Abstract: A punching system for singulating IC units comprising: a punching assembly arranged to receive a substrate and singulate said substrate into the IC units; a rotary carrier rotatable from a first position to a second position said rotary carrier arranged to receive said units at the first position and carry said units to the second position through rotation; wherein said rotary carrier includes recesses for receiving at least a portion of the units. A punching assembly comprising a die block having recesses for receiving selectively replaceable inserts wherein said inserts correspond to a punch pattern specific to a predetermined IC package arrangement.

Abstract: A deodorizer device for controlling body odor comprises a structure having an external metal oxide surface with a contour to contact the surface of the skin where perspiration is produced and is degraded by bacterial organisms on the skin into body odor. The metal oxide surface is reactable with water supplied to the surface of the skin to render the bacterial organisms ineffectual to degrade perspiration later produced on the skin into body odor. The deodorizer device together with a water source form a deodorizer system. A method of controlling body odor involves supplying water to the surface of the skin where perspiration is produced and is degraded by bacterial organisms into body odor and, at the same time, contacting the surface of the skin with a metal oxide surface of a deodorizer device.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for acquiring synchronization to support multi-frequency in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a frequency generator, a control signal generator and at least two modems for operating respective Frequency Allocations (FAs) by sharing the frequency generator and the control signal generator. In an embodiment, the frequency generator respectively receives first reference frequency clock signals from an oscillator of each of the at least two modems and generates a second reference frequency clock signal and the control signal generator outputs a signal for controlling the oscillator of each of the at least two modems according to a frequency offset value estimated in each of the at least two modems.

Abstract: A vaginal therapeutic device made of copper metal has a shape to fit in the vagina and utilizes the copper metal as an antimicrobial agent to therapeutically treat abnormal biological conditions in the vagina.

Abstract: A deodorizer device for controlling body odor comprises a structure having an external metal oxide surface with a contour to contact the surface of the skin where perspiration is produced and is degraded by bacterial organisms on the skin into body odor. The metal oxide surface is reactable with water supplied to the surface of the skin to render the bacterial organisms ineffectual to degrade perspiration later produced on the skin into body odor. The deodorizer device together with a water source form a deodorizer system. A method of controlling body odor involves supplying water to the surface of the skin where perspiration is produced and is degraded by bacterial organisms into body odor and, at the same time, contacting the surface of the skin with a metal oxide surface of a deodorizer device.

Abstract: Disclosed is an etching method for a semiconductor device. The protecting layer, such as the hydrocarbon layer or the hydrocarbon layer containing phosphorous, is formed on the photoresist layer by using the precursor gas containing no fluorine. Therefore, the etching process enabling the thin photoresist to have a high selectivity can be performed, thereby improving the etching efficiency. The method includes the steps of placing a semiconductor substrate in a chamber, in which a material layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate and a photoresist layer is formed on the material layer, forming a hydrocarbon layer on the photoresist layer by introducing precursor gas containing no fluorine into the chamber and etching an etching target material by introducing etching gas into the chamber.

Abstract: There are provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor, a printed circuit board including the same, a method of manufacturing the multilayer ceramic capacitor, and a method of manufacturing the printed circuit board. The method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: preparing a capacitor body on which external electrode material layers are formed, dry polishing the capacitor body such that surfaces of the external electrode material layers are smooth and compact, and forming plating layers on the surfaces of the external electrode material layers in order to form external electrodes. Therefore, the surface smoothness, compactness, and uniformity of an external electrode plating layer can be improved.

Abstract: A deodorizer device for controlling body odor comprises a structure having an external metal oxide surface with a contour to contact the surface of the skin where perspiration is produced and is degraded by bacterial organisms on the skin into body odor. The metal oxide surface is reactable with water supplied to the surface of the skin to render the bacterial organisms ineffectual to degrade perspiration later produced on the skin into body odor. The deodorizer device together with a water source form a deodorizer system. A method of controlling body odor involves supplying water to the surface of the skin where perspiration is produced and is degraded by bacterial organisms into body odor and, at the same time, contacting the surface of the skin with a metal oxide surface of a deodorizer device.

Abstract: Provided is a high-temperature fuel cell separator. The fuel cell separator includes a fuel gas flow path containing hydrogen, an oxidant gas flow path containing mainly an oxygen component being supplied from an oxygen/nitrogen separator of a system and participating in electrochemical reactions, and a cooling gas flow path containing a nitrogen component to remove heat produced upon power generation of a fuel cell. Such a configuration provides a high-temperature fuel cell separator which is capable of improving efficiency of an overall fuel cell system through improved performance of a fuel cell stack due to increased oxygen partial pressure and which is also capable of improving reliability of the fuel cell stack through inhibition of the occurrence of a high-temperature region resulting from heat produced upon power generation of a fuel cell, by means of a flow of cooling gas containing a nitrogen component.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing a Direct Current (DC) offset at a receiving terminal in a wireless communication system are provided. In the method, a frame is divided into at least two time resource blocks. Resource allocation information is used to discriminate between at least one time resource block of a data-unmapped interval and at least one time resource block of a data-mapped interval. The DC offset is measured during the data-unmapped interval. The DC offset is compensated during the data-unmapped interval on a time resource block basis by using the measured DC offset.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for initial fractional frequency offset estimation are provided. In an apparatus for estimating an initial fractional frequency offset in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system, the apparatus includes a sample power calculator for calculating a power of input sample data and for calculating an average power of a specific symbol, a power threshold comparator for comparing the sample data power in magnitude with the average power of the specific symbol and for outputting one of an accumulation ON and OFF signal, a first buffer for correlating a last data of the sample data with the sample data and for storing sample data corresponding to a preset number of correlation results, a second buffer for storing sample data corresponding to correlation results other than the sample data stored in the first buffer; and an accumulator for allowing accumulation of sample data stored in the second buffer if the power threshold comparator outputs the accumulation ON signal.

Abstract: A method of converting digital broadcast contents and digital broadcast terminal having a function of the same are disclosed, by which music in compliance with a user's taste can be inserted as a background music by separating an audio signal of digital broadcast contents and by which a text can be displayed as a caption on a screen of the terminal in a manner of converting a voice recognized from a separated audio signal to the text. In converting digital broadcast contents including a video signal and an audio signal received via a digital broadcast network in a digital broadcast terminal, the present invention includes a step (a) of extracting the audio signal and the video signal for a specific section of the digital broadcast contents and a step (b) of synthesizing the extracted video signal with prescribed audio data.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling power consumption in a system having a plurality of modems are provided. In the method, whether an interrupt is generated in each modem is detected. An amount of current consumption of the system at a processing point of the generated interrupt is determined. The amount of current consumption of the system is compared with a threshold, so that the processing point of the generated interrupt is controlled.

Abstract: Provided is a high-temperature fuel cell separator. The fuel cell separator includes a fuel gas flow path containing hydrogen, an oxidant gas flow path containing mainly an oxygen component being supplied from an oxygen/nitrogen separator of a system and participating in electrochemical reactions, and a cooling gas flow path containing a nitrogen component to remove heat produced upon power generation of a fuel cell. Such a configuration provides a high-temperature fuel cell separator which is capable of improving efficiency of an overall fuel cell system through improved performance of a fuel cell stack due to increased oxygen partial pressure and which is also capable of improving reliability of the fuel cell stack through inhibition of the occurrence of a high-temperature region resulting from heat produced upon power generation of a fuel cell, by means of a flow of cooling gas containing a nitrogen component.

Abstract: In a method for printing on a print media using nozzles in a printhead, it is determined as to whether one or more of the nozzles are out. In response to the one or more of the nozzles being out, the print media is micro-linefed between at least two printing passes of the printhead when the printhead is substantially in position to print onto a margin section of the print media. The micro-linefeeding includes activation of a print media feed means to advance the print media for a distance that is substantially smaller than a normal advance of the print media, to thereby reduce printing defects in the margin section caused by one or more nozzles that are out.

Abstract: A vaginal therapeutic device made of copper metal has a shape to fit in the vagina and utilizes the copper metal as an antimicrobial agent to therapeutically treat abnormal biological conditions in the vagina.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for performing a cell search in a wireless communication system. A subscriber station calculates the power of subcarriers according to their positions in a preamble signal of a frequency domain and identifies a segment of a cell to which the subscriber station belongs. Then, the subscriber station correlates PN sequences, which correspond to the segment of the cell that has been identified, with the preamble signal of the frequency domain. Therefore, the number of calculations for determining correlation values in a cell search is remarkably reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a constant voltage circuit for a power adapter which is capable of varying an output voltage with loads so as to reduce the charging time of a system battery.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for acquiring synchronization to support multi-frequency in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a frequency generator, a control signal generator and at least two modems for operating respective Frequency Allocations (FAs) by sharing the frequency generator and the control signal generator. In an embodiment, the frequency generator respectively receives first reference frequency clock signals from an oscillator of each of the at least two modems and generates a second reference frequency clock signal and the control signal generator outputs a signal for controlling the oscillator of each of the at least two modems according to a frequency offset value estimated in each of the at least two modems.

Abstract: The plasma processing apparatus for processing a semiconductor substrate using plasma and a method thereof can maintain a steady state simultaneously while maximizing a plasma electron density. The plasma processing apparatus includes: a chamber which generates plasma to process a semiconductor substrate; upper and lower electrodes arranged in the chamber; a DC power-supply unit which applies a DC voltage to either one of the upper and lower electrodes; and a controller which adjusts a power ratio of the DC voltage applied from the DC power-supply unit to either one of the upper and lower electrodes. As a result, the apparatus certainly confines electrons, so that the electrodes are not emitted from the plasma, resulting in a maximized plasma electron density.