Abstract: A resonant converter includes a first switch coupled between a first node and a primary side ground, a second switch coupled between an input voltage and the first node, at least one capacitor and at least one inductor coupled in series between both ends of the first switch, and a switch control circuit that shifts switching frequencies of the first and second switches during a period for which an abnormal event lasts when occurrence of the abnormal event is detected, and shifts the switching frequencies in an opposite direction when the abnormal event ends.

Abstract: A resonant converter includes a primary-side winding electrically coupled to an input voltage, a secondary-side winding electrically coupled to a load, first and second switches coupled to one end of the primary-side winding, and a switch control circuit configured to differently control switching frequency limit ratios of the first and second switches by differently limiting a frequency variation ratio of a first clock signal that determines switching frequencies of the first and second switches according to variation of one of the input voltage and the load.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a switching mode power supply and a driving method thereof. In the present invention, a supply voltage is generated by using a start voltage that corresponds to input power, and a switching operation frequency of a power switch is changed according to an increase/decrease of the supply voltage.

Abstract: A modulation mode control circuit includes a modulation mode controller configured to select modulation mode based on the result of a comparison between a control voltage and a predetermined PWM threshold voltage and to generate a PWM reference voltage using the PWM threshold voltage and the control voltage and a control signal generation unit configured to generate a first control signal based on the result of a comparison between an oscillation control signal for controlling a switching frequency and the control voltage and the result of a comparison between the oscillation control signal and the PWM threshold voltage and to generate a second control signal based on the result of a comparison between the oscillation control signal and the PWM reference voltage.

Abstract: A resonant converter includes a first switch on the primary side and a second switch coupled to the first switch, a synchronization rectification switch on a secondary side configured to conduct during a conduction period in response to a switching operation of the first switch, and a switch control circuit configured to determine an operating region of the resonant converter to be below resonance based on a result of a comparison between the conduction period and an on period of the first switch.

Abstract: A protection mode control circuit includes an auto-restart counter configured to count the cycle of a first signal in a protection condition and to generate an auto-restart signal when a result of the count reaches a protection reference value and a latch mode unit configured to generate a latch mode signal for changing protection mode to latch mode when the auto-restart signal is consecutively generated by a predetermined threshold number.

Abstract: An origin of a reference coordinate system is assigned to one of a plurality of center points, and center point coordinates according to the reference coordinate system are assigned to remaining center points, so that reference marks successively correspond to center points of a plurality of microscopes fixed to a base. Beam position detection marks disposed between the reference marks with exposure points of exposure heads fixed to the base are crossed to assign beam coordinates according to the reference coordinate system to the exposure points. Thus, alignment may be easily and accurately performed, and is effective for increasingly larger apparatuses.

Abstract: A corrugated steel pipe is disclosed. The corrugated steel pipe comprises a plurality of unit steel pipes, which are continuous in the axial direction. Each unit steel pipe comprises a first cylindrical pipe obtained by bending a first unit steel plate into a cylindrical shape, both ends of the first unit steel plate abutting each other and forming a first seam on one side of the first cylindrical pipe; and a second cylindrical pipe obtained by bending a second unit steel plate into a cylindrical shape, both ends of the second unit steel plate abutting each other and forming a second seam on one side of the second cylindrical pipe. The second cylindrical pipe is bent into a cylindrical shape and folded on the outer surface of the first cylindrical pipe so that the inner surface of the second unit steel pipe surrounds the first seam. The second seam is positioned not to correspond to the first seam.

Abstract: A resonant converter includes a first switch coupled between a first node and a primary side ground, a second switch coupled between an input voltage and the first node, at least one capacitor and at least one inductor coupled in series between both ends of the first switch, and a switch control circuit that shifts switching frequencies of the first and second switches during a period for which an abnormal event lasts when occurrence of the abnormal event is detected, and shifts the switching frequencies in an opposite direction when the abnormal event ends.

Abstract: A resonant converter includes a primary-side winding electrically coupled to an input voltage, a secondary-side winding electrically coupled to a load, first and second switches coupled to one end of the primary-side winding, and a switch control circuit configured to differently control switching frequency limit ratios of the first and second switches by differently limiting a frequency variation ratio of a first clock signal that determines switching frequencies of the first and second switches according to variation of one of the input voltage and the load.

Abstract: A resonant converter includes a first switch on a primary side and a second switch coupled to the first switch, a first synchronous rectification switch on a secondary side conducted according to a switching operation of the first switch, a second synchronous rectification switch on the secondary side conducted according to a switching operation of the second switch, and a switch control circuit configured to detect a waveform of one end voltage of at least one of the first synchronous rectification switch and the second synchronous rectification switch, determine one of a below region and an above region, and differently control conduction duration of the first and second synchronous rectification switches according to a determined result.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring radioactivity without loss of radioactive particles. The apparatus includes a sampler that collects a radioactive sample from an exhaust pipe, a sample detector that is provided adjacent to the exhaust pipe and includes a particle collecting filter and a first radioactivity detector, a sample transporting pipe that extends from the sample detector and transports the radioactive sample from which the radioactive particles have been removed, a sample transporting pump that is provided at the sample transporting pipe, and a gaseous radioactivity detector that is provided at the sample transporting pipe and detects a radioactivity of the radioactive sample from which the radioactive particles have been removed. The particle collecting filter filters out the radioactive particles from the radioactive sample and the first radioactivity detector detects a radioactivity of the radioactive particles filtered out by the particle collecting filter.

Abstract: Disclosed are a secure communication method and system. In a wireless communication environment in which there is a wiretapper wiretapping a signal transmitted by a first transmitter to a first receiver, the secure communication method calculates a beamforming vector including first and second beamforming vectors based on channel information between the second transmitter and the first receiver and channel information between the second transmitter and a second receiver, and performs beamforming on the first and second receivers with the calculated beamforming vector. Accordingly, even when it is unable to know channel information of a wiretapper, the secure communication method can satisfy the minimum service-quality requirements of a secondary user and maximize a primary user's secure ability.

Abstract: A method of packaging a packet is provided. The method includes receiving by a gateway a packet of an other protocol transmitted from an electronic control unit, and packaging by the gateway the entire received packet of the other protocol in a data field of an Ethernet packet.

Abstract: Provided is a barrel support device for supporting a lens barrel. The barrel support device may include a guide frame configured to laterally support the lens barrel and tilt with the lens barrel, a rotation guide on a first end of the guide frame, the rotation guide being ring shaped and configured attach the lens barrel to the guide frame, and a ring-shaped tilting frame configured to support a second end of the guide frame and tilt the guide frame, wherein the guide frame, the rotation guide, and the tilting frame are configured to allow the lens barrel to pass therethrough.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an upstream ozone contact tank for removing residual ozone. The upstream ozone contact tank includes an inlet through which purified raw water flows, at least one contact chamber, at least one reaction chamber, an upstream contact chamber, and an outlet that discharges ozone-treated raw water. Especially, the invention provides an upstream contact chamber between the reaction chamber and outlet, wherein the upstream contact chamber includes carbonaceous filter media mounted on a porous plate. An openable gate unit is installed at the lower part of a panel partitioning a final reaction chamber and the upstream contact chamber and controls flow rate. Additionally, the invention enables upstream flow of the raw water flowing into the upstream contact chamber from the final reaction chamber so that the raw water may pass through the carbonaceous filter media upwardly.

Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to a maskless exposure apparatus that generates and/or corrects exposure data using at least one information of intensity information, central position information, focus information, and/or shape information of a plurality of beams acquired using a measurement optical unit, and a control method thereof. The maskless exposure apparatus includes the measurement optical unit including a photo sensor and an image sensor, and a control unit configured to generate and/or correct the exposure data using the information acquired by the measurement optical unit.

Abstract: Provided herein is a display apparatus including a hinge having a coupling part coupled to a panel and a body part connected to the coupling part, a stand neck coupled to the body part, a main base having a fixing part, to which the hinge and the stand neck are fixed, a main board including a power board and a signal board connected to each other so as to form a two-layer stacked structure so that the power board and the signal board are mounted in a space of the main base as a single module, and a cover assembly including a middle cover to accommodate the main base, the middle cover being provided with a mounting part corresponding to the fixing part.

Abstract: Provided is a cell search method in a wireless communication system. According to the cell search method, when detecting SSS in order to search a cell group ID in 3GPP LTE communication, it is possible to reduce the computational complexity for SSS detection by selecting the sequence group of which cross-correlation between initially grouped SSS sequences is a predetermined value or more, computing cross-correlation with the sequences in the selected sequence group, and extracting a cell group ID through detection of the SSS sequence having the highest cross-correlation.

Abstract: A display device including a panel having a display area and first, second, third and fourth non-display areas formed at an outer portion of the display area, said first non-display area facing the second non-display area, and the third non-display area facing the fourth non-display area; a data driver disposed in the first non-display area, and configured to drive a plurality of data lines provided in a first direction in the display area; a gate driver disposed in the second non-display area and configured to drive a plurality of gate lines provided in a second direction vertical to the first direction in the display area; a timing controller configured to drive the data driver and the gate driver; and a plurality of link lines in the display area and extending from the gate driver and provided in parallel to the data lines respectively connected to the gate lines.