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20110038187 | BIPOLAR PULSED POWER SUPPLY AND POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS HAVING PLURALITY OF BIPOLAR PULSED POWER SUPPLIES - A bipolar pulsed power supply is provided in which, while effectively restricting the rise in current at the time of arcing which directly leads to the generation of splashes and particles, the occurrence of overvoltage at the time of polarity reversal is prevented. The power supply has a bridge circuit constituted by switching elements SW | 02-17-2011 |
20110120860 | BIPOLAR PULSED POWER SUPPLY AND POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS HAVING PLURALITY OF BIPOLAR PULSED POWER SUPPLIES CONNECTED IN PARALLEL WITH EACH OTHER - A bipolar pulsed power supply which supplies power in a bipolar pulsed mode at a predetermined frequency to a pair of electrodes that come into contact with a plasma is arranged to reduce the switching loss of the switching elements in a bridge circuit, and also to attain a high durability without using high-performance switching elements. The bipolar pulsed power supply has: a bridge circuit constituted by switching elements SW | 05-26-2011 |
20110120861 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - There is provided a power supply apparatus that is capable of suppressing the occurrence of anomalous electric discharge due to charge-up of a substrate and that is capable of forming a good thin film on a large-area substrate. The power supply apparatus of this invention has: a first discharge circuit that alternately charges predetermined potential at a predetermined frequency to a pair of targets that are in contact with a plasma; and a second discharge circuit that charges predetermined potential between the grounding and the electrode, out of the pair of electrodes, that is not charged with potential from the first discharge circuit. The second discharge circuit is provided with a reverse potential charging means for charging, at the time of polarity reversal, at least one of the electrodes with potential that is reverse to the output potential. | 05-26-2011 |
20120205243 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - Provided is a power supply apparatus which can effectively restrict the current rise at the time of occurrence of arc discharge that is directly related to the occurrence of splashes or particles, and which is also capable of preventing the discharge voltage from getting excessive at the time of finishing the arc processing. The power supply apparatus has: a DC power supply unit which applies a DC voltage to a target which comes into contact with a plasma; and an arc processing unit which can detect arc discharge generated in the electrode by positive and negative outputs from the DC power supply unit, and also which can perform arc discharge suppression processing. An output characteristics switching circuit switches the outputs such that the output to the electrode has constant-current characteristics and that the output to the electrode has constant-voltage characteristics by the time of completion of the arc suppressing processing. | 08-16-2012 |
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20090002838 | Varifocal Lens Device - A first liquid and a second liquid are sealed in a cell, and the first liquid and the second liquid are not mixed with each other, and have different refractive indexes, with the interface of the two liquids being remained stationary by an edge portion of a movable opening member that is made in contact with the interface of the two liquids so that an actuator that is coupled to the movable opening member controls a shape of the interface of the two liquids by driving the movable opening member. | 01-01-2009 |
20090289433 | LEG-WHEELED-TRAVELING MECHANISM - A leg-wheeled traveling mechanism is provided with a seat portion, two follow-up legs, each having an end portion that is freely rotatably connected to the seat portion, with a distance between the end portion and a tip portion having a foot-rest portion being retractable, two or more support legs, each having an end portion that is freely rotatably connected to the seat portion, with a distance between the end portion and a tip portion having a wheel portion being retractable, a foot-position measuring unit that measures relative positional changes of the foot-rest portions and foot portions of a rider, and a control device that controls operations of the follow-up legs and the support legs, based upon the relative positional changes measured by the foot-position measuring unit so as to allow the foot-rest portions to move virtually in the same directions as those of the foot portions. | 11-26-2009 |
20100110571 | LENS HOLDER DRIVING DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT EMPLOYING PLANARY-DRIVEN POLYMER ACTUATOR - There are provided a lens holder being capable of holding a lens and having flange portions at opposite end portions thereof along an optical axis, a planary-driven actuator including driving arm portions having lens holder support points for holding the outer surface of the lens holder at a plurality of opposing positions and having free-end side contact portions, a lens-holder retaining plate having spring-characteristic portions, and fixing frames which form the outer surfaces of a lens holder driving device and fix the respective components. | 05-06-2010 |
20110029133 | ROBOT, AND CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROBOT - A robot arm provided with a body unit shifting mechanism that connects a base unit and a body unit so as to be relatively shifted, and joint lock mechanisms that are capable of mechanically securing respective joints is disposed on the body unit, and a robot operation control unit controls to switch between a robot arm operation mode in which the robot arm is operated with one of the joints of the robot arm brought into a free state, and a body unit shift mode in which the body unit is shifted with the joint being brought into a locked state. | 02-03-2011 |
20110227455 | FLAT STACKED-TYPE CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ACTUATOR - A first conductive polymer film, a plate-shaped first porous member, a second conductive polymer film, and a plate-shaped second porous member are stacked on one another, and the adjacent members are connected with each other on one end portions so as to form a zigzag pattern. The first and second porous members each have an ionic solution injected thereinto so as to function as an electrolyte retention layer, so that operations can be carried out with tensions being always maintained upon both of the expansion and the contraction, and rigidity and a driving force can be exerted in both of the contracting and expanding directions. | 09-22-2011 |
20140350726 | MASTER DEVICE FOR MASTER SLAVE APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND MASTER SLAVE ROBOT - A master device is provided to a master slave apparatus in which a hand mechanism opens/closes to grip a target object and a slave mechanism performs a task on a target article. The master device includes a hand manipulation mechanism for manipulating the hand mechanism. A person remotely manipulates the slave mechanism by a master mechanism and the hand manipulation mechanism manipulates to cause the hand mechanism to perform the task. In the hand manipulation mechanism, a hand manipulation portion having a pair of open/close manipulation portions manipulated by the person moves forward/backward on a slider, the pair of open/close manipulation portions is opened/closed to change the angle therebetween so that the hand mechanism is opened/closed. A master hand control device transmits, to the slave mechanism, motion information used for manipulating the hand mechanism based on a position of the hand manipulation portion relative to the slider or the angle. | 11-27-2014 |
20150047966 | DESALINATION APPARATUS AND DESALINATION METHOD - The desalination apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a water-repellent particle layer that is located below a water tank, contains water-repellent particles, and allows passage of water vapor generated by evaporation of the liquid stored in the water tank, the water tank being a space for storing the liquid; and a liquefying layer that is located below the water-repellent particle layer, and liquefies the water vapor that has passed through the water-repellent particle layer to obtain the fresh water. The water-repellent particle layer includes an anti-migration layer provided as a surface layer that faces the water tank and containing anti-migration particles. Each of the anti-migration particles has a higher aspect ratio than the water-repellent particles, the aspect ratio being a value obtained by dividing a length in a major axis direction by a length in a minor axis direction. | 02-19-2015 |
20150060260 | DESALINATION SYSTEM AND DESALINATION METHOD - A desalination system, etc. of the present disclosure includes: a water tank; a water-repellent particle layer that is located below the water tank and contains a plurality of water-repellent particles; a liquefying layer that is located below the water-repellent particle layer and liquefies water vapor that has passed through the water-repellent particle layer, to obtain fresh water; an introduction channel of a liquid supply channel that supplies a liquid to the water tank; and a liquid speed reduction part that is located on the introduction channel of the supply channel, and includes a wall surface crossing a flow direction of the liquid in the supply channel, for reducing a flow speed of the liquid. | 03-05-2015 |
20150075965 | WATER AMOUNT CONTROLLING METHOD AND DESALINATION SYSTEM - A water amount controlling method according to the present disclosure includes: opening a discharge valve that discharges a liquid from a water tank if an impurity concentration is higher than or equal to a first reference value, and opening a sluice gate that introduces the liquid to the water tank a predetermined period after opening the discharge valve, the first reference value being lower than a saturation concentration; throttling the discharge valve and the sluice gate if the impurity concentration is higher than or equal to a second reference value and the temperature is lower than or equal to a third reference value, the second reference value being lower than the first reference value; and closing the discharge valve if the impurity concentration is lower than the second reference value, and closing the sluice gate a predetermined period after closing the discharge valve. | 03-19-2015 |
20150075966 | DESALINATION APPARATUS AND DESALINATION METHOD - A desalination apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure obtains fresh water from a liquid. The desalination apparatus includes: a water-repellent particle layer that is located below a water tank, contains water-repellent particles, and allows passage of water vapor generated by evaporation of the liquid stored in the water tank, the water tank being a space for storing the liquid; and a liquefying layer that is located below the water-repellent particle layer, and liquefies the water vapor that has passed through the water-repellent particle layer to obtain the fresh water. The water-repellent particle layer includes: a first layer that contains first water-repellent particles among the water-repellent particles, and faces the water tank; and a second layer that contains second water-repellent particles among the water-repellent particles, and is provided below the first layer. The second water-repellent particles have a larger average particle size than the first water-repellent particles. | 03-19-2015 |
20150291442 | DESALINATION METHOD - A desalination method disclosed herein includes: introducing a liquid to a reservoir layer to place the liquid above a water-repellent particle layer; heating and evaporating the liquid placed above the water-repellent particle layer to generate water vapor; liquefying the water vapor by a liquefying layer to obtain fresh water; determining whether or not impurities have been deposited on a sheet; and removing the sheet from a desalination apparatus if it is determined that the impurities have been deposited. | 10-15-2015 |
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20090162018 | Hermetically Sealing Member Having Optical Transmission Means, Optoelectronic Apparatus, and Optical Transmission Method - A hermetically sealing member with an optical transmission means transmits an optical signal economically and practically between the inside and the outside of a shielding member covering a printed-circuit board while sustaining the hermetically sealed state certainly. An optoelectronic device and an optical transmission method are also provided. A hermetically sealing member ( | 06-25-2009 |
20100083136 | JOINT EDITING OF AN ON-LINE DOCUMENT - An editing apparatus efficiently performs cooperative editing of a document. Multiple users can edit a document in parallel using the editing apparatus which includes a screen output section, an editing screen, a section for receiving, a selection input section for inputting, and an update section for reflecting the edited content selected by a selection instruction, and updating the document. | 04-01-2010 |
20100291323 | INKJET RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An inkjet recording medium comprising an ink-receiving layer containing a pigment and a binder formed on at least one side of a base paper containing calcium carbonate as a filler and pulp by a cast coating method, wherein the ash content of the calcium carbonate in the base paper is 15-30% by mass, and the ink-receiving layer contains colloidal silica as the pigment having a primary particle diameter of 30-70 nm and a ratio of the secondary particle diameter to the primary particle diameter of 1.5-3.0. | 11-18-2010 |
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20090095510 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC MODULE, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic device includes: an outline configuration including a first surface, a second surface facing opposite from the first surface, and a mounting surface coupled to the first and second surfaces; a first substrate including a first electrode; a second substrate including a second electrode; a resin disposed between the first and second substrates; and an electric element sealed with the resin and having an outline configuration of a polyhedron, the electric element being disposed such that a broadest surface of the polyhedron faces one of the first substrate and the second substrate. The first surface is one surface of the first substrate, the one surface being opposite from another surface of the first substrate on a side adjacent to the resin. The second surface is one surface of the second substrate, the one surface being opposite from another surface of the second substrate on a side adjacent to the resin. The mounting surface includes: an exposed surface of the resin between the first and second substrates, and side surfaces of the first and second substrates adjacent to the exposed surface. The first electrode is disposed at an end of the first surface adjacent to the mounting surface and electrically coupled to the electric element. The second electrode is disposed at an end of the second surface adjacent to the mounting surface and electrically coupled to the electric element. | 04-16-2009 |
20110162452 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC MODULE, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic device includes: an outline configuration including a first surface, a second surface facing opposite from the first surface, and a mounting surface coupled to the first and second surfaces; a first substrate including a first electrode; a second substrate including a second electrode; a resin disposed between the first and second substrates; and an electric element sealed with the resin and having an outline configuration of a polyhedron, the electric element being disposed such that a broadest surface of the polyhedron faces one of the first substrate and the second substrate. The first surface is one surface of the first substrate, the one surface being opposite from another surface of the first substrate on a side adjacent to the resin. The second surface is one surface of the second substrate, the one surface being opposite from another surface of the second substrate on a side adjacent to the resin. The mounting surface includes: an exposed surface of the resin between the first and second substrates, and side surfaces of the first and second substrates adjacent to the exposed surface. The first electrode is disposed at an end of the first surface adjacent to the mounting surface and electrically coupled to the electric element. The second electrode is disposed at an end of the second surface adjacent to the mounting surface. | 07-07-2011 |
20110173787 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A manufacturing method of a piezoelectric device includes: forming a lid for sealing a cavity of a package base by forming a recess part and forming a through hole in an inner surface of the recess part in a metal plate; fixing the lid to the package base containing a piezoelectric vibrating reed so that the recess part may project toward the package base side; providing a metal piece in the recess part; decompressing the cavity via the through hole; and closing the through hole by applying a laser to the metal piece to melt the metal piece, wherein, at forming of the lid, the through hole is formed in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the metal plate. | 07-21-2011 |
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20130300517 | SWITCH MODULE - A switch module includes a multilayer substrate including an antenna terminal, a ground terminal, and a high-frequency-side transmission signal terminal, as external connection terminals. A common-port-side circuit, a switch circuit, and a switching-port-side circuit are provided between the antenna terminal and the high-frequency-side transmission signal terminal. A first wiring portion connects a second inductor that defines a portion of the switching-port-side circuit to the high-frequency-side transmission signal terminal. When the multilayer substrate is viewed in plan, a first inductor, the second inductor, and via electrodes connected to the ground terminal are arranged between the first wiring portion, and second and third wiring portions and a capacitor which are connected to the antenna terminal. | 11-14-2013 |
20140002209 | HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULE | 01-02-2014 |
20150061406 | SWITCH MODULE - A switch module includes a switch circuit, a chip device which is a coupler, a chip device that defines together with the coupler a common-terminal-side circuit, chip devices defining switching-terminal-side circuits, and a multilayer substrate. The multilayer substrate includes inner-layer ground electrodes. A first inner-layer ground electrode is closer to the chip device than a second inner-layer ground electrode and includes an opening arranged so as not to be superposed with the chip device when viewed in plan in the stacking direction of the multilayer substrate. | 03-05-2015 |