Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a switch circuit that inverts input data or output data when burn-in mode enable signals are activated or a control signal switch that inverts external control signals or internal control signals when burn-in mode enable signals are activated. A burn-in test method for the semiconductor memory device performs a pass/fail decision to determine whether the output data has passed or failed based on an inverted logical value of the input data.

Abstract: A system and method for facilitating full utilization of an ultra-wide optical communication band spanning the useable band of the optical transmission spectrum, and providing appropriate protection strategies on the same mesh/ring network for all channels within the ultra-wide optical communication band. A network node architecture includes a band splitter to receive all of the optical signals sent on various wavelengths within the wide optical communication band. The band splitter separates a first group of the optical signals from a second group of the optical signals based on their range of wavelength. The first group of optical signals are those within a first wavelength range of the optical communication band, and the second group is from the second wavelength range of the optical communication band. A cross-connect circuit receives the first and second groups of optical signals, and routes them to targeted output ports at the output section of the node.

Abstract: An automatically inflatable safety device includes an inflatable safety jacket mounted on a user's body and having an inner face formed with an air valve, and an inflation mechanism mounted on the air valve of the safety jacket to supply air into the safety jacket. Thus, the automatically inflatable safety device is available for traffic vehicles applied in the land (such as the motorcycle) and the water (such as the boat or ship), so that the automatically inflatable safety device has an amphibious effect, thereby greatly enhancing the versatility of the automatically inflatable safety device.

Abstract: A bra includes a body made of silicone rubber and having an outline for mating with that of a female bosom. The body includes a reinforcing rib formed along a perimeter thereof. A rear member is mounted to an inner side of the body. An air chamber is defined between the rear member and the body. The rear member includes a plurality of protrusions formed on an outer face thereof. The protrusions are in contact with the female bosom for massaging the female bosom. Further, gaps are formed among the protrusions for ventilation.

Abstract: A CMP process for selectively polishing an overlying material layer with an underlying layer comprising at least one material in a semiconductor device fabrication process including providing a semiconductor wafer process surface including a first material layer overlying a second layer including one material; mixing at least two slurry mixtures including a first CMP slurry formulation optimized for removing the first material layer and a second CMP slurry formulation optimized for removing the at least a second layer to form a slurry formulation mixture; and, carrying out a CMP process using the slurry formulation mixture to remove the first material layer and at least a portion of the at least a second layer.

Abstract: This invention relates to carbazole compounds of the following formula: In the above formula, each of rings A and B, independently, is heteroaryl containing at least one nitrogen atom; each of X and Y, independently, is CH or N; each of R1-R6, independently, is H, C1-C8 alkyl, C2-C8 alkenyl, C2-C8 alkynyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, C3-C8 heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, OH, C1-C6 alkoxy, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, NH2, C1-C6 alkylamino, C1-C12 dialkylamino, arylamino, diarylamino, or halogen; R7 is H, C1-C8 alkyl, C2-C8 alkenyl, C2-C8 alkynyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, C3-C8 heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl; and each of m and n, independently, is 1, 2, or 3.

Abstract: A display device for a portable terminal displays an adaptive image in accordance with a position of a user. The display device includes a display unit, a slope detection unit for detecting a slope of the display unit that is rotating in one direction among front, rear, right and left directions from its upright position, an image processing unit for processing an image to be displayed on the display unit, and a control unit for rotating the image processed by the image processing unit in accordance with the slope of the display unit detected by the slope detection unit, and displaying the rotating image on the display unit. The display device can display an image to match the viewing angle of the user in accordance with the position of the user who views the display unit, and thus the convenience of the user of the portable terminal is maximized.

Abstract: Disclosed is a touch screen system and a control method therefor. The touch screen system includes a display displaying at least one working window; a touch panel outputting a predetermined signal in correspondence with a touch input on the display; a coordinate value calculation unit calculating coordinate values of the touch input based on the signal outputted from the touch panel; a coordinate value storage unit storing coordinate value information indicating active regions for active working windows; a decision unit deciding whether the calculated coordinate values exist in the active regions which the coordinate value information stored in the coordinate value storage unit indicates; and a control unit interrupting a response to the touch input if the calculated coordinate values exist outside the active regions as a result of the decision of the decision unit. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce input errors, to thereby prevent delaying desired processings.

Abstract: A A mobile display device capable of communicating with a host computer depending upon whether it is coupled with a docking station. The mobile display device includes a wired module for receiving the wired input signal applied from the docking station and converting the wired input signal into a first video signal; a wireless module for converting the wired or wireless input signal applied from the host computer into a second video signal; a display panel for reproducing the first video signal and the second video signal; and a display controller for converting the first and second video signals applied to the display panel from the wired module and the wireless module depending upon whether the mobile display device is coupled with the docking station, and applying to the display panel a control signal for turning on and off images reproduced from the display panel upon the above-described conversions.

Abstract: A CMP process for selectively polishing an overlying material layer with an underlying layer comprising at least one material in a semiconductor device fabrication process including providing a semiconductor wafer process surface including a first material layer overlying a second layer including one material; mixing at least two slurry mixtures including a first CMP slurry formulation optimized for removing the first material layer and a second CMP slurry formulation optimized for removing the at least a second layer to form a slurry formulation mixture; and, carrying out a CMP process using the slurry formulation mixture to remove the first material layer and at least a portion of the at least a second layer.

Abstract: Electronic Ink is new display device offering excellent resolution and high contrast under a wide range of viewing angles, requiring no external power to retain its image. However, designing electronic ink display device always posts a challenge to achieve high resolutions, flexible functionality, and low cost manufacturability. Since the number of controls to each individual pixel on a display increases with resolutions and display's functions, the display design becomes more complicated and drives to higher manufacture cost. Here, we propose to apply the threshold property of the electronic ink in response to applied electrical fields to design simplified displays with good resolutions, flexible functionality, and low cost manufacturability.

Abstract: A mobile communication terminal having a main body and a folder pivotably connected to the main body, each having internal surfaces provided with a ground coated with conductive material; a hinge device including a conductive hinge housing received in the folder and connected to the grounds, a conductive coil spring received in the hinge housing and supported at one end of the hinge housing against an inner wall of one end of the hinge housing, and a conductive contact pin supported at one end against the other end of the coil spring and protruding through the other end of the hinge housing to be connected to the main body; and a conductive hinge dummy mounted within the main body and connected to the ground and the other end of the contact pin. Thus, operational characteristics of the terminal are improved and electromagnetic wave absorptance is reduced.

Abstract: A method for forming a dielectric insulating layer with increased hydrophilicity for improving adhesion of an adjacently deposited material layer in semiconductor device manufacturing including providing a semiconductor wafer having a process surface for forming a dielectric insulting layer thereover; depositing the dielectric insulating layer; and, subjecting the dielectric insulating layer including an exposed surface to a hydrophilicity increasing treatment including at least one of a dry plasma treatment and a wet process including contacting the exposed surface with a hydrophilicity increasing solution including a surfactant said wet process followed by a baking process to improve an adhesion of an adjacently deposited material layer.

Abstract: A display apparatus of magnetic flux density for detecting an internal crack of a metal or a shape of the metal includes a three-dimensional magnetic flux focusing unit installed near the metal, for concentrating magnetic flux generated by the metal, a magnetic flux density measurement unit installed near the magnetic flux focusing unit, for measuring changes in magnetic flux density concentrated by the magnetic flux focusing unit, and a display unit electrically connected with the magnetic flux measurement unit, for real-time displaying and storing changes in the magnetic flux density.

Abstract: A PIP processing system and method of a monitor coupled to a computer main body, include a mouse coupled to the computer main body outputting a mouse signal and a mouse input processing part provided in the computer main body coupled to the mouse, converting the mouse signal into a PIP screen control signal to control a PIP function, and transmitting the PIP screen control signal to the monitor. A PIP processing part supports the PIP function displaying a main picture as a full screen and a PIP screen smaller than the main picture. A micro controller controls the PIP processing part based on the PIP screen control signal transmitted from the mouse input processing part, and adjusts a size or a position of the PIP screen.

Abstract: A device for stabilizing the rotating speed of a record player has a passive element fitted on the same shaft of a rotating, disk, which activates a record to rotate together. The passive element is formed with a surface expanding outward from a center portion fitted with a shaft and having its outer annular portion engraved with annular minute net holes. A sensor facing the positions of the net holes is provided under a printed circuit board for detecting the change of the shifting speed of the net holes. The signal data detected by the sensor is fed to a micro-processor to carry on operation, and after that, the value of the signal data is transmitted back and automatically modulates the voltage supplied to the rotating disk to let the rotating disk and the record rotate steadily.

Abstract: An electric frying pot includes an outer pot body. and an inner pot. The outer pot body is provided with plural support members and a socket on its bottom base having a. micro-switch fixed under to connect the socket. The socket has two notches and an inserting groove on top and a sliding cover inside, a ring electric-heating tube fixed at the bottom of the inner pot, having two thirds embedded therein and two pins protruding at two opposite ends, with an actuating rod longer then the pins fixed between. Thus, when the inner pot is placed in the outer pot body, the actuating rod pushes the sliding cover to move away to let the actuating rod and the pins respectively inserting in the inserting grooves and the notches, synchronously with the bottom of the inner pot pressing the lug of the micro-switch to turn on power.

Abstract: A performance monitoring system for an all-optical network utilizes a multi-port optical switch and measuring instruments, such as an optical spectrum analyzer and a combination of a tunable optical filter and a quality factor calculator, to provide various signal quality parameters for each optical channel in the network. Quality factor calculations for the optical channels are based upon probability density distribution parameters. Performance monitoring is conducted for an all-optical network during normal operations without having to disconnect any of the optical components from the network.

Abstract: A hinge device of a flip type mobile telephone including a body and a flip cover with a speaker mounted thereon. In the hinge device, a hinge assembly includes a spring connector pin; a hinge shaft having at least one open end, a pair of opposite protrusions, a pair of opposite indents, and a cylindrical inner wall into which the connector pin is pressed, the shaft being movable along a rotation axis; a hinge housing having at least one open end into which the hinge shaft is inserted; guide means for enabling the hinge shaft to move rectilinearly in the hinge housing; and securing means for preventing separation of the hinge shaft from the hinge housing. The hinge device further includes a coupling member having a pair of opposite protrusions and a pair of opposite indents, for keeping in sliding surface contact with the hinge shaft; and conducting means interposed between the hinge assembly and the coupling member, for electrically connecting the speaker to a printed circuit board housed within the body.

Abstract: A display apparatus of magnetic flux density for detecting an internal crack of a metal or a shape of the metal includes a three-dimensional magnetic flux focusing unit installed near the metal, for concentrating magnetic flux generated by the metal, a magnetic flux density measurement unit installed near the magnetic flux focusing unit, for measuring changes in magnetic flux density concentrated by the magnetic flux focusing unit, and a display unit electrically connected with the magnetic flux measurement unit, for real-time displaying and storing changes in the magnetic flux density.