Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component to be embedded in a board includes: a ceramic body including dielectric layers; first and second internal electrodes formed in the ceramic body; and first-polarity external electrodes connected to the first internal electrodes, and second-polarity external electrodes connected to the second internal electrodes, wherein the number of the first-polarity external electrodes and the number of the second-polarity external electrodes may be two or more, the first-polarity and second-polarity external electrodes may include first-polarity and second-polarity base electrodes and first-polarity and second-polarity terminal electrodes formed on the first-polarity and second-polarity base electrodes, respectively, when L denotes a length of the ceramic body and W denotes a width thereof, W/L?0.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment discloses a light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit including an LED driving module configured to provide a first driving voltage to an LED light emitting module including a first LED group to an n-th LED group, n is an integer which is equal to or larger than 2, and sequentially drive the first LED group to the n-th LED group depending on a voltage level of the first driving voltage and a second driving voltage providing module configured to store some of the first driving voltage and selectively provide a second driving voltage to some of the LED groups other than at least the first LED group to an m-th LED group among the LED groups in a Vfm compensation section, 1?m?n?1, according to a control of the LED driving module.

Abstract: There are provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor and a circuit board having the same. The multilayer ceramic capacitor may include: first and second internal electrodes connected to first and second external electrodes, respectively, and disposed to face each other; and third and fourth internal electrodes connected to the first and second external electrodes, respectively, and disposed to face each other, a connection area of the third and fourth internal electrodes with the first and second external electrodes being different from that of the first and second internal electrodes with the first and second external electrodes, and the first and second external electrodes including first and second conductive layers disposed in inner portions thereof and first and second conductive resin layers disposed in outer portions thereof, respectively.

Abstract: An LED luminescence apparatus is provided, which includes a rectifying unit rectifying an AC voltage and generating a rectified voltage; a plurality of LEDs connected in series to an output terminal of the rectifying unit; a plurality of switches having drain terminals connected to cathodes of the plurality of LEDs, respectively; and a switch control unit sensing current through a plurality of resistors connected to source terminals of the plurality of switches, respectively, comparing the sensed current with a set reference current, and outputting a voltage corresponding to a difference between the sensed current and the set reference current to a gate terminal of each of the plurality of switches.

Abstract: An optical communication device including a plurality of groups of light emitting diode (LED) groups that are turn on according to a control of a lighting and communication control module. The lighting and communication control module is configured to receive an AC input voltage, generate a rectified voltage from the AC input voltage, determine a voltage level of the rectified voltage, sequentially drive the plurality of LED groups according to the voltage level of the rectified voltage, and perform optical communication through the plurality of LED groups only when the voltage level of the rectified voltage is greater than or equal to a preset threshold voltage level.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a light emitting diode (LED) driving apparatus and driving method for continuously driving an LED. According to the present invention, an LED driving apparatus and driving method for continuously driving an LED capable of compensating for a light output of an LED lighting using an energy chargeable and dischargeable element and/or circuit are proposed.

Abstract: An illumination apparatus capable of controlling current amounts of LEDs and enabling various electrical connections is provided. An applied driving voltage is divided, and a divided voltage is compared with a reference voltage to generate sampling signals. A logic operation is performed on the sampling signals to generate a switch control signal and a current control signal. The switch control signal controls electrical connection of LEDs to which the driving voltage is applied. Also, the current control signal may select LEDs that are to perform light emitting operations. A target voltage is set by processing the sampling signals and used to determine driving currents of the LEDs that are to perform the light emitting operations.

Abstract: In a multilayer ceramic electronic component to be embedded in a board, a thickness of a ceramic body in an overall chip may be increased by not allowing an increase in a thickness of an external electrode to occur, while forming a band surface of the external electrode having a predetermined length or greater for connecting the external electrode to an external wiring through a via hole, thereby improving chip strength and preventing the occurrence of damage such as breakage, or the like, a manufacturing method thereof, and a printed circuit board having the multilayer ceramic electronic component.

Abstract: An LED luminescence apparatus includes a plurality of LED units connected in series which are configured to receive a unidirectional ripple voltage, a plurality of switch units, one end of each being connected to the cathode of one of the plurality of LED units, a plurality of constant current control circuit units, one end of each being connected to an another end of a respective switch unit to receive a current from the respective switch unit, each of the constant current control circuit units being configured to output a current control signal to the respective switch unit to control a magnitude of the received current to have a specific value, and a current comparison unit to receive currents flowing from the plurality of switching units, and generate a plurality of switching control signals for the respective switch units to sequentially drive the plurality of constant current control circuit units.

Abstract: There is provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor to be embedded in a board, including: a ceramic body; first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed through end surfaces of the ceramic body; first and second external electrodes formed on end surfaces of the ceramic body; and first and second plating layers enclosing the first and second external electrodes, wherein when distance from one end of bands of the first or second external electrode to the other end thereof is ‘A’ and distance between points at which a virtual line drawn from a point vertically spaced apart from a surface of the first or second plating layer at a point ½×A from one end of the bands inwardly of the ceramic body by 3 ?m in length direction of the ceramic body intersects points on the surface of the first or second plating layer is ‘B,’ B/A?0.6.

Abstract: Disclosed is an LED driving apparatus capable of removing a non-light-emitting section and extending device life span by adding an optical power compensation circuit to a driving circuit of a multi-stage current driving mode. The design is more efficient with respect to a forward voltage of an LED array driven by the multi-stage current driving circuit and the unique operational characteristics of the optical power compensation circuit. The LED driving apparatus drives a plurality of LED groups and includes a rectification unit for rectifying an AC voltage to generate a ripple voltage at an output, an optical power compensation unit to supply a pre-stored compensation voltage to the LED array when the ripple voltage is less than a minimum forward voltage in the plurality of LED groups, and a constant current driving unit connected the plurality of LED groups to sequentially drive each LED group with a constant current.

Abstract: A display device includes a power rectifying unit for rectifying alternating power, a power factor correction unit correcting the power factor of the alternating power and outputting a power factor corrected voltage containing a direct current voltage component having at least a predetermined size, a display module driven by the power factor corrected voltage, a backlight unit, and a driving unit supplying the main driving voltage to a backlight unit, receiving the power factor corrected voltage when the size of the rectified voltage is smaller than a preset threshold value to generate a supplementary driving voltage.

Abstract: There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component to be embedded in a board including: a ceramic body including dielectric layers and having first and second main surfaces opposing one another, first and second lateral surfaces opposing one another, and first and second end surfaces opposing one another; first and second internal electrodes stacked to be spaced apart from both end surfaces of the ceramic body at a predetermined distance with the dielectric layers interposed therebetween, respectively; and first and second external electrodes formed in both end portions of the ceramic body, wherein the first and second external electrodes include first and second base electrodes and first and second terminal electrodes formed on the first and second base electrodes, respectively, and a non-conductive paste layer is formed on both lateral surfaces of the ceramic body.

Abstract: A system for repairing a plurality of semiconductor chips each comprising a data storage region including electric fuses connected to the data storage regions of the plurality of semiconductor chips, a defect determination unit configured to read the data of a chip that is actually accessed and the data of an idle chip in the data storage regions, compare the actually accessed and read data with the data of the idle chip, and detect a defect based on a result of the comparison, a storage unit configured to store the defective position of the defect according to a result of the defect determination unit, and a repair unit configured to repair the defect through an E fuse connected to the position of the defect using a reset signal.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component embedded in a board may include: a ceramic body including dielectric layers; a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed through both end surfaces of the ceramic body; and first and second external electrodes formed on both end portions of the ceramic body, respectively. The first external electrode may include a first base electrode and a first terminal electrode, the second external electrode may include a second base electrode and a second terminal electrode, 400 nm?Ra?600 nm may be satisfied when a surface roughness in a region of 50 ?m×50 ?m in the first and second terminal electrodes is defined as Ra, and 130 nm?Ra??400 nm may be satisfied when a surface roughness in a region of 10 ?m×10 ?m in the first and second terminal electrodes is defined as Ra?.

Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) dimmer for an LED lighting device, including a power switch, a drive voltage supply, and a LED light-emitting unit. Operating zones of the LED lighting device are changed in accordance with the switching of the power switch, and a dimming level for a next operating zone is determined on the basis of the dimming level and time while the power switch was on during the previous operating period.

Abstract: There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component embedded in a board including: a ceramic body including dielectric layers; an active layer including a plurality of first and second internal electrodes, having the dielectric layer therebetween, to thereby form capacitance; upper and lower cover layers formed in upper and lower portions of the active layer; and first and second external electrodes formed in both ends of the ceramic body, wherein the first external electrode includes a first base electrode and a first terminal electrode formed on the first base electrode, the second external electrode includes a second base electrode and a second terminal electrode formed on the second base electrode, and in the case that a thickness of the upper cover layer is tc1 and a thickness of the lower cover layer is tc2, 0.10?tc1/tc2?1.00 is satisfied.

Abstract: There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component embedded in a board including: a ceramic body including dielectric layers; first and second internal electrodes; and first and second external electrodes formed on first and second side surfaces of the ceramic body, respectively, wherein the first external electrode includes a first electrode layer and a first metal layer formed on the first electrode layer, the second external electrode includes a second electrode layer and a second metal layer formed on the second electrode layer, the first and second external electrodes are formed to be extended to first main surface of the ceramic body, and when a maximum width and a minimum width of at least one of the first and second external electrodes formed on the first main surface are defined as BWmax and BWmin, respectively, 0?BWmax?BWmin?100 ?m is satisfied.

Abstract: There is provided an embedded multilayer ceramic electronic component including: a ceramic body including a dielectric layer; a plurality of first and second internal electrodes; and first and second external electrodes formed on both end portions of the ceramic body, wherein the first and second external electrodes are extended to first and second main surfaces of the ceramic body, and when a thickness of the ceramic body is defined as ts, a maximum thickness of the first and second external electrodes formed on the first and second main surfaces of the ceramic body is defined as tb, a minimum distance of the first and second external electrodes formed on first and second end surfaces of the ceramic body in a length direction of the ceramic body is defined as ta, tb/ts and ta/tb satisfy the following Equations, respectively: 0.1?tb/ts?1.0 and 0.5?ta/tb?2.0.

Abstract: There is provided a multilayer ceramic capacitor, including: a ceramic body including a plurality of dielectric layers stacked therein; first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed to both end surfaces of the ceramic body, having each of the dielectric layers disposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes formed on the end surfaces of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively, wherein a difference in rigidity between upper and lower portions of the ceramic body is 4% or less.