Abstract: A lens driving device including: a lens barrel having at least one lens therein; an actuator having a tip friction member provided at a leading end of a body thereof to be in contact with a friction member of the lens barrel, the actuator being flexed and bent upon application of power to provide a driving force necessary for driving the lens barrel in an optical axis direction; a preload member compressing the actuator against the lens barrel to keep the friction member and the tip friction member in contact with each other; and a guiding part guiding the lens barrel to move in the optical axis direction, wherein the friction member and the tip friction member are formed of a super-hard alloy.

Abstract: A capacitor is made by forming a buffer oxide layer, an etching stop layer, and a mold insulation layer over a semiconductor substrate having a storage node contact plug. The mold insulation layer and the etching stop layer are etched to form a hole in an upper portion of the storage node contact plug. A tapering layer is deposited over the mold insulation layer including the hole. The tapering layer and the buffer oxide layer are etched back so that the tapering layer is remained only at the upper end portion of the etched hole. A metal storage node layer formed on the etched hole over the remaining tapering layer. The mold insulation layer and the remaining tapering layer are removed to form a cylindrical storage node having a tapered upper end. A dielectric layer and a plate node are formed over the storage node.

Abstract: A piezoelectric motor for generating an elliptic motion by adding a longitudinal vibration to a bending-direction vibration is provided. The piezoelectric motor includes a piezoelectric member which generates a first vibration mode and a second vibration mode simultaneously by an applied power and a frictional member of which a portion is insertedly attached into a concave portion indentedly formed on one side of the piezoelectric member, wherein the frictional member is in an elliptic motion by the vibration generated by the piezoelectric member, so that an influence of the attachment of the frictional member to a resonance frequency can be minimized. Accordingly, a driving efficiency of the piezoelectric motor can be improved. In addition, attachment strength of the frictional member can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lens driving device includes a lens receiving part with a lens disposed therein, having first and second extension parts formed at opposed sides in a predetermined interval from each other. The lens driving device also includes an actuator having a body between the first and second extension parts. The actuator body has first and second output members contacting the first and second extension parts of the lens receiving part at opposed ends thereof, and thereby expands, contracts and bends when power is applied. The lens driving device also includes a preload member compressing the first and second extension parts against the actuator body to maintain a status of pressed contact. The lens driving device further includes a guide part for guiding the movement of the lens receiving part in an optical axis direction.

Abstract: A piezoelectric vibrator that generates an elliptical motion using a combination of a longitudinal vibration and a flexural vibration includes a piezoelectric element, three side electrodes, and a power transmission member. The piezoelectric element includes three piezoelectric element layers. The first and second side electrodes electrically connect electrode patterns formed in a diagonal direction among the electrode patterns formed in the first and third piezoelectric element layers of the piezoelectric element, and the third side electrode electrically connects an internal ground electrode of the second piezoelectric element layer to the bottom electrode of the third piezoelectric element layer. The power transmission member is formed in one side of the piezoelectric element to transmit vibration generated from the piezoelectric element to the outside.

Abstract: A lens driving device includes a lens barrel having a lens holder and an extension part extended from the lens holder. The device also includes a piezoelectric vibrator with a piezoelectric body flexed and bent in response to power application with a friction member in contact with the extension part, thereby providing driving power for transporting the lens barrel. The device further includes a preload member having a free end in resilient contact with a rear end of the piezoelectric body to compress the piezoelectric vibrator against the extension part and a guiding part for guiding the transport of the lens barrel in the optical axis direction. This allows a simplified and miniaturized structure, a large transport range with low input power to achieve excellent resolution of positioning, minimal loss of driving power, simplified mechanism for guiding the transport of the lens, and accurate and stable transport of the lens.

Abstract: The invention provides a lens transfer device including at least one lens and a lens barrel. The lens barrel has a lens receiving part with the lens arranged in an inner space thereof and an extension extending radially from an outer surface of the lens receiving part. An actuator has a body and an output member at a leading end of the actuator to contact the extension, and is adapted to expand/contract and bend in response to an external supply voltage to provide a driving force necessary for transfer of the lens barrel through the output member. A pressing member has a free end contacting a rear end of the actuator to force the actuator against the extension, and a guide guides the transfer of the lens barrel along an optical axis.

Abstract: A capacitor is made by forming a buffer oxide layer, an etching stop layer, and a mold insulation layer over a semiconductor substrate having a storage node contact plug. The mold insulation layer and the etching stop layer are etched to form a hole in an upper portion of the storage node contact plug. A tapering layer is deposited over the mold insulation layer including the hole. The tapering layer and the buffer oxide layer are etched back so that the tapering layer is remained only at the upper end portion of the etched hole. A metal storage node layer formed on the etched hole over the remaining tapering layer. The mold insulation layer and the remaining tapering layer are removed to form a cylindrical storage node having a tapered upper end. A dielectric layer and a plate node are formed over the storage node.

Abstract: The present invention provides a piezoelectric ultrasonic motor driver which can perform self-oscillation, adjust the rotational direction of the motor, and be easy to manufacture. The motor includes a metal body having a desired shape; a plurality of piezoelectric plates attached to surfaces of the metal body, contracted and expanded to rotate the metal body; a self-oscillation unit for oscillating at an electromechanical frequency of the piezoelectric plates an electrical signal; and a delay unit for delaying an oscillation signal of the self-oscillation unit in phase by 90 or ?90 degrees according to a desired rotational direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic tube type ultrasonic motor having a stator including a tube-type elastic body that is formed of a ceramic material; and a plurality of piezoelectric diaphragms that are attached on the outer peripheral surface of the elastic body in a longitudinal direction thereof and to which voltages having a phase difference are respectively applied and a rotor that is rotated by the friction with the elastic body flexurally vibrating due to the voltages applied to the plurality of piezoelectric diaphragms.

Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric vibrator that can finely drive a device by generating an elliptical motion using a combination of a longitudinal vibration and a flexural vibration. The piezoelectric vibrator can also provide high efficiency and be manufactured at low cost by using a simpler structure. The piezoelectric vibrator includes a piezoelectric element, first to third side electrodes, and a power transmission member. The piezoelectric element includes: a first piezoelectric element layer having a bisected top electrode formed thereon; a second piezoelectric element provided under the first piezoelectric element layer and having an internal ground electrode formed thereon; and a third piezoelectric element provided under the second piezoelectric element layer, the third piezoelectric element having an internal electrode symmetrical with the top electrode with respect to a stack plane, and a bottom electrode formed in a plane opposite to the plane where the internal electrode is formed.

Abstract: A lens driving device includes a lens barrel having a lens holder and an extension part extended from the lens holder. The device also includes a piezoelectric vibrator with a piezoelectric body flexed and bent in response to power application with a friction member in contact with the extension part, thereby providing driving power for transporting the lens barrel. The device further includes a preload member having a free end in resilient contact with a rear end of the piezoelectric body to compress the piezoelectric vibrator against the extension part and a guiding part for guiding the transport of the lens barrel in the optical axis direction. This allows a simplified and miniaturized structure, a large transport range with low input power to achieve excellent resolution of positioning, minimal loss of driving power, simplified mechanism for guiding the transport of the lens, and accurate and stable transport of the lens.

Abstract: A piezoelectric vibrator and an ultrasonic motor having the piezoelectric vibrator. A piezoelectric vibrator has a multilayered piezoelectric actuator, with special internal and surface electrodes making the body vibrate in a longitudinal and bending direction when an electrical signal is inputted. It can be manufactured using conventional multilayer piezoelectric actuator manufacturing techniques, therefore, it has reduced manufacturing time and cost, as it is not necessary to go through two polarization processes, and may simplify and decrease the volume, while improving the vibration performance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a linear motor which draws its operating power from ultrasonic vibration above the frequency of 20 kHz which is generated by piezoelectric ceramic. More particularly, the invention relates to a linear piezoelectric ultrasonic motor which linearly operates a slider due to a frictional force generated by applying sinusoidal electric field with a 90 degree phase difference to a pair of piezoelectric ceramic. This causes an elliptical mechanical vibration on a shaking beam which is connected to the piezoelectric ceramic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a linear motor which draws its operating power from ultrasonic vibration above the frequency of 20 kHz which is generated by piezoelectric ceramic. More particularly, the invention relates to a linear piezoelectric ultrasonic motor which linearly operates a slider due to a frictional force generated by applying sinusoidal electric field with a 90 degree phase difference to a pair of piezoelectric ceramic. This causes an elliptical mechanical vibration on a shaking beam which is connected to the piezoelectric ceramic.

Abstract: A multi-download structure and a method of downloading information to one or more mobile communications terminals is disclosed. The structure includes an input unit for inputting download terms. A user download executing unit displays the inputted download terms and model information of mounted terminals on a screen and integrally controls/manages a multi-downloading operation. A plurality of lower download executing units, in which terminal model information has been registered, individually execute download operations to each mounted terminal. A medium unit receives the download terms and the terminal model information from the user download executing unit, automatically selects a model of the terminal to be downloaded, automatically calls the plurality of lower download executing units corresponding to the selected terminal models, and executes the multi-downloading operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel antimicrobial peptide isolated from Bufo bufo gargarizans exhibiting therapeutic antibacterial and antifungal properties.