Abstract: An inorganic composite pigment capable of elevating ultraviolet (UV) protection, and a cosmetic composition including the same, in which the inorganic composite pigment includes a core part including a white pigment; and a surface coating material, which is coated on the surface of an external part of the core part, including an inorganic solution that includes the white pigment. Additionally, the white pigment is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, cerium oxide, silica, talc, mica, and borosilicate. The inorganic composite pigment according to the present disclosure capable of elevating a UV protection undergoes surface modification of the pigment through a process of re-coating a white pigment on a white pigment with a high refractive index, thereby elevating the UV protection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material having improved capacity characteristic and life cycle characteristic, and a method of preparing the same, and specifically, to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a compound represented by Formula 1 above and allowing reversible intercalation/deintercalation of lithium, and from a crystal structure analysis of the positive electrode active material by a Rietveld method in which space group R-3m is used in a crystal structure model on the basis of an X-ray diffraction analysis, the thickness of MO slab is 2.1275 ? or less, the thickness of inter slab is 2.59 ? or greater, and the cation mixing ratio between Li and Ni is 0.5% or less, and a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: A near field communication (NFC) device includes a communications module and a controller. The communications module includes a receiver to receive a wireless signal, a transmitter to transmit data by superimposing the data on the wireless signal, and a signal detector to compare the wireless signal with a predetermined reference signal. The communications module operates in at least one of a wakeup mode and a sleep mode, the receiver and transmitter are activated to operate in wakeup mode, and the receiver and transmitter are deactivated in sleep mode. The controller adjusts the sensitivity of the signal detector based on a magnitude of the wireless signal and an operating condition of the communications module when the communications module enters the wakeup mode from the sleep mode.

Abstract: An NFC (near field communication) device can include a resonance unit and an NFC chip. The resonance unit may communicate with an external device through an electromagnetic wave. The NFC chip can provide output data to the resonance unit, receive input data from the resonance unit, and can reduce a Q factor (quality factor) of the resonance unit when a signal receive operation is performed in a card mode, and can maintain the Q factor of the resonance unit in a reader mode and when a signal transmit operation is performed in the card mode.

Abstract: A near field communication (NFC) device includes a communications module and a controller. The communications module includes a receiver to receive a wireless signal, a transmitter to transmit data by superimposing the data on the wireless signal, and a signal detector to compare the wireless signal with a predetermined reference signal. The communications module operates in at least one of a wakeup mode and a sleep mode, the receiver and transmitter are activated to operate in wakeup mode, and the receiver and transmitter are deactivated in sleep mode. The controller adjusts the sensitivity of the signal detector based on a magnitude of the wireless signal and an operating condition of the communications module when the communications module enters the wakeup mode from the sleep mode.

Abstract: An NFC (near field communication) device can include a resonance unit and an NFC chip. The resonance unit may communicate with an external device through an electromagnetic wave. The NFC chip can provide output data to the resonance unit, receive input data from the resonance unit, and can reduce a Q factor (quality factor) of the resonance unit when a signal receive operation is performed in a card mode, and can maintain the Q factor of the resonance unit in a reader mode and when a signal transmit operation is performed in the card mode.

Abstract: An NFC (near field communication) device can include a resonance unit and an NFC chip. The resonance unit may communicate with an external device through an electromagnetic wave. The NFC chip can provide output data to the resonance unit, receive input data from the resonance unit, and can reduce a Q factor (quality factor) of the resonance unit when a signal receive operation is performed in a card mode, and can maintain the Q factor of the resonance unit in a reader mode and when a signal transmit operation is performed in the card mode.

Abstract: A temperature-compensated oscillator and a device including the same include an oscillation unit configured to generate an oscillation signal using an operating current and an operating voltage, a bias circuit configured to control the operating current so that a frequency of the oscillation signal increases as a temperature increases, and a voltage generation unit configured to generate the operating voltage that varies with the temperature.

Abstract: A method of operating a near field communication (NFC) device includes receiving, by the NFC device, a first signal from an NFC reader, transmitting, by the NFC device, a response to the first signal to the NFC reader and changing selectively, by the NFC device, a radio frequency (RF) configuration parameter associated with signal transmission operation during a signal transmission interval, based on determining whether the NFC reader recognizes the response.

Abstract: An NFC (near field communication) device can include a resonance unit and an NFC chip. The resonance unit may communicate with an external device through an electromagnetic wave. The NFC chip can provide output data to the resonance unit, receive input data from the resonance unit, and can reduce a Q factor (quality factor) of the resonance unit when a signal receive operation is performed in a card mode, and can maintain the Q factor of the resonance unit in a reader mode and when a signal transmit operation is performed in the card mode.

Abstract: A method of operating a near field communication (NFC) device includes receiving, by the NFC device, a first signal from an NFC reader, transmitting, by the NFC device, a response to the first signal to the NFC reader and changing selectively, by the NFC device, a radio frequency (RF) configuration parameter associated with signal transmission operation during a signal transmission interval, based on determining whether the NFC reader recognizes the response.

Abstract: A demodulator for a near field communication (NFC) includes a first rectifier, a shifting rectifier, a field monitor and an edge detector. The first rectifier receives an antenna voltage through a first power terminal and a second power terminal, rectifies the antenna voltage and provides a first rectified signal to a first node. The shifting rectifier is enabled in response to an enable signal, receives the antenna voltage through the first power terminal and the second power terminal, increases a direct current (DC) level of the antenna voltage, rectifies the increased DC-level antenna voltage and provides a shifted rectified signal to the first node. The field monitor receives the antenna voltage through the first power terminal and the second power terminal, monitors a magnitude of the antenna voltage and generates the enable signal which is activated when the magnitude is smaller than a reference value.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a PLL providing candidate clocks of different phases in response to a first clock received from a reader via an antenna, a phase difference detector detecting a phase difference between the first clock and a clock from the candidate clocks, a phase difference controller that selects another clock from the candidate clocks, and a driver that provides transmission data synchronously with the another clock to the reader.

Abstract: A Near Field Communication (NFC) device, system, and method are disclosed. The NFC device includes a resonance unit configured to emit a first electromagnetic wave to communicate with an external NFC card in a reader mode, and an NFC chip configured to measure an antenna voltage generated by the resonance unit while the resonance unit emits the first electromagnetic wave, and configured to control the resonance unit to stop emitting the first electromagnetic wave when a magnitude of the antenna voltage oscillates.

Abstract: An NFC (near field communication) device can include a resonance unit and an NFC chip. The resonance unit may communicate with an external device through an electromagnetic wave. The NFC chip can provide output data to the resonance unit, receive input data from the resonance unit, and can reduce a Q factor (quality factor) of the resonance unit when a signal receive operation is performed in a card mode, and can maintain the Q factor of the resonance unit in a reader mode and when a signal transmit operation is performed in the card mode.

Abstract: A method of operating a near field communication (NFC) device includes receiving, by the NFC device, a first signal from an NFC reader, transmitting, by the NFC device, a response to the first signal to the NFC reader and changing selectively, by the NFC device, a radio frequency (RF) configuration parameter associated with signal transmission operation during a signal transmission interval, based on determining whether the NFC reader recognizes the response.

Abstract: A demodulator for a near field communication (NFC) includes a first rectifier, a shifting rectifier, a field monitor and an edge detector. The first rectifier receives an antenna voltage through a first power terminal and a second power terminal, rectifies the antenna voltage and provides a first rectified signal to a first node. The shifting rectifier is enabled in response to an enable signal, receives the antenna voltage through the first power terminal and the second power terminal, increases a direct current (DC) level of the antenna voltage, rectifies the increased DC-level antenna voltage and provides a shifted rectified signal to the first node. The field monitor receives the antenna voltage through the first power terminal and the second power terminal, monitors a magnitude of the antenna voltage and generates the enable signal which is activated when the magnitude is smaller than a reference value.

Abstract: A demodulator for near field communication may include: a scale down circuit configured to receive first and second modulated signals from first and second power electrodes, and configured to provide a scale down signal to a first node by scaling down magnitudes of the first and second modulated signals; a current source coupled between the first node and a ground voltage, and configured to generate a constant current flowing from the first node to the ground voltage; a charge store circuit coupled between the first node and ground voltage, and configured to perform charge and discharge operations alternately, based on the scale down signal and constant current, to output an envelope signal, which corresponds to an envelope of the scale down signal; and/or an edge detector configured to generate input data, which correspond to the first and second modulated signals, based on a transition of the envelope signal.

Abstract: A temperature-compensated oscillator and a device including the same include an oscillation unit configured to generate an oscillation signal using an operating current and an operating voltage, a bias circuit configured to control the operating current so that a frequency of the oscillation signal increases as a temperature increases, and a voltage generation unit configured to generate the operating voltage that varies with the temperature.

Abstract: A temperature-compensated oscillator and a device including the same include an oscillation unit configured to generate an oscillation signal using an operating current and an operating voltage, a bias circuit configured to control the operating current so that a frequency of the oscillation signal increases as a temperature increases, and a voltage generation unit configured to generate the operating voltage that varies with the temperature.