Sumitomo Metal Mining Company, Ltd.

Yasunori Yamanobe

Yoshiyuki Abe

Riichiro Wake

Kentaro Sogabe

Masakazu Kuwahara

Atsushi Kawamoto

Shinichi Yasuda

Tadahito Kanaizuka

Shinichi Hayashi

Koichi Yamagishi

Takashi Sato

Akio Monma

Provided is a photoelectric conversion element comprising ITiO as a transparent electrode that is formed using an inline-type sputtering method, and utilizing the high transmittance up to the near-infrared ray region and excellent conductivity of ITiO. Using the inline-type sputtering method, a first transparent conductive oxide filmcomprising indium oxide or tin-containing indium oxide that includes indium oxide as a main component and tin at an atomic ratio Sn/(In+Sn) of 19 atomic % or less is formed on a photoelectric conversion layerside, and a second transparent conductive oxide filmcomprising a titanium-containing indium oxide that includes indium oxide as a main component, and titanium at an atomic ratio Ti/(In+Ti) of 0.5 atomic % to 3.5 atomic % is laminated on an opposite side of the first transparent conductive filmfrom the photoelectric conversion layer

Transparent conductive oxide film, photoelectric conversion element, and method for producing photoelectric conversion element

A multilayer transparent electroconductive film is obtained by stacking a transparent electroconductive film (II) on a transparent electroconductive film (I), and in this structure, the transparent electroconductive film (I) contains one or more added elements selected from aluminum and gallium, and the content of the added elements is in a range represented by &#x2212;2.18&#xd7;[Al]+1.74&#x2266;[Ga]&#x2266;&#x2212;1.92&#xd7;[Al]+6.10. The transparent electroconductive film (II) contains one or more added elements selected from aluminum and gallium, and the content of the added elements is in a range represented by &#x2212;[Al]+0.30&#x2266;[Ga]&#x2266;&#x2212;2.68&#xd7;[Al]+1.74. In this case, [Al] is the aluminum content expressed as the atomic ratio (%) Al/(Zn+Al) and [Ga] is the gallium content expressed as the atomic ratio (%) Ga/(Zn+Ga).

Multilayer transparent electroconductive film and method for manufacturing same, as well as thin-film solar cell and method for manufacturing same

A coaxial dielectric filter comprising a straight cutoff waveguide, at least two coaxial dielectric resonators disposed coaxially or substantially coaxially and at an interval in the cutoff waveguide in its lengthwise direction, a rod-like input-side antenna whose leading end stands close, or inserted, to the inside of an input-side inner conductor of the coaxial dielectric resonator disposed on the input side, and a rod-like output-side antenna whose leading end stands close, or inserted, to the inside of an output-side inner conductor of the coaxial dielectric resonator disposed on the output side. This filter is characterized in that an adjacent-side end of at least one of coaxial dielectric resonators adjacent to each other forms a slope which is inclined with respect to the cutoff waveguide in its cross section perpendicular to the lengthwise direction. In the adjustment of distance between the coaxial dielectric resonators adjacent to each other, the distance between the coaxial dielectric resonators on their adjacent sides can be adjusted simply not only when the coaxial dielectric resonator provided with the slope is moved in the lengthwise direction of the cutoff waveguide but also when it is moved in the width direction of the cutoff waveguide.

Coaxial dielectric filter

A magnetic compensating circuit includes a magnetic sensor (1), a control circuit (2) for generating a signal for magnetic compensation, and coils (3) for magnetic compensation. The magnetic sensor has a pair of amorphous magnetic substance wires (101) arranged in parallel, coils (102) for providing the pair of amorphous magnetic substance wires with bias magnetic fields in directions opposite to each other, a high-frequency power source (105) for supplying the pair of amorphous magnetic substance wires with high-frequency currents, and circuits (106, 107, 108, 109) for outputting a potential difference derived from the output of the pair of amorphous magnetic substance wires. Thus, this magnetic compensating circuit is capable of detecting a minute external magnetic field with high accuracy.

CRT magnetic compensating circuit with parallel amorphous wires in the

A magnetic disc manufacturing apparatus is includes a polishing device for conducting a surface polishing treatment on a disc, a supply device for supplying lubricant onto the polished disc, and a feeding mechanism for feeding the disc between the devices. If necessary, it is provided with a curing device for curing the lubricant on the disc. The treatments of the devices and the disc feeding operation are synchronized with one another, and a disc processed in each device is fed to a next device at a constant time interval by the feeding mechanism, thereby performing a continuous disc manufacturing process.

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Yasunori Yamanobe