Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Ebara Corporation

Unisia Jecs Corporation

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Riken Corporation

Takashi Tanaka

Fujihiko Toyomasu

Takashi Tsuzuki

Toru Fujie

Makoto Nakamura

Tomoyasu Hirasawa

Toshihiko Baba

Shuhei Maeda

Keisuke Ikeda

Kazuhiro Hamada

Teruyuki Misumi

Kiyotada Katoh

Shigeru Suemori

Mizuo Otaki

Takeyoshi Komoto

Teruhiko Mochizuki

Takehiko Okada

Mikinori Ito

Takeshi Endoh

Tomoyuki Arai

Yuta Nakamoto

Masaaki Shiga

Tomomi Okano

Yuya Kitabayashi

Natsuko Ootani

Tsuneyasu Kaisho

Hiroki Yamasaki

A solid-state imaging element according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first semiconductor substrate (), an insulating layer () and a second semiconductor substrate (), a floating diffusion layer (FD) of the first semiconductor substrate (), a transfer gate (TG) of the first semiconductor substrate (), a first through wire () electrically connected to the floating diffusion layer (FD) and penetrating the insulating layer () and the second semiconductor substrate (), a second through wire () electrically connected to the transfer gate (TG) and penetrating the insulating layer () and the second semiconductor substrate (), a wiring layer () stacked on the second semiconductor substrate () and having a wiring electrically connected to the first through wire () or the second through wire (), and an adjustment layer that is provided on the second semiconductor substrate () so as to be in contact with both or one of the first through wire () and the second through wire () and adjusts a capacitance between the transfer gate (TG) and the floating diffusion layer (FD).

Solid-state imaging element and electronic device

Variation in electrostatic capacitances of control signal lines in a pixel is reduced. An imaging element includes: photoelectric conversion units arranged in a first semiconductor substrate; a charge holding unit that is disposed in the first semiconductor substrate and holds generated charges; a plurality of charge transfer units that is each disposed for one of the photoelectric conversion units and transfers the generated charges to the charge holding unit; an image signal generating circuit that is disposed in a second semiconductor substrate and generates an image signal on the basis of the held charge; a plurality of charge transfer unit signal lines that is each disposed for one of the plurality of charge transfer units and each transmits a control signal; a charge holding unit signal line that transmits a voltage corresponding to a charge held in the charge holding unit to the image signal generating circuit; and a capacitance adjustment unit that is disposed in the vicinity of at least one of the plurality of charge transfer unit signal lines and the charge holding unit signal line and adjusts an electrostatic capacitance between the charge transfer unit signal line and the charge holding unit signal line.

Imaging element and imaging device

A die for extrusion molding includes an extrusion port configured to extrude a plastic composition, and a plastic flow channel configured to cause the supplied plastic composition to flow to the extrusion port. The plastic flow channel includes a supply flow channel, and an extrusion flow channel. The supply flow channel is configured to be supplied with the plastic composition. The extrusion flow channel has an upstream end coupled to the supply flow channel, and downstream end having the extrusion port. In the extrusion flow channel, a flow channel cross-sectional area perpendicular to the flow direction of the plastic composition in the extrusion flow channel gradually changes to the extrusion port, and an inner wall surface of a flow channel has a protruding surface protruding toward an inside of the flow channel in a cross section including an extrusion central axis and parallel to the extrusion central axis.

Die for extrusion molding, plastic manufacturing device, and plastic manufacturing method

A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric conversion element; a lens disposed above a first light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element; and a plurality of columnar structures disposed on a surface parallel to the first light incident surface that is located between a second light incident surface of the lens and the first light incident surface of the photoelectric conversion element. The columnar structure includes at least one of silicon, germanium, gallium phosphide, aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, hafnium oxide, indium oxide, tin oxide, niobium pentoxide, magnesium oxide, tantalum pentoxide, titanium pentoxide, titanium oxide, tungsten oxide, yttrium oxide, zinc oxide, zirconia, cerium fluoride, gadolinium fluoride, lanthanum fluoride, and neodymium fluoride.

Solid-state imaging device and electronic device for enhanced color reproducibility of images

A disclosed loop heat pipe includes an evaporator configured to absorb heat from outside by a wall to evaporate a working fluid from a liquid phase to a gas phase; a condenser configured to condense a gas phase working fluid introduced from the evaporator into a liquid phase; an elastic wick configured to contact an inner wall of the evaporator by an elastic force from the elastic wick; and a wick deformation member configured to deform the elastic wick increase a contact pressure of the elastic wick against the inner wall of the evaporator.

Loop heat pipe, cooling device, and electronic device

A fixing device receives a recording material having a toner image and applies pressure and heat to fix the toner image. The fixing device includes a fixing member, a sliding member, a pressing member, and a heating member. The fixing member has a rotatable endless belt shape that includes an inner circumferential resin layer. The sliding member is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the fixing member with a lubricant interposed between the sliding member and the inner circumferential surface. The sliding member has a resin coating layer and slides on the inner circumferential surface. The pressing member presses the recording material toward an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member. The heating member generates heat to heat the recording material. A surface hardness of the inner circumferential surface of the fixing member is smaller than a surface hardness of the sliding surface of the sliding member.

Fixing device configured to restrain increases in rotational torque of a fixing member, image forming apparatus and method of manufacturing fixing device

The present invention provides an agent for treating wound, containing a substance that suppresses the expression or function of PDLIM2. The substance that suppresses the expression or function of PDLIM2 is preferably an siRNA or antisense nucleic acid capable of specifically suppressing the expression of PDLIM2, or an expression vector capable of expressing said polynucleotide. In addition, the present invention provides a method of screening for a substance capable of treating wounds, including determining whether or not a test substance is capable of suppressing the expression or function of PDLIM2.

Therapeutic agent for wounds and screening method for the same

A method for feeding slurry, and a slurry feeder capable of feeding slurry to a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus, are disclosed. Slurry is fed from a slurry supply tank, that stores slurry at a given concentration, to chemical mechanical polishing apparatuses via slurry feed pumps. Operations of the slurry feed pumps are suspended during a period of time other than during a time of feeding slurry to the chemical mechanical polishing apparatuses. A slurry feeder for feeding a slurry to a polishing apparatus includes a pump for feeding slurry at a flow rate Q from a slurry supply tank to the polishing apparatus. When a given sedimentation velocity of slurry is indicated by V, a horizontal sectional area of the slurry supply tank is set to become smaller than Q/V.

Method for supplying slurry to polishing apparatus

An abrasive liquid feed apparatus comprises a supply tank for storing an abrasive liquid having a predetermined concentration, an abrasive liquid pipe for transferring the abrasive liquid from the tank to a polishing means and an additive feed means which feeds an additive having a predetermined concentration to the tank. It further comprises an additive concentration measurement means which measures a concentration of the additive in the abrasive liquid in the supply tank, a measurement means which measures an amount of the abrasive liquid in the tank and a control which calculates an amount of the additive to be supplemented to the tank, based on the concentration of the additive measured by the additive concentration measurement means and the amount of the abrasive liquid measured by the metering means. To maintain the concentration of aqueous hydrogen peroxide in the abrasive liquid.

Abrasive liquid feed apparatus, method for feeding additive to abrasive liquid feed apparatus, and polishing apparatus

A traction distributing apparatus for a motor vehicle includes a housing, a propeller shaft arranged on the input side of the housing and driven by an engine, and a differential gear mechanism arranged on the output side of the housing for distributing torque from the propeller shaft to axles. A reversible hydraulic motor is arranged on the output side of the housing to provide relative torque between the axles by pressure oil supplied and discharged from the outside. The hydraulic motor comprises a motor casing rotatably arranged on the output side of the housing and a cylinder block rotatably arranged inside the motor casing for rotating relative thereto by means of pressure oil. The motor casing serves as part of one of the axles.

Traction distributing apparatus for motor vehicle

A traction distributing apparatus includes a first block engaged with a motor casing wit its rotation being restricted and having an end face which comes in plane contact with an end face of a cylinder block so as to allow fluid communication between their passages, and a second block engaged with the housing or the motor casing with its rotation being restricted and having an end face which comes in plane contact with an end face of the motor casing or the housing so as to allow fluid communication between their passages. A first biasing mechanism is arranged with the first block to hydraulically bias the first block to the end face of the inner rotor, and a second biasing mechanism is arranged with the second block to hydraulically bias the second block to the end face of the motor casing or the housing.

A method and apparatus for stranding tape-shaped optical fibers of the present invention strands a plurality of tape-shaped optical fibers each of which is constituted by a plurality of optical fibers arranged into a tape-shaped unit, wherein powder is applied onto at least one surface of each of said tape-shaped optical fibers in pathlines between supplying devices for supplying said tape-shaped optical fibers and a stranding die of said tape-shaped optical fibers.

Method and apparatus for stranding tape-shaped optical fibers

A novel process for the preparation of an N,N'-disubstitued-4,4'-bipyridylium salt, characterized in that an N,N'-disubstitued tetrahydro-4,4'-bipyridyl corresponding to the desired salt is treated with at least one aromatic nitro compound in the presence of water. The process of the present invention is more advantageously effected further in the presence of a water-immiscible organic solvent. According to the present invention, the desired product can be obtained with high purity and in high yield.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takashi Tanaka