strength may be obtained in a high-temperature range when forming a lock seal, while a high seal strength, as compared with the related art, can be stably obtained over a wide temperature range with a temperature dependence suppressed when forming a peelable seal. | 03-24-2011 |
20130079457 | RESIN COMPOSITION, HEAT SEAL FILM AND LAYERED FILM - The present invention provides a resin composition including (1) at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene-α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers and ionomers thereof, which have a melt flow rate of from 0.5 g/10 min to 6 g/10 min, (2) at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene-α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers and ionomers thereof, which have a melt flow rate of from 10 g/10 min to 30 g/10 min, and (3) at least one selected from the group consisting of propylene homopolymers and copolymers obtained by copolymerization using propylene and one or more α-olefins excluding propylene, in which a structural unit derived from an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester is substantially not contained in the total amount of the ethylene-α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers and the ionomers thereof. | 03-28-2013 |
20130337279 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR EXTRUSION COATING, AND LAYERED FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a resin composition for extrusion coating, the composition including (1) at least one of a copolymer of ethylene and α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or an ionomer thereof and (2) a homopolypropylene, wherein a content of the component (2) is 3 to 12% by mass based on the total mass of the component (1) and the component (2) and has a melt flow rate (at a load of 2160 g and 190° C., JIS K7210) of 4.0 g/10 min, or more. | 12-19-2013 |
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20080274370 | Method for Forming Insulation Film - In a process involving the formation of an insulating film on a substrate for an electronic device, the insulating film is formed on the substrate surface by carrying out two or more steps for regulating the characteristic of the insulating film involved in the process under the same operation principle. The formation of an insulating film having a high level of cleanness can be realized by carrying out treatment such as cleaning, oxidation, nitriding, and a film thickness reduction while avoiding exposure to the air. Further, carrying out various steps regarding the formation of an insulating film under the same operation principle can realize simplification of the form of an apparatus and can form an insulating film having excellent property with a high efficiency. | 11-06-2008 |
20090035950 | NITRIDING METHOD OF GATE OXIDE FILM - A substrate processing method comprises the step of forming an oxide film on a silicon substrate surface, and introducing nitrogen atoms into the oxide film by exposing the oxide film to nitrogen radicals excited in plasma formed by a microwave introduced via a planar antenna. | 02-05-2009 |
20100096707 | Method for Forming Insulation Film - In a process involving the formation of an insulating film on a substrate for an electronic device, the insulating film is formed on the substrate surface by carrying out two or more steps for regulating the characteristic of the insulating film involved in the process under the same operation principle. The formation of an insulating film having a high level of cleanness can be realized by carrying out treatment such as cleaning, oxidation, nitriding, and a film thickness reduction while avoiding exposure to the air. Further, carrying out various steps regarding the formation of an insulating film under the same operation principle can realize simplification of the form of an apparatus and can form an insulating film having excellent property with a high efficiency. | 04-22-2010 |
20100105215 | METHOD OF MODIFYING INSULATING FILM - An insulting film is modified by subjecting the insulting film to a modification treatment comprising a combination of a plasma treatment and a thermal annealing treatment. There is provided a method of enhancing the characteristic of an insulating film by improving deterioration in the characteristic of the insulating film due to carbon, a suboxide, a dangling bond or the like contained in the insulating film. | 04-29-2010 |
20100196627 | PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - According to the present invention, when a nitridation process by plasma generated by a microwave is applied to a substrate with an oxide film having been formed thereon to form an oxynitride film, the microwave is intermittently supplied. By the intermittent supply of the microwave, ion bombardment is reduced in accordance with a decrease in electron temperature, and a diffusion velocity of nitride species in the oxide film lowers, which as a result makes it possible to prevent nitrogen from concentrating in a substrate-side interface of an oxynitride film to increase the nitrogen concentration therein. Consequently, it is possible to improve quality of the oxynitride film, resulting in a reduced leakage current, an improved operating speed, and improved NBTI resistance. | 08-05-2010 |
20110124202 | PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - According to the present invention, when a nitridation process by plasma generated by a microwave is applied to a substrate with an oxide film having been formed thereon to form an oxynitride film, the microwave is intermittently supplied. By the intermittent supply of the microwave, ion bombardment is reduced in accordance with a decrease in electron temperature, and a diffusion velocity of nitride species in the oxide film lowers, which as a result makes it possible to prevent nitrogen from concentrating in a substrate-side interface of an oxynitride film to increase the nitrogen concentration therein. Consequently, it is possible to improve quality of the oxynitride film, resulting in a reduced leakage current, an improved operating speed, and improved NBTI resistance. | 05-26-2011 |
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20090295399 | On-vehicle battery condition estimation device - A battery condition estimation device estimates a pre-restart voltage drop amount ΔVjh+ΔVbn of a battery mounted to a vehicle during period T | 12-03-2009 |
20110001352 | POWER SOURCE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A power source apparatus mounted to a vehicle is equipped with a lead-acid battery and a lithium battery. An open circuit voltage and an internal resistance of each of the batteries are determined to satisfy the following conditions (a1), (a2), and (a3): (a1) In the use range of SOC of the lead-acid battery and the use range of SOC of the lithium battery, there is an equal voltage point Vds at which the open circuit voltage V | 01-06-2011 |
20110260544 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT HAVING PLURALITY OF SECONDARY BATTERIES - The power supply unit includes a lead secondary battery (first battery) that is capable of being charged with power generated by an alternator (power generator); a lithium secondary battery (second battery) that is electrically connected in parallel to the lead secondary battery, capable of being charged with power generated by the alternator (power generator), and has higher output density or higher energy density than the lead secondary battery; and a switching means that is electrically connected between the alternator and the lead secondary battery, and the lithium secondary battery, and switches between conduction and blocking. The switching means is configured by a plurality of MOS-FETs (semiconductor switches) being connected in series such that respective parasitic diodes present in the semiconductor switches face opposite directions. | 10-27-2011 |
20140015534 | BATTERY SYSTEM CONTROLLER - A battery system controller is provided which is used for a battery system including a generator, electrical loads, a lead storage battery, a high performance storage battery which has higher-power and higher-energy density, and an opening and closing switch which switches the generator and the lead storage battery, and the high performance storage battery to an electrically conducting state or an interrupted state, a terminal voltage of the high performance storage battery being controlled so as to be lower than a terminal voltage of the lead storage battery. The battery system controller includes a control unit which allows the opening and closing switch to switch from an electrically conducting state to an interrupted state on the condition that charging current flowing to the high performance storage battery is smaller than a determination value, the larger an internal resistance of the lead storage battery, the smaller the determination value is set. | 01-16-2014 |
20140091767 | POWER SOURCE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A power source apparatus mounted to a vehicle is equipped with a lead-acid battery and a lithium battery. An open circuit voltage and an internal resistance of each of the batteries are determined to satisfy the following conditions (a1), (a2), and (a3): (a1) In the use range of SOC of the lead-acid battery and the use range of SOC of the lithium battery, there is an equal voltage point Vds at which the open circuit voltage V0 (Pb) of the lead-acid battery becomes equal to the open circuit voltage V0 (Li) of the lithium battery; (a2) The relationship of V0 (Li)>V0 (Pb) is satisfied in the upper limit side of the use range of SOC of the battery; and (a3) A terminal voltage Vc (Li) of the lithium battery is not more than a set voltage Vreg of a regulator when a maximum current flows in the lithium battery. | 04-03-2014 |
20140261250 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A power supply system mounted in a vehicle. A rotary machine is connected to an output shaft of an internal-combustion engine of the vehicle, and has a power generation function, an engine start-up function, and an engine output assist function. A first secondary battery and a second secondary battery are each electrically connected in parallel with the rotary machine. A connection switch is provided along a connecting line electrically connecting the first and second secondary batteries, where the connection switch is configured to electrically connect and disconnect the second secondary battery and a parallel connection of the first secondary battery and the rotary machine. A switch controller is configured to disconnect the second secondary battery and the parallel connection by controlling the connection switch to a current cut-off state during the engine start-up and during engine output assist. | 09-18-2014 |
20140265558 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A power supply system mounted in a vehicle. A rotary machine is connected to an output shaft of an internal-combustion engine of the vehicle, and has a power generation function, an engine start-up function, and an engine output assist function. A connection switch Is configured to electrically connect and disconnect a second secondary battery and a parallel connection of a first secondary battery and the rotary machine. A first battery switch, which is connected between the first secondary battery and a first connection point disposed between the first secondary battery and the connection switch, is configured to electrically connect and disconnect the first secondary battery and the first connection point. A first electrical load is electrically connected to the first connection point. A second electrical load is electrically connected to a second connection point disposed between the second secondary battery and the connection switch. | 09-18-2014 |
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20100292881 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM - Over rotation limitation control is performed to control an engine rotation speed so that a rotation speed of a pinion gear of a planetary gear set will not exceed a limit value, when a travel mode is changed to a limp-home travel mode in response to an abnormality in an inverter for a first motor generator. With this over rotation limitation control, a difference between rotation speeds of a ring gear coupled to a wheel side and a carrier coupled to an engine side. Thus, when the limp-home travel mode is performed due to the abnormality in the inverter for the first motor generator, a secondary failure, in which the pinion gear burns out and the planetary gear set fails, is prevented. | 11-18-2010 |
20110125356 | DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A drive control system for a vehicle has a power train including an internal combustion engine, a transmission and wheels. In the power train, a motor-generator is provided as a drive power source between the transmission and the wheels. A clutch is provided between the transmission and the motor-generator. A control unit controls an operation state of the clutch to either a drive power transfer state or a drive power interruption state in correspondence to a location of failure, when a failure arises in the power train, which includes an engine system, a transmission system and a motor-generator system. The control unit further controls the clutch to the drive power interruption state when the failure arises in the engine system or the transmission system. The control unit controls the clutch to the drive power transfer state when the failure arises in the motor-generator system. | 05-26-2011 |
20110227409 | RELAY AND POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A relay includes contacts, a driving coil, a moving part, and a resistor. The driving coil generates a magnetic force in accordance with a command signal. The moving part is configured to be driven by the magnetic force to open and close the contacts. The resistor has a predetermined electrical resistance. When the command signal is at a first level, the relay is set to a first on-state in which the contacts are closed through the resistor. When the command signal is at a second level higher than the first level, the relay is set to a second on-state in which the contacts are closed through the moving part without the resistor. | 09-22-2011 |
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20110102335 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An input device includes a display unit and a touch panel provided to the display unit. In at least one embodiment, the input device further includes: a finger image generation section which generates respective images of, among a plurality of fingers pressing on the touch panel, a first finger and a second finger adjacent to the first finger; and a display process section which displays on the display unit a plurality of input images corresponding to a distance between two images generated by the finger image generation section and respective sizes of the two images. This allows the input device including the touch panel to adjust, as a result of a single setting, the input images to be appropriate for sizes of fingers and a size of a hand of the user. | 05-05-2011 |
20120256890 | DISPLAY MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY MODULE - Disclosed is a display module in which a misalignment inspection can be instantly performed by a visual check. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing the display module. The display module according to the present invention is provided with: a liquid crystal panel ( | 10-11-2012 |
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20150029756 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A frame includes a frame portion that surrounds the planar light source device inside of the bezel, and that has the display panel placed thereon, and insulating portions that are individually fitted into slits respectively of the bezel, and that have an side face facing a display panel, and the side face facing a display panel is closer to the display panel than a side face of the bezel facing the side face of the display panel. | 01-29-2015 |
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20100266451 | Sensing device - To shorten the time required for an oscillation frequency to stabilize in a sensing device sensing a substance to be sensed by using the fact that a natural frequency of a piezoelectric resonator changes when the substance to be sensed is adsorbed by an adsorption layer formed on the piezoelectric resonator. A sensing device includes: an oscillator circuit | 10-21-2010 |
20100329928 | Sensing device - To provide a sensing device using a piezoelectric sensor having an oscillation area for detection and an oscillation area for reference and capable of achieving a high measurement sensitivity by improving shapes of excitation electrodes. On a quartz-crystal piece | 12-30-2010 |
20100329932 | Sensing device - To provide a sensing device that measures a substance to be sensed while letting a sample solution flow and has improved accuracy in detecting the substance to be sensed. The sensing device includes: a channel forming member | 12-30-2010 |
20110156823 | Piezoelectric oscillator - There is provided a temperature compensated piezoelectric oscillator which excels in frequency stability and has a good electronic noise characteristic, and with which a circuit can be structured simply. An auxiliary oscillator unit | 06-30-2011 |
20110221538 | Piezoelectric oscillator - To provide a technique capable of suppressing electric energy by a fundamental wave vibration and reducing phase noise in a piezoelectric oscillator using an overtone of a thickness shear vibration in a piezoelectric piece. An excitation electrode portion in an electrode | 09-15-2011 |
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20090135040 | Method for controlling delay time of pulse delay circuit and pulse delay circuit thereof - An inverter circuit configuring a delay unit is a so-called CMOS transistor including a PMOS transistor and an NMOS transistor, of which respective gates are interconnected and respective drains are interconnected. The source and a back gate of the NMOS transistor are connected to the ground. The source of the PMOS transistor is connected to a positive drive terminal and controlled by an analog input signal. The back gate of the PMOS transistor is connected to a control terminal and controlled by a control signal. | 05-28-2009 |
20100156468 | Even-number-stage pulse delay device - The even-number-stage pulse delay includes a ring delay line constituted of an even number of inverter circuits connected in a ring around which main edge and a reset edge circulate together. The even-number-stage pulse delay is provided with an operation monitoring section configured to detect whether or not the main and reset edges are circulating around the ring delay line. | 06-24-2010 |
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20120139772 | PULSE PHASE DIFFERENCE CODING CIRCUIT - In a pulse phase difference coding circuit, a count unit includes a plurality of partial counters connected to each other in series so that the most significant bit of an output of the previous stage serves as an operation clock of the subsequent stage. A circulation number detecting unit includes a first latch circuit which is provided for each of the partial counters and latches an output of the partial counter according to a pulse for measurement, and a first delay circuit which treats the partial counter in the second stage or later as an object counter and delays the pulse for measurement by a total delay time in all the partial counters located at the previous stages of the object counter. The pulse for measurement is inputted into the first latch circuit which latches an output of the object counter. | 06-07-2012 |
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20080303381 | ULTRASONIC PROBE, BACKING MATERIAL FOR ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A backing material that is advantageous in insulation property and can realize a desired acoustic impedance without making the cross-linking and curing reaction of elastomer or resin as a parent material unstable. The backing material is provided on a backside of vibrators for transmitting and/or receiving ultrasonic waves in an ultrasonic probe, and the backing material includes: a parent material containing elastomer or resin and having an insulation property; and composite powder dispersed to fill the parent material, and the composite powder includes powder of a material having a larger acoustic impedance than that of the parent material and an insulation coating for covering a surface of the powder, and the insulation coating contains an oxide of an element of group XIII to group XV except for carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P). | 12-11-2008 |
20110193103 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SUBSTRATE - A semiconductor device is provided with a porous structure layer formed by silicone resin between a substrate and a semiconductor element. Alternatively, a porous layer having a density of 0.7 g/cm | 08-11-2011 |
20120017969 | SOLAR CELL DEVICE AND SOLAR CELL DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A solar cell device is formed of an insulating layer provided metal substrate and a photoelectric conversion circuit, which includes a photoelectric conversion layer, an upper electrode, and a lower electrode, formed on the substrate. The substrate is constituted by a metal substrate and a porous Al anodized film. The metal substrate is formed of a base material of a metal having a higher rigidity, a high heat resistance, and a smaller linear thermal expansion coefficient than Al and an Al material integrated by pressure bonding to at least one surface thereof, and the porous Al anodized film is formed on a surface of the Al material. | 01-26-2012 |
20120017993 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SOLAR BATTERY USING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor circuit on an insulated metal substrate, which includes an anodized film formed on at least one side of an Al substrate, wherein the Al substrate has a potential higher than an average potential of the semiconductor circuit when the semiconductor circuit is driven. | 01-26-2012 |
20140016204 | OPTICAL MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is an optical member, including: a substrate having an at least partially curved surface; a concave-convex structure at an outermost surface, the concave-convex structure being prepared by hydrothermal treatment of a layer formed by gas-phase deposition of at least one of simple aluminum and a compound containing aluminum on the substrate; and a dielectric layer formed by gas-phase deposition between the substrate and the concave-convex structure. | 01-16-2014 |
20140034115 | INSULATING LAYER PROVIDED METAL SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - An insulating layer provided metal substrate, including a metal substrate having a metallic aluminum on at least one surface and a composite structure layer formed of a porous aluminum oxide film provided on the metallic aluminum by anodization and an alkali metal silicate film covering pore surfaces of the porous aluminum oxide film, in which the mass ratio of silicon to aluminum in the composite structure layer is 0.001 to 0.2 at an arbitrary position within a region between a position 1 μm to the composite structure layer side in thickness from the interface between the composite structure layer and the metallic aluminum and a position 1 μm to the composite structure layer side in thickness from the interface between the composite structure layer and an upper layer on the opposite side of the metallic aluminum. | 02-06-2014 |