Abstract:
A differential device for differentially distributing a driving force to axles along an axis is disclosed. The differential device has a case being capable of rotation about the axis, which includes a flange configured to receive the driving force and a shaft crossing the case perpendicularly to the axis; an opening defined by a peripheral border on an outer periphery of the case so as to allow access into the case, lateral extremities of which is deviated from a center of the shaft toward a direction opposite to the flange along the axis; and a differential gear set housed in and drivingly coupled to the case, the differential gear set including an input gear rotatable around the shaft and output gears so combined with the input gear as to differentially distribute the driving force to the output gears, the output gears being drivingly coupled to the axles.
Abstract:
A semiconductor light-emitting device includes substrate (3), a plurality of light-emitting-element-layers (10a, 10b, 10c, . . . ) of semiconductor material formed on the substrate (3) so as to be isolated from each other and having a wider band gap than the substrate (3), and phosphors (15a, 15b, 15c, . . . ) converting wavelengths of light from the light-emitting-element-layers (10a, 10b, 10c, . . . ) into other wavelengths.
Abstract:
A current detector has a semiconductor Hall-effect device having a primary semiconductor region where a Hall voltage develops in proportion to the magnitude of the current to be detected. A conductor strip for carrying this current is formed on the semiconductor substrate via a plurality of insulating layers so as to extend around the primary semiconductor region of the Hall-effect device. In order to protect the Hall-effect device from inductive noise, a shielding layer of molybdenum or the like is interposed between the semiconductor substrate and the conductor strip, preferably by being sandwiched between the insulating layers.
Abstract:
A differential device for differentially distributing a driving force to axles along an axis is disclosed. The differential device has a case being capable of rotation about the axis, which includes a flange configured to receive the driving force and a shaft crossing the case perpendicularly to the axis; an opening defined by a peripheral border on an outer periphery of the case so as to allow access into the case, lateral extremities of which is deviated from a center of the shaft toward a direction opposite to the flange along the axis; and a differential gear set housed in and drivingly coupled to the case, the differential gear set including an input gear rotatable around the shaft and output gears so combined with the input gear as to differentially distribute the driving force to the output gears, the output gears being drivingly coupled to the axles.
Abstract:
A light-emitting diode has a low-resistivity silicon substrate on which there are laminated a buffer layer, an n-type lower confining layer, an active layer of multiple quantum well configuration, and a p-type upper confining layer. The active layer is constituted of cyclic alternations of a barrier sublayer of InGaN, a first complementary sublayer of AlGaInN, a well sublayer of InGaN, and a second complementary sublayer of AlGaInN. The proportions of the noted ingredients of the active sublayers are all specified. The first and the second complementary sublayers prevent the evaporation or diffusion of indium from the neighboring sublayers.
Abstract:
A current detector comprising a current-path conductor assembly and a Hall generator assembly. The current-path conductor assembly includes a sheet-metal current-path conductor and a plastic conductor holder molded in one piece therewith. The Hall generator assembly includes a Hall generator in the form of a semiconductor chip mounted to a metal-made mounting plate, a set of leads electrically connected to the Hall generator, and a plastic encapsulation enveloping the Hall generator and parts of the leads. The Hall generator assembly and the current-path conductor assembly are combined by bonding together the encapsulation of the Hall generator assembly and the conductor holder of the current-path conductor assembly. The conductor holder and the encapsulation are shaped in interfitting relationship to each other, so that when they are united, the Hall generator is positioned to generate a Hall voltage in response to a magnetic field due to the current flowing through the current-path conductor.
Abstract:
A current detector comprising a Hall generator assembly and a current-path conductor assembly. The Hall generator assembly includes a Hall generator in the form of a semiconductor chip mounted to a metal-made mounting plate via a sheet of magnetic material such as Permalloy. A plastic encapsulation envelops at least parts of all the components of the Hall generator assembly. The current-path conductor assembly includes a sheet-metal current-path conductor and a plastic holder molded in one piece therewith. The Hall generator assembly and the current-path conductor assembly are combined by bonding together the encapsulation of the Hall generator assembly and the conductor holder of the current-path conductor assembly into a unitary casing for the current detector. A covering of Permalloy or the like envelopes the casing.
Abstract:
A current detector having a Hall-effect device formed in a semiconductor substrate for giving an output voltage proportional to the magnitude of an electric current. The detector has a first and a second current path terminal for the flow of the current to be detected. The two current path terminals are interconnected via two current paths having resistance values such that the current is divided at a prescribed ratio into two fractions on flowing into the current paths. While one current path directly interconnects the two terminals, the other path includes a conductor layer formed on the semiconductor substrate via an insulating layer so as to extend around the Hall-effect device. The magnitude of the complete current is detectable by the Hall-effect device from the current fraction flowing through the conductor layer. All but the terminals of the current detector is encapsulated to reduce a temperature difference between the two current paths to a minimum.
Abstract:
A first and a second Hall element (2 and 3) for current detection, in addition to a semiconductor element (4) for an electric circuit, are provided on a semiconductor substrate. A conductor layer (5), through which flows the current of the semiconductor element (4), is formed on an insulating film (20) on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. The conductor layer (5) is arranged along the first and second Hall elements (2 and 3) for higher sensitivity. The magnetic flux created by the flow of a current through the conductor layer (5) is applied to the first and second Hall elements (2 and 3). The first and second Hall voltages obtained from the first and second Hall elements (2 and 3) are totaled for higher sensitivity.
Abstract:
A high voltage, high speed Schottky diode has an electrode of aluminum or like Schottky barrier metal formed on a semiconductor region to create a Schottky barrier therebetween. Also formed on the semiconductor region is a extremely thin resistive layer of, typically, oxidized titanium surrounding the barrier metal electrode and electrically connected thereto. The resistive layer also creates a Schottky barrier at its interface with the semiconductor region and serves to expand the depletion region due to the barrier metal electrode, thereby preventing the concentration of the electric field at the periphery of the barrier metal electrode and so enhancing the voltage withstanding capability of the diode.