Abstract: A method and apparatus for fixing up a last uniform resource locator (LastURL) representing the location of a content asset, and a computer readable recording medium storing a program to implement the method are provided. The LastURL fixup method includes managing location change information on location change of the content asset and fixing up a LastURL by referring to the location change information. According to the method and apparatus, a time for fixing up can be effectively reduced such that the speed of an application to response to a user can be enhanced and the processing power can be greatly saved.

Abstract: A file management method and apparatus for controlling assets in multimedia appliances and an information recording medium thereof are provided. The file management method for controlling assets in multimedia appliances includes: generating and managing an index file containing information on assets obtained by the multimedia appliances and based on MusicPhotoVideo (MPV). The method and apparatus enable users to conveniently and easily manage assets obtained in multimedia appliances such as a digital still camera.

Abstract: A cyclic referencing management method and apparatus, a parsing method and apparatus, and a computer readable recording medium storing a program to implement the methods are provided. The method for managing cyclic referencing that may occur by mutual references of assets in a file provided to control assets in a multimedia application environment, includes: detecting an asset generating cyclic referencing; and ignoring the asset generating cycling referencing. According to the methods and apparatuses, cyclic referencing that can occur in a file to control assets can be detected and processed such that the system can be prevented from entering an indefinite loop or causing an erroneous operation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for creating a MultiPhotoVideo or MusicPhotoVideo (MPV) file that enables minimization of resources and/or storage capacity required to use the MPV file in a multimedia application environment, and a storage medium having recorded thereon a computer readable program for performing the method. The method includes: generating profilebag elements based on multimedia content; generating unique identification information of assets included in the multimedia content; generating a last uniform resource locator (LastURL) based on universal resource identifiers (URIs) of the assets included in the multimedia content; and creating an MPV file corresponding to the multimedia content using the profilebag elements, the unique identification information of the assets, and the LastURL. Accordingly, the MPV file, which is available to multimedia reproducing devices having limited resources and/or storage capacity, can be provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a printed circuit board (PCB) with an embedded resistor, in which a resistor with a desired shape and volume is precisely formed using a resistor paste so that resistance values according to a position of the PCB are uniform, thereby a laser trimming process is omitted or minimally utilized. The method has advantages in that a production time of the PCB is shortened and productivity is improved because an operation condition is rapidly set without being greatly affected by the position precision of a printing device. Other advantages of the method are that the resistor paste with a relatively uniform thickness is secured through a screen printing process, thereby easily forming the resistor and improving resistance tolerance.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for enabling Power Line Control (PLC) devices to work like Universal Plug And Play (UPnP) devices by allowing the PLC devices to participate in a UPnP network. A bridging apparatus for enabling the UPnP device to control the PLC device includes a unit for generating a device description XML document for each device type using information on the PLC devices and transmitting the same document to a UPnP control point; a unit for, upon receipt of a control command from the control point, converting the control command into a control command conforming to a PLC protocol and transmitting the converted control command to a PLC device, and for, upon receipt of an information packet conforming to the PLC protocol from the PLC device, converting the packet to an event message conforming to a UPnP protocol and transmitting the event message to the control point.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a metal interconnect in a semiconductor device is disclosed. A disclosed method comprises: forming a via hole by a damascene process in an interlayer dielectric layer on a substrate; depositing a conducting layer on the substrate including the via hole; forming a photoresist pattern on the conducting layer; and forming a metal interconnect using the photoresist pattern as an etching mask, the lower part of the metal interconnect being wider than the upper part thereof.

Abstract: A method for forming a metallic interconnect in a semiconductor device is disclosed. An example method forms an IDL on a substrate including predetermined devices, forms a via hole in the IDL, depositing a first metal diffusion preventive layer and a metal layer to form a via plug on the IDL, and performs a planarization process using the first metal diffusion preventive layer using as an etching stop layer. In addition, the example method forms a metallic interconnect on the first metal diffusion preventive layer, deposits the other metal diffusion preventive layer on the metallic interconnect, and etches a predetermined part of first and second metal diffusion preventive layers and the metallic interconnect using a mask pattern.

Abstract: A carrier mounting structure, in which knobs for connecting a lower frame of a carrier to a bumper cover are formed integrally with the lower frame so that a connection step between the knobs and the lower frame is omitted, thereby decreasing the number of steps of an overall assembly process and reducing the production cost of the carrier. The carrier mounting structure comprises a carrier provided in front of an engine compartment of a car body for fixing electric components of a car, a bumper cover located below the carrier for absorbing impact generated in external collision, and a plurality of knobs extended from a lower surface of the carrier and connected to the bumper cover, wherein the knobs are formed integrally with the carrier.

Abstract: A dry etching step during the manufacturing of a substrate for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device is improved by placing the substrate at a predetermined distance away from the lower electrode to prevent damage of the substrate due to electrostatic formed therebetween. An insulating tape attached on the lower electrode provides electrostatic protection between the substrate and the lower electrode, so that the substrate is properly lifted off the lower electrode via the lifting pins of the lower electrode without electrostatic interference.

Abstract: A dry etching step during the manufacturing of a substrate for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device is improved by placing the substrate at a predetermined distance away from the lower electrode to prevent damage of the substrate due to electrostatic formed therebetween. An insulating tape attached on the lower electrode provides electrostatic protection between the substrate and the lower electrode, so that the substrate is properly lifted off the lower electrode via the lifting pins of the lower electrode without electrostatic interference.

Abstract: A plasma display panel having higher light-emitting luminance and efficiency of a discharge cell includes: a plurality of first barriers successively formed on a substrate at predetermined intervals; a plurality of first sustain electrodes formed at a width more than 40% of a pixel pitch, which is an overall distance of four of the barriers, to be orthogonal to the first barriers; a plurality of second sustain electrodes spaced apart from the first sustain electrodes at a distance less than 20% of the pixel pitch and mated with the first sustain electrodes one by one; a dielectric layer formed at a thickness of 25 &mgr;m or more to cover the first and second sustain electrodes; and a plurality of pads formed on some of the dielectric layer corresponding to the first sustain electrodes and the second sustain electrodes in each discharge cell.

Abstract: A plasma display panel having higher light-emitting luminance and efficiency of a discharge cell includes: a plurality of first barriers successively formed on a substrate at predetermined intervals; a plurality of first sustain electrodes formed at a width more than 40% of a pixel pitch, which is an overall distance of four of the barriers, to be orthogonal to the first barriers; a plurality of second sustain electrodes spaced apart from the first sustain electrodes at a distance less than 20% of the pixel pitch and mated with the first sustain electrodes one by one; a dielectric layer formed at a thickness of 25 &mgr;m or more to cover the first and second sustain electrodes; and a plurality of pads formed on some of the dielectric layer corresponding to the first sustain electrodes and the second sustain electrodes in each discharge cell.

Abstract: A plasma display panel that is capable of improving the discharge and light-emission efficiencies and the brightness. In the panel, a sustaining electrode pair is formed on an upper substrate in such a manner to be positioned at the edges of a discharge cell. A trigger electrode pair is positioned between the sustaining electrode pair to cause a trigger discharge for deriving a sustaining discharge. Dielectric layers are formed on the sustaining electrode pair and the trigger electrode pair to have a different thickness.

Abstract: A fabricating method of a thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention includes the steps of forming on a substrate material a thin film transistor array including a plurality of signal lines; forming an organic insulating film on the substrate material on which the thin film transistor array has formed; patterning the organic insulating film; performing a surface treatment on a surface of the organic insulating film using helium plasma; and forming a transparent electrode layer on the organic insulating film.

Abstract: A prosthetic cage for spine adapted to be implanted in an intervertebral disc space between two vertebral bodies in a spine and to accommodate fusion of the disc space, said cage being a tubular body with an internal aperture, an external surface of which having a plurality of wall apertures each perpendicular to the longitudinal axis thereof and communicating with the internal aperture, and dual convex screw threads extended therefrom, such that the cage of the present invention has an advantage that the stability of fixation between the cage and the vertebral body can be achieved by simple variation of its shape.

Abstract: A method of driving a plasma display panel that is adaptive for improving brightness and efficiency. In the method, a sustaining pulse for sustaining a discharge of a cell selected in a sustaining interval is alternately applied to each of a sustaining electrode pair. A pulse signal synchronized with the sustaining pulse is applied to a data electrode to cause a discharge for inducing a long-path discharge between the sustaining electrode pair between any one of the sustaining electrode pair and the data electrode.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for manufacturing a current collector for a secondary battery. In the current collector manufacturing method, a current collector source material is first prepared, pre-treated and then passed between rollers, one of which has patterns shaped like openings to be formed in the source material to then coat a pattern forming composition. Then, the resultant is dried and etched to form the openings, thereby completing the current collector. The current collector manufacturing apparatus includes a main roller, a guide roller coupled to the main roller so that the current collector passes therebetween, and a pattern forming composition storage unit, installed under the main roller, for supplying the pattern forming composition to a patterned portion.

Abstract: A plasma display panel and a method and apparatus for driving the same that are capable of preventing miss-writing and improving discharge and light-emission efficiencies. In the panel, an upper substrate and a lower substrate are opposed to each other with having a plurality of discharge cells therebetween. A first upper electrode group includes at least one electrode having a desired width and is formed on the upper substrate. A second upper electrode group includes at least one electrode having a different width from the first upper electrode group and is formed on the upper substrate in such a manner to be adjacent to the first upper electrode group. A data electrode is provided on the lower substrate in such a manner to be perpendicular the first and second upper electrode group. In the method and apparatus, a short-path discharge occurs between two electrodes spaced at a small distance from each other, of electrodes included in the first and second upper electrode groups.

Abstract: A prosthetic cage for spine adapted to be implanted in an intervertebral disc space between two vertebral bodies in a spine and to accommodate fusion of the disc space, said cage being a tubular body with an internal aperture, an external surface of which having a plurality of wall apertures each perpendicular to the longitudinal axis thereof and communicating with the internal aperture, and dual convex screw threads extended therefrom, such that the cage of the present invention has an advantage that the stability of fixation between the cage and the vertebral body can be achieved by simple variation of its shape