Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode active material comprising: a core layer capable of repeating lithium intercalation/deintercalation; an amorphous carbon layer; and a crystalline carbon layer, successively, wherein the core layer comprises at least two core particles. A secondary battery comprising the same electrode active material is also disclosed. The electrode active material can inhibit variations in volume of the core layer that may occur during repeated charge/discharge cycles, since the core layer comprising at least two core particles, each core particle having an increased area that is in contact with the carbon layer coated thereon. Therefore, the battery using the electrode active material can provide improved cycle life characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for location based call signal conversion in a wireless communication network. The location based call signal conversion apparatus comprises an LBS (Location Based Service) server that provides location information on user terminals, and a call signal conversion server that converts the called signal to anyone called terminal on the called target terminal list that has been set up according to the current location of said called user terminal if a call connection request to a receiving user terminal from a sending user terminal is sensed among said user terminals, and if conditions for call signal conversion are satisfied according to the location and state of said called user terminal.

Abstract: The bottle cap, this invention, is designed to be suitable for the container necks of different size. As recommended, the bottle cap with two connection sections may be assembled in the container necks showing the different sizes of 26.78 MM and 28.0 MM.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for converting a protocol interface are provided. A protocol converter may analyze a protocol of protocol data, and may sequentially output a plurality of sub-data of the input protocol data according to types of the plurality of sub-data and a plurality of phase information representing the types of the plurality of sub-data. A phase channel line may transmit phase information received from the protocol converter among the plurality of phase information. A data channel line may simultaneously transmit the received phase information and a sub-data corresponding to the received phase information.

Abstract: A digital broadcast receiver is disclosed. The method of processing an application in a digital broadcast receiver connected with an interactive network includes receiving, from a broadcast network, broadcast audio/video (A/V) content and application information table (AIT) data, wherein the AIT data includes a linkage descriptor, parsing the linkage descriptor, wherein the linkage descriptor comprises a field identifying a type of at least one secondary device able to process the application, displaying an indicator informing that the application is able to be accessed by using at least one secondary device, searching at least one secondary device connected to the digital broadcast receiver, receiving a request signal for the application, and transmitting the application or an IP address of the application to the secondary device.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the organic light emitting display device includes: i) a substrate having a transmitting region and a plurality of pixel regions separated from each other by the transmitting region, wherein the substrate has first and second surfaces opposing each other; ii) at least one thin film transistor formed in each of the pixel regions over the first surface of the substrate and iii) a passivation film covering the thin film transistors. The device may further include a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on the passivation film, wherein each of the pixel electrodes is electrically connected to and formed substantially directly above the corresponding thin film transistor, wherein each of the pixel electrodes is formed only in the corresponding pixel region, and wherein the pixel electrodes are separated from each other. The device may further include a solar cell active layer formed below the second surface.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes driving device frame having a base plate on which is formed integrally with the base plate one or more supporting shafts for supporting one or more power transmission members that transmit driving power from a driving source to driven bodies of the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A walk-in memory apparatus for an automobile seat locks the seat on a body only after the seat moves past a preset reference point when the seat, moved forwards with a seat back folded up by a seat walk-in apparatus, moves backwards with the seat back unfolded. The walk-in memory apparatus causes the entire seat to move forwards along tracks in an unlocked state when the seat back is folded up. The seat includes a track memory unit which, when the seat moves backwards with the seat back unfolded, causes the seat to be unlocked from the track when the stopper bracket is located ahead of a reference stopper and to be locked on the track when the stopper bracket is located behind the reference stopper.

Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell. The memory cell includes: a bipolar memory element and a bidirectional switching element. The bidirectional switching element is connected to ends of the bipolar memory element, and has a bidirectional switching characteristic. The bidirectional switching element includes: a first switching element and a second switching element. The first switching element is connected to a first end of the bipolar memory element and has a first switching direction. The second switching element is connected to a second end of the bipolar memory element and has a second switching direction. The second switching direction is opposite to the first switching direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blue fluorescence compound which enables to achieve high brightness, a long lifetime and high efficiency; and an organic electroluminescence device thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a decoding circuit for a flat panel display, and more particularly to a decoding circuit for a flat panel display wherein a miniaturization is possible by reducing an area of the circuit. There is provided a decoding circuit comprising: a first decoder for selecting a predetermined number of gradation voltages from a plurality of gradation voltages according to a least significant bit or least significant bits of an image data; a second decoder for selecting one of the selected gradation voltages to be outputted to an output terminal according to a plurality of selection signals; and a third decoder for outputting the plurality of the selection signals according to a most significant bit or most significant bits of the image data, wherein a minimum length of gates of a plurality of MOSFETs included in the first decoder is shorter than that of a plurality of MOSFETS included in the second decoder.

Abstract: A hydraulic unit of an electronic control brake system capable of achieving compactness of a modulator block by optimizing connection between components and valves, which are mounted in the modulator block, is disclosed. The hydraulic unit of an electronic control brake system includes a modulator block mounted with components to control braking hydraulic pressure applied to wheels of an automobile, including a plurality of inflow and outflow valves, a traction control valve, a shuttle valve, an accumulator, a pump and a motor. The modulator block is formed with oil lines thereinside to connect the components. The modulator block has a hexahedral shape. A wheel cylinder connecting part is disposed at a first surface of the modulator block, and a master cylinder connecting part is disposed at a second surface of the modulator block. Accordingly, a width of the surface, at which the wheel cylinder connecting part is disposed, can be decreased.

Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor including a capacitor element with a positive polarity; an anode wire of which one side is inserted into the capacitor element and the other side projects outward from the capacitor element; a cathode extraction layer formed on the capacitor element; a plurality of conductive bumps formed on the cathode extraction layer; an anode lead frame fixed to the side of the capacitor element, where the anode wire projects outward, and having an insertion portion into which the projecting end of the anode wire is inserted; a molding portion formed to surround the capacitor element and exposing the projecting end of the anode wire, the outer surface of the anode lead frame, and ends of the conductive bumps; an anode lead terminal provided on the molding portion so as to be electrically connected to the exposed end of the anode wire and the anode lead frame; and a cathode lead terminal provided on the molding portion so as to be electrically connected to the exposed ends of the

Abstract: The discrete-time receiver system includes: a voltage current conversion device low-noise-amplifying an input voltage signal, and converting the amplified signal into a current signal; a first filter performing IIR filtering on the current signal output from the voltage current conversion device; a discrete-time filter performing FIR filtering on a signal output from the first filter; and a second filter performing IIR filtering on a signal output from the discrete-time filter, wherein the discrete-time filter includes a plurality of current supply units generating a current having a size obtained by multiplying an input current by a determined gain, respectively, an adding unit adding currents supplied from the plurality of current supply units, and a plurality of controllers connecting the plurality of current supply units and the adding unit and controlling the flow of current supplied from the current supply units to the adding unit.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery comprises: an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of positive electrode plates, a plurality of negative electrode plates, and a plurality of separators; and a case enclosing the electrode assembly; wherein each separator in the plurality of separators comprises a central portion facing at least one of the positive and negative electrode plates, and an extended portion that extends past the positive and negative electrode plates, and wherein each of the extended portion comprises an adhered portion that is adhered to adjacent extended portions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a steam head of a cleaner. The present invention includes a steam head including: a body defining an exterior, and a steam generating device provided on the body to generate steam through heating water supplied through a heater, the heater including a radiator of a ceramic material, and a plurality of insulation layers for insulating the radiator, wherein the plurality of insulation layers is formed of one of or a combination of one or more of magnesium oxide (MgO), a slurry-phase insulator, and an insulation film. Thus, through the present invention, a heater's heat radiating performance is improved to facilitate generation of steam.

Abstract: A compound for filling small gaps in a semiconductor device, a composition for filling small gaps in a semiconductor device, and a method of fabricating a semiconductor capacitor, the compound including hydrolysates prepared by hydrolysis, in the presence of an acid catalyst, of compounds represented by Formulae 1, 2, and 3: [RO]3Si—[CH2]nR???(1) wherein, in Formula 1, n is an integer from 0 to about 10, and R and R? are each independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-C12 alkyl group, or a C6-C20 aryl group; HOOC[CH2]nR2Si—O—SiR?2[CH2]nCOOH??(2) wherein, in Formula 2, each n is independently an integer from 0 to about 10, and R and R? are each independently a C1-C12 alkyl group or a C6-C20 aryl group; and R3Si—O—X??(3) wherein, in Formula 3, X is R? or SiR?3, and R and R? are each independently a C1-C12 alkyl group or a C6-C20 aryl group, or a polycondensate prepared by polycondensation of the hydrolysates represented by Formulae 1, 2, and 3.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a vertical channel type nonvolatile memory device includes forming alternately a plurality of interlayer dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers over a substrate, forming a trench having a plurality of recesses on a surface of the trench by etching the plurality of interlayer dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers, wherein the plurality of recesses are formed at a certain interval on the surface of the trench, forming a charge blocking layer over a plurality of surfaces of the plurality of recesses, forming a charge storage layer over the charge blocking layer for filling a plurality of the remaining recesses with a charge storage material, forming a tunnel dielectric layer to cover the charge storage layer, and forming a vertical channel layer by filling the remaining trench.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multi-hop communication method based on distributed medium access control. In the multi-hop communication method based on distributed medium access control according to the present invention, a beacon frame which includes a first multi-hop information element is generated and transmitted to a neighboring device so as to search for a route to an external device which does not belong to a beacon group. A third multi-hop information element, which is generated based on a second multi-hop information element generated by the external device, is received from the neighboring device. A multi-hop route to the external device is set up in accordance with the third multi-hop information element, and data is transmitted to the external device. Therefore, a multi-hop route between devices in the extended beacon group can be efficiently set up.

Abstract: A discrete-time receiver includes: a sampling mixer sampling an input signal according to a sampling clock; a discrete-time filter adjusting a decimation rate by using a control signal and filtering the sampled signal by using a filter clock; and a clock generator generating a sampling clock to be supplied to the sampling mixer, and generating the control signal and the filter clock by comparing the frequency of the sampling clock with a pre-set output frequency. Over a broadband input signal, a dynamic range of an output signal can be improved.