Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a gallium nitride compound semiconductor multilayer structure useful for producing a gallium nitride compound semiconductor light-emitting device which operates at low voltage while maintaining satisfactory light emission output. The inventive gallium nitride compound semiconductor multilayer structure comprises a substrate, and an n-type layer, a light-emitting layer, and a p-type layer formed on the substrate, the light-emitting layer having a multiple quantum well structure in which a well layer and a barrier layer are alternately stacked repeatedly, said light-emitting layer being sandwiched by the n-type layer and the p-type layer, wherein the well layer comprises a thick portion and a thin portion, and the barrier layer contains a dopant.
Abstract:
A vehicular lamp used in an automobile includes: semiconductor light emitting elements for emitting light; a time measurement unit for measuring time in which the semiconductor light emitting elements continues to emit light; and a current supplying unit for supplying a supply current that increases as the time measured by the time measurement unit increases, to the semiconductor light emitting elements.
Abstract:
An iron type head body comprises: a material body 13 made from a forgeable metal; and a disparate metallic member 12 made from a metal having nearly equal or smaller specific gravity than the material body 13, and different constituents. By providing the disparate metallic member 12 inside the upper portion of the head body not adjacent to the sole, the head can be lightened. Moreover, by confining the disparate metallic member 12 in the portion upside of the sole 4 not adjacent to the sole 5, the head body 11 can be hypobaric, while the C.G. of the head 2 can be lowered entirely in addition to being lightened.
Abstract:
A ceramic board is formed in an almost rectangular shape and has one side surface of an outer peripheral surface formed as an abutting surface, which is caused to abut on positioning surfaces of a radiating member, and one surface in a vertical direction formed as a device disposing surface on which a semiconductor light emitting device is to be disposed. Predetermined conductive patterns are formed on the ceramic board. A light emitting portion has a semiconductor light emitting device. A pair of positive and negative planar electrode portions are formed on the ceramic board and connected to the semiconductor light emitting device through the conductive patterns. At least a part of the pair of planar electrode portions are set to be exposure regions exposed to the device disposing surface of the ceramic board and the exposure regions are positioned in portions other than a portion linked to the abutting surface in an outer peripheral portion of the device disposing surface.
Abstract:
A light-emitting module having a light-emitting efficiency. The light-emitting module that emits light includes a semiconductor light-emitting element that emits light; and a light transmission member that is provided to cover the semiconductor light-emitting element with materials for transmitting the light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element and forms a sub-wavelength grating for reducing reflection of the light on its outgoing face for sending the light incident from an interface facing said semiconductor light-emitting element to its outside in grid periods shorter than a wavelength of the light transmitted by the light transmission member.
Abstract:
A lighting controller for a lighting device for a vehicle includes a semiconductor light source; a power source for supplying electric power; and control circuitry for receiving the electric power from the power source and controlling a current supplied to the semiconductor light source. The control circuitry determines an amount of time the semiconductor light source is in a turned on state and an amount of time the semiconductor light source is in a turned off state. The control circuitry controls a value of the current supplied to the semiconductor light source based on both the determined amount of time the semiconductor light source is in a turned on state and the determined amount of time the semiconductor light source is in a turned off state. A method of controlling a lighting device for a vehicle includes receiving electric power from a power source; supplying a current to a semiconductor light source, determining an amount of time the semiconductor light source is in a turned on state and an amount of time the semiconductor light source is in a turned off state, and controlling a value of the current supplied to the semiconductor light source based on both the determined amount of time the semiconductor light source is in a turned on state and the determined amount of time the semiconductor light source is in a turned off state.
Abstract:
In a process in which a current is supplied from a switching regulator to multi-chip LEDs, the forward voltages of the LEDs are respectively detected in forward detecting circuits. The detected values are sent to a microcomputer. In the microcomputer, detected values when the multi-chip LEDs are initially turned on are stored as initial values. A first abnormality deciding value is set from the initial value. The detected values are sequentially stored as updated values. Second abnormality deciding values having conditions stricter than those of the first abnormality deciding value are sequentially set in accordance with the stored updated value. A read value is compared with the first abnormality deciding value or the read value is compared with the second abnormality deciding value to decide whether or not the abnormality of the LEDs is present. When it is decided that the LEDs are abnormal, an LED is turned on to inform a driver of the presence of the abnormality.
Abstract:
There is provided a vehicular lamp that can prevent excess current from flowing between an anode and a cathode at the lighting-up start to prevent a damage and life shortening of a cold cathode fluorescent lamp at low cost. The vehicular lamp includes: a cold cathode fluorescent lamp having a cathode, a gate, and an anode; and a lighting controlling unit operable to pre-discharge electricity from the cathode to the gate prior to lighting of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp, in which the lighting controlling unit applies a voltage between the cathode and the anode after once lowering a voltage between the cathode and the gate and then again applies an extraction voltage between the cathode and the gate in order to begin to discharge electricity from the cathode to the anode. The lighting controlling unit may pre-discharge electricity from the cathode to the gate until the temperature of the cathode is substantially equal to that of lighting-up time.
Abstract:
A lighting circuit for lighting a vehicular lamp including a plurality of light-emitting diodes, includes: a selection unit for selecting the number of light-emitting diodes to be connected in series in the vehicular lamp based on an instruction from the outside; a switching regulator for applying an output voltage based on a power-supply voltage output by an external DC power supply to the selected number of light-emitting diodes to be connected in series, so as to supply a supply current to the selected number of light-emitting diodes; and an output controlling unit for controlling the output voltage of the switching regulator based on the supply current.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a golf club head with a disparate metallic material provided on a hosel side of the head, which can improve degree of freedom in the design of a head. A head body is made up of a columnar material body 13 made from a forgeable metallic material such as copper and a disparate metallic member 12 as an axial member. The disparate metallic member 12 has its proximal end 12A inserted into a bore 14 formed along a center of axis of the material body 13, while its distal end 12B protruded in the axial direction X. The material body 13 is placed on a lower die 22 which is formed with a mold 21 defining a contour of the head body 11, and then an upper die is pressed thereto. Thus, hot forging process is carried out to form a golf club head.