1. An AA alkaline battery comprising: a bottomed cylindrical battery case including a body part and an opening part sealed by means of a gasket; and a positive electrode and a negative electrode accommodated in the battery case with a separator interposed therebetween, wherein
the AA alkaline battery has an outer diameter in a range between 14.1 and 14.3 mm,
the body part of the battery case has a thickness in a range between 0.1 and 0.17 mm, and
the positive electrode is made of a material obtained by adding graphite to manganese dioxide, a density of the graphite in the material of the positive electrode being in a range between 0.12 and 0.23 gcm3.
2. The AA alkaline battery of claim 1, wherein
the density of the graphite is in a range between 0.16 and 0.20 gcm3.
3. The AA alkaline battery of claim 1, wherein
the thickness of the body part of the battery case is smaller than that of the opening part of the battery case.
4. The AA alkaline battery of claim 3, wherein
the thickness of the body part of the battery case is 15% or more smaller than that of the opening part of the battery case.
5. The AA alkaline battery of claim 1, wherein
the body part of the battery case has an outer diameter in a range between 13.95 and 14.15 mm.
6. The AA alkaline battery of claim 1, wherein
the positive electrode, which is in a hollowed cylindrical shape, and the negative electrode, which is gelled and filled in a hollowed part of the positive electrode, are disposed in the battery case with the separator, which is in a bottomed cylindrical shape, interposed therebetween, and
a ratio (T1T2) of a thickness (T1) in a radial direction of the positive electrode to a thickness (T2) in a radial direction of the negative electrode is in a range between 0.63 and 0.72, and
the AA alkaline battery being capable of high-rate discharge that the number of cycles accumulated until it reaches 1.05 V exceeds 130 where pulse discharge in which a cycle of discharge at 1.5 W for two seconds and discharge at 0.65 W for 28 seconds is repeated is repeated ten cycles per one hour under an environment at a temperature of 20\xb12\xb0 C.
7. The AA alkaline battery of claim 1, wherein
the positive electrode, which is in a hollowed cylindrical shape, and the negative electrode, which is gelled and filled in a hollowed part of the positive electrode, are disposed in the battery case with the separator, which is in a bottomed cylindrical shape, interposed therebetween, and
a ratio (T1T2) of a thickness (T1) in a radial direction of the positive electrode to a thickness (T2) in a radial direction of the negative electrode is in a range between 0.67 and 0.77, and
the AA alkaline battery being capable of low-rate discharge that a discharge duration accumulated until it reaches 0.9 V exceeds 100 hours where a cycle of discharge for four hours a day with a load of 43\u03a9 applied is repeated everyday under an environment at a temperature of 20\xb12\xb0 C.
8. The AA alkaline battery of claim 6, wherein
the manganese dioxide has a volume average particle size in a range between 30 and 50 \u03bcm and includes 5% or lower particles of which particle size is equal to or smaller than 100 \u03bcm.
9. The AA alkaline battery of claim 6, wherein
the manganese dioxide has a volume average particle size in a range between 30 and 50 \u03bcm and includes 8% or lower particles of which particle size is equal to or smaller than 5 \u03bcm.
10. The AA alkaline battery of claim 1, wherein
an electrolyte is filled in the battery case, the electrolyte being made of an aqueous solution containing potassium hydroxide at a concentration in a range between 30 and 36%.
11. The AA alkaline battery of claim 10, wherein
the electrolyte is made of an aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide at a concentration in a range between 30 and 34%.
12. The AA alkaline battery of claim 10, wherein
the gasket is made of a material of which main component is polyamide resin.
13. The AA alkaline battery of claim 1, wherein
the positive electrode, which is in a hollowed cylindrical shape, and the negative electrode, which is gelled and filled in a hollowed part of the positive electrode, are disposed in the battery case with the separator, which is in a bottomed cylindrical shape, interposed therebetween, and
a distance in a radial direction between the positive electrode and the negative electrode is in a range between 0.26 and 0.60 mm.
14. The AA alkaline battery of claim 1, wherein
the battery case has an outer diameter of which increase after discharge under application of a load of 3.9\u03a9 at a temperature of 20\xb0 C. until it reaches 0.9 V is equal to or smaller than 0.05 mm.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
first and second resistance means for dividing the voltage of a first input signal inputted from an external terminal to transmit the voltage-divided first input signal;
a capacitor disposed in parallel to said first resistance means;
an input circuit for receiving said voltage-divided first input signal to form an output signal having a smaller amplitude than that of said input signal; and
an internal circuit for receiving said output signal from said input circuit,
wherein each of said input circuit and said internal circuit comprises MOSFETs.
2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,
wherein an input signal having a voltage divided by said first and second resistance means is transmitted to said input circuit through a source-drain path of a MOSFET having a gate to which a predetermined voltage is applied.
3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2,
wherein each of said first and second resistance means, as well as said first capacitor is constituted by MOSFETs and the wells are separated from each other and connected to the sources in said MOSFETs.
4. A system, comprising:
a first semiconductor device including: first and second resistance means for dividing a first input signal inputted from a first external terminal to transmit the voltage-divided first input signal; a capacitor disposed in parallel to said first resistance means; a first input circuit for receiving said voltage-divided first input signal; and a second input circuit for receiving a signal having a smaller amplitude than that of said first input signal;
a second semiconductor device used to form an input signal corresponding to said first input circuit, and connected to said first semiconductor device; and
a third semiconductor device used to form an input signal corresponding to said second input circuit, and connected to said first semiconductor device.
5. The system according to claim 4,
wherein each of said first and third semiconductor devices performs a predetermined signal processing, and
wherein said second semiconductor device performs a test of said first semiconductor device.