Abstract:
It is possible to reduce the contact resistance so as to improve the conversion efficiency of a photoelectric conversion element structure. Provided is a photoelectric conversion element structure of the pin structure which selects an upper limit energy level of the valence band of the p-type semiconductor or the electron affinity of the n-type semiconductor layer and the work function of a metal layer which is brought into contact with the semiconductor, so as to reduce the contact resistance as compared to the case when Al or Ag is used as an electrode. The selected metal layer may be arranged between the electrode formed from Al or Ag and the semiconductor or may be substituted for the n- or p-type semiconductor.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion elements, and a photoelectric conversion element, the apparatus and method being capable of highly efficiently forming a film at a high speed with microwave plasma, preventing oxygen from mixing, and reducing the number of defects. The invention provides a photoelectric conversion element manufacturing apparatus 100 that forms a semiconductor stack film on a substrate by using microwave plasma CVD. The apparatus includes a chamber 10 which is a enclosed space containing a base, on which the a subject substrate for thin-film formation is mounted, a first gas supply unit 40 which supplies plasma excitation gas to a plasma excitation region in the chamber 10, a pressure regulation unit 70 which regulates pressure in the chamber 10, a second gas supply unit 50 which supplies raw gas to a plasma diffusion region in the chamber 10, a microwave application unit 20 which applies microwaves into the chamber 10, and a bias voltage application unit 60 which selects and applies a substrate bias voltage to the substrate W according to the type of gas.
Abstract:
It has been found out that, among transparent conductive layers, a zinc oxide layer has a function of preventing diffusion of sodium. An electronic apparatus is obtained which uses the zinc oxide layer as an electrode of the electronic apparatus and also as a diffusion preventing layer for preventing diffusion of sodium from a glass substrate.
Abstract:
An image capturing device (100) is provided with: an image capturing unit (102) which generates, by continuous image capturing, a plurality of pieces of image data which are continuous in the time direction; an image processing unit which corrects a compression rate of the image data on the basis of a correction factor for correcting the image data, and performs compression coding by use of an intra-frame predictive coding system; a data control unit (124) which stores the image data, which has been subjected to the compression coding, in an image storage unit; a current compression rate derivation unit (130) which derives a current compression rate which is an actual compression rate of the image data which has been subjected to the compression coding; a current compression rate holding unit (132) which holds a plurality of current compression rates continuous in the time direction; a subsequent compression rate prediction unit (134) which predicts a subject compression rate, which is a compression rate of image data to be subjected to the subsequent compression coding next time, from the plurality of current compression rates which are held, or from the plurality of current compression rates which are held and the compression rate of the image data to be subjected to the current compression coding this time; and a correction factor derivation unit which derives the correction factor on the basis of the subsequent compression rate.
Abstract:
This film forming method comprises: a first material gas supply step (A) wherein a first raw material gas is supplied over the substrate to be processed so that a first chemical adsorption layer, which is adsorbed on the substrate by means of the first raw material gas is formed on the substrate to be processed, a second material gas supply step (C) wherein a second raw material that is different from the first raw material gas is supplied over the substrate, on which the first chemical adsorption layer has been formed, so that a second chemical adsorption layer, which is adsorbed by means of the second raw material gas, is formed on the first chemical adsorption layer; and a plasma processing step (E) wherein a plasma processing is carried on at least the first and second chemical adsorption layers using microwave plasma.
Abstract:
A spraying means is arranged on the scum-flowing wall surface side of wall surfaces forming a scum inlet of a scum discharging mechanism. The spraying means sprays pressured water upward along the wall surface on the scum-flowing side from when a part of the scum inlet is submerged in water until the scum begins to flow into the scum inlet. As a result, even large lumps of scum exceeding 10 cm in thickness (diameter) may be lead smoothly into a pipe by the pressured water, and the amount of discharged water accompanying scum discharge may be reduced to 1/20 to 1/30 than by a conventional scum removing apparatus.
Abstract:
Provided is a semiconductor wafer with a scribe line region and a plurality of element forming regions partitioned by the scribe line region, the semiconductor wafer including: conductive patterns formed in the scribe line region; and an island-shaped passivation film formed above at least a conductive pattern, which is or may be exposed to a side surface of a semiconductor chip obtained by dicing the semiconductor wafer along the scribe line region, among the conductive patterns, so that the island-shaped passivation film is opposed to the conductive pattern.
Abstract:
A manufacturing method of conductive paste comprising arranging process (S20 to S23) of ceramics particles, arranging process (S10 to S14) of wetted metal particles, forming process (S30) of slurry wherein metal particles and ceramics particles are mixed and dispersion treatment process (S32) by applying collision to the slurry. The arranging process of wetted metal particles comprises, a process (S12) of adding solvent, compatible with organic component in conductive paste and incompatible with water, to undried water washed metal particles, a process (S18) of adding surfactant, a process (S14) of separating water from the metal particles and a process (S15) of adding acetone or the other second solvent.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a magnetic head construction, a connection method and a connecting device by which excellent electrical connection can be carried out between a core electrode and a substrate land face on a flexure in a magnetic head employing the piggy back system. In order to attain the object of interest, in the present invention, a fine adjustment actuator is arranged between a core and a flexure; a projection portion which is projected from the fine adjustment actuator when viewed from the flexure is provided in the core; a hole is provided in the position, on the flexure, corresponding to the projection portion; only the core is fixed by a support portion provided through the hole portion and a clamp pin without applying any load to the fine adjustment actuator; and while maintaining this fixing state, an electrode and a substrate land are bonded to each other with a wire.
Abstract:
In an oscillation detection circuit an internal voltage is compared with an oscillation detection level corresponding to a reference voltage plus a predetermined variation and when a voltage having a level higher than the oscillation detection level is observed a predetermined number of times within a predetermined period of time a decision is made that the internal voltage is in oscillation and an oscillation detection signal having the high level is output. In the internal power supply voltage down conversion circuit when a p-channel MOS transistor receives the oscillation detection signal of the high level the transistor turns off to interrupt a current supplied from a drive transistor to an internal power supply node.