Abstract: The present invention relates to a welding jig micro-cleaning apparatus, and more particularly a welding jig micro-cleaning apparatus including a housing, a sandbox connected to the housing, an air supply unit connected to the sandbox through with a hose, a blasting gun positioned in the housing, a jig fixing portion positioned at a lower first end of the blasting gun, and a controller, wherein the jig fixing portion includes a magnetic unit configured to fix a welding jig.

Abstract: A device includes a substrate and a plurality of unit pixels disposed in and/or on the substrate, arranged in a honeycomb pattern and separated from one another by a deep trench isolation (DTI) layer. The plurality of unit pixels may include a group of unit pixels radially arranged around and equidistant from a central unit pixel.

Abstract: A transmitter in a wireless communication system is provided. The transmitter includes a baseband signal processor for detecting an envelope signal, a supply modulator (SM) for producing power to be supplied to a power amplifier using the detected envelope signal, and the power amplifier for receiving voltage from the SM and for amplifying power of a transmit signal. The SM generates a compensation signal corresponding to switching noise generated via switching amplification, and adds the compensation signal and the switching noise. The amplifier of the wireless communication system can produce low switching noise, and the envelope tracking power amplifier can prevent reception degradation due to the noise of the supply modulator.

Abstract: A device includes a substrate and a plurality of unit pixels disposed in and/or on the substrate, arranged in a honeycomb pattern and separated from one another by a deep trench isolation (DTI) layer. The plurality of unit pixels may include a group of unit pixels radially arranged around and equidistant from a central unit pixel.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling transmission and reception control in a wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes at least one voltage regulator, a power source consumer, at least one capacitor, and a controller. The at least one voltage regulator provides a power source that is a regulated voltage. The power source consumer processes a Radio Frequency (RF) signal using the power source that is the regulated voltage. The at least one capacitor is connected to an output port of the at least one voltage regulator and a power source input port of the power source consumer. The controller turns off the at least one voltage regulator during a deactivation period of the communication apparatus and turns on the at least one voltage regulator during an activation period of the communication apparatus.

Abstract: A transmitter in a wireless communication system is provided. The transmitter includes a baseband signal processor for detecting an envelope signal, a supply modulator (SM) for producing power to be supplied to a power amplifier using the detected envelope signal, and the power amplifier for receiving voltage from the SM and for amplifying power of a transmit signal. The SM generates a compensation signal corresponding to switching noise generated via switching amplification, and adds the compensation signal and the switching noise. The amplifier of the wireless communication system can produce low switching noise, and the envelope tracking power amplifier can prevent reception degradation due to the noise of the supply modulator.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for raising an output efficiency in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a supply modulator and a power amplifier. The supply modulator includes a DC-DC converter, a voltage regulator, and a switching regulator. The supply modulator modulates an envelope component of an input signal to generate power. The power amplifier amplifies a phase component of the input signal using the power generated by the supply modulator as a power source of a collector/drain. The DC-DC converter raises battery power of the mobile communication terminal. The voltage regulator determines an output voltage of the supply modulator using the power raised by the DC-DC converter. The switching regulator determines an output current of the supply regulator using the battery power of the mobile communication terminal.

Abstract: An apparatus for amplifying power is provided. The apparatus includes a supply modulator for generating a supply voltage based on an amplitude component of a transmission signal, and a power amplify module for amplifying power of the transmission signal using the supply voltage, wherein the power amplify module includes a first power amplifier and a second power amplifier, and when an output power of the transmission signal is greater than a reference power, the first power amplifier amplifies the power of the transmission signal using the supply voltage, and when the output power of the transmission signal is equal to or less than the reference power, the second power amplifier amplifies the power of the transmission signal using the supply voltage.

Abstract: A transmit apparatus having a supply modulator is provided. The apparatus includes a detector and the supply modulator. In the method, the detector detects an output signal of the supply modulator. Also, the supply modulator receives the detected output signal of the supply modulator from the detector and calibrates a modulation characteristic of the supply modulator. The transmit apparatus having a supply modulator includes a modulator/demodulator (modem) and the supply modulator. The modem provides a calibration signal for calibrating a modulation characteristic of the supply modulator, to the supply modulator. The supply modulator outputs a modulated signal in accordance with the calibrated modulation characteristic of the supply modulator based on the calibration signal from the modem.

Abstract: An apparatus for amplifying power is provided. The apparatus includes a supply modulator for generating a supply voltage based on an amplitude component of a transmission signal, and a power amplify module for amplifying power of the transmission signal using the supply voltage, wherein the power amplify module includes a first power amplifier and a second power amplifier, and when an output power of the transmission signal is greater than a reference power, the first power amplifier amplifies the power of the transmission signal using the supply voltage, and when the output power of the transmission signal is equal to or less than the reference power, the second power amplifier amplifies the power of the transmission signal using the supply voltage.

Abstract: An apparatus of a hybrid power modulator using interleaving switching is provided. The apparatus includes a linear switching unit for generating an output signal by comparing an envelope input signal and a feedback signal, an interleaving signal generator for generating an interleaving switching signal arranged not to supply the signal to input stages of P-type Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) Field Effect Transistors (FETs) and N-type MOS FETs of power cells at the same time by comparing the output signal and a reference signal, and a switching amplifying unit for determining a level of the switching signal using the interleaving switching signal. Hence, the hybrid power modulator using the interleaving switching method in the envelope signal of the wide bandwidth maintains high efficiency and high linearity. In addition, the buck converter can use the single inductor by preventing the simultaneous on/off of the power cells.

Abstract: An apparatus for amplifying power is provided. The apparatus includes a supply modulator for generating a supply voltage based on an amplitude component of a transmission signal, and a power amplify module for amplifying power of the transmission signal using the supply voltage, wherein the power amplify module includes a first power amplifier and a second power amplifier, and when an output power of the transmission signal is greater than a reference power, the first power amplifier amplifies the power of the transmission signal using the supply voltage, and when the output power of the transmission signal is equal to or less than the reference power, the second power amplifier amplifies the power of the transmission signal using the supply voltage.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for expanding an operation region in an envelope tracking power amplifier are provided. The apparatus for amplifying power of a transmission signal includes an amplitude component determination unit, a supply modulator, and a power amplify module. The amplitude component determination unit determines an amplitude component of a transmission signal. The supply modulator generates a supply voltage to be provided to the power amplify module depending on the amplitude component of the transmission signal determined by the amplitude component determination unit. The power amplify module amplifies power of the transmission signal depending on the supply voltage generated by the supply modulator.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for digital up-down conversion using an Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) filter are provided. The method for digital up-down conversion for frequency conversion in a mobile communication system using plural frequency converts, includes IIR-filtering, by a magnitude response IIR filter having the same magnitude response as in Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filtering, an input signal and a stable filter coefficient calculated according to a Levinson polynomial; and receiving, by the magnitude response IIR filter, the IIR filtered signal, and performing IIR filtering by a phase compensation IIR filter having a filter coefficient compensating for a non-linear phase to a linear phase.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for raising an output efficiency in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a supply modulator and a power amplifier. The supply modulator includes a DC-DC converter, a voltage regulator, and a switching regulator. The supply modulator modulates an envelope component of an input signal to generate power. The power amplifier amplifies a phase component of the input signal using the power generated by the supply modulator as a power source of a collector/drain. The DC-DC converter raises battery power of the mobile communication terminal. The voltage regulator determines an output voltage of the supply modulator using the power raised by the DC-DC converter. The switching regulator determines an output current of the supply regulator using the battery power of the mobile communication terminal.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling transmission and reception control in a wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes at least one voltage regulator, a power source consumer, at least one capacitor, and a controller. The at least one voltage regulator provides a power source that is a regulated voltage. The power source consumer processes a Radio Frequency (RF) signal using the power source that is the regulated voltage. The at least one capacitor is connected to an output port of the at least one voltage regulator and a power source input port of the power source consumer. The controller turns off the at least one voltage regulator during a deactivation period of the communication apparatus and turns on the at least one voltage regulator during an activation period of the communication apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a semiconductor device. The method includes forming an insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, a conductive film on the insulating film, and a first structure and a second structure on the conductive film. The semiconductor substrate has first and second regions. The first and second structures are formed on the first and second regions, respectively. An impurity diffused region is formed in the semiconductor substrate using the first structure as a mask. The impurity diffused region overlaps the first structure. A portion of the first structure, and the conductive film are etched to respectively form a gate structure and a capacitor structure on the first and second regions.

Abstract: An embedded antenna apparatus of a communication terminal is provided. The antenna apparatus includes a plate board having a feeding pad disposed on a side of the board; a device carrier mounted on a side of the board to expose the feeding pad; a radiation device including at least two radiation lines extending from the feeding pad to a surface of the device carrier along different paths, the at least two radiation lines radiating at a preset frequency band when electric power is fed through the feeding pad; and a ground plate having a flat plate shape mounted in an edge of the side of the board and disposed perpendicular to the side of the board, and contacting one end each of the at least two radiation lines to ground the radiation device.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a metal interconnection and a method of fabricating image sensor using the same are provided. The method of fabricating a metal interconnection including forming a interlayer dielectric layer on a substrate, forming an interconnection formation region in the interlayer dielectric layer, performing an ultraviolet (UV) treatment on the substrate after the interconnection formation region is formed and forming a metal interconnection in the interconnection formation region.

Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a semiconductor device. The method includes forming an insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, a conductive film on the insulating film, and a first structure and a second structure on the conductive film. The semiconductor substrate has first and second regions. The first and second structures are formed on the first and second regions, respectively. An impurity diffused region is formed in the semiconductor substrate using the first structure as a mask. The impurity diffused region overlaps the first structure. A portion of the first structure, and the conductive film are etched to respectively form a gate structure and a capacitor structure on the first and second regions.