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| 20100230630 | Ferrite Magnetic Powder for Bond Magnet and Manufacturing Method of the Same, and Bond Magnet - To provide ferrite magnetic powders for bond magnet capable of surely suppressing residual hexavalent chrome, being an environmental load substance, having no adverse influence on the magnetic characteristics, which is an obstacle in use, and without damaging productivity and at a low cost. The method includes the steps of obtaining sintered powders by sintering raw material powders; wet-pulverizing the sintered powders; wet-cleaning the sintered powders; and annealing the cleaned sintered powders, wherein in the step of the wet-pulverization and in the step of wet-cleaning, generation of the hexavalent chrome, being an environmental load substance, is suppressed by performing the pulverization and cleaning while maintaining pH of a dispersion solvent at 8.5 or less, at the time of pulverization and cleaning. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100295643 | FERRITE POWDERS FOR BONDED MAGNET, PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE POWDERS, AND BONDED MAGNET MADE BY USING THE SAME - The present invention provides ferrite powders for bonded magnet capable of suppressing increase of SFD, while widening a particle size distribution for obtaining flowability and compressed density, and also capable of suppressing deterioration of orientation and magnetizability, and provides a process for a production magnetoplumbite-type ferrite powders containing an oxide of at least one or more kinds of transition metals selected from a group consisting of Zr, Ti, Zn, Co, Mn, and Ni, having a mean particle size of 0.20 μm or more and less than 5.00 μm, being the ferrite powders for bonded magnet with the ratio of particles having particle size of 1 μm or less being 20 mass % or more in the magnetoplumbite-type ferrite powder size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction type particle size distribution analyzer. | 11-25-2010 |
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| 20100005058 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, INFORMATION RETRIEVING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RETRIEVING METHOD - A computer-readable recording medium stores therein an information retrieving program that causes a computer to execute acquiring a document to be searched and having a hierarchical structure; generating a path schema related to the acquired document; receiving input of a retrieval keyword, a retrieval condition for the retrieval keyword, and a retrieval equation specifying a retrieval range for the retrieval keyword; generating a single automaton that includes a hierarchy retrieval automaton that retrieves a hierarchy of the generated path schema and a hit keyword retrieval automaton that retrieves a hit keyword satisfying the retrieval condition, the single automaton making state transition between a hit hierarchical node where the hit keyword in the hierarchy retrieval automaton is present and a set of nodes representing the hit keyword; retrieving, from the document and using the single automaton, the hit keyword within the retrieval range; and outputting a retrieval result. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100088682 | PROGRAM EVALUATION APPARATUS AND PROGRAM EVALUATION METHOD - An apparatus for evaluating a performance of a program includes: a storage unit for storing the program embedded with a plurality of trace statements; a processor executes a process including: executing the program embedded with a plurality of trace statements cyclically; calculating each time intervals of each cycle of execution of the program from a start test program till an end program; and evaluating the performance of the program on the basis of information of the time intervals. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100095162 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMANCE BOTTLENECK ANALYSIS - Provided is a method for outputting information related to a bottleneck point in a program based on trace records that are output when a predetermined point of the program is executed. The method includes generating candidate patterns of the trace records in an array in which the trace records are stored in an output order, counting the number of occurrences of parts matched with each generated candidate in the array, extracting, when the number of occurrences of the generated candidate pattern is not less than a predetermined occurrence threshold, the candidate pattern as a frequent pattern to obtain an extraction result based on the counted number of occurrences, and outputting the extraction result as an analysis result. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110179417 | VIRTUAL MACHINE, VIRTUAL MACHINE MONITOR AND COMPUTER CONTROL METHOD - A virtual machine monitor for a virtual machine. The virtual machine monitor makes the processor in the virtual machine: receive a timer setting from the guest OS in place of the timer, the timer setting being for making the timer generate a timer interrupt after a lapse of a setting period; change, when the guest OS inputs or outputs data from or to the I/O device via the virtual machine monitor, the setting period set in the timer so that a relation between I/O wait time recognized by the guest OS and I/O process time other than the I/O wait time becomes approximate to a relation between the I/O wait time recognized by the virtual machine monitor and the I/O process time; set the timer setting with the changed setting period in the timer; and notify, when receiving the timer interrupt, the guest OS of occurrence of the timer interrupt. | 07-21-2011 |
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| 20100055525 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL STACK - A solid electrolyte fuel cell comprises a solid electrolyte body having a fuel electrode contacting a fuel gas and an air electrode contacting air. A plurality of the solid electrolyte fuel cells are stacked to form a solid electrolyte fuel cell stack, in which the stacked body of the solid electrolyte fuel cells is pressed in the stacked direction and fixed by a fixing member inserted into a through-hole passing through the stacked body in the stacked direction. Inside the through-hole, there is equipped an inner gas channel for supplying the gas to the solid electrolyte fuel cell side or evacuating the gas from the solid electrolyte fuel cell side. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100119902 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL STACK - A solid state electrolyte fuel cell stack includes: layered solid state electrolyte fuel cells, each formed by a solid state electrolyte body having a fuel pole in contact with a fuel gas and an air pole in contact with an oxidant gas; and inter-connectors arranged between the solid state electrolyte fuel cells so as to separate a gas flow path between the solid state electrolyte fuel cells and assure electric conduction between the solid state electrolyte fuel cells. The solid state electrolyte fuel cell stack has two or more air vents for supplying a fuel gas or two or more air vents for supplying the oxidant gas which vents penetrate a part or the whole of the fuel cell stack in the stack layering direction. The different air vents communicate with the different solid state electrolyte fuel cells. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110171554 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL APPARATUS - [Means for Solution] A solid oxide fuel cell apparatus including a fuel cell having a plate-shaped first solid electrolyte, an anode provided on one side of the first solid electrolyte and coming in contact with fuel gas, and a cathode provided on the other side of the first solid electrolyte and coming in contact with oxidizer gas. The solid oxide fuel cell apparatus further includes a cell-follow-up deformation member located on at least one of opposite sides of the fuel cell with respect to a first stacking direction along which the anode, the first solid electrolyte, and the cathode are stacked together. The cell-follow-up deformation member deforms according to a deformation of the fuel cell on the basis of at least one of physical quantities including differential thermal expansion coefficient and differential pressure. | 07-14-2011 |
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| 20090145642 | POWER ELEMENT MOUNTING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, POWER ELEMENT MOUNTING UNIT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND POWER MODULE - A power element mounting substrate including a circuit layer brazed to a surface of a ceramic plate, and a power element soldered to a front surface of the circuit layer, wherein the circuit layer is constituted using an Al alloy with an average purity of more than or equal to 98.0 wt % and less than or equal to 99.9 wt %, Fe concentration of the circuit layer at a side of a surface to be brazed to the ceramic plate is less than 0.1 wt %, and Fe concentration of the circuit layer at a side of the surface opposite to the surface to be brazed is more than or equal to 0.1 wt %. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090267215 | POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, AND POWER MODULE - Disclosed is a power module having improved joint reliability. Specifically disclosed is a power module including a power module substrate wherein a circuit layer is brazed on the front surface of a ceramic substrate, a metal layer is brazed on the rear surface of the ceramic substrate and a semiconductor chip is soldered to the circuit layer. The metal layer is composed of an Al alloy having an average purity of not less than 98.0 wt. % but not more than 99.9 wt. % as a whole. In this metal layer, the Fe concentration in the side of a surface brazed with the ceramic substrate is set at less than 0.1 wt. %, and the Fe concentration in the side of a surface opposite to the brazed surface is set at not less than 0.1 wt. %. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100258233 | CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE - Disclosed is a ceramic substrate including silicon in which the concentration of a silicon oxide and a silicon composite oxide in the surface thereof is less than or equal to 2.7 Atom %. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110017496 | POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE HAVING HEATSINK, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, POWER MODULE HAVING HEATSINK, AND POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE - A power module substrate having a heatsink, includes: a power module substrate having an insulating substrate having a first face and a second face, a circuit layer formed on the first face, and a metal layer formed on the second face; and a heatsink directly connected to the metal layer, cooling the power module substrate, wherein a ratio B/A is in the range defined by 1.55≦B/A≦20, where a thickness of the circuit layer is represented as A, and a thickness of the metal layer is represented as B. | 01-27-2011 |
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| 20110199105 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY TYPE TOUCH SENSOR - This invention offers an electrostatic capacity type touch sensor that can be calibrated in a short period of time at a moment when a finger of operator or the like does not touch a touch pad. An absolute value of a difference (AD | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199331 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY TYPE TOUCH SENSOR - The invention provides an electrostatic capacity type touch sensor that is not influenced by a parasitic capacitor formed between a sensor line connected to a touch sensor pad and other signal line and provides a stable sensor output. A sensor line connected to a touch sensor pad is connected to a non-inverting input terminal (+) of a charge amplifier. An LED is disposed in the touch sensor pad, and the cathode of the LED is connected to an LED signal line. Since the LED signal line is disposed adjacent to the sensor line, a parasitic capacitor is formed between the LED signal line and the sensor line. In order to keep the capacitance of this parasitic capacitor constant, a pull-up resistor is connected to the LED signal line. The LED signal line is biased to a power supply potential Vdd by the pull-up resistor. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120001869 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY TYPE TOUCH SENSOR - There is offered an electrostatic capacity type touch sensor capable of detecting a large number of touch positions with high accuracy. The electrostatic capacity type touch sensor is composed of a touch panel and a signal processing circuit. The touch panel is structured to include first through fourth detection electrodes, first and second common electric potential lines, a common electric potential wiring, a common electric potential terminal and first through fourth output terminals disposed on an insulating substrate. The signal processing circuit is structured to include a clock generator, a selection circuit, a charge amplifier, an A/D converter and an arithmetic unit. The charge amplifier detects a change in capacitance induced by that a finger of an operator touches the first through fourth detection electrodes. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120062464 | TOUCH SENSOR - The invention provides a touch sensor in which the numbers of channels and wires are decreased simultaneously and a simultaneous touch operation of a plurality of touch keys is realized. A keyboard includes 36 pieces of touch keys disposed in 6 rows and 6 columns, drive lines, and sensor lines on an insulation substrate. The touch key includes a center electrode disposed on the insulation substrate and an annular electrode disposed surrounding this center electrode. A sensor circuit includes a selection circuit and an electric charge amplifier. The electric charge amplifier detects the amount of change of a capacitance of an electrostatic capacitor formed between the center electrode and the annular electrode of the touch key connected to one sensor line selected by the selection circuit. | 03-15-2012 |
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| 20090028485 | Bearing Apparatus for a Wheel of Vehicle - A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus is formed as a unit and has a wheel hub with a wheel mounting flange at one end. A cylindrical portion extends from the wheel mounting flange, via a shoulder portion. A wheel bearing, formed by a double row rolling bearing, is press fit onto the cylindrical portion of the wheel hub. The wheel bearing has an outer member formed with double row outer raceway surfaces on its inner circumferential surface. A pair of inner rings, formed with inner raceway surfaces, is arranged opposite to the double row outer raceway surfaces. The rings are press fit onto the cylindrical portion of the wheel hub, via a predetermined interference. One ring abuts the shoulder portion. Double row rolling elements are freely rollably contained between the opposed inner and outer raceway surfaces, via cages. The inner rings are axially immovably secured by a caulked portion. The caulked portion is formed by plastically radially outwardly deforming the end portion of the cylindrical portion. The inner circumferential surfaces of one end of the inner rings are formed with predetermined chamfer portions. The chamfer portion of the inner ring of the inner side is smaller than the chamfer portion of the inner ring of the outer side. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090046969 | Vehicle Wheel Bearing Apparatus - A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member with double row outer raceway surfaces on its inner circumferential surface. An inner member includes a wheel hub and at least one inner ring. The wheel hub has a wheel mounting flange formed at one end. A cylindrical portion axially extends from the wheel mounting flange. The inner ring has at least one inner raceway surface arranged opposite to the plurality of outer raceway surfaces. The inner ring is press fit onto the cylindrical portion of the wheel hub. Double row rolling elements are freely rollably contained between the outer and inner raceway surfaces. An outer joint member forms a constant velocity universal joint. The outer joint member has a cup-shaped mouth portion. A shoulder portion forms the bottom of the mouth portion. A shaft portion axially extends from the shoulder portion. The shaft is axially separably and torque transmittably inserted into the wheel hub with the shoulder abutted against the caulked portion to transmit torque. The inner ring is axially secured relative to the wheel hub by a caulked portion. The caulked portion is formed by plastically deforming, radially outwardly, the end portion of the cylindrical portion. The caulked portion has a flat surface formed by a cutting process that is adapted to surface contact the shoulder. The radially outermost end of the flat surface is arranged so that it does not abut against the shoulder. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046971 | Wheel Bearing Apparatus - A wheel bearing apparatus is formed as a unit of a wheel hub and a double row taper roller bearing. An outer member is formed with double row tapered outer raceway surfaces, each opened axially outward, on its inner circumference. An inner member, including the wheel hub, has a wheel mounting flange integrally formed at one end of the wheel hub. A cylindrical portion axially extends from the wheel mounting flange. At least one inner ring is fit onto the cylindrical portion of the wheel hub via a predetermined interference. Each inner ring is formed with one of the tapered double row inner raceway surfaces on its outer circumference. The inner raceway surfaces are arranged opposite to one of the double row outer raceway surfaces. On its larger outer diameter side, the inner ring has a larger flange portion to guide the tapered rollers. Double row tapered rollers are rollably arranged between the outer and inner raceway surfaces, via cages. The at least one inner ring is secured on the wheel hub by a caulked portion. The caulked portion is formed by plastically deforming the end of the cylindrical portion radially outward. A predetermined hardened layer is formed by high frequency induction hardening over a range from the base of the wheel mounting flange to the cylindrical portion. A position of the inner side end of the hardened layer is set within a range from an edge of a chamfered portion at the caulked side of the inner ring to a position corresponding to a root of the larger flange portion. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20110304197 | Wheel Bearing Apparatus - A wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member formed with double row outer raceway surfaces on its inner circumferential surface. An inner member includes a wheel hub with a wheel mounting flange integrally formed at one end and a cylindrical portion axially extending from the wheel mounting flange. At least one inner ring is fit onto the cylindrical portion of the wheel hub. The inner ring is formed with double row inner raceway surfaces on its outer circumferential surface. The double row inner raceway surfaces are arranged opposite to the double row outer raceway surfaces. Double row rolling elements are rollably arranged between the outer and inner raceway surfaces, via cages. A seal is mounted on one end of the outer member. The seal has integrally formed side lips adapted to be in sliding contact with the wheel hub. The base of the wheel mounting flange is formed to have a curved surface, in cross-section, of a circular arc. The seal has three inclined side lips each extending radially outward from the seal body. The lips are adapted to be in sliding contact with the base of the wheel mounting flange. Interference of the side lips against the base of the wheel mounting flange is set so that the radially inner side lip has a smaller interference than that of the radially outer side lips, in order. | 12-15-2011 |
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| 20110279349 | CHIP ANTENNA AND ANTENNA APPARATUS - A chip antenna and an antenna apparatus, which allow the resonance frequency of the antenna to be set with a high degree of freedom, include a feeding electrode formed on the bottom surface, fourth side surface, and top surface of a dielectric substrate, a non-feeding electrode formed on the bottom surface, third side surface, and top surface of the dielectric substrate, wherein the leading ends of the feeding electrode and the non-feeding electrode are facing each other with a predetermined distance therebetween on the top surface of the dielectric substrate. The chip antenna and antenna apparatus further include a frequency adjusting electrode formed on the first side surface of the dielectric substrate, and ground electrodes connected to ground electrodes of a circuit substrate on which the chip antenna is mounted, wherein the ground electrodes are electrically connected to the frequency adjusting electrode and are formed on the bottom surface of the dielectric substrate. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110298683 | CHIP ANTENNA AND ANTENNA DEVICE - This disclosure provides a chip antenna and an antenna device including the chip antenna. The chip antenna is not likely to be affected by a ground electrode located lower than the chip antenna when the chip antenna is mounted on a circuit board, and can have resulting small frequency variation and small reduction in gain. The chip antenna includes a dielectric substrate having a bottom face, a top face, a first side face, a second side face, a third side face, and a fourth side face. A non-feeding electrode extends from the fourth side face to the top face, another non-feeding electrode extends from the third side face to the top face. An end of the non-feeding electrode and an end of the non-feeding electrode face each other on the top face with a certain space therebetween. The bottom face includes bottom-face electrodes electrically connected to the non-feeding electrodes and a bottom-face electrode electrically connected to a feeding electrode. | 12-08-2011 |
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| 20080211450 | ROTATING MACHINERY CONTROLLER - A rotating machinery includes a first control member for performing rectangular wave control by operating the switching devices of an inverter such that an on-state and an off-state occur once for one cycle period in electrical angle of a motor, a second control member for operating the switching devices on the basis of a magnitude relation between upper and lower limits of a predetermined hysteresis region and an actual current flowing through the motor, and a switching member for, when the actual current deviates from the hysteresis region while the rectangular wave control is undertaken, switching the control to an instantaneous current value control performed by the second control member. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20100008113 | SEMICONDUCTOR POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A surge voltage target setting unit ( | 01-14-2010 |
| 20110210687 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - A control apparatus for use with an electric power conversion system which is equipped with a dc/ac converter connected to an electric rotating machine and a capacitor joined to input terminals of the dc/ac converter. The control apparatus stores an angle of rotation (i.e., start angle θ | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110295530 | FAULT DIAGNOSIS DEVICE FOR AMPLITUDE MODULATION DEVICE - The fault diagnosis device is for diagnosing presence of a fault in an amplitude modulation device which modulates an amplitude of a carrier wave signal to generate a modulated wave signal, comprising. The fault diagnosis device includes a sampling means to perform sampling of at least one of the carrier wave signal and the modulated wave signal at a period different from a period of the carrier wave signal, and a diagnosis means to perform diagnosis of presence of a fault in the amplitude modulation device based on sampled values outputted from the sampling means. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120068644 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINES - A control apparatus for a rotary electric machine has a DC-AC converting circuit with high- and low-potential-side switching elements to compose an inverter. In this apparatus, a connecting/disconnecting circuit is arranged to be electrically opened and closed between the DC-AC converting circuit and a power supply. A determining member determines whether or not the high-potential-side and low-potential-side switching elements have a malfunction. A failsafe performing element opens the connecting/disconnecting circuit and turns on both the high-potential-side and low-potential-side switching elements residing in a part of the inverter, when it is determined that there is caused a malfunction in the switching elements. The turned-on high-potential-side and low-potential-side switching elements realizes a short-circuit state therein. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068645 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINES - In a control apparatus for a rotary electric machine receiving power from a DC power supply, a DC-AC converting circuit is provided with serially connected circuits each having high-potential-side and low-potential-side switching elements. When a short-circuit occurs at the switching elements, all the switching elements are turned OFF for failsafe and a path connecting the machine and the battery is opened. In such a case, a switching element belonging to part of the switching elements is turned ON, with potential at all the terminals of the rotary electric machine being the same. A location of the short-circuit occurs is identified, based on changes in current passing through the machine and being detected in response to turning ON the switching element. The changes are at least one of a reduction change in deviation of the current from a zero point and a reduction change in an absolute value of the current. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120091933 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM INCLUDING DC/AC CONVERTER CONNECTED BETWEEN ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE AND DC POWER SOURCE - A control apparatus is for use in a power conversion system including a DC/AC converter circuit connected to an electric rotating machine at output terminals thereof and to a DC power source at input terminals thereof through a switching means, a capacitor being connected across the input terminals of the DC/AC converter circuit. The control apparatus includes a current supply means configured to perform current supply control to supply a current to the electric rotating machine in order to discharge the capacitor by manipulating the DC/AC converter circuit in a state where the switching means is set open, and a speed lowering means configured to apply a brake force to a rotating shaft of the electric rotating machine to reduce a rotational speed of the electric rotating machine prior to the current supply control being performed by the current supply means if the rotational speed exceeds a specified speed. | 04-19-2012 |
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| 20090190147 | Image forming apparatus, print control method, and computer-readable recording medium storing print control program - An image forming apparatus and a print control method prevents a disadvantageous effect to a user due to print failure, before an image forming operation is started. The image forming apparatus includes an interface for connecting an external storage device to the image forming apparatus. Data stored in the external storage device is read via the interface and printed by the image forming apparatus. A memory usage at the time of printing the data is calculated based on a parameter obtained from various information about the data. The calculated memory usage and a memory capacity that is available in the image forming apparatus during printing are compared. An image forming operation for printing the data is controlled depending on a comparison result. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190164 | Method and apparatus for forming image - In an image forming apparatus, a setting management unit acquires at least one of first setting data and second setting data. The first setting data is information that specifies data to be included in the identification image from among the identification data and the second setting data is information that specifies a position of the identification image. An output control unit outputs (e.g., prints) output data including the identification image that is created based on at least one of the first setting data and the second setting data that is acquired by the setting management unit. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20110007353 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a filter detection part that detects the filter when the external medium is connected; a filter identification information obtaining part that obtains filter identification information that identifies a filter set by a user from filter setting information when print data subject to printing is received, wherein the filter setting information regarding the filter is added to the print data; a first output part that outputs the print data to the filter via the input/output interface, in accordance with the filter identification information; an input part that inputs the print data on which a predetermined process has been carried out by the filter via the input/output interface; and a second output part that outputs the print data on which the predetermined process has been carried out by the filter to a page description language module. | 01-13-2011 |
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| 20110079272 | THIN-FILM PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin-film photoelectric converter in which a first electrode layer formed of a transparent conductive material, a photoelectric conversion layer for photoelectric conversion, and a second electrode layer formed of a conductive material that reflects light are stacked in that order on an insulating light-transmitting substrate. The photoelectric conversion layer and the second electrode layer are divided by dividing grooves into islands that form a plurality of photoelectric conversion cells separated from each other, adjacent ones of the plurality of photoelectric conversion cells separated by the dividing grooves being electrically connected in series. The photoelectric conversion layer includes: a first semiconductor layer including a microcrystalline structure; and a second semiconductor layer including an amorphous structure, the second semiconductor layer being disposed so as to surround all side wall portions of the first semiconductor layer that extend in in-plane directions of the insulating light-transmitting substrate. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110108118 | THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin-film solar cell in which a transparent electrode having fine surface irregularities with small surface roughness and substantially uniform in-plane resistance is realized can be obtained by forming a plurality of first transparent conductive films separated from one another in a substrate surface on a transparent insulative substrate, forming a second transparent conductive film on the first transparent conductive films, etching the second transparent conductive film in a granular shape and forming first granular members dispersed on the first transparent conductive films, forming a power generation layer on the first transparent conductive films and on the dispersed first granular members, forming a rear-side electrode layer on the power generation layer. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110177644 | PLASMA CVD APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL, AND METHOD FOR CLEANING PLASMA CVD APPARATUS - A plasma CVD apparatus includes: a film forming chamber; a holding member that holds a substrate to be processed that is set in the film forming chamber; a shower head that is set in the film forming chamber to face the holding member, and supplies raw material gas and generates a plasma of the raw material gas; a radical generation chamber that is set at an opposite side of the shower head relative to the holding member and generates radicals of process gas; and an openable and closable shutter that is provided between the shower head and the radical generation chamber. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110220189 | THIN FILM SOLAR CELL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin film solar cell device of higher power generation efficiency, having a tandem structure in which a transparent electrode layer is inserted between a back surface electrode layer and a photoelectric conversion layer and between a plurality of stacked photoelectric conversion layers. A first electricity conducting path is obtained by forming a thin film made of a conductive material (with specific resistance<10 | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110223709 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a thin-film photoelectric conversion device includes forming a first electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer having three conductive semiconductor layers laminated thereon, and a second electrode layer sequentially laminated in this order on a translucent insulating substrate, such that adjacent thin-film photoelectric conversion cells are electrically connected in series, isolating a thin-film photoelectric conversion cell into a plurality of thin-film photoelectric conversion cells by forming isolation trenches that reach from the second electrode layer to the first electrode layer, removing a part of sidewalls at an external periphery of the thin-film photoelectric conversion cells positioned at an external peripheral edge of the thin-film photoelectric conversion device, along with the external periphery, and modifying into insulation layers by performing an oxidation process on all of the sidewalls of the isolation trenches of the photoelectric conversion layer and all of the sidewalls at the external periphery. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120000518 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A photoelectric conversion device is provided in which a first photoelectric conversion module having a plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements formed on one surface of a first translucent insulated substrate and a second photoelectric conversion module having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements formed on one surface of a second translucent insulated substrate are bonded together with the first photoelectric conversion elements and the second photoelectric conversion elements placed on an inner side. The photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion element pairs formed by electrically connecting, in series, the first photoelectric conversion elements and the second photoelectric conversion elements arranged in positions opposed to each other. All the photoelectric conversion element pairs are electrically connected in series. | 01-05-2012 |
