Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display (LCD). There is provided an LCD comprising at least one lamp, a light guide plate for converting light incident from the lamp into a surface light source, an LCD panel disposed above the light guide plate for displaying an image thereon, a first reflection plate disposed below the light guide plate and including an end bent to extend parallel to a surface of the light guide plate such that the reflection plate can surround the lamp installed on the surface of the light guide plate, a mold frame including a space for accommodating the lamp, the light guide plate, the LCD panel and the reflection palate therein and including a portion of a sidewall protruding into the LCD to surround the top of the lamp, and a second reflection plate disposed on a rear surface of a portion of the mold frame arranged above the lamp. Therefore, a thin and lightweight LCD can be obtained and lamp efficiency can also be improved.

Abstract: Provided is a field emission display (FED) in which field emission devices are applied to a flat panel display. The FED includes: a cathode plate including a substrate, first and second thin film transistors (TFTs) that are serially connected on the substrate, a field emitter disposed on a drain electrode of the second TFT, a gate insulating layer having a gate hole surrounding the field emitter, and field emission gate electrodes disposed on the gate insulating layer; and an anode plate including a substrate, and red, green, and blue phosphors disposed on the substrate, wherein the cathode plate and the anode plate are vacuum-packaged parallel and opposite to each other. According to the present invention, uniformity of the FED panel can be significantly improved, and an inherent source-drain leakage current of the TFT can be significantly reduced, so that a contrast ratio of the FED can be significantly enhanced.

Abstract: Arrangements for a reduced power consumption network device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the device can join the network by communicating with a second network compatible device. After the network connection is made the device can place communication configuration or network status processing components in a low power mode until the device detects an indication of a status change in a communication from the second device. When the status change is detected the device can activate the status processing components that were placed in the low power mode and these processing components can process the status change information to change a communication configuration. Significant power saving can be achieved by placing such components into the sleep mode.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for resizing an image using an inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT). A macro block of an original source image is enlarged to an arbitrary size using the inverse discrete cosine transform after the encoding type of the macro block is converted so that the macro block and the original source image have the same encoding type. Consequently, the original source image is always enlarged naturally in a digital video apparatus such as a digital broadcast receiver or an HD-TV.

Abstract: Provided are a low-voltage noise preventing circuit using an abrupt metal-insulator transition (MIT) device which can effectively remove a noise signal with a voltage less than a rated signal voltage. The abrupt MIT device is serially connected to the electrical and/or electronic system to be protected from the noise signal, and is subject to abrupt MIT at a predetermined voltage. Accordingly, low-voltage noise can be effectively removed.

Abstract: Provided is a metal-insulator-transition switching transistor with a gate electrode on a silicon substrate (back-gate structure) and a metal-insulator-transition channel layer of VO2 that changes from an insulator phase to a metal phase, or vice versa, depending on a variation of an electric field, and a method for manufacturing the same, whereby it is possible to fabricate a metal-insulator-transition switching transistor having high current gain characteristics and being stable thermally.

Abstract: A communication apparatus with a network multimedia playback function includes a network dialup module, a multimedia module and a communication exchange module. The network dialup module can receive an electronic signal from a regular telephone wire and analyze the electronic signal to obtain an analog network packet or an audio/video packet, and processes the analog network packet into a network data and sends the network data to a computer. The multimedia module receives the audio/video packet from the network dialup module, and processes the audio/video packet into an audio/video data and sends the audio/video data to a display apparatus. The communication exchange module is provided with a voice splitter that analyzes the electronic signal to obtain a voice signal of low frequency and sends it to the communication exchange module. Thus, the communication apparatus provides the functions of a network connection, a multimedia playback, and a dialing of Internet phone.

Abstract: A lamp socket that supports a lamp including a lamp body and one or more electrodes protruding from opposite end portions of the lamp body and that electrically connects an inverter circuit board driving the lamp and the lamp includes: a socket terminal having a first stopper where the electrodes are inserted in a first direction crossing a lengthwise direction of the electrodes to be held, the socket terminal providing an elastic force in a second direction substantially crossing the lengthwise direction of the electrodes and the first direction, whereby the first stopper is closely held to the electrodes.

Abstract: The structure and preparation of antibiotics incorporating borinic acid complexes are disclosed, especially hydroxyquinoline, imidazole and picolinic acid derivatives, along with compositions of these antibiotics and methods of using the antibiotics and compositions as bactericidal and fungicidal agents as well as therapeutic agents for the treatment of diseases caused by bacteria and fungi.

Abstract: Provided are an abrupt metal-insulator transition (MIT) device for bypassing super-high voltage noise to protect an electric and/or electronic system, such as, a high-voltage switch, from a super-high voltage, a high-voltage noise removing circuit for bypassing the super-high voltage noise using the abrupt MIT device, and an electric and/or electronic system including the high-voltage noise removing circuit. The abrupt MIT device includes a substrate, a first abrupt MIT structure, and a second abrupt MIT structure. The first and second abrupt MIT structures are formed on an upper surface and a lower surface, respectively, of the substrate. The high-voltage noise removing circuit includes an abrupt MIT device chain connected in parallel to the electric and/or electronic system to be protected. The abrupt MIT device chain includes at least two abrupt MIT devices serially connected to each other.

Abstract: A light-guide plate includes an incident surface receiving light, an upper surface extended from a first side of the incident surface, a lower surface opposed to the upper surface and a plurality of first prisms protruding from the upper surface and spaced apart by a separation distance.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a terahertz (THz) wave are provided. The apparatus comprises: an fiber optic probe injecting an optical wave transmitted through an optical fiber into a device under test (DUT); a driving oscillator generating and injecting an electrical wave into the DUT; and the device under test (DUT) generating a THz wave using the produced optical and electrical waves.

Abstract: A method of forming a sensor for detecting gases and biochemical materials that can be fabricated at a temperature in a range from room temperature to 400° C., a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET)-based integrated circuit including the sensor, and a method of manufacturing the integrated circuit are provided. The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate. The sensor for detecting gases and biochemical materials includes a pair of electrodes formed on a first region of the semiconductor substrate, and a metal oxide nano structure layer formed on surfaces of the pair electrodes. A heater is formed to perform thermal treatment to re-use the material detected in the metal oxide nano structure layer. Also, a signal processor is formed by a MOSFET to process a predetermined signal obtained from a quantity change of a current flowing through the pair of electrodes of the sensor.

Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus in a PON bridge sublayer, which supports point-to-point communications between optical network units (ONU) in an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON). To support point-to-point communications between ONUs in the EPON, the communication apparatus in the PON bridge sublayer includes a second processing portion, a second input queue, a second lookup and learning portion, a second output queue, a first input queue, a first lookup and learning portion, a filtering database table a VLAN ID table, a table control portion, a first output queue, and a first processing portion.

Abstract: Disclosed are a chassis, and a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display including the chassis. The chassis includes a first chassis member that includes a first base plate, a first wall extending from the first base plate in a first direction, and a first cover plate extending from the first wall and facing the first base plate. The chassis also includes a second chassis member.

Abstract: Provided are a phase shifter with a photonic band gap (PBG) structure using a ferroelectric thin film. The phase shifter includes a microstrip transmission line acting as a microwave input/output line and a plurality of tunable capacitors arranged in the microstrip transmission line at regular intervals. Electrodes disposed on a substrate apply DC voltages to the plurality of tunable capacitors. Radio frequency (RF) chokes and quarter wavelength radial-stubs are connected between the electrodes and the microstrip transmission line in order to prevent high frequency signals from flowing into a DC bias terminal. A plurality of PBGS are periodically arrayed on a ground plane of the substrate.

Abstract: A communication node system for an Ethernet-PON includes: an LLID register for storing an LLID being an allocated identifier; a preamble generator for generating a PON preamble; a CRC generator for generating a CRC for the preamble; a transmission connector for combining transport data with the CRC-including preamble to generate a transport frame, and forwarding the transport frame; a reception connector for receiving the frame and dividing the frame into a preamble and received data; a filter for extracting an LLID from the preamble, comparing the extracted LLID with the LLID stored in the register, and selectively filtering the extracted LLID; and a received frame generator for discarding the received data, or combining the received data with the preamble to generate a received frame.

Abstract: Provided is a burst mode optical receiver considering a characteristic of an extinction ratio of a received optical signal is provided. By using a peak detector considering a characteristic of an extinction ratio, top and bottom peak voltages of actual burst packets can be precisely detected while not being affected by a DC offset corresponding to an extinction ratio even though burst packets having a DC offset corresponding to the extinction ratio are received. Accordingly, waveform distortion of a signal output from the burst mode optical receiver can be minimized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a resolution of a graphic image. When various electronic devices such as a personal computer (PC), a set-top box (STB) equipped with an Internet function, etc. enable an external display unit such as a television (TV) or etc. to display the graphic image, a resolution of the graphic image is controlled such that the graphic image can be fully displayed on a valid screen of the external display unit. Therefore, a user selection menu bar located at an outer portion of the graphic image can be appropriately displayed and a user can easily select a desired menu item.

Abstract: Provided is an optical disk drive adapter comprising: a first rotating portion disposed at the center of an optical disk drive and installing a turntable on which a standard optical disk is mounted; a second rotating portion disposed beside the first rotating portion and installing a turntable on which a subminiature optical disk is mounted; a force transmitting portion disposed between the first rotating portion and the second rotating portion and transmitting a rotary force between the first rotating portion and the second rotating portion; and a housing supporting the entire optical disk drive adapter so that the first rotating portion, the second rotating portion, and the force transmitting portions can be rotated on their axes while maintaining their overall shape. Accordingly, without an additional subminiature optical disk drive, a subminiature optical disk can be driven using a conventional standard optical disk drive.