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The present invention provides a technique capable of controlling an incident angle of ions at an edge portion of a substrate in plasma processing, and capable of suppressing variations in plasma processing results when the incident angle of ions is controlled. The plasma processing apparatus includes: a chamber; the substrate supporting part is configured in the chamber, the substrate supporting part is provided with a conductive base, an electrostatic chuck, an edge ring, a substrate bias electrode and an edge ring bias electrode, and the edge ring bias electrode extends to the edge part of the substrate supporting surface in a plan view and is provided with an annular overlapping part partially overlapped with the substrate bias electrode; the annular overlapping part has a radial width of 9 mm to 11 mm; an upper electrode; an RF generator; a first voltage pulse generator electrically connected to the substrate bias electrode and configured to be capable of generating a sequence of first voltage pulses; and a second voltage pulse generator electrically connected to the edge ring bias electrode and configured to be capable of generating a sequence of second voltage pulses.

Provided are: a method for detecting fluctuations in a solidified layer, whereby fluctuations in the solidified layer can be detected at an early stage; and a method for operating a blast furnace using the method. The method for detecting the variation of the solidified layer includes detecting the variation of the solidified layer at the lower part of the blast furnace by using the heat of the molten iron supplied to the lower part of the blast furnace and the heat of the molten iron discharged during a predetermined period.

Provided is an electric discharge machine capable of suppressing scattering and overflow of a liquid flowing out of a drain port. An electric discharge machine (10) according to one embodiment comprises: a liquid tank (52) for storing a liquid; a drain valve (54) which opens / closes a drain port (62) for draining the liquid stored in the liquid tank (52); an actuator (56) which drives the drain valve (54); a liquid level sensor (58) which detects the level of the liquid stored in the liquid tank (52); and a control unit (60) which controls the actuator (56) so that as the liquid level detected by the liquid level sensor (58) is lower, the opening amount of the drain valve (54) becomes greater.

The invention provides a vehicle control system capable of suppressing insufficiency of braking force and instability of vehicle behavior when a slipping state of wheels is eliminated. A vehicle control system is provided with an electric brake control unit for controlling a hydraulic pressure generation unit, a behavior control unit for controlling each brake mechanism, a front motor control unit and a rear motor control unit for controlling each rotary electric machine, and an integrated control unit. When the front motor control unit executes regenerative braking, the behavior control unit cuts off the flow of the working medium of the hydraulic pressure generation unit with respect to each of the front brake mechanisms when a slip state occurs at the front wheels. The electric brake control unit increases the pressure of the pressure medium in the hydraulic pressure generation unit compared to a case where a slip state does not occur at the front wheels.

The present application relates to a power system, a power control device, and a power control method. The power system includes a first power device, a second power device, a third power device, and a power control device. The power control device is configured to control power control of each of the first power device, the second power device, and the third power device. The power control device is configured to perform gradual switching control when the power control device switches an object of the power control from the first power device to the second power device. The power control device is configured to perform immediate switching control when the power control device switches the object of the power control from at least one of the first power device and the second power device to the third power device.

The present invention provides a control device and a control method for a hybrid vehicle, wherein the control device for the hybrid vehicle includes an engine ECU and an HVECU. The engine ECU executes a partial cylinder fuel cut-off control that stops supplying fuel to one or more cylinders and supplies fuel to the remaining cylinders, and sends control information of the partial cylinder fuel cut-off control to the HVECU. The HVECU executes a driving force compensation control to compensate for the decrease in driving force of a multi-cylinder engine caused by the execution of the partial cylinder fuel cut-off control by using the driving force of an electric generator. The engine ECU prohibits the execution of the partial cylinder fuel cut-off control when there is a possibility of abnormality in the transmission and reception of the control information of the partial cylinder fuel cut-off control.

The optical module (100) comprises: a semiconductor laser (1), a light receiver (12) and a lens (3) mounted on a carrier (5); an optical fiber (4); and a control circuit (20) for controlling an injection current (Iop) of the laser (1) so that an output current (Im) of the light receiver (12) receiving a monitoring light (17) becomes constant. At least a portion of the light receiver (12) and the lens (3) are fixed to the carrier (5) by resin bonding materials (7, 8) that shrink by thermal curing. The initial positions of the laser (1), the end portion of the optical fiber (4), the light receiver (12) and the lens (3) with respect to the back surface (24) of the carrier (5) are determined so that the optical coupling efficiency of the laser (1) and the light receiver (12) and the optical fiber (4) change in the same manner with respect to the exposure time of the optical module (100) to an ambient temperature higher than room temperature.

An image display device (2) that visually confirms an optical image is provided with: a display unit that emits image light that is visually confirmed as a virtual image; and a light guide (13) that guides the image light from the display unit to the outside. The light guide has a pair of main surfaces (13a, 13b) facing each other. The light guide body is provided with: an incident region (21) into which image light from the display unit is incident and which diffracts the image light so as to propagate inside the light guide body by reflection between the pair of main surfaces; and an expansion region (23) which diffracts the propagated image light at a plurality of positions where the image light propagates in the light guide body and emits the diffracted image light as a plurality of image light. The image light incident on the incident region is set to a second polarization state such that the image light propagating to the expansion region is in a first polarization state in which the image light is polarized in a direction parallel or perpendicular to a plane including a normal direction of the main surface in the expansion region and a propagation direction of the propagating image light. The second polarization state is different from the first polarization state.

There is provided a light source and an automatic analyzer, which stabilize an amount of light while covering a wide wavelength band used in the automatic analyzer. The light source of the present invention includes a substrate, a first LED provided on the substrate, and a phosphor that converts an excitation light of the first LED into a broadband light, in which the temperature sensor is embedded in the phosphor together with the first LED. Further, the automatic analyzer of the present invention includes an absorbance measuring unit having this light source, and a reaction disk on which a reaction vessel for containing a reaction solution measured by the absorbance measuring unit is mounted.

The invention comprises: a phase synchronization circuit, which is synchronized with a reference clock signal and generates a synchronization clock signal obtained by multiplying the reference clock signal; an edge detection circuit, which detects the edge at which the signal waveform of the reference clock signal changes at the timing of the synchronization clock signal and outputs an edge detection signal indicating the timing at which the edge is detected; and a clock frequency division circuit, which is reset at a timing corresponding to the edge detection signal and generates a divided clock signal obtained by dividing the synchronization clock signal.

A power module is provided that can utilize the advantages of stacking a plurality of elements and can reduce the adverse effects of a shunt voltage on a control element without using a complex structure. A second semiconductor switch element (141b) is connected in series with a first semiconductor switch element (141a) and is at least partially stacked with the first semiconductor switch element (141a) in the thickness direction. A first control element (102) controls the first semiconductor switch element (141a) and the second semiconductor switch element (141b) and performs an overcurrent protection operation with reference to the shunt voltage. The first control element (102) is arranged to be offset from the first semiconductor switch element (141a) and the second semiconductor switch element (141b) in the in-plane direction.

An ink composition comprising: a cholesteric pigment that includes a cured product of a liquid crystal composition including a polymerizable compound; and a non-volatile organic compound, wherein an absolute value |ΔHSP1| of a difference between a weighted average of HSP of the polymerizable compound and HSP of the organic compound is 3.0 or less; or an absolute value |ΔlogP1| of a difference between a weighted average of logP of the polymerizable compound and logP of the organic compound is 1.0 or less.

In a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor film, variations in electrical characteristics are suppressed. The transistor includes a first gate electrode, a first insulating film, an oxide semiconductor film, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a second insulating film, a second gate electrode, and a third insulating film. The oxide semiconductor film includes a first oxide semiconductor film on one side of the first gate electrode and a second oxide semiconductor film on the first oxide semiconductor film. Both the first and second oxide semiconductor films contain In, M, and Zn (M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn). In a region of the second oxide semiconductor film, the number of In atoms is less than that of the first oxide semiconductor film. The second gate electrode contains at least one of the metal elements in the oxide semiconductor film.

The utility model solves the change of the hydraulic cylinder relative to reciprocating drive. A drive device (2) for driving a grate segment (2) of a grate-type incinerator (1A) is provided with: a cylinder (4) which is disposed on a steel frame (7) provided outside the incinerator (1A) and which reciprocates back and forth in a linear operation direction (MD) facing the inside of the incinerator (1A); a rod (5) that is connected to the front end (4A) side in the operation direction (MD) with respect to the cylinder and that extends into the incinerator (1A) along the operation direction (MD); a beam (6) that is connected to the front end (5A) side in the operation direction (MD) with respect to the rod (5), extends in the operation direction (MD), and supports the grate segments (2) from the lower side; a support roller (8) disposed on the lower side of the beam (6) and supporting the beam (6) from below; and a support structure that supports the cylinder, the rod, or the beam such that the cylinder, the rod, or the beam linearly operates in the operation direction during the operation of the cylinder.