Abstract: Provided is clock signal generator configured to generate a target output clock signal based on a reference clock signal, the clock signal generator includes a digital-to-time converter (DTC) configured to delay a reference clock signal based on an input code to generate a delay clock signal, and output the delay clock signal, a DTC controller configured to determine an initial gain value of the DTC based on a result of comparing at least one delay amount of the DTC with a period of a previously generated output clock signal, and generate the input code based on the initial gain value, and a phase locked loop configured to generate the target output clock signal based on the delay clock signal and a division clock signal of the previously generated output clock signal, the target output clock signal being locked to the delay clock signal.

Abstract: An imprint mold includes a substrate; a pattern on the substrate and having a multi-layered structure; and an etch stop layer between an upper layer and a lower layer of the pattern.

Abstract: A crystal oscillator including a feedback circuit, and a reference clock generating circuit including the crystal oscillator. The crystal oscillator is configured to generate an oscillating signal based on a natural frequency of a crystal. The crystal oscillator may include: a current generating circuit connected to a first node having a first voltage and a second node having a second voltage, and configured to output a first current to the second node; a feedback circuit connected to the generating circuit via the first and second nodes and configured to adjust a level of the second voltage by controlling a level of the first voltage; and a crystal circuit connected to the second node and configured to generate the oscillating signal based on the second voltage.

Abstract: In an operating method of a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) including a transmission circuit and a reception circuit, the operating method includes receiving, from a modem, first information for setting transmission power of the transmission circuit or second information about a blocker which is a frequency signal unused by the RFIC, obtaining an allowable value of phase noise of a local oscillator included in the transmission circuit, using the first information, obtaining an allowable value of phase noise of a local oscillator included in the reception circuit, using the second information, determining a level of a driving voltage, using the obtained allowable values of the phase noises, and providing the driving voltage to the local oscillators.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for obesity treatment comprising a liquid-phase plasma. More particularly, provided is a method for producing a liquid-phase plasma for inhibiting adipocyte differentiation or proliferation, a pharmaceutical composition for obesity prevention or treatment using a liquid-phase plasma produced according to the method, and a method for obesity prevention or treatment using the liquid-phase plasma.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming a display device. The method includes forming an alignment mark on a front surface of a substrate having a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, forming an alignment protection pattern on a rear surface of the substrate such that the alignment protection pattern overlaps the alignment mark, and forming a light-shielding member in the non-display region on the rear surface of the substrate such that the light-shielding member forms a boundary with the alignment protection pattern.

Abstract: Lactobacilus reuteri CH53 strain has high productivity of 1,3-propanediol from glycerol and uses thereof. It is confirmed that Lactobacilus reuteri CH53 strain is capable of converting at very high yield glycerol or crude glycerol to high-concentration 1,3-propanediol. Since Lactobacilus reuteri CH53 strain of the present invention capable of producing large amounts of 1,3-propanediol is one kind of lactic acid bacteria that are safe for humans (GRAS, Generally Recognized As Safe), when it is used for producing 1,3-propanediol from crude glycerol, it would be very advantageously used, unlike existing GMO strains, in related industries from the viewpoint of safety or environment and also providing an advantage of recycled use of resources.

Abstract: A water discharge device is disclosed. A water discharge device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a main body having a flow channel formed therein such that water flows through the same and having a discharge opening connected to the flow channel and to the outside such that the water, which has flowed through the flow channel, is discharged to the outside; an opening/closing portion comprising an opening/closing member movably provided in the flow channel so as to open/close an opening/closing hole formed in the flow channel; and a manipulation portion that comprises a rotatable member, which rotates, and interworks with the main body and the opening/closing portion such that the opening/closing member is moved in the flow channel by a rotation of the rotatable member.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for obesity treatment comprising a liquid-phase plasma. More particularly, provided is a method for producing a liquid-phase plasma for inhibiting adipocyte differentiation or proliferation, a pharmaceutical composition for obesity prevention or treatment using a liquid-phase plasma produced according to the method, and a method for obesity prevention or treatment using the liquid-phase plasma.

Abstract: Provided is clock signal generator configured to generate a target output clock signal based on a reference clock signal, the clock signal generator includes a digital-to-time converter (DTC) configured to delay a reference clock signal based on an input code to generate a delay clock signal, and output the delay clock signal, a DTC controller configured to determine an initial gain value of the DTC based on a result of comparing at least one delay amount of the DTC with a period of a previously generated output clock signal, and generate the input code based on the initial gain value, and a phase locked loop configured to generate the target output clock signal based on the delay clock signal and a division clock signal of the previously generated output clock signal, the target output clock signal being locked to the delay clock signal.

Abstract: Devices that include a logic circuit and first and second buffers are provided. The first buffer is spaced apart from the logic circuit by a first distance (and/or is refreshed in a first cycle), and the second buffer is spaced apart from the logic circuit by a second distance that is shorter than the first distance (and/or is refreshed in a second cycle that is different from the first cycle). Moreover, the logic circuit is configured to output, to the first buffer, first data corresponding to fewer toggles than second data that is output from the logic circuit to the second buffer. Methods of operating the devices are also provided.

Abstract: A coating method for a friction part according to the present disclosure includes the steps of: fabricating a wire comprising, by weight, 0.1% to 1.0% of La2O3 and a balance of Mo; and applying, by flame spraying, the fabricated wire to a surface of the friction part, whereby the friction part has improved wear resistance.

Abstract: A water treatment apparatus capable of sterilizing a storage tank and a sterilizing and cleansing method thereof are disclosed. The water treatment apparatus includes: a filter unit purifying raw water; a storage tank connected to the filter unit and storing purified water which has been filtered through the filter unit; an electrolytic sterilizer installed between the filter unit and the storage tank, electrolyzing only purified water which has been filtered through at least a portion of the filter unit to generate sterilization water, and supplying the sterilization water to the storage tank; a drain unit connected to the storage tank and discharging water accommodated in the storage tank; and a control unit controlling a water purification mode of the filter unit and a sterilization mode through the electrolytic sterilizer and the drain unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a monitoring system with control of a refrigeration container and a refrigeration container connection socket box. A connection cable is connected to the compatible plug-in port commonly formed in refrigeration containers. The connection socket box connecting connection cables is used to collect the state information of each refrigeration container transferred to a management server, so that a monitoring system applicable to all kinds of refrigeration container is provided, and can transfer a control signal for the refrigeration container through the compatible plug-in port, thus making it possible to remotely control the refrigeration container. Hence the system is simplified so as to reduce the cost and improve the stability of the system. The function of monitoring the state information and the function of measuring the power consumption of the refrigeration container are also provided so as to reasonably calculate the cost of the actual power consumption.

Abstract: A water discharge device is disclosed. A water discharge device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a main body having a flow channel formed therein such that water flows through the same and having a discharge opening connected to the flow channel and to the outside such that the water, which has flowed through the flow channel, is discharged to the outside; an opening/closing portion comprising an opening/closing member movably provided in the flow channel so as to open/close an opening/closing hole formed in the flow channel; and a manipulation portion that comprises a rotatable member, which rotates, and interworks with the main body and the opening/closing portion such that the opening/closing member is moved in the flow channel by a rotation of the rotatable member.

Abstract: An display driving circuit including a buffer write controller transmitting a different image frame to a first buffer or a second buffer, a buffer scan controller scanning an image frame stored in the first buffer or the second buffer on the basis of a predetermined cycle, a write signal detector controlling the buffer write controller such that a second image frame is transmitted to the second buffer after a first image frame is transmitted to the first buffer, and a scan buffer switching controller receiving an EOF (End of Frame) command indicating the completion of transmission of the first image frame to the first buffer and controlling the buffer scan controller such that the first image frame stored in the first buffer is scanned after the image frame previously stored in the second buffer is scanned.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a nitrogen-based non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma for treating damaged muscles or promoting regeneration of damaged muscles, and to a method for treating damaged muscle or promoting regeneration of damaged muscles using the atmospheric pressure plasma. The nitrogen-based non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma according to the present invention can effectively induce muscle cell activation, migration of muscle cells to damaged sites, muscle cell proliferation, and muscle cell differentiation, without surgical operation or during a treatment procedure after surgical operation, and thus can be advantageously used as a novel therapeutic agent and therapeutic method against muscle damage and muscle damage-associated diseases.

Abstract: An imprint mold includes a substrate; a pattern on the substrate and having a multi-layered structure; and an etch stop layer between an upper layer and a lower layer of the pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes stacks on a substrate, each of the stacks including word lines stacked on the substrate and first and second string selection lines laterally spaced apart from each other, vertical pillars passing through the stacks, and first and second bit lines extending longitudinally in a first direction and alternatingly arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. In a plan view, at least two adjacent ones of the first bit lines in the second direction and at least one of the second bit lines overlap each vertical pillar. A distance between a center of the vertical pillar and one of the first bit lines is different from that between the center of the vertical pillar and another of the first bit lines.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is disclosed. The LCD panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, a first sub gate-line coupled to first row-pixels that are adjacent to a lower side of the first sub gate-line, a second sub gate-line coupled to second row-pixels that are adjacent to an upper side of the second sub gate-line, a plurality of gate-lines between the first sub gate-line and the second sub gate-line, a plurality of even data-lines coupled to first column-pixels that are adjacent to the even data-lines, and a plurality of odd data-lines coupled to second column-pixels that are adjacent to the odd data-lines. Here, each gate-line of the plurality of gate lines is coupled to first row-pixels that are adjacent to a lower side of the gate-line and second row-pixels that are adjacent to an upper side of the gate-line.