Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a polymer-based microfluidic device, including: forming a microstructure on a lower polymer matrix; coating the lower polymer matrix with TiO2 to perform patterning of TiO2; bonding the lower polymer matrix with an upper polymer matrix; and radiating UV lights thereto to convert TiO2-coated regions into hydrophilic regions. Disclosed also is a polymer-based microfluidic device obtained by the method. The method enables development of a microfluidic device having high stability and long-term durability.

Abstract: A ESD protection circuit includes: a first clamp connected between a first power line and a ground line; a second clamp connected between the ground line and a second power line; a first output buffer connected between the first power line and the ground line, and providing a first operating voltage; a second output buffer connected between the ground line and the second power line, and providing a second operating voltage; a first switch unit configured to transfer the first operating voltage to an I/O pad; a second switch unit configured to transfer the second operating voltage to the I/O pad; a first transfer unit comprising one or more diodes connected in series between the first power line and the I/O pad; and a second transfer unit comprising one or more diodes connected in series between the I/O pad and the second power line.

Abstract: Provided is a protein detection system using a micro-cantilever and based on immune responses, wherein the micro-cantilever shows significantly improved sensitivity to allow detection of a trace amount of biomolecule. To the micro-cantilever, sandwich immunoassay is applied, and the sandwich immunoassay uses a polyclonal antibody or silica nanoparticles having a monoclonal antibody bound thereto, so that variations in the output signals of the cantilever are amplified and the detection sensitivity is significantly improved. The system enables detection of disease specific antigen at several femtomolar levels, and makes it possible to detect a trace amount of protein related to diseases, particularly to cancers, with ease.

Abstract: An active matrix organic light emitting diode AMOLED driving circuit using current feedback that ensures the uniformity of brightness in pixels of a flat panel display and shortens the time required to input accurate current to respective pixels in the driving circuit. The prevent invention provides an AMOLED driving circuit using current feedback, comprising: a current digital-to-analog converter outputting a current corresponding to input digital data; a first differential amplifier connected to the current digital-to-analog converter and controlling the input data current and a driving current of a driving transistor of a pixel circuit to be identical to each other; a current mirror mirroring driving current of an organic light emitting diode of the pixel circuit to an input side of the first differential amplifier; and a second differential amplifier coupled to the current mirror and controlling charge and discharge speeds of parasitic capacitance of the pixel circuit.

Abstract: A ESD protection circuit includes: a first clamp connected between a first power line and a ground line; a second clamp connected between the ground line and a second power line; a first output buffer connected between the first power line and the ground line, and providing a first operating voltage; a second output buffer connected between the ground line and the second power line, and providing a second operating voltage; a first switch unit configured to transfer the first operating voltage to an I/O pad; a second switch unit configured to transfer the second operating voltage to the I/O pad; a first transfer unit comprising one or more diodes connected in series between the first power line and the I/O pad; and a second transfer unit comprising one or more diodes connected in series between the I/O pad and the second power line.

Abstract: A current feedback-type AMOLED driving circuit. The current feedback-type AMOLED driving circuit includes a plurality of pixel circuits each having a data terminal for receiving a pixel current command, and a sense terminal for transmitting pixel current to a driver Integrated Circuit (IC), and a plurality of data lines provided such that a single data line is provided for a single column formed by a plurality of pixel circuits, thus data terminals of the pixel circuits, forming the column, are connected to the data line. In the AMOLED driving circuit, two columns are paired, sense terminals of pixel circuits, forming a first column of the two columns, are connected to a data line for a second column, and sense terminals of pixel circuits, forming the second column, are connected to the data line for the first column.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a pixel circuit and driving method for active matrix Organic Light-emitting Diodes (OLEDs), and a display using the same. The pixel circuit includes a Voltage Control Current Source (VCCS), a high gain amplifier, a storage capacitor, and first and second switches. The VCCS is configured to drive OLEDs. The high gain amplifier is configured such that the control input signal of the VCCS causes the VCCS to be placed in an ON or OFF state. The storage capacitor is located between the input terminal of the high gain amplifier and a data line so as to assign the ON-time of the VCCS. The first and second switches are configured to be controlled through a scan line so as to store voltage in the storage capacitor and control the light-emitting time of the OLEDs, and are formed the input terminal of the high gain amplifier and the input terminal of the VCCS, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a driving method and circuit for the automatic voltage output of an active matrix organic light emitting device, which is capable of resolving the non-uniformity of brightness between pixels.

Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter comprises a current supplier, a current divider dividing current supplied from the current supplier into certain amounts, an inverter outputting inverted signals of input signals and non-inverted signals, a switch controlling a flow of the current divided into the certain amounts by the current divider according to the inverted signals and the non-inverted signals, and a current output block adding up the current divided into the certain amounts according to the non-inverted signals to output an analog signal. The digital-to-analog converter can be implemented on a small chip area with desired resolution.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting-Diode (AMOLED) drive circuit using transient current feedback. The AMOLED drive circuit includes a current Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), a data line drive transistor, a constant current source, a variable current source, a differential amplifier, and a transient charging current control unit. The DAC generates current corresponding to input digital data. The data line drive transistor is configured such that the drain terminal thereof is connected to the output node of the current DAC. The constant current source is connected between the source terminal of the data line drive transistor and a ground. The variable current source is connected between both the output node of the current DAC and the drain terminal of the drive transistor, and a voltage source. The differential amplifier is configured to input the output voltage thereof to the gate terminal of the drive transistor.

Abstract: A discharge lamp driving circuit includes an inverter, a ballast capacitor, a discharge lamp, and a lamp current detecting circuit. The inverter converts a DC voltage into an AC voltage with high frequency to output the AC voltage to an output port based on a pulse width modulation control signal. The lamp current detecting circuit outputs a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal according to a voltage across the ballast capacitor to generate a lamp current sensing voltage that is proportional to a lamp current flowing through the discharge lamp. The pulse width modulation control signal has a width varying with amplitude of the lamp current so that the lamp current may be accurately detected.

Abstract: A discharge lamp driving circuit includes an inverter, a ballast capacitor, a discharge lamp, and a lamp current detecting circuit. The inverter converts a DC voltage into an AC voltage with high frequency to output the AC voltage to an output port based on a pulse width modulation control signal. The lamp current detecting circuit outputs a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal according to a voltage across the ballast capacitor to generate a lamp current sensing voltage that is proportional to a lamp current flowing through the discharge lamp. The pulse width modulation control signal has a width varying with amplitude of the lamp current so that the lamp current may be accurately detected.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a time division sampling digital to analog converter for a flat panel display, a method of implementing the digital to analog converter, and a data driver circuit using the digital to analog converter.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention features a method for analyzing a signal pattern detected by a sensor array that comprises one or more gas sensors. The method can comprises converting multidimensional data outputted from the sensor array to linear data, the data containing information on one or more reference gases; creating an ADSTM (Angle Difference-based State Transition Model) by using the converted data; and analyzing a gas by using the ADSTM when the sensor array outputs data of the gas. The method for analyzing a signal pattern detected by a sensor array according to the present invention can convert multidimensional values inputted through the sensor array into a single piece of continous data.

Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter comprises a current supplier, a current divider dividing current supplied from the current supplier into certain amounts, an inverter outputting inverted signals of input signals and non-inverted signals, a switch controlling a flow of the current divided into the certain amounts by the current divider according to the inverted signals and the non-inverted signals, and a current output block adding up the current divided into the certain amounts according to the non-inverted signals to output an analog signal. The digital-to-analog converter can be implemented on a small chip area with desired resolution.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a divide-add circuit and a high-resolution Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) using the same. The DAC includes a plurality of DAC units and one or more divide-add circuit units. The plurality of DAC units performs Digital-Analog (DA) conversion on two or more segmented codes, into which an input digital code is segmented. The one or more divide-add circuit units is configured to be each composed only of capacitors and switches and to generate a final DA conversion output for the entire input digital code based on the voltages of the DAC units. Accordingly, a high resolution of more than ten bits can be implemented.

Abstract: A discharge lamp driving circuit includes an inverter, a ballast capacitor, a discharge lamp, and a lamp current detecting circuit. The inverter converts a DC voltage into an AC voltage with high frequency to output the AC voltage to an output port based on a pulse width modulation control signal. The lamp current detecting circuit outputs a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal according to a voltage across the ballast capacitor to generate a lamp current sensing voltage that is proportional to a lamp current flowing through the discharge lamp. The pulse width modulation control signal has a width varying with amplitude of the lamp current so that the lamp current may be accurately detected.

Abstract: A discharge lamp driving circuit includes an inverter, a ballast capacitor, a discharge lamp, and a lamp current detecting circuit. The inverter converts a DC voltage into an AC voltage with high frequency to output the AC voltage to an output port based on a pulse width modulation control signal. The lamp current detecting circuit outputs a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal according to a voltage across the ballast capacitor to generate a lamp current sensing voltage that is proportional to a lamp current flowing through the discharge lamp. The pulse width modulation control signal has a width varying with amplitude of the lamp current so that the lamp current may be accurately detected.

Abstract: A discharge lamp driving circuit includes an inverter, a ballast capacitor, a discharge lamp, and a lamp current detecting circuit. The inverter converts a DC voltage into an AC voltage with high frequency to output the AC voltage to an output port based on a pulse width modulation control signal. The lamp current detecting circuit outputs a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal according to a voltage across the ballast capacitor to generate a lamp current sensing voltage that is proportional to a lamp current flowing through the discharge lamp. The pulse width modulation control signal has a width varying with amplitude of the lamp current so that the lamp current may be accurately detected.

Abstract: A current feedback-type AMOLED driving circuit. The current feedback-type AMOLED driving circuit includes a plurality of pixel circuits each having a data terminal for receiving a pixel current command, and a sense terminal for transmitting pixel current to a driver Integrated Circuit (IC), and a plurality of data lines provided such that a single data line is provided for a single column formed by a plurality of pixel circuits, thus data terminals of the pixel circuits, forming the column, are connected to the data line. In the AMOLED driving circuit, two columns are paired, sense terminals of pixel circuits, forming a first column of the two columns, are connected to a data line for a second column, and sense terminals of pixel circuits, forming the second column, are connected to the data line for the first column.