Abstract:
A battery pack that can prevent deformation caused by external impact as well as leakage of an electrolyte. The battery pack includes a bare cell including a pouch type casing, an electrode assembly accommodated in the pouch type casing, and positive and negative electrode tabs extending from one side of the pouch type casing, a protection circuit board electrically connected to the bare cell, and a main body accommodating the bare cell and the protection circuit board. The battery pack also includes at least one reinforcing plate, wherein ends of the reinforcing plate are in contact with a surface of a front end portion of the bare cell or an inner surface of the main body. The reinforcing plate can be formed integrally with an upper or lower case of the main body or can be formed separately and disposed in the upper case or lower case.
Abstract:
Provided are a differential voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and a quadrature VCO using center-tapped cross-coupling of a transformer. The differential VCO and the quadrature VCO can be driven by low power through a current reuse structure and have an excellent phase noise characteristic by center-tapped cross-coupling through a transformer. Further, variable capacitance units for frequency variation are divided into variable capacitance units for coarse tuning and variable capacitance units for fine tuning. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a wide tuning range while voltage oscillation gain is reduced. Further, the differential VCO and the quadrature VCO are configured in such a manner that the respective variable capacitance units operate linearly throughout the entire capacitance region due to control voltage distribution by resistors. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain a linear control voltage-oscillation frequency characteristic. The quadrature VCO according to the present invention can output four-phase quadrature signals while having an excellent phase noise characteristic, without substrate loss and current consumption caused by the switching transistors.
Abstract:
An electrode assembly of a secondary battery includes an electrode group including a first electrode plate, a separator, and a second electrode plate that are stacked and wound, and a finishing tape attached to a predetermined region of a terminal portion of the electrode group. The finishing tape satisfies the equation Y1=tensile strength×thickness of finishing tape/modulus of elasticity, with Y1 ranging from 64 to 89. Alternatively, the finishing tape includes a film layer and an adhesive layer, and satisfies the equation Y2=tensile strength×thickness of film layer of finishing tape/modulus of elasticity, with Y2 ranging from 51 to 75. The finishing tape effectively prevents an increase in the thickness of a high-capacity secondary battery.
Abstract:
Provided is a wireless transceiving apparatus for variability of signal processing band, in which at least one resonator of an analog processor and a VCO are simultaneously controlled using a frequency synthesizer, and a frequency of the VCO and a resonance frequency of the analog processor are controlled to have a rational number ratio, thereby capable of varying the signal processing band. The wireless transceiving apparatus includes: an analog processor having a plurality of resonators on a path of transmission/reception signals, for performing analog signal processing; a digital processor for performing digital signal processing on an output signal of the analog processor or data to be transmitted to the analog processor; and a frequency synthesizer for providing a local oscillation (LO) frequency and a controlling signal to the resonators of the analog processor so as to vary a signal processing band of the analog processor.
Abstract:
A coplanar waveguide CPW using multi-layer interconnection CMOS technology is provided. In the CPW including an interlayer insulator disposed on a substrate, metal multilayers disposed on the interlayer insulator, and a ground line-a signal line-a ground line formed of an uppermost metal layer, when a ground line of a lowermost layer is connected to the ground line of the uppermost layer, intermediate metal layers are designed to gradually increase or decrease in width, or to be uneven so as to maximize an area where an ultra-high frequency spreads, thereby minimizing CPW loss and maximizing a slow wave effect. As a result, it is possible to improve performance of an ultra-high frequency circuit and miniaturize the circuit.
Abstract:
An electrode assembly for a secondary battery comprising an adiabatic plate attached to the negative electrode plate is disclosed. The electrode assembly comprises a positive electrode plate having a positive electrode collector, a positive electrode coating, and a non-coated area on the positive electrode collector. The negative electrode plate has a negative electrode collector, a negative electrode coating, and a non-coated area on the negative electrode collector. A separator insulates the positive and negative electrode plates. Positive and negative electrode tabs are attached to the non-coated areas of the positive and negative electrode collectors. The negative electrode plate has an adiabatic plate attached to the surface of a non-coated area of the negative electrode collector that is opposite the surface to which the negative electrode tab is attached. This construction improves battery stability and prevents short circuits caused either by heat generated during overcharging or by an internal short circuit.
Abstract:
Provided is a detector for automatic gain control (AGC). The detector for AGC is used for a variable gain amplifier (VGA) including at least one VGA cell. The detector for AGC includes: first and second transistors having drains connected in common to a power supply voltage and sources connected in common to a first node, and driven in response to a non-inverting output voltage and an inverting output voltage of the VGA cell, respectively; a first current source connected between the sources of the first and second transistors and a ground voltage to supply a predetermined current; a third transistor having a drain and a source connected to the power supply voltage and a second node, respectively, and driven in response to a pre-set reference voltage; a second current source connected to the source of the third transistor and the ground voltage to supply a predetermined current; and a comparator having a non-inverting input terminal and an inverting input terminal connected to the first and second nodes, respectively, and comparing a peak voltage from the first node with a reference voltage from the second node to output a control voltage with a predetermined level to the VGA cell based on the comparison result. The detector for AGC can continuously and effectively detect an output swing of the VGA.
Abstract:
Provided is an Inductor-Capacitor (LC) quadrature Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) having a startup circuit which can accurately select one of +90° and −90° as a phase difference between two clocks generated by the LC quadrature VCO by embodying the startup circuit therein by using a phase detector and a controller. The LC quadrature VCO includes a first LC tank for generating a second clock signal and a fourth clock signal, a second LC tank for generating a first clock signal and a third clock signal, a phase detector for receiving the clock signals from the first LC tank and the second LC tank, and detecting whether a phase difference between the clocks is +90° or −90°, and a controller for discriminating whether phase information detected by the phase detector is equivalent to a phase difference between clocks required by the external signal processing unit, and changing an operation mode of the first LC tank and/or the second LC tank on the basis of the discrimination result of the phase difference between the clocks.
Abstract:
Provided is a detector for automatic gain control (AGC). The detector for AGC is used for a variable gain amplifier (VGA) including at least one VGA cell. The detector for AGC includes: first and second transistors having sources connected in common to a power supply voltage and drains connected in common to a first node, and driven in response to a non-inverting output voltage and an inverting output voltage of the VGA cell, respectively; a first current source connected between the drains of the first and second transistors and a ground voltage to supply a predetermined currently a third transistor having a source and a drain connected to the power supply voltage and a second node, respectively, and driven in response to a pre-set reference voltage; a second current source connected to the drain of the third transistor and the ground voltage to supply a predetermined current; and a comparator having a non-inverting input terminal and an inverting input terminal connected to the first and second nodes, respectively, and comparing a peak voltage from the first node with a reference voltage from the second node to output a control voltage with a predetermined level to the VGA cell based on the comparison result. The detector for AGC can continuously and effectively detect an output swing of the VGA.
Abstract:
There is provided a transformer for varying an inductance value, which adjusts a tuning range of the inductance without decrease of the inductor's capability by selectively connecting switches to inductors and controls an amount of magnetic flux. And the transformer consists of multiple inductors formed on a semiconductor substrate, which including N number of metal lines, N number of ports made by twisting the metal lines in the form of a symmetric circuit, wherein a certain number of ports among the N number of ports, which are connected to switch elements.