Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner in which the structure of an outlet port is improved to prevent dew condensation at the outlet port. The air conditioner includes an outlet port to discharge air and a guide forming a discharge channel to guide air to the outlet port side. The guide is formed in a step shape to expand the discharge channel. The air conditioner has the effect of preventing dew condensation at the outlet port.

Abstract: An upright type cleaner that uniformly provides a suction force through the whole area of a suction port. The upright type cleaner includes a body having a fan motor that generates suction force, a suction brush provided at a lower portion of the body and having a suction port to perform a cleaning operation relative to a floor using the suction force, a rotating drum installed in the suction brush, a belt connected between the rotating drum and the fan motor, a belt cover that guides the belt and divides the suction port into two suction areas, and a connection path through which the two suction areas are communicated to each other about the belt cover.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing channel information in a broadcasting system for transmitting/receiving a cable broadcasting signal are disclosed. In particular, each receiver transmits host channel view capacity information containing the length of channel information which can be displayed on a screen to a headend located at a remote place, and the headend stores the host channel view capacity information in a database and determines and transmits most suitable channel information of each receiver to each receiver. Accordingly, each receiver can display only channel information, which can be most accurately recognized by viewers, among a variety of the channel information which can be displayed on the screen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pentaerythritol derivatives represented by the following formula 1, which improve moisture retaining ability of the stratum corneum when show high moisturizing ability even in dry conditions, to a preparation method thereof, and to a liquid crystal base containing the same. (Wherein R is the same or different, saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched alkyl groups of 1 to 24 carbon atoms having hydrogen or hydroxy group or not; m and n are the same or different integers of which m is 0 to 10 and n is 1 to 10).

Abstract: The present invention provides A method for preparing an electrode containing lithium nickel oxide wherein nickel has a single oxidation number, which comprises the following steps: a) preparing an electrode containing the lithium nickel oxide (LixNi1-yO, 0.4<x<1, 0<y<1) layer formed on the conductive substrate; and b) applying oxidative voltage to the electrode, and then applying reductive votage thereto, an electrode prepared by the method and an electrochromic device containing the same. The electrode containing the lithium nickel oxide layer of the present invention exhibits wider optical electrochromic range and fast reaction speed, so that it can contribute to improving electrochromism and other optical properties of an electrochromic device.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flash memory device, including the steps of sequentially forming a tunnel oxide film, a first polysilicon layer, a nitride film, and a hard mask film on a semiconductor substrate, etching the hard mask film, the nitride film, the first polysilicon layer, and a predetermined region of the tunnel oxide films and then etching the exposed semiconductor substrate by a predetermined depth, thereby forming trenches, forming an oxide film on the entire structure so that the trenches are buried, polishing the oxide film and stripping the hard mask film, forming isolation films, etching the isolation films by a predetermined thickness, wherein when the nitride film is etched, the first polysilicon layer is also etched to form a trapezoid profile, stripping the nitride film remaining after the nitride film is etched, and forming a dielectric layer, and burying the entire top surface with a second polysilicon layer and a gate conductive film.

Abstract: A method of forming a gate of a flash memory device, including the steps of sequentially forming a tunnel oxide film, a first polysilicon layer for a floating gate, a dielectric layer, a second polysilicon layer for a control gate, a tungsten silicide film, and a hard mask film on a semiconductor substrate; etching the hard mask film, the tungsten silicide film, the second polysilicon layer, and a part of the dielectric layer to expose the first polysilicon layer; and etching the exposed first polysilicon layer and the tunnel oxide film to form a gate, wherein during the etch process of the first polysilicon layer, sidewalls of the first polysilicon layer forming the gate are etched to a predetermined width, thereby increasing a gate width ratio between the first polysilicon layer and the second polysilicon layer.

Abstract: A multilayer chip capacitor includes a capacitor body having dielectric layers, and internal electrode layers separated from each other in the capacitor body by the dielectric layers. Each internal electrode layer has one or two leads and includes at least one coplanar electrode plate. External electrodes are electrically connected to the internal electrode layers via the leads. The internal electrode layers constitute a plurality of blocks stacked repeatedly. Each block includes a plurality of the internal electrode layers stacked successively. The leads extending to a face of the capacitor body are arranged in a zigzag shape along a stacking direction. The leads of vertically adjacent ones of the electrode plates having opposite polarities are arranged to be horizontally adjacent to each other.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for forming a polycrystalline silicon thin film by converting an amorphous silicon thin film into the polycrystalline silicon thin film using a metal are provided. The method includes: a metal nucleus adsorbing step of introducing a vapor phase metal compound into a process space where the glass substrate having the amorphous silicon formed thereon is disposed, to adsorb a metal nucleus contained in the metal compound into the amorphous silicon layer; a metal nucleus distribution region-forming step of forming a community region including a plurality of silicon particles every metal nucleus in a plane boundary region occupied by the metal compound by a self-limited mechanism due to the adsorption of the metal nucleus; and an excess gas removing step of purging and removing an excess gas which is not adsorbed in the metal nucleus distribution region-forming step.

Abstract: Methods for fabricating two metal gate stacks for complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices are provided. A first metal layer may be deposited onto a gate dielectric. Next a mask layer may be deposited on the first metal layer and subsequently etch. The first metal layer is then etched. Without removing the mask layer, a second metal layer may be deposited. In one embodiment, the mask layer is a second metal layer. In other embodiments, the mask layer is a silicon layer. Subsequent fabrication steps include depositing another metal layer (e.g., another PMOS metal layer), depositing a cap, etching the cap to define gate stacks, and simultaneously etching the first and second gate region having a similar thickness with differing metal layers.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte comprising a eutectic mixture formed of: (a) an amide group-containing compound; and (b) a lithum-free ionizable salt. An electrochemical device comprising the electrolyte is also disclosed. The electrolyte improves the quality of and electrochemical device due to the excellent conductivity of the metal cation contained in the eutectic mixture, a broad electrochemical window and low viscosity. Additionally, since the eutectic mixture has excellent thermal and chemical stability, it is possible to solve the problems of evaporation, exhaustion and ignition of electrolytes, to minimize side reactions between constitutional elements of the device and the electrolyte, and to improve the safety of the electrochemical device.

Abstract: A seatbelt assembly is provided with buckle device having a holder located therein to segregate overlapping sections of the structural wire and/or signal cables.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of protecting cells against damage caused at least in part by apoptosis, comprising administering to subjects a therapeutic dose of leumorphin having cytoprotective activity, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of leumorphin having a cytoprotective activity.

Abstract: The invention provides a multilayer chip capacitor reduced in ESL. A capacitor body has a plurality of dielectric layers stacked in a thickness direction. A plurality of first and second internal electrodes are separated from one another by the dielectric layers within the capacitor body. Each of the first internal electrodes opposes each of the second internal electrodes. Each of the first and second internal electrodes includes at least two leads extending toward any side of the capacitor body. Also, a plurality of external electrodes are formed on an outer surface of the capacitor body and connected to the internal electrodes via the leads. Further, vertically adjacent ones of the leads having the same polarity extend in different directions at a predetermined angle. The leads of the first and second internal electrodes are disposed adjacent to and alternate with those of the second internal electrodes.

Abstract: An oil separator for an air conditioner includes a cylindrical housing; a refrigerant discharge pipe communicating with the housing for discharging refrigerant gas; an oil discharge pipe for circulating oil collected in the lower portion of the housing; and a refrigerant inflow pipe having one end facing the inner surface of a side wall of the housing in the tangential direction for supplying a refrigerant-oil mixture to the inside of the housing. An insertion hole, into which the refrigerant inflow pipe is inserted, is easily formed, the efficiency of the oil separator is increased, and noise and vibration generated from the oil separator is reduced.

Abstract: A blower designed to reduce noise generated between impeller blades and diffuser blades positioned around the impeller blades upon rotation of an impeller, and a cleaner including the same are disclosed. The diffuser blades are non-uniformly spaced from each other in a circumferential direction such that interaction between the plurality of impeller blades and the plurality of diffuser blades become irregular upon rotation of the impeller. Distances between the impeller blades and the diffuser blades are non-uniform. With this construction, the blower and the cleaner are reduced in BPF noise, thereby enhancing performance thereof.

Abstract: Provided are a magnetic sheet for use in a radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna, an RFID antenna including the magnetic sheet, and a method of manufacturing the magnetic sheet, in which the magnetic sheet includes an amorphous alloy selected from the group consisting of Fe—Si—B, Fe—Si—B—Cu—Nb, Fe—Zr—B and Co—Fe—Si—B. The magnetic sheet is made by laminating amorphous alloy ribbons made of an amorphous alloy between magnetic sheet layers formed of alloy powder including at least one amorphous alloy and then compression-molding the amorphous alloy ribbons, to thereby control microcrack of the amorphous alloy ribbons and enhance characteristic of an end-product. The magnetic sheet is also thin, and has an excellent magnetic permeability, and a simple manufacturing process.

Abstract: A holder manufacturing method for loading a substrate of a semiconductor manufacturing device, a batch type boat having the holder, a loading/unloading method of a semiconductor substrate using the same, and a semiconductor manufacturing device having the same are disclosed. For example, the manufacturing method of the holder of the boat for loading a semiconductor substrate includes the steps of molding a holder substrate of a pipe shape having inner and outer circumference of a predetermined size in such a manner that a lower portion of the semiconductor substrate is seated thereon; and forming a plurality of holder rings by cutting the holder rings from the holder substrate in such a manner that each holder ring is matched to a disposal interval of the semiconductor substrates in the boat.

Abstract: A multilayer chip capacitor, which reduces ESL generated due to current flowing through external electrodes and assures an improved mechanical strength. The multilayer chip capacitor includes an upper dummy layer and a lower dummy layer; a plurality of internal electrodes interposed between the upper and lower dummy layers; and external electrodes connected to the internal electrodes, wherein the thickness of the lower dummy layer is smaller than the thickness of the upper dummy layer.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus that is capable of effectively cooling a heat reflecting unit without increasing a temperature thereof, thereby preventing oil dropped onto the heat reflecting unit from being burnt. The cooking apparatus includes a grill unit disposed on a body of the cooking apparatus, a plurality of heating units mounted at sides of an interior of the body while being inclined toward the grill unit, and a heat reflecting unit disposed under the grill unit in the body. The heat reflecting unit includes a pair of partitions disposed in the longitudinal direction thereof while being opposite to the heating units, respectively, such that an interior of the heat reflecting unit is partitioned into a pair of side channels and a central channel by the partitions. The cooking apparatus further comprises cooling fans mounted in front of the side channels, respectively, to cool the heat reflecting unit.