Abstract: A light-emitting module includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a light emitting package. A hole is formed through the PCB. The light emitting package has a light source and a lead, and is disposed on the PCB. The light emitting package has a stepped portion having predetermined height. The stepped portion is disposed in the hole formed through the PCB. Thus, a thickness of the light-emitting module may be decreased, reliability of the light-emitting module may be enhanced, and thus a thickness and a bezel of a display apparatus may be decreased.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing a carrier frequency of a node included in a distributed network are provided. The apparatus includes a frequency offset estimating unit, an offset average value calculating unit, and a frequency adjustment value calculating unit. The method includes receiving preambles from a plurality of nodes adjacent to the node, estimating offsets of the carrier frequencies from the received preambles for each of the plurality of neighbor nodes, calculating an average value of the estimated offsets, calculating an adjustment value of the carrier frequencies with respect to the entirety of the plurality of neighbor nodes by using the average value, and adjusting a carrier frequency of the node on the basis of the adjustment value.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light emitting diode (LED) driving device for driving a multi-channel LED element or an LED array for each channel, the LED driving device including: a constant current driver driving currents flowing in each channel; a first switching unit selectively feeding-back voltage levels of each channel; and a switching controller controlling the turn on/off of the first switching unit, wherein matching characteristics of currents flowing in each channel is improved and a size of an integrated circuit (IC) chip is also reduced as compared to a case according to the related art, thereby making it possible to reduce a production cost and satisfy the trend of miniaturization of the chip, while solving a performance deterioration problem due to degradation of the matching of the currents between the channels.

Abstract: A memory system includes a storage device storing a plurality of instructions and a central processing unit processing an instruction fetched from the storage device, wherein the central processing unit detects a change in the instruction fetched from the storage device while processing the instruction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for controlling current of an LED including a constant current generator, a current mirror, and a current amplifier, the device controlling current of an LED, comprising: a selector outputting an L signal or an H signal according to an input control signal; and a current changing unit formed by connecting at least one switching unit in parallel, the switching unit including a transistor and a switch connected to the transistor in series. The device for controlling current of an LED adjusts current supplied to the current amplifier using a SEL input without an effect of a noise, thereby making it possible to change the current of the LED without separately changing a resistor.

Abstract: There is provided a digital PWM generator according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention including: an A/D converter dividing a predetermined reference voltage into a plurality of sections corresponding to a predetermined first set value, searching a section to which the magnitude of an input voltage Vin corresponds, among the plurality of sections, and converting a value corresponding to the searched section into a digital signal; a frequency selector providing a counting number by counting a predetermined high-speed counting clock during a one-cycle section of a predetermined reference clock; and a PWM signal generator converting the digital signal from the A/D converter into a ratio value corresponding to a ratio for the reference voltage and generating a PWM signal having a controlled duty ratio of the reference clock by using the ratio value and the counting number from the frequency selector.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus including at least one pocket on which a passive subject on which deposition will be executed is mounted, and a carrier body having an insertion space to which the at least one pocket is detachably attached. Therefore, the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus shortens process time and reduces process expenses. The semiconductor manufacturing apparatus allows respective pockets to have different structures according to the positions of the pockets on the wafer carrier, and thus achieves uniform growth of a material on the surfaces of wafers regardless of the positions of the pockets.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel biphenyl compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, methods for preparing the same, and pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating diabetic complications containing the same as an active ingredient. Novel biphenyl compounds, according to the present invention, effectively suppress generation activity of advanced glycation end products, which cause diabetic complications and are a criterion for evaluating the effectiveness of a treating agent for diabetic complications, and show an excellent therapeutic effect on retina blood vessels, increased occludin, and decreased angiogenic growth factor in actual diabetic retinopathy induced retina. Thus, novel biphenyl compounds according to the present invention can be used effectively as an active ingredient in compositions for preventing or treating diabetic complications such as diabetic retinopathy.

Abstract: A multipoint low-voltage differential signaling (mLVDS) receiver of a semiconductor device and a buffering circuit of a semiconductor device, includes: an even-number data buffering unit configured to: sample even-number data from input data, amplify and output the even-number data in a section in which a positive clock is activated, and latch the even-number data in a section in which the positive clock is inactivated, and an odd-number data buffering unit configured to: sample odd-number data from the input data, amplify and output the odd-number data in a section in which a negative clock is activated, and latch the odd-number data in a section in which the negative clock is inactivated.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a package module structure of a high power device using a metal substrate that can improve reliability by minimizing stress due to a thermal expansion coefficient difference between a metal substrate and a semiconductor device includes: preparing a metal substrate; forming an oxide layer by selectively anodizing the metal substrate; forming a mounting groove for mounting a semiconductor device by etching a portion of the oxide layer; installing a shock-absorbing substrate that is made of a material having a thermal expansion coefficient in a range similar to a material of a semiconductor device to expose the entirety or a portion of a bottom portion of the mounting groove; mounting the semiconductor device in the shock-absorbing substrate exposed to the mounting groove; and electrically connecting an electrode terminal of the semiconductor device and an electrode line formed in an upper surface of the oxide layer.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and apparatus that synchronize radio nodes using preambles in a radio communication system. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of transmitting preambles by a radio node. The method includes generating a first preamble indicating a system bandwidth and a carrier configuration, generating a second preamble indicating a segment identifier used for obtaining a node identifier, allocating the first preamble to a first preamble carrier set, allocating the second preamble to a second preamble carrier set corresponding to the segment identifier, and transmitting the first preamble to a receiving node through the first preamble carrier set and the second preamble to the receiving node through the second preamble carrier set.

Abstract: A music search apparatus using an emotion model includes a music database (DB) for storing sound source data about a plurality of pieces of music and Arousal-Valence (AV) coefficients of the respective pieces of music. An emotion model generation unit classifies different emotion types into a plurality of groups, and generates an emotion classification model from using respective probability distributions of the plurality of groups for an AV coefficient plane. A music search unit identifies an emotion type from using information entered by a user when a music search request is received, detects an AV coefficient range for designating an AV coefficient corresponding to the identified emotion type from using the emotion classification model, and searches the music DB for music corresponding to the AV coefficient range.

Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) having an offset structure is disclosed. The TFT maintains a sufficiently low “off” current and a sufficiently high “on” current. The TFT includes an active region. The active region includes a gate electrode; an active layer that overlaps with the gate electrode; a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the active layer; and a source/drain electrode layer including source/drain electrodes that are electrically connected to the active region. Some of the source/drain electrodes overlap partially with the gate electrode. Other of the source/drain electrodes are offset from the gate electrode. The source/drain electrodes and the gate electrode are in a symmetrical arrangement.

Abstract: The device for generating three mode signals includes: a voltage setting block including an input terminal receiving three input signals of driving voltage, open, and ground and setting three voltages according to the three input signals; and an output block including two output terminals and a second node B receiving the three voltages from the voltage setting block, and outputting three combined signals by comparing an input voltage with a reference voltage, whereby only a small number of resistors and amplifiers generates three mode signals to further reduce the chip size than the related art and the external power source is not required to solve the problems of the related art due to noise.

Abstract: There is provided a method of performing distributed synchronization in an Ad hoc network system. The method includes receiving a signal, including a reception time point change period, through a plurality of nodes, changing a reception time point at which the signal is received through the plurality of nodes within the reception time point change period so that the reception time point is included in a preset Cyclic Prefix (CP) period, changing a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) start time point which is a time point at which data starts being recovered based on the changed reception time point, and changing the reference point of the transmission time point of each of the plurality of nodes based on a difference value between the preset reference point of the FFT start time point and the changed FFT start time point. The method has smaller overhead.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for searching for recommended music using the emotional information of music and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus that enable recommended music to be searched for using mixed emotions by extracting emotional values including a valence value and an arousal value from an input search condition when a predetermined search condition is input by a user, extracting an emotion rank combination corresponding to the extracted emotional value information using an emotion model that includes mixed emotions corresponding to the emotional values, searching a music emotion DB for music information corresponding to the emotion rank combination, and outputting a recommended music list based on the results of the search, thus improving the user's satisfaction with the results of the search.

Abstract: A pulse signal generation circuit includes a transfer path configured to receives and transfer a first pulse signal, a pulse adjustment unit configured to adjust a pulse width of the first pulse signal by applying charges to the transfer path in response to a control signal, and a pulse output unit configured to output a second pulse signal of the adjusted pulse width in response to an output of the transfer path.

Abstract: A signal delay circuit includes a voltage detection unit and a signal delay unit. The voltage detection unit is configured to detect an external voltage level based on a reference voltage and generate a detection signal. The signal delay unit is configured to control a delay amount of an input signal in response to the detection signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving a light emitting device (LED) is provided. The apparatus for driving the LED includes a first driving control element, a first current detection unit, a first effective value detection unit, a first reference signal generation unit, and a first comparison unit. The first driving control element controls a current flowing through a first LED channel, in response to a first pulse-width modulated control signal. The first current detection unit detects the current flowing through the first LED channel. The first effective value detection unit detects an effective value of the current detected by the first current detection unit. The first reference signal generation unit generates a preset reference signal having a sawtooth waveform. The first comparison unit compares the reference signal from the first reference signal generation unit with the effective value from the first effective value detection unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a power supply apparatus including: a converting unit for converting an applied voltage into a predetermined level; a switching unit opened or closed to control current flowing in the converting unit; a detecting unit for detecting occurrence of overcurrent when a voltage applied to the switching unit is higher than a preset reference voltage; and a control unit for performing a protection operation when the overcurrent is detected more than a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time from when the overcurrent is detected and can prevent malfunction due to noises.