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A wavelength converter is provided with a light-transmitting substrate and with a thin film that is formed on a surface of the light-transmitting substrate and that contains a phosphor. A sintered body that constitutes the light-transmitting substrate has an average particle size of 5-40 μm. The light-transmitting substrate contains at least 10-500 ppm by mass of MgO. The principal component of the phosphor is an α-sialon that is indicated by the general formula (Ca_α,Eu_β) (Si,Al)₁₂(O,N)₁₆ (provided that 1.5<α+β<2.2, 0<β<0.2, and O/N≦0.04).

A multilayer capacitor includes a body, including a stacked structure formed of a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes, and a plurality of external electrodes. Each external electrode includes a conductive layer, disposed at the end of the body and connected to the plurality of internal electrodes, and a plating layer covering the conductive layer. Each conductive layer includes nickel (Ni) and barium titanate (BT), and an area occupied by nickel with respect to the total area of the respective conductive layer is 30% to 65%.

A first outer electrode and first inner electrodes are supplied with an anode potential and a second outer electrode and second inner electrodes are supplied with a cathode potential when a monolithic ceramic capacitor is mounted and in use. The first outer electrode supplied with the anode potential has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the second outer electrode supplied with the cathode potential.

A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed with respective to dielectric layers interposed therebetween and having first to sixth surfaces, the first internal electrode being exposed to the third, fifth, and sixth surfaces of the body, and the second internal electrode being exposed to the fourth, fifth, and sixth surfaces of the body; first and second side portions disposed on the fifth and sixth surfaces of the body, respectively, and including first and second metal layers disposed therein; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the third and fourth surfaces of the body, respectively, and connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively.

The invention provides a multilayered capacitor and a board having the same mounted thereon. The multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including a dielectric layer and a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode; a first via electrode exposed through first and second surfaces of the capacitor body, connected to the first internal electrode and spaced apart from the second internal electrode, a second via electrode exposed through the first and second surfaces of the capacitor body, and connected to the second internal electrode and spaced apart from the first internal electrode, a first and second external electrodes disposed on the first surface of the capacitor body to be spaced apart from each other, and connected to the first and the second via electrodes, respectively, and first and second covers disposed in sequence from a bottom in the second surface of the capacitor body, wherein the first and second cover are formed of different materials.

An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a first principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode is disposed at an end portion of the element body in the third direction. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer. The conductive resin layer covers a region near the first principal surface of the end surface. A height of the conductive resin layer in the first direction is larger at an end portion in the second direction than at a center in the second direction, when viewed from the third direction.

The film-forming method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a step A for forming a photocurable resin liquid film on a substrate; a step B for vaporizing the photocurable resin in a first region on the substrate by selectively irradiating the first region with infrared rays or visible light having a wavelength that is longer than 550 nm; and a step C for obtaining a photocured resin film by curing the photocurable resin in the second region on the substrate, said second region including the first region, by irradiating, simultaneously with the step 3 or after performing the step 3, the second region with light, to which the photocurable resin is sensitive.

An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes first and second principal surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode disposed at an end portion of the element body in the third direction. The external electrode includes a first conductive resin layer and a second conductive resin layer. The first conductive resin layer continuously covers one part of the first principal surface, one part of the end surface, and one part of each of the pair of side surfaces. The second conductive resin layer is separated from the first conductive resin layer, and continuously covers one part of the second principal surface, one part of the end surface, and one part of each of the pair of side surfaces.

A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer, a plurality of first and second internal electrodes disposed inside the ceramic body, exposed to the first and second surfaces, and having ends exposed to the third or fourth surface, and a first side margin portion and a second side margin portion disposed on side portions of the plurality of first and second internal electrodes exposed to the first and second surfaces. A ratio Db/Da satisfies 1.00 to 1.07, inclusive, where ‘Db’ is a distance, in a stacking direction of the dielectric layer, between both end points of respective edge regions of the first side margin portion and the second side margin portion, and ‘Da’ is a distance in a central region of the ceramic body in the stacking direction.

An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a first principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode is disposed on the element body. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer. The conductive resin layer continuously covers one part of the first principal surface, one part of the end surface, and one part of each of the pair of side surfaces. A length of the conductive resin layer in the third direction is smaller than a length of the conductive resin layer in the first direction.

This organic EL device (100) has a substrate (1), a drive circuit layer (2), a first inorganic protective layer (2Pa), an organic planarizing layer (2Pb), an organic EL element layer (3), and a TFE structure (10). The TFE structure has a first inorganic barrier layer (12), an organic barrier layer (14), and a second inorganic barrier layer (16). When viewed from a normal line of the substrate, the organic planarizing layer is formed within a region where the first inorganic protective layer is formed, while an organic EL element is disposed within a region where the organic planarizing layer is formed. The TFE structure has an exterior edge which intersects with a lead-out line (32) and which is situated between an exterior edge of the organic planarizing layer and an exterior edge of the first inorganic protective layer. In a portion where the first inorganic protective layer and the first inorganic barrier layer are in direct contact with each other on the lead-out line, the first inorganic barrier layer has, in a cross-section parallel to the line width direction of the lead-out line, a lateral face that is configured to have a taper angle θ (12) of less than 90°. The organic planarizing layer has a surface that is not more than 50 nm in arithmetic average roughness Ra.

The invention provides a curable epoxy resin composition having a superior workability and capable of forming a cured product with a thermal expansion resistance, a heat resistance, an adhesiveness and a low water absorbability. The composition is a heat-curable resin composition comprising:

• • (A) an epoxy resin;
  • (B) a carboxyl group-free curing agent; and
  • (C) an annular carbodiimide compound, in which
  • an equivalent ratio of the carboxyl group-free curing agent (B) to the epoxy resin (A) is 0.5 to 1.5, and the annular carbodiimide compound (C) is in an amount of 2 to 50 parts by mass with respect to a total of 100 parts by mass of the epoxy resin (A) and the carboxyl group-free curing agent (B).

A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body, and first and second external electrodes respectively provided on first and second end surfaces of the laminated body. The laminated body includes an inner layer portion in which the first and second internal electrode layers oppose each other with the dielectric ceramic layers interposed therebetween, and outer layer portions sandwiching the inner layer portion in the lamination direction and a side margin portion sandwiching the inner layer portion and the outer layer portions in the width direction. The side margin portion is defined by ceramic layers laminated in the width direction, and includes, as the ceramic layers, an inner layer on an innermost side of the laminated body and an outer layer on an outermost side of the laminated body.

An organic EL device (100A) includes an active region (R1) including a plurality of organic EL elements and includes a peripheral region (R2) located in a region other than the active region. The organic EL device includes an element substrate (1) including a substrate, and the plurality of organic EL elements supported by the substrate; and a thin film encapsulation structure (10A) covering the plurality of organic EL elements. The thin film encapsulation structure includes a first inorganic barrier layer (12), an organic barrier layer (14) in contact with a top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer, and a second inorganic barrier layer (16) in contact with the top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer and a top surface of the organic barrier layer. The peripheral region includes a first protruding structure (22a) including a portion extending along at least one side of the active region, the first protruding structure being supported by the substrate, and also includes an extending portion (12e), of the first inorganic barrier layer, extending onto the first protruding structure, the first protruding structure having a height larger than a thickness of the first inorganic barrier layer.

A method includes producing a ceramic body including a stack of a dielectric layer and an internal electrode, applying a conductive paste including metal powder and glass frit to an outer surface of the ceramic body and baking the conductive paste to form a base external electrode layer, forming a crack in glass exposed to an outer surface of the base external electrode layer, after the formation of the crack, applying a water repellent to the base external electrode layer, and forming a Ni plating layer and a Sn plating layer on the base external electrode layer.

A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a stack structure of a plurality of dielectric layers, and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked with the dielectric layers interposed therebetween. A stress alleviation portion is disposed on at least one surface among surfaces of the body, and an external electrode is disposed on an external portion of the body and connected to the internal electrodes. The stress alleviation portion includes a first resin layer adjacent to the body, and a second resin layer covering the first resin layer and including a filler dispersed in a resin of the second resin layer.

Provided are a method for treating the surface of a (Sr,Ca)AlSiN₃ nitride phosphor that can improve the moisture-resistance reliability thereof without deterioration in optical properties, a phosphor, a light-emitting device, and an illumination device. The surface of a phosphor is treated in an immersion step of immersing a phosphor of which the host crystal has a crystal structure substantially identical with that of (Sr,Ca)AlSiN₃ crystal in an aqueous ammonium phosphate-containing solution (Step 1) and a heat-treating step of leaving the phosphor after the immersion step in an environment at a temperature of 250 to 550° C. for 2 to 24 hours (Step 2).