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2000 Volume 120 Contents

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JANUARY 2000 Volume 120-A Number 1

Review

Electron Swarm Parameters in Gases and Electron Collision Cross Sections--New Trends of Electron Swarm Methods--

.....Y. Nakamura 1

Development and Applications of Pulsed Electromagnetic Technology

.....K Yatsui & W. Jiang 7

Paper

Electrical Circuit Description in the Form of Computer Language

.....T. Noda 12

Measurement of Flow Velocity for Hydrogen Added into a Wall-Stabilized Argon Arc

.....K. Adachi & M. Iwata 18

Characteristics of Creeping Discharge Developed in Narrow Gap between Insulators

.....H. Ueno, H. Masuoka, & H. Nakayama 25

Growth Mechanism of Electron Density in Radio Frequency Afterglow Plasmas

.....Y. Ohtsu, K. Shimizu, & H. Fujita 31

A Long Scale and High Resolution Absolute Displacement Sensor using Standing Wave on a Transmission Line

.....T. Uebo & T. Iritani 37

Characteristics of Demagnetizing Fields for Cuspate Bi-Cones

.....K. Ozaki & M. Kobayashi 43

Analysis of Induced Current Density in Grounded and Ungrounded Prolate Spheroid Models in Concurrent ELF Electric and Magnetic Fields

.....T. Matsumoto, A. Chiba, N. Hayashi, & K. Isaka 49

Dynamism of Interconnected Channels in Water Treed Polyethylene under a Constant Voltage

.....J. Kawai, M. Ogishima, Y. Li, J. Shinagawa,Y. Ebinuma, S. Nakamura, & G. Sawa 56

Magnetic Chromatography: Numerical Analysis in the case of Particle Size Distribution

.....T. Ohara, X. Wang, H. Wada, & E.R. Whitby 62

Correlation between Space Charge Behavior and Dielectric Breakdown of Cross-linked Polyethylene under dc High Electric Field

.....T. Takeda, N. Hozumi, H. Suzuki, T. Okamoto,K. Terashima, M. Asano, & T. Nakagawa 68

Fractal Analysis of 3-Dimensional Simulation Tree Utilizing a Stochastic Model

.....H. Uehara & K. Kudo 75

Investigation of ELF Magnetically Induced Current Inside Human Body--Development of Estimation Tools and Effect of Organ Conductivity--

.....K. Yamazaki, T. Kawamoto, H. Fujinami, & T. Shigemitsu 81

Technical Note

An Experimental Study on Transparent Wave Absorber using Resistive-Film at 1GHz Frequency Band

.....M. Hanazawa & O. Hashimoto 88

Letter

Huang's Uncertainty in Position Coordinates of Dirac Electron

.....S. Sasabe 93

Characteristics of a Laser-Triggered Discharge with a DC Electric Field using a kHz Excimer Laser

.....M. Yamaura, S. Ihara, S. Satoh, & C. Yamabe 95

FEBRUARY 2000 Volume 120-A Number 2

Special Issue on the 1999 Annual Conference of Fundamentalsand Materials Society, IEE Japan

Special Issue Review

Recent Activities on Electric Power Industry and Expectations to Fundamentals and Materials Society

.....T. Taneichi 103

Special Issue Papar

Characteristics of AlN Thin Films prepared by Pulsed Laser Ablation

.....M. Hirai, T. Suzuki, W. Jiang, C. Grigoriu,&K. Yatsui 110

Application of Finite Difference Method to Arbitrary Mesh Points

.....M. Iwamoto&C. Iwamoto 116

Separation of Polarization Charge Density on Polymer-Film/Disk-Electrode Contact with a Thin Air Layer

.....K. Kadowaki, S. Nishimoto,&I. Kitani 122

Fabrication of Anisotropic Actuator Using an Electrochemical Polymerization and Examination of the Mechanism of the Motion

.....M. Onoda, T. Okamoto,&K. Tada 129

Analysis of Magnetically Induced ELF Current in Biological, Spherical Model with Bio-Membrane

.....H. Tarao, N. Hayashi,&K. Isaka 135

The Changing of Nonlinear Dielectric Properties for Cultured Yeast Cells in Each Growth Phase

.....H. Yoshitake, M. Muraji, H. Tsujimoto,&W. Tatebe 142

Higher Order Sampling of Electron Energy Distribution Function using Legendre Polynomial and B-spline Function

.....K. Satoh, T. Honma, H. Itoh,&H. Tagashira 147

The Influence of Antioxidants on the Electrical Tree Generation in XLPE

.....K. Hirota, Y. Kanemitu, N. Kamada,&Y. Sekii 154

An Analysis of the Electron Swarm Parameters by the Dispersion Relation of the Boltzmann Equation

.....K. Kondo, H. Okabe, H. Date,&H. Tagashira 160

Analyses of Pulse Duration Influence on the NOX Removal by a Pulsed Corona Discharge with Luminescence Measurement

.....M. Kosuge, M. Fujiwara,&M. Ishida 167

Soft Magnetic Properties of Fe-Si-Al-Ni Thin Films Having Nano-Crystallization

.....Y. Utsushikawa, G. Kondo,&K. Niizuma 174

Dust Crystal Formation and its Levitating Position Control in a Plasma with a Low Gas Pressure

.....T. Misawa, S. Nunomura, K. Asano, N. Ohno,&S. Takamura 180

The Effect of Filling Barrier Beads on NOX Removal by Spherical Packed Beads Barrier Discharge Reactor

.....T. Nomura, K. Hattori, Y. Ehara, H. Kishida,&T. Ito 186

Effect of Blend on Electrical Properties of Low-Density Polyethylene

.....D.-C. Cho, T. Mori, T. Mizutani,&M. Ishioka 192

Etching Characteristic of LiNbO3 Crystal in Fluorine System Gas Plasma RIE

.....T. Nishimura, T. Ohta,&S. Yoshikado 198

The Direct Potential Distribution Measurement of Propagating Positive Surface Discharge by Using Pockels Effect

.....A. Kumada, M. Chiba, K. Hidaka, S. Hamada,&T. Takuma 204

Development and Evaluation of the Composite Electromagneticwave Absorbers

.....T. Kondo, K. Asano,&S. Yoshikado 211

Effective Impedance of Magnetically Insulated Transmission Lines with Geometrical Discontinuity

.....K. Hiraoka, M. Nakajima, M. Shiho,&K. Horioka 218

Characteristics of High Current Pulsed Glow Discharge

.....D. Kitamura, D. Koseki, K. Nakaya, K. Takaki,&T. Fujiwara 225

An Investigation the Effect of Additives on Water Tree Generation in LDPE and XLPE

.....N. Momose, K. Takatori, Y. Shimada, Y. Sekii,&T. Gotou 231

Reconstruction for Partial TSC Data from Impurity Doped Anthracene Single Crystals

.....Y. Kamitani, M. Yoshiura, F. Yoshida,&S. Maeta 237

Fundamental Characteristics of the Illminating Light Source using White Light-Emitting Diodes based on InGaN Semiconductors

.....T. Tamura, T. Setomoto,&T. Taguchi 244

Design of the Removal System of NOX in Exhaust Gas of Diesel Engine Generators by Silent Discharge

.....Y. Yoshioka&T. Shinkawa 250

Letter

The Calculation Formula of Self-Inductance of a Single-Layer Rhombic Coil

.....A. Tanaka, K. Kajiyama, M. Matsumura, N. Miyagawa,&N. Takehira 257

MARCH 2000 Volume 120-A Number 3

Special Issue on Micromagnetic Devices and Magnetic Micro Machines

Preface to Special Issue on Micromagnetic Devices and Magnetic Micro Machines

..........M. Yamaguchi 265

Special Issue Review

Multilayered Transformer Utilizing Mn-Zn Ferrite and its Application to Forward Type DC-DC Converter

..........T. Sato, H. Yokoyama, K. Yamasawa,K. Toya, S. Kobayashi, &T. Minamisawa 266

Two-Dimensional Micro Conveyer with Coil-Diode Modules

..........H. Nakazawa, Y. Watanabe, O. Morita, M. Edo, &E. Yonezawa 272

A Micro DC/DC Converter with a Planar Inductor

..........M. Edo, H. Nakazawa, Z. Hayashi, Y. Katayama,K. Matsuzaki, &E. Yonezawa 277

A Magnetically Driven Linear Microactuator with New Driving Method

..........M.Komori&T. Tachihara 283

Considerations on Increase in the Torque of an Electromagnetic Friction-drive Micro-motor

..........T. Maruno, T. Honda, &J. Yamasaki 289

Magnetoelastic Strain Sensors Fabricated with Fe-base Amorphous Films

..........K.-H. Shin, M. Inoue, &K. Arai 295

Wireless Controlling of the Swimming Direction of the Spiral-type Magnetic Micro-Machines

..........M. Sendoh, A. Yamazaki, K. Ishiyama, K. Arai, &M. Inoue 301

Imaging Characteristics of a New Magnetic Microprobe with Spatial Differentiation Property

..........I. Sasada, T. Tomonari, &T. Noda 307

Thin-film Shielded Loop Coil for Magnetic Near Field Measurement of High Densely Packaged PCBs

..........H. Yurugi, S. Yabukami, M. Yamaguchi,K. Arai, N. Masuda, N. Tamaki, &H. Tohya 313

Special Issue Papar

A Contact-less Temperature Sensor using Eddy Current in a Metallic Thin Film

..........T. Abe, Y. Shinozawa, &T. Ide 320

Paper

Enhanced Resolution and Excitation Parameters for DC Biased-Type Differential Magnetic Field Sensor

..........T. Sonoda, H. Azuma, &T. Matsuo 322

Electrochemical Property of Ti1-xCrxN Films Evaluated by the AC Impedance Method

..........I. Nakamura, I. Takano, Y. Sawada, &E. Nakazawa 328

Plasma Melting Technology of Asbestos Wastes for Recycling

..........S. Yasui, T. Amakawa, K. Yamazaki, &E. Kadoi 335

Evolution of Field Reversed Configuration Plasma with Rotating Magnetic Field

..........J. Kitagaki, M. Ohnishi, Y. Yamamoto, K. Yoshikawa, &A. Ishida 342

Behaviors of Negative Ion Mobilities at Atmospheric Pressure with Change of Drift Length

..........T. Hayashi&H. Itoh 350

Effect of Space Charge Neutralization of Light Irradiated Thermionic Energy Converter

..........J. Yamada, T. Kawaguchi, N. Tsuda, &M. Kando 357

Probe Diagnostics of Plasma in an Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source with a Magnetic Field Generated by Permanent Magnets

..........S. Ichimura, T. Sato, &S. Ooishi 363

Letter

Investigation of Relationship between ELF Magnetic Field and Induced Current Inside Human Body--Comparison of Human Models Used for Induced Current Calculation--

..........K. Yamazaki, T. Kawamoto, H. Fujinami, &T. Shigemitsu 369

APRIL 2000 Volume 120-A Number 4

Effects of Magnetic Fields on Living Systems and Medical Applications

..........S. Ueno&M. Iwasaka 377

Paper

Quantification of Physical Mechanism for the Negative Differential Conductivity (NDC) of Electrons in Binary Inert-Gas Mixtures

..........T. Dote&M. Shimada 383

Production of Pulse High Density Electron Beam by Channel Spark Discharge

..........Y. Nakagawa&H. Kawauchi 391

Corona Discharge Type Ozone-generator System with a High-frequency Voltage Source

..........K. Fujimoto, E. Morikawa, K. Fujimoto, Y. Yao,&C. Sakata 398

Field Test of the Humidity Controller using Membranes

..........K. Mizobe & S. Kato 404

Degradation Analyses of Analogue ICs

..........H. Inujima 410

Analysis of Argon Arc Radiance under High Pressure and High Temperature

..........K. Ikeda, T. Amakawa,&M. Shibuya 414

Neutron Production Rate and Plasma Characteristics of Spherically Convergent Beam Fusion

..........K. Yamauchi, Y. Takeuchi, Y. Ogino,M. Watanabe, A. Okino, Y. Sunaga,&E. Hotta 420

Composition of Ferroelectric Thin Films prepared by Backside Pulsed Ion-Beam Evaporation

..........T. Sonegawa, K. Ohtomo, T. Arakaki,T. Maehama, W. Jiang,&K. Yatsui 427

An Electronic High Performance Capacitor and the Response Characteristics

..........N. Hagiwara&Y. Kimura 433

Expanding the Measurable Area and Acquiring in Three-Dimensional Shape Measurement System using an Optical Spatial Modulator

..........K. Tsujioka, H. Furuhashi, K. Hatano,&Y. Uchida 439

Electric Field Calculation in Composite Dielectrics by First-order Triangular Surface Charge Method

..........S. Hamada&T. Takuma 445

Coaxial Corona Discharge under Controlled Air Conditions

..........M.C. Taplamacioglu & K. Hidaka 451

Charge Oscillation at the Interface in the Multi-layer Insulation

..........N. Hozumi, T. Takeda, H. Suzuki,&T. Okamoto 457

Measurement of DC Magnetization in a Laminated Core using a High Permeability Element

..........N. Uchiyama, A. Nishimizu,S. Saito, H. Masuhara,&K. Inagaki 464

Structure and Composition of ZnS Films Prepared by Radio-Frequency Magnetron Sputtering

..........T. Sugawara, I. Shimono, H. Fukuda,M. Nishino, M. Yoshino,&S. Nomura 470

Electrical Conduction in Thermoplastic Polyimide

..........S. Takei, Y. Tanabe, & Y. Ohki 478

Depth Profile of Modified Layer on Polymer Surface by Exposure to High E/n Discharge

..........N. Hamamura, M. Yumoto,&T. Sakai 484

Integral Equation Represention for Partial Discharge Fluctuation

..........T. Okamoto, T. Kato, Y. Yokomizu,&Y. Suzuoki 490

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Characteristics of Partial Discharge Pulse Trains under Tree Propagation from an Artificially-Simulated Tree Channel

..........H. Kaneiwa, Y. Suzuoki,&T. Mizutani 499

Fundamental Investigation of Magnetic Properties and Heating Characteristics of Magnetic Wood

..........H. Fujita, H. Oka, S. Chiba, T. Takashiba,&Y. Namizaki 506

Letter

The Study on the Development of a Metallic Current-Limiting Element

..........M. Suzuki, T. Tanimizu,&N. Yoshimura 512

A Study on the Effect of Antioxidant on Crosslinking Reaction on XLPE

..........K. Asakawa, T. Fukuyama,&Y. Sekii 514

MAY 2000 Volume 120-A Number 5

Technical Committee on Electromagnetic Compatibility

..........T. Takuma 527

Review

Present State and Theme on Lightning Protection for Information-Oriented and Computerized Society

..........S. Yokoyama 528

Paper

Numerical Study of Efficiency of Ultraviolet Radiation Emitted in a Cell of Plasma Display Panels

..........S. Hashiguchi&K. Tachibana 532

Lines of Demagnetizing Force in Cylinders

..........K. Ozaki&M. Kobayashi 541

Cleaning the Polluted Air of the Particulate and NOx by the Barrier Discharge

..........Y. Kawada, T. Kubo, Y. Ehara, T. Takahashi,T. Ito, A. Zukeran,&T. Takamatsu 547

Treatment of Exhaust Gas from a Diesel Engine Generator by Dielectric Barrier Discharge

..........S. Kudo, K. Toda, K. Takaki, S. Kato,&T. Fujiwara 553

Influences of Aging Effect on the Behavior of Field Emission Site in Broad Area Vacuum Gap

..........E. Takahashi, A. Ebe, K. Ogata, S. Komuro, M. Sone, &H. Mitsui 560

Electric Field Calculation in Composite Dielectrics by Curved Triangular Surface Charge Method

..........S. Hamada, B. Techaumnat,&T. Takuma 568

Optical Guiding of Intense Laser Pulses by Fast Z-pinch Discharge

..........T. Hosokai, M. Kando, H. Dewa, H. Kotaki, S. Kondo,S. Kanazawa, N. Hasegawa, K. Nakajima,&K. Horioka 575

Numerical Investigation on Uniformity Improvement of the Microwave Power Absorption in a Planar Type Surface Wave Plasma Processing Device

..........T. Morino&M. Katsurai 583

Electrical Breakdown Strength and Space Charge Distribution of Acrylic Acid-Graft-Polyethylene

..........C.-R. Lee, T. Takeda, N. Hozumi, H. Suzuki,&T. Okamoto 589

Study of Degradation Diagnosis for Low Voltage Cable aged by Thermal and Radiation with Time Domain Dielectric Spectrometer

..........Y. Kobayashi, S. Yoshida, S. Hirai, F. Aida, T. Taguchi,&I. Akiba 595

Diagnostics of Transformer Oil by Elastic Waves

..........T. Sakoda, H. Nieda,&K. Ando 601

Mass Transfer Equations of Electrolytic Water Removal Device Using Solid Polymer Electrolyte Membrane

..........S. Yamauchi, S. Sakuma, H. Nakatani,&K. Mitsuda 607

Reduction of Void Discharges by Additive of Azo-Benzene Compound

..........M. Okada&Y. Yamano 614

Fluctuation Analysis of Partial Discharge Pulse Occurrence with an Integral Equation

..........T. Okamoto, T. Kato, Y. Yokomizu,&Y. Suzuoki 620

Application of Copper Microfibers to Conductive Paste

..........H. Ushijima, Y. Akiha, T. Kato, T. Kato,&M. Egashira 631

High Frequency Characteristics of Highly Resistive (CoFeB)-(SiO2) Amorphous Film and its Application to GHz-Drive Inductor

..........M. Munakata, M. Yagi,Y. Shimada, M. Baba, M. Yamaguchi,&K. Arai 638

Analysis of Tree Initiation with Weibull Distribution and the Influence of Various Factors

..........K. Imai, T. Suzuki, N. Shimizu,&M. Nawata 645

Magnetic Properties of Didymium-Fe-Co-V-B System Exchange Spring Magnets

..........H. Yamamoto&T. Nagamori 651

Method of Deterioration Diagnosis for Silicone Rubber Housing of Polymer Insulator (I)--Pre-treatment Method of the Specimen and Selection of Analyzing Methods--

..........Y. Koshino, I. Umeda,&K. Arakawa 657

Letter

Improvement of Transport Properties of Bi-2212 Bulk Superconductors using CIP-normal Sintering Technique

..........T. Tsukamoto, H. Andoh, T. Sugiura, D. Washimoto,&A. Oota 665

Space Charge and External Current Measurements of a Filler-Free Epoxy Resin

..........K. Fukunaga&V. Griseri 667

JUNE 2000 Volume 120-A Number 6

Review

Frontier of Plasma Technology

..........M.Katsurai 675

Paper

Effects of Shock Wave on Laser-Induced Discharge under Non-Uniform DC Electric Field

..........Y.Ohsako, S.Nagasawa, M.Cho, M.Hikita, &H.Takeno 681

Two Dimensional Dynamic Measurement of Electric Potential and Field Distributions in the Corona Streamer of Surface Discharge

..........T.Ikeda, T.Ohba, T.Takada, &Y.Murooka 687

Characteristics of Ozone Generation by Both Electrodes Cooling Ozone Generator

..........K.Ohta, N.Wada, &M.Kuzumoto 695

Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer from Transferred Type Plasma to a Water Cooled-Copper Anode

..........S.Furukawa, T.Amakawa, &K.Adachi 701

A Study on Errors of Measurement for Complex Permittivity by Perturbation Method using TE101 Mode Rectangular Cavity Resonator

..........H.Inagami, O.Hashimoto, &S.Nishizawa 708

Measurement of Negative Ion Mobilities at Atmospheric Pressure in O2/O3 Mixtures

..........T.Hayashi&H.Itoh 712

Investigation on Tree Initiation in Polyethylene Films Exposed to Thermo-oxidation

..........P.Yan, Y.Zhou,&N.Yoshimura 718

Letter

Ion Energy Measurement in Shielded Vacuum Arc with Graphite Cathode

..........R.Miyano, M.Nagayama, H.Takikawa, &T.Sakakibara 724

JULY 2000 Volume 120-A Number 7

Inaugural Address of President of Fundamentals and Materials Society

..........S. Sasaki 735

Introduction to the Technical Committee on Electromagnetic Theory

..........T. Shiozawa 736

Review

Trends in Computational Electromagnetics

..........H. Ikuno 737

Paper

The Consideration of Plural Operating Circuits of Plural Lamps on Common bye Pass Circuit for High-Pressure Mercury Discharge Lamp

..........M. Iemura, T. Nonaka, M. Kurosumi, M. Takeuchi,K. Oshikata, K. Kozuma,&J. Yamaguchi 741

Conductivity and Permittivity of Water Trees in Polyethylene

..........T. Toyoda, S. Mukai, Y. Ohki, Y. Li,&T. Maeno 750

Influence of Capacitor Properties on the Irregular Ignition of Discharge Circuit Using Thyristor

..........K. Miyairi, E. Itoh, N. Morimitsu, M. Ishikawa,&K. Hagiwara 755

Discharge Occurring at a Grounded Electrode Located in a Charged Particles Cloud

..........T. Sugimoto, S. Doi, M. Takahashi,&Y. Higashiyama 761

Characteristic Performance of Radio-Frequency (RF) Plasma Heating Using Inverter RF Power Supplies

..........T. Imai, H. Sawada, N. Hattori, Y. Uesugi,&S. Takamura 768

Letter

Elimination of Unintended Reflection Waves from a Test Site for Antenna Calibration using the MUSIC Algorithm

..........K. Harima 775

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2000 Volume 120-A Number 8/9

Paper

Influence of High-Intensity Standing Sound Wave Field on Intermittent Spark Discharge

..........T. Nakane&T. Hirata 785

Forward and Inverse Analyses of Cylindrical Permanent Magnets

..........H. Igarashi 791

Propagation of Intense Pulsed Proton Beam through Overlapping z-Discharged Plasma Channel

..........T. Yamada, K. Masugata,&K. Yatsui 798

Pulse Discharge Characteristics of Composite Electrode Systems

..........N. Sakamoto, Y. Kuninaka, H. Ueno,&H. Nakayama 804

Calculation of Electrostatically Induced Current in a Human Body Simulated with the Curved-Element BEM

..........B. Techaumnat, S. Hamada,&T. Takuma 810

Shielding Factor and Maximum Magnetic Flux Density of Cylindrical Magnetic Shield against Axial Magnetic Field

..........Y. Tanabe 817

Multiple Source Estimation using Singular Value Decomposition on a Three Dimensional Measurement of Magnetoencephalogram

..........K. Kobayashi&Y. Uchikawa 823

Examination of the Motion Property and Bending Mechanism of Polypyrrole Fiber Actuator

..........T. Okamoto, K. Tada,&M. Onoda 829

Environmental Low-Frequency Magnetic Field due to Direct-Current Electric Railcar

..........K. Yamazaki, K. Kato, K. Kobayashi,K. Kawamata, A. Saga, N. Goto, S. Minegishi,&A. Haga 835

Letter

Control of Electron Density Hysteresis in Inductively Coupled RF Discharge Plasma by Adding Magnetic Field

..........M. Matsuura, T. Suzuki,&S. Kogoshi 845

A Miniature Pump for Insulating Oil Using EHD Flow

..........M. Eto&Y. Kagawa 847

Color Vision in the Small Visual Angles

..........Y. Nakashima, M. Takamatsu, S. Nagayama,&M. Iizuka 849

Preparation of Fullerene Thin Films by Ion Plating and Transmittance Analysis

..........R. Miyano, M. Ikeda, H. Takikawa,&T. Sakakibara 851

Analytic Expressions of Potential and Electric Field Generated by a Triangular Surface Charge with Second-order Charge Density

..........A. Tatematsu, S. Hamada,&T. Takuma 853

OCTOBER 2000 Volume 120-A Number 10

Special Issue on Frontier Technologies for Electromagnetic Device Analysis

Special Issue Review

Modern and Near Future Electromagnetic Device Analysis Methodologies

..........Y.Saito&S.Hayano 861

Special Issue Paper

Analysis of Ferrite Orthogonal-Core for High Frequency Region Based on Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Magnetic Circuit

..........O.Ichinokura, H.Yoshida,&K.Tajima 865

Leakage Magnetic Field Source Searching of Micro Processing Unit on Printed Circuit Board

..........T.Doi&N.Masuda 871

Wavelet Matrix Transform Approach for Electromagnetic Scattering by a Dielectric Cylinder

..........K.Kigoshi, N.Guan, K.Yashiro,&S.Ohkawa 878

Electrical Characteristics of Printed Circuit Boards Constructed with Two Ground Planes and a Coil-Shaped Conductor

..........M.Iwanami, S.Hoshino, T.Kuriyama,&H.Tohya 885

Study on the Basic Matters of EM Exploration System Using Electromagnetic Field Analysis

..........H.Aoki, Z.Y. Wang, K.Noguchi,&M.Nakajima 894

The Eigen Pattern of Image and its Application to Magnetic Field Identification

..........K.Wakabayashi, S.Hayano,&Y.Saito 902

A Study on the Quasi-3D Current Estimation

..........D.Sekijima, S.Miyahara, S.Hayano,&Y.Saito 907

A Method of Image Processing and its Application to Magnetodynamic Fields

..........H.Endo, S.Hayano, Y.Saito,&T.L.Kunii 913

Estimation of Two-Dimensional Current Distribution by Least Squares Method

..........H.Takahashi, S.Hayano,&Y.Saito 919

Paper

Improvement of Energy Withstand Capability in ZnO Elements for Surge Arrester

..........H.Andoh, Y.Itoh, T.Imai, H.Suzuki, M.Kan,S.Nishiwaki, S.Boggs,&J.Kuang 924

Space Charge Formation and Breakdown in Polyethylene Influenced by the Interface with Semiconducting Electrodes

..........Y.Murakami, S.Mitsumoto, M.Fukuma, N.Hozumi,&M.Nagao 930

Properties of a-SiGe Films Deposited by Plasma CVD and their Relation to Plasma Parameters

..........T.Sasaki, Y.Ichikawa,&S.Teii 936

Propagation Characteristics of Lead Ion Plasma Generated from an Impulse Vacuum Arc

..........W.Liu&K.Tsuruta 943

NOVEMBER 2000 Volume 120-A Number 11

Review

Recent Technology in the Kii Channel DC500kV Link Project--Converter Station Equipment and Technology--

..........Y. Tanaka, A. Kawahara,&M. Sanpei 959

Recent Technology in the Kii Channel DC500kV Link Project--Cable Technology--

..........R. Hata&H. Hirota 965

Paper

A Novel System of an Inductively Coupled Thermal Plasma with Pulse Amplitude Modulation of Electromagnetic Field

..........T. Sakuta, Y. Tanaka, Y. Hashimoto,&M. Katsuki 972

Numerical Analysis of Effects of Electric Field and Pulse Duration on Discharge DeNoxPerformance

..........K. Ito, K. Hagiwara, H. Nakaura, K. Onda,&H. Tanaka 979

Wide Band Rate Repetitive Frequency Pulsation Carbon Dioxide Laser by using Ultrasonic Vibrator

..........A. Mori, K. Kanari, Y. Kodaira,&K. Suzuki 987

Application of Photoluminescence to in situ Monitoring Plasma-treated Layer on Polymer Surface

..........M. Yagi, M. Yumoto,&T. Sakai 994

Double-Exponential Parameter Determination for the Lightning Impulse Voltage

..........S. Sato, K. Kato, T. Ito,&S. Sakaguchi 1000

SEM Observation using a Motion Picture System of Slow High-Field Domains in Semi-Insulating GaAs

..........J. Matsuoka, T. Ikeno,&Y. Tokumaru 1006

Long Term Conversion Efficiency Characteristics of Thin Film Solar Cells

..........S. Machida&T. Tani 1012

Method of Deterioration Diagnosis for Silicone Rubber Housing of Polymer Insulator (II)--Comparison of Insulators Aged with Artificial Method and Natural Fields--

..........Y. Koshino, I. Umeda,&K. Arakawa 1019

Relation between Molecular Weight Distribution of Diffusible Species and Recovery Rate of Hydrophobicity on RTV Silicone Rubber

..........C.-R. Lee, H. Homma,&K. Izumi 1025

Preparation of the Colossal Magnetoresistive La-Sr-Mn-O Thin Film and Application to the Ferroelectric Pb-Zr-Ti-O/La-Sr-Mn-O Heterostructure Using Pulsed Laser Deposition

..........F. Mitsugi, T. Ikegami, K. Ebihara, A.M. Grishin,&J. Narayan 1032

Improvement of the Output Characteristics of a Pump Driven by a Linear Actuator with Flat-Shaped Metal Magnets

..........H. Saotome, K. Imamura, Y. Sato,&O. Saito 1038

An RF Radiated Immunity Test Method Using an EM Field of Low Speed Rotation and its Basic Characteristics

..........K. Murano&Y. Kami 1044

Evaluation of Leakage Current on Various Types of Polymeric Materials Used for HV Outdoor Insulation in Salt-fog Condition

..........S. Kumagai&N. Yoshimura 1051

DECEMBER 2000 Volume 120-A Number 12

2000 Annual Conference of Fundamentals and Materials Society

..........Y.Sakai&F.Natsume 1061

Paper

Radiation Efficiency of Argon Torch Plasma as Function of the Plasma Length

..........T.Iwao, H.Miyazaki, T.Hayashi, T.Hirano,&T.Inaba 1063

Charging Characteristics of a Conical Insulating Spacer in Vacuum--Comparison of Measured and Theoretical Results on he Influence of Contact Angle--

..........O.Yamamoto, T.Takuma,Y.Kakehashi, S.Ikoma,&A.Nishimoto 1070

Maxwell Displacement Current Measuring System Coupled with Second armonic Generation Measurement for Monolayers on a Water nterface

..........A.Tojima, Y.Matsuo, Y.Majima,&M.Iwamoto 1076

Numerical Convolution Technique in Analysing the Lightning Impulse Voltage Measuring System

..........S.Sato, K.Kato, T.Harada,T.Wakimoto, M.Saeki, S.Sakaguchi,&K.Iida 1081

Image Governing Equations and Its Application to Vector Fields

..........H.Endo, S.Hayano, Y.Saito,&T.L.Kunii 1089

Dosimetry Evaluation and Tissue Structure Dependence of Localized Peak SAR inside Head Model for 1.5GHz Microwave Far-field Exposure

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Thermoelectric Properties and Adaptability for FGM of Pb1-XsnXTe Solid-Solutions

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Temperature Dependence of Resistivity of Carbon Black-Polyethylene Composites Below and Above Percolation Threshold

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Frequency Dependence of Conductivity of the Open Channel Region in Water Treed XLPE

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AlN Formation and Improvement of High-Temperature Oxidation Resistance by Plasma-Based Ion Implantation

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Optimum Number of Display Colors with Traffic Information Board

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Estimation of Effect of Landscape Lighting on Townscape

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Effect of the Electrode Shape on the Hollow Cathode Discharge

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