Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor integrated circuit device including an inter-die interface is provided. The device includes a top die including a plurality of micro cells provided on a top surface of the top die, a plurality of micro bumps provided on a bottom surface of the top die, and wiring patterns connecting the plurality of micro cells to the plurality of micro bumps; and a bottom die including a plurality of macro cells provided on a top surface thereof, wherein the plurality of macro cells are electrically connected to the plurality of micro bumps, respectively, wherein a size of a region in which the plurality of micro cells are provided is smaller than a size of a region in which the plurality of micro bumps are provided.

Abstract: A display apparatus including a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate; a first LED sub-unit, a second LED sub-unit, and a third LED sub-unit; first, second, third, and fourth electrode pads disposed between the TFT substrate and the first LED sub-unit; and connectors connecting the first, second, and third LED sub-units to a respective one of the electrode pads, in which the first, second, and third sub-units are configured to be independently driven; light generated from the first LED sub-unit is emitted to the outside of the display apparatus by passing through the second and third LED sub-units; light generated from the second LED sub-unit is emitted to the outside of the display apparatus by passing through the third LED sub-unit; and at least one of the connectors includes a first portion electrically connecting a first surface of the first LED sub-unit to the second electrode pad.

Abstract: A drive axle assembly capable of reducing drag torque by eliminating an inner bearing seal from a wheel bearing and capable of reducing the generation of frictional noise at corrugations of a boot. The drive axle assembly includes a wheel bearing assembled with a wheel housing, an outer ring having a ring shape and including an outer-diameter portion secured to an outer wheel of a wheel bearing, a boot including a large-diameter portion formed at one end thereof and assembled with an inner-diameter portion of the outer ring, and a bearing seal unit disposed between a small-diameter portion formed at the other end of the boot and a drive shaft to restrict rotation of the boot and to prevent introduction of foreign substances.

Abstract: A fan assembly and a refrigerator including a fan assembly may prevent a backward flow of air via a spoke configured to be in parallel with a direction of a fan outlet flow. The fan assembly may include a fan including a hub and blades, a motor to rotate the hub, an outer housing or housing that accommodates the fan, a support frame or frame including an annular body or frame body provided in and coupled to the housing, a bracket centrally positioned in the frame body that fixes the motor, spokes extending between and coupled to the frame body and the bracket, and anti-vibration members arranged along and fixed to the frame body. The anti-vibration members connect the frame body to the housing. A protrusion protrudes outward from and along an outer circumferential face of the frame body to prevent a backflow of air from the fan.

Abstract: A fan assembly and a refrigerator including a fan assembly may prevent a backward flow of air and include an orientation of a spoke that is configured to be in parallel with a direction of a fan outlet flow. The fan assembly may include a fan including a hub and blades; a motor to rotate the hub; an outer housing or housing that accommodates the fan therein; a support frame or frame including an annular body or frame body provided in and coupled to the housing, a bracket centrally positioned in the frame body that fixes the motor, and spokes extending between and coupled to the frame body and the bracket; anti-vibration members arranged along and fixed to the frame body, wherein the anti-vibration members connect the frame body to the housing; and a protrusion protruding outward from and along an outer circumferential face of the frame body to prevent a backflow of air from the fan.

Abstract: A tube-structured battery to be inserted into a living body is provided. The tube-structured battery includes: a biofuel battery part which generates electric energy by using biofuel in the blood passing through an internal space of the tube structure; a transformer circuit part which adjusts a voltage or current density by using the generated electric energy; and a secondary battery part which is charged with the electric energy by using the adjusted voltage or current density to store the electric energy, wherein the tube-structured battery is inserted into the living body or a blood vessel of the living body.

Abstract: A refrigerator and a control method for the same are provided. A refrigerator includes a body having a cooling compartment and a storage compartment provided in the cooling compartment to form a predetermined cooling space, a cool air generation compartment having a cooler and a fan to supply cool air, and a partition plate that partitions a predetermined space into the cooling compartment and the cool air generation compartment. The partition plate includes a main path to guide the cool air into the cooling compartment and a bypass path to guide the cool air into the storage compartment. A cool air controller is provided at the bypass path to control the cool air supplied to the storage compartment via the bypass path.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing food is provided that includes a food storage chamber, a cooling device, a scroll-type fan housing with a fan, and a duct that guides cool air from the scroll-type fan housing to the food storage chamber. The scroll-type fan housing may be located to the left or right of the cooling device, and the duct may be located above or below the cooling device and the scroll-type fan housing. Alternatively, the scroll-type fan housing may be located above or below the cooling device, and the duct located on a left or right side of the cooling device and the scroll-type fan housing. These arrangements result in more usable space within the food storage chamber than other conventional arrangements.

Abstract: A ventilation device of a refrigerator is configured to prevent freezing of condensed water. The condensed water does not accumulate at the corresponding portion, and hence formation of ice is prevented. The generation of noise and the change of the efficiency of the ventilation fan do not occur, and the risk of ice contacting the shroud of the ventilation fan is reduced and reliability may be improved.

Abstract: A tube-structured battery to be inserted into a living body is provided. The tube-structured battery includes: a biofuel battery part which generates electric energy by using biofuel in the blood passing through an internal space of the tube structure; a transformer circuit part which adjusts a voltage or current density by using the generated electric energy; and a secondary battery part which is charged with the electric energy by using the adjusted voltage or current density to store the electric energy, wherein the tube-structured battery is inserted into the living body or a blood vessel of the living body.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing food therein and method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. Space utilization efficiency can be enhanced by configuring a single-body duct diverging to different storage rooms. The present invention includes a first storage room and a second storage room to store food, and a duct unit includes a first duct to guide cold air into the first storage room, and a second duct to guide cold air into the second storage room. A scroll from which the first duct and the second duct diverge is located between the first and second ducts.

Abstract: A refrigerator is provided including a freezing chamber having a first evaporator and a first fan provided inside, and a refrigerating chamber having a second evaporator and a second fan provided inside. Further, the first and second fans may be configured to direct cool air generated by the first and second evaporators to the freezing and refrigerating chambers, respectively. Additionally, plurality of cool-air ducts may be provided in at least one of the freezing and refrigerating chambers, the cool air ducts may be configured to provide cool air to the freezing and refrigerating chambers via operation of the first and second fans, respectively.

Abstract: A cool air supplying apparatus is provided for a refrigerator. The cool air supplying apparatus includes a box fan motor integrally having a fan that blows cool air generated by an evaporator to a freezing chamber or a refrigerating chamber and a motor that drives the fan, a first passage that supplies cool air generated from the evaporator to the box fan motor, and a second passage that supplies cool air blown by the box fan motor to the freezing chamber or the refrigerating chamber. Since the box fan motor does not interrupt a cool air passage, energy loss may be decreased. Further, since the motor does not protrude towards the inside of the refrigerator, a capacity volume of the refrigerator may be increased.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cool air supplying apparatus for a refrigerator including a turbo fan configured to a grill forming a freezing space to blow cool air into the freezing space; and a shroud configured between a casing and the grill so as to cover the turbo fan and includes an opening part which sucks cool air, an orifice formed at an end of the opening part, an inclined part formed so as to incline toward the grill from one end of the orifice, and a flat part formed so as to be integrated with the inclined part and configured at a constant interval from the grill. Therefore, it is possible to increase the height of the blades of the turbo fan without increasing the total size of the refrigerator and causing resistance to the inflow of cool air.

Abstract: A refrigerator is provided that includes a fan that blows cool air generated by an evaporator to a freezing chamber or a refrigerating chamber; a scroll guide that discharges cool air discharged from the fan in two directions; a guide pipeline formed at the scroll guide in two directions, that guides cool air discharged from the scroll guide; and a cool air duct connected to the guide pipeline, that supplies cool air to the freezing chamber or the refrigerating chamber. An optimum scroll guide that can be applicable even when a plurality of cool air ducts are implemented is provided, thereby reducing a flow loss of cool air discharged from the fan and decreasing power consumption.

Abstract: A ventilating device and a refrigerator, more particularly, a ventilating device including a scroll (122) of an optimized structure and a refrigerator having the same are disclosed. The ventilating device includes a ventilation fan for ventilating air, a first duct (130) for allowing some of the air discharged from the ventilation fan to flow therealong, a second (140) duct for allowing at least some of the remaining air, excluding the air discharged from the ventilation fan and flowing along the first duct, to flow therealong, and a scroll for guiding the air discharged from the ventilation fan to the first duct (130) and the second duct (140), the scroll (122) being constructed in the shape of a spiral track in which a coefficient of expansion angle from a cutoff part to at least one of the first (130) and second (140) ducts is 0.35 to 0.4.

Abstract: A refrigerator that is capable of achieving smooth flow of cool air therein and improving cooling efficiency of a cooled evaporator (10) and a control method of the same that is capable of controlling operation time of an evaporator (10) and a fan (20), thereby improving cooling efficiency of the refrigerator are disclosed.

Abstract: A refrigerator and a control method for the same are disclosed. A refrigerator includes a body comprising a cooling compartment (10) and a storage compartment (10) provided in the cooling compartment (10) to form a predetermined cooling space, a cool air generation compartment (20) comprising a cooler and a fan to supply cool air, a partition plate (100) to partition a predetermined space into the cooling compartment (10) and the cool air generation compartment (20), the partition plate (100) comprising a main path to guide the cool air into the cooling compartment (10) and a bypass path (120) to guide the cool air into the storage compartment (30), and a cool air control unit (100) provided at the bypass path (120) to control the cool air supplied to the storage compartment (30) via the bypass path (120).

Abstract: An apparatus for storing food includes a food storage chamber, a cooling device, a scroll-type fan housing with a fan, and a duct to guide cool air from the scroll-type fan housing to the food storage chamber. In some embodiments, the scroll-type fan housing is located to the left or right of the cooling device, and the duct is located above or below the cooling device and the scroll-type fan housing. In other embodiments, the scroll-type fan housing is located above or below the cooling device, and the duct is located on a left or right side of the cooling device and the scroll-type fan housing. These arrangements result in more usable space within the food storage chamber than other conventional arrangements.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing food includes one or more food storage chambers, and a cooling device and fan unit located behind the food storage chambers. The apparatus also includes an ice maker, and a fan and associated ducting to convey cool air from the cooling device to the ice maker. The fan for conveying cool air to the ice maker can be a box type fan where the motor of the fan is located within a blade unit of the fan, to thereby save space which would otherwise be occupied by a fan having an external motor. In some embodiments, the fan can be mounted such that the axis of the blade unit is oriented horizontally such that no portion of the fan unit protrudes into the storage space of the food storage chambers.