Abstract: A charging apparatus may include a power factor correction converter including a switching element, to correct a power factor of AC power provided by external charging equipment through ON/OFF control of the switching element, to convert the corrected power factor into DC power, and to output the DC power; a DC link capacitor connected to both ends of the PFC converter to form a DC voltage; a DC-DC converter converting a magnitude of the DC voltage formed by the DC link capacitor into a magnitude of a voltage required by an energy storage device to be charged; and a duty controller configured to determine a duty of the switching element in the PFC converter based on a magnitude of a common-mode component of an AC voltage of the AC power provided by the external charging equipment and the magnitude of the DC voltage formed by the DC link capacitor.

Abstract: A system of controlling a charging apparatus for a vehicle may include a power supply unit supplying an AC power, a power factor correction (PFC) converter unit connected to the power supply unit and converting the AC power supplied from the power supply unit into a DC power and supplying the converted DC power to a load, and a controller extracting a high frequency component from the AC power input to the PFC converter unit, determining a frequency of the extracted high frequency component, and limiting, when the determined frequency is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, output power from the PFC converter unit to a value lower than the predetermined value.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a mobile terminal for simultaneously displaying at least two application windows on a display unit of a mobile terminal. The method may include displaying a first application window associated with a first application on an entire display area of the display unit, receiving a multi_screen mode initiation input from a user, dividing a display area of the display unit into at least two display areas including a first display area and a second display area in response to the multi_screen mode initiation input, and displaying the first application window and a second application window on the at least two display areas, respectively, in a multi_screen mode.

Abstract: A display device includes a flexible substrate, a display element on the flexible substrate and including a thin film transistor, a metal layer disposed at a lower portion of the flexible substrate, and an air layer formed between the flexible substrate and the metal layer.

Abstract: An electronic device of the present invention comprises: a housing; a touchscreen display; a microphone; at least one speaker; a button disposed on a portion of the housing or set to be displayed on the touchscreen display; a wireless communication circuit; a processor; and a memory. The electronic device is configured to store an application program including a user interface for receiving a text input. When the user interface is not displayed on the touchscreen display, the electronic device enables a user to receive a user input through the button, receives user speech through the microphone, and then provides data on the user speech to an external server including an automatic speech recognition system and an intelligence system. An instruction for performing a task generated by the intelligence system in response to the user speech is received from the server.

Abstract: Disclosed are an organic heterocyclic compound represented by Chemical Formula A and an organic light-emitting diode comprising the same. wherein substituents R1 to R8, X1 to X4, W1, and Y1 are each as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A hydraulic tube connector for a vehicle may include a connector body including a first through-hole into which a tube having a tube protrusion protruding outward is inserted and a sealing O-ring groove which is formed at one side of the first through-hole, a sealing O-ring configured to be coupled to the sealing O-ring groove, and a release sleeve coupled to the connector body to prevent the sealing O-ring from being separated from the sealing O-ring groove.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light-emitting compound represented by Chemical Formula A and an organic light-emitting device. In Chemical Formula A, X, Y, Z, and the substituents R1 to R8, and R11 to R20 are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: Alignment systems employing actuators provide relative displacement between lid assemblies of process chambers and substrates, and related methods are disclosed. A process chamber includes chamber walls defining a process volume in which a substrate may be placed and the walls support a lid assembly of the process chamber. The lid assembly contains at least one of an energy source and a process gas dispenser. Moreover, an alignment system may include at least one each of a bracket, an interface member, and an actuator. By attaching the bracket to the chamber wall and securing the interface member to the lid assembly, the actuator may communicate with the bracket and the interface member to provide relative displacement between the chamber wall and the lid assembly. In this manner, the lid assembly may be positioned relative to the substrate to improve process uniformity across the substrate within the process chamber.

Abstract: Provided are a haptic feedback fiber body, a haptic feedback fabric, and a wearable device. The haptic feedback fiber body can include a core fiber having a first electrode to surround the outer surface thereof; and a vibrating fiber, provided so as to intermittently contact the outer surface of the core fiber, including a second electrode on the inner surface thereof, wherein a piezoelectric polymer is provided on the outer surface of the first electrode or on the inner surface of the second electrode to generate fretting vibrations when the polymer is in close contact with the first electrode or the second electrode on which the piezoelectric polymer is disposed opposite to each other.

Abstract: A display device including an emitting element. A first transistor includes a first electrode electrically connected to a first supply voltage line, a second electrode electrically connected to the emitting element, and a gate electrode receiving a data signal, the first transistor being configured to transfer a driving current to the emitting element based on the data signal. A capacitor is connected between the gate electrode of the first transistor and the first supply voltage line. An electric field generating element is connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the gate electrode of the first transistor and includes ferroelectrics.

Abstract: Provided is a haptic feedback button, which includes: a substrate; a lower electrode provided on an upper portion of the substrate, and formed by patterning a ground electrode and a touch sensing electrode; an upper electrode, provided above the lower electrode with an interval from the lower electrode, to which a driving voltage is applied; and a cover provided on an upper portion of the upper electrode, wherein a piezoelectric polymer is provided on an upper portion of the lower electrode or a lower portion of the upper electrode so that fretting vibration may be generated when the piezoelectric polymer is in close contact with the lower electrode or the upper electrode that are disposed to face each other.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a display device, an apparatus for testing a display device, and a method for testing a display device. A display device includes a first substrate having a display area and a non-display area defined thereon, the non-display area being on an outer side of the display area. The non-display area may include a plurality of test pads and a first dummy thin-film transistor electrically connected to the test pads. The first dummy thin-film transistor includes a dummy gate electrode, and a dummy source electrode and a dummy drain electrode insulated from the gate electrode and spaced apart from each other. A bending area is defined on the first substrate that at least partially traverses the display area and the non-display area, the bending area overlaps the first dummy thin-film transistor.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method for anti-wetting metallic surfaces. A metallic object is introduced to an electrochemical solution. A cathode is introduced to the electrochemical solution, and an anode is attached to the metallic object. An electric potential between the cathode and anode is applied, such that selective electrochemical etching of the surface of the metallic object occurs. The selective etching etches grain boundaries at the surface of the metallic object, and the grain boundaries define grain faces.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel, a first control pad, a second control pad, and a first dummy pad. The pixel may emit light with luminance corresponding to a data signal. Supply of the data signal to the pixel depends on a first control signal and a second control signal. The first control pad is connected to a first control line for supplying the first control signal. The second control pad is connected to a second control line for supplying the second control signal. The first dummy pad is positioned between the first control pad and the second control pad and may receive a first dummy signal. A voltage level of the first dummy signal is in a range from a voltage level of the first control signal to a voltage level of the second control signal.

Abstract: Alignment systems employing actuators provide relative displacement between lid assemblies of process chambers and substrates, and related methods are disclosed. A process chamber includes chamber walls defining a process volume in which a substrate may be placed and the walls support a lid assembly of the process chamber. The lid assembly contains at least one of an energy source and a process gas dispenser. Moreover, an alignment system may include at least one each of a bracket, an interface member, and an actuator. By attaching the bracket to the chamber wall and securing the interface member to the lid assembly, the actuator may communicate with the bracket and the interface member to provide relative displacement between the chamber wall and the lid assembly. In this manner, the lid assembly may be positioned relative to the substrate to improve process uniformity across the substrate within the process chamber.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes scan lines arranged in horizontal lines, data lines intersecting the scan lines, a pixel array including pixels coupled to the scan lines and the data lines, the pixels including at least first color pixels, a panel tester including switching elements coupled to first ends of the data lines, the switching elements including at least first and second switching elements, and a first line coupled to the first switching elements and a second line coupled to the second switching elements. Data lines of K-th to (K+L)-th (where K and L are natural numbers) first color pixels arranged in a predetermined horizontal line are coupled to the first line through the first switching elements, and data lines of at least a part of remaining first color pixels arranged in the predetermined horizontal line are coupled to the second line through the second switching elements.

Abstract: Disclosed are a PFC controller and a method of controlling the PFC controller. The PFC controller can include: a voltage controller configured to control a PFC output terminal voltage using a PFC output terminal voltage value and a PFC output terminal requirement voltage value; a current controller configured to control a PFC input terminal current by deriving a PFC input terminal requirement current value using an output of the voltage controller and by deriving a PFC duty using the PFC input terminal requirement current value and a PFC input terminal current value; and a distortion compensator configured to monitor an input voltage of an input power source, determine whether the input voltage is distorted, and prevent a divergence of the PFC input terminal current by transmitting a distortion frequency to the current controller when the input voltage is distorted.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). An electronic device is provided in a wireless communication system. The device comprises a plurality of antenna sets; a plurality of antenna elements configuring the plurality of antenna sets; an RF transceiver including a plurality of switches for selecting the plurality of antenna elements and a plurality of phase shifters for shifting the phase of a signal transmitted/received through the plurality of antenna elements; and a control unit for determining a beam forming direction and the phase of the signal by simultaneously controlling the plurality of switches and the plurality of phase shifters according to a beambook.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a display unit having a plurality of pixel units. The display device also includes a timing controller for calculating a black bias pixel ratio (BBPR) of the display unit based on image signals provided by an external source and for generating a control signal based on the BBPR. The BBPR is the ratio of a number of pixel units in a black state to a total number of pixel units. A power supply unit provides a driving voltage to the display unit based on the control signal from the timing controller, wherein the power supply unit provides a first driving voltage to the display unit when the BBPR is less than a reference value and provides a second driving voltage, which is higher than the first driving voltage, otherwise.