Abstract: An embedded magnetic component device includes a magnetic core located in a cavity extending into an insulating substrate. The cavity and magnetic core are covered with a cover layer. Through holes extend through the cover layer and the insulating substrate, and are plated to define conductive vias. Metallic traces are provided at exterior surfaces of the cover layer and the insulating substrate to define upper and lower winding layers. The metallic traces and conductive vias define the respective primary and secondary side windings for an embedded transformer. At least a first isolation barrier is provided on the cover layer, and at least a third insulating layer is provided on the substrate. The second and third insulating layers provide additional insulation for the device, and define and function as a circuit board for surface mounted power electronics.

Abstract: Methods of two-dimensional x-ray imaging of a target volume and tracking a target structure contained within a target volume are described.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device and an integrated circuit device prepared according to the method, the method including forming a silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN) material layer on an active region of a substrate, the forming the SiOCN material layer including using a precursor that has a bond between a silicon (Si) atom and a carbon (C) atom; etching a portion of the active region to form a recess in the active region; baking a surface of the recess at about 700° C. to about 800° C. under a hydrogen (H2) atmosphere, and exposing the SiOCN material layer to the atmosphere of the baking while performing the baking; and growing a semiconductor layer from the surface of the recess baked under the hydrogen atmosphere.

Abstract: Provided is a conductive textile-based inductance-type electrode apparatus for bio-signal detection, which includes an electrode unit (10) having a textile electrode (200) for receiving an oscillation signal from an oscillating unit and outputting a bio signal of a subject person, the textile electrode having a spiral coil (101) disposed at a textile sheet (103) formed by spirally turning a coil thread with conductivity from one end to the other end disposed at a center portion thereof, a bottom textile sheet (120) coming in contact with a skin of the subject person, and a buffering member (145) disposed between the electrode unit (10) and the bottom textile sheet (120) to separate the electrode unit (10) from the skin.

Abstract: A broadcast signal transmission apparatus and method using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. A broadcast signal transmission apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame using the time-interleaved signal; and an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmitter configured to generate a pilot signal that is shared by a core layer corresponding to the core layer signal and an enhanced layer corresponding to the enhanced layer signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compact container having a rotating contents container, in which a button frame integrally formed thereon with a button is coupled to the inside of a container body, a support is hinged to the inside of the container body, a rotation frame is rotatably coupled to the inside of the support, a contents container accommodating an impregnation member is fixedly coupled to the inside of the rotation frame, wherein first and second latching protrusions are formed on the button frame and the rotation frame, respectively, to be latched to each other, thus the second latching protrusion of the rotation frame is latched to the first latching protrusion of the button frame when lifting the support from the container body to rotate the contents container, such that the rotation frame is automatically rotated at a predetermined angle, thereby improving the convenience of use.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus and an electronic apparatus are provided. The power supply apparatus includes: a plurality of power supplies arranged as a single array; a switch disposed between the plurality of power supplies configured to control connection states of the plurality of power supplies; and a controller configured to control the switch to connect the plurality of power supplies in parallel when a first event requiring a voltage less than a predetermined reference voltage occurs, and configured control the switch to connect the plurality of power supplies in series when a second event requiring a voltage exceeding the predetermined reference voltage occurs.

Abstract: Methods of making personal care compositions, such as dentifrices, involving the addition of rheology modifiers at a later stage in the personal care composition formation process.

Abstract: A touch calibration system and method thereof are provided in the present invention. When a touch pad stops receiving a touch signal generated from a user to make the touch calibration system be at a calibration mode, a first step of the touch calibration method is providing a fixed count value to a counter of the touch calibration system. A second step is provided that a wave-generation module generates an oscillation wave, a counter counts an oscillation number corresponding to the oscillation wave, and a timer counts a calibration oscillation time. A third step is provided that determining whether the oscillation number achieves the fixed count value. When the oscillation number achieves the fixed count value, a storage module is received the calibration oscillation time to store the calibration oscillation time.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices can allow applications to provide complication data to be displayed in a complication of a watch face. A client application can create a complication data object according to a template to efficiently select how the complication data is to be displayed. For example, a complication controller on the watch can receive new data and determine which template to use. The complication data object can be sent to a display manager that can identify the selected template and display the data according to the template.

Abstract: Some embodiments of a blood coagulation testing system include an analyzer console device and a single-use cartridge component configured to releasably install into the console device. In some embodiments, the blood coagulation testing system can operate as an automated thromboelastometry system that is particularly useful, for example, at a point-of-care site.

Abstract: Apparatus to wirelessly monitor a position of a hatch are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a hatch to be coupled to a fluid tank, a latch to secure the hatch in a closed position, and a sensor to detect whether the latch is securing the hatch in a closed position.

Abstract: A spark-preventing element embedded in a printed circuit board includes a capacitive output electrode, a capacitive input electrode, an interlayer conductive member electrically connecting the capacitive output electrode to a signal line, and an interlayer insulation member electrically insulating the capacitive input electrode from the signal line, The capacitive input electrode is spaced apart from the capacitive output electrode with an air gap disposed between the capacitive output electrode and the capacitive input electrode, surrounds the capacitive output electrode, and is electrically connected to the ground layer. The spark-preventing element has an improved electrical characteristic and an increased durability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for regenerating a hydrogenation catalyst for a phthalate compound. More specifically, the present invention regenerates a hydrogenation catalyst for a phthalate compound by using an alcohol, and thereby provides a method for regenerating a hydrogenation catalyst for a phthalate compound that is capable of continuously hydrogenating a phthalate compound without replacing a catalyst in a catalytic reactor, and is also capable of improving operational stability and the lifetime of a catalyst and increasing economic efficiency.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a MEMS package with a rough metal anti-stiction layer, to improve stiction characteristics, and an associated method of formation. In some embodiments, the MEMS package includes a MEMS IC bonded to a CMOS IC. The CMOS IC has a CMOS substrate and an interconnect structure disposed over the CMOS substrate. The interconnect structure includes a plurality of metal layers disposed within a plurality of dielectric layers. The MEMS IC is bonded to the CMOS IC, enclosing a cavity between the MEMS IC and the CMOS IC and a moveable mass arranged in the cavity. The MEMS package further includes an anti-stiction layer disposed under the moveable mass. The anti-stiction layer is made of metal and has a rough top surface.

Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of adjusting profiles of a gate electrode and a gate spacer by implanting or doping an element semiconductor material into an interlayer insulating layer may be provided. The semiconductor device may include a gate spacer on a substrate, the gate spacer defining a trench, a gate electrode filling the trench, and an interlayer insulating layer on the substrate, which surrounds the gate spacer, and at least a portion of which includes germanium.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for oligomerization of olefins. The method for oligomerization of olefins according to the present disclosure not only provides excellent catalytic activity and stable process operation, but also exhibits high selectivity to 1-hexene or 1-octene by using a catalyst system including an activity modifier.

Abstract: An unlocking method and apparatus for an electronic appliance are disclosed. The method and apparatus may enable a user to unlock the electronic appliance by identifying a gesture and to invoke a function mapped to the gesture. The unlocking method includes detecting a preset gesture input when an input means is locked. The method includes unlocking the input means in response to the input gesture. The method also includes invoking an application mapped to the input gesture in response to unlocking.

Abstract: An optical lens production device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an upper mold which has one or more upper cavity areas for forming an optical lens; a lower mold which has one or more lower cavity areas for forming the optical lens; and an elastic member which is formed between the upper mold and the lower mold.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, an azo polymer forms a complex with a lithium ion and a sodium ion among alkali metal ions, but does not form a complex with a potassium ion. Therefore, the azo polymer is expected to be utilized as a material for a sensor capable of selectively detecting a specific alkali metal ion, or as a novel material capable of selectively trapping a specific alkali metal ion from a solution in which metal ions are mixed.