Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kabushiki Kaisha Daini Seikosha

Yosuke Kanno

Hirokatsu Miyata

Masahiko Takahashi

Shin Kitamura

Kazuyuki Kuroda

Provided are an antireflection film having a high antireflection effect and a production process therefor, an optical member excellent in antireflection effect, a water-repellent film having excellent water repellency, a substrate for mass spectrometry having high detection sensitivity, a high-accuracy phase plate, and a fine structure that can be used in the foregoing and a production process therefor. The fine structure is a structure, including multiple conical portions on a surface thereof, in which the conical portions have a mesostructure; and the mesostructure includes a structure having mesopores.

Fine structure, optical member, antireflection film, water-repellent film, substrate for mass spectrometry, phase plate, process for producing fine structure, and process for producing antireflection film

A logic regulation circuit for regulating the frequency dividing ratio of a variable frequency divider of an electronic timepiece comprises a first switch group having a plurality of ON and OFF switching states representative of different frequency rates and a second switch group having a plurality of ON and OFF switching states representative of frequency rate adjustment values. A first set of memory circuits is connected to the first switch group for memorizing the ON-OFF information thereof, and a second set of memory circuits is connected to the second switch group for memorizing the ON-OFF information thereof. A calculation circuit is connected to the first and second sets of memory cirucits for receiving the information content thereof and for adjusting the frequency rates represented by the information content of the first memory circuits in accordance with the frequency rate adjustment values represented by the information content of the second memory circuits to produce corresponding frequency rate signals suitable for regulating the frequency dividing ratio of the variable frequency divider. The calculation circuit includes a control signal generator for producing control signals according to the frequency rate adjustment values set by the second switch group, and logic circuitry for increasing or decreasing the frequency rates set by the first switch group in response to the control signals.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yosuke Kanno