Abstract: Provided is an equipment for manufacturing a semiconductor. The equipment for manufacturing a semiconductor includes a cleaning chamber in which a cleaning process is performed on substrates, an epitaxial chamber in which an epitaxial process for forming an epitaxial layer on each of the substrates is performed, and a transfer chamber to which the cleaning chamber and the epitaxial chamber are connected to sides surfaces thereof, the transfer chamber including a substrate handler for transferring the substrates, on which the cleaning process is completed, into the epitaxial chamber.

Abstract: A video processing system, and a method of operation thereof, including: a source input module for receiving a frame from a video source; and a picture process module, coupled to the source input module, for encoding the frame with an inter-layer motion vector prediction by generating a base motion vector of a base layer and an enhancement motion vector of an enhancement layer based on the base motion vector to eliminate a storage capacity for an enhancement temporal motion vector in the enhancement layer and for generating a video bitstream based on the base motion vector and the enhancement motion vector for a video decoder to receive and decode for displaying on a device.

Abstract: The invention provides a sustained release composition for intravitreal injection to the eye of a subject in need thereof. The sustained release composition contains an effective amount of a therapeutic agent in association with a nanosphere. The nanosphere contains a particle that comprises a particle-forming component capable of forming a vesicle, and an agent-carrying component capable of forming a complex with the therapeutic agent via electrostatic charge-charge interaction or hydrophobic-hydrophobic interaction. The particle-forming component has at least one head group moiety selected from a hydrophobic head group moiety, a polar head group moiety and a combination thereof. The agent-carrying component is a chemical entity that contains one or more negatively or positively charged groups.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: pixel electrodes formed on a substrate; a pixel definition layer between the pixel electrodes and partitioning a pixel area; organic emission layers of a plurality of colors on the pixel electrodes; and a common electrode on the organic emission layers. The pixel definition layer includes a first pattern and a second pattern having different formation materials, thicknesses, and extension directions.

Abstract: A single port surgical robot capable of setting the location of a remote center motion (RCM) point, and a control method thereof includes: a first link connected to a body by a first joint in a direction perpendicular to the body, the first link having a linear structure; a second link connected to the upper end of the first link by a second joint, the second link having a curved structure; a third link connected to the upper end of the second link by a third joint, the third link having a cylindrical structure; a plurality of light-emitting units arranged on the lower end of the third link along the circumference of the third link, and configured to emit light toward a remote center motion (RCM) point; and a controller configured to adjust the location of the RCM point.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of performing a re-establishment procedure in a mobile communication system includes: receiving at least one packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) control plane data unit; performing an integrity check on the at least one PDCP control plane data unit; identifying an integrity check failure with regard to the at least one PDCP control plane data unit; and performing a re-establishment procedure if the integrity check failure is identified to exist with regard to the at least one PDCP control plane data unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for fiber excess length stable control in an optical cable loose tube, which is disposed between a loose tube extruder and a loose tube tractor. The device forms the following structures: an extrusion section connected to the extruder, a traction section connected to the tractor, and a transition section connecting the extrusion section and the traction section, where loose tube displacement generated at the extrusion section is greater than loose tube displacement generated at the traction section. The present invention provides a device for fiber excess length stable control in optical cable loose tube with a simple structure and an excellent excess length control effect.

Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3-NS4A protease. Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing method and system, and a recording medium for the same.

Abstract: An embodiment of a power supply includes an output node, inductively coupled phase paths, and a sensor circuit. The output node is configured to provide a regulated output signal, and the inductively coupled phase paths are each configured to provide a respective phase current to the output node. And the sensor circuit is configured to generate a sense signal that represents the phase current flowing through one of the phase paths. For example, because the phase paths are inductively coupled to one another, the sensor circuit takes into account the portions of the phase currents induced by the inductive couplings to generate a sense signal that more accurately represents the phase current through a single phase path as compared to conventional sensor circuits.

Abstract: A method for discovery in device-to-device communications and an apparatus for the same are disclosed. The method performed in a device-to-device server supporting device-to-device discovery between a discovery terminal and a discoverable terminal may include receiving a device-to-device discovery participation message from the discoverable terminal, requesting a gateway to measure a proximity between the discovery terminal and the discoverable terminal, receiving a proximity measurement result from the gateway, and requesting the discovery terminal and the discoverable terminal to initiate a procedure of device-to-device discovery when the proximity measurement result satisfies a predetermined threshold. Thus, the procedure of device-to-device discovery may be performed efficiently.

Abstract: An ESD protection device having high insulation reliability and good discharge properties is provided. In producing an ESD protection device that includes a first discharge electrode and a second discharge electrode arranged to oppose each other, a discharge supporting electrode formed so as to span between the first and second discharge electrodes, and an insulator substrate that retains the first and second discharge electrodes and the discharge supporting electrode, a paste for forming a discharge supporting electrode is used and this paste contains, in addition to a powder of an alkali metal compound and/or an alkaline earth metal compound, a metal powder with a network-forming oxide adhered to particle surfaces, a metal powder and a semiconductor powder with a network-forming oxide adhered to particle surfaces, or a metal powder with a network-forming oxide adhered to particle surfaces and a semiconductor powder with a network-forming oxide adhered to particle surfaces.

Abstract: A method of sending status information (STATUS PDU) in which a receiving side reports a data received state to a transmitting side in a mobile telecommunication system. A receiving side radio link control (RLC) entity considers an available radio resource to construct a status PDU fit to a size of the available radio resource and then sends the constructed status PDU to a transmitting side RLC entity, thereby avoiding a deadlock situation of RLC protocols.

Abstract: A video chatting method and system are provided. The method and system describe collection of facial vector data, audio data, and interactive motion information of a user of a first client. The collected data may be transmitted to a second client. The second client, in turn, may generate a virtual avatar model of the user of the first client based on the received data. The second client may further display the virtual model, play sound in the audio data. The second client may also render the interactive motion information and facial data information of a user of the second client, and generate and display a virtual avatar model of the user of the second client. The provided method and system may decreases amount of data that may be transferred over the network. This may allow data transmission rate during video communication to be high enough for a smooth operation.

Abstract: A combustor assembly having a support assembly between a metal support assembly and a ceramic combustor can section that accommodates a thermal expansion difference therebetween. An air fuel mixer and an igniter are mounted to the support assembly secured to the ceramic combustion can which receives the ignition products of the ignited fuel and air mixture.

Abstract: There are provided a driving circuit of a semiconductor display device which can obtain an excellent picture without picture blur (display unevenness) and with high fineness/high resolution, and the semiconductor display device. A buffer circuit used in the driving circuit of the semiconductor display device is constituted by a plurality of TFTs each having a small channel width, and a plurality of such buffer circuits are connected in parallel with each other.

Abstract: A three-dimensional mask model of the invention provides a more realistic approximation of the three-dimensional effects of a photolithography mask with sub-wavelength features than a thin-mask model. In one embodiment, the three-dimensional mask model includes a set of filtering kernels in the spatial domain that are configured to be convolved with thin-mask transmission functions to produce a near-field image. In another embodiment, the three-dimensional mask model includes a set of correction factors in the frequency domain that are configured to be multiplied by the Fourier transform of thin-mask transmission functions to produce a near-field image.

Abstract: A film thickness measurement apparatus includes: an ECT sensor for measuring a film thickness of a thermal barrier coating formed on a turbine blade; a storage unit for storing a measurement point on the turbine blade which is a point where the film thickness of the thermal barrier coating is measured; a laser displacement meter for measuring a shape of the turbine blade; a measurement position calculation unit for calculating an actual measurement point suitable for actual film thickness measurement using the ECT sensor, based on the shape of the turbine blade measured by the laser displacement meter and the measurement point on the turbine blade stored in the storage unit; and an arm drive unit for driving the ECT sensor to adjust a measurement position of the ECT sensor based on the actual measurement point calculated by the measurement position calculation unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to PDEI inhibitory compounds of Formula I as described herein, processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.

Abstract: A low-emissivity glass which is outstandingly durable and is heat treatable without any changes in its characteristics before and after the heat treatment; and a production method therefor. The heat-treatable low-emissivity glass according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises: a sunlight-adjusting metal layer which is formed above a glass substrate; a first dielectric layer which is formed below the sunlight-adjusting metal layer; a second dielectric layer which is formed above the sunlight-adjusting metal layer; and an uppermost protective layer which is formed above the second dielectric layer, and in that the first dielectric layer has a structure obtained by the lamination of a lowermost dielectric layer comprising a metal oxide and a lower metal protective dielectric layer comprising a metal (oxy)nitride, and an advantage of the present invention is that there is no change in the characteristics of the low-emissivity glass even after heat treatment.