Kyocera Corporation

Rohm Co., Ltd.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Kouji Miyamoto

Katsuaki Masaki

Daisuke Ueyama

Yutaka Kuba

Chiaki Domoto

Yuuichiro Hayashi

Kenichi Fukumoto

Masaaki Nakayama

Akira Aoki

Junichi Itai

Nobuaki Matsui

Ryosuke Kanemitsu

Koichiro Niira

Koji Katsura

Yosuke Tsuchiya

Shiro Miyazaki

Tomofumi Honjo

Shigeo Aono

Kenichi Kurobe

Koji Okamoto

Seiji Nakashima

Masahiro Tanaka

Masaharu Ando

An LED drive circuit drives an LED module. The LED module has a light-emitting diode, and an identification unit having characteristic information relating to light-emitting characteristics of the light-emitting diode. The LED drive circuit includes a detection unit and a drive circuit. The detection unit is provided for detecting characteristic information, and generates a detection signal that corresponds to the characteristic information. The drive circuit generates drive current by a drive signal supplied according to the characteristic information based on the detection signal, and supplies the drive current to drive the light-emitting diode.

LED drive circuit, LED drive device, and LED drive system

A method for producing a crystal, according to the present invention, where the lower surfaceB of a seed crystalwhich is rotatably arranged and made of silicon carbide is brought into contact with a solutionof silicon solvent containing carbon in a cruciblewhich is rotatably arranged and the seed crystalis pulled up and a crystal of silicon carbide is grown from the solutionon the lower surfaceB of the seed crystalcomprising the steps of bringing the lower surfaceB of the seed crystalinto contact with the solutionin a contact step, rotating the seed crystalin a seed crystal rotation step, rotating the cruciblein a crucible rotation step, and stopping rotation of the cruciblewhile the seed crystalis rotated in the state in which the lower surfaceB of the seed crystalis in contact with the solutionin a deceleration step.

Method for producing crystal

A method for producing a crystal, according to the present invention, where the lower surface of a seed crystal which is rotatably arranged and made of silicon carbide is brought into contact with a solution of silicon solvent containing carbon in a crucible which is rotatably arranged and the seed crystal is pulled up and a crystal of silicon carbide is grown from the solution on the lower surface of the seed crystal, comprising the steps of bringing the lower surface of the seed crystal into contact with the solution in a contact step, rotating the seed crystal in a seed crystal rotation step, rotating the crucible in a crucible rotation step, and stopping rotation of the crucible, while the seed crystal is rotated in the state in which the lower surface of the seed crystal is in contact with the solution, in a deceleration step.

This solar cell element, which is increased in the conversion efficiency due to improved effect of passivation, includes a semiconductor substrate in which a p-type first semiconductor region and an n-type second semiconductor region are stacked such that the first semiconductor region is located nearmost a first principal surface side and the second semiconductor region is located nearmost a second principal surface side; and a first passivation film containing aluminum oxide and arranged on the first principal surface side of the first semiconductor region. In the inside of the first passivation film of the solar cell element, the first ratio obtained by dividing the aluminum atomic density by the oxygen atomic density is 0.613 or more and less than 0.667 and the second ratio obtained by dividing the sum of the aluminum atomic density and the hydrogen atomic density by the oxygen atomic density is 0.667 or more and less than 0.786.

Solar cell element

A leakage current detection circuit detects a switch current flowing in a switch which is targeted for leakage monitoring, and generates a detection signal to prohibit operation of a control target circuit which is targeted for control when the switch current does not reach a predetermined threshold value.

Leakage current detection circuit, semiconductor apparatus, LED illumination apparatus, and vehicle

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Kyoto, Japan

Kouji Miyamoto