Abstract: There are provided a hall sensor having an offset removal function removing an offset included in a hall voltage, and an offset removing method thereof. The hall sensor includes: a converting unit converting first and second detection voltages detected for each of a plurality of preset detection directions by a hall device detecting a magnetic field as a voltage according to the plurality of preset detection directions into a pulse having a level difference therebetween as a width; a sign determining unit comparing the first and second detection voltages with each other and determining whether the pulse has a positive sign or a negative sign according to the comparison result; a counter counting the width of the pulse from the converting unit with a preset reference time unit; and an operating unit removing an offset voltage included in the first and second detection voltages by performing a minus operation with the numbers counted by the counter according to the sign determined by the sign determining unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a stacked type magnetic field sensor. The stacked type magnetic field detection sensor includes a vertical hall device including a first substrate of a thickness having a first gate length on which a first circuit pattern in a vertical direction is formed so as to sense magnetic field horizontally input and converting the magnetic field into a voltage signal; and a signal processing circuit unit including a second substrate having a thickness having a second gate length to receive the voltage signal so as to detect a magnitude in the magnetic field according to the magnitude in the voltage and detecting the magnitude in the magnetic field by processing the voltage signal through the plurality of second circuit patterns. By this configuration, magnetic detection sensitivity can be improved, the magnetic field detection sensor can be miniaturized, and IC manufacturing costs can be saved.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a real time clock frequency offset includes: an overlap detecting unit detecting an overlap signal having overlap information of a predetermined reference clock and a predetermined real time clock; an envelope signal creating unit creating an envelope signal having envelope information of the overlap signal; and a frequency counter unit calculating a frequency of the envelope signal that is a frequency offset of the real time clock, by using a first clock number created by counting the reference clock for one period of the envelope signal and a frequency of the reference clock.

Abstract: There is provided a current circuit having a selective temperature coefficient. The current circuit may include: a first current generating unit generating a first current having a positive temperature characteristic which increases depending on temperature; a second current generating unit generating a second current having a negative temperature characteristic which decreases depending on temperature; a multiplying unit multiplying and outputting each of the first current and the second current; and a switching unit selectively synthesizing and outputting a plurality of currents outputted from the multiplying unit depending on on/off control signals. Therefore, it is possible to prevent performance from being deteriorated by temperature and easily and efficiently adjust a temperature coefficient through a simple switching logic.

Abstract: There is provided an integrated apparatus for sensing current including: a voltage regulator; a Hall effect device receiving current by the voltage regulator and outputting hall voltage in proportional to strength of a magnetic field; and a coil having one end connected to a first connecting terminal and the other end connected to a second connecting terminal, wound to have a plurality of turns along a circumference of the Hall effect device on the same plane spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the Hall effect device in a direction of the magnetic field, and forming the magnetic field according to current flowing through the first connecting terminal and the second connecting terminal, wherein the Hall effect device and the coil are integrated within one chip. A manufacturing cost of a product may be reduced, simultaneously with sensing the current without loss of the magnetic field according to a distance through the above-mentioned configuration.

Abstract: There are provided a Schmitt trigger circuit that has hysteresis characteristics in which a release point and an operating point are determined based on a width of an inputted pulse.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless power transmission/reception apparatus. The wireless power transmission/reception apparatus includes a wireless power transmission unit and a wireless power reception unit. The wireless power transmission unit receives power, generates a wireless power signal to be wirelessly transmitted, wirelessly transmits the generated wireless power signal in a magnetic resonance manner, receives a returned wireless power signal and detects the number of power consumption devices, and wirelessly transmits a wireless power signal using resonance frequency appropriate for the number of power consumption devices.

Abstract: Disclosed is a touch screen to accurately receive a user selection by applying differential signals to the electrode patterns of a touch screen, each having a different capacitance.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless power transmission/reception apparatus and method having a communication function. The wireless power transmission/reception apparatus includes a wireless power transmission device and wireless power transmission devices. The wireless power transmission device receives a returned wireless power signal, detects the number of power consumption devices, modulates pieces of ID data, each including ID of a corresponding power consumption device, transmits the modulated ID data, receives returned ID data, and determines suitableness of the power consumption devices. Each of the wireless power reception devices returns a remaining wireless power signal which is not received among wireless power signals from the wireless power transmission device, and temporarily stops a power consumption device when an ID of the received ID data is an ID of a power consumption device connected thereto, thus returning ID data which will be subsequently received to the wireless power transmission device.

Abstract: A time-domain IQ mismatch detection apparatus for detecting mismatch between an I-channel signal and a Q-channel signal in unit of a sample included in a symbol of an OFDM signal comprises: a first delayer which delays an input I-channel signal by one sample interval; a second delayer which delays an input Q-channel signal by one sample interval; a first phase mismatch detector which multiplies a currently-input I-channel signal with a currently-input Q-channel signal and output a result thereof; a second phase mismatch detector which multiplies the currently-input I-channel signal and the delayed Q-channel signal and output a result thereof; a third phase mismatch detector which multiplies the delayed I-channel signal with the currently-input Q-channel signal and output a result thereof; and a phase error arithmetic unit which outputs a phase error value calculated using the outputs of the first, second and third phase mismatch detectors.

Abstract: An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) receiver capable of improving equalization performance is provided. In the OFDM receiver receiving an OFDM signal having a frame structure constructed with one reference symbol and a plurality of data symbols following the reference symbol, the OFDM receiver includes: a synchronizer which detects a position of the reference symbol from the received OFDM signal; a time-domain equalizer which equalizes in a time domain the data symbols that are separated by a distance longer than a predetermined distance from the position of the reference symbol; an FFT (fast Fourier transform) unit which performs an FFT process on the OFDM signal; and a frequency-domain equalizer which equalizes in a frequency domain the data symbols that are separated by a distance shorter than a predetermined distance from the position of the reference symbol.

Abstract: A time-domain IQ mismatch detection apparatus for detecting mismatch between an I-channel signal and a Q-channel signal in unit of a sample included in a symbol of an OFDM signal comprises: a first delayer which delays an input I-channel signal by one sample interval; a second delayer which delays an input Q-channel signal by one sample interval; a first phase mismatch detector which multiplies a currently-input I-channel signal with a currently-input Q-channel signal and output a result thereof; a second phase mismatch detector which multiplies the currently-input I-channel signal and the delayed Q-channel signal and output a result thereof; a third phase mismatch detector which multiplies the delayed I-channel signal with the currently-input Q-channel signal and output a result thereof; and a phase error arithmetic unit which outputs a phase error value calculated using the outputs of the first, second and third phase mismatch detectors.

Abstract: An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) receiver capable of improving equalization performance is provided. In the OFDM receiver receiving an OFDM signal having a frame structure constructed with one reference symbol and a plurality of data symbols following the reference symbol, the OFDM receiver includes: a synchronizer which detects a position of the reference symbol from the received OFDM signal; a time-domain equalizer which equalizes in a time domain the data symbols that are separated by a distance longer than a predetermined distance from the position of the reference symbol; an FFT (fast Fourier transform) unit which performs an FFT process on the OFDM signal; and a frequency-domain equalizer which equalizes in a frequency domain the data symbols that are separated by a distance shorter than a predetermined distance from the position of the reference symbol.