Abstract: A broadband low noise amplifier and amplification method is provided. The broadband low noise amplifier includes an input terminal into which a radio frequency (RF) signal received by an antenna is input, an output terminal from which an amplified RF signal is output, at least one gain control part connected in parallel with loads of the output terminal to adjust the gain of the amplified RF signal, and at least one load tuning part that resonates with loads of the output terminal to adjust the resonance frequency of the load impedance. The method includes amplifying the input RF signal and outputting the amplified RF signal to an output terminal, where a gain of the amplified RF signal is adjusted by switching operations of at least one switching device connected in parallel with a load of the output terminal.

Abstract: A silicon tuner using a sigma delta-analog digital converter (SD-ADC) includes a radio frequency (RF) signal processor to process an RF signal input from an antenna, a mixer to convert the RF signal into an intermediate frequency (IF) signal, an SD-ADC to convert an IF signal into a digital signal, and an IF signal processor to process the converted IF signal. Accordingly, a silicon tuner in which a signal processor and a size are improved is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a side-emitting LED package and a manufacturing method of the same. The invention provides a side-emitting LED package for emitting light from a light source sideward including a substrate with an electrode formed thereon. The package also includes a light source disposed on the substrate, a molded part that covers and protects the substrate with the light source thereon, and a reflective layer that covers an outer surface of the molded part. The molded part with the reflective layer forms a light transmitting surface in one side thereof. The invention allows easy manufacture of a reflecting surface in a desired shape, miniaturization regardless of the LED chip size, mass-production in an LED array, significantly improving productivity.

Abstract: A variable gain amplifier (VGA) having stable input impedance matching and a stable noise figure in spite of a variation of an amplification gain is provided. In an embodiment of the VGA, a first stage of a cascode amplification unit has a fixed impedance regardless of a change of an amplification gain, and a variable gain determination unit comprised of a plurality of transistors is formed at an upper stage in the cascode amplification unit. Accordingly, a change of an input impedance of the cascode amplification unit due to the change of the amplification gain is minimized. In another embodiment of the VGA, an amplification gain of an amplification unit is controlled by adjusting a voltage applied to the amplification unit by controlling a current to be output by a current supply source, and stable input impedance matching and a stable noise figure are obtained.

Abstract: The invention relates to a side-emitting LED package and a manufacturing method of the same. The invention provides a side-emitting LED package for emitting light from a light source sideward including a substrate with an electrode formed thereon. The package also includes a light source disposed on the substrate, a molded part that covers and protects the substrate with the light source thereon, and a reflective layer that covers an outer surface of the molded part. The molded part with the reflective layer forms a light transmitting surface in one side thereof. The invention allows easy manufacture of a reflecting surface in a desired shape, miniaturization regardless of the LED chip size, mass-production in an LED array, significantly improving productivity.

Abstract: A polarized semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor structure having a first conductivity semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductivity semiconductor layer sequentially stacked. Also, the semiconductor structure further includes a plurality of light guide parts defined by a plurality of grooves arranged along a predetermined direction. The grooves extend from the second conductivity semiconductor layer with a depth reaching at least the active layer, and the light guide parts have a length greater than a width thereof to selectively emit a polarized component in a length direction thereof.

Abstract: An LED package and a fabrication method therefor. The LED package includes first and second lead frames made of heat and electric conductors, each of the lead frames comprising a planar base and extensions extending in opposed directions and upward directions from the base. The package also includes a package body made of a resin and configured to surround the extensions of the first and second lead frames to fix the first and second lead frames while exposing underside surfaces of the first and second lead frames. The LED package further includes a light emitting diode chip disposed on an upper surface of the base of the first lead frame and electrically connected to the bases of the first and second lead frames, and a transparent encapsulant for encapsulating the light emitting diode chip.

Abstract: Provided a method of manufacturing a GaN-based LED comprising forming an n-type GaN layer on a substrate; forming an active layer on the n-type GaN layer; forming a p-type GaN layer on the active layer; mesa-etching portions of the p-type GaN layer and the active layer so as to expose a portion of the n-type GaN layer; forming an irregularities forming layer on the p-type GaN layer; forming a photosensitive film pattern for forming a surface irregularities pattern on the irregularities forming layer; selectively wet-etching the irregularities forming layer by using the photosensitive film pattern as an etching mask, thereby forming surface irregularities; forming a p-electrode on the p-type GaN layer having the surface irregularities formed thereon; and forming an n-electrode on the exposed n-type GaN layer.

Abstract: A multiple local oscillation frequency generation apparatus which can generate local oscillation frequencies in at least two frequency bands and a wireless transceiver having the multiple local oscillation frequency generation apparatus are provided. The local oscillation frequency generation apparatus includes: an oscillation unit which comprises a plurality of VCOs that provide at least two local oscillation signals having different frequencies for modulating/demodulating RF signals in at least two frequency bands; a PLL which locks the frequencies of the local oscillation signals provided by the VCOs; a first switch which selects one of the local oscillation signal provided the VCOs according to a frequency band of a RF signal; a frequency conversion unit which converts the frequency of the selected local oscillation signal; and a phase shift unit which generates I-phase and Q-phase local oscillation signals by shifting the phase of a signal output by the frequency conversion unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to an LED package having a large beam angle of light emitted from an LED, simplifying a shape of a lens and an assembly process, and to a backlight unit using the same. The LED package includes a housing with a seating recess formed therein and at least one LED seated in the seating recess. The LED package also includes a lens having a predetermined sag on an upper side thereof, covering an upper part of the LED. The LED package and the backlight unit using the same can emit light uniformly without bright spots formed in an output screen, uses a simpler shaped lens with an increased beam angle, and minimizes a color mixing region to achieve miniaturization.

Abstract: An amplifier that achieves impedance matching in a wide frequency band is provided. The wide-band amplifier includes a first n-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor which receives an input signal; a second NMOS transistor which buffers a signal amplified by the first NMOS transistor; a third NMOS transistor which amplifies a signal supplied from a source of the first NMOS transistor; and an output terminal which outputs a signal obtained by combining the signal buffered by the second NMOS transistor with the signal amplified by the third NMOS transistor.

Abstract: Provided are a method of and apparatus for lossless video encoding and decoding, in which a differential residual block generated by calculating a difference between pixels of a residual block resulting from interprediction is encoded, thereby improving the compression rate. The method of lossless video encoding includes performing interprediction between a reference frame and a current frame in units of a predetermined-size block to generate a predicted block of a current block to be encoded, generating a residual block composed of residual signals corresponding to differences between pixels of the predicted block and the current block, calculating differences between the residual signals of the residual block in a predetermined direction and generating a differential residual block based on the calculated differences, and performing entropy-encoding on the differential residual block.

Abstract: A wireless transceiver for receiving and processing a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio frequency (RF) signal and a satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) RF signal, and generating and transmitting a WLAN RF signal, is provided. The wireless transceiver includes a reception antenna for receiving the WLAN RF signal or the satellite DMB RF signal; a quadrature demodulator for down-converting the received signal into a baseband signal, based on a local oscillator signal, and providing the baseband signal to a baseband processor; and a local oscillator signal generation unit which is configured to generate the local oscillator signal according to whether the received signal is a WLAN RF signal or a satellite DMB RF signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a variable gain amplifier. The variable gain amplifier includes a gain control unit to transmit input differential signals as they are when it operates in a high gain mode, and to transmit the signals by way of predetermined impedances when operating in a low gain mode, and an amplification unit to amplify the input differential signals output from the gain control unit.

Abstract: A broadband low noise amplifier and amplification method is provided. The broadband low noise amplifier includes an input terminal into which a radio frequency (RF) signal received by an antenna is input, an output terminal from which an amplified RF signal is output, at least one gain control part connected in parallel with loads of the output terminal to adjust the gain of the amplified RF signal, and at least one load tuning part that resonates with loads of the output terminal to adjust the resonance frequency of the load impedance. The method includes amplifying the input RF signal and outputting the amplified RF signal to an output terminal, where a gain of the amplified RF signal is adjusted by switching operations of at least one switching device connected in parallel with a load of the output terminal.

Abstract: A transceiver device capable of calibration, and a calibration method used by the transceiver device. The transceiver device includes a reference transceiver, a plurality of remaining transceivers, and a plurality of transmission calibration paths connecting the remaining transceivers to the reference transceiver for transmission calibration of the remaining transceivers. An envelope detector included in the reference transceiver is shared with the remaining transceivers. When implementing a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transceiver in a single chip, the chip size and manufacturing cost of the MIMO transceiver device can be substantially reduced.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) radio frequency (RF) transceiver having a plurality of RF blocks using a single serial programming interface (SPI) are provided. The MIMO system includes: a MIMO transceiver, having one or more input and output units and a serial interface conversion unit controlling the input and output units; and a controller, which controls the MIMO transceiver. The serial interface conversion unit receives control data from the controller via a serial programming interface (SPI), decodes the received control data to have a format appropriate for controlling the input and output units, and encodes data received from the input and output units to be compatible with the SPI. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a small-sized MIMO system having a simple structure and to reduce the probability of errors occurring in the process of controlling a plurality of RF blocks of the MIMO system.

Abstract: A variable gain amplifier (VGA) having stable input impedance matching and a stable noise figure in spite of a variation of an amplification gain is provided. In an embodiment of the VGA, a first stage of a cascode amplification unit has a fixed impedance regardless of a change of an amplification gain, and a variable gain determination unit comprised of a plurality of transistors is formed at an upper stage in the cascode amplification unit. Accordingly, a change of an input impedance of the cascode amplification unit due to the change of the amplification gain is minimized. In another embodiment of the VGA, an amplification gain of an amplification unit is controlled by adjusting a voltage applied to the amplification unit by controlling a current to be output by a current supply source, and stable input impedance matching and a stable noise figure are obtained.

Abstract: An I/Q quadrature demodulator converts a frequency of a radio frequency (RF) signal, and has characteristics of low voltage and noise in a wireless communication receiver. The I/Q quadrature demodulator includes an input terminal that converts an input RF signal into a RF current signal and is shared by an I mixer and a Q mixer, and the I mixer and the Q mixer receive the input RF current signal from the input terminal and output an I signal and a Q signal, respectively. The I mixer and the Q mixer share a single input terminal, thereby reducing power consumption, increasing conversion gain, and reducing a noise figure.