Abstract:
This invention relates to an elongated hollow non-deformable structure that can be used as beams and pillars of modular building structures. The structure includes first and second elongated C-shaped channels (20) with inwardly bent flanges (25) and means for holding the two channels (20) together so that the flanges (25) contact each other. The first and second C-shaped channels (20) may be formed without flanges (25). L-shaped (42) and T-shaped (40) and H-shaped flanges of appropriate design are provided with holes in the flanges at predetermined locations to correspond to the holes in the end portions of the beams and pillars. There are plugable holes (21) provided in the end portions of the beams and pillars so that workers can easily access inside the hollow space to use nuts (72), washers, and bolts (70) to couple the elongated hollow structures together. Instead of the C-shaped channel (20) structure two identical L-shaped channels (20b) may be used.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention include a MIM capacitor that has a high capacitance that can be manufactured without the problems that affected the prior art. Such a capacitor includes an upper electrode, a lower electrode, and a dielectric layer that is intermediate the upper and the lower electrodes. A first voltage can be applied to the upper electrode and a second voltage, which is different from the first voltage, can be applied to the lower electrode. A wire layer, through which the first voltage is applied to the upper electrode, is located in the same level as or in a lower level than the lower electrode.
Abstract:
Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device are provided. A trench is formed in a semiconductor substrate. A first field oxide layer is formed that partially fills the trench. The first field oxide layer defines an active region of the substrate that is adjacent to the trench. An upper portion of sidewalls of the trench extends upward beyond a surface of the first field oxide layer. A first liner is formed on the first field oxide layer and on the portion of the sidewalls of the trench that extend upward beyond the first field oxide layer. A second field oxide layer is formed on the first liner and fills the trench. The second field oxide layer and the first liner are each partially removed to expose a top adjacent surface and upper sidewalls of the trench along the active region of the substrate. A dielectric layer is formed on the exposed top adjacent surface and upper sidewalls of the trench. A gate electrode is formed on the dielectric layer.
Abstract:
A method of recording and reproducing DMB contents in a terminal having a DMB reception function and a wireless Internet function is provided. The terminal extracts information about contents being provided from EPG information and stores it, in response to a storing request from a user during viewing or listening to DMB broadcasting. The terminal is connected to a multimedia server for providing DMB contents on line in response to a recording request or a reproduction request for the contents corresponding to the contents information from the user, requests the contents corresponding to the contents information from the multimedia server, receives the contents from the multimedia server, and records or reproduces the contents.
Abstract:
A method for generating a music file includes receiving a melody from a user through a user interface, and generating a melody file corresponding to the received melody. The method further includes generating a harmony accompaniment file responsive to melody represented by the melody file, and generating a music file by synthesizing the melody file and the harmony accompaniment file.
Abstract:
The present invention provides peptide complexes comprising phospholipase D and one or morephospholipase D-interacting peptides. The peptide complexes are useful in screening assays foridentifying compounds effective in modulating the peptide complexes and in treating and/or preventing diseases associated with phospholipase D and it's interacting partners. In addition, methods for screening modulators of the peptide complexes or interacting members thereof are provided.
Abstract:
An apparatus and a method for encoding and decoding key data are provided. An apparatus for encoding DPCMed differential data of key data includes a DND operator which performs on input differential data a predetermined number of times a DND operation, in which a divide operation is performed on the input differential data so as to divide differential data belonging to a positive number region into halves and so as to convert one half of the differential data belonging to an upper range than the other half into negative values, and either a divide-up operation or a divide-down operation is selectively performed on the results of the divide operation depending on the range of the results of the divide operation so as to reduce the range of differential data belonging to a negative number region or the positive number region, respectively, a shift-up operator which performs a shift-up operation on the results of the DND operation so as to transfer the differential data having been through the DND operation to either the positive or negative number region, a differential data selector which selectively outputs either the differential data having been through the DND operation or the differential data having been through the shift-up operation, and an entropy encoder which entropy-encodes the differential data selected by the differential data selector.
Abstract:
In the memory module, a buffer is disposed on one of at least two circuit boards in the memory module. The buffer is for buffering signals for memory chips on at least two circuit boards in the memory module.
Abstract:
There is provided a method of synthesizing a musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) having wave table support. The wave table sample information is modified based on the newly searched loop segment, the interval of the newly searched loop segment, and the fine tune data. Therefore, the size of the wave table can be reduced.
Abstract:
The present invention provides novel primers and methods for the detection of specific nucleic acid sequences. The primers and methods of the invention are useful in a wide variety of molecular biology applications and are particularly useful in allele specific PCR.