Abstract: A curable composition and use thereof are provided. The exemplary curable composition can show excellent processability and workability. Also, the curable composition can have a high refractive index before or after curing. The composition has low moisture permeability before or after curing and shows excellent crack resistance, thermal shock resistance, adhesive property and hardness. In addition, the composition does not cause color change such as whitening under a high-temperature or high-humidity condition, and does not exhibit stickiness on a surface thereof. The curable composition may be used as an adhesive material or as an encapsulation material for semiconductor devices such as an LED, a CCD, a photo coupler, or a photovoltaic cell.

Abstract: A curable composition and use thereof are provided. The exemplary curable composition can show excellent processability and workability. Also, the curable composition can have a high refractive index before or after curing. The composition has low moisture permeability before or after curing and shows excellent crack resistance, thermal shock resistance, adhesive property and hardness. In addition, the composition does not cause color change such as whitening, under a high-temperature or high-humidity condition, and does not exhibit stickiness on a surface thereof. The curable composition may be used as an adhesive material or as an encapsulation material for semiconductor devices such as an LED, a CCD, a photo coupler, or a photovoltaic cell.

Abstract: A curable composition and the use thereof are provided. The exemplary curable composition can show excellent processability and workability. Also, the curable composition can have a high refractive index before or after curing. The composition has low moisture permeability before or after curing and shows excellent crack resistance, thermal shock resistance, adhesive property and hardness. In addition, the composition does not cause color change such as whitening under a high-temperature or high-humidity condition, and does not exhibit stickiness on a surface thereof. The curable composition may be used as an adhesive material or as an encapsulation material for semiconductor devices such as an LED, a CCD, a photo coupler, or a photovoltaic cell.

Abstract: A curable composition and use thereof are provided. The exemplary curable composition can show excellent processability and workability. Also, the curable composition can have a high refractive index before or after curing. The composition has low moisture permeability before or after curing and shows excellent crack resistance, thermal shock resistance, adhesive property and hardness. In addition, the composition does not cause color change such as whitening under a high-temperature or high-humidity condition, and does not exhibit stickiness on a surface thereof. The curable composition may be used as an adhesive material or as an encapsulation material for semiconductor devices such as an LED, a CCD, a photo coupler, or a photovoltaic cell.

Abstract: Disclosed are a signal distortion component adjusting apparatus and method capable of adjusting error vector magnitude of subcarriers of a predetermined position by adjusting a signal distortion component occurring while decreasing a peak to average power ratio (PAPR) in a communication system of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technology or an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) scheme, and a system using the same. The present invention includes a signal distortion component adjusting unit to add an additional signal distortion component Pe((n+N/2) % N) to a signal distortion component e(n) that is obtained by subtracting a threshold Th value, set to decrease peak power, from an absolute value of a time domain signal x(n) of an input signal, and to thereby adjust the signal distortion component. The present invention may transmit a highly reliable signal by adjusting error vector magnitude of subcarrier of a frequency domain.

Abstract: Provided is an amplifier structure. The amplifier structure includes a delta-sigma modulator, an up converter, a power amplifier, and a band-pass filter. The delta-sigma modulator receives an IF signal to delta-sigma modulate the IF signal. The up converter up-converts a frequency of the delta-sigma modulated signal with an LO signal. The power amplifier amplifies a power of the up-converted signal. The band-pass filter filters the amplified signal of a selected band. The amplifier structure performs the delta-sigma modulation operation on an IF input signal, and thus can considerably decrease a delta-sigma modulation operation speed compared to a typical amplifier structure and moderate the specification in implementing a power amplifier.

Abstract: Provided is a variable gain amplifier. The variable gain amplifier includes an operational amplifier, a variable feedback impedance unit, a variable compensation impedance unit, and a variable current source. The variable feedback impedance unit is connected between an inverting input terminal and output terminal of the operational amplifier, and has a feedback impedance value which varies for gain control. The variable compensation impedance unit is connected to the inverting input terminal, and has a compensation impedance value which varies in response to change of the feedback impedance value for maintaining a constant feedback factor. The variable current source is connected to the inverting input terminal, and supplies an output current, which varies in response to change of the compensation impedance value, to the variable compensation impedance unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a retardation film, a method for manufacturing the same, and a liquid crystal display device including the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a retardation film that includes 1) an acryl-based film, and 2) a coating layer of a negative C type material, the retardation film according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be applied to an IPS (in-plane switching) mode liquid crystal display, and it is possible to control a ratio of an in-plane retardation value and a thickness retardation value of the retardation film.

Abstract: A silicone resin is provided. The silicone resin may be effectively used to encapsulate a semiconductor element, for example, a light-emitting element of a light-emitting diode.

Abstract: A distortion compensation apparatus and an apparatus and method for transmitting a signal are provided. The distortion compensation apparatus can extract precise distortion information by adding an additional signal to an input signal during the compensation of distortion in a nonlinear apparatus, and can linearize the nonlinear properties of the nonlinear apparatus using the distortion information. The apparatus for transmitting a signal can output a signal linearized by the same method as that used by the distortion compensation apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed is a front-end apparatus of an RF transceiver connected with an antenna in a wireless communication system. The front-end apparatus of an RF transceiver using radio-frequency passive elements includes: a plurality of band pass filters configured a transmission signal and a reception signal; a first circulator configured to output a first transmission signal to a second terminal and output a second reception signal input; a second circulator configured to output a second transmission signal input into the first terminal to the second terminal and output a first reception signal input into the second terminal to the third terminal; a passive directional double pole and double throw switch configured to process a route to be changed depending on directions of an input and an output; a first antenna configured to transmit the first transmission signal; and a second antenna configured to transmit the second transmission.

Abstract: Disclosed is a digital pre-distortion device which includes a pre-compensation lookup table which outputs a first input value and a second input value adjacent to an input signal, a first distortion value corresponding to the first input value, and a second distortion value corresponding to the second input value; and a function generator which generates a pre-distortion function based on the first and second input values and the first and second distortion values and generates a pre-distortion value corresponding to the input signal from the pre-distortion function.

Abstract: A method of checking an error vector magnitude of transmitter in accordance with some embodiments of the inventive concept may include dividing a transmission baseband signal which the transmitter transmits into a plurality of processing units; performing a transmitter function and an ideal receiver function with respect to each of the plurality of processing units; generating a reception baseband signal by recombining a processing result of each of the plurality of processing units; and calculating an error vector magnitude (EVM) by comparing the transmission baseband signal with the reception baseband signal. A simplified method of checking an error vector magnitude of transmitter in accordance with some embodiments of the inventive concept may include generating symbols composed of only pilots; generating symbol composed of only data; and checking an error vector magnitude (EVM) using the all the symbols.

Abstract: Provided are a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter and an operation method thereof. The method includes latching input signals which respectively correspond to bits of a first series of bits as digital data by directly transmitting the input signals to a latch; latching input signals which respectively correspond to bits of a second series of bits as digital data by transmitting the input signals to the latch after amplifying the input signals during a first period of amplification by using a preamplifier; and latching input signals which respectively correspond to bits of a third series of bits as digital data by transmitting the input signals to the latch after amplifying the input signals during a second period of amplification by using the preamplifier.

Abstract: A radio frequency receiver of the present invention removes out-of-band jamming signals and interference signals without SAW filters. The radio frequency receiver includes: a low noise amplifier amplifying a signal received through an antenna; a second order intermodulation cancellation unit removing second order intermodulation caused by an out-of-band jamming or interference signal included in the signal output from the low noise amplifier; a passive mixer unit converting a frequency of the signal output from the second order intermodulation cancellation unit; and a low pass filter unit removing an out-of-band jamming or interference signal included in the signal output from the passive mixer unit and delivering the signal with the out-of-band jamming or interference signal removed therefrom to a transimpedance amplifier.

Abstract: Provided is a PMOS resistor. The PMOS resistor includes a PMOS transistor pair, a switching unit, and a negative feedback unit. The PMOS transistor pair is symmetrically connected between first and second nodes. The switching unit compares a voltage of the first node and a voltage of the second node to output one of the voltages of the first and second nodes. The negative feedback unit receives an output of the switching unit to control a current which flows in the PMOS transistor pair, for maintaining a constant resistance value.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for transmitting complex signals in a wireless communication system. The present invention, there is provided a method for controlling gain according to a magnitude change of output signals in a polar transmitter including an amplification unit having two or more amplification degrees, the method includes processes to control an output level of a modulated signal when a output-required power of transmission signals are less than a predetermined threshold value, and to perform a basic amplification through the amplification unit; to amplify the amplification unit at a first amplification level when the output-required power of the transmission signals is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold value and is less than a predetermined second threshold value; and to amplify the amplification unit at a second amplification level when the output-required power of the transmission signal is equal to or greater than the second threshold value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to tricarbonyl technetium-99m or rhenium-188 labeled cyclic RGD derivatives, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the derivative as an active ingredient for use in the diagnosis or treatment (radiotherapy) of angiogenesis-related diseases. The tricarbonyl technetium-99m or rhenium-188 labeled cyclic RGD derivatives of the present invention has a high subnanomolar affinity to integrin ?v?3 (also called as a vitronectin receptor) that is activated in an angiogenic action induced by a tumor, reflects a high tumor image of the tricatvonyl technetium-99m labeled cyclic RGD derivative after initial intake in an animal in which cancer cells are transplanted, and acts exclusively upon cancer cells having selectively activated integrin ?v?3 because of a substantially low intake into the liver and intestines, compared to existing known radioactive isotope labeled cyclic RGD derivatives.

Abstract: Provided are a signal amplifying apparatus and method and a wireless transmitter using the same. The signal amplifier includes a polar coordinate converter configured to output an envelope signal and a phase signal by converting a signal to a polar coordinate, a multilevel quantizer configured to output a multilevel quantized signal by quantizing the envelope signal to multiple levels, an amplification state controller configured to control an amplification state using the multilevel quantized signal, and a power amplifier configured to amplify the phase signal according to the controlled amplification state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable composition. A curable composition may be provided; which shows excellent processability and workability; which shows excellent light extraction efficiency, crack resistance, hardness, thermal shock resistance and adhesive strength after curing; and which has excellent reliability and long-term reliability under high-temperature and/or high-moisture conditions. Also, turbidity and surface stickiness may be prevented in the cured product.