| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090145623 | Hermetic Chamber with Electrical Feedthroughs - A pressure cavity is durable, stable, and biocompatible and configured in such a way that it constitutes pico to nanoliter-scale volume. The pressure cavity is hermetically sealed from the exterior environment while maintaining the ability to communicate with other devices. Micromachined, hermetically-sealed sensors are configured to receive power and return information through direct electrical contact with external electronics. The pressure cavity and sensor components disposed therein are hermetically sealed from the ambient in order to reduce drift and instability within the sensor. The sensor is designed for harsh and biological environments, e.g. intracorporeal implantation and in vivo use. Additionally, novel manufacturing methods are employed to construct the sensors. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100019778 | PHYSICAL PROPERTY SENSOR WITH ACTIVE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND WIRELESS POWER AND DATA TRANSMISSION - Wireless sensors configured to record and transmit data as well as sense and, optionally, actuate to monitor physical properties of an environment and, optionally, effect changes within that environment. In one aspect, the wireless sensor can have a power harvesting unit; a voltage regulation unit, a transducing oscillator unit, and a transmitting coil. The voltage regulation unit is electrically coupled to the power harvesting unit and is configured to actuate at a minimum voltage level. The transducing oscillator unit is electrically coupled to the voltage regulation unit and is configured to convert a sensed physical property into an electrical signal. Also, the transmitting coil is configured to receive the electrical signal and to transmit the electrical signal to an external antenna. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100058583 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMPLANTABLE WIRELESS SENSOR FOR IN VIVO PRESSURE MEASUREMENT - A method of manufacturing a sensor for in vivo applications includes the steps of providing two wafers of an electrically insulating material. A recess is formed in the first wafer, and a capacitor plate is formed in the recess of the first wafer. A second capacitor plate is formed in a corresponding region of the second wafer, and the two wafers are affixed to one another such that the first and second capacitor plates are arranged in parallel, spaced-apart relation. | 03-11-2010 |
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| 20110047984 | EXHAUST SYSTEM - An exhaust system, may include an exhaust line through which exhaust gas passes, a nitrogen oxide purification catalyst that is mounted on the exhaust line to reduce nitrogen oxide of the exhaust gas, an injector that is mounted at an upstream side of the nitrogen oxide purification catalyst to additionally inject fuel such that nitrogen oxide that is trapped in the nitrogen oxide purification catalyst is detached to be reduced thereby, and a control portion that varies an injection pattern of the injector if it is determined that a purification rate of the nitrogen oxide purification catalyst is higher than a first predetermined value. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110099976 | EXHAUST SYSTEM - An exhaust system, may include a trapping filter, a nitrogen oxide purification catalyst to eliminate nitrogen oxide of the exhaust gas, an injector that selectively injects fuel in the exhaust line, a fuel cracking catalyst that is disposed between the injector and the trapping filter at the exhaust line, transforms the injected fuel to a reducing agent, and a control portion that controls the injector to inject a predetermined amount of the fuel for a predetermined time period so as to raise the temperature of the trapping filter to a predetermined regeneration temperature and eliminate the particulate material trapped in the trapping filter, wherein the control portion detects a degradation rate of the fuel cracking catalyst, and varies the predetermined regeneration temperature of the trapping filter depending on the degradation rate. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110126513 | Exhaust Purification System for Internal Combustion Engine and Desulfurization Method for the Same - An exhaust purification system for an internal combustion engine, and a desulfurization method for the same, recovers purification performance of a denitrification catalyst by removing sulfur poisoned at the denitrification catalyst in an exhaust system. The exhaust purification system may include an exhaust pipe through which an exhaust gas flows, the exhaust gas being generated at the internal combustion engine having a first injector injecting a fuel to a combustion chamber, a second injector mounted at the exhaust pipe and additionally injecting the fuel, a particulate filter mounted at the exhaust pipe downstream of the second injector and filtering particulate matters (PM) in the exhaust gas, a denitrification catalyst mounted at the exhaust pipe downstream of the particulate filter and reducing nitrogen oxide contained in the exhaust gas, and a control portion performing desulfurization of the denitrification catalyst when a desulfurization entering condition and a desulfurization condition are satisfied during regenerating the particulate filter. | 06-02-2011 |
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| 20080224978 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display is capable of minimizing power consumption and providing an excellent image quality by having a varying array wire structure of the liquid crystal display so that the liquid crystal display can employ a low driving voltage and obtain advantages of a dot inversion drive system. Also, a driving method thereof is disclosed. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090050053 | CRUCIBLE HEATING APPARATUS AND DEPOSITION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A crucible heating apparatus and a deposition apparatus including the same. The crucible heating apparatus includes: a crucible including a main body to house a deposition material, and a cover disposed on the main body, having a nozzle; a band coupled to the crucible, through contact parts; a thermocouple coupled to the band; a housing to house the crucible and the band; and a heater disposed inside the housing, to heat the deposition material. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090121995 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and method for driving the LCD using one or more polarity inversion methods is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method of driving an LCD comprising a liquid crystal panel partitioned by a plurality of gate lines and data lines and including a plurality of liquid crystal cells arranged in a matrix and auxiliary lines adjacent to and parallel to the gate lines, the auxiliary lines coupled with the plurality of liquid crystal cells, the method including supplying an auxiliary voltage that increases from a low level to a high level on a first pair of auxiliary lines adjacent to each other for a jth frame period, supplying an auxiliary voltage that decreases from a high level to a low level on a second pair of auxiliary lines adjacent to each other for the jth frame period, supplying the auxiliary voltages at levels opposite to the levels of the jth frame period on the first and second pairs of auxiliary lines in a (j+1)th frame period. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090201437 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device and a method of driving the same are provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a first coupling capacitor and a second coupling capacitor, which are coupled to corresponding data lines among a plurality of data lines and are coupled to a first auxiliary data line and a second auxiliary data line, respectively. Using a plurality of the first and second coupling capacitors, the liquid crystal display device can be driven by a dot inversion driving method with reduced power consumption as a result of using a low data signal voltage. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090238999 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - An organic electroluminescent display device and a method of preparing the same are provided. The organic electroluminescent display device may include a first electrode formed on a substrate. A second electrode may be formed so as to be insulated from the first electrode. One or more organic layers may be interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and include at least an emission layer. A protective layer may be formed so as to cover the second electrode. The protective layer may have a surface roughness (rms) of about 5 Å to about 50 Å. The organic electroluminescent display device including a protective layer having a low surface roughness may benefit from superior lifespan characteristics. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100048084 | DONOR FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING SAME - A donor film and a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting device using the donor film. The donor film having a stack structure includes: a first layer comprising first transfer portions comprising a light emitting material of a first color, and first opening portions; a second layer that is formed on the first layer and comprising second transfer portions corresponding to the first opening portion and further comprising a light emitting material of a second color, and second opening portions; and a third layer that is formed on the second layer and comprising third transfer portions corresponding to the first and second opening portions and further comprising a light emitting material of a third color, and third opening portions. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100118020 | DUAL EMISSION ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A dual emission organic light emitting display device and method of driving the same. The display device includes a pixel driver and an organic light emitting diode that can display different images on a top surface and a bottom surface and/or a same image on both the top and bottom surfaces. The display device includes a top/bottom selector that receives a driving current from the pixel driver and selectively supplies the driving current to a top organic light emitting diode or a bottom organic light emitting diode. The top/bottom selector includes transistors, which are connected between the pixel driver and the organic light emitting diode and select a top emission operation or a bottom emission operation. Here, the circuit configuration of the pixel driver is reduced so that the dual emission organic light emitting display device can be improved in terms of a layout, an interconnection, and an aperture ratio. | 05-13-2010 |
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| 20090021470 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A light-emitting part includes (N)-th row light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and (N+1)-th row LEDs, wherein ‘N’ is a natural number. A pulse width modulation (PWM) control part generates (N)-th and (N+1)-th PWM signals. A driving voltage generating part includes an (N)-th driving element that applies an (N)-th driving voltage to the (N)-th row LEDs, and an (N+1)-th driving element that applies an (N+1)-th driving voltage to the (N+1)-th row LEDs, wherein a phase of the (N+1)-th driving voltage is delayed by about 360 degrees/M with respect to the phase of the first driving voltage, wherein ‘M’ is a natural number that is more than | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090190330 | LIGHT SOURCE ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - Provided is a light source assembly that may facilitate the coupling and the replacement of light source units, and may thus reduce the manufacturing time, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) having the same. The light source assembly includes a light source unit, a circuit board, and a supporting plate. The light source unit includes at least one light source chip, a first terminal connected to the light source chip, and a housing accommodating the light source chip therein and having at least one fixing protrusion on one side thereof. The circuit board includes a second terminal that is connected to the first terminal and transmits a driving voltage. The light source unit is mounted on the second terminal. The supporting plate is disposed on the circuit board and includes an opening into which the light source unit is inserted. At least a portion of the housing is fixed to the circuit board through the opening. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090207123 | BACKLIGHT DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A backlight driving apparatus and a driving method thereof, in which the backlight driving apparatus includes a driving unit and a controller. The driving unit boosts an input voltage in response to a duty ratio of a control signal and provides the boosted input voltage to an LED array. The controller increases the duty ratio of the control signal in a step-by-step fashion by comparing a preset target value with a sequentially increasing step-setting value if a driving start signal is enabled. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090262276 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes; a lower receiving container which includes; a bottom plate, sidewalls extending from the bottom plate, a first through-hole formed in the bottom plate, and a guide pole disposed on the bottom plate and which substantially surrounds the first through-hole, a plurality of light sources disposed within the lower receiving container; an optical sensor printed circuit board (“PCB”) attached to a bottom surface of the bottom plate, wherein the optical sensor printed circuit board covers the first through-hole, and an optical sensor mounted on the optical sensor PCB and inserted into the first through-hole. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100237491 | Semiconductor package with reduced internal stress - A semiconductor package may include a semiconductor chip having a plurality of chip pads arranged apart from each other on a substrate body and an insulation layer having chip pad-exposing portions for exposing chip pads. The insulation layer may be separated by underlying layer-exposing portions between the chip pads, and the semiconductor package may further include a connector in the chip pad-exposing portions and connected to corresponding chip pads. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110079897 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP AND FLIP CHIP PACKAGE HAVING THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP - In an integrated circuit (IC) chip and a flip chip package having the same, no wiring line is provided and the first electrode pad does not make contact with the wiring line in a pad area of the IC chip. Thus, the first bump structure makes contact with the first electrode regardless of the wiring line in the pad area. The second electrode pad makes contact with the wiring line in a pseudo pad area of the IC chip. Thus, the second bump structure in the pseudo pad area makes contact with an upper surface of the second electrode at a contact point(s) spaced apart from the wiring line under the second electrode. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20120081633 | Liquid Crystal Display - A liquid crystal display includes a light guide plate that guides incident light, a first point light source assembly including first point light source elements that provide the light to the light guide plate and a first support substrate having the first point light source elements, the first point light source assembly being disposed at one side of the light guide plate, a second point light source assembly including second point light source elements that provide the light to the light guide plate and a second support substrate having the second point light source elements, the second point light source assembly being disposed at the other side of the light guide plate, a liquid crystal panel assembly disposed on the light guide plate that displays image information, and a lower container that accommodates the light guide plate, first and second point light source assemblies, and liquid crystal panel assembly. | 04-05-2012 |