Abstract: In a method for fabricating a semiconductor, a first conductive pattern structure partially protruding upwardly from first insulating interlayer is formed in first insulating interlayer. A first bonding insulation layer pattern covering the protruding portion of first conductive pattern structure is formed on first insulating interlayer. A first adhesive pattern containing a polymer is formed on first bonding insulation layer pattern to fill a first recess formed on first bonding insulation layer pattern. A second bonding insulation layer pattern covering the protruding portion of second conductive pattern structure is formed on second insulating interlayer. A second adhesive pattern containing a polymer is formed on second bonding insulation layer pattern to fill a second recess formed on second bonding insulation layer pattern. The first and second adhesive patterns are melted. The first and second substrates are bonded with each other so that the conductive pattern structures contact each other.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a piezoelectric device including a piezoelectric thin film, a support member, a first electrode, and a cavity formed at a support member side of the first electrode between the piezoelectric thin film and the support member includes forming a sacrificial layer in an area to define the cavity, forming an etching adjustment layer which adjusts progress of etching in a region where the first electrode is exposed to a side of the piezoelectric thin film, simultaneously forming a through hole through which a portion of the sacrificial layer is exposed to the side of the piezoelectric thin film and an opening which the first electrode is exposed to the side of the piezoelectric thin film by etching the piezoelectric thin film and the etching adjustment layer, and removing the sacrificial layer through the through hole.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for transmitting control information. The method includes: determining enhanced resource element group numbers in resource blocks, and determining, according to the resource element group numbers, positions of resource elements corresponding to enhanced resource element groups; interleaving the enhanced resource element group numbers, and determining an enhanced control channel element; determining, according to the enhanced control channel element and the positions of the resource elements corresponding to the enhanced resource element groups, positions of resource elements corresponding to the enhanced control channel element; and transmitting corresponding control information on the positions of the resource elements corresponding to the control channel element. The present invention alleviates a problem that channel frequency diversity is poor, and lowers the probability of loss of information of a terminal device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to communication technologies, in particular, to a method and an apparatus for protocol transmission in a wireless local area network. A method for transmitting multi-user data in a reverse direction protocol according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: within a transmission opportunity (TXOP) of a first station, if the TXOP is not over after the first station finishes sending data to an access point (AP), obtaining, by the AP, the TXOP, where the obtaining, by the AP, the TXOP is implemented through granting a remaining part of the TXOP to the access point AP by the first station as a reverse direction protocol initiator; and within the TXOP, sending, by the AP, second data to at least two stations, where the at least two stations include the first station.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a face detector which detects a face region including a face of a person from an input image signal; a determination portion which determines, in the input image signal of the face region, an addition amount of a pixel value to be added to the input image signal of the face region based on a size of a difference in a pixel value between adjacent pixels; and a signal corrector which adds the addition amount to the pixel value of the input image signal of the face region.

Abstract: A planar illumination device includes: a light guide plate; a point light source disposed to face a light incident surface of the light guide plate; and a circuit substrate on which the point light source is mounted. The circuit substrate includes: a base film; a first conductive layer and a first coverlay film stacked in sequence on a first surface of the base film, the first conductive layer including a pair of lands to which a pair of electrode terminals of the point light source are electrically connected; and a second conductive layer and a second coverlay film stacked in sequence on a second surface of the base film the second coverlay film including a light absorber. The second coverlay film is exposed between the lands and in front of a light emitting surface of the point light source in a light emitting direction.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a negative resin composition which can produce a pattern with high sensitivity, high resolution and low line edge roughness in pattern formation by exposure to electron beams or EUV, a method for producing a relief pattern and an electronic component using the negative resist composition. Disclosed is a negative resist composition comprising a phenolic compound (A) which has: two or more phenolic hydroxyl groups per molecule; one or more substituents of one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of a hydroxymethyl group and an alkoxymethyl group per molecule in the ortho-position of any of the phenolic hydroxyl groups; and a molecular weight of 400 to 2,500, wherein the content of the phenolic compound (A) is 70% by weight or more of the total solid content of the negative resist composition.

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying power in a mobile terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a battery, a power management integration circuit including a buck-boost converter for converting a battery voltage to output a specific voltage, and a plurality of regulators for regulating the specific voltage output from the buck-boost converter to voltages of respective corresponding constituent elements and for outputting the regulated voltages, the buck-boost converter operating in a buck mode when the battery voltage is greater than the specific voltage, and the buck-boost converter operating in a boost mode when the battery voltage is less than the specific voltage, such that the constituent elements include a controller for controlling an operation of the mobile terminal, a touch panel for generating an input and for providing the generated input signal to the controller, and a display unit for displaying an operation of the mobile terminal under control of the controller.

Abstract: Provided is a transistor with stable electrical characteristics. Provided is a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor over a substrate, a first conductor in contact with a top surface of the oxide semiconductor, a second conductor in contact with the top surface of the oxide semiconductor, a first insulator over the first and second conductors and in contact with the top surface of the oxide semiconductor, a second insulator over the first insulator, a third conductor over the second insulator, and a third insulator over the third conductor. The third conductor overlaps with the first conductor with the first and second insulators positioned therebetween, and overlaps with the second conductor with the first and second insulators positioned therebetween. The first insulator contains oxygen. The second insulator transmits less oxygen than the first insulator. The third insulator transmits less oxygen than the first insulator.

Abstract: A mobile communication device and a method of setting tone color, which allow a user to set the tone color of received sound. Provided are a normal mode, which sets the equalizer using GCF standards stored in an internal memory or equalizer setting values selected by a provider, a country-specific mode, which uses country-specific setting, and a user mode, in which a user can set frequency-specific gains of the received sound, and one mode is selected from the provided mode, so that the tone color of the received sound can be adjusted according to the selection. Telephone speech quality can be optimized for user preference, network environments and language characteristics.

Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic drive apparatus for working machine capable of preventing an excessive pressure reduction on a meter-in side and moving a load in a lowering direction at a stable speed requiring no counter balance valve. The apparatus includes a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic actuator for lowering the load, an operating device, a hydraulic circuit including a meter-in flow passage, a meter-out flow passage and a regeneration flow passage, a control valve, a meter-in-flow-rate controller for controlling a meter-in flow rate, a meter-out-flow-rate controller for controlling a meter-out flow rate to one not lower than the meter-in flow rate, a back pressure generator located downstream of the regeneration flow passage in the meter-out flow passage, and a meter-out-flow-rate limiter. The meter-out-flow-rate limiter minimizes a flow passage area of the meter-out orifice when a pressure in the meter-in flow passage falls to or below a permissible pressure.

Abstract: A linear regulator circuit includes a power transistor coupled between an input voltage node and an output voltage node. A control circuit of the linear regulator includes a feedback network having an input coupled to the output voltage node and an output configured to generate a feedback voltage. An error amplifier receives a reference voltage and the feedback voltage to generate an error signal. A driver circuit receives the error signal and has an output coupled to drive a control terminal of the power transistor. A first power supply terminal of the driver circuit is coupled to a first power supply node and a second power supply terminal of the driver circuit is coupled to the output voltage node. The bias current for operation of the driver circuit is accordingly directly sourced to the output voltage node to support low quiescent current operation of the regulator circuit.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod has a composition consisting of 0.1-1.0 mass % Mg; 0.1-1.0 mass % Si; 0.01-1.40 mass % Fe; 0.000-0.100 mass % Ti; 0.000-0.030 mass % B; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cu; 0.00-0.50 mass % Ag; 0.00-0.50 mass % Au; 0.00-1.00 mass % Mn; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cr; 0.00-0.50 mass % Zr; 0.00-0.50 mass % Hf; 0.00-0.50 mass % V; 0.00-0.50 mass % Sc; 0.00-0.50 mass % Co; 0.00-0.50 mass % Ni; and the balance being Al and incidental impurities, wherein at least one or none of Ti, B, Cu, Ag, Au, Mn, Cr, Zr, —Hf, V, Sc, Co and Ni is contained in the composition. A dispersion density of an Mg2Si compound having a particle size of 0.5 ?m to 5.0 ?m is less than or equal to 3.0×10?3 particles/?m2. In a sectional structure, a concentration of each of Si and Mg other than a compound is less than or equal to 2.00 mass %.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding a video and a method and apparatus for decoding a video. The encoding method includes: splitting a picture of the video into one or more maximum coding units that are coding units having a maximum size; encoding the picture based on coding units according to depths which are obtained by hierarchically splitting each of the one or more maximum coding units according to depths in each of the one or more maximum coding units, determining coding units according to coded depths with respect to each of the coding units according to depths, and thus determining coding units having a tree structure; and outputting data that is encoded based on the coding units having the tree structure, information about the coded depths and an encoding mode, and coding unit structure information indicating a size and a variable depth of a coding unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for stream testing by a switching hub including the steps of generation a test data stream by the switching hub and testing a plurality of DUTs by using the test data stream. A first port of the switching hub transmits port mirroring to a second port of the switching hub. A packet is transmitted through a physical cable from the first port. The first port and the second port are added to a first virtual local area (VLAN) in a native manner. The second port receives a test packet in a self-loop mode. The test data stream is created by repeatedly transmitting the test packet from the second port. In addition, the present invention further provides a system for stream testing by a switching hub.

Abstract: A surface treatment method for roughening a surface of a metal material by a laser beam includes: forming a roughened surface adhesion portion on the surface of the metal material by irradiating the laser beam on the surface of the metal material to form a plurality of roughened regions within the roughened surface adhesion portion, each of the roughened regions being formed in a circular shape having an outer ring adjacent to each other. The roughened regions are arranged to satisfy the following Equation (1): 0.5a<d<1.5a??(1) where “a” is a diameter of the outer ring of each of the roughened regions, and “d” is a center pitch between adjacent roughened regions.

Abstract: A core ring for a torque converter comprising: an annular body portion including an inner concave surface, an outer convex surface, an inner circumferential edge, and an outer circumferential edge; a plurality of blade tab slots for receiving a plurality of blades; and at least one positioning element including material protruding axially inward from the inner concave surface to form a tip of the positioning element for aligning a stator. A method for installing a torque converter onto a transmission is also provided.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement structure includes an output shaft provided with a disc portion at a leading end portion thereof. An output shaft cover has an inner surface portion disposed along and close to the disc portion. The disc portion is provided with ribs, the ribs extending in a radial direction of the disc portion while protruding toward the inner surface portion. A detector is disposed more inward in the radial direction of the disc portion than the ribs.

Abstract: An apparatus for switching between receivers according to a characteristic of a received signal in a communication system includes a radio frequency unit that modulates at least two signals received from transmission devices, and a Channel Impulse Response (CIR) shape comparison unit that determines characteristics of the modulated signals by using a CIR and selects a receiver according to the determined characteristics of the modulated signals.

Abstract: A new and distinct Calibrachoa plant named ‘INCALMIABE’, characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading and mounding to eventually trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; early and freely flowering habit; apricot pink-colored flowers with yellow-colored throats; and good garden performance.