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| 20080225419 | VARIFOCAL MIRROR AND CAMERA MODULE COMPRISING THE SAME - A varifocal mirror and a camera module comprising the same are disclosed. The varifocal mirror comprises a substrate, a thin film having a circumference supported by the substrate and a variable radius of curvature, and a reflective plane attached to the thin film to reflect light. The reflective plane has a radius of curvature varying in response to variation in the radius of curvature of the thin film. The camera module embodies focus and optical zoom functions via actuation of the varifocal mirror instead of using an electromagnetic actuator, a step motor and the like when adjusting positions of lens units, significantly reducing a volume of the overall system. With this structure, the camera module can be applied to various portable digital assistances requiring a minimized camera module, such as PDAs, mobile phones and the like. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20100090566 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE LINEAR MOTOR, SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE LINEAR MOTOR PACKAGE, AND LENS ACTUATOR ADOPTING THE SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE LINEAR MOTOR PACKAGE - Disclosed herein are a surface acoustic wave linear motor that can be driven in opposite directions along a predetermined path, a package including the surface acoustic wave linear motor, and a lens actuator that is capable of performing an optical zoom function by adopting the surface acoustic wave linear motor package. The surface acoustic wave linear motor includes a substrate, through which a surface acoustic wave progresses, a movable part constructed such that the movable part can perform a translating movement in the opposite direction to the progressing direction of the surface acoustic wave, and electrodes for supplying the substrate with power to generate the surface acoustic wave in the substrate. According to the present invention, the surface acoustic wave linear motor is capable of performing a translating movement without the provision of an additional mechanism, unlike the conventional actuator using the rotary motor, the gear, and the lead screw. Furthermore, the surface acoustic wave linear motor is suitable for miniaturization and weight reduction, and therefore, various applications of the surface acoustic wave linear motor are possible. | 04-15-2010 |
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| 20090097447 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES OF A CONTROL CHANNEL IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING - A method is provided for allocating resources of a control channel in a mobile communication system using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). The method includes, when a time index and a frequency index of available Resource Elements (REs) are defined as l and k, respectively, dividing the available REs in a two-dimensional structure of (k, l); and time-first-allocating each RE to a plurality of RE groups while increasing the time index l for each frequency index k from an initial value up to a predetermined range. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100322174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MOBILE SELECTION BASED INITIAL ACCESS SCHEME IN A MULTICARRIER SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for initial access of a mobile device in multi-carrier system. A base station transmits initial access resource information about the entire system band to the mobile device through a specific carrier to which the mobile device tries initial access. The mobile device determines an uplink initial access band by using received initial access resource information. The base station enables initial access through a predefined downlink response band. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110038303 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CONTROL CHANNEL - A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving control channels through a wireless backhaul in an OFDM-based communication system including relay nodes is provided. A method for transmitting a control channel includes arranging control resources for at least one receiver; sorting the control resources and null resources in a control channel region; rearranging the control resources to be distributed and the null resources to be adjacent to the distributed control resources; and mapping the control resources and null resources to the control channel region. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110044391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING CONTROL CHANNEL IN OFDM SYSTEM - A control channel configuration method and apparatus is provided for supporting Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) in an OFDM-based communication system. The control channel configuration method includes determining a Resource Block (RB) to be used for configuring control channels; configuring the control channels by mapping the control channels in a data channel region within the RB; and transmitting the configured control channels, wherein configuring the control channels includes mapping the control channels in units of Resource Element Groups (REGs) formed by binding one or more Resource Elements (REs) in a time domain-preferred allocation manner within the same RB. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110085506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MULTI-USER CONTROL CHANNELS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving multi-user control channels through a data channel region in a wireless communication system using multiple antennas. Further provided is a definition of a new search space for control channel candidates. In the transmitting method, a base station forms control channels for a plurality of user equipment each of which is composed of at least one resource block, performs a mapping for the control channels by dividing a space of the same transmission region in a data channel region of a sub-frame, and then multiplexes the control channels with data channels in the data channel region of the sub-frame and to transmit the multiplexed control channels. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110243059 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERLEAVING DATA IN A RELAY PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (R-PDCCH) - A wireless network comprising a first base station operable to communicate with mobile stations and a plurality of relay stations for providing bi-directional communication between the first base station and a plurality of mobile stations. The first base station transmits a relay physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) in the downlink to the plurality of relay stations. The R-PDCCH comprises: i) a first search space comprising downlink (DL) grants associated with the plurality of relay stations; and ii) a second search space comprising uplink (UL) grants associated with the plurality of relay stations. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110249582 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REQUEST/FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS - A Channel State Information (CSI) request/feedback method and apparatus for a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation or bandwidth extension are provided. A base station sets a CSI request field of an Uplink (UL) grant for scheduling UL transmission on a UL Component Carrier (CC) corresponding to a Downlink (DL) CC of which CSI is requested, to a request value. The UL grant is transmitted to a terminal. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249633 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION BASED ON SPATIAL-MULTIPLEXING GAIN - A control information transmission and reception method based on a spatial-multiplexing gain, are provided. The control information may be transmitted by obtaining the spatial-multiplexing gain using an E-PDCCH region, and thus, a transmission efficiency of the control information may be improved. The common control information used for decoding the E-PDCCH may be transmitted via a PDCCH, and thus, a base station supporting both a general terminal and an enhanced terminal may effectively transmit the control information. Information associated with an indicator indicating whether the E-PDCCH is to be used during a subsequent resource allocation period may be transmitted, and thus, whether decoding with respect to the E-PDCCH is to be performed during the subsequent allocation period may be determined. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110261767 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING A CONTROL CHANNEL RESOURCE OF A RELAY NODE IN A BACKHAUL SUBFRAME - A method and apparatus for allocating control channels of a relay within a backhaul subframe in a wireless communication system is provided. The method for allocating control channel resources includes grouping relays according to channel conditions; transmitting resource group information on the same resource group allocated to use the same transmission mode for the relays belonging to the same relay group; transmitting a control channel message to the relays according to the allocated resource; and transmitting data to the relays according to the control channel message. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261769 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE OF CONTROL CHANNELS IN OFDM-BASED HIERARCHICAL CELLULAR SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for controlling inter-cell interference of control channels of hierarchical cells in a hierarchical cellular system based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) are provided. The inter-cell interference control method of a base station in a hierarchical cellular system based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) includes transmitting a broadcast channel, including information on an available bandwidth that is a part of an entire bandwidth, to a terminal, transmitting a control channel including data channel allocation information for the entire bandwidth to the terminal, and transmitting a data channel, as informed by the data channel allocation information, to the terminal. The inter-cell interference control method and apparatus support cooperative transmission of hierarchical cells while maintaining both backward compatibility and forward compatibility. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110268062 | RESOURCE MAPPING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF OFDM SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for allocating resource between uplink ACK/NACK channel and downlink control channel supporting spatial multiplexing in an OFDM-based wireless communication system which configures uplink ACK/NAK channel implicitly using reference signals for discriminating among resource allocation spaces and physical channel resource. The method is capable of multiplexing the uplink ACK/NACK channel associated with the control channel extended by spatial multiplexing into the uplink ACK/NACK channel resource which does not support spatial multiplexing. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110310829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUPING CONTROL CHANNEL RESOURCE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for grouping a control channel resource in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing based mobile communication system for adjusting inter-cell interference and an apparatus performing the same are disclosed. Inter-cell inference used between cells or base stations is controlled or distributed to secure reception of a control channel in a heterogeneous system, and interference may be efficiently controlled through coordination of resource groups by cells. The method and apparatus are equally applicable when resources of backhaul transmission channel of a relay cell in a cell are grouped. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110319068 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CSI IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING CARRIER AGGREGATION - A Channel Status Information (CSI) transmission method and apparatus of a terminal are provided for use in a wireless communication system. In the wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the terminal transmits the CSIs of component carriers without conflict of their transmission time points, resulting in an improvement of system performance. In a case where the transmission time points are determined to overlap unavoidably, the terminal transmits the CSI as compressed. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120014333 | INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN OFDM-BASED HETEROGENEOUS CELLULAR SYSTEM - An inter-cell interference coordination method and apparatus is provided for a heterogeneous network system based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFMD) communication. The inter-cell interference coordination method and apparatus exchanges two different types of inter-cell interference coordination messages between base stations to adaptively use the frequency division and time division schemes, thereby coordinating inter-cell interference of control channels transmitted randomly in distributed manner. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120057523 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING BACKHAUL SUBFRAME CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a backhaul sub frame channel of a base station in a wireless communication system. The method for transmitting a backhaul sub frame channel according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: creating a downlink relay control channel by coding downlink relay control information that is transmitted to a relay; allocating the created downlink relay control channel to a first slot of a semi-static resource region that is allocated to the relay; and transmitting, to the relay, a backhaul sub frame to which the channel is allocated. Compared to existing control channel transmission techniques, the present invention can minimize overheads. Moreover, the present invention also reduces control channel resources required during retransmission and for the transmission of multiple backhaul subframes. | 03-08-2012 |
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| 20110032168 | ANTENNA USING COMPLEX STRUCTURE HAVING PERPENDICULAR PERIOD BETWEEN DIELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC SUBSTANCE - The invention provides an antenna that uses a complex structure in which a dielectric having a low dielectric constant and a magnetic substance having high magnetic permeability are arranged perpendicularly and periodically to improve the gain, efficiency, and bandwidth of the antenna while maintaining the miniaturization of the antenna which is an advantage of known antennas using a dielectric having a high dielectric constant. For this purpose, the provided antenna is characterized by including a substrate and a radiation patch formed on the substrate. The substrate is formed with a complex structure having a perpendicular period between the dielectric and the magnetic substance. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032169 | ANTENNA BASED ON DIELECTRO-MAGNETIC COMPOSITE STRUCTURE HAVING A PERIODIC LATTICE - The present invention aims to provide an antenna made of a complex structure wherein dielectric components having a low dielectric constant form a periodic lattice with a high-permeability magnetic components so as to increase the gain, efficiency and bandwidth of the antenna, while keeping the antenna size small, which is an advantage in conventional antennas using a dielectric with a high dielectric constant. To this end, the present invention provides an antenna based on a dielectro-magnetic composite structure, comprising: a substrate; and a radiation patch formed over the substrate, wherein the substrate is formed in a composite structure of a dielectric-magnetic periodic lattice. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110187621 | ANTENNA WITH COMPLEX STRUCTURE OF PERIODIC, GRATING ARRANGEMENT OF DIELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC SUBSTANCES - The present invention relates to an antenna using a complex structure in which dielectric substances having a low dielectric constant and magnetic substances having a high magnetic permeability are arranged vertically and periodically in order to improve the gain, efficiency, and bandwidth of the antenna while maintaining a small size which is an advantage of a conventional antenna using dielectric substances having a high dielectric constant. The present invention provides the antenna using a complex structure having a vertical and periodic structure of dielectric substances and magnetic substances, comprising a substrate and a radiation patch formed on the substrate. The substrate includes a plurality of layers. Each of the layers has the dielectric substances and the magnetic substances of a bar shape alternately arranged therein and has the dielectric substances and the magnetic substances alternately laminated thereon even in a height direction. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110193760 | ANTENNA USING COMPLEX STRUCTURE HAVING PERIODIC, VERTICAL SPACING BETWEEN DIELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC SUBSTANCES - The present invention relates to an antenna using a complex structure in which dielectric substances having a low dielectric constant and magnetic substances having a high magnetic permeability are arranged vertically and periodically in order to improve the gain, efficiency, and bandwidth of the antenna while maintaining a small size which is an advantage of a conventional antenna using dielectric substances having a high dielectric constant. The present invention provides the antenna using a complex structure having a vertical and periodic structure of dielectric substances and magnetic substances, comprising a substrate and a radiation patch formed on the substrate. The substrate includes a plurality of layers. Each of the layers has the dielectric substances and the magnetic substances of a bar shape alternately arranged therein and has the dielectric substances and the magnetic substances alternately laminated thereon even in a height direction. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110221653 | META MATERIAL ANTENNA USING COUPLING IN HELICAL STRUCTURE - There is provided an antenna implementing a first 0-th order resonant frequency using a first radiator to which power is fed through parallel inductors of helical structures, and implementing a second 0-th order resonant frequency using a second radiator to which power is couple-fed through radiation elements put into the helical structures. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120056788 | MULTIBAND AND BROADBAND ANTENNA USING METAMATERIALS, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - A multiband and broadband antenna using metamaterials and a communication apparatus comprising same are provided. According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a multiband and broadband antenna, comprising: a feeder unit formed in at least a portion of a carrier; and at least one double negative (DNG) unit cell which is formed in the carrier, fed by the feeder unit, and serves as a composite right/left handed transmission line (CRLH-TL). | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120068901 | MULTIBAND AND BROADBAND ANTENNA USING METAMATERIALS, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - A multiband and broadband antenna using metamaterials and a communication apparatus comprising same are provided. According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a multiband and broadband antenna comprising: a feeder unit formed in at least a portion of a carrier; and at least one double negative (DNG) unit cell and at least one epsilon negative (ENG) unit cell which are formed in the carrier, fed by the feeder unit, and serve as a composite right/left handed transmission line (CRLH-TL). | 03-22-2012 |
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| 20100084013 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell is disclosed. The solar cell includes an n-type or p-type amorphous silicon layer, a transparent electrode, and a metal buffer layer between the transparent electrode and the amorphous silicon layer. The metal buffer layer contains at least one of In, Sn, B, Al, Ga, and Zn. When the transparent electrode contains indium tin oxide (ITO), the metal buffer layer contains at least one of In and Sn. When the transparent electrode contains zinc oxide, the metal buffer layer contains at least one of B, Al, Ga, and Zn. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100132792 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a substrate, at least one emitter layer on the substrate, at least one first electrode electrically connected to the at least one emitter layer, and at least one second electrode electrically connected to the substrate. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed using a plating method. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100193027 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a substrate of a first conductive type, an anti-reflection layer that is positioned on the substrate and is formed of a transparent conductive oxide material, a plurality of emitter layers on the substrate, the plurality of emitter layers being of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type, a plurality of first electrodes on the plurality of emitter layers, and a plurality of second electrodes that are electrically connected to the substrate and are positioned to be spaced apart from the plurality of first electrodes. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are positioned on the same surface of the substrate. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110056544 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell is disclosed. The solar cell includes a substrate containing first impurities of a first conductive type, an emitter layer containing second impurities of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type, a first electrode electrically connected to the emitter layer, and a second electrode electrically connected to the substrate. The emitter layer and the substrate form a p-n junction. A doping concentration of the second impurities of the emitter layer linearly or nonlinearly changes depending on a depth of a position within the emitter layer. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110056545 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell is discussed. The solar cell includes a substrate of a first conductive type, an emitter region of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type that is positioned on the substrate, a first field region of the first conductive type that is positioned on the substrate to be separated from the emitter region, a first electrode electrically connected to the emitter region, a second electrode electrically connected to the first field region, and an insulating region positioned on at least one of the emitter region and the first field region. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110056550 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a substrate that contains first impurities of a first conductive type and is formed of a crystalline semiconductor, a first field region that is positioned on an incident surface of the substrate and contains second impurities of a second conductive type, an emitter region that contains third impurities of a third conductive type, is formed of a non-crystalline semiconductor, and is positioned on a non-incident surface of the substrate opposite the incident surface of the substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to the emitter region, and a second electrode electrically connected to the substrate. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110061732 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell is shown. The solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type; a first amorphous semiconductor layer including a crystalline portion; a first electrode portion on the semiconductor substrate; and a second electrode portion on the semiconductor substrate. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20120042945 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell is discussed. The solar cell includes a substrate having a first conductivity type and made of a crystalline semiconductor; an emitter region having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type, and forming a p-n junction with the substrate; a surface field region having the first conductivity type and being separated from the emitter region; a first electrode connected to the emitter region; and a second electrode connected to the surface field region, wherein at least one of the emitter region and the surface field region includes a plurality of semiconductor portions, and at least one of the plurality of semiconductor portion is a crystalline semiconductor portion. | 02-23-2012 |
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| 20100316409 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF HANDLING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PACKAGING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed are an electrophotographic image forming apparatus including a detachable development cartridge having arranged therein a photoconductive drum and a developing roller for forming a toner image through a development nip formed between the photoconductive drum and the developing roller. The development cartridge may include a development nip control member that can switch between a first position, in which the development nip control member causes the photoconductive drum to be separated from the developing roller, and a second position, in which the development nip control member causes the photoconductive drum to be in a pressing contact with the developing roller so as to form therebetween the development nip. The development cartridge may be mounted in the main body of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus with its development nip control member being in the first position, separating the photoconductive member from the developing roller. The electrophotographic image forming apparatus may be packaged for distribution with the development cartridge received in the main body thereof where the photoconductive drum and the developing roller are no in contact with each other in the development cartridge as packaged. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110002708 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A developing device has a housing including a toner container containing toner, and a developing unit. The developing unit includes a developing roller and a photoconductive drum, and a barrier member including a toner supply window. The barrier member is combined with the housing to separate the toner container and the developing unit from each other. The developing unit also includes a blocking film that is attached to the barrier member to block the toner supply window. An end of the blocking film is exposed outside the housing through an opening formed in a sidewall of the housing. A bottom surface and first and second side surfaces of the barrier member are attached to a bottom surface and first and second side surfaces of the housing by using a welding process, and a distance between the first and second side surfaces of the barrier member and a distance between the first and second side surfaces of the housing increase from bottom to top. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110013929 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A developing device includes a housing containing toner having an opening at a side thereof, a developing roller supplying the toner supplied through the opening to a photoconductive drum, and a regulator contacting the outer circumference of the developing roller to regulate the amount of the toner supplied to the photoconductive drum. The housing also includes a lower frame having both side portions and a lower end portion respectively forming both edges and a lower edge of the opening in a lengthwise direction, and an upper frame welded and coupled to the lower frame and including a leading end portion forming an upper edge of the opening and a recess portion recessed from the leading end portion at both end portions of the leading end portion in the lengthwise direction. Both side portions of the lower frame includes a first surface contacting the recess portion to prevent the upper frame from being pushed toward the developing roller when the upper frame is welded and coupled to the lower frame. | 01-20-2011 |
