Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Provided is a FET resistive frequency mixing device having improved RF-LO and IF-LO isolations. The frequency mixing device includes: a field effect transistor (FET), a local oscillation matching circuit connected to a gate of the FET to transfer a local oscillation signal to the gate of the FET, a gate biasing circuit connected to the gate of the FET, a radio frequency (RF) matching circuit having a first terminal connected to a drain side of the FET and a second terminal serving as a RF terminal to receive or output a RF signal, an intermediate frequency (IF) matching circuit having a first terminal connected to the drain side of the FET and a second terminal serving as an IF terminal to receive or output an IF signal, and a series resonance circuit providing a path from the drain of the FET to ground for the local oscillation signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive porous ceramic substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a conductive porous ceramic substrate, in which a porous ceramic substrate used as a chuck or stage for fixing a thin semiconductor wafer substrate or display substrate through vacuum adsorption is imparted with antistatic performance so as to prevent the generation of static electricity, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: Provided is a FET resistive frequency mixing device having improved RF-LO and IF-LO isolations. The frequency mixing device includes: a field effect transistor (FET), a local oscillation matching circuit connected to a gate of the FET to transfer a local oscillation signal to the gate of the FET, a gate biasing circuit connected to the gate of the FET, a radio frequency (RF) matching circuit having a first terminal connected to a drain side of the FET and a second terminal serving as a RF terminal to receive or output a RF signal, an intermediate frequency (IF) matching circuit having a first terminal connected to the drain side of the FET and a second terminal serving as an IF terminal to receive or output an IF signal, and a series resonance circuit providing a path from the drain of the FET to ground for the local oscillation signal.

Abstract: A home appliance is provided. The home appliance includes a main body having an opening, a door disposed on one side of the main body, the door being configured to open or close the opening, and a damping assembly configured to be operated by the door. The damping assembly includes a first lever installed in the main body, the first lever being configured to be movable when the door is pressed, a second lever connected to the first lever, and a cylinder connected to the second lever, the cylinder being configured to be movable in a direction that is parallel to a movement path of the first lever.

Abstract: A home appliance is provided. The home appliance includes a main body having an opening, a door disposed on one side of the main body, the door being configured to open or close the opening, and a damping assembly configured to be operated by the door. The damping assembly includes a first lever installed in the main body, the first lever being configured to be movable when the door is pressed, a second lever connected to the first lever, and a cylinder connected to the second lever, the cylinder being configured to be movable in a direction that is parallel to a movement path of the first lever.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive porous ceramic substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a conductive porous ceramic substrate, in which a porous ceramic substrate used as a chuck or stage for fixing a thin semiconductor wafer substrate or display substrate through vacuum adsorption is imparted with antistatic performance so as to prevent the generation of static electricity, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: A home appliance is provided. The home appliance includes a main body having an opening, a door disposed on one side of the main body, the door being configured to open or close the opening, and a damping assembly configured to be operated by the door. The damping assembly includes a first lever installed in the main body, the first lever being configured to be movable when the door is pressed, a second lever connected to the first lever, and a cylinder connected to the second lever, the cylinder being configured to be movable in a direction that is parallel to a movement path of the first lever.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for controlling transmit power, including: a global positioning system (GPS) receiving unit receiving GPS signals from one or more satellites and measuring signal strengths of the GPS signals; a processor calculating transmit power corresponding to a current position depending on the GPS signals according to a predefined command; a memory storing the command therein; and a communication interface transmitting a data signal including data depending on the transmit power.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of detecting a frame boundary by using a preamble are provided. The method includes delaying the preamble by a predetermined length of time, wherein the preamble includes an LTF and a code of the (n+1)th one of 2n sync sequences of the LTF is the inverse of a code of the last one of the sync sequences of STF; calculating a correlation value between the preamble and the delayed preamble; and detecting a frame boundary by comparing the correlation value with a threshold correlation value.

Abstract: According to exemplary embodiments of the invention, a location-based keyword recommending system and method are provided. The location-based keyword recommending system may include a keyword collecting unit to store location information regarding a location where a keyword is input, a region setting unit to set a virtual region by performing clustering of the location information with reference to the keyword, a region combining unit to combine virtual regions overlapping each other into one virtual region, and a keyword recommending unit to provide a location-based keyword based on the keyword related to the location information of the virtual region.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for controlling transmit power, including: a global positioning system (GPS) receiving unit receiving GPS signals from one or more satellites and measuring signal strengths of the GPS signals; a processor calculating transmit power corresponding to a current position depending on the GPS signals according to a predefined command; a memory storing the command therein; and a communication interface transmitting a data signal including data depending on the transmit power.

Abstract: A method of generating a packet for low energy critical infrastructure monitoring (LECIM) wireless communication is provided. The method includes steps of generating a first bit string by multiplexing a physical layer header (PHR) bit and a physical layer service data unit (PSDU) bit; convolution encoding the first bit string; interleaving the convolution-encoded first bit string; generating a second bit string by multiplexing the interleaved first bit string with a synchronization header (SHR) bit; and modulating the second bit string with a frequency shift keying (FSK) method and a position-based FSK method.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus of a WPAN communication system generates a synchronization header, a physical layer header, and a physical layer service data unit, multiplexes the synchronization header and the physical layer header into a bit stream and then modulates the multiplexed bit stream by a first differential phase modulation scheme, modulates the physical layer service data unit by a second differential phase modulation scheme, and multiplexes and transmits a symbol modulated by the first differential phase modulation scheme and a symbol modulated by the second differential phase modulation scheme into a symbol stream.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus of a WPAN communication system generates a synchronization header, a physical layer header, and a physical layer service data unit, multiplexes the synchronization header and the physical layer header into a bit stream and then modulates the multiplexed bit stream by a first differential phase modulation scheme, modulates the physical layer service data unit by a second differential phase modulation scheme, and multiplexes and transmits a symbol modulated by the first differential phase modulation scheme and a symbol modulated by the second differential phase modulation scheme into a symbol stream.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus receives an FSK signal, converts the FSK signal into a phasor including amplitude and phase, estimates and compensates for a CFO (carrier frequency offset) from the converted phasor, and recovers a data bit from the converted phasor.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of detecting a frame boundary by using a preamble are provided. The method includes delaying the preamble by a predetermined length of time, wherein the preamble includes an LTF and a code of the (n+1)th one of 2n sync sequences of the LTF is the inverse of a code of the last one of the sync sequences of STF; calculating a correlation value between the preamble and the delayed preamble; and detecting a frame boundary by comparing the correlation value with a threshold correlation value.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus groups a data bit sequence to groups each formed of a predetermined number of bits, modulates predetermined bits of one of groups through a frequency shift keying (FSK) modulation method, non-continuously aligns the FSK modulation signals, and transmits the non-continuous FSK modulation signals.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a demapping device and method for a Modified Dual Carrier Modulation (MDCM) system. The demapping device comprises: the received signal processing unit receives an MDCM signal preprocessed by an operation preparation unit, and calculates differences between squares of distances between the received signal and a plurality of constellation points; the index search unit searches for a constellation point closest to the received signal based on the differences between squares of distances between the received signal and each of a plurality of constellation points; and the demapping operation unit searches for constellation points close to the closest constellation point, and sends demapping result data to a decoding device. The demapping result is obtained by demapping based on differences between squares of distances between the closest constellation point and the close constellation points.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus receives an FSK signal, converts the FSK signal into a phasor including amplitude and phase, estimates and compensates for a CFO (carrier frequency offset) from the converted phasor, and recovers a data bit from the converted phasor.