Abstract: There are provided an electronic pen data input system and an electronic pen data input method using the same. The electronic pen data input system includes: an electronic pen including an accelerometer sensor to provide acceleration information corresponding to movement thereof; and a portable communications terminal calculating movement information of the electronic pen using the acceleration information of the electronic pen and compensating for a noise input in the movement information to determine a handwriting data input.

Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and a method of controlling capacitance detection, and a touchscreen apparatus. The apparatus includes: a driving circuit unit providing driving signals including a preset number of driving pulses to a plurality of respective driving electrodes of a panel unit; a detecting circuit unit removing electrical noise from a first voltage corresponding to a capacitance change in the panel unit when the electrical noise is included in the first voltage; and a controlling unit controlling the driving circuit unit to generate an additional driving pulse when the electrical noise is included in the first voltage.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes an organic electroluminescent display (OLED) panel having a first surface for displaying images and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a thermal pad attached to the second surface, a heat sink attached to the thermal pad such that the thermal pad is disposed between the OLED panel and the heat sink, a bottom case spaced apart from the heat sink and protecting the second surface of the OLED panel, the bottom case formed of a metallic material, and a top case covering edges of the first surface of the OLED panel and combined with the bottom case, wherein a plurality of heat-radiating pins are formed on a surface of the heat sink facing the bottom case.

Abstract: There is provided a regulator for controlling an output voltage, capable of stabilizing the voltage output from the regulator. The regulator for controlling an output voltage may include an output current generating unit generating an output current according to a reference voltage, an output voltage detecting unit detecting an output voltage using the output current, according to resistors provided therein, and a controlling unit comparing the output voltage with a preset reference output voltage to control the reference voltage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adaptive filter, which includes an analog filter; an analog-digital converter; a modem; a control unit connected to the modem to detect an adjacent interference signal adjacent to an interested channel signal; and a filter control signal generating unit connected to the control unit to generate a filter control signal for controlling a capacity of a variable capacitor, and a method of adaptive filtering and can control a filter passband adaptively to the adjacent interference signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a lower insulating pattern on a semiconductor substrate, a lower gate pattern on the lower insulating pattern and formed of a doped polysilicon layer, a residual insulating pattern with an opening exposing a portion of a top surface of the lower gate pattern, an upper gate pattern on the residual insulating pattern, the upper gate pattern filling the opening, and a diffusion barrier pattern in contact with the portion of the top surface of the lower gate pattern and extending between the residual insulating pattern and the upper gate pattern.

Abstract: There is provided a capacitance sensing apparatus including: a driving circuit unit applying a driving signal to a first capacitor; a first integrating circuit unit including a second capacitor charged by a change in capacitance generated in the first capacitor based on the driving signal to generate a first output voltage; and a second integrating circuit unit including a third capacitor charged by a change in capacitance generated in the second capacitor to generate a second output voltage, wherein a level of the second output voltage is changed at least twice during a single period of the driving signal applied to the first capacitor.

Abstract: There is provided a capacitance sensing apparatus including: a driving circuit unit sequentially applying a driving signal to each of a plurality of first electrodes; a sensing circuit unit including a first integrating circuit detecting a first change in capacitance generated in a plurality of second electrodes by the driving signal and a second integrating circuit connected to another first electrode adjacent to the first electrode to which the driving signal is applied; and an operating unit connected to the sensing circuit unit to determine a touch input, wherein the second integrating circuit detects a second change in capacitance generated due to noise in the another first electrode, and the operating unit determines the touch input based on the first and second changes in capacitance.

Abstract: There is provided a capacitance sensing apparatus including: a driving circuit unit applying a driving signal having a common level potential and first and second level potentials different from the common level potential to a first capacitor; a sensing circuit unit detecting a change in capacitance generated in the first capacitor; and a gain controlling circuit unit controlling a gain of the sensing circuit unit, wherein the sensing circuit unit includes a second capacitor charged by the change in capacitance of the first capacitor when a level of the driving signal is changed from the first level potential to the common level potential or changed from the common level potential to the second level potential.

Abstract: There is provided a hydrodynamic bearing assembly including: a shaft; a sleeve disposed to be spaced apart from the shaft by a predetermined interval to form a bearing clearance therewith; and a thrust member installed on the shaft, wherein at least one of the shaft, the sleeve, and the thrust member is provided with a dynamic pressure groove for generating fluid dynamic pressure in a lubricating fluid provided in the bearing clearance, and one side of a portion of the dynamic pressure groove into which the lubricating fluid is introduced is provided with a pressure reduction preventing groove for suppressing a reduction in pressure generated at the time of introduction of the lubricating fluid.

Abstract: There are provided an apparatus for sensing capacitance, a method for sensing capacitance, and a touch screen apparatus. The apparatus for sensing capacitance includes; a driving circuit unit applying driving signals to a first capacitor; an integration circuit unit including a second capacitor and a third capacitor respectively charged by a change in capacitance generated in the first capacitor based on the driving signals to generate a predetermined output voltage and calculating a voltage difference between the output voltage of the second capacitor and the output voltage of the third capacitor; and a control unit determining characteristics of a noise signal based on the voltage difference and controlling the driving signals based on the characteristics of the noise signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit and a method for sensing a temperature. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a circuit for sensing a temperature including: a bipolar transistor unit connected to a current source to output an output voltage which is inversely proportional to temperature; a variable reference voltage unit for providing a variable reference voltage which varies according to setting; a first amplifying unit for receiving the output voltage of the bipolar transistor unit and the variable reference voltage and performing differential amplification to output the amplified voltage; and a second amplifying unit for variably amplifying a variation of the output voltage of the first amplifying unit using a feedback variable resistor is provided. Further, a method for sensing a temperature using the same is provided.

Abstract: There are provided an apparatus for sensing capacitance, a method for sensing capacitance, and a touch screen apparatus. The apparatus for sensing capacitance includes; a first integration circuit unit including a first capacitor charged by a change in capacitance occurring in a sensing electrode; a comparison circuit unit comparing a level of an output signal of the first integration circuit unit with a predetermined reference level; and a noise removal unit including a plurality of switches operating according to an output of the comparison circuit unit, wherein the comparison circuit unit controls an operation of each of the plurality of switches to discharge charges charged in the first capacitor when the level of the output signal of the first integration circuit unit is higher than the reference level.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting a multimedia data packet are provided. The method includes receiving Bottom-up Network Abstraction Layer (B-NAL) information from a network entity, determining a media data quality based on the received B-NAL information and generating media data having the determined media data quality, and generating a packet including the generated media data and transmitting the packet to the network entity.

Abstract: There are provided a touch screen panel and a touch screen apparatus. The touch screen panel includes a plurality of first electrodes formed on a substrate and extending in a first axis direction; and a plurality of second electrodes formed on the substrate and extending in a second axis direction perpendicular to the first axis direction, wherein a plurality of first slits are provided in a diagonal direction with respect to the first axis direction and the second axis direction between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes, and at least one second slit is formed within each of the plurality of second electrodes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pad controlling apparatus controlling current and voltage applied to a pad, the pad controlling apparatus including: a voltage drop unit dropping the voltage applied to the pad; a switching unit connected in parallel with the voltage drop unit; and a control unit comparing a level of the dropped voltage and first reference voltage with each other and turning on the switching unit on when the level of the dropped voltage is larger than the first reference voltage. According to the present invention, even though interrupt occurs from the outside, a chip may be normally operated.

Abstract: There are provided a touch sensing apparatus and method. The touch sensing apparatus includes a sensing circuit unit detecting a plurality of signals from a plurality of changes in capacitance generated in a plurality of electrodes provided in a panel unit; and a signal processing unit comparing, with predetermined reference levels, levels of at least two signals generated from changes in capacitance in at least two electrodes spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance or greater, from among the plurality of electrodes, wherein, when the levels of the at least two signals are greater than the predetermined reference levels, the plurality of changes in capacitance are determined to be generated due to noise.

Abstract: There are provided a touch sensing apparatus and a touch sensing method. The touch sensing apparatus includes: a plurality of first electrodes extending along a first axis; a plurality of second electrodes extending along a second axis intersecting the first axis and forming a plurality of intersection points by intersecting the plurality of first electrodes; and a controller integrated circuit determining a touch by detecting changes in capacitance generated in the plurality of intersection points, wherein the controller integrated circuit sets parameters for detecting the changes in capacitance differently according to positions of the plurality of intersection points.

Abstract: There is provided a touch sensing apparatus including a panel unit in which a plurality of electrodes intersecting with each other are disposed; and a control unit sensing changes in capacitance generated in regions in which respective electrodes, among the plurality of intersecting electrodes, intersect, wherein the panel unit includes a first region in which the plurality of electrodes are disposed with a first interval therebetween, and a second region in which the plurality of electrodes are disposed with a second interval therebetween, and the control unit senses a fingerprint touching the second region based on a change in capacitance generated therein.

Abstract: There are provided a touch sensing apparatus and a touch sensing method. The touch sensing apparatus includes: a panel unit provided with a plurality of electrodes; a sensing circuit unit detecting variations in capacitance in the plurality of electrodes; and a calculating unit determining a touch from the variations in capacitance, wherein the calculating unit applies different parameters for determining the touch to the plurality of individual electrodes. The parameters such as an integration time, a digital signal conversion time, and a driving signal application time are set differently according to positions in which the variations in capacitance are detected, driving efficiency may be improved and power consumption may be significantly reduced.