Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel which alternately displays a left-eye image and a right-eye image, a backlight unit which includes a plurality of different types of light sources and which is disposed on a rear surface of the display panel to emit light toward the display panel, a driving unit which drives the backlight unit, and a control unit which controls the different types of light sources to be used to display the left-eye image and the right-eye image, respectively.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a cover assembly; a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate configured to guide light to the liquid crystal panel; a printed circuit board (PCB) to which the light guide plate is mounted; and a light emitting diode (LED) package which is mounted on the PCB and emits light to a lateral side of the light guide plate. The PCB includes a base substrate; a connecting hole which is formed in the base substrate to couple the base substrate to the cover assembly with a connecting member; an insulating layer which is coated on the base substrate while avoiding a head part of the connecting member; and a spacer tape which is provided on an upper side of the insulating layer so that the light guide plate is evenly mounted on the PCB.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for short range communication in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) unit for sending and receiving data to and from the outside according to near field communication, a smart card having multiple contact points, and a security module, connected with one of the contact points of the smart card through a single wire protocol, for decrypting data from the NFC unit and sending the decrypted data to the smart card, and for encrypting data from the smart card and sending the encrypted data to the NFC unit. Hence, it is possible to provide an encryption and decryption function independently of the COS, establish a common encryption and decryption standard, and secure reliability of encryption and decryption.

Abstract: According to a device and system for measuring the properties of cells, there is an advantage in that, since a cell accommodation unit having a volume is provided, the properties of three-dimensional cells can be measured. Further, the present invention is advantageous in that it enables passive measurement of multiple properties which passively measures the electrical, mechanical and/or optical properties of cells, and active measurement of multiple properties which actively applies electrical, mechanical and optical types of stimulation to cells and measures their electrical, mechanical and/or optical reactions, thus measuring the multiple properties of cells with high reliability.

Abstract: An integrated bio-chip includes a substrate and one or more excitation light absorbing waveguides disposed in the substrate. The substrate includes one or more reaction regions on which samples are disposed. An end portion of each of the one or more excitation light absorbing waveguides is exposed from the substrate at an upper surface thereof, another end portion of each of the one or more excitation light absorbing waveguides is exposed from the substrate at a lower surface thereof, and the one or more reaction regions are disposed at a upper surface of the substrate. The one or more excitation light absorbing waveguides absorbs excitation light incident to the samples, and transmits fluorescent light emitted from the samples.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for measuring the concentration of the particles contained in a fluid. The device comprises a control volume body having a predetermined effective volume. An inlet path is formed at an end of the control volume body to feed the fluid into the control volume body therethrough. An outlet path is formed at another end of the control volume body to discharge the fluid from the control volume body therethrough. Measuring instruments are provided at the inlet path and the outlet path to emit electrical signals when the fine particles pass through the inlet path and the outlet path. A computing machine receives the electrical signals transmitted from the measuring instruments, and then computes the number and the concentration of fine particles contained in the control volume body. The device is easily integrated with Micro-TAS (Total analysis System).

Abstract: A refrigerator which provides a grocery manager interface through a display so that storage locations and periods and best before periods of foods stored in the refrigerator are easily judged, thereby effectively managing the stored foods. The refrigerator includes storage chambers to store foods, a display unit having a touch screen function, and a grocery manage interface to display food items corresponding to the foods stored in the storage chambers and to manage the displayed food items using a drag and drop method.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a comparator, an internal voltage generator, a control signal generator, and a selector. The comparator may compare a reference voltage to an internal voltage and output a comparison signal. The internal voltage generator may generate and output the internal voltage in response to the comparison signal. The control signal generator may generate a control signal. The selector may receive first and second target voltages, and select and output one of the first and second target voltages as the reference voltage in response to the control signal.

Abstract: A novel photoactive compound is provided. The photoactive compound has a structure represented by Formula 1: wherein R1, R2, R3, A, X, Y, n and m are as defined in the specification. The photoactive compound efficiently absorbs UV light. Accordingly, the photoactive compound has an improved ability to generate radicals and is efficiently photopolymerized with unsaturated bonds. Further provided is a photosensitive resin composition comprising the photoactive compound. The photosensitive resin composition has good sensitivity because it efficiently absorbs UV light. In addition, the photosensitive resin composition has excellent characteristics in terms of residual film ratio, mechanical strength and resistance to heat, chemicals and development. Therefore, the photosensitive resin composition is advantageously used in curing materials for column spacers, overcoats and passivation films of liquid crystal display devices.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a droplet receiver. The droplet receiver includes an internal space formed such that its sectional area is reduced towards an input part, thus preventing the rebounding of droplets which enter a droplet receiving part, and includes an intercepting fluid layer so as to isolate the received droplets from the outside, thus preventing droplets received in the droplet receiving part from being contaminated and volatilizing.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for restoring a hole generated in multi-view rendering are provided. A hole in an output view may be restored using temporally neighboring images.

Abstract: An optical detecting apparatus for a bio-chip, the optical detecting apparatus including: a light source system for illuminating a bio-chip with an excitation light; a fluorescent light detecting system for detecting a fluorescent light emitted by the bio-chip; and a light path altering unit for directing the excitation light emitted by the light source system to a bio-chip and directing the fluorescent light emitted by the bio-chip to the fluorescent light detecting system, wherein a cross-sectional area of the excitation light irradiated by the light source system onto the bio-chip is greater than an area of the bio-chip, and the fluorescent light detecting system detects a fluorescent image of the entire bio-chip with a single illumination of excitation light.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell configured to output data to a pair of bitlines, a variable delay circuit configured to receive a sense amplifier enable signal, adjust a delay of the sense amplifier enable signal by changing a slope of a delay based on a variable external power supply voltage, and output a delayed sense amplifier enable signal, and a bitline sense amplifier configured to amplify a voltage difference between the pair of bitlines in response to the delayed sense amplifier enable signal and output the amplified voltage difference to a pair of input/output lines.

Abstract: An etchant for forming double-layered signal lines and electrodes of a liquid crystal display device includes hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), a phosphate, F-ions, an organic acid having a carboxyl group (—COOH), a copper (Cu) inhibitor, and a hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) stabilizer, wherein each of the double-layered signal lines and electrodes of the liquid crystal display device includes a first layer of one of aluminum (Al), aluminum alloy (Al-alloy), titanium (Ti), titanium alloy (Ti-alloy), tantalum (Ta), and a tantalum alloy (Ta-alloy) and a second layer of copper (Cu).

Abstract: A washing machine is disclosed. A washing includes a tub holding wash water, a drum rotatable within the tub to hold laundry, a first cabinet forming a first space provided with the tub and the drum to wash laundry, a second cabinet forming a second space for additional function, the second cabinet formed as one body with the first cabinet, and a single partition provided between the first and second cabinets to partition off the second space from the first space, wherein facing ends of the first and second cabinets are in contact with each other to form a single border line.

Abstract: A nano particle tracking device includes a channel structure. The channel structure of the nano particle tracking device includes a pair of microchannels in which a specimen including nano particles is accommodated and which face each other, at least one nano channel which is between the pair of microchannels, which connects the pair of microchannels to each other and through which the nano particles in the specimen are moved, and a nano grating below the nano channel and crossing the nano channel perpendicularly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a round window driving transducer for easy implantation and an implantable hearing device having the same. The round window driving transducer is implantable in the round window of the cochlea in the middle ear cavity, and has excellent high frequency characteristics, which can assist patients with sensorineural hearing loss to hear sound better. The round window driving transducer can be placed inside the middle ear cavity, radiate sound with high efficiency, and be implanted by surgery using a fixing part formed with shape memory alloy, shape memory resin, or a bendable spring structure. Further, the round window driving transducer can overcome problems of the prior art, such as a difficult surgery and low vibration efficiency, which would inevitably occur when floating mass transducers are implanted in a drilled groove in the bone or when various types of piezoelectric transducers are implanted in the round window.

Abstract: A lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device includes a first buried layer having a second conduction type formed in an epitaxial layer having a first conduction type, a first high-voltage well having the second conduction type formed above one region of the first buried layer, a first drain diffusion region having the first conduction type formed above another region of the first buried layer, a second drain diffusion region having the second conduction type formed in a partial region of the first drain diffusion region, the second drain diffusion region including a gate pattern and a drain region, and a first body having the first conduction type including a source region and having a surface in contact with the second drain diffusion region.

Abstract: An image sensor having a backside illumination structure can include a photo diode unit in a first wafer, where the photo diode unit includes photo diodes and transfer gate transistors coupled to respective ones of the photo diodes. A wiring line unit can be included on a second wafer that is bonded to the photo diode unit, where the wiring line unit includes wiring lines and transistors configured to process signals provided by the photo diode unit and configured to control the photo diode unit. A supporting substrate is bonded to the wiring line unit and a filter unit is located under the first wafer.

Abstract: A method and a device for switching a media renderer to another media renderer while a client performs streaming playback of content of a server are provided. Accordingly, a first client that performs streaming playback of the content transmits playback environment information and a URL of the content to the second client, and the second client transmits the received information and information about features of the second client to the server and requests the corresponding content which has the optimized format for the second client from the server. Therefore, a user can continue to watch the media content through a new media renderer in existing playback environment setting without additional manipulation.