Abstract: Disposed is a driver for a plasma display panel, which is capable of absorbing surplus power of a plasma display panel by power conversion switching performed according to the switching of a sustain circuit to form a transmission path using resonance between the inductance of a transformer for power conversion and the capacitance of the plasma display panel, without using an energy recovery circuit. The driver includes a power supply unit including preset inductance, and converting alternating current (AC) commercial power into preset driving power by using the inductance, a driving unit switching the driving power from the power supply unit according to a logic signal and supplying the switched driving power to a plasma display panel. Surplus power of the driving unit is transmitted to the power supply unit by resonance between the inductance of the power supply unit and capacitance of the plasma display panel.

Abstract: Provided is a resonant reflective filter including a substrate and a grating layer, wherein the substrate is formed of a material having a lower reflective index than that of a material forming the grating layer. Thus, the resonant reflective filter can form a resonant spectrum having good symmetry and a sharp shape. Accordingly, the resonant reflective filter can have improved sensitivity and can be applied to optical systems that require a small linewidth.

Abstract: There is provided an alternating current (AC) detection circuit for a power supply, the circuit including: a rectifying part rectifying an AC voltage; a voltage division part dividing the voltage rectified by the rectifying part according to a preset division ratio; a voltage stabilization circuit part stabilizing the voltage divided by the voltage division part; a comparing part comparing the voltage stabilized by the voltage stabilization circuit part with an internal reference voltage and generating an input detection signal when the stabilized voltage is higher than the internal reference voltage; and an output part outputting an AC detection signal when the input detection signal is inputted from the comparing part.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser apparatus is provided which can vary an output wavelength of a light source. A semiconductor laser diode and one or more heat source devices arranged around the semiconductor laser diode are integrated on one substrate. The semiconductor laser diode is configured to be uniformly heated by the heat source device. An output wavelength of the semiconductor laser diode can be easily and quickly varied.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating layer disposed on a substrate, the interlayer insulating layer comprising an opening exposing the substrate, a barrier layer pattern disposed within the opening, and a conductive pattern disposed on the barrier layer pattern, the conductive pattern having an oxidized portion extending out of the opening and a non-oxidized portion within the opening, wherein a width of the conductive pattern is determined by a thickness of the barrier layer pattern.

Abstract: Provided are an optical cavity enhanced turbidimeter and a turbidity measure method. After casting a pulse beam or a beam having a steep intensity gradient into an optical cavity, the turbidity of the inside region of the optical cavity can be calculated using an attenuation rate of an output beam from the optical cavity.

Abstract: A silicon biosensor and a manufacturing method thereof is provided, the silicon biosensor includes: a light source performing self emission a light detector generating a photoelectric current corresponding to an amount of incident light an optical fiber transmitting the light from the light source to the light detector and a micro fluidic channel adjusting an optical transmission rate of the optical fiber according to an antibody-antigen reaction when the antibody-antigen reaction occurs. The silicon biosensor can be easily integrated or bonded with a silicon electronic device, so that it is possible to manufacture the biosensor with a low price, under mass production.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optically active (R)-aryloxypropionic acid amide compound which has high selectivity and safety for protecting a crop such as rice, wheat, barley and soy bean, and exhibits excellent herbicidal activity against weeds, and a herbicidal composition comprising the same.

Abstract: Provided are a target biomaterial detecting kit and a method of detecting the target biomaterial. The target biomaterial detecting kit includes a guided mode resonance filter comprising a substrate transmitting or reflecting light, a grating layer formed on the substrate, and a capture layer formed on the grating layer to capture a target biomaterial; and a nano complex comprising a nanoparticle head and a connection tail. Therefore, the wavelength peak of a reflection/transmission spectrum of light coming from the guided mode resonance filter can be largely shifted, and thus the presence and quantity of a target biomaterial can be easily detected. Moreover, although the amount of the target biomaterial is small, the target biomaterial can be reliably detected.

Abstract: There are provided an apparatus for fixing a plastic sheet which fixes a plastic sheet to fabricate a nano pattern and a method of fabricating a nano pattern on a plastic sheet using the same. The apparatus for fixing a plastic sheet includes: a pair of planar metal guide rings interposingly fixing a plastic sheet from above and below, respectively; and a sheet fixing chuck including: a ring fixer sucking the pair of planar metal guide rings through a vacuum groove to be fixed thereto; and a sheet fixer having a plurality of vacuum pin holes formed therein, the vacuum pin holes sucking a bottom of the plastic sheet fixed by the planar metal guide rings. The apparatus allows fabrication of the nano pattern on the plastic sheet having less roughness than that of a semiconductor substrate or a glass substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a vinyl chloride polymer, and more precisely, a method of preparing a vinyl chloride polymer having excellent processability by raising a final polymerization temperature up to 5˜20° C. from an first polymerization temperature.

Abstract: A silicon biosensor and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The silicon biosensor includes: a light emitting layer emitting light according to injected electrons and holes and changing a wavelength of the light depending on whether a biomaterial is absorbed by the light emitting layer; an electron injection layer injecting the electrons into the light emitting layer; and a hole injection layer injecting the holes into the light emitting layer. Accordingly, it is possible to produce low price biosensors in large quantities.

Abstract: There is provided a portable measuring system having a biophotonic sensor. The portable measuring system also includes a tunable light source, an output intensity detector and an output wavelength detector, which are mounted therein. The portable measuring system can precisely measure a variation in the reflectivity spectrum and/or the transmittance spectrum of the biophotonic sensor before and after an antigen-antibody reaction by varying the wavelength of the tunable light source. Thus, the concentration of the antigen is precisely measured.

Abstract: There is provided a method for immobilizing a bio-material on a surface of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2) as a highly reflective material to enhance sensitivity of a resonant reflection biosensor. The method for immobilizing a bio-material may be useful to easily immobilize bio-materials such as proteins, DNA, RNA and enzymes on surfaces of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles using the chemical reaction, and significantly improve sensitivity of a resonant reflection biosensor by determining the antigen-antibody reaction in the resonant reflection biosensor using the immobilized secondary antien.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor light emitting diode, in which a plurality of upper electrodes is formed on a surface of an upper doping layer or an emission layer and at least one lower electrode is formed on a surface of a lower doping layer or a substrate in a silicon-based light emitting diode or a nitride-based light emitting diode to enhance a spreading characteristic of current applied to the electrodes, thereby maximizing an emitting area of the emission layer and inducing an emission having a uniform intensity on an entire surface of the emission layer to further enhance the luminous efficiency of the light emitting diode.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure may be formed by a wet etching process using an etchant containing water. The semiconductor structure may include a plurality of patterns having an increased or higher aspect ratio and may be arranged closer to one another. A dry cleaning process may be performed using hydrogen fluoride gas on the semiconductor structure.

Abstract: Due to the indirect transition characteristic of silicon semiconductors, the light extraction efficiency of a silicon-based light emitting diode is lower than that of a compound semiconductor-based light emitting diode. For this reason, there are difficulties in practically using and commercializing silicon-based light emitting diodes developed so far.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing vinyl chloride polymer having excellent processability and high bulk density by the separate stepwise additions of vinyl chloride monomer during suspension polymerization.

Abstract: The present invention provides bee venom which can decrease expression levels of sclerotic factors, inflammatory factors and vascular adhesion factors associated with atherosclerosis, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the bee venom as an active ingredient for the treatment of the atherosclerosis. When the bee venom was administered to laboratory animal models of atherosclerosis, the total cholesterol and neutral lipid were decreased, high-density cholesterol was maintained or even increased, the expression levels of TNF-? and IL-? as inflammation-associated cytokines were decreased in the blood, the expression levels of fibrosis-associated cytokines and vascular adhesion factors were decreased in the main artery and the heart, the plaque deposition generally caused by the atherosclerosis was decreased, and the expression levels of intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAM) and vascular cell adhesion molecules (VCAM), TGF-?1 and fibronectin as fibrosis-related cytokines were decreased.

Abstract: In a phase-change semiconductor device and methods of manufacturing the same, an example method may include forming a metal layer pattern on a substrate, the metal layer pattern including an opening that exposes a portion of the substrate, forming an etch stop layer on the metal layer pattern, a sidewall of the opening and the exposed portion of the substrate, the etch stop layer formed with a thickness less than an upper thickness threshold, and reducing at least a portion of the etch stop layer, the reduced portion of the etch stop layer forming an electrical connection with the substrate.