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There is provided an amorphous oxide semiconductor including hydrogen and at least one element of indium (In) and zinc (Zn), the amorphous oxide semiconductor containing one of hydrogen atoms and deuterium atoms of 1×1020 cm−3 or more to 1×1022 cm−3 or less, and a density of bonds between oxygen and hydrogen except bonds between excess oxygen (OEX) and hydrogen in the amorphous oxide semiconductor being 1×1018 cm−3 or less.

A production method of a thin film transistor including an active layer including an amorphous oxide semiconductor film, wherein a step of forming the active layer includes a first step of forming the oxide film in an atmosphere having an introduced oxygen partial pressure of 1×10−3 Pa or less, and a second step of annealing the oxide film in an oxidative atmosphere after the first step.

A high linearity Doherty power amplifier with phase delay generation and control via passive and active components. In one embodiment, phase delay generation and control is implemented by an active phase shifter comprising a lower differential unit for generating a first differential output signal, an upper differential unit for generating a second differential output signal, and a phase control unit for tuning a phase difference between the first and second differential output signals within a phase tolerance. In addition, to improve efficiency and linearity characteristics, the power amplifier receives a voltage control signal to bias a supplemental amplifier so that the power amplifier operates in a Doherty mode in a low output power range and in a non-Doherty mode in a high output power range.

A semi-crystalline film comprised of a lactide polymer. The lactide polymer comprises a plurality of poly(lactide) polymer chains, residual lactide in concentration of less than about 5 percent and water in concentration of less than about 2000 parts-per-million. A process for manufacturing a semi-crystalline film with the lactide polymer composition is also disclosed.

It is an object of this invention to make the amounts of liquid discharged from the nozzles of a liquid discharge head uniform. To achieve this object, there is provided a liquid discharge apparatus for discharging a liquid to a medium using a liquid discharge head having a plurality of nozzles for discharging the liquid, characterized by comprising a discharge amount changing device which can change the amounts of liquid discharged from the respective nozzles of the liquid discharge head independently of each of the plurality of nozzles, the discharge amount changing device including a voltage control device which can change a driving voltage value of a driving pulse to be supplied to each of the plurality of nozzles.

A precursor film having a required gallium component proportion is formed easily at low cost. A precursor film for use in forming the light absorption layer of a CIS type thin-film solar cell, etc., or a method for forming the film are provided. A Cu—Ga layer having a high gallium component proportion (Ga / (Ga+Cu)) of X % by weight Ga is formed as a first layer by sputtering using a precursor film comprising a Cu—Ga alloy layer having the gallium component proportion of X % by weight Ga as a target (deposition step A). Thereafter, a copper layer is formed as a second layer on the first layer by sputtering using a copper layer as a target (deposition step B) to thereby form a precursor film having the required gallium component proportion of Y % (X>Y) by weight Ga as the sum of the first layer and second layer. A method of film formation by simultaneous vapor deposition is also possible.

An optical semiconductor element 2 is mounted on a lead frame 1, the optical semiconductor element 2 is encapsulated with a mold resin portion 14 of a first layer that has light permeability, and the mold resin portion 14 of the first layer is encapsulated with a mold resin portion 15 of a second layer that has light permeability. Then, a coefficient of linear expansion of the mold resin portion 14 of the first layer is made smaller than a coefficient of linear expansion of the mold resin portion 15 of the second layer.

A thin film piezoelectric device includes a substrate (12) having via holes (22) and a piezoelectric laminated structure (14) consisting of a lower electrode (15), a piezoelectric film (16), and an upper electrode (17) formed on the substrate (12) via an insulation layer (13). A plurality of thin film piezoelectric resonators (210, 220) are formed for the via holes (22). The piezoelectric laminated structure (14) includes diaphragms (23) located to face the via holes (22) and a support area other than those. The thin film piezoelectric resonators (210, 220) are electrically connected by the lower electrode (15). When the straight line in the substrate plane passing through the centers (1, 2) of the diaphragms (23) of the thin film piezoelectric resonators (210, 220) has the length D1 of the segment passing through the support area and the distance between the centers of the diaphragms of the thin film piezoelectric resonators (210, 220) is D0,the ratio D1 / D0 is 0.1 to 0.5. The via hole (22) is fabricated by the deep graving type reactive ion etching method.

A nitride semiconductor device is provided that prevents development of cracks, that has nitride semiconductor thin films with uniform thicknesses and good growth surface flatness, and is thus consistent in characteristics, and that can be fabricated at a satisfactory yield. In this nitride semiconductor device, the nitride semiconductor thin films are grown on a substrate having an off-angle between a direction normal to the surface of ridges and the crystal direction <0001>. This helps either reduce or intentionally promote diffusion or movement of the atoms or molecules of a source material of the nitride semiconductor thin films through migration thereof. As a result, a nitride semiconductor growth layer with good surface flatness can be formed, and thus a nitride semiconductor device with satisfactory characteristics can be obtained.

In accordance with the invention, a composition including a solvent and a functional material is prepared. The solvent includes at least one heterocyclic compound having one or more substituents and containing an oxygen atom as a constituent atom. The functional material is selected from a group including organic EL materials, conductive materials, insulative materials and semiconductive materials. Functional films and functional elements are prepared by using the composition.

A liquid crystal composition is provided that satisfies at least one characteristic among the characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of a nematic phase, a small viscosity, a large optical anisotropy, a large dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and a high stability to heat, or is properly balanced regarding at least two characteristics. An AM device is provided that has a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and so forth. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having especially negatively large dielectric anisotropy as the first component,a specific bicyclic compound having a small viscosity as the second component, a specific compound having a high maximum temperature as the third component, a specific compound having a negatively large dielectric anisotropy, a low minimum temperature as the fourth component. The liquid crystal composition has a negative dielectric anisotropy. The liquid crystal display device contains the liquid crystal composition.

A small and foldable radio device antenna and a radio device which has an antenna according to an embodiment of the invention. The radiating element in the antenna is a conductor having an outline shaped substantially like a rectangle and defining a plane which is perpendicular to the ground plane situated on the circuit board of the radio device. The radiating element fits inside the foldable device in the perpendicular position. The element is connected to the radio device only by its feed point. Resonating frequencies of the element can be arranged by shaping the element, and by means of discrete components. The matching of the antenna is arranged by providing an appropriate distance between the radiating element and ground plane. In an operating situation, an antenna gain is achieved which is considerably higher than that of a PIFA of equal height.

A core-shell type magnetic particle comprises magnetic metal particle and an oxide coating layer formed on the surface of the magnetic metal particle. The magnetic metal particle contains a magnetic metal containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, a nonmagnetic metal and at least one element selected from carbon and nitrogen. The oxide coating layer is constituted of an oxide or a composite oxide containing the nonmagnetic metal which is one of the constituents of the magnetic metal particle.

A nonhalogenated flame resistant cable that has excellent flexibility and abrasion resistance, exhibiting fusion bonding capability to mold materials, such as PBT and nylon, and excellent flame resistance, preferably having striking wear and abrasion resistance. In particular, there is provided a nonhalogenated flame resistant cable characterized in that it includes an insulating wire, an inner sheath and an outer sheath, the inner sheath comprised of a polyolefin resin or a resin composition composed mainly of the resin, the outer sheath comprised of a product of crosslinking of a mixture of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer and thermoplastic polyester elastomer or a resin composition composed mainly of the mixture, the outer sheath containing at least one flame retardant selected from among metal hydroxides and nitrogenous flame retardants in an amount of 3 to 35 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the crosslinking product of resin composition. Further, there is preferably provided a nonhalogenated flame resistant cable wherein the inner sheath contains a specified flame retardant in an amount of specified range.

Provided is a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, which can achieve both of excellent rate characteristic and practically sufficient durability (cycle characteristic) in the lithium secondary battery. The cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes therein pores. A particle or film of the cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery has formed therein a large number of pores. The inner wall of each of such pores is coated with a conductive film.

A coaxial connector with locking by snap-fastening, the connector comprising two complementary connector elements each comprising a tubular body forming a ground contact and containing a central contact, which central contact is male in one of the bodies and female in the other and is held in the corresponding body by means of insulation, wherein a first one of the connector elements has a retaining member suitable for exerting a radial force on the second connection element which is arranged in such a manner that said radial force generates an axial force on the second connector element tending to press it axially against a bearing surface of the first connector element, and wherein the body of one of the connector elements has a member inserted therein that forms an internal ground contact and that is suitable for coming into contact with an inner wall of the body of the other connector element while exerting relatively strong contact pressure thereagainst.

An antenna device includes an antenna coil including a first conductive pattern disposed on a first major surface of a magnetic sheet, a second conductive pattern disposed on a first major surface of a non-magnetic sheet, and an interlayer conductor connecting the first conductive pattern and second conductive pattern. The antenna coil including the first conductive pattern and second conductive pattern defines a spiral or substantially spiral pattern. The antenna device is a resin multilayer structure in which its base body is a laminate of the magnetic layer and non-magnetic layer and the predetermined patterns are disposed inside and outside the laminate.

A circuit board includes a substrate having a pair of pads at mutually opposite positions of a front surface and a rear surface of the substrate; a circuit element having a heat dissipation part which is soldered to one of the pair of pads; and a heat transfer section which pierces through the substrate in a thickness direction, and both ends of which are soldered to the pair of pads respectively, wherein at least a part of the heat transfer section has a solid structure which prevents air from passing through between the front surface and the rear surface.

A dual-mode acoustic wave resonator (7a) having a resonance mode inter-coupler (6) is disposed across narrow voids (4, 5) from an input electrode (2) and an output electrode (3). They are supported for vibrations on a substrate by conductive posts (27, 28, 29) and a power supply pad (3). Opposing electrodes (10, 11, 21, 23) are formed below the input and output electrodes (2, 3), resonator (7a), and resonance mode inter-coupler (6) across narrow gaps. As a voltage of a power supply (25) is changed, a distortion of the resonator (7a) changes due to an electrostatic force, causing a change in the center resonance frequency. As voltages of power supplies (16, 17) are changed, distortions of the input and output electrodes (2, 3) change to cause a change in the opposing areas of end faces of the input and output electrodes to the resonator (7a). This causes a change in the situation of exchanging energy between the input and output electrodes and the resonator (7a) to change the external Q-value. As the voltage of the power supply (25) is changed, a distortion of the inter-coupler (6) changes to cause a change in the coupling coefficient between the resonance modes.

To achieve mass transportation, freer flights, and safer services in an energy-saving manner by allowing the blowout direction of a shroud included rotor having the drive principle of linear motors that can freely change airflow to be changed freely to produce a device capable of freely changing both airflow and wind direction and by attaching the produced device that can freely change airflow and wind direction to the airframe of an aircraft to control the airflow and wind direction of the device. [Means for Solution] The present invention achieves a safe and energy-saving aircraft that allows for transportation of a larger number of passengers and cargoes, freer flights in the sky, and easier control by attaching a large-sized or super-sized rapid airflow generation wind direction changing device with a diameter of greater than 10 m or 20 m to the side surface or wall of the airframe by at least one for each side, that is, at least two in total for both side surfaces or walls and by utilizing the mechanism of the rapid airflow generation wind direction changing devices that can freely control airflow and wind direction.

The present invention is directed to an optical head adapted for performing recording or reproduction of information signals with respect to an optical disc (102), which controls light coupling efficiency with respect to light beams irradiated onto the optical disc (102) by light coupling efficiency adjustable element such as a liquid crystal element (214), etc. in accordance with type of the optical disc (102), recording surface of multi-layer optical disc and / or operation mode to change power of light beams irradiated onto the optical disc (102) to a large extent without excessively increasing change quantity of output power of a semiconductor laser element (212). A beam splitter (218) divides incident light beams of P-polarized light at a predetermined ratio to allow the light beams thus obtained to be incident on a light detector (219) for disc surface power monitor.

Piezoelectric actuator (51) includes a piezoelectric element (11) that performs expansion / contraction movement in accordance with the state of an electrical field, a base (21) with the piezoelectric element (11) adhered to one surface thereof, and a support member (46) for supporting the piezoelectric element (11) and the base (21), the piezoelectric element (11) and base (21) vibrating up and down in accordance with the expansion / contraction movement of the piezoelectric element (11). The base (21) is connected to the support member (46) by way of a vibration film (31) having less rigidity than the base (21). In addition, the piezoelectric element (11) and support member (46) have different outline shapes.

A duplexer and a communication apparatus incorporating the same which are suitable for use in communication systems with wide frequency bands and narrow separations, and which can be miniaturized while having satisfactory characteristics. The duplexer has a transmission filter constituted of a variable frequency filter in which PIN diodes are connected to dielectric resonators and a reception filter constituted of two surface acoustic wave filters and a switching circuit. In the transmission filter, one of the higher and lower sides of a transmission frequency band can be selected according to a voltage applied to a first voltage control terminal. In addition, in the reception filter, one of the two surface acoustic wave filters can be selected according to a voltage applied to a second voltage control terminal.

A transmission output circuit can always perform correct transmission power control, and can detect the abnormality of transmission power, which interferes with other users, and part troubles, which cause erroneous transmission. The transmission output circuit includes transmission power control data generation means for generating a gain control signal for performing the feed forward control of gain control amplification means in order that the output signal level of the power amplification means may be a target transmission power output level, detection means for detecting the output signal of the power amplification means to obtain detected signal data, and judgment means for judging the existence of the occurrence of trouble in the transmission output system by using the detected signal data from the detection means.

A liquid crystal composition having a nematic phase comprising two components, wherein the first component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (1), and the second component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (2), and the third component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (3):wherein R1 and R2 are each independently alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons in which arbitrary hydrogen is replaced by fluorine; ring A and ring B are each independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene; 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or 2,6-difluoro-1,4-phenylene; and X1, X2, X3 and X4 are each independently hydrogen or fluorine.

The flux densities formed by plural electromagnet poles M1 to M12 which are arranged at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction of a rotary body 1 at the same position in an axial direction of the rotary body 1 are gradually changed in the circumferential direction of the rotary body. Even if there is a difference between the maximum value of the flux density and the minimum value, the change of the flux densities between the adjacent electromagnet poles is small and smooth. Accordingly satisfactory detective sensitivity and detection results can be obtained.