Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080252196 | Active-Matrix Field Emission Display - Provided is a field emission display (FED) in which field emission devices are applied to a flat panel display. The FED includes: a cathode plate including a substrate, first and second thin film transistors (TFTs) that are serially connected on the substrate, a field emitter disposed on a drain electrode of the second TFT, a gate insulating layer having a gate hole surrounding the field emitter, and field emission gate electrodes disposed on the gate insulating layer; and an anode plate including a substrate, and red, green, and blue phosphors disposed on the substrate, wherein the cathode plate and the anode plate are vacuum-packaged parallel and opposite to each other. According to the present invention, uniformity of the FED panel can be significantly improved, and an inherent source-drain leakage current of the TFT can be significantly reduced, so that a contrast ratio of the FED can be significantly enhanced. | 10-16-2008 |
20080284314 | Active-Matrix Field Emission Pixel and Active-Matrix Field Emission Display - Provided is a field emission display (FED) capable of driving on the basis of current and preventing leakage current caused by thin film transistors (TFTs). The FED includes: a plurality of unit pixels including an emission element in which cathode luminescence of a phosphor occurs and a TFT for driving the emission element; a current source for applying a scan signal to each unit pixel; and a voltage source for applying a data signal to each unit pixel. Here, the on-current of the current source is high enough to take care of the load resistance and capacitance of a scan row within a given writing time, and the off-current of the current source is so low that the electron emission of each pixel can be ignored. In addition, the pulse amplitude or pulse width of the data signal applied from the voltage source is changed, and thereby the gray scale of the display is represented. | 11-20-2008 |
20090141387 | NANOPROBE-BASED HEATING APPARATUS AND HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD USING THE SAME - A nanoprobe-based heating apparatus includes a nanoprobe, a heating unit, a gap control unit, and a support unit. The nanoprobe has a tip forming at an end of the nanoprobe, and the tip applies heat to a magnetic recording bit of a recording medium. The heating unit heats the nanoprobe. The gap control unit controls a gap between the nanoprobe and the recording medium. The support unit supports the nanoprobe, the heating unit, and the gap control unit. The nanoprobe-based heating apparatus is installed at a magnetic recording head of a magnetic hard disk drive to be able to heat an ultra-fine region of a recording medium very rapidly by applying heat together with a magnetic field. | 06-04-2009 |
20090152699 | PACKAGING APPARATUS OF TERAHERTZ DEVICE - There is provided a packaging apparatus of a terahertz device, the apparatus including: a terahertz device having an active region at which terahertz wave is radiated or detected; a device substrate mounting the terahertz device whose active region is positioned at an opening region formed at the center of the device substrate, and electrically connecting the terahertz device and an external terminal to each other; a ball lens block arranged and fixed to an upper part of the terahertz device; and upper and lower cases receiving the device substrate mounted with the terahertz device therein and opening region vertical upper and lower portions of the active region of the terahertz device. | 06-18-2009 |
20100092183 | FREQUENCY TUNABLE TERAHERTZ CONTINUOUS WAVE GENERATOR - A frequency tunable terahertz continuous wave generator controls the number of feedbacks of an optical signal output from an optical intensity modulator by adding a feedback loop between input and output terminals of the optical intensity modulator, thereby simply tuning a frequency of a terahertz continuous wave. | 04-15-2010 |
20100134372 | THZ-BAND FOLDED DIPOLE ANTENNA HAVING HIGH INPUT IMPEDANCE - Provided is a folded dipole antenna including a meander line formed on a photoconductive substrate, characterized by an input impedance of several kΩ, which is much higher than that of a conventional dipole antenna, due to optimization of a horizontal length, a line interval, a width, and a line number of the meander line. Accordingly, use of the folded dipole antenna greatly improves an impedance matching characteristic between the antenna and a photomixer having an output impedance of 10 kΩ or more, and accordingly an output of a THz continuous wave. | 06-03-2010 |
20100149640 | TUNABLE DIFFRACTION GRATING APPARATUS - Provided is a tunable diffraction grating apparatus including: a diffraction grating portion having a diffraction grating with an linearly variable grating interval, the diffraction grating being formed of an elastic member; a drive portion connected to the diffraction grating portion and applying a force to the diffraction grating portion to vary the grating interval; and a controller for controlling the drive portion to adjust the grating interval depending on a specific wavelength input from the exterior. | 06-17-2010 |
20100155605 | TERAHERTZ WAVE TX/RX MODULE PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a terahertz wave transmission and reception (Tx/Rx) module package and method of manufacturing the same. The complete and separate terahertz wave Tx/Rx module package is implemented by simply aligning a silicon ball lens, a photoconductive antenna and a focusing lens, and thus facilitates generation or measurement of a terahertz wave. The terahertz wave Tx/Rx module package and method can remarkably reduce time and cost required to build a terahertz wave generation and measurement system, and simplify and miniaturize the terahertz wave generation and measurement system. In addition, characteristics of a terahertz wave generated by the photoconductive antenna can be simply measured. Furthermore, the terahertz wave Tx/Rx module package can be stored and transported with a photoconductive antenna, a silicon ball lens and a focusing lens kept aligned as they are, and also it is possible to minimize pollution of terahertz wave devices caused by surroundings. | 06-24-2010 |
20120086096 | CONDENSER LENS-COUPLED PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ANTENNA DEVICE FOR TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATION AND DETECTION AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a condenser lens-coupled photoconductive antenna device for terahertz wave generation and detection and a fabricating method thereof. A condenser lens-coupled photoconductive antenna device for terahertz wave generation and detection includes a condenser lens, a photoconductive thin film deposited on the condenser lens, and a metal electrode formed on the photoconductive thin film for a photoconductive antenna. In the antenna device, the condenser lens and the photoconductive thin film are coupled to each other. | 04-12-2012 |
20120097958 | ACTIVE-MATRIX FIELD EMISSION PIXEL - A field emission pixel includes a cathode on which a field emitter emitting electrons is formed, an anode on which a phosphor absorbing electrons from the field emitter is formed, and a thin film transistor (TFT) having a source connected to a current source in response to a scan signal, a gate receiving a data signal, and a drain connected to the field emitter. The field emitter is made of carbon material such as diamond, diamond like carbon, carbon nanotube or carbon nanofiber. The cathode may include multiple field emitters, and the TFT may include multiple transistors having gates to which the same signal is applied, sources to which the same signal is applied, and drains respectively connected to the field emitters. An active layer of the TFT is made of a semiconductor film such as amorphous silicon, micro-crystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon, wide-band gap material like ZnO, or an organic semiconductor. | 04-26-2012 |
20120112230 | INTEGRATED ANTENNA DEVICE MODULE FOR GENERATING TERAHERTZ CONTINOUS WAVE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - The exemplary embodiments of the present invention include forming a photoconductor thin film on a front surface of a substrate; forming a photoconductor thin film pattern by patterning the photoconductor thin film; and forming a metal electrode on the photoconductor thin film pattern. | 05-10-2012 |
20120162747 | TERAHERTZ CONTINUOUS WAVE GENERATOR - A terahertz continuous wave generator includes: an optical intensity modulator configured to modulate an optical signal into DSB optical signals; a local oscillator configured to generate a modulation signal for modulating the optical signal inputted to the optical intensity modulator into DSB optical signals; a notch filter configured to filter an optical signal with a specific frequency; an optical fiber amplifier configured to amplify an output signal of the optical intensity modulator; an optical circulator configured to transmit the optical signal inputted to the optical fiber amplifier to the notch filter and transmit the optical signal reflected from the notch filter to an input of the optical intensity modulator; an optical coupler configured to apply the optical signal to the optical intensity modulator; and an OE converter configured to photomix the DSB signals outputted through the notch filter. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166144 | DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS MEASUREMENT METHOD USING AN ALL-OPTOELECTRONIC TERAHERTZ PHOTOMIXING SYSTEM AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS MEASUREMENT METHOD OF TERAHERTZ MEASURING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A device characteristics measurement method using an all-optoelectronic terahertz photomixing system includes: calculating power of an antenna of a transmitter by adding a matching condition between output impedance of the photomixer and input impedance of the antenna of the transmitter to power of the photomixer of the transmitter; calculating power of an antenna of a receiver based on the power of the antenna of the transmitter; and outputting the power of the antenna of the transmitter and the power of the antenna of the receiver so as to analyze device characteristics of the photomixer and the antenna of the transmitter. | 06-28-2012 |
20130146770 | TERAHERTZ CONTINUOUS WAVE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBTAINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE THEREOF - A terahertz continuous wave system in accordance with the inventive concept may include a terahertz wave generator generating a terahertz continuous wave; a non-destructive detector measuring a change of the terahertz continuous wave by emitting the generated terahertz continuous wave to a sample and controlling a focal point of the emitted terahertz continuous wave while two-dimensionally moving the sample at predetermined intervals; and a three-dimensional image processor obtaining a three-dimensional image using two-dimensional images corresponding to the measured terahertz continuous wave. | 06-13-2013 |
20130153757 | WAVEGUIDE PHOTOMIXER - Provided is a waveguide photomixer in which an absorption layer is selectively etched to reduce a junction area. The waveguide photomixer includes a buffer layer disposed on a substrate, a first clad layer disposed on the buffer layer and formed to have smaller width than that of a top surface of the buffer layer, an absorption layer disposed on the first clad layer and formed to have smaller width than that of a top surface of the first clad layer, a second clad layer disposed on the absorption layer and formed to have greater width than that of a top surface of the absorption layer, a contact layer disposed on the second clad layer, a first electrode unit disposed on the buffer layer where the first clad layer is not disposed, and a second electrode unit disposed on the contact layer. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156436 | TERAHERTZ RECEIVER AND METHOD OF RECEIVING TERAHERTZ BAND SIGNAL THEREOF - The inventive concept relates to a terahertz receiver. The terahertz receiver of the inventive concept includes a plurality of terahertz detectors detecting signals of terahertz band from received signals; a plurality of optical signal processing parts converting the detected terahertz signals into optical signals; an optical combiner combining the converted optical signals into one optical signal; a photodiode converting the combined optical signal into an electrical signal; and an amplifier amplifying the electrical signal. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156437 | TERAHERTZ TRANSMITTER - Disclosed is a terahertz transmitter which includes a photonics oscillator configured to generate two optical signals with different wavelength and strong correlation; a modulator configured to modulate the optical signals; a pre-amplifier configured to amplify the modulated optical signals; a photomixer configured to generate a terahertz signal through photomixing of the amplified optical signals; and a post-amplifier configured to amplify the terahertz signal and to transmit the amplified terahertz signal through an antenna. | 06-20-2013 |