Abstract: There are provided a lubricating oil composition for a fluid dynamic bearing and and a hard disk drive (HDD) motor fabricated by using the same. The lubricating oil composition for a fluid dynamic bearing includes: an aliphatic mono carboxylic acid ester, as a base oil, obtained by esterification between carboxylic acid represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; and isopropyl alcohol: where n indicates an integer of 6 to 20. Therefore, the HDD motor is fabricated by using the lubricating oil composition for a fluid dynamic bearing having low viscosity, low evaporation loss, and improved oxidation stability at room temperature, whereby quality reliability according to the use of the motor for a long period of time may be improved.

Abstract: There are provided a lubricating oil composition for a fluid dynamic bearing and a hard disk drive (HDD) motor fabricated using the same. The lubricating oil composition for a fluid dynamic bearing includes: an aliphatic mono carboxylic acid ester, as a base oil, obtained by esterification between alcohol represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; and 2-ethylbutanoic acid: where n indicates an integer of 6 to 20. Therefore, the HDD motor is fabricated by using the lubricating oil composition for a fluid dynamic bearing having low viscosity, low evaporation loss, and improved oxidation stability at room temperature, whereby quality reliability according to the use of the motor for a long period of time may be improved.

Abstract: There are provided a lubricating oil composition for a fluid dynamic bearing and a hard disk drive (HDD) motor fabricated by using the same. The lubricating oil composition for a fluid dynamic bearing, includes: aliphatic mono carboxylic acid ester having a total of carbon numbers of 26 to 40, as a base oil, obtained by esterification between alcohol represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; and a straight or branched saturated aliphatic mono carboxylic acid having carbon numbers of 2 to 16: where R1 and R2 indicate straight or branched alkyl groups that are the same or different and have carbon numbers of 1 to 10.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fail-safety control method for a hybrid vehicle. The method includes a hybrid control unit which, when commands for demand torque are received from a driver, giving instructions to a motor control unit to generate the demand torque, determining whether or not to a normal torque corresponding to the demand torque is being generated by the motor control unit according to the instructions from the hybrid control unit, and if it is determined that an abnormal torque is being generated by the motor control unit, giving commands to output an interrupt signal to interrupt operation of the motor control unit.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes: a base film made of plastic; a thin film transistor and an organic light emitting diode formed on the base film; and a carbon nanotube thin film disposed among the base film, the thin film transistor, and the organic light emitting diode.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a symbol on an exterior of an electronic device is provided. The method includes preparing a support layer, preparing a nanograting layer on the support layer, the nanograting layer including a first nanograting area corresponding to a preset symbol and a second nanograting area corresponding to an area other than the preset symbol, wherein each of the first nanograting area and the second nanograting area includes three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures and a pitch between the 3D nanostructures arranged in the first nanograting area is different from a pitch between the 3D nanostructures arranged in the second nanograting area.

Abstract: There are provided a hydrodynamic bearing assembly and a method of manufacturing the same. The hydrodynamic bearing assembly includes: a lubricating oil filled so as to form a liquid-vapor interface between stationary members and rotating members; and a lipophilic coating formed on the liquid-vapor interface of the lubricating oil so as to prevent lubricating oil leakage. Therefore, the lipophilic coating is formed on the interface of the lubricating oil and an oil repellent material is formed on a surface of at least one of the stationary members and the rotating members, whereby the scattering and the leakage of the lubricating oil may be effectively prevented.

Abstract: There is provided a fluid dynamic bearing oil composition for a hard disk drive motor. The fluid dynamic bearing oil composition includes 0.5 to 1.0 parts by weight of a defoaming agent based on 100 parts by weight of the total composition. The bubbles in the fluid dynamic bearing oil may be removed by adding a small amount of defoaming agent to the fluid dynamic bearing oil composition for a hard disk drive motor.

Abstract: A display device and a fabrication method thereof are provided. In a dual-link structure for a narrow bezel, first link wirings are formed on the same layer that the gate lines are formed and second link wirings are formed on the same layer that the data lines are formed. The first link wirings and the second link wirings are formed in a non-display area. Or auxiliary link wirings are further formed over the first link wirings and the second link wirings respectively. Or the first link wiring and second link wiring are divided two pieces of sub-link wirings. The sub-link wirings consisting the one link wiring are connected respectively and are formed on the different layer, whereby a defective image due to a difference in resistance between neighboring link wirings can be improved.

Abstract: Provided is a high resolution 2D-3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus including: a backlight unit emitting light; a spatial light modulator comprising a plurality of cells, the cells being arranged two-dimensionally and comprising left eye regions and right eye regions that are each independently switchable between a transparent state and an opaque state; a lenticular lens sheet separating and emitting light passed through the spatial light modulator to a left eye viewing zone and a right eye viewing zone; and an image display panel displaying an image, wherein the spatial light modulator is divided into a plurality of horizontal segments that are sequentially switched in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal of the image display panel.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of an electrophoretic display apparatus and an operating method thereof. According to one or more embodiments, an update voltage compensating for the degradation of an image is applied to a related pixel after a predetermined time interval elapses, when a plurality of images are consecutively displayed on one screen. Thus, the update voltage may be prevented from being applied to the pixel before the image degradation occurs, thereby preventing the pixel from being over-charged.

Abstract: A display panel including a liquid crystal layer and a display apparatus employing the same are disclosed. The display panel includes: first and second substrates; a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first and second substrates; first and second electrodes which are interposed respectively between the first substrate and liquid crystal layer and between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate to apply power to the liquid crystal layer; first and second wire grid polarizing plates which are formed in a surface of each of the first and second substrates; and at least one of the first and second wire grid polarizing plates comprising a film-type wire grid polarizing plate comprising a base film and a wire grid formed on the base film and allowing predetermined polarized light to be transmitted therethrough.

Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus including the same which employs a wire grid polarizing plate are provided. The display panel includes: first and second substrates; a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first and second substrates; first and second electrodes, which are interposed respectively between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate, and which apply power to the liquid crystal layer; first and second wire grid polarizing plates which are formed on a surface of each of the first and second substrates and allow polarized light to be transmitted therethrough; and a phase difference compensation film which is interposed between the first and second wire grid polarizing plates and compensates for a phase difference of incident light.

Abstract: Provided is a communication system for ultra wide band impulse communication, and more particularly, to a communication apparatus and method that can be used in a sensor network or a low-rate wireless personal area network. To be more specific, the present research suggests a transmitter employing multi-coded bi-orthogonal pulse position modulation/demodulation and a method thereof.

Abstract: A data storage device is configured to operate as an internal device of a first host system or an external device of a second host system, depending on whether it is connected to the second host system. A connection detector detects connections between the data storage device and the second host system and facilitates communication between the data storage device and the second host system upon detecting such connections.

Abstract: An autostereoscopic display apparatus includes a backlight unit, a polarizing plate disposed in front of the backlight unit; a display panel displaying a left eye image and a right eye image by interlacing pixel lines of the left and right eye images alternately and sequentially; a lenticular lens sheet, disposed between the polarizing plate and the display panel, separating light emitted from the backlight unit into a left eye zone and a right eye zone; and a polarization switch controlling a polarization direction of light proceeding towards the left eye viewing zone so that light is incident on pixel lines of the display panel displaying the left eye image and a polarization direction of light proceeding towards the right eye viewing zone so that light is incident on pixel lines of the display panel displaying the right eye image, in synchronization with a vertical scanning time of the display panel.

Abstract: A microfluidic device for generation of monodisperse droplets and initiating a chemical reaction is provided. The microfluidic device includes a first input microchannel having a first dimension and including a first phase located therein. The device also includes a second input microchannel having a second dimension and including a second phase located therein. In accordance with the present disclosure, the second dimension is different from the first dimension and the first phase is immiscible in the second phase. A microchannel junction is also present and is in communication with the first input microchannel and the second input microchannel. The device further includes an output channel in communication with the microchannel junction and set to receive a monodisperse droplet. In the present disclosure, the difference in the first dimension and the second dimension creates an interfacial tension induced force at the microchannel junction which forms the monodisperse droplet.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving an electrophoretic display comprising a data driver applying data voltages to a plurality of pixels where electrophoretic particles are respectively disposed includes a memory storing gray information, level information of data voltages, and application time information of the data voltage, and a signal controller, wherein the signal controller reads the gray information, the level information of the data voltage and the application time information of the data voltage stored in the memory to apply an output image signal to the data driver, again stores the updated application time information of the data voltage to the memory by counting the application time information of the data voltage, compares the gray information stored in the memory with the gray information newly input from the external device, and when the gray information stored in the memory and the gray information newly input are different from each other, again stores the level information of the data voltage and the a

Abstract: Disclosed is a lubricating oil composition which includes a diester-based base oil having an asymmetric structure in which the number of carbons of the alkyl chain bound to one ester group with respect to a central atom is two more than that of the alkyl group bound to the other ester group, and which has low viscosity and a comparatively small amount of evaporation at high temperature. When this composition is used for a motor of a small hard disk, power consumption can be reduced and stability at high temperature can be enhanced.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer; an electrode layer on the light emitting structure; and a conductive support member on the electrode; wherein the conductive support member includes a center portion and a circumference portion surrounding the center portion, wherein a thickness of the circumference portion is lower than a thickness of the center portion, and wherein an area of a top surface of the electrode layer is larger than an area of a top surface of the second conductive semiconductor layer.