Abstract: The electrophoretic display device includes an electrophoretic display portion which maintains a displayed image even during a shut-down of power, a thin film transistor substrate connected to the electrophoretic display portion to drive the electrophoretic display portion, a driving circuit connected to the electrophoretic display portion and the thin film transistor substrate to supply an image signal which drives the electrophoretic display portion, a switching portion which controls an operation of the driving circuit, a test portion which tests an input image signal and a controller which compares the input image signal tested in the test portion with a display image signal previously inputted and operates the driving circuit portion by operating the switching portion if the input image signal is different from the display image signal.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a conductive layer on a semiconductor substrate, forming an insulating layer on the conductive layer, forming a word line and isolation trenches by patterning the insulating layer and the conductive layer, forming an isolation layer that fills the isolation trenches, forming a cell contact hole in the insulating layer such that the cell contact hole is self-aligned with the word line and exposes the word line, and forming a cell diode in the cell contact hole.

Abstract: A dishwasher is disclosed which includes a rack disposed inside a washing cabinet, a rack and at least one shelf which is rotatably connected to the rack so as to be rotated to a raised upright position and then to a lowered upright position and held, and which is rotatable to the raised upright position and then rotated to a substantially laid down position. Space utilization is increased as a height of the shelf extending above the shelf is reduced and a size of another rack assembly which may be positioned above the rack assembly may be increased.

Abstract: A method of illuminating objects using adaptively controlled mixing of spectral illumination energy to form and detect digital images of objects at a POS. The method comprises providing, at a POS environment, a digital image capture and processing system having a system housing with an imaging window, and an area-type illumination and imaging station disposed within said system housing, for projecting a coextensive area-type illumination and imaging field (i.e. zone) through said imaging window into a 3D imaging volume during object illumination and imaging operations. As the object is moved through the 3D imaging volume, its motion is automatically detected, and signals indicative of said detected object motion are generated. In response to the generated signals, a first field of visible illumination is produced from an array of visible LEDs, simultaneously with a second field of invisible illumination from a array of infrared (IR) LEDs.

Abstract: A field emission device and its method of manufacture includes: a substrate; a plurality of cathode electrodes formed on the substrate and having slot shaped cathode holes to expose the substrate; emitters formed on the substrate exposed through each of the cathode holes and separated from both side surfaces of the cathode holes, the emitters being formed along a lengthwise direction of the cathode holes; an insulating layer formed on the substrate to cover the cathode electrodes and having insulating layer holes communicating with the cathode holes; and a plurality of gate electrodes formed on the insulating layer and having gate holes communicating with the insulating layer holes.

Abstract: A polarizer adapted to improve contrast and visibility of a display device, a method of manufacturing the polarizer, and a flat panel display device including the polarizer. In one embodiment, the polarizer includes a base and a plurality of grids disposed in a stripe pattern on the base. Here, the grids are separated from each other and formed of metal-containing graphite.

Abstract: A light emission device and a display device using the light emission device as light source are provided. The light emission device includes a vacuum vessel including a first substrate, a second substrate and a sealing member disposed between the first and second substrates; an electron emission unit on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate; a light emission unit, including an anode electrode and a phosphor layer, on a side of the second substrate facing the first substrate and spaced apart from the sealing member; and a first resistive layer for absorbing an arc current, wherein the first resistive layer is on the side of the second substrate at an inside region of the vacuum vessel, the inside region being defined by the sealing member.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front substrate and a rear substrate facing each other, two or more electrode sheets having apertures or openings arranged in a uniform pattern for forming discharge spaces between the front substrate and the rear substrate, and including discharge electrodes surrounding at least a part of each of the discharge spaces and extending in one direction. Phosphor layers are located on the front substrate or the rear substrate to correspond to the discharge spaces. and a discharge gas filled in the discharge spaces, wherein projection portions are formed on side surfaces of the discharge electrodes and project into the discharge spaces.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes preparing a semiconductor substrate to include a cell region and a peripheral region and forming a first mask layer on the semiconductor substrate. First hard mask patterns that are configured to expose the first mask layer are formed on the first mask layer in the cell region. A second mask layer that is configured to conformably cover the first hard mask patterns is formed. A second hard mask pattern is formed between the first hard mask patterns, wherein the second hard mask pattern is configured to contact a lateral surface of the second mask layer. The second mask layer interposed between the first hard mask patterns and the second hard mask pattern is removed. A plurality of trenches are etched in the semiconductor substrate of the cell region using the first hard mask patterns and the second hard mask pattern as a mask.

Abstract: A dishwasher is disclosed which includes a rack arranged inside of a washing cabinet, a plurality of shelves arranged on the rack, and a shelf holder installed on the tack. The shelf holder may include a plurality of shelf fixing parts that fix the shelves together. The dishwasher so configured is capable of minimizing the number of shelf holders needed to fix a plurality of shelves to a rack and, therefore, simplifies the assembly process.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flexible display device in which a flexible substrate is acquired by forming display devices on one side of the substrate and thinning the substrate by removing surface portions on an opposite side of the substrate. The thickness of the substrate is changed from a first thickness, which gives rigidity to the substrate to the second thickness, which gives flexibility to the substrate.

Abstract: A contention reduction apparatus and method in a prioritized contention access (PCA) method of a Wireless Personal Area Network are provided. A contention reduction apparatus of a Wireless Personal Area Network includes: a prioritized contention access (PCA) section retriever which retrieves a PCA section from beacons received for a beacon period (BP); a PCA section divider which divides the retrieved PCA section; a device selector which selects devices using the PCA section; and a PCA section allocator which allocates the divided PCA section to the selected devices.

Abstract: A network switch comprising a first ingress port configured to receive a first type of traffic, a second ingress port configured to receive a second type of traffic, a first egress port configured to communicate the first type of traffic, and a second egress port configured to communicate the second type of traffic. Included is a network component comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising partitioning the traffic into traffic of a first type and traffic of a second type, dedicating a first portion of a total number of ports of a node for communicating the first type of traffic, dedicating a second portion of the total number of ports of the node for communicating the second type of traffic, and dedicating a third portion of the total number of ports of the node for communicating both the first type of traffic and the second type of traffic.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a hard mask pattern over a substrate having a field oxide layer, etching the substrate to form a recess by using the hard mask pattern, forming a first conductive layer over the recess and the hard mask pattern, planarizing the first conductive layer, and forming a second conductive layer over the planarized first conductive layer.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for battery power management are disclosed utilizing Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) of a dual band dual mode terminal, that includes a mobile communication unit; a portable Internet unit for transmitting/receiving a portable Internet signal; a battery measuring unit for measuring remaining battery capacity; a power supply unit for supplying power from the battery to the mobile communication unit and portable Internet unit; and a controller for deriving remaining run times of the mobile communication and portable internet units using consumption current according to the RSSI of the mobile communication and portable Internet units when the remaining battery capacity falls below a set value, and for controlling power supply of the power supply unit based on the derived remaining run times.

Abstract: An apparatus, and related method, for recording data that includes a controller to generate control information required to record a main data. The control information including at least one information unit for a specific writing speed and recording layer. The information unit includes write strategy parameters for first write strategy type to be used for the writing speed and recording layer, the first write strategy type being one of an (n?1) write strategy type and an n/2 write strategy type, where n is a length of mark and each type represents a number of write pulse to form a corresponding mark. A writing/reading unit records the control information at a specific area of a recording medium, wherein the controller controls the writing/reading unit to record the control information and to record the main data on the recording layer using write strategy parameters for the first write strategy type included in the information unit, at the specific writing speed.

Abstract: A double pattern method of forming a plurality of contact holes in a material layer formed on a substrate is disclosed. The method forms a parallel plurality of first hard mask patterns separated by a first pitch in a first direction on the material layer, a self-aligned parallel plurality of second hard mask patterns interleaved with the first hard mask patterns and separated from the first hard mask patterns by a buffer layer to form composite mask patterns, and a plurality of upper mask patterns in a second direction intersecting the first direction to mask selected portions of the buffer layer in conjunction with the composite mask patterns. The method then etches non-selected portions of the buffer layer using the composite hard mask patterns and the upper mask patterns as an etch mask to form a plurality of hard mask holes exposing selected portions of the material layer, and then etches the selected portions of the material layer to form the plurality of contact holes.

Abstract: A system and method for probing a channel by a base station in a communication system is provided. The channel probing includes performing pre-probing for selecting a subchannel, adjusting a subcarrier distance of a probing signal according to frequency selectivity indicative of frequency-domain channel selectivity based on a time channel correlation of each of a plurality of users and performing main-probing for transmitting the probing signal on the selected subchannel.

Abstract: A pattern film in accordance with one aspect of the present invention includes a first film and a second film. A first pattern array is built in the first film. The second film is attached to the first film. Further, a second pattern array is built in the second film. The second pattern array is partially overlapped with the first pattern array. The first and the second pattern arrays may be electrically connected to each other by a pressurizing process. Thus, a time and a cost for manufacturing the pattern film may be reduced. As a result, a printed circuit board and a semiconductor package having the pattern film may also be manufactured at a low expense.

Abstract: Disclosed is duplex stainless steel that containes relatively low content of Ni, and limits constituents of Cr—Mo—Mn—N to make volume fraction of ? and ? have about 50:50, thereby minimizing incidence of a edge crack to enhance a production yield and decrease a processing load, in which the alloy constituents includes Cr of 19.5˜22.5%. Mo of 0.5-2.5%, Ni if 1.0-3.0%, Mn of 1.5-4.5%, N of 0.15-0.25%, Fe and unavoidable elements, and a constitution range of the alloy constituents are adjusted to make a CPt higher than 20° C. depending on the constitution range of the alloy constituents. Thus, the contents of Cr, Mo and Ni is decreased and the content of Mn is increased a little, so that a production cost thereof is reduced; the corrosion resistance is secured to be better than the STS 304 steel and the 316L steel; the incidence of the edge cract is decreased while being hot-rolled, thereby decreasing a load on the following process; and the surface defective is decreased, thereby improving a production yield.