Abstract: There are provided a power factor correction circuit and a power supply including the same, the power factor correction circuit including a main switch adjusting a phase difference between a current and a voltage of input power, a main inductor storing or discharging the power according to switching of the main switch, a snubber circuit unit including a snubber switch forming a transfer path for surplus power present before the main switch is turned on and a snubber inductor adjusting an amount of a current applied to the snubber switch, and a reduction circuit unit reducing excessive power imposed on the snubber switch by varying inductance of the snubber inductor.

Abstract: There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component, including: a ceramic body formed by laminating dielectric layers having an average thickness of 0.7 ?m or less; external electrodes formed on external surfaces of the ceramic body; and internal electrodes respectively disposed on the dielectric layer so as to have a gap formed therebetween, wherein, when a narrowest gap between the internal electrode edges adjacent to one another is denoted by Gmin, 10 ?m?Gmin?60 ?m is satisfied.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printed circuit board (PCB) including an embedded electronic component, including: a core having a cavity; an electronic component inserted into the cavity having a rough surface formed on surfaces of external electrodes provided on both lateral portions thereof, a low rough surface being formed in a portion of the rough surfaces; insulating layers laminated on upper and lower portions of the core and bonded to an outer circumferential surface of the electronic component insertedly positioned in the cavity; and an external circuit pattern provided on the insulating layers.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mounting structure of a circuit board having a multi-layered ceramic capacitor thereon, the multi-layered ceramic capacitor including dielectric sheets laminated thereon and external terminal electrodes formed at both ends thereof, the dielectric sheets having internal electrodes formed thereon, and the external terminal electrodes being connected in parallel with the internal electrode, wherein the internal electrodes are disposed to be in parallel with the circuit board, the external terminal electrodes are bonded to lands of the circuit board by a conductive material, and a bonding height (Ts) of the conductive material is lower than a sum of a gap (Ta) between the circuit board and a bottom surface of the multi-layered ceramic capacitor and a thickness (Tc) of a cover layer on a lower portion of the multi-layered ceramic capacitor, whereby vibration noise can be greatly reduced.

Abstract: There is provided an electronic paper display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The electronic paper display device includes a first electrode formed of a transparent material; at least one or more second electrodes disposed to face the first electrode with differing gaps therebetween; and at least one or more display units disposed between the first and second electrodes and having optical properties varied according to voltage applied to the first and second electrodes. The display units are disposed between the first electrode and the second electrodes disposed to face the first electrode with differing gaps, so respective rotation amounts or rotation angles of the display units become different when the same magnitude of voltage is applied. Accordingly, a wide range of contrast levels is displayed.

Abstract: An actuator used for a camera module and controlling a lens assembly to move along an optical axis, includes a magnet disposed on a side of the lens assembly, a coil part disposed within a magnetic field of the magnet and controlling an up-and-down movement of the lens assembly when an electric power is applied, and a yoke part disposed to horizontally move the magnet disposed on the side of the lens assembly. The lens assembly is provided with a friction-generating member generating a frictional force to the lens assembly in an opposite direction to a direction in which the lens assembly moves to the yoke part.

Abstract: Provided is a digital modulation circuit constructed with only a digital circuit. The digital modulation circuit includes: a clock generator which generates a reference clock pulse having a predetermined period; an up/down counter which generates a count value having predetermined bits by up-counting or down-counting the reference clock pulse and outputs a bit in the count value as a transmission signal; a controller which determines a counting start/end time point of the up/down counter and determine which one of the up-counting operation and the down-counting operation of the up/down counter is to be performed, according to a value of digital transmission data that is to be transmitted; and a band-pass filter which converts a waveform of the transmission signal output from the up/down counter into a sine waveform.