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20100118063 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes: a display panel, which displays an image corresponding to a primary image signal, which includes a first image signal, a second image signal and a third image signal; a light-emitting unit, which supplies light to the display panel; and a timing controller, which receives an input including the primary image signal, and outputs a converted image signal. The timing controller converts each of the first image signal, the second image signal and the third image signal on a basis of whichever one of the first image signal, the second image signal and the third image signal is selected, and outputs the converted image signal. The light-emitting unit determines a luminance of the light supplied to the display panel according to a reference grayscale of a reference image signal, the reference image signal being selected among the first image signal, the second image signal and the third image signal. | 05-13-2010 |
20100176736 | METHOD OF DRIVING A LIGHT SOURCE, LIGHT SOURCE ASSEMBLY FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A method of driving a light source includes; converting an externally supplied direct current voltage into a first alternating current voltage, boosting the first alternating current voltage to a second alternating current voltage having a higher voltage than the first alternating current voltage, turning on the light source using the second alternating current voltage, detecting an arc noise detection voltage by adding arc noise generated from a high voltage terminal of the light source and arc noise generated from a low voltage terminal of the light source, and blocking the high voltage from being provided to the light source based on the detected arc noise detection voltage. | 07-15-2010 |
20100315408 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel which displays an image in response to a gate signal and a data signal, a panel driving circuit which provides the gate signal and the data signal to the liquid crystal display panel in response to a control signal, a backlight unit including n light generating blocks which provide light to the liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight control unit which turns each of the n light generating blocks on and off i times during one frame period. Each of the n light generating blocks has a different duty ratio for each of i turn-on periods when the n light generating blocks are turned on in the one frame period, and ānā and āiā are integers greater than or equal to two (2). | 12-16-2010 |
20110115757 | ENERGY-EFFICIENT DISPLAY APPRATUS WITH OBJECT-SENSING CAPABILITY - A display device capable of accurately sensing object presence at lower power consumption is presented, as well as a method of driving the display device. The display device includes a sensing circuit that detects the presence of an object by sensing radiation, and a radiation source array that provides radiation to the sensing circuit. First signals are provided to the scan lines of the sensing circuit, sequentially activating the sensors during a frame period. Second signals are provided to a radiation source array to selectively activate different portions of the radiation source array. The first and second signals are synchronized in their timing such that the portion of the radiation source array that supplies radiation to the activated sensors are turned on. | 05-19-2011 |
20110175859 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An impulsively driven liquid crystal display includes a display panel displaying an image in response to a gate signal and a data signal, a panel driving circuit providing the gate signal and the data signal to the display panel using an image signal and a control signal, a backlight unit including a plurality of light sources that blink at once to provide a light to the display panel, and a backlight control circuit. The backlight control circuit automatically detects an existence of text information from a received image signal, and if the text is detected to be present, adjusts the blinking timing of the light sources to correspond with the area on the display panel where the text will be displayed, the adjustment being a function of a liquid crystal response delay time of liquid crystals used in the display panel. | 07-21-2011 |
20120081412 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel, a backlight unit, a backlight control circuit, sensors, a read-out circuit and a sensor auxiliary circuit. The display panel includes pixels and displays an image. The backlight unit includes a first light source which emits a first light in a infrared light range. The backlight control circuit controls a brightness of the first light source. The sensors sense an external signal and outputs first sensing signals. The read-out circuit outputs the first sensing signals as second sensing signals. The sensor auxiliary circuit compares a maximum value and a minimum value of the second sensing signals and provides a brightness control signal to the backlight control circuit based on the compared difference to control the brightness of the first light source. | 04-05-2012 |
20120268356 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a display apparatus, a first substrate includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of first signal lines connected to the pixels. A second substrate includes a plurality of sensors and a plurality of second signal lines connected to the sensors and extended in a direction in which the first signal lines are extended. Each of the second signal lines is disposed between two first signal lines adjacent to each other and disposed closer to a center line, which divides an area between the two first signal lines into two portions, than the two first signal lines. Thus, signal interference between the first and second signal lines may be reduced, thereby preventing mis-operation or malfunction of the display apparatus. | 10-25-2012 |
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20100157709 | Semiconductor memory device having shared temperature control circuit - A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory banks; a plurality of temperature sensing circuits, and a shared control circuit. The temperature sensing circuits correspond to the memory banks and each is disposed in the vicinity of a corresponding memory bank. The shared control circuit is connected to the plurality of temperature sensing circuits and a plurality of refresh circuits for refreshing the plurality of memory banks, performs calibration on the plurality of temperature sensing circuits, performs digital processing on signals for separately controlling refresh intervals for the plurality of memory banks, and transmits the processed signals to the plurality of refresh circuits. Therefore, the refresh intervals for individual channels or banks are separately or selectively controlled. Further, since the plurality of temperature sensing circuits are connected to the shared temperature control circuit, the occupied area of the circuits in a chip is reduced or minimized. | 06-24-2010 |
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20100124817 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SELF-ALIGNED CONTACT PAD USING CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING PROCESS - A method of fabricating a self-aligned contact pad (SAC) includes forming stacks of a conductive line and a capping layer on a semiconductor substrate, spacers covering sidewalls of the stacks, and an insulation layer filling gaps between the stacks and exposing the top of the capping layer, etching the capping layer to form damascene grooves, forming a plurality of first etching masks with a material different from that of the capping layer to fill the damascene grooves without covering the top of the insulation layer, and forming a second etching mask having an opening region that exposes some of the first etching masks and a portion of the insulation layer located between the first etching masks. The method further includes etching the portion of the insulation layer exposed by the opening region using the first and second etching masks to form a plurality of opening holes, removing the second etching mask, forming a conductive layer filling the opening holes to cover the remaining first etching masks and performing a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process on the conductive layer using the capping layer as a polishing end point to remove the first etching masks such that a plurality of SAC pads separated from each other are formed that fill the opening holes. | 05-20-2010 |
20120080755 | Methods for Forming Gates in Gate-Last Processes and Gate Areas formed by the Same - Methods are provided for forming gates in gate-last processes. The methods may include performing chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) on an interlayer dielectric (ILD) that is on a plurality of dummy gates, each of the plurality of dummy gates including a gate mask in an upper portion thereof, and the CMP exposing the gate mask. The methods may also include removing the gate mask by etching the gate mask. The methods may further include performing CMP on the ILD. | 04-05-2012 |
20120152460 | TEST MASK SET AND MASK SET - A test mask set includes a first test mask having a plurality of gate pattern areas disposed therein, each of the plurality of gate pattern areas having one or more gate patterns; and a second test mask having a plurality of active pattern areas disposed therein, each of the plurality of active pattern areas having one or more active patterns. The gate patterns formed in different areas among the plurality of gate pattern areas differ in at least one of a gate spacing or a gate width. The active patterns formed in different areas among the plurality of active pattern areas differ in at least one of an active spacing or an active width | 06-21-2012 |
20120315732 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DEVICE USING SAME - In a method for fabricating a semiconductor device, a substrate may be provided that includes: a base, an active fin that projects from an upper surface of the base and is integrally formed with the base, and a buffer oxide film pattern formed on the active fin in contact with the active fin. A first dummy gate film may be formed on the substrate to cover the buffer oxide film pattern and the first dummy gate film may be smoothed to expose the buffer oxide film pattern. A second dummy gate film may be formed on the exposed buffer oxide film pattern and the first dummy gate film. | 12-13-2012 |
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20090153206 | OPTICAL DRIVER INCLUDING A MULTIPHASE CLOCK GENERATOR HAVING A DELAY LOCKED LOOP (DLL), OPTIMIZED FOR GIGAHERTZ FREQUENCIES - An optical (disc) driving system including the DLL based multiphase clock generator circuit capable of generating 32 different phases from input clock having a frequency of 800 MHz or greater. The multiphase clock generator includes on a delay locked loop (DLL) having a frequency divider for outputting an N-divided clock to a first set of M voltage-controlled delay cells within a feedback loop, and further including an identical set of M voltage-controlled delay cells outside of the feedback loop for delaying the undivided clock and for outputting M multiphase clocks. | 06-18-2009 |
20100098941 | POLYMER MICROSTRUCTURE WITH TILTED MICROPILLAR ARRAY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A polymer microstructure with a tilted micropillar array and a method of fabricating the same. The tilted micropillar array is formed by adjusting the incident angle of the ion beam for the ion beam treatment using a PECVD method with low energy consumption. The tilt angle of the micropillars is adjusted to a desired angle by adjusting at least one of the incident angle, the irradiation time, and the magnitude of acceleration voltage of the ion beam for the ion beam treatment. | 04-22-2010 |
20110194628 | TRANSMITTER FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING POWER-DOWN OF RECEIVER AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A transmitter of a transition minimized differential signaling (TMDS) system includes a current source, a pair of switches configured to be connected to the current source and switch a current of the current source, and a monitoring unit configured to monitor a potential of a connection node between the current source and the pair of switches. The pair of switches is connected to a receiver of the TMDS system through a first line and a second line, respectively. The monitoring unit monitors the potential of the connection node based on a power supply voltage applied to the receiver and current switching of the pair of switches. | 08-11-2011 |
20110297182 | METHOD OF MEGASONIC CLEANING OF AN OBJECT - A megasonic cleaning method and a megasonic cleaning apparatus are provided. Microcavitation bubbles may be formed by applying an electromotive force to a cleaning solution using a megasonic energy in a separate room from an object to be cleaned. The microcavitation bubbles having a stable oscillation among the formed microcavitation bubbles may be moved to the object to be cleaned. A surface of the object to be cleaned may be cleaned using the microcavitation bubbles having the stable oscillation. Particles attached onto the surface of the object to be cleaned may be effectively removed while preventing pattern damage. | 12-08-2011 |
20120092987 | ROUTING APPARATUS AND NETWORK APPARATUS - A routing apparatus and a network apparatus that are capable of improving general system performance by compressing/decompressing data and transmitting the result of the compression/decompression, are provided. The routing apparatus may compress and/or decompress input data, and may transmit the compressed and/or decompressed input data. | 04-19-2012 |
20120113128 | COMPUTING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING X-Y STACK MEMORY - A computing apparatus is provided. The computing apparatus includes a memory unit configured to have an address space defined as a multidimensional space having at least two axes, and a memory access unit configured to include a first pointer register storing a first pointer pointing to a row corresponding to the first axis and a second pointer register storing a second pointer pointing to a column corresponding to the second axis. | 05-10-2012 |
20120124343 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING INSTRUCTION OPERAND - Provided are an apparatus and method for modifying an instruction operand. The apparatus includes a first selector configured to receive first instruction operands and a second selector configured to receive second instruction operands. The apparatus also includes a modification unit configured to select a first instruction operand and a second instruction operand, and to modify the selected first instruction operand and the selected second instruction operand to reduce the operand instructions that are input to the first selector and the second selector. | 05-17-2012 |
20120158394 | SIMULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTICORE SYSTEM - A simulation apparatus and method for a multicore system are provided. The simulation apparatus may prevent the occurrence of a data collision during the communication between modules and may reduce the overhead generated during simulation. The simulation apparatus may select a plurality of modules to be synchronized in terms of function execution timing based on timing information and may configure a multicore system architecture model using the selected modules. The simulation apparatus may acquire function execution timing information of the modules, control the execution of functions by the modules based on the acquired function execution timing information, and output the results of the control of the execution of functions by the modules. | 06-21-2012 |
20120221797 | MULTI-PORT CACHE MEMORY APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is a multi-port cache memory apparatus and a method of the multi-port cache memory apparatus. The multi-port memory apparatus may divide an address space into address regions and allocate the divided memory regions to cache banks, thereby preventing the concentration of access to a particular cache. | 08-30-2012 |
20120223011 | SUPERHYDROPHOBIC/AMPHIPHILIC(OLEOPHILIC) SURFACE WITH NANO STRUCTURE AND THE FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a structure having a superhydrophobic and amphiphilic(oleophilic) surface and a fabrication method thereof. A polymer surface body disclosed herein may include high aspect ratio nanostructures on a surface thereof, wherein an aspect ration of the high aspect ratio nanostructure is 1 to 100, and may include a hydrophobic thin film on the high aspect ratio nanostructure. A method of fabricating a polymer surface body disclosed herein may include performing a surface modification treatment on a polymer to form a high aspect ratio nanostructure having an aspect ration of 1 to 100, and forming a hydrophobic thin film on a surface containing the nanostructures. | 09-06-2012 |
20130008476 | METHOD OF MEGASONIC CLEANING OF AN OBJECT - A megasonic cleaning method and a megasonic cleaning apparatus are provided. Microcavitation bubbles may be formed by applying an electromotive force to a cleaning solution using a megasonic energy in a separate room from an object to be cleaned. The microcavitation bubbles having a stable oscillation among the formed microcavitation bubbles may be moved to the object to be cleaned. A surface of the object to be cleaned may be cleaned using the microcavitation bubbles having the stable oscillation. Particles attached onto the surface of the object to be cleaned may be effectively removed while preventing pattern damage. | 01-10-2013 |
20130067203 | PROCESSING DEVICE AND A SWIZZLE PATTERN GENERATOR - A swizzle pattern generator is provided to reduce an overhead due to execution of a swizzle instruction in vector processing. The swizzle pattern generator is configured to provide swizzle patterns with respect to data sets of at least one vector register or vector processing unit. The swizzle pattern generator may be reconfigurable to generate various swizzle patterns for different vector operations. | 03-14-2013 |
20140325248 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING BANDWIDTH - A method for adjusting bandwidth, a bandwidth scaler and an apparatus are provided. The method for adjusting bandwidth involves determining a dynamic context of a processor, and based on the determined dynamic context, scaling bandwidth between the processor and a memory. | 10-30-2014 |
20140331021 | MEMORY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A memory control apparatus that minimizes memory bank collisions by rescheduling memory requests. The memory control apparatus includes a scheduler configured to, in response to at least two memory requests existing in a current cycle, schedule a plurality of elements included in the at least two memory requests based on information about memory banks determined for the plurality of elements; and a request generator configured to, in response to the scheduling of the plurality of elements by the scheduler, generate a scheduled memory request for the current cycle using at least one element in the at least two memory requests in order to prevent a memory bank collision. | 11-06-2014 |
20140370620 | MULTIMER TYPE DISCRIMINATION AND DETECTION METHOD FOR MULTIMER-FORMING POLYPEPTIDE - The present invention relates to a method for selectively detecting a multimer type multimer-forming polypeptide in a biological sample, the method comprising: (a) bringing the biological sample into contact with an agglutination reaction inducing agent to induce the formation of an aggregate in an analysis target, the agglutination reaction inducing agent being a particle in which a specific antibody is surface-bonded with the multimer-forming polypeptide; (b) obtaining an image with respect to the aggregate of step (a); and (c) analyzing a size or a shape of the aggregate by using the image. Step (a), step (b), or steps (a) and (b) are performed on a microchip having a microchannel. The image analysis is performed using a coefficient according to the size of the aggregate in a predetermined volume provided by the microchannel. In the case where the multimer type of multimer-forming polypeptide is present in the biological sample, the size of the aggregate is larger than the size of an aggregate of a monomer type control group. According to the present invention, unlike in a detection method using chemiluminescence immunoanalysis of the related art, an image with respect to an agglutination reaction target is obtained and then a size or a shape of an aggregate is analyzed so as to determine whether or not an analysis target is present in a biological sample and to determine the quantity of the analysis target. Also, it is possible to detect a multimer type multimer-forming polypeptide by just analyzing an image acquired from the sample so that the detection process is made more convenient and quick. | 12-18-2014 |
20150054201 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PATTERN USING ELECTROJETTING - An apparatus and method for forming a three-dimensional (3D) pattern using electrojetting, the apparatus including: a syringe tip having one end from which a polymer jet is discharged; a substrate that is disposed in a direction in which the polymer jet is discharged, and that forms an electric field between the substrate and the syringe tip; and a movement unit that moves the syringe tip or the substrate, wherein the polymer jet discharged from the syringe tip is moved relative to an upper side of the substrate and is stacked on the substrate. | 02-26-2015 |