Abstract: An image sensing device includes: a control circuit coupled between an output terminal of a pixel signal and a high voltage terminal, and configured to generate a control voltage corresponding to a voltage level of the pixel signal; and a current supplying circuit coupled between the output terminal and the high voltage terminal, and configured to supply a pre-charge current, which is configured to be adaptively adjusted according to the voltage level of the pixel signal, to the output terminal based on the control voltage.

Abstract: A system and method for configuring an RF network based on machine learning. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving, by a first neural network, a first state and a first state transition, the first state including: one or more identifiers for available active ports, and a set of available connections between two or more circuit elements, each of the circuit elements being one of: (1) a first circuit type, (2) a second circuit type that operatively connects a circuit element of the first circuit type to one of the available active ports, and (3) the available active ports; and generating, by the first neural network, a first estimated quality value, for the first state transition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a 3D biological bilayer membrane structure in a physiological buffer solution and a 3D biological bilayer membrane structure using the same, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a 3D biological bilayer membrane structure that is tightly sealed even under physiological ionic conditions by applying pressure during electroformation to improve a membrane fusion function, and a 3D biological bilayer membrane structure using the same.

Abstract: Proposed are a wafer heating apparatus and a wafer processing apparatus using the same. More particularly, proposed are a wafer heating apparatus having an improved structure to enable efficient cooling of a terminal block, and a wafer processing apparatus using the same. A wafer heating apparatus for heating a wafer according to one embodiment includes a heater disposed below the wafer and configured to serve as a heat source, a cooling plate disposed below the heater and configured to provide cool air, and a terminal block configured to supply power to the heater and having a lower end portion in contact with the cooling plate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for reproducing a hologram image. The apparatus may include a holographic display module for reproducing a digital hologram, a background display module for reproducing a background image, and a combiner for selecting the background image in consideration of the depth map of the digital hologram and reproducing a hologram image synthesized by combining the selected background image with the digital hologram.

Abstract: A method and a closed-loop antenna impedance tuning (CL-AIT) system are provided. An input reflection coefficient is determined. The input reflection coefficient and a threshold value are compared to determine whether the input reflection coefficient is greater than the threshold value. In response to determining that the input reflection coefficient is greater than the threshold value, an optimal tuner code is determined based on a tuner code search algorithm. The optimal tuner code is applied to configure the CL-AIT system.

Abstract: A closed-loop power control (CLPC) system is disclosed that includes a first signal path for a first polarization and a second signal path for a second polarization. The first signal path includes a first power amplifier, a first output power detector configured to detect a first output power level of the first power amplifier, and a first processor configured to determine a first analog gain for a first controller and a first gain for a first digital-to-analog converter based on a first accumulated error between the first output power level and a target Effective Isotropically Radiated Power. A second processor is configured to set a first variable gain of a first variable gain amplifier coupled to an input of the first power amplifier. The CLPC can be configured to control the gain of the first signal path separately or as one signal path.

Abstract: A method and device are disclosed for estimating an interaction with the device. The method includes configuring a first token and a second token of an estimation model according to first features of a 3D object, applying a first weight to the first token to produce a first-weighted input token and applying a second weight that is different from the first weight to the second token to produce a second-weighted input token, and generating, by a first encoder layer of an estimation-model encoder of the estimation model, an output token based on the first-weighted input token and the second-weighted input token. The method may include receiving, at a 2D feature extraction model, the first features from a backbone, extracting, by the 2D feature extraction model, second features including 2D features, and receiving, at the estimation-model encoder, data generated based on the 2D features.

Abstract: A method of controlling power in a transmission system may include determining a first transmit power of a first transmit path, determining a second transmit power of a second transmit path, and controlling the first transmit path and the second transmit path based on a combination of the first transmit power and the second transmit power. The combination of the first transmit power and the second transmit power may include a sum of the first transmit power and the second transmit power. Controlling the first transmit path and the second transmit path may include determining a first effective power target for the first transmit path based on the first transmit power and the second transmit power, and determining a second effective power target for the second transmit path based on the first transmit power and the second transmit power.

Abstract: A closed-loop power control (CLPC) system is disclosed that includes a first signal path for a first polarization and a second signal path for a second polarization. The first signal path includes a first power amplifier, a first output power detector configured to detect a first output power level of the first power amplifier, and a first processor configured to determine a first analog gain for a first controller and a first gain for a first digital-to-analog converter based on a first accumulated error between the first output power level and a target Effective Isotropically Radiated Power. A second processor is configured to set a first variable gain of a first variable gain amplifier coupled to an input of the first power amplifier. The CLPC can be configured to control the gain of the first signal path separately or as one signal path.

Abstract: A wireless communication device includes: a processing circuit configured to: receive, from an antenna array during a previous period, a first directional electromagnetic signal including beam sweeping reference symbols of a previous beam sweeping period; compute an estimated combined channel; estimate a dominant angle-of-arrival (AoA) of the first directional electromagnetic signal based on the estimated combined channel and a previous beamforming codebook including two or more beamforming vectors corresponding to different AoAs; construct an updated beamforming codebook based on the estimated dominant AoA and one or more remaining AoAs spaced apart from the estimated dominant AoA; receive, at the antenna array during a current period, a second directional electromagnetic signal including data symbols; determine a beamforming vector for data reception of the second directional electromagnetic signal based on the updated beamforming codebook; and detect the data symbols in the second directional electromagnet

Abstract: A first antenna array includes antenna panels including: first antenna panels arranged on a first circle having a first radius, each of the first antenna panels including antenna elements; and second antenna panels arranged on a second circle having a second radius, each of the second antenna panels including antenna elements, the second circle being concentric with the first circle at a center point, the second antenna panels being arranged at a first angle around the center point with respect to the first antenna panels, the first radius, the second radius, and the first angle being computed in accordance with wireless transmission conditions including: a line-of-sight distance to a second antenna array including third antenna panels arranged on two or more circles; and a carrier frequency of a line-of-sight wireless transmission between the first antenna array and the second antenna array.

Abstract: An operation method of a server for updating firmware includes: generating a first delta file including a plurality of blocks based on a plurality of update areas included in a first version firmware; generating a second delta file by repositioning the plurality of blocks included in the first delta file such that a plurality of unit blocks are generated by grouping control blocks, difference blocks, and extra blocks, each of which corresponds to the plurality of update areas, respectively; generating a plurality of swap blocks based on extra blocks among the plurality of blocks; and generating a third delta file by adding the generated plurality of swap blocks to the second delta file.

Abstract: A method of compensating for IQ mismatch (IQMM) in a transceiver may include sending first and second signals from a transmit path through a loopback path, using a phase shifter to introduce a phase shift in at least one of the first and second signals, to obtain first and second signals received by a receive path, using the first and second signals received by the receive path to obtain joint estimates of transmit and receive IQMM, at least in part, by estimating the phase shift, and compensating for IQMM using the estimates of IQMM. Using the first and second signals received by the receive path to obtain estimates of the IQMM may include processing the first and second signals received by the receive path as a function of one or more frequency-dependent IQMM parameters.

Abstract: A system and method for configuring an RF network based on machine learning. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving, by a first neural network, a first state and a first state transition, the first state including: one or more identifiers for available active ports, and a set of available connections between two or more circuit elements, each of the circuit elements being one of: (1) a first circuit type, (2) a second circuit type that operatively connects a circuit element of the first circuit type to one of the available active ports, and (3) the available active ports; and generating, by the first neural network, a first estimated quality value, for the first state transition.

Abstract: Provided is a method of decoding, the method including receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a downlink control information (DCI) that is encoded, identifying, by the UE, a first bit position of the DCI as a known bit, and reducing a number of candidate code words for the DCI based on the known bit.

Abstract: The present disclosure related to an optical fingerprint identification display and a driving method thereof. In the optical fingerprint identification display and the driving method thereof, the fingerprint identification display includes: a display panel and a processor. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix. The pixel includes: at least one subpixel which emits light on the basis of a first signal received from the processor; and an optical sensor which receives the light emitted from the subpixel and is reflected from a fingerprint and generates a second signal. The processor determines a touch region on the display panel, and transmits the first signal to one or more pixels included in the touch region, and identifies the fingerprint of the user on the basis of the second signal received from the pixel.

Abstract: A method of compensating for IQ mismatch (IQMM) in a transceiver may include sending first and second signals from a transmit path through a loopback path, using a phase shifter to introduce a phase shift in at least one of the first and second signals, to obtain first and second signals received by a receive path, using the first and second signals received by the receive path to obtain joint estimates of transmit and receive IQMM, at least in part, by estimating the phase shift, and compensating for IQMM using the estimates of IQMM. Using the first and second signals received by the receive path to obtain estimates of the IQMM may include processing the first and second signals received by the receive path as a function of one or more frequency-dependent IQMM parameters.

Abstract: A method for minimizing a time domain mean square error (MSE) of channel estimation (CE) includes estimating, by a processor, a power delay profile (PDP) from a time domain observation of reference signal (RS) channels; estimating, by the processor, a noise variance of the RS channels; and determining, by the processor, a first arrival path (FAP) value and a delay spread estimation (DSE) value based on the estimated PDP and the estimated noise variance for minimizing the MSE of CE.

Abstract: A method of pre-compensating for transmitter in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) mismatch (IQMM) may include sending a signal through an up-converter of a transmit path to provide an up-converted signal, determining the up-converted signal, determining one or more IQMM parameters for the transmit path based on the determined up-converted signal, and determining one or more pre-compensation parameters for the transmit path based on the one or more IQMM parameters for the transmit path. In some embodiments, the up-converted signal may be determined through a receive feedback path. In some embodiments, the up-converted signal may be determined through an envelope detector.