Abstract:
A sensor includes two capacitors, with distances between the capacitor plates being different in the two capacitors. An electrical insulator is provided between the capacitors. The distance between the plates of one capacitor may be sufficiently large to prevent capillary action in the capacitor when an end of the first capacitor is placed in a fluid. The distance between the plates of the other capacitor may be sufficiently small to allow capillary action in the capacitor. The first capacitor measures the level of the fluid. The second capacitor measures the viscosity of the fluid. A third capacitor, completely submerged in the fluid, measures the dielectric constant of the fluid. Also, a measuring apparatus using the sensor.
Abstract:
A method of making an asymmetric end-functionalized carbon nanotube film is described. The method includes providing a carbon nanotube film having a first end and a second end; contacting the first end of the carbon nanotube film with a first reactive medium; reacting the first end of the carbon nanotube film with the first reactive medium by a first physicochemical process; contacting the second end of the carbon nanotube film with a second reactive medium, wherein the first reactive medium is different from the second reactive medium; and reacting the second end of the carbon nanotube film with the second reactive medium by a second physicochemical process.
Abstract:
A method for reconfiguring an application in a pervasive computing environment, includes receiving a request for a reconfiguration of a predetermined application reconfiguration according to a change in a context, searching a service in response to the change in the context with respect to each of at least one service component configuring the predetermined application, and reconfiguring the predetermined application based on the searched service.
Abstract:
A capacitive coupled extendable antenna for portable radio communication devices with improved operating characteristics is disclosed. The extendable antenna includes a quarter-wavelength helical antenna, a quarter-wavelength whip antenna movable between the extended position and the retracted position through the helical antenna, and an electrically conductive sleeve acting as the feed point of the antenna. The helical antenna is electrically insulated from the sleeve so that the helical antenna is capacitively coupled to the sleeve. The whip antenna is enclosed within an insulating tube, which is disposed within a guide for longitudinal movement therethrough. The whip antenna is disposed in electrically insulated relation to the sleeve in the retracted position and electrically connected to the sleeve in the extended position via a stopper. When the whip antenna is in the extended position, the whip antenna is operative through direct coupling with the sleeve and when the whip antenna is in the retracted position, the helical antenna is operative through capacitive coupling with the sleeve. In a preferred embodiment, the whip antenna is short-circuited at the point of 90.degree. in electrical phase so as to form a .lambda./4 balun. The resulting extendable antenna offers wider operating bandwidth and improved radiation efficiency when operating in the retracted or stand-by mode.
Abstract:
An electronic component embedded printed circuit board is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic component embedded printed circuit board is a printed circuit board in which an electronic component is embedded in a core board, and the electronic component includes a silicon layer and a passivation layer, which is formed on one surface of the silicon layer. Here, a center line of the silicon layer and a center line of the core board are placed on a same line.
Abstract:
Provided is a high power super capacitor including: a bobbin; an electrode assembly being wound into the bobbin to be in a jellyroll type; a conductive connection member being formed in each of one end and another end of the electrode assembly using electric energy; and a plug being inserted into each of one end and another end of the bobbin, and being bonded with the conductive connection member using electric energy to be electrically connected to the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly may include a first electrode plate having a first polarity and including an inactive material area collector where the conductive connection member is formed in the one end of the electrode assembly, a second electrode plate having a second polarity and including another inactive material area collector where the conductive connection member is formed in the other end of the electrode assembly, and a separator being disposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate to insulate between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate. Accordingly, the high power super capacitor may increase a contact area without decreasing an area of electrode active material layer and may decrease an equivalent series resistance by forming a conductive connection member using electric energy, thereby enhancing an exothermic characteristic and being applied to a high power field.
Abstract:
Provided are an embedded capacitor, an embedded capacitor sheet using the embedded capacitor, and a method of manufacturing the same that may increase a surface area to thereby increase a capacity for each unit area and may provide an embedded capacitor in a sheet to thereby readily lay the embedded capacitor on an embedded printed circuit board. The embedded capacitor may include: a common electrode member 11 including a plurality of grooves 11a; a sealing dielectric layer 12 being formed by sealing a nano dielectric powder with a high dielectric constant in the plurality of grooves 11a formed in the common electrode member 11; a buffer dielectric layer 13 sealing and smoothing an uneven portion of the sealing dielectric layer 12 by applying a paste or a slurry including epoxy of 20 Vol % through 80 Vol % and dielectric powder of 20 Vol % through 80 Vol % with respect to the sealing dielectric layer 12; and an individual electrode member 14 being formed on the buffer dielectric layer 13.
Abstract:
An actuator is provided, which includes a main shaft having a first shaft portion for generating a magnetic field in a linear direction and a second shaft portion for generating a magnetic field in a rotational direction, and a coil wound around an outer peripheral surface of the main shaft. The actuator performs both a rotational driving function and a straight driving function via a single unit to improve the positional accuracy and provide spatial efficiency, thereby improving the merchantable quality of the actuator.
Abstract:
An electronic component embedded printed circuit board is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic component embedded printed circuit board is a printed circuit board in which an electronic component is embedded in a core board, and the electronic component includes a silicon layer and a passivation layer, which is formed on one surface of the silicon layer. Here, a center line of the silicon layer and a center line of the core board are placed on a same line.
Abstract:
Provided is a multipotent cancer stem cell line derived from breast-cancer tissue and expressing a breast cancer stem cell marker. Also provided is a method for producing a multipotent cancer stem cell line, including (1) isolation of breast-cancer cells from previously extracted breast cancer tissue, (2) primary culture of the isolated breast cancer cells in a suspended state in a medium for suspension culture, (3) recovery of the cells in the suspended state from the primary culture, and (4) production of a multipotent cancer stem cell line by subculturing the recovered cells a predetermined number of times or more in a suspended state in the medium for suspension culture.