Abstract: An electronic device performing communication with a powerless sensor is provided. The electronic device includes a wireless charging module configured to wirelessly transmit power to a powerless sensor; and a communication module configured to receive data that is sensed in the powerless sensor using the wirelessly transmitted power.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for wireless charging are provided. Transmission power transmitted from a wireless power transmitter is received at a power receiver of a wireless power receiver. A battery of the wireless power receiver is charged with the received transmission power. It is determined whether the battery is fully charged. A packet from a communication unit of the wireless power receiver is transmitted to the wireless power transmitter when the battery is fully charged. An auxiliary charge of the battery is performed by receiving strength-reduced transmission power from the wireless power transmitter.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a metamaterial structure antenna may comprise: a feed line for feeding a signal; a ground plane comprising a cross-shaped aperture forming circular polarization on the basis of a magnetic field induced by the fed signal; and a patch plane formed parallel to the ground plane which emits electromagnetic waves on the basis of the circular polarization.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitter according to various embodiments of the present invention can comprise a plurality of patch antennas, a coil, and a processor. The processor can control such that an electronic device is detected, the plurality of patch antennas and/or the coil is selected as a power transmission circuit for transmitting power for charging the electronic device, and power is transmitted by means of the plurality of patch antennas and/or the coil in accordance with the selection.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device is provided. The wireless power transmitting device may comprise an antenna, a memory, and a processor configured to control to store, as reference information, information of a first reflected signal of a pilot signal sent out through the antenna at a first time in the memory and control to compare the reference information with information about second reflected signals of a pilot signal sent out through the antenna at a second time, and determine a position of a target for detection based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device is provided. The wireless power transmitting device may comprise an antenna, a memory, and a processor configured to control to store, as reference information, information of a first reflected signal of a pilot signal sent out through the antenna at a first time in the memory and control to compare the reference information with information about second reflected signals of a pilot signal sent out through the antenna at a second time, and determine a position of a target for detection based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A hybrid antenna used for an electronic device is disclosed. A hybrid antenna comprises: a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface and having an insulator; a first conductive member disposed on the first surface of the substrate and having a hole formed therein; a second conductive member disposed on a first area of the second surface of the substrate; and a third conductive member disposed on a second area of the second surface of the substrate and connected to a ground of an electronic device, wherein a first portion of the first conductive member operates as a first antenna for receiving a broadband signal and supplying power to the electronic device, and a second portion operates as a second antenna for receiving wireless power and supplying power to the electronic device, wherein a first power feeding unit is formed between the first antenna and second antenna.

Abstract: A wireless charging device for wirelessly transmitting electric power to an electronic device includes a housing, a system board within the housing and including a power amplifier, a shield-can within the housing with a separation distance between a top of the housing and a top of the shield can, a transmission resonator between the top of the housing and the top of the shield-can for simultaneously generating a vertical magnetic field and a horizontal magnetic field, and a sheet provided between the shield-can and the transmission resonator for shielding the system board and the transmission resonator from each other's electromagnetic fields, wherein the electromagnetic fields comprise the vertical magnetic field and the horizontal magnetic field generated by the transmission resonator and an electromagnetic field generated by the system board.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus is provided. The imaging apparatus includes an imager configured to record an external image, a region determiner configured to divide a recorded previous image frame and a recorded current image frame into pluralities of regions, calculate a moving direction and a distance of each of the plurality of regions in the current image frame corresponding to each of the plurality of regions in the previous image frame, and determine a background and an object by applying a preset background model and object model based on the calculated moving direction and distance, and a posture determiner configured to determine body parts of the determined object based on a body part model, and determine a posture of the object by combining the determined body parts.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for cleaning a photo mask. The method includes a pre-treatment operation of wetting a chemical on an entire surface of the photo mask in a state in which the photo mask is stopped, and a cleaning operation of supplying the chemical to a pattern area of the photo mask in a state in which the photo mask is rotated.

Abstract: A wireless charging apparatus and a wireless charging method are provided. The method includes selecting at least one of a wireless power reception mode and a wireless power transmission mode by a wireless charging apparatus, wirelessly receiving electric power when the wireless power reception mode is selected, and wirelessly transmitting electric power when the wireless power transmission mode is selected.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus is disclosed. The terminal apparatus includes a display; a communicator configured to receive an incoming call; a storage configured to store contact object information including a connecting application corresponding to caller identification information; and a controller configured to receive the incoming call including the caller identification information received through the communicator, execute the connecting application corresponding to the caller identification information, and display a search result related to the contact object information in a screen of the executed connecting application on the display. Accordingly, it is possible to determine a counterpart during connecting a call, and automatically execute the connecting application per contact information.

Abstract: A charging device for charging one or more electronic devices is provided. The charging device includes a charging unit configured to include a first charging unit, and a second charging unit, the second charging unit protruding upward from a surface of the charging unit at an angle greater than or equal to a predetermined reference angle with respect to the surface of the charging unit, wherein, if at least one of the first charging unit and the second charging unit is arranged to face at least one electronic device in a face-to-face manner, the at least one of the first charging unit and the second charging unit supplies a wireless power to the at least one electronic device.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a receiving circuit configured to wirelessly receive power and output AC power, a rectifying circuit configured to rectify the AC power from the receiving circuit, wherein the rectifying circuit may include a first P-MOSFET configured to transfer a positive amplitude of power to an output terminal of the rectifying circuit while the AC power has the positive amplitude and to prevent transferring a negative amplitude of power to the output terminal of the rectifying circuit while the AC power has the negative amplitude, and a forward loss compensating circuit connected with the first P-MOSFET configured to reduce a threshold voltage of the first P-MOSFET while the AC power has the positive amplitude.

Abstract: Disclosed is an external inductor that is connected to a wireless power receiver. The external inductor may include a conductor including at least one main slit, a first connecting unit that connects a first point of the conductor and the wireless power receiver with each other, and a second connecting unit that connects a second point of the conductor and the wireless power receiver with each other.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitter may comprise: a signal generation unit which generates a differential signal; an amplifier which amplifies the differential signal with a predetermined gain; a resonance unit which generates an electromagnetic wave using the amplified differential signal and radiates the same; and a signal adjustment unit which senses at least one of the current and the voltage of the amplified differential signal at the input terminal of the resonance unit, and adjusts at least one of the phase and the amplitude of the differential signal output from the signal generation unit, on the basis of the result of the sensing.

Abstract: A wireless power receiver is disclosed. A wireless power receiver according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes a resonant reception unit configured to receive wireless power by a resonance scheme; an inductive reception unit configured to receive wireless power by an induction scheme; and a power processing unit configured to process wireless power received at the resonant reception unit and the inductive reception unit. When the wireless power is received by the induction scheme, a current flowing in the inductive reception unit is greater than a current flowing in the resonant reception unit, and when the wireless power is received by the resonance scheme, a current flowing in the resonant reception unit is greater than a current flowing in the inductive reception unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of efficiently separating 1,3-butadiene and methylethylketone, which are compounds of interest, from byproducts or impurities in the dehydration products of 2,3-butanediol so as to recover the compounds of interest at high purity.

Abstract: Provided herein is a three-dimensional co-culture of adipocytes and macrophages, wherein, in a hydrogel scaffold containing adipocytes and macrophages, the adipocytes and the macrophages are co-cultured to form a fat-like tissue, which can be then utilized in the studies and medicine development for treating metastatic diseases associated with adipose tissue.

Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor storage device includes a gate insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, and first and second spaced apart doped regions formed below the gate insulating film and the gate electrode in the semiconductor substrate, wherein a grounded region of the first and second spaced apart doped regions is grounded via a contact.