Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnetic sensor in which dispersion in detection sensitivity can be suppressed easily and various sensitivities can be selected even in one type of magnetic sensor.SOLUTION: A magnetic sensor comprises a magnetoresistance element section 60, a comparator 71, and first and second resistors 85 and 86 which are connected in series with each other. The magnetoresistance element section 60 outputs a potential difference constituted of a first voltage (voltage at a midpoint 66) and a second voltage (voltage at a midpoint 67) in accordance with a magnetic field to be applied. The comparator 71 includes a (+) input terminal to which the first voltage (voltage at the midpoint 66) is inputted, a (-) input terminal to which the second voltage (voltage at the midpoint 67) is inputted, an output terminal 82 which outputs a detection signal when the potential difference between the first voltage and the second voltage exceeds a threshold voltage, and a sensitivity regulation terminal 83 which regulates the threshold voltage. A voltage at a connecting point connecting the first resistor 85 and the second resistor 86 is applied to the sensitivity regulation terminal 83.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnetic sensor which is advantageous in miniaturization since enlarging of a sensor dimension is not restricted, and stably provides a high sensor characteristic, and whose manufacturing process is not complicated.SOLUTION: In each of electrification units 41, 42, 43, and 44 where resistance elements are connected in series, one terminal is electrically connected to a power terminal Vcc, another terminal is electrically connected to a grounding terminal GND, and connections of resistance elements are electrically connected to respective output terminals Vo1 to Vo4. At least one of the plurality of resistance elements respectively constituting the electrification units is a magneto resistive effect element comprising a magneto resistive effect film. The electrode terminal is shared by all the electrification units, and the grounding terminal is shared by all the electrification units. All the electrification units are formed in contact to one surface of an insulating film. A conductive film arranged in contact to another surface of the insulating film is used to form a power source connection wiring for allowing the power terminal to be shared and a grounding connection wiring for allowing the grounding terminal to be shared are formed by using.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress electric power consumption of a magnetoelectric transducer.SOLUTION: A magnetic sensor comprises: a pulse generating circuit for generating a pulse having a pulse width shorter than power-on time of an intermittent power supply signal from an outside intermittent power supply; a magnetoelectric transducer; and a switch for controlling signal application time of the intermittent power supply signal to the magnetoelectric transducer, in the power-on time, based on the pulse. The magnetoelectric transducer is, for example, an MR element for outputting two detection signals of different signal levels in magnitude, based on presence or absence of an outside magnetic field. The magnetic sensor may include an amplifier for amplifying the two detection signals and a comparator for comparing the amplified two detection signals.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printed wiring board having a structure capable of reducing the spacing between the pads for surface mounting and wherein an FPC can be mounted simultaneously with an electronic component by a reflow method even when the FPC is mounted, and to provide a method of manufacturing the same. SOLUTION: A solder resist 3 is formed on the surface so that the pads 2 are exposed, a solder resist 4 is formed between adjacent counterpart pads, and solder paste having a height not lower than that nearly same as the solder resist 4 is arranged by printing on the pad 2 spaced from the other pads 2 by the solder resist 3 and the solder resist 4. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printed wiring board wherein the positioning of a PCB and a FPC can be carried out easily at solder jointing, and to provide a solder connecting structure and a method between the structure and a flexible printed board. SOLUTION: This printed wiring board 1 comprises a plurality of pads 2 for mounting on a flexible printed board. A solder resist 3 is formed on the surface of the printed wiring board 1 so that the pads 2 are exposed, and a convex portion is formed of an insulating printed layer 4 around each pad 2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical module which couples an optical element to an optical waveguide with high efficiency, by improving the accuracy of the interval between an end face of an optical coupling element and a coupling end face of the optical waveguide, and to provide a manufacturing method therefor. SOLUTION: The optical module comprises the optical waveguide 5, consisting of an optical waveguide forming layer including a lower cladding layer 2, a core layer 3, and an upper cladding layer 4: and an optical element mounting part, formed by a part of the optical waveguide forming layer, and optically couples the end face of the exposed optical waveguide 5 to the optical element 8 mounted on the optical element-mounting part. The end face of the optical waveguide 5 is provided with at least one projection part 18 for abutting, formed with a height that is not smaller than the upper cladding layer 4 at a position off the optical waveguide 5, and the optical element 8 is displaced in the direction of the optical axis by a predetermined distance, from a state in which the projection part 18 for abutting is made in contact with the end face of the optical element 8 on the optical waveguide 5 side, and then the optical element 8 is fixed to the optical element-mounting part. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a one-chip constitution magnetometric sensor or the like capable of detecting an application magnetic field in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction, adjusting detection sensitivity to the application direction of the magnetic field, and suppressing an influence on a magnetic-field sensitive characteristic under a condition wherein the magnetic field is applied from another direction different from the application direction, concerning the magnetometric sensor wherein an anisotropic magnetic resistance element is formed in a thin film shape on an IC substrate. SOLUTION: This magnetometric sensor stores in a package 66: a semiconductor substrate 67 equipped with an electric circuit having a comparison amplification function, in which magnetic resistance elements 11-14 are formed in a thin film shape on the substrate; a lead frame 60 for mounting the semiconductor substrate 67 thereon; and lead frames 61, 62 to be connected to the semiconductor substrate 67. The lead frame 60 has a structure wherein a semiconductor mounting surface is inclined with respect to the package surface by bending, and the semiconductor substrate 67 is mounted on the mounting surface. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT