Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a dispenser. In the present invention, the dispenser is provided in a concave portion of a door to be exposed toward a front surface of the door. A water tank is installed between a rear surface of the dispenser and a door liner defining a rear surface of the door. The water tank stores the water delivered from an external water supply source while the water in maintained at a relatively low temperature and then discharges the water to the outside through the dispenser. Furthermore, in the present invention, a nozzle, through which the water is discharged from the water tank, is directly connected to a drainpipe of the dispenser, so that users may always take out the water maintained at a constant temperature.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel pyridine derivatives having an inhibitory effect on production of cytokines, which are involved in inflammatory responses, thus suggesting its usefulness as therapeutic agents for treating diseases related to inflammation, immune, chronic inflammation as well as an agent having an anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect. Further, this invention relates to a method of manufacturing the same and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for pre-authenticating ports is disclosed. In one embodiment, an active port facilitating communication of media content between a transmitting device and a receiving device is identified, while the active port are associated with a first High-Definition Content Protection (HDCP) engine. Then, inactive ports that are in idle mode serving as backup ports to the active port are identified, while the inactive ports are associated with a second HDCP engine. Pre-authentication of each of the inactive ports is performed so the pre-authenticated inactive ports can subsequently replace the active port if a port switch is performed.

Abstract: In preferred embodiments, an adaptive equalization circuit including at least two equalization filters (each for equalizing a signal transmitted over a multi-channel serial link) and control circuitry for generating an equalization control signal for use by all the filters. The control circuitry generates the control signal in response to an equalized signal produced by one of the filters, and asserts the control signal to all the filters. Preferably, one filter generates an equalized fixed pattern signal in response to a fixed pattern signal (e.g., a clock signal), each other filter equalizes a data signal, and the control circuitry generates the control signal in response to the equalized fixed pattern signal.

Abstract: A cable including circuitry for asserting information to a user or external device and a system including such a cable. The cable can include conductors, a memory storing cable data, and circuitry configured to respond to a request received on at least one of the conductors by accessing at least some of the cable data and asserting the accessed data serially to at least one of the conductors (e.g., for transmission to an external device). Other aspects of the invention are methods for accessing cable data stored in a cable and optionally using the data (e.g., to implement equalization). The cable data can be indicative of all or some of cable type, grade, speed, length, and impedance, a date code, a frequency-dependent attenuation table, far-end crosstalk and EMI-related coefficients, common mode radiation, intra pair skew, and other information.

Abstract: A cable including circuitry for asserting information to a user or external device and a system including such a cable. The cable can include conductors, a memory storing cable data, and circuitry configured to respond to a request received on at least one of the conductors by accessing at least some of the cable data and asserting the accessed data serially to at least one of the conductors (e.g., for transmission to an external device). Other aspects of the invention are methods for accessing cable data stored in a cable and optionally using the data (e.g., to implement equalization). The cable data can be indicative of all or some of cable type, grade, speed, length, and impedance, a date code, a frequency-dependent attenuation table, far-end crosstalk and EMI-related coefficients, common mode radiation, intra pair skew, and other information.

Abstract: An organic electro-luminescent device and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed in the present invention. The electro-luminescent device includes first and second electrodes over a substrate, and an organic emission layer between first and second electrodes, wherein the organic emission layer has a blended structure of a block copolymer and an organic emission material. The fabricating method includes forming a first electrode on a substrate, forming an organic emission layer over the first electrode, wherein the organic emission layer has a blended structure of a block copolymer and an organic emission material, and forming a second electrode over the organic emission layer.

Abstract: A method for forming a pattern of a liquid crystal display device is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a layer to be patterned, providing a master substrate having an intaglio portion corresponding to a desired pattern, filling an organic material into the intaglio portion of the master substrate, placing the master substrate in contact with the substrate, hardening the organic material to produce a hardened organic film pattern, transferring the hardened organic film pattern onto a surface of the layer to be patterned by separating the master substrate from the substrate, and etching the layer to be patterned by using the organic film pattern as a mask.

Abstract: A cable including circuitry for asserting information to a user or external device and a system including such a cable. The cable can include conductors, a memory storing cable data, and circuitry configured to respond to a request received on at least one of the conductors by accessing at least some of the cable data and asserting the accessed data serially to at least one of the conductors (e.g., for transmission to an external device). Other aspects of the invention are methods for accessing cable data stored in a cable and optionally using the data (e.g., to implement equalization). The cable data can be indicative of all or some of cable type, grade, speed, length, and impedance, a date code, a frequency-dependent attenuation table, far-end crosstalk and EMI-related coefficients, common mode radiation, intra pair skew, and other information.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including an adiabatic space formed on an inner surface of a chilling chamber door and an ice machine disposed inside the adiabatic space, thereby enabling a more efficient usage of an inner space of the refrigerator. Also, the present invention provides a cooling air passage structure of a refrigerator for properly supplying cooling air for freezing to an inside of the refrigerator having an ice machine disposed on an inner surface of a chilling chamber door.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a dispenser. In the present invention, the dispenser is provided in a concave portion of a door to be exposed toward a front surface of the door. A water tank is installed between a rear surface of the dispenser and a door liner defining a rear surface of the door. The water tank stores the water delivered from an external water supply source while the water in maintained at a relatively low temperature and then discharges the water to the outside through the dispenser. Furthermore, in the present invention, a nozzle, through which the water is discharged from the water tank, is directly connected to a drainpipe of the dispenser, so that users may always take out the water maintained at a constant temperature.

Abstract: A dispenser of a conventional refrigerator supplies only cold water. Therefore, the dispenser cannot meet a variety of users' needs. Further, the conventional refrigerator has a problem in that various kinds of water supplied from a water source cannot be properly purified. The present invention relates to a refrigerator including a main body with a storage space defined therein and a door for opening and closing the storage space.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for exposing an edge of a semiconductor wafer in photolithographic processes, and an OF (Orientation Flatness) detecting system provided with a WEE (Wafer Edge Exposure) apparatus. According to the present invention, a notch-aligned wafer can be treated by a WEE process on a wafer chuck of an OF detecting system, without waiting for its patterning exposure process to be performed first. Thus, the total processing time in photolithographic processes can be decreased.

Abstract: A medicinal solution dripping nozzle is used to drop a predetermined dosage of medicinal solution in a form of droplet. The medicinal solution dripping nozzle includes a nozzle portion for defining a flow path, and a guide member fixedly positioned midway the nozzle portion. The guide member includes a base portion and a protrusion portion projected on the base portion wherein the base portion has at least two holes communicating with a medicinal solution chamber. Therefore, the medicinal solution is discharged through the holes from the medicinal solution chamber and guided to a tip end of the guide member while forming the droplet.

Abstract: A method of transmitting data in a system including at least one data channel and a separate clock channel is disclosed. The method involves combining a clock signal to be transmitted on the clock channel with a data signal to generate a combined clock and data signal. In one embodiment, the data signal has been generated from data words using an encoding scheme that shifts an energy spectrum of the data signal away from an energy spectrum of the clock signal. In another embodiment, the clock signal has a plurality of pulses each having a front edge and a back edge, and the data signal is modulated onto the clock signal by moving at least one edge (i.e. front or back or both) of the plurality of pulses, thereby to create a combined clock and data signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ice maker for a refrigerator and a method of testing the ice maker, and more particularly, to an ice maker for use in a refrigerator for making and releasing ice and a method of testing the ice maker to determine whether the ice maker is normally operated. The present invention provides a process for checking the operation of the ice maker and checks an operating state of all components needed for the normal operation of the ice maker. Further, in the checking process, it is determined whether initial set values needed for the operation of the ice maker are appropriate, and the initial set values can also be adjusted.

Abstract: A scheme for reducing jitter in high-speed digital communication by adaptively controlling the loop bandwidth of a receiver PLL to reduce the relative jitter between the recovered data and clock. The scheme uses phase pointer activity to represent the relative jitter. The phase pointer activity is measured and used to control the receiver PLL loop bandwidth. The receiver PLL loop bandwidth is repeatedly incremented or decremented by a step size based on the comparison between a newly measured activity value and the old activity value, until the phase pointer activity reaches a minimum. Because the PLL performance requirement of the transmitter can be relaxed, compatibility with legacy transmitters and multi-vendor transmitters is enhanced. Because tight control of fabrication process parameters of PLLs may be relaxed, the fabrication yield may also be improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heater controller and a heater control method of a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a heater controller and a heater control method of a refrigerator, which control a heater mounted in a refrigerator dispenser. In the present invention, a dispenser of a refrigerator door is provided with a water tank. In order to prevent water in the water tank from being frozen over, the heater is mounted at an outside of the water tank. In addition, by measuring an outer surface temperature of the water tank and then recognizing a water temperature in the water tank based on the outer surface temperature of the water tank, the heater is controlled to be turned on/off based on a range of the water temperature in the water tank. Furthermore, in the present invention, an ambient temperature at a position of the refrigerator is measured, and then, the heater outputs heat energy according to a range of the ambient temperature.

Abstract: A dispenser of a conventional refrigerator supplies only cold water. Therefore, the dispenser cannot meet a variety of users' needs. Further, the conventional refrigerator has a problem in that various kinds of water supplied from a water source cannot be properly purified. The present invention relates to a refrigerator including a main body with a storage space defined therein and a door for opening and closing the storage space.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence display device includes a substrate including an emission region and a non-emission region, a first electrode on the substrate, a buffer layer on the first electrode, the buffer layer corresponding to the non-emission region, a partition wall on the buffer layer, the partition wall including a polymer, a first carrier transporting layer on the substrate including the partition wall, the first carrier transporting layer having a hydrophilic portion corresponding to the emission region and a hydrophobic portion corresponding to the non-emission region, an emissive layer on the first carrier transporting layer, the emissive layer corresponding to the hydrophilic portion, a second carrier transporting layer on the emissive layer, and a second electrode on the second carrier transporting layer.