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20090261389 | COMPOSITION FOR OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM, FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR USING THE COMPOSITION, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE TRANSISTOR - A composition for an oxide semiconductor thin film, a field effect transistor (FET) using the composition, and a method of fabricating the FET are provided. The composition includes an aluminum oxide, a zinc oxide, and a tin oxide. The thin film formed of the composition remains in amorphous phase at a temperature of 400° C or less. The FET using an active layer formed of the composition has improved electrical characteristics and can be fabricated using a low-temperature process without expensive raw materials, such as In and Ga. | 10-22-2009 |
20100006837 | COMPOSITION FOR OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM, FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR USING THE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE TRANSISTOR - Provided are a composition for an oxide semiconductor thin film, a field effect transistor using the same and a method of fabricating the field effect transistor. The composition includes an aluminum oxide, a zinc oxide, an indium oxide and a tin oxide. The thin film formed of the composition is in amorphous phase. The field effect transistor having an active layer formed of the composition can have an improved electrical characteristic and be fabricated by a low temperature process. | 01-14-2010 |
20100155792 | TRANSPARENT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a transparent transistor including a substrate, source and drain electrodes formed on the substrate, each having a multi-layered structure of a lower transparent layer, a metal layer and an upper transparent layer, a channel formed between the source and drain electrodes, and a gate electrode aligned with the channel. Here, the lower transparent layer or the upper transparent layer is formed of a transparent semiconductor layer, which is the same as the channel. Thus, the use of the multi-layered transparent conductive layer can ensure transparency and conductivity, overcome a problem of contact resistance between the source and drain electrodes and a semiconductor, and improve processibility by patterning the multi-layered transparent conductive layer all at once, while deposition is performed layer by layer. | 06-24-2010 |
20100243994 | TRANSPARENT NONVOLATILE MEMORY THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a transparent nonvolatile memory thin film transistor (TFT) and a method of manufacturing the same. The memory TFT includes source and drain electrodes disposed on a transparent substrate. A transparent semiconductor thin layer is disposed on the source and drain electrodes and the transparent substrate interposed between the source and drain electrodes. An organic ferroelectric thin layer is disposed on the transparent semiconductor thin layer. A gate electrode is disposed on the organic ferroelectric thin layer in alignment with the transparent semiconductor thin layer. Thus, the transparent nonvolatile memory TFT employs the organic ferroelectric thin layer, the oxide semiconductor thin layer, and auxiliary insulating layers disposed above and below the organic ferroelectric thin layer, thereby enabling low-cost manufacture of a transparent nonvolatile memory device capable of a low-temperature process. | 09-30-2010 |
20110049592 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a nonvolatile memory cell and a method of manufacturing the same. The nonvolatile memory cell includes a memory transistor and a driver transistor. The memory transistor includes a semiconductor layer, a buffer layer, an organic ferroelectric layer, and a gate electrode, which are disposed on a substrate. The driver transistor includes the semiconductor layer, the buffer layer, a gate insulating layer, and the gate electrode, which are disposed on the substrate. The memory transistor and the driver transistor are disposed on the same substrate. The nonvolatile memory cell is transparent in a visible light region. | 03-03-2011 |
20110095702 | STACKED ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A stacked organic light-emitting device is provided. The stacked organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, first and second light-emitting units formed under and on the first electrode respectively, transparent or semi-transparent second and third electrodes formed under the first light-emitting unit and on the second light-emitting unit respectively, and having the same polarity, and a drive controller electrically connected with the first, second and third electrodes to connect the first and second light-emitting units in parallel, and capable of controlling at least one of the first and second light-emitting units to emit light. Accordingly, the organic light-emitting device has a lower driving voltage than a conventional stacked light-emitting device in which light-emitting units are serially connected. | 04-28-2011 |
20110253997 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a semiconductor device using a p-type oxide semiconductor layer and a method of manufacturing the same. The device includes the p-type oxide layer formed of at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of a copper(Cu)-containing copper monoxide, a tin(Sn)-containing tin monoxide, a copper tin oxide containing a Cu—Sn alloy, and a nickel tin oxide containing a Ni—Sn alloy. Thus, transparent or opaque devices are easily developed using the p-type oxide layer. Since an oxide layer that is formed using a low-temperature process is applied to a semiconductor device, the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device is simplified and manufacturing costs may be reduced. | 10-20-2011 |
20110305062 | MEMORY CELL AND MEMORY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided are a memory cell and a memory device using the same, particularly, a nonvolatile non-destructive readable random access memory cell including a ferroelectric transistor as a storage unit and a memory device using the same. The memory cell includes a ferroelectric transistor having a drain to which a reference voltage is applied, a first switch configured to allow a source of the ferroelectric transistor to be connected to a first line in response to a scan signal, and a second switch configured to allow a gate of the ferroelectric transistor to be connected to a second line in response to the scan signal. The memory device enables random access and performs non-destructive read-out (NDRO) operations. | 12-15-2011 |
20120007158 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY TRANSISTOR HAVING DOUBLE GATE STRUCTURE - Provided is a non-volatile memory transistor having a double gate structure, including a first gate electrode formed on a substrate and to which an operating voltage is applied, a first gate insulating layer formed on the first gate electrode, source and drain electrodes formed on the first gate insulating layer at predetermined intervals, a channel layer formed on the first gate insulating layer between the source and drain electrodes, a second gate insulating layer formed on the channel layer, and a second gate electrode formed on the second gate insulating layer and connected to the first gate electrode such that the operating voltage is applied thereto. Accordingly, a turn-on voltage of the memory transistor can be easily controlled. | 01-12-2012 |
20120225500 | TRANSPARENT NONVOLATILE MEMORY THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a transparent nonvolatile memory thin film transistor (TFT) and a method of manufacturing the same. The memory TFT includes source and drain electrodes disposed on a transparent substrate. A transparent semiconductor thin layer is disposed on the source and drain electrodes and the transparent substrate interposed between the source and drain electrodes. An organic ferroelectric thin layer is disposed on the transparent semiconductor thin layer. A gate electrode is disposed on the organic ferroelectric thin layer in alignment with the transparent semiconductor thin layer. Thus, the transparent nonvolatile memory TFT employs the organic ferroelectric thin layer, the oxide semiconductor thin layer, and auxiliary insulating layers disposed above and below the organic ferroelectric thin layer, thereby enabling low-cost manufacture of a transparent nonvolatile memory device capable of a low-temperature process. | 09-06-2012 |
20120315729 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT TRANSISTOR WITH MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURES - A method of manufacturing a transparent transistor including a substrate, source and drain electrodes formed on the substrate, each having a multi-layered structure of a lower transparent layer, a metal layer and an upper transparent layer, a channel formed between the source and drain electrodes, and a gate electrode aligned with the channel. The lower transparent layer or the upper transparent layer is formed of a transparent semiconductor layer, which is the same as the channel. | 12-13-2012 |
20130189815 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT TRANSISTOR WITH MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURES - A method of manufacturing a transparent transistor including a substrate, source and drain electrodes formed on the substrate, each having a multi-layered structure of a lower transparent layer, a metal layer and an upper transparent layer, a channel formed between the source and drain electrodes, and a gate electrode aligned with the channel. The lower transparent layer or the upper transparent layer is formed of a transparent semiconductor layer, which is the same as the channel. | 07-25-2013 |
20130189816 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT TRANSISTOR WITH MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURES - A method of manufacturing a transparent transistor including a substrate, source and drain electrodes formed on the substrate, each having a multi-layered structure of a lower transparent layer, a metal layer and an upper transparent layer, a channel formed between the source and drain electrodes, and a gate electrode aligned with the channel. The lower transparent layer or the upper transparent layer is formed of a transparent semiconductor layer, which is the same as the channel. | 07-25-2013 |
20140011297 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a nonvolatile memory cell and a method of manufacturing the same. The nonvolatile memory cell includes a memory transistor and a driver transistor. The memory transistor includes a semiconductor layer, a buffer layer, an organic ferroelectric layer, and a gate electrode, which are disposed on a substrate. The driver transistor includes the semiconductor layer, the buffer layer, a gate insulating layer, and the gate electrode, which are disposed on the substrate. The memory transistor and the driver transistor are disposed on the same substrate. The nonvolatile memory cell is transparent in a visible light region. | 01-09-2014 |
20150236169 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a semiconductor device using a p-type oxide semiconductor layer and a method of manufacturing the same. The device includes the p-type oxide layer formed of at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of a copper(Cu)-containing copper monoxide, a tin(Sn)-containing tin monoxide, a copper tin oxide containing a Cu—Sn alloy, and a nickel tin oxide containing a Ni—Sn alloy. Thus, transparent or opaque devices are easily developed using the p-type oxide layer. Since an oxide layer that is formed using a low-temperature process is applied to a semiconductor device, the manufacturing process of the semiconductor device is simplified and manufacturing costs may be reduced. | 08-20-2015 |
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20100235032 | UNMANNED TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An unmanned transport apparatus, includes: a call unit for providing destination information corresponding to a call location according to a call signal of a communication device; a navigation guide unit for recognizing a current location using an electronic map and searching an optimum route from the current location to a destination location of the destination information; and an image recognition unit for determining a travelling route and recognizing landmarks, stop lines, and intersections on the determined travelling route. Further, the unmanned transport apparatus includes an image capture unit for capturing input images to produce image; and a control unit for controlling a steering angle by determining a steering value from the current location to the destination location based on the travelling route and landmarks, and controlling velocity and brakes by determining velocity and brake values based on the stop lines and intersections. | 09-16-2010 |
20100241343 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING TRAFFIC LINE - An apparatus for recognizing traffic lines on a roadway includes an image division unit for dividing an image of the roadway into a specific number of areas; a traffic line detection unit for detecting a traffic line from the respective divided areas of the roadway images; a traffic line representation unit for obtaining a traffic line equation representing the traffic line in the detected traffic line; a location detection unit for detecting a current location of a vehicle using movement direction and velocity of the vehicle sensed by a location detector; and a traffic line prediction unit for predicting a location of the traffic line to be displaced, using the detected current location, and the movement direction and velocity of the vehicle on a basis of traffic line equation. | 09-23-2010 |
20120166033 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DRIVING INFORMATION OF AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM - A driving information detection apparatus of a vehicle includes: an image photographing unit for take a photograph of an image of a driving road; a lane information detecting unit; a road environment information detecting unit; a coordinate converting unit for converting a camera coordinates system of a detection result of the lane information detecting unit and the road environment detecting unit into a world coordinates system. The apparatus further includes a driving information detecting unit for applying an one dimensional straight line modeling to a converted result of the coordinate converting unit and detecting an driving information according to a result of the modeling. | 06-28-2012 |
20130120575 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING ROAD MARKERS - An apparatus for use in a vehicle identifies road markers. The apparatus includes a sensor unit configured to collect image information ahead of the vehicle, distance information, and information on the reflected amount of a road surface. The apparatus includes a recognizer unit configured to recognize the road markers ahead of the vehicle on the basis of the image information, distance information, and information on the reflected amount provided from the sensor unit. Information on the road markers recognized in the recognizer unit is provided on an output unit. | 05-16-2013 |
20130151062 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING ROUTE OF MOVING OBJECT - An apparatus for establishing a route of a moving object, the apparatus including: an information reception unit configured to receive map data from the outside, a global route generation unit configured to generate a global route based on the map data and location information and destination information of a moving object, a surrounding environment sensor unit configured to sense information regarding a surrounding environment of the moving object when the moving object runs, a local route generation unit configured to generate one or more local routes based on the sensed information regarding a surrounding environment, a running unit configured to run the moving object based on the local route, and, when two or more local routes are generated, establish a route of the moving object through matching between the global route and the local routes, and running the moving object. | 06-13-2013 |
20130158865 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING POSITION OF MOVING OBJECT - An apparatus of estimating a position of a moving object creates a global map for a space over which the moving object is moving, on the basis of environment information on moving distance, measured distance, captured image and GIS data, and attribute and position of obstacles within the space. The method also creates a local map on the basis of the environment information obtained from around the moving object, and estimates a position of the moving object on the global map through matching of the local map and the global map. | 06-20-2013 |
20150090291 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING CONTAMINATION FROM DISTANCE MEASURING SENSOR FOR VEHICLE - An apparatus for removing contamination for use with a distance measuring sensor, the apparatus comprising: a distance measuring module mounted inside or outside of a vehicle and configured to measure the distance between the vehicle and objects around the vehicle; a distance-based recognition unit configured to recognize a surround environment of the vehicle based on the distance measured by the distance measuring module; and a contamination removing module configured to measure the level of contamination on the distance measuring module and perform a cleaning with respect to an area where the contamination occurs when the measured level of contamination is above a preset threshold. | 04-02-2015 |
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20110153995 | ARITHMETIC APPARATUS INCLUDING MULTIPLICATION AND ACCUMULATION, AND DSP STRUCTURE AND FILTERING METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an arithmetic apparatus including MAC calculation, and a DSP structure and a filtering method using the same. The arithmetic apparatus includes: first and second registers storing one or more pieces of n-bit data (n is a natural number); a third register storing one or more pieces of 2n bit data; a multiplier having a first input terminal connected to the first register, a second input terminal connected to the second and third registers, and multiplying an input value of the first input terminal and that of the second input terminal; and an arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) having a first input terminal connected to an output terminal of the multiplier and a second input terminal feedback-connected to an output terminal, adding an input value of the first terminal and that of the second terminal, and having the output terminal connected to the third register. | 06-23-2011 |
20120143602 | SPEECH DECODER AND METHOD FOR DECODING SEGMENTED SPEECH FRAMES - A method for decoding segmented speech frames includes: generating parameters of a segmented current speech frame by using parameters of a segmented previous speech frame; and decoding a speech frame by using the parameters of the current speech frame, which are generated in the generating of the parameters of the segmented current speech frame. | 06-07-2012 |
20130166810 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING REGISTER WINDOW OVERFLOW AND UNDERFLOW - An apparatus for processing a register window overflow and underflow includes register windows each configured to include local registers and incoming registers, dedicated internal memories configured to store contents of the local registers and the incoming registers for each word, dedicated data buses configured to connect the local registers and the incoming registers and the respective dedicated internal memories, a memory word counter configured to perform counting in order to determine whether or not there is a storage space of a word unit in the dedicated internal memories, and a logic block configured to control an operation of the dedicated data buses when one of a window overflow and a window underflow is generated based on the count value of the memory word counter. | 06-27-2013 |
20140146884 | FAST PREDICTION MODE DETERMINATION METHOD IN VIDEO ENCODER BASED ON PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION OF RATE-DISTORTION - The present invention provides a fast prediction mode determination method of a video encoder that may remove an unnecessary operation of an encoder by selectively terminating early or omitting a splitting process and a pruning process based on a probability distribution of rate-distortion values, and thereby enables the encoder to quickly determine a prediction mode. The present invention may include a method that may adaptively change a termination and omission determination criterion of the splitting process and the pruning process based on a characteristic of an input image. When using the method provided by the present invention, reliability regarding the termination and omission determination of the splitting process and the pruning process may be set and thus, it is possible to adjust the tradeoff between a decrease in an operation amount and a quality degradation of the encoder. | 05-29-2014 |
20140294073 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING RECOMPRESSION OF VIDEO - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method of providing recompression of a video capable of recompressing and transmitting flags of data having an association with neighboring data in a video block and an original video by a simple logic. To this end, the apparatus of providing recompression of a video includes: a recompressing unit recompressing a compressed video frame based on information obtained by comparing a selected block selected from the compressed video frame and an adjacent block adjacent to the selected block with each other; and a frame memory controlling unit storing the recompressed video frame in a frame memory. Therefore, a hardware volume may be decreased while original video data are maintained. | 10-02-2014 |
20140307794 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOTION ESTIMATION FOR VARIABLE BLOCK SIZES - A motion estimation apparatus and method are disclosed. The motion estimation apparatus includes processing element (PE) array units, sub-SAD calculation units, motion vector calculation units, and a minimum motion vector selector. The PE array units each perform parallel processing for each of the three types of coding units. The sub-SAD calculation units calculate respective SAD values for the three types of coding units. The motion vector calculation units calculate respective motion vectors for the three types of coding units. The minimum motion vector selector selects a minimum motion vector from among the motion vectors. | 10-16-2014 |
20140341270 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SKIPPING FRACTIONAL MOTION ESTIMATION IN HIGH EFFICIENCY VIDEO CODING - An apparatus and method for skipping fractional motion estimation (FME) in high efficiency video coding (HEVC) are disclosed. The apparatus includes a current sum of absolute differences (SAD) acquisition unit, a redundancy determination unit, and a motion estimation skip unit. The SAD acquisition unit acquires the SAD from an integer motion estimation (IME) unit when the IME unit performs IME on a coding tree block (CTB). The redundancy determination unit determines whether or not the CTB is an estimated redundant block using the current SAD. The motion estimation skip unit provides an FME unit with an FME skip signal of the CTB depending on whether or the CTB is an estimated redundant block. | 11-20-2014 |
20140348250 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING PIXEL BLOCKS - Provided is a method for a plurality of processing elements to filter a plurality of pixel blocks in a plurality of picture partitions for a single frame image. The method for filtering pixel blocks includes: checking the status of a second boundary pixel block adjacent to a picture partition boundary, the second boundary pixel block being one of a plurality of pixel blocks in a second picture partition and neighboring a first boundary pixel block in a first picture partition, the first boundary pixel block neighboring the picture partition boundary; selecting a filtering area for the first boundary pixel block based on the status of the second boundary pixel block; and filtering the filtering area for the first boundary pixel block. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351828 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MULTI-CORE SYSTEM ON CHIP - An apparatus and method for controlling a multi-core SoC including a main core and at least one sub-core are disclosed. The apparatus includes a determination unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The determination unit determines whether or not to drive the sub-core by taking the performance or power of the multi-core SoC into consideration. The storage unit stores state information including a register of the main core or the sub-core in accordance with a determination of the determination unit. The control unit performs control so that the main core and the sub-core execute a sub-task, that is, a task of the sub-core, through exchange by sharing the state information. | 11-27-2014 |
20150063452 | HIGH EFFICIENCY VIDEO CODING (HEVC) INTRA PREDICTION ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed is a residual signal inter-channel intra prediction encoding method between a residual signal of a luminance component of an image and a residual signal of a chrominance component thereof. It is possible to improve an intra prediction encoding performance when the inter-channel prediction is performed between residual signal of the luminance component and the chrominance component of HEVC, and derive a prediction coefficient for linear prediction at a high speed while the quadtree block structure of the HEVC is not changed. In addition, it is advantageous to avoid degradation in inter-channel prediction performance, which is caused when quadtree block structures of prediction units (PUs) of the luminance component and the chrominance component are different. | 03-05-2015 |
20150149836 | RECOVERABLE AND FAULT-TOLERANT CPU CORE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A recoverable and fault-tolerant CPU core and a control method thereof are provided. The recoverable and fault-tolerant CPU core includes first, second, and third arithmetic logic circuits configured to perform a calculation requested by the same instruction, a first selector configured to compare calculation values output from the first, second, and third arithmetic logic circuits by the same instruction, determine as a normal state when two or more of the calculation values are the same, and if not, determine as a fault state, and a register file configured to record the calculation value having the same value, when determining as the normal state in the first selector. | 05-28-2015 |
20150208094 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DCT SIZE BASED ON TRANSFORM DEPTH - An apparatus and method for determining a discrete cosine transform (DCT) size based on a transform depth are disclosed herein. The apparatus for determining a DCT size based on a transform depth includes a prediction mode determination unit, a transform unit (TU) generation unit, and a DCT performance unit. The prediction mode determination unit determines a prediction mode in order to determine a DCT size at the root location of a coding unit (CU) present in a coding tree unit (CTU). The transform unit (TU) generation unit partitions the CU into transform units (TUs) based on a residual quad tree (RQT). The DCT performance unit performs a DCT based on the TUs. | 07-23-2015 |
20150237360 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FAST SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET FILTERING BASED ON CONVOLUTION METHOD - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for fast Sample Adaptive Offset filtering based on a convolution method, for decoding of a video. According an embodiment, the apparatus may include: an input stream provider for sequentially providing a window buffer with pixels read from a buffer that stores input data related to an SAO filter; a window buffer for defining the provided pixels as one or more windows, and for delivering the pixels on a defined window basis to one or more calculation logics; and one or more calculation logics for calculating an offset for the pixels input on the window basis, and for outputting a corrected pixel by adding the calculated offset to a target pixel. | 08-20-2015 |
20150293827 | APPARATUS FOR ERROR SIMULATION AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an apparatus for computing an error rate comprising: a first circuit interface being connected to a first sub-circuit receiving data and computing output data through a predetermined computation process; a second circuit interface and being connected to a first test circuit receiving the same data, which is inputted to the first sub-circuit, and computing output data through the predetermined computation process; an error injecting part injecting an error to the first test circuit; an error detecting part comparing output data of the first sub-circuit to output data of the first test circuit; and an error rate computing part computing input node error probability of the first sub-circuit by statistic processing of the compared result. The apparatus and method for computing error rate of the present invention is able to shorten the time required to obtain error probability, compared to the direct simulation of the full circuit. | 10-15-2015 |
20160057435 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING - An encoding apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: an encoder configured to request for storage of an original frame; a frame processing unit configured to generate an encoded frame having the original framed encoded therein; and a frame memory configured to store the encoded frame. Here, the frame processing unit is configured to generate the original frame by encoding the encoded frame stored in the frame memory according to a request of the encoder, and the encoder is configured to perform encoding according to the original frame. | 02-25-2016 |
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20100158154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PREDISTORTION SIGNAL - Provided is a digital predistortion linearizer applicable to millimeter-wave band point-to-point communications. The digital predistortion linearizer includes a transmission unit and a reception unit. The reception unit receives a first signal including a transmission signal and a distortion signal through a millimeter-wave propagation environment, detects the distortion signal from the first signal, and transmits information on the detected distortion signal with the first signal to the transmission unit. The transmission unit generates a predistortion signal using the information on the distortion signal and the first signal received from the reception unit, couples the generated predistortion signal with the transmission signal, and outputs the coupled signal. | 06-24-2010 |
20110073183 | REFLECT-ARRAY LENS FOR SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE HAVING REFLECT-ARRAY LENS - Disclosed are a reflect-array lens (or a planar lens) and a solar cell module having the same. The reflect-array lens for a solar cell includes: a planar dielectric substrate having a first permittivity, wherein a plurality of recesses are formed on one surface of the planar dielectric substrate and filled with a dielectric having a second permittivity different from the first permittivity. The reflect-array lens can be easily fabricated and has an excellent concentration degree, and the solar cell module having the reflect-array lens has improved photoelectric conversion efficiency. | 03-31-2011 |
20110128096 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING HAIRPIN FILTER, AND HAIRPIN FILTER - A system for modifying a hairpin filter is provided which includes a structure transformer to divide a hairpin filter into a plurality of filters and to arrange the plurality of filters in a bilaterally symmetrical pattern, and a coupling generator to generate a plurality of coupling lines, each of the plurality of coupling lines being between each of the filters. | 06-02-2011 |
20110150131 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SIGNALS TO CORRECT IN-BAND GAIN FLATNESS - An apparatus for processing a digital transmission signal for a transmitter includes a transmission Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter to perform shaping on initial setting data to convert the initial setting data into a signal having a predetermined passband, a comparator to compare the signal with data including degradation information provided as feedback by a receiver corresponding to the transmitter, to generate a control signal, and a band flatness correction filter to adjust a coefficient of the band flatness correction filter in response to the control signal, and to correct an in-band flatness. | 06-23-2011 |
20110249769 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF COMPENSATION FOR AMPLITUDE AND PHASE DELAY USING SUB-BAND POLYPHASE FILTER BANK IN BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a method and apparatus improving a deterioration of a gain flatness and a phase characteristic that may be incurred while a baseband signal is transformed into a immediate frequency (IF) signal and a radio frequency (RF) signal in a broadband wireless communication system. A sub-band extractor may divide the broadband signal into multiple sub-band signals, may pre-compensate for a gain and a phase delay of each sub-band signals in the baseband, and may combine the pre-compensated sub-band signals into the single broadband signal and thus, the deterioration of the gain flatness and a phase delay flatness that may be incurred while the broadband signal is transformed into the IF signal and the RF to signal, may be improved. | 10-13-2011 |
20120154207 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCANNING IMAGE IN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed is an image scanning apparatus in an image processing system, including: a frequency signal generator configured to synthesize at least two single frequency signals; a frequency up converter configured to up-convert and transmit the synthesized single frequency signals; a frequency down converter configured to down-convert and receive frequency signals reflected from an object by the up-converted frequency signals; a frequency sorter configured to sort the down-converted frequency signals so as to correspond to the at least two single frequency signals; a multiple frequency processor configured to generate a transfer function by performing parallel processing on each of the sorted frequency signals; and an image processing unit configured to generate an image of the object by using the transfer function. | 06-21-2012 |
20120155746 | ADAPTIVE HIGH SPEED/HIGH RESOLUTION 3D IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR ANY MEASUREMENT DISTANCE - Disclosed is a method for performing a 3D image reconstruction at a high speed and high resolution, regardless of a measurement distance. Specifically, a weight for image reconstruction is previously set, and a 3D image reconstruction algorithm is performed at a high speed, without reducing a resolution, by a parallel processing for image reconstruction, a computation of a partial region using a database based on a measurement result, and a generation of a variable pulse waveform. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157021 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESSLY TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ENERGY AND DATA - Disclosed is an apparatus for wirelessly transmitting and receiving energy and data including: a signal generator generating a first frequency signal for power transmission; a first matching circuit matching input/output impedance upon receiving the first frequency signal generated by the signal generator; an oscillator outputting a second frequency signal, a carrier frequency, by using the first frequency signal, generated by the signal generator, as a reference frequency; a mixer modulating a data signal output from a communication module by using the second frequency signal; a second matching circuit matching input/output impedance upon receiving a modulated signal by using the second frequency signal; a resonator resonating an output signal from the first matching circuit to a reception side apparatus; and a radiator radiating an output signal from the second matching circuit to the reception side apparatus. | 06-21-2012 |
20120161542 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING RADIATION FIELD IN WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A system for reducing a radiation field in a wireless power transmission system includes a signal generation unit, a power amplification unit, a signal detection unit, a standing wave ratio (SWR) calculation unit and a control unit. The signal generation unit receives power and generates a signal for wireless power transmission. The power amplification unit amplifies the wireless signal generated by the signal generation unit. The signal detection unit detects a radiation signal generated by the magnetic resonator with respect to output power of the power amplification unit. The SWR calculation unit calculates an SWR using the detected radiation signal. The control unit selects a frequency having a lowest SWR based on the SWR calculated by the SWR calculation unit, and controls the signal generation unit to generate the signal for the wireless power transmission using the selected frequency. | 06-28-2012 |
20120163499 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING HIGH-SPEED DATA IN POINT-TO-POINT FIXED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Disclosed are an apparatus, method, and system for transmitting and receiving high-speed data in point-to-point (P2P) fixed wireless communication. In an apparatus for transmitting high-speed data in P2P fixed wireless communication, an amplitude zero autocorrelation waveform (CAZAC) sequence generator generates and outputs a CAZAC sequence. A frame generator generates a frame in which the CAZAC sequence is arranged as part of a preamble before a payload including actual data. A continuous wave (CW) generator generates and outputs a CW signal. A multiplexer receives the CW signal output by the CW generator, and arranges and outputs the CW signal in a position before a signal output by the frame generator. | 06-28-2012 |
20120165647 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SIZES OF HUMAN BODY USING MILLIMETER WAVES - Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring sizes of a human body, such as the length of an arm, the size of a waist and the width of a shoulder, in the state that a person does not take off its clothes, using millimeter waves. The apparatus includes a plurality of millimeter-wave transmission/reception units, a rotation unit and a digital signal processing unit. The plurality of millimeter-wave transmission/reception units are arranged in a circular shape around an object to be measured, transmit a millimeter wave to the object to be measured, and receive a signal reflected or scattered by the object to be measured. The rotation unit rotates a circular structure in which the plurality of millimeter-wave transmission/reception units are arranged. The digital signal processing unit analyzes the object to be measured using size and phase information of the signal received by the plurality of millimeter-wave transmission/reception units. | 06-28-2012 |
20130088331 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING LOCATION OF OBJECT IN LOCATION RECOGNITION SYSTEM - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for recognizing a location of an object using radio frequency Identification (RFID). The method for recognizing a location of an object includes: activating tags located around radio frequency identification (RFID) tags by transmitting power to the RFID tags in a magnetic resonance type; transmitting a call signal for identifying a mobile tag attached to an object; receiving a tag identifier of the mobile tag corresponding to the call signal; receiving location information from fixed tags around the mobile tag; and recognizing the location of the mobile tag using the location information. | 04-11-2013 |
20130229064 | APPARATUS FOR HARVESTING LEAKAGE ENERGY - Disclosed is an apparatus for harvesting leakage energy. The apparatus for harvesting leakage energy includes: an energy harvesting unit configured to harvest energy leaked while energy radiated from a transmitting unit of an energy transmitting apparatus is transmitted to a receiving unit of an energy receiving apparatus; and a harvesting circuit module configured to supply energy harvested by the energy harvesting unit to a load. In accordance with the embodiment of the present invention, energy efficiency of overall system can be increased by harvesting the leakage energy without affecting performance of a wireless power transmission system. | 09-05-2013 |
20130285462 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING WIRELESS ENERGY IN ENERGY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An apparatus for transmitting wireless energy in an energy transmission system includes a transmission resonator block configured to have a plurality of transmission resonators arranged therein, a transmission signal generation block configured to generate an energy signal, a switch block connected to the plurality of transmission resonators and configured to switch the energy signal to the plurality of transmission resonators in response to a switching control signal, and a control block configured to generate the switching control signal for switching the energy signal to a transmission resonator including a transmission region where a receiver is placed when detecting the receiver placed in the transmission regions of the plurality of transmission resonators. | 10-31-2013 |
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20130322497 | DATA TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION APPARATUS IN DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A data transmission/reception apparatus in a data communication system includes a transmission/reception unit connected to a device within a board and configured to wirelessly transmit transmission data from the device within the board to another device placed in one of other boards outside the board or another device placed in the board and wirelessly receive reception data from the another device, wherein the transmission/reception unit transmits the transmission data and receives the reception data using millimeter wave bands. | 12-05-2013 |
20140064339 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed uses a digital to analog converter and an analog to digital converter that process a low bit for processing of a data signal at high speed according to analog to digital conversion and digital to analog conversion in a communication system and an analog to digital converter that processes high bit for processing of a signal for synchronization acquisition at low speed. | 03-06-2014 |
20140125433 | RESONANTOR STRUCTURE FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM - A resonator structure for a wireless power transfer system Includes resonators, which are to transfer wireless power, and a dielectric substance, which includes at least one exposure region formed on the dielectric substance to fix the resonators in a covered shape and to selectively expose parts of the resonators. | 05-08-2014 |
20140153502 | WIRELESS LINK METHOD AND SYSTEM USING MULTIBAND - Provided is a wireless link system using a multiband, the system including: a common baseband module to operate in a first frequency band and a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band; at least one low radio frequency (RF) module to process a signal output from the common baseband module in the first frequency band; at least one high RF module to process a signal output from the common baseband module in the second frequency band; a plurality of antennas electrically connected to the at least one low RF module and the at least one high RF module; and a control unit to adaptively allocate a control signal and data to the at least one low RF module and the at least one high RF module based on state information of a wireless channel. | 06-05-2014 |
20140162652 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDOVER AND POWER CONTROL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OF HIGH-SPEED MOBILE - Provided is a method for handover for wireless communication of a high-speed mobile. The method may include receiving, from a candidate communication base station able to communicate with the high-speed mobile, location information of the candidate communication base station and location information of a neighboring communication base station near the candidate communication base station, obtaining current location information and speed information of the high-speed mobile based on global positioning system (GPS) satellite information of the high-speed mobile and topographic information around the high-speed mobile, determining an optimal communication base station among the candidate communication base station and the neighboring communication base station, based on the location information of the candidate communication base station, the location information of the neighboring communication base station, the current location information of the high-speed mobile, and the speed information of the high-speed mobile, and executing handover to the optimal communication base station. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172658 | VOLUME-RATE FOOD-WASTE DISPOSAL APPARATUS AND CHARGING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH THE SAME - A volume-rate food-waste disposal apparatus recognizes a user who discharges food-waste into the food-waste disposal apparatus to produce source information and weights the food-waste to produce weight information. The food-waste disposal apparatus receives an electrical power in a wireless manner and dries the food-waste using magnetic waves. The food-waste disposal apparatus transmits the source information and the source information to a charging server so that an on-line food-waste disposal fee per source is billed on a basis of a prefixed food-waste disposal fee per weight. | 06-19-2014 |
20140203655 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING MAGNETIC RESONANCE WIRELESS POWER USING HIGHER ORDER MODE RESONANCE, RECEIVING TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING WIRELESS POWER USING THE SAME - A method includes matching a basic mode frequency signal and a higher order mode frequency signal to a multi-band frequency signal with respect to a signal in the form of the square wave, transferring the matched basic mode frequency signal and higher order mode frequency signal simultaneously to a multi-resonance reception resonator, converting output impedance of the basic mode frequency and the higher order mode frequency which are received through the reception resonator into a conjugate value of input impedance of the basic mode frequency and the higher order mode frequency of a receiver, and converting the converted multi-band frequency signal into an electric power that is required in a load and transferring the electric power to the load. | 07-24-2014 |
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20140286449 | WIRELESS LINK APPARATUS - A wireless link apparatus includes a plurality of antennas; a signal detector configured to calculate SNR based on a signal received from at least one of the plurality of antennas; and a mode selector configured to determine the number of an antenna to be used in modulation method and signal transmission by comparing the calculated SNR with a preset critical value. Further, the wireless link apparatus includes a transmitter configured to modulate a signal in the modulation method determined by the mode selector and transmit the modulated signal using an antenna corresponding to the determined number of the antennas. | 09-25-2014 |
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20150146803 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON CHANNEL FUNCTION - Disclosed are a wireless communication method of improving frequency efficiency based on a channel function in a wireless communication system and an apparatus thereof. The wireless communication system using a digital modulation scheme, includes: a transmitting apparatus which modulates a data signal to generate a modulation symbol, generates a channel symbol function corresponding to the modulation symbol, combines the modulation symbol with the channel symbol function to generate a transmission symbol to transmit the generated transmission symbol through a transmission antenna; and a receiving apparatus which receives the transmission symbol through a reception antenna, estimates a channel symbol function included in the transmission symbol, and extracts the data signal based on the modulation symbol included in the transmission symbol. | 05-28-2015 |
20150188660 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM (OAM) MODES - Provided is an apparatus and method for simultaneously transmitting and receiving orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes. An apparatus for transmitting OAM modes may include a mode multiplexing apparatus, and a matrix array antenna configured to output OAM modes for electromagnetic waves based on mode signals, wherein the mode multiplexing apparatus may include hybrid couplers configured to generate a plurality of output signals having different phases and different amplitudes by mixing and distributing a plurality of input signals, and phase shifters configured to generate the mode signals by shifting the phases of the output signals. | 07-02-2015 |
20150195016 | LINE OF SIGHT (LOS) MULTIPLE-INPUT AND MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) SYSTEM FOR REDUCING DISTANCE SEPARATING ANTENNAS - A line of sight (LOS) multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) system and a method of designing the system are provided, wherein a MIMO transmitter may include N transmission antennas, and an output transfer function of the MIMO transmitter may be adjusted based on phase difference between a direct path from each of the N transmission antennas to each of the M reception antennas and a delay path from each of the N transmission antennas to each of the M reception antennas. | 07-09-2015 |
20150207551 | SPATIAL MODULATION METHOD USING POLARIZATION AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A spatial modulation method using a polarization and an apparatus using the same are provided. A spatial modulation method by a transmitting apparatus in a wireless communication system may comprise selecting an antenna to send data among transmit antennas arranged to have different polarization angles using a predetermined bit of input data based on indexes of the transmit antenna and mapping remaining bits of the input data to a preset constellation and transmitting the remaining bits of the mapped input data through the selected antenna. | 07-23-2015 |
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