Abstract: A mobile terminal can include a frame including a middle portion and an edge portion that includes conductive members and is located outside of the middle portion; a slot antenna including a slot with an open end, at least one of the conductive members, a ground unit and the middle portion of the frame; a display unit on a front surface of the middle portion; and a heat radiation sheet between a back surface of the display unit and the front surface of the middle portion, in which the back surface includes a first region overlapping the middle portion of the frame, a second region located outside of an edge of the middle portion of the frame without overlapping the middle portion, a third region overlapping the heat radiation sheet, and a fourth region including part of the second region that overlaps the slot without overlapping the heat radiation sheet.

Abstract: A method and wireless station for receiving signals. The wireless station receives, from a base station, a control signal on a first subframe indicated as a downlink (DL) subframe by a time division duplex (TDD) uplink-downlink (UL-DL) subframe configuration. The control signal includes first information indicating that at least one UL subframe indicated by the TDD UL-DL subframe configuration is reconfigured as a TDD DL subframe. The wireless station receives, from the base station, DL data on a second subframe which was indicated as a TDD UL subframe by the TDD UL-DL subframe configuration but is currently reconfigured as a TDD DL subframe by the control signal. The wireless station transmits, to the base station, UL data on a TDD UL subframe except for being reconfigured as the TDD DL subframe by the control signal.

Abstract: A lithium electrode including a porous carbon body; and a lithium metal inserted into pores of the porous carbon body is provided. The lithium electrode may include a lithium ion conductive protective layer formed on at least one surface of the porous carbon body. The lithium electrode can be used as a negative electrode in a lithium secondary battery.

Abstract: In wireless communications, an access point may send a first frame and a second frame to multiple stations. In one aspect, the first frame may be a frame for initiating a sounding protocol. The first frame may include subband-related information. In response to the first and second frames, one or more stations may generate beamforming feedback information based on content of the second frame according to the subband-related information of the first frame. The beamforming feedback information may include average signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs), where an SNR may be for a space-time stream averaged over data subcarriers in a subband. The stations may send a third frame(s) that includes the beamforming feedback information to the access point. The access point may generate, and transmit to the stations, a beamforming matrix based on the third frame(s). Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for broadcasting scalable video contents are disclosed. An apparatus for broadcasting scalable video contents according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a video codec unit configured to generate a plurality of codec layer signals by dividing codec media stream into a plurality of layers; encapsulation and delivery unit configured to perform a transformation for transferring on the codec layer signals; and broadcasting signal multiplexing unit configured to generate a layered-division-multiplexed broadcasting signal by combining the codec layer signals at different power levels.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for wirelessly transmitting power. According to one general aspect, a communication device using wireless power may include: a transmitter configured to transmit, to a target resonator, energy stored in a source resonator through mutual resonance; an energy compensator configured to compensate for energy expended in the source resonator; and a controller configured to control an electrical connection providing energy to the source resonator.

Abstract: A stage includes an output, an input, signal processors, and a stabilizer. The output supplies a voltage of a first or second power source to an output terminal based on voltages of first and second nodes. The input controls voltages of third and fourth nodes based on signals to a first and second input terminals. A first signal processor controls the voltage of the first node based on the voltage of the second node. A second signal processor is connected to a fifth node and controls the voltage of the first node based on a signal to a third input terminal. A third signal processor controls the voltage of the fourth node based on the voltage of the third node and the signal to the third input terminal. The stabilizer is connected between the second signal processor and input to control voltage drop widths of the third and fourth nodes.

Abstract: A multi-stage transmission includes an input shaft, an output shaft, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, and a fourth planetary gear set. Each planetary gear set includes three rotating elements. Six shifting elements are connected to the rotating elements of the first, the second, the third and the fourth planetary gear sets. A first rotating element of the first planetary gear set is fixedly connected to a first rotating element of the second planetary gear set and a second rotating element of the third planetary gear set and is selectively connected to the input shaft. A second rotating element thereof is fixedly connected to a third rotating element of the third planetary gear set and a third rotating element of the fourth planetary gear set. A third rotating element thereof is selectively connected to the input shaft.

Abstract: An apparatus for a terminal in a wireless communication system includes a receiver configured to receive frame configuration information used by a second carrier which is operated using a Time Division Duplex (TDD) scheme and receive downlink data through downlink TDD-Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) Carrier Aggregation (CA) using a first carrier and the second carrier operated using an FDD scheme and a transmitter configured to transmit uplink data via the first carrier. The downlink data received via the second carrier is received through a downlink subframe identified by the frame configuration information.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a sensor configured to detect an object moving in front of the vehicle; a controller configured to determine a longitudinal driving time taken for the vehicle to drive to the object, and configured to transmit a deceleration avoidance control signal gradually reducing a driving speed of the vehicle so that the vehicle is stopped before colliding with the object or a cross avoidance control signal stopping the vehicle until the object escapes from a driving lane of the vehicle, based on the longitudinal driving time and a transverse moving time of the object; and a speed regulator configured to regulate the driving speed of the vehicle in response to the transmitted control signal.

Abstract: A planetary gear train includes input and output shafts, first to fourth planetary gear sets respectively having first to third, fourth to sixth, seventh to ninth, and tenth to twelfth elements. The planetary gear train includes a first shaft connected with the first and fourth elements and selectively connected with the input shaft, a second shaft connected with the sixth element and selectively connected with the input shaft, a third shaft fixedly connected with the eighth and twelfth elements and the output shaft, a fourth shaft connected with the second, fifth, and seventh elements, and a fifth shaft connected with the third and eleventh elements, The planetary gear train includes a plurality of shafts each selectively connecting a corresponding element to a transmission housing, the corresponding element being an element of the third and fourth planetary gear sets that is not interconnected.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting display device, the method including forming a first electrode on a substrate, the substrate including a plurality of pixel regions divided by a non-pixel region, in each of the pixel regions; forming a pixel defining layer, the pixel defining layer having a plurality of pixel openings, each of the pixel openings exposing the first electrode, on the substrate; forming a hole injection layer on the first electrode; forming a lyophilic layer on the hole injection layer to completely overlap the hole injection layer; forming a hole transport layer on the lyophilic layer; forming a light-emitting layer on the hole transport layer; and forming a second electrode on the light-emitting layer.

Abstract: A power controller includes an inductor coupled to an input terminal to which an input voltage is input, a first switch coupled between the inductor and a first power source voltage output terminal, a second switch coupled between the inductor and a ground, a switch controller controlling a voltage output to the first power source voltage output terminal by controlling duties of the first and second switches according to a feedback voltage input to a feedback terminal corresponding to a voltage output to the first power source voltage output terminal, and a diode coupled between the first power source voltage output terminal and the feedback terminal, and preventing a voltage of the first power source voltage output terminal from increasing higher than a breakdown voltage of the first and second switches.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a gate stack of a semiconductor device comprises forming a first dielectric layer over a channel region of the device, forming a first nitride layer over the first dielectric layer, forming a first gate metal layer over the first nitride layer, forming a capping layer over the first gate metal layer, removing portions of the capping layer and the first gate metal layer to expose a portion of the first nitride layer in a p-type field effect transistor (pFET) region of the gate stack, depositing a scavenging layer on the first nitride layer and the capping layer, depositing a second nitride layer on the scavenging layer, and depositing a gate electrode material on the second nitride layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method for decoding an image. The method includes: deciding a prediction mode that corresponds to a chroma component block; deciding a transform skip mode of the chroma component block from a plurality of transform skip mode candidates, according to the prediction mode that corresponds to the chroma component block; and reverse-transforming the chroma component block on the basis of the transform skip mode that is decided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bio-sensing device. The bio-sensing device includes an array of unit cells, each unit cell including: a source electrode and a drain electrode spaced apart from each other; a sensing film that serves as a channel between the source electrode and the drain electrode; and gate electrodes spaced apart from the sensing film, wherein the gate electrodes is disposed at a lower level than the source electrode, the drain electrode and the sensing film.

Abstract: A method of charging a battery by a charging system comprising a master charging circuit and N (N is a natural number) slave charging circuits. The method includes: sourcing a first current to a single-wired bus by the master charging circuit; absorbing (sinking) a second current from the single-wired bus by the N slave charging circuits connected to the single-wired bus; identifying a single-wired bus voltage formed on the single-wired bus at a particular time point by the master charging circuit; and identifying the number of slave charging circuits based on the single-wired bus voltage by the master charging circuit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor comprising a first dielectric film on a substrate and a first work function metal film of a first conductivity type on the first dielectric film, a second transistor comprising a second dielectric film on the substrate and a second work function metal film of the first conductivity type on the second dielectric film, and a third transistor comprising a third dielectric film on the substrate and a third work function metal film of the first conductivity type on the third dielectric film. The first dielectric film comprises a work function tuning material and the second dielectric film does not comprise the work function tuning material. The first work function metal film has different thickness than the third work function metal film. Related methods are also described.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for medical assessment based on voice. A query module is configured to audibly question a user from a speaker of a mobile computing device. A response module is configured to receive a verbal response of a user from a microphone of a mobile computing device. A detection module is configured to provide an assessment for a user of a medical condition based on an analysis of a received verbal response of the user.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels. A pixel includes a first capacitor connected between a first voltage line receiving a first driving signal and a first node, a first transistor comprising a control electrode connected to the first node, a first electrode connected to a second voltage line receiving a first power source signal and a second electrode connected to a second node, an organic light emitting diode comprising an anode electrode connected to the second node and a cathode electrode receiving a second power source signal, a second capacitor connected between an m-th data line and the second node (wherein, ‘m’ is a natural number) and a second transistor comprising a control electrode connected to an n-th scan line (wherein, ‘n’ is a natural number), a first electrode connected to the first node and a second electrode connected to the second node.