Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an input panel configured to periodically sense touch coordinates corresponding to a touch manipulation of a user; and a processor configured to periodically receive the touch coordinates from the input panel, calculate a variation of the touch coordinates based on the touch coordinates, change a reference value for determining movement of the touch manipulation based on the variation of the touch coordinates, and determine whether the touch manipulation moves, based on the reference value.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processor configured to obtain, using the first sensor, location information corresponding to an active area of the display, in response to contact between an external object and the display, obtain, using the second sensor, pressure information corresponding to a pressure applied to the display resulting from the contact between the external object and the display, and determine a validity of the location information based on whether the pressure information satisfies a designated condition.

Abstract: A ship for bunkering liquefied fuel gas to a liquefied-fuel-gas propulsion ship includes: a liquefied-fuel-gas storage tank installed in the ship; a fuel supply pipe connected to the liquefied-fuel-gas storage tank and supplying fuel to the liquefied-fuel-gas propulsion ship; and a BOG collection pipe collecting BOG produced in a liquefied fuel gas tank of the liquefied-fuel-gas propulsion ship.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC), a method of testing the IC, and a method of manufacturing the IC are provided. The IC includes analog circuitry, digital circuitry, at least one first connector, and a switching unit operatively coupled with the at least one first connector and configured to, if a first signal is received, couple the analog circuitry and the at least one first connector, and, if a second signal is received, couple the digital circuitry and the at least one first connector.

Abstract: A printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A printed circuit board having conductive patterns formed in multilayers on an insulating material laminated on both surfaces of a glass core is provided. The printed circuit board includes a first insulating material disposed on a first surface and a second surface of the glass core. and a second insulating material disposed on the first insulating material. The first insulating material surrounds a first portion of a side surface of the glass core and the second insulating material surrounds a second portion of the side surface of the glass core, the second portion being a portion of the glass core not surrounded by the first insulating material.

Abstract: A method and a supply modulator (SM) are provided for supplying power from a wireless transmitter to a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier. A power control signal input from a modem is received. A reference voltage is determined. An operating mode of the SM is changed by controlling a level of the reference voltage. A voltage is determined based on the level of a reference voltage. When the operating mode of the SM is an ET mode, a first output signal from a linear regulator and a second output signal from a switching regulator are combined to obtain a combined result, and the combined result is output. The first output signal is based on the voltage. When the operating mode of the SM is an APT mode, the voltage based on the reference voltage is output.

Abstract: An electronic device for synthesizing a frequency is provided. The electronic device includes a bank changer configured to output a channel code corresponding to a reference frequency signal and a feedback frequency signal, a channel code mapper configured to generate a changed channel code by applying an offset to the channel code output from the bank changer, and a voltage controlled oscillator configured to control a total capacitance of a plurality of capacitors based on the changed channel code and to oscillate a frequency dependent on the total capacitance.

Abstract: A method and electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first touch sensor and a processor. The processor implements the method, which includes detecting, via a first touch sensor of the electronic device, sensor information from a touch object, determining, via a processor of the electronic device, a state of the touch object based on analysis of the detected sensor information, and adjusting a touch sensitivity for the electronic device according to the determined state of the object.

Abstract: An electronic device for compensating for process variation is provided. The electronic device includes a first circuit configured to consume a current supplied to the first circuit, and a second circuit configured to control the current supplied to the first circuit, The second circuit is configured to generate a signal for controlling the current supplied to the circuit based on a frequency of a pulse signal generated using a second component that is of a same kind as a first component of the first circuit.

Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) in a frequency synthesizer generates an output signal having a target frequency by being coarse tuned in accordance with a channel code derived through a binary tree search. Thereafter, the output signal of the VCO may be further tuned using a phase lock loop (PLL) circuit. Each stage of the binary tree search includes a comparison step that determines a channel code bit, and another step that confirms that the channel code converges to a final channel code within an established stage range value.

Abstract: Provided is a digital filter implementing a function by using circular convolution of a digital input signal and a unit pulse response of the digital filter in applying a filter to the digital signal. In addition, a configuration sequence change of an output signal, which occurs as a result of digital filtering according to the present invention, in comparison to an input signal, is corrected by inversely performing circular shifting in a transmitter by amount of the configuration sequence change, or by reconstructing a signal after making synchronization and acquiring the signal previous to a time point of the synchronization by amount of the configuration sequence change, in a receiver.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the detection of a protein including a histidine-tag using immunochromatography. The detection method of the present invention uses immunochromatography using the polymer particle fixed with the histidine-tag, wherein a histidine-tag specific antibody alone is used to detect a histidine-tag conjugated protein (recombinant protein) quickly without using a target protein specific antibody. This method is also efficient in detecting and quantifying the histidine-tagged protein included in the sample without using an additional apparatus but quickly and accurately.

Abstract: Provided is a signal transmission device including a first modulation unit generating a first modulated signal having at least three logic levels by modulating an input signal; a characteristic adjustment unit generating an adjusted first modulated signal by adjusting the at least one of electrical characteristic values based on an adjustment signal; a second modulation unit generating a second modulated signal by modulating the adjusted first modulated signal; and an adjustment operation unit generating the adjustment signal based on electrical characteristic values respectively corresponding to the at least three logic levels of the first modulated signal and corresponding to at least three logic levels of the second modulated signal. Linearity of the modulated signal generated by the provided signal transmission device is enhanced.

Abstract: A signal amplification apparatus includes a first modulator configured to receive an envelope signal, use a predetermined reference level to separate the received envelope signal into a first period and a second period, digitally modulate a signal of the second period to output the digitally modulated signal to a first output terminal, and output a signal of the first period to a second output terminal. Further, the signal amplification apparatus includes a second modulator configured to mix the digital modulated signal input through the first output terminal with a phase modulated carrier signal; an envelope modulator configured to output the signal of the first period as a power supply signal; and a power amplifier configured to amplify the mixed signal output by the second modulator to output the amplified signal.

Abstract: A method and a supply modulator (SM) are provided for supplying power from a wireless transmitter to a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier. A power control signal input from a modem is received. A reference voltage is determined. An operating mode of the SM is changed by controlling a level of the reference voltage. A voltage is determined based on the level of a reference voltage. When the operating mode of the SM is an ET mode, a first output signal from a linear regulator and a second output signal from a switching regulator are combined to obtain a combined result, and the combined result is output. The first output signal is based on the voltage. When the operating mode of the SM is an APT mode, the voltage based on the reference voltage is output.

Abstract: A parallel output linear amplifier is provided that includes a transconductance amplifier configured to receive an analog input signal from an input terminal and amplify the analog input signal. The parallel output linear amplifier also includes a first pre-amplifier connected to the transconductance amplifier and operated using a floating drive voltage, and a cascode class AB amplifier connected to the first pre-amplifier and configured to provide an amplified signal to an output terminal. The parallel output linear amplifier further includes a second pre-amplifier configured connected to the transconductance amplifier and operated using the floating drive voltage, and a cascade class AB amplifier connected to the second pre-amplifier and configured to provide an amplified signal to the output terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a method for operating a fuel supply system for a marine structure. The fuel supply system includes a BOG compression unit configured to receive and compress BOG generated in a storage tank, a reliquefaction apparatus configured to receive and liquefy the BOG compressed by the BOG compression unit, a high-pressure pump configured to compress the liquefied BOG generated by the reliquefaction apparatus, and a high-pressure gasifier configured to gasify the liquefied BOG compressed by the high-pressure pump. The fuel supply system includes a recondenser installed at an upstream side of the high-pressure pump, and the recondenser recondenses a portion or all of the generated BOG by using liquefied gas supplied from the storage tank. During a ballast voyage process, all of the BOG is supplied to and recondensed by the recondenser, and an operation of the reliquefaction apparatus is interrupted.

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided in which a voice call is made during data transmission and reception to and from an external electronic device. It is determined whether a communication status is sufficient to perform the data transmission and reception while making the voice call. The data transmission and reception is stopped if it is determined that the communication status is not sufficient to perform the data transmission and reception while making the voice call.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for a transmission apparatus. A method of generating a differential signal includes adding a predetermined offset to an envelope signal to generate a first signal having the same magnitude as the envelope signal with respect to 0, scaling the first signal at a predetermined rate to generate a second signal, changing a sign of the second signal to generate a third signal that is an inverted signal of the second signal, and forming a differential signal using the second signal and the third signal.

Abstract: An apparatus that uses a method for processing handover by a terminal linked to a wireless network included in heterogeneous wireless networks and conducting a voice call service is provided. The method includes determining whether the terminal is required to perform handover of another wireless network included in the heterogeneous wireless networks, and upon determining that the handover is required, performing handover to the another wireless network, wherein the handover is determined by applying at least one handover condition to each of predetermined operation modes in the terminal conducting the voice call service.