Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Takahiro Akiyama

Kazutoshi Torashima

Kazunari Fujii

Takahisa Kato

Toshio Tomiyoshi

Toru Nakakubo

Yukio Furukawa

Rei Kurashima

Akihisa Iio

Yoshio Hotta

Suguru Miyagawa

Ayako Kato

Noriyuki Kaifu

Hidemasa Mizutani

Makoto Takagi

Shinichiro Iimura

Hiroyuki Ozaki

Hiromasa Tsuboi

Chienliu Chang

Atsushi Kandori

Takayuki Sumida

Toshiyuki Ogawa

Kenji Hasegawa

Shimpei Matsuo

Tatsuya Hotogi

Kazuhiko Kato

Shinichiro Watanabe

Yutaka Setomoto

Soichiro Suzuki

Ryuhei Shoji

Ayako Maruyama

An apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in an array on a substrate, the plurality of pixels each including a light emitting element, a first transistor, and a second transistor, a drain region of the first transistor being connected to an anode of the light emitting element, a drain region or a source region of the second transistor being connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor. In a plan view perpendicular to the substrate, a length of a current path from the first region to a gate electrode of the second transistor is greater than a length of a current path from a third region to the gate electrode of the second transistor.

Apparatus, display apparatus, conversion apparatus, device, illumination apparatus, and moving body

A liquid ejection module includes a pressure chamber, a supply flow channel that supplies a liquid to the pressure chamber, a collection flow channel that collects the liquid from the pressure chamber, a liquid feeding chamber connected to one of the supply flow channel and the collection flow channel, and a connection flow channel connecting the liquid feeding chamber to the other of the supply flow channel and the collection flow channel. The liquid feeding chamber includes a liquid feeding mechanism that circulates the liquid in the supply flow channel, the pressure chamber, the collection flow channel, the liquid feeding chamber, and the connection flow channel. A ratio of a sum of flow channel resistance of the supply flow channel, the pressure chamber, and the collection flow channel relative to flow channel resistance of the connection flow channel is equal to or above 0.5.

Liquid ejection module

A method includes a step of forming a sacrificial layer on a first film, a step of forming a second film on the sacrificial layer, a step of forming an etching opening that extends through at least one of the first film and the second film so as to communicate with the sacrificial layer, and a step of forming a hollow portion by etching the sacrificial layer using a gas containing a fluorine-containing gas and hydrogen via the etching opening, wherein a composition ratio of silicon to nitrogen in a first region having a face in contact with the sacrificial layer is larger than a composition ratio of silicon to nitrogen in a second region not including the first region.

Method for producing hollow structure and hollow structure

A light emitting device comprising a plurality of pixels arranged on a substrate to form a plurality of columns parallel to a first direction and a plurality of rows parallel to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction is provided. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a light emitting element, and a driving circuit configured to drive the light emitting element, the substrate includes a transistor region in which a plurality of transistors that form the driving circuit are arranged, the plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel, which are adjacent to each other in the first direction, and a virtual line parallel to the second direction, which passes through the transistor region of the first pixel, passes through the transistor region of the second pixel.

Light emitting device, display device, photoelectric conversion device, electronic device, and wearable device

A driving method enables a liquid feeding apparatus using a driving element in the form of a membrane to feed a liquid at high liquid feeding accuracy. To this end, a voltage applied to the driving element is controlled in such a way as to repeat a first period in which the voltage is changed from a first voltage to a second voltage and a second period which is a longer period than the first period and in which the voltage is changed from the second voltage to the first voltage, and such that an inflection point is provided in each predetermined interval during the first period based on a Helmholtz vibration period unique to the liquid feeding apparatus.

Driving method of liquid feeding apparatus

A high output and high reliability capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) is provided. The capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer has a concave portion on a surface of at least one insulating film. The surface faces an air gap.

Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer and manufacturing method thereof

A driving method enables a liquid feeding apparatus using a driving element in a membrane shape to feed a liquid at high liquid feeding accuracy. To this end, a voltage applied to the driving element is controlled in such a way as to repeat a first period in which a first voltage is applied and a second period which is a longer period than the first period and used to effect a change between the first voltage and a second voltage lower than the first voltage, and in such a way as to switch between application and non-application of the first voltage during the first period.

A method of producing an electromechanical transducer includes forming an insulating film on a first electrode, forming a sacrificial layer on the insulating film, forming a first membrane on the sacrificial layer, forming a second electrode on the first membrane, forming an etching-hole in the first membrane and removing the sacrificial layer through the etching-hole, and forming a second membrane on the second electrode, and sealing the etching-hole. Forming the second membrane and sealing the etching-hole are performed in one operation.

Electromechanical transducer and method of producing the same

Provided is an ultrasonic detection device including: a capacitive electromechanical transducer including a cell that includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed so as to oppose with a space; a voltage source for developing a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electric circuit for converting a current, which is caused by a change in electrostatic capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode due to vibration of the second electrode, into a voltage, in which the capacitive electromechanical transducer provides an output current with a high-pass characteristic having a first cutoff frequency with respect to a frequency, the electric circuit provides an output with a low-pass characteristic having a second cutoff frequency with respect to the frequency, and the second cutoff frequency is smaller than the first cutoff frequency.

Ultrasonic detection device and ultrasonic diagnostic device

A probe configured to receive an acoustic wave from an object including an element having a cell structure, in which a vibration membrane having one of a pair of electrodes formed with a gap arranged therebetween is supported so that the vibration membrane can be vibrated by the acoustic wave; a light reflection layer provided at a position near the object with respect to the element and configured to reflect light; and a support layer provided between the element and the light reflection layer and configured to support the light reflection layer.

Probe, object information acquisition apparatus, and method of manufacturing the probe

An electrostatic capacitance type transducer includes one or more elements. The one or more elements each include a plurality of cell groupseach including a cellincluding a first electrodeand a second electrodearranged with a gap therebetween, the second electrode being electrically connected to a shared signal extraction electrode. In the cell group, each of the cells has an equal wiring length from the shared signal extraction electrode. The electrostatic capacitance of the plurality of cell groups, the wiring resistance between two adjacent cell groups, the number of cell groups in the element, and the central frequency of the element satisfy a predetermined relationship to increase transmission efficiency or reception sensitivity.

Electrostatic capacitance type transducer

An electromechanical transducer includes a first electrode; a silicon oxide film disposed on the first electrode; and a vibration film including a silicon nitride film disposed on the silicon oxide film with a space therebetween and a second electrode disposed on the silicon nitride film so as to oppose the first electrode.

A capacitance type transducer includes a plurality of cells each having a structure in which a vibrating film is supposed so as to be vibrated. The vibrating film includes: a second electrode formed so that a gap is interposed between the second electrode and a first electrode; and an insulating film formed on the second electrode. The capacitance transducer manufacturing method includes: forming a sacrificial layer on the first electrode; forming a layer including a vibrating film on the sacrificial layer; forming an etching hole to remove the sacrificial layer; and forming a sealing film for sealing the etching hole. Before forming the etching hole to remove the sacrificial layer, a through hole is formed in an insulating film on the second electrode, and a conductor film is formed on the insulating film having the through hole to electrically connect a conductor in the through hole and the second electrode.

Capacitance type transducer

A drive method for an electrostatic capacitance type transducer is provided. The electrostatic capacitance type transducer includes a plurality of elements, the element including one or more cells, the cell having a first electrode and a second electrode separated from the first electrode by a gap, the first electrode or the second electrode in the plurality of elements being applied with an alternating current voltage. The plurality of elements includes a first element and a second element. A waveform of an alternating current voltage applied to the first element is set the similar as a waveform of an alternating current voltage applied to the second element. A phase difference between the alternating current voltage applied to the first element and the alternating current voltage applied to the second element is set equal to approximately 90 degrees.

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Takahiro Akiyama