Abstract:
An impedance adjustment circuit for controlling an impedance of a variable impedance circuit includes a calibration circuit including a replica of the variable impedance circuit and configured to generate an impedance control signal for the variable impedance circuit based on a voltage generated at the replica of the variable impedance circuit in response to a reference current. The calibration circuit may be configured to generate the reference current based on a reference resistor coupled thereto. In particular, the calibration circuit may be configured to match a current in the replica of the variable impedance circuit and a current in the reference resistor to generate the voltage at the replica of the variable impedance circuit.
Abstract:
A method for forming a polycrystalline silicon thin film transistor. The method includes the steps of: forming a polycrystalline silicon layer including multiple protrusions by crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer according to a crystallization method in which the multiple protrusions are formed due to collision between crystal grains; patterning the polycrystalline silicon layer in an active pattern which includes only two protrusions of the multiple protrusions, which are apart from each other and located at both sides of a gate electrode-forming area; applying a barrier layer on the patterned polycrystalline silicon layer while partially covering the two protrusions; and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode at the protrusions of the polycrystalline silicon layer formed at both sides of the gate electrode-forming area by ion-implanting dopants into a resultant lamination.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of biologically active somatotropin from inclusion bodies of a recombinant host cell containing an inactive form of said somatotropin protein comprises the steps of: (a) contacting the inclusion bodies with an aqueous alcohol solution at an alkaline pH to solubilize said protein; and (b) bringing the solubilized protein into contact with a mild oxidizing agent to refold and form intramolecular disulfide bonds between cysteine residues of said protein.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a plasma display apparatus and an image processing method thereof for preventing images from blurring when processing the images to improve image quality. The plasma display apparatus includes a low pass filter. The low pass filter includes a filtering value generation part for generating a filtering value to be allocated to the central cell in a block using gray scale values of a video signal, which are allocated to a plurality of cells segmented into unit blocks, a filtering determination part for comparing a difference between the filtering value and the gray scale value of the video signal, which is allocated to the central cell, with a predetermined threshold value to determine whether filtering is performed or not, and a filtering performing part for allocating the filtering value to the central cell when the difference is smaller than the predetermined threshold value.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a cantilever-type PLC optical attenuator. The optical attenuator includes a base substrate made of silicon, an input waveguide, and output waveguide. Front portions of the upper and lower silicon substrates around the output waveguide are thinner than rear portions of the upper and lower silicon substrates around the output waveguide to provide a cantilever part having upper and lower cantilever substrate parts. A first electrode is provided on a bottom of the lower cantilever substrate part, and a second electrode is provided on the base substrate to electromagnetically correspond to the first electrode. When a voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes, the cantilever part moves up and down by an electromagnetic force, thus controlling the output light.
Abstract:
Provided are apparatus and method for processing bell sound in a wireless terminal, in which sound source samples for scales of bell sound contents are previously generated. In the apparatus, WAVE waveforms for all scales of the bell sound contents to be replayed are previously generated and stored, and music is outputted using the stored WAVE waveforms. Thus, the system load caused by real-time replay of the bell sound can be reduced remarkably.
Abstract:
A method for forming a mask pattern of a semiconductor device is disclosed. An example method arranges a main pattern and arranges a first fine auxiliary pattern in the vicinity of the main pattern. The example method also arranges a second fine auxiliary pattern in the vicinity of edges of the main pattern. In the example method, the second fine auxiliary pattern has a predetermined tilt angle with respect to the second fine auxiliary pattern.
Abstract:
Provided are a rate 13/15 MTR code encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The encoding method includes: generating a predetermined rate-13/15 MTR code in which 13-bit data corresponds to 15-bit data; outputting input 13-bit data as a 15-bit codeword according to the rate-13/15 MTR code; checking whether codewords satisfy a predetermined constraint condition by connecting the 15-bit codeword and a subsequent 15-bit codeword; and converting specific bits of the codewords if the codewords violate the constraint condition and not converting the codewords if the codewords do not violate the constraint condition. The rate-13/15 MTR (j=2, k=8) code includes: 8192 codewords obtained to prevent the number of consecutive transitions from becoming 3 at code boundaries in a modulation coding process. Data can be reliably reproduced with high write density, and a large amount of data can be stored in and reproduced from a magnetic recording information storage medium.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for canceling interference in an OFDM system using multiple antennas, where based on error estimation of a symbol received from a receive antenna, the error of a symbol received from another receive antenna is estimated. Prior to transmission, symbols to be transmitted through a plurality of transmit antennas are shifted by a predetermined number of bits without overlapping. Thus, the effects of an error of a symbol received from a receive antenna on error estimation of a symbol received from another receive antenna are reduced.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for forming a polycrystalline silicon film by crystallizing an amorphous silicon film. A mask has first to third shot regions having the same length. The first to third shot regions have transmission sections and non-transmission sections, which are alternately aligned. The transmission sections of the first shot region are positioned corresponding to the non-transmission sections of the second shot region, the non-transmission sections of the first shot region are positioned corresponding to the transmission sections of the second shot region, and the transmission sections of the third shot region are aligned corresponding to center portions of the transmission sections of the first and second shot regions. Primary to nth laser irradiation processes are performed with respect to the glass substrate, thereby crystallizing the amorphous silicon film into the polycrystalline silicon film.