Abstract:
An ion current detection apparatus for detecting an ion current caused by combustion in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine comprises an ion current detection circuit for detecting the ion current, a gain adjustment circuit for controlling to keep the magnitude of low frequency components of the detected ion current at a constant value, an amplifier for amplifying high frequency components of the detected ion current and outputting a high frequency component detection signal, a magnitude detection circuit for detecting the magnitude of the detected ion current to output an ion current detection signal when the detected magnitude is larger than a predetermined value, and a comparator for comparing the high frequency component detection signal with the ion current detection signal delayed by a delay circuit to output a knocking detection signal.
Abstract:
A cadmium discharge lamp which can emit line spectra with wavelengths of 214.+-.2 nm with high power is achieved by encapsulating metallic cadmium, in an amount producing a pressure in stationary lighting operation in the range from 2 kPa to 13.7 kPa, together with at least one of the rare gases xenon, krypton, argon and neon, in a temperature-controlled arc tube which is provided with electrodes located adjacently opposite one another, and by operating the lamp such that J/P is in the range from 1.4 to 75, where J is the discharge current in stationary lighting operation in amperes and the P is the cadmium pressure in stationary lighting operation.
Abstract:
An apparatus for detecting a misfire in an internal combustion engine arranged so that a leak current caused when the insulation of an ignition plug is compensated. An ion current and the leak current can easily be discriminated from each other, whereby the ion current detection accuracy can be improved. The apparatus is provided with a biasing capacitor which is charged with a current flowing at the time of discharge through the ignition plug, a Zener diode for setting the voltage at which the capacitor is charged by this charging, a first semiconductor integrated circuit which detects the charging current flowing through the capacitor and thereafter outputs a control current through a predetermined time period, and which holds a peak value of a voltage converted from the ion current and detects the ion current by comparing the converted voltage value of the ion current and the held peak value.
Abstract:
There is provided a misfire detecting circuit for an internal combustion engine for detecting a misfire on the basis of the presence or absence of an ion current caused by combustion by applying a voltage to an ignition plug of the internal combustion engine, which circuit prevents malfunction caused by stray capacitance generated in the line up to the ignition plug and by the input impedance of the circuit. The misfire detecting circuit includes an ion current detection section which is formed of a diode for causing electric current to flow out from a capacitor, which diode is connected between the ground and the electrode on the low potential side of the capacitor which is charged by electric current at the time of ignition and charged to a predetermined voltage for detecting the ion current, and a current/voltage conversion section which is formed of a diode for causing electric current to flow out and of an operational amplifier whose inverting input is connected to the electrode on the low potential side of the capacitor and whose non-inverting input is connected to the ground.
Abstract:
A biological reaction layer of a dry analytical element in the form of a composite porous layer in which a particulate material carrying a biologically active material fixed thereon is dispersed in a fibrous porous matrix, characterized in that the dry weight ratio of said particulate material to said fibrous material contained in said composite porous layer ranges from 1:20 to 1:0.3 and said particulate material is contained therein in the range of 1 to 60 g/m.sup.2.
Abstract translation:复合多孔层形式的干燥分析元件的生物反应层,其中载有固定在其上的生物活性材料的颗粒材料分散在纤维多孔基质中,其特征在于,所述颗粒材料与所述 所述复合多孔层中含有的纤维状物质的含量为1:20〜1:0.3,所述粒状物质的含量为1〜60g / m 2。
Abstract:
A high pressure discharge lamp has a sealing portion that is made of glass and a sealing metal piece. In a method of manufacturing the high pressure discharge lamp, the sealing metal piece is irradiated with laser beam whose pulse width is 1×10−9 seconds or less, so as to carry out a surface treatment of the sealing metal piece. The sealing metal piece may have a groove that is 120 to 600 nm in depth and 450 to 1,200 nm in width.
Abstract:
A light source is provided. The light source includes: an elliptical reflection mirror having first and second focal points; a discharge chamber in which a luminescent substance is enclosed and which is disposed on the first focal point; a laser light generator which emits the laser light; and a laser light guide which guides the laser light from an opening side of the elliptical reflection mirror into the discharge chamber. The luminescent substance is excited by providing the laser light to the luminescent substance so as to emit light, and the light is reflected by the elliptical reflection mirror. The laser light guide is disposed in a shade area in which the light reflected by the elliptical reflection mirror is blocked by the discharge chamber.
Abstract:
A power semiconductor device for an igniter comprises: a semiconductor switching device causing a current to flow through a primary side of an ignition coil or shutting off the current flowing through the primary side of the ignition coil; an integrated circuit driving and controlling the semiconductor switching device; and a temperature sensing element sensing temperature of the semiconductor switching device, wherein the integrated circuit including an overheat protection circuit limiting a current through the semiconductor switching device to a value lower than a current through the semiconductor switching device during normal operation, when temperature sensed by the temperature sensing element is over predetermined temperature.
Abstract:
A light source is provided. The light source includes: an elliptical reflection mirror having first and second focal points; a discharge chamber in which a luminescent substance is enclosed and which is disposed on the first focal point; a laser light generator which emits the laser light; and a laser light guide which guides the laser light from an opening side of the elliptical reflection mirror into the discharge chamber. The luminescent substance is excited by providing the laser light to the luminescent substance so as to emit light, and the light is reflected by the elliptical reflection mirror. The laser light guide is disposed in a shade area in which the light reflected by the elliptical reflection mirror is blocked by the discharge chamber.
Abstract:
A given metallic oxide film is epitaxially grown on a substrate. Then, the substrate and the metallic oxide film are thermally treated to mix the constituent elements of the substrate with the constituent metallic oxide elements of the metallic oxide film and to form a metallic oxide film of high dielectric constant on the substrate through the mixing of the constituent elements.