Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Tatsuya Kitamura

Takeshi Furukawa

Atsushi Yamamoto

Kenji Nishiyama

Koshi Himeda

Tatsuya Funaki

Shinya Kiyono

Sho Fujita

Chiharu Sakaki

Kinya Aoki

Shinji Otani

Hironari Yamamoto

Akitomo Takahashi

Takaaki Sakai

A module is used in a semiconductor composite device that supplies a direct-current voltage adjusted by a voltage regulator including a semiconductor active element to a load. The module includes a capacitor layer including at least one capacitor portion forming a capacitor, a connection terminal used for electrical connection with at least one of the voltage regulator and the load, and a through-hole conductor formed to penetrate the capacitor portion in a thickness direction of the capacitor layer. The capacitor is electrically connected to at least one of the load and the voltage regulator with the through-hole conductor interposed between the load and the voltage regulator.

Module

A semiconductor composite device is provided that includes a voltage regulator, a package board, and a load, and converts an input DC voltage into a different DC voltage to supply the converted DC voltage to the load. The VR includes a semiconductor active element. The package board includes a C layer in which a capacitor is formed, and an L layer in which an inductor is formed. A plurality of through holes penetrate the C layer and the L layer in a direction perpendicular to the mounting face in the package board. The capacitor is connected to the load through the through hole. The inductor is connected to the load through the through hole and to the VR through the through hole.

Semiconductor composite device and package board used therein

A range sensor includes a light source, a light receiver, a controller, and a range information generator. The light source repeatedly emits illumination light onto a target. The light receiver receives light from the start of a time period during which the illumination light is emitted. The controller controls the light source and the light receiver so that each of the amounts of light received by the light receiver is cumulated in synchronization with emission of the illumination light. The range information generator generates range information indicating the range to the target based on the cumulative amounts of received light. The controller changes the cumulative number that is the number of cumulating operations in which the light receiver cumulates each of the amounts of received light, in accordance with the magnitudes of the cumulative amounts of received light.

Range sensor

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Nagaokakyo, Japan

Tatsuya Kitamura