Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.

Renesas Electronics Corporation

Namco Bandai Games, Ltd.

Other

Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.

Takehiro Shimizu

Naoki Fukushima

Isao Tsukagoshi

Kaoru Okaniwa

Hidekazu Matsuura

Toshio Asai

Takashi Satsukawa

Norihiro Nishimura

Takahiro Fukutomi

Kunihiro Tsubosaki

Kazunari Suzuki

Yoshihiro Nomura

Tomoko Higashino

Toshihiro Shiotsuki

Tomohiro Nagoya

Takafumi Dohdoh

Kanji Nakane

Tatsuwo Nishino

Tatsuya Ishiyama

Kazumi Tameshige

Tatsuo Nishino

Pratama Fajarmega

Shunsuke Kogure

Kazuo Utsuki

Shigemasa Saito

A semiconductor device includes an analog-to-digital converter configured to perform a process of sampling an analog input signal and a successive-approximation process, execute an AD conversion process, and output a digital output signal. The AD converter includes an upper DAC, a redundant DAC, a lower DAC, a comparator configured to compare a comparative reference voltage and output voltages of the upper DAC, the redundant DAC and the lower DAC, a control circuit configured to control successive approximations by the upper DAC, the redundant DAC and the lower DAC based on the comparison result of the comparator, and generate a digital output signal, and a correction circuit. The correction circuit includes an error correction circuit configured to correct an error of the upper bit with the redundant bit, and an averaging circuit configured to calculate an average value of conversion values of a plurality of the lower bits supplied multiple times.

Semiconductor device, analog-to-digital converter and analog-to-digital converting method

The power consumption of a circuit block outside a microcomputer and inside the same system is reduced. An electric power control system includes a first power supply circuit, a semiconductor device having a first circuit block operated by electric power supplied from the first power supply circuit, a state holding circuit that holds an operation state in the first circuit block according to the electric power, an electric power control circuit that controls the electric power supplied to the first circuit block according to the operation state, and a first terminal that outputs a first state signal corresponding to the operation state, a second power supply circuit that controls the supply of electric power according to the first state signal, and a second circuit block operated by the electric power supplied from the second power supply circuit.

Semiconductor device, electric power control system, and electric power control method

The electric conductor connecting member of this invention comprises a metal foil having a roughened surface on at least one main side, and an adhesive layer formed on the roughened surface of the metal foil.

Conductor connection member, connection structure, and solar cell module

The electric conductor connection method of the invention is a method for electrical connection between a mutually separated first electric conductor and second electric conductor, comprising a step of hot pressing a metal foil, a first adhesive layer formed on one side of the metal foil and a first electric conductor, arranged in that order, to electrically connect and bond the metal foil and first electric conductor, and hot pressing the metal foil, the first adhesive layer or second adhesive layer formed on the other side of the metal foil, and the second electric conductor, arranged in that order, to electrically connect and bond the metal foil and the second electric conductor.

Connecting structure and solar cell module

A semiconductor device having an analog/digital conversion circuit converting an analog signal to a digital signal, includes a holding circuit outputting an analog signal having a value according to a value of an analog signal supplied in a first period; and a prediction circuit generating a first digital signal based on bit position information from a prediction table corresponding to the supplied analog signal.

Semiconductor device

A game device includes an area determination section that determines an area in which a virtual camera is located in a game space, an enemy character control section that controls the motion of an enemy character, and a game control section that controls an attack on the enemy character in the area in which the virtual camera is located, the game control section setting an input section among a plurality of input sections to be an input section that allows the player to perform an area change input based on the determination result of the area determination section, changing the area in which the virtual camera is located when the input section that allows the player to perform the area change input has been operated, and enabling an attack input for attacking the enemy character when an input section other than the input section that allows the player to perform the area change input has been operated, and the enemy character control section controlling the enemy character based on the determination result of the area determination section.

Game device and information storage medium

An apparatus including an ultrasonic motor having an electrostrictive element of a stator for driving a rotor thereof; and a microcontroller having a central processing unit (CPU), a built-in memory (ROM) and a pulse generating circuit which generates an pulse output signal which is applied to the electrostrictive element of the ultrasonic motor, wherein the pulse generating circuit comprising a rise setting register, a fall setting register, a phase adjustment data register, a cycle data register, a phase arithmetic circuit, a counter, a 1st comparator, a 2nd comparator, and a pulse generator, wherein the counter starts to count up, incrementing its count value from a count initial value, wherein the cycle data register stores, as cycle data, a count maximum value for the counter to count up to it.

Semiconductor integrated circuit and operation method thereof

Method for connecting conductor, member for connecting conductor, connecting structure and solar cell module

The present invention provides a semiconductor device having a high-speed A/D conversion circuit realizing improvement in noise resistance. A semiconductor device having an A/D conversion circuit includes a sample and hold circuit outputting an analog signal having a value according to a value of an analog signal supplied in a first period, and prediction tables. The prediction tables have reference voltage information designating a reference voltage to be compared with an analog signal output from the sample and hold circuit at a plurality of timings in the first period and bit position information designating a bit position of a digital signal determined by comparison with the reference voltage.

Semiconductor device including an analog/digital conversion circuit

The conductive adhesive film of the invention is a conductive adhesive film for electrical connection between photovoltaic cell surface electrodes and wiring members, which comprises an insulating adhesiveand conductive particlesand has a (t/r) value in the range of 0.75-17.5, where r (&#x3bc;m) is the mean particle size of the conductive particlesand t (&#x3bc;m) is the thickness of the conductive adhesive film, wherein the content of the conductive particlesis 1.7-15.6 vol % based on the total volume of the conductive adhesive film.

Conductive adhesive film and solar cell module

It is intended to reduce the amount of computation to be performed by CPU or the required amount of storage space in a built-in memory for timing adjustment of a pulse output signal. A digital multiplying circuit in the phase arithmetic circuit of the pulse generating circuit generates a multiplication output signal by multiplying a phase angle change value in the phase adjustment data register and a count maximum value Nmax in the cycle data register. A digital dividing circuit generates a division output signal by dividing the multiplication output signal by 360 degrees of phase angle for one cycle. A digital adding circuit adds the division output signal and rise setting/fall setting count values and a subtracting circuit subtracts the division output signal from these values. The addition and subtraction generate new rise setting/fall setting count values required to delay/advance the phase by the phase angle change value.

A method for electrically connecting a surface electrode of a solar battery cell and a wiring member via a conductive adhesive film, wherein the conductive adhesive film contains an insulating adhesive and conductive particles, and wherein when the ten point height of roughness profile and maximum height of the surface of the surface electrode in contact with the conductive adhesive film are Rz (&#x3bc;m) and Ry (&#x3bc;m) respectively, the average particle diameter r (&#x3bc;m) of the conductive particles is equal to or greater than the ten point height of roughness profile Rz, and the thickness t (&#x3bc;m) of the conductive adhesive film is equal to or greater than the maximum height Ry.

Connected structure and method for manufacture thereof

The present invention provides an adhesive tapefor electrically connecting a plurality of solar battery cells, which adhesive tape has a metal foiland an adhesive layercomposed of an adhesive provided on at least one surface of the metal foil, and a solar battery module using the adhesive tape. The adhesive tape of the present invention can suppress the decrease in the product yield and can improve the connection workability of solar battery cells.

Adhesive tape and solar cell module using the same

A method of connecting solar battery cells, each provided with a front-face and a back-face electrode, comprises: preparing a wiring member including a strip-like conductive substrate and an adhesive layer provided on one face of the substrate, and bonding the adhesive layer on one end portion of the wiring member with the front-face electrode or the back-face electrode of one cell; turning an other end portion of the wiring member having completed the above preparation, around a central axis along a longitudinal direction so an adhesive layer surface of the other end portion is opposite in orientation to an adhesive layer surface of the one end portion; and then bonding the adhesive layer of the other end portion of the wiring member with an electrode of another solar battery cell having an opposite polarity to the electrode of the one cell previously bonded in the aforementioned preparation process.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takehiro Shimizu