Abstract: A color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the color filter substrate are provided. The color filter substrate includes a base substrate having a transmissive portion and a reflective portion, the transmissive portion having a groove, a color filter layer on the base substrate, and a black matrix on the color filter layer.

Abstract: An icemaker in a refrigerator is disclosed, by which heat generated from a heater to detach ice is prevented from being transferred to an inside of the refrigerator. The present invention includes an icemaker body provided to a prescribed position of the refrigerator to make to ice from a supplied water, a heater provided to the icemaker body to generate heat to facilitate detachment of the made ice, and a heater shielding unit provided to prevent the heat generated from the heater from being supplied to an inside of the refrigerator.

Abstract: A flat panel display device including: a display region including pixels connected to scan lines and data lines; a dummy display region including dummy pixels connected to at least two dummy scan lines and the data lines; a scan driver for providing scan signals and dummy scan signals to the scan lines and the dummy scan lines; a data driver for generating gray scale voltages corresponding to input digital data and providing them to corresponding pixels through the data lines; and a timing controller for controlling the scan driver and the data driver, wherein the data driver uses parasitic capacitance components existing in at least two data lines and capacitance components in the pixels and the dummy pixels connected to the at least two data lines, as a sampling capacitor and a holding capacitor to generate the gray scale voltages through charge sharing between the at least two data lines.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is fabricated with a reduced number of mask processes and includes a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate and a color filter array substrate. The TFT array substrate includes gate and data lines insulatively crossing each other to define a pixel area, a TFT provided at the crossing of the gate and data lines, a passivation film protecting the TFT, a pixel electrode partially overlapped by the TFT, a gate pad connected to the gate line, and a data pad connected to the data line. The gate line, the gate and data pads, and the pixel electrode include a transparent conductive material. A gate metal material is on the transparent conductive material where the TFT partially overlaps the pixel electrode. The passivation film over the gate and data pads is removed to expose the transparent conductive material included within the gate and data pads.

Abstract: A fabricating method of a printing plate includes forming a first conductive layer on an upper surface of a printing plate, forming a second conductive layer on a lower surface of the printing plate, forming an etch-resist pattern by etching a portion of the first conductive layer, submerging the printing plate, the second conductive layer and the etch-resist pattern into an electrolytic solution, and applying an electrical field between the etch-resist pattern and the second conductive layer so that the electrolytic solution is dissociated to form an anisotropically etched fine pattern in the printing plate.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for automatic translation of patent documents are provided. Translation knowledge customized for the patent domain is extracted and used. The method includes the steps of: extracting a number of technical terms from a patent document and assigning translated terms for the extracted technical terms; extracting expressions frequently used in patent documents, not in a document in a general domain, and constructing translated expressions; using the translation knowledge constructed in this way, applying a sentence pattern to extraordinarily long sentences in a patent document, dividing the sentence by recognition of parallel structure and syntax clues; and extracting translation units available for parsing and performing structure analysis.

Abstract: Provided is a wavelength tunable light source including a semiconductor optical amplifier, a beam steering unit or a beam deflector, and a concave diffraction grating integrated therein. The wavelength tunable light source can be easily implemented since locations to which a beam is diffracted by the concave diffraction grating and at which portions of the beam with different wavelengths have constructive interference form a straight line, not a Rowland circle. Furthermore, wavelength tuning and optical coupling characteristics of the wavelength tunable light source are excellent. Since both single integration and hybrid integration are possible for the wavelength tunable light source, the wavelength tunable light source exhibits superior operating characteristics and high reliability.

Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided which includes a terminal main body, a folder having a main LCD mounted thereon, and a hinge device for combining the folder with a main body and having a sub-LCD mounted thereon. While using the main LCD, a user can check the terminal state. In addition, the sub-LCD can be used regardless of whether the folder is opened or closed, so that display efficiency can be maximized. Moreover, since the main LCD and the sub-LCD are mounted at different positions, a thickness of the terminal can be effectively reduced.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a precise printing plate, and a method of manufacturing an LCD device using the same are disclosed, the method of manufacturing the precise printing plate comprising forming a mask layer of a predetermined pattern on a substrate; etching the substrate with an etchant including an anionic surfactant by using the mask layer of the predetermined pattern, to thereby form a trench; and removing the mask layer.

Abstract: A printing plate to form a precise pattern, a method for manufacturing the printing plate, and a method for fabricating an LCD device using the printing plate in which the printing plate includes a substrate having at least one trench and sidewall elements formed at an inner perimeter of the at least one trench.

Abstract: A data driver and a method of driving the same. The data driver includes a shift register for generating sampling signals; sampling latches for sampling digital data applied to output channels, respectively, in accordance with the sampling signals; holding latch units for receiving the sampled digital data of the channels from the sampling latches to hold the digital data for a first period; first digital-to-analog converters for receiving the held digital data of the channels from the holding latch units to generate currents corresponding to the digital data; a second digital-to-analog converter commonly connected to the channels and the first digital-to-analog converters to receive the digital data provided from the holding latch units for a second period and to generate correction currents for the data currents; and output stages for sampling, correcting, and driving final currents using the data currents and the correction currents.

Abstract: A data driving circuit for driving pixels of a display to display images with uniform brightness may include a gamma voltage unit that generates gray scale voltages, a digital-analog converter that selects, as a data signal, one of the gray scale voltages using first data, a decoder that generates second data using the first data, a latch for storing the first data and the second data, a current sink that receives a predetermined current from the pixel during a first partial period of a complete period for driving the pixel based on the selected gray scale voltage, a voltage controller that controls a voltage value of the data signal using the second data and a compensation voltage generated based on the predetermined current, and a switching unit that supplies the data signal to the pixel during any partial period of the complete period elapsing after the first partial period.

Abstract: A technology for processing vehicle sensor information is provided. The technology relates to a communication method which is performed between a telematics terminal and an electronic control unit, and a vehicle sensor information management method and apparatus. Sensor information is processed in a number of vehicle electronic control units, and then the processed sensor information is transferred to a telematics terminal via a communication gateway. The transferred sensor information is managed by a software module in the telematics terminal. A communication method of processing vehicle sensor information and a software module for receiving and processing sensor information between ECUs (Electronic Control Units) and a telematics terminal. The communication method for processing sensor information performs CAN communication between a communication gateway and the vehicle ECUs and serial communication between the communication gateway and the telematics terminal.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus is provided. The waveform of a set up signal applied in a reset period rises in at least two steps and first and second switches provided for applying the set up signal are simultaneously turned on.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printing plate includes forming first trenches having a first depth into an insulative substrate, forming an organic film over the insulative substrate including the first trenches, and forming second trenches having a width smaller than that of the first trenches into the organic film, the second trenches formed at positions corresponding to the first trenches by selectively removing the organic film.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus is provided. The plasma display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, first and second electrodes formed on the first substrate, and a sustain driver for applying a sustain pulse to at least one of the first and second electrodes. The sustain pulse applied to at least one of the first and second electrodes has intermediate pulses having two or more shape between the first and last pulses. According to the plasma display apparatus, pulses of various shapes are applied to a plasma display panel (PDP) in a sustain period so that it is possible to adaptively improve energy efficiency, a sustain voltage margin, and a brightness characteristic.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printing plate to acheive a precise and fine pattern by minimizing a variation of etching critical dimension is disclosed. The method uses a hard mask having an opening on an insulating substrate to form a first trench having a first depth in the insulating substrate. A first etching stopper and a first photoresist may be applied on a surface of the insulating substrate including the first trench for patterning the first photoresist by exposing the first photoresist. Likewise, a second and third trench may be formed.

Abstract: A data driver capable of displaying images with a substantially uniform brightness, an organic light emitting display device using the same, and a method of driving the organic light emitting display device. The data driver includes a plurality of current sink units for controlling predetermined currents to flow through data lines, a plurality of voltage generators for resetting values of gray scale voltages using compensation voltages generated when the predetermined currents flow, a plurality of digital-to-analog converters for selecting one gray scale voltage among the gray scale voltages as a data signal in response to bit values of the data supplied from the outside, and a plurality of switching units for supplying the data signal to the data lines. The predetermined currents may be set equal to pixel currents that correspond to a maximum brightness.

Abstract: A data driving circuit for driving pixels of a light emitting display to display images with uniform brightness may include a current sink that is capable of receiving, via a data line, a predetermined current from a pixel to enable the data driving circuit to generate a compensation voltage for the pixel. The compensation voltage may compensate for variations among the pixels of the display. Variations among the pixels may result from different electron mobilities and/or threshold voltages of transistors included in the pixels. The value of the predetermined current may be equal to or higher than a value of a minimum current employable by the pixel to emit light of maximum brightness. The maximum brightness of the pixel may correspond to a brightness emitted by the pixel when a highest one of a plurality of set gray scale voltages is applied to the pixel.

Abstract: A data driving circuit capable of displaying images having uniform brightness. The present invention provides a data driving circuit of a display device having: at least one current sinking unit for controlling a predetermined current to flow in a data line; at least one voltage generating unit for resetting voltage values of enhancement voltages using a compensation voltage generated when the predetermined current flows; at least one digital-analog converter for selecting as a data signal one of the enhancement voltages to correspond to a digital value of externally supplied data; at least one boosting unit for boosting a voltage value of the data signal; and at least one switching unit for providing the data line with the boosted data signal.