Abstract: An RF receiver includes a low-noise amplifier (LNA) to receive and amplify RF signals, a transformer-based IQ generator circuit, one or more load resisters, one or more mixer circuit, and a downconverter. The transformer-based IQ generator is to generate a differential in-phase local oscillator (LOI) signal and a differential quadrature (LOQ) signal based on a local oscillator (LO) signal received from an LO. The load resisters are coupled to an output of the transformer-based IQ generator. Each of the load resisters is to couple one of the differential LOI and LOQ signals to a predetermined bias voltage. The mixers are coupled to the LNA and the transformer-based IQ generator to receive and mix the RF signals amplified by the LNA with the differential LOI and LOQ signals to generate an in-phase RF (RFI) signal and a quadrature RF (RFQ) signal. The downconverter is to down convert the RFI signal and the RFQ signal into IF signals.

Abstract: An image sensor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The image sensor includes a pixel sensing circuit, a pixel electrode, and an opto-electrical conversion layer. The pixel sensing circuit is corresponding to a plurality of pixel regions. The pixel electrode is disposed on the pixel sensing circuit. The pixel electrode includes a first electrode and a second electrode and is electrically connected to the pixel sensing circuit. The first electrode and the second electrode are coplanar, and have different polarities. The opto-electrical conversion layer is disposed on the pixel sensing circuit. The opto-electrical conversion layer includes a plurality of opto-electrical conversion portions, each of the opto-electrical conversion portions is corresponding to each of the pixel regions, and the opto-electrical conversion portions are separated from each other by a pixel isolation trench.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radio frequency (RF) receiver circuit includes a low noise amplifier, a poly-phase filter, and an in-phase quadrature (IQ) mixer circuit coupled between the low noise amplifier and the poly-phase filter. The IQ mixer circuit includes an IQ generator having a differential in-phase input port, a differential in-phase output port, and a differential quadrature output port; a first frequency mixer having a differential local oscillator (LO) input port, where the differential LO input port of the first frequency mixer are coupled to the differential in-phase output port of the IQ generator to drive the first frequency mixer; and a second frequency mixer having a differential LO port, where the differential LO input port of the second frequency mixer are coupled to the differential quadrature output port of the IQ generator to drive the second frequency mixer.

Abstract: An image sensor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The image sensor includes a pixel sensing circuit, a pixel electrode, and an opto-electrical conversion layer. The pixel sensing circuit is corresponding to a plurality of pixel regions. The pixel electrode is disposed on the pixel sensing circuit. The pixel electrode includes a first electrode and a second electrode and is electrically connected to the pixel sensing circuit. The first electrode and the second electrode are coplanar, and have different polarities. The opto-electrical conversion layer is disposed on the pixel sensing circuit. The opto-electrical conversion layer includes a plurality of opto-electrical conversion portions, each of the opto-electrical conversion portions is corresponding to each of the pixel regions, and the opto-electrical conversion portions are separated from each other by a pixel isolation trench.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a low-dust, high insulation aerogel blanket and a method for producing the same. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing a low-dust, high insulation aerogel blanket, wherein a plate type Mg(OH)2.MgO.SiO2 powder is added to a silica sol, thereby being capable of reducing the generation of dust with excellent flame retardancy and thermal conductivity, and an aerogel blanket produced thereby.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention comprises: a smart donation-fundraising server for saving information on in-kind donation, which refers to goods donated by a corporation, as in-kind donation information, generating and saving in-kind donation advertisement content which refers to advertisement content for the in-kind donation, and reporting as the amount corresponding to the in-kind donation as cash donation by the corporation that has provided the in-kind donation; a kiosk for receiving, from the smart donation-fundraising server, the in-kind donation advertisement content and displaying same, and printing and providing an exchange coupon allowing free exchange of the in-kind donation or a discount coupon allowing purchase of the in-kind donation at a discounted price, when a cash donation payment has been made to purchase the in-kind donation; and a cable/wireless communication network for providing cable communication or wireless communication between the smart donation-fundraising server and the ki

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radio frequency (RF) frontend circuit includes a RF receiver, a transceiver (or transmit/receive) switch, and a high-order inductive degeneration matching network coupled in between the transceiver switch and an input port of the RF receiver, where the high-order inductive degeneration matching network matches an impedance for the RF receiver and the transceiver switch and the high-order inductive degeneration matching network is to resonate at a plurality of predetermined resonant frequencies.

Abstract: The present application relates to an optical device. The present application provides an optical device capable of varying transmittance, and such an optical device can be used for various applications such as eyewear, for example, sunglasses or AR (augmented reality) or VR (virtual reality) eyewear, an outer wall of a building or a sunroof for a vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-position sensing apparatus capable of sensing a position and an angle of a target, the apparatus including: a light emitting element that irradiates detection light to a first or second target; a first light receiving part having a first light receiving area in a first light receiving range angle with respect to a first light receiving axis to receive a first or second reflective light reflected from the first or second target; and a second light receiving receiving range angle with respect to a second light receiving axis in parallel to the first light receiving axis to receive the second or first reflective light reflected from the second or first target.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a high hydrophobic silica aerogel having a high specific surface area and a low tap density, and a hydrophobic silica aerogel prepared thereby. The method of preparing a hydrophobic silica aerogel according to the present invention may have good productivity and economic efficiency, because preparation time is reduced by simultaneously performing surface modification, gelation, and solvent substitution in a single step, and may control a degree of hydrophobicity of the prepared silica aerogel by controlling a surface modification reaction by including a step of adding ammonium hydroxide. Thus, the preparation method according to the present invention and the hydrophobic silica aerogel are suitable for industries that need the method and the hydrophobic silica aerogel, particularly, industries that need a silica aerogel having high hydrophobicity or industries that need a silica aerogel having various degrees of hydrophobicity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluidic connector, to combine with a microfluidic chip cartridge, comprising: a base, having a plurality of through holes; and a plurality of soft tubes, penetrating the base via the through holes and fixed on the base, and having a Shore A hardness in a range of 50-99, wherein an end of the plurality of soft tubes is protruded from a first side of the base to form plurality of protrusion portions and each protrusion portion has a length in a range of 0.5-10 mm. The present invention also provides a microfluidic chip cartridge and a fluidic connector assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising 25-hydroxycholesterol, derivatives and prodrugs thereof, and methods of use thereof. Specifically, disclosed herein are methods of decreasing neuronal cell death.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing a message notification service based on spatial information are disclosed. A method for providing a message notification service from a server may include: receiving current circumstance information from a user terminal; if there exists a notification condition matching the current circumstance information, then extracting the message corresponding to the notification condition that matches the current circumstance information; and transmitting the extracted message to the user terminal.

Abstract: A resolver is installed inside a housing of a motor. A stator of the resolver has a three layered core. a main layer of an electric steel sheet, a first shielding layer of a magnetic metal, a second shielding layer interposed between the domain layer and the first to shielding layer. The second shielding layer is made of a non-magnetic material.

Abstract: There is provided a stretched laminate formed by stretching a laminate including: a non-stretched thermoplastic polyurethane film; and a non-stretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film attached to at least one surface of the thermoplastic polyurethane film, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol-based film has a thickness of 10 ?m or less after stretching. In addition, there are provided a method of manufacturing a thin polarizer using the stretched laminate, a thin polarizer manufacturing by the method, and a polarizing plate including the thin polarizer.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a method for manufacturing a polarizer and a polarizer manufactured by using the same, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing a polarizer, which includes a cross-linking and elongating step using an aqueous solution including a polyvalent carboxylic acid compound and a boric acid compound, and a polarizer manufactured by using the same.

Abstract: An image sensor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The image sensor includes a substrate, a patterned electrode layer, a pixel isolation structure and a patterned photo-electric conversion layer. The patterned electrode layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of electrode blocks separated from one another. The pixel isolation structure is disposed on the substrate and includes a metal halide. The patterned photo-electric conversion layer is disposed on the electrode blocks to form a plurality of photo-electric conversion blocks corresponding to the electrode blocks. The photo-electric conversion blocks include a perovskite material. The photo-electric conversion blocks are separated from one another by the pixel isolation structure.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes: a cassette comprising a slit opening configured to house a wafer; a blade configured to move the wafer to and from the slit opening by extending into the slit opening, wherein a blade thickness of the blade is at most ? of a height of the slit opening and wherein the blade is configured to secure the wafer within a pocket on the blade that is at least ? of a wafer thickness of the wafer.

Abstract: A machine control system includes an input module, a worktable, a first sliding module, a second sliding module, a lathe feeding module, a lathe tool connected to the lathe feeding module, a milling feeding module, a milling cutter connected to the milling feeding module, and a control module. The control module is electrically connected to the input module, the worktable, the first sliding module, the second sliding module, the lathe feeding module, and the milling feeding module, wherein the input module inputs control parameters into the control module to control the first sliding module and the second sliding module. The lathe feeding module controls the lathe tool to slide along a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction reciprocally, and the milling feeding module controls the milling cutter to slide along the third direction and rotate along a first axis.

Abstract: Isolated mesenchymal stem cells, which produce mRNA encoding TSG-6 protein or a biologically active fragment, derivative, or analogue thereof in an amount of at least a first preselected amount, or produce mRNA encoding TSG-6 protein or a biologically active fragment, derivative, or analogue thereof in an amount that does not exceed a second preselected amount, as determined by an assay, such as a RT-PCR assay. Isolated mesenchymal stem cells that produce mRNA encoding TSG-6 protein or a biologically active fragment, derivative, or analogue thereof in an amount of at least the first preselected amount are useful in treating diseases, conditions, and disorders associated with inflammation, while isolated mesenchymal stem cells that produce mRNA encoding TSG-6 protein or a biologically active fragment, derivative, or analogue thereof in an amount that does not exceed the second preselected amount are useful in treating bone diseases, conditions, and disorders, including bone injuries.