Abstract: There is provided a power amplifier capable of supplying variable bias to an amplifier circuit by accurately transferring the envelope components of an input signal during the supply of active bias power to the amplifier circuit. The power amplifier includes: an envelope detector detecting an envelope of an input signal; a bias power generator including at least one P-type MOSFET and one N-type MOSFET connected to each other in an inverter manner between a driving power terminal supplying driving power having a preset voltage level and a reference bias power terminal supplying preset reference bias power to generate bias power varied according to detection results from the envelope detector; and an amplifier amplifying the input signal according to the bias power level from the bias power generator.

Abstract: A broadcast receiving device and a method for receiving a broadcast thereof are provided. The broadcast receiving device includes a channel receiving unit which receives a channel broadcasting signal, generates a first parallel signal from the received channel broadcasting signal, converts the parallel signal into a serial signal, and outputs the serial signal; and a main body unit which receives the serial signal output from the channel receiving unit, reconverts the received serial signal into a second parallel signal, processes the second parallel signal, and outputs a video signal, an audio signal, and an additional data signal extracted from the processed second parallel signal. Since the channel receiving unit is provided as a separate unit from the main body unit, the thickness of the broadcast receiving device can be further reduced.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal. According to the present application, a signal of a high frequency band above a preset frequency band is adaptively encoded or decoded in the time domain or in the frequency domain by using a signal of a low frequency band below the preset frequency band. As such, the sound quality of a high frequency signal is not deteriorate even when an audio signal is encoded or decoded by using a small number of bits and thus coding efficiency may be maximized.

Abstract: Disclosed is a handheld salinity analyzer including a body, in which a circuit board and a battery are installed, a cell block provided with one end inserted into one end of the body and the other end on which a projecting part provided with a salinity sensor hole and a depressed part provided with a temperature sensor hole are formed, a salinity sensor inserted into the salinity sensor hole and provided with one end connected to the circuit board, a temperature sensor inserted into the temperature sensor hole and provided with one end connected to the circuit board, an ON/OFF switch installed on the end of the body, a light emitting lamp connected to the circuit board, and a body cover connected to the end of the body provided with the ON/OFF switch or to the cell block, and provided with an operating piece to operate the ON/OFF switch.

Abstract: A digital cable broadcast processing apparatus and a method thereof. A power supply supplies power, and an out-of-band (OOB) receiver receives additional OOB information from a transmission system. A cable card to descramble the received OOB information is mounted in an interface, and a controller controls the power supply in accordance with the presence and absence of the cable card, and accordingly controls the power supply to the OOB receiver. Whether or not the cable card is mounted is determined, and power is cut off or supplied in accordance with the result of the determination. As a result, unnecessary power consumption can be prevented when the cable card is not mounted.

Abstract: There is provided a multi-mode power amplifier operable in a low power mode having a preset power range and in a high power mode having a power range higher than the power range of the low power mode. The multi-mode power amplifier includes: a high power amplifying unit including at least one cascode amplifier to amplify an input signal to a high power level having a preset power range; a low power amplifying unit sharing a common source node of the at least one cascode amplifier to amplify the input signal to a low power level having a power range lower than the high power level; and a coupling unit coupling a transfer path of a signal output from the high power amplifying unit and a transfer path of a signal output from the low power amplifying unit to each other.

Abstract: There is provided a power amplifier including an amplifying unit having at least two cascode amplifiers connected in parallel to amplify an input signal; and a bias supply unit supplying bias power to a common gate node of the two cascode amplifiers, and removing a signal of a pre-set frequency band corresponding to a baseband at the common gate node by controlling impedance of the common gate node.

Abstract: An error concealment method and apparatus for an audio signal and a decoding method and apparatus for an audio signal using the error concealment method and apparatus. The error concealment method includes selecting one of an error concealment in a frequency domain and an error concealment in a time domain as an error concealment scheme for a current frame based on a predetermined criteria when an error occurs in the current frame, selecting one of a repetition scheme and an interpolation scheme in the frequency domain as the error concealment scheme for the current frame based on a predetermined criteria when the error concealment in the frequency domain is selected, and concealing the error of the current frame using the selected scheme.

Abstract: An error concealment method and apparatus for an audio signal and a decoding method and apparatus for an audio signal using the error concealment method and apparatus. The error concealment method includes selecting one of an error concealment in a frequency domain and an error concealment in a time domain as an error concealment scheme for a current frame based on a predetermined criteria when an error occurs in the current frame, selecting one of a repetition scheme and an interpolation scheme in the frequency domain as the error concealment scheme for the current frame based on a predetermined criteria when the error concealment in the frequency domain is selected, and concealing the error of the current frame using the selected scheme.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasmatron structure for heating working gas in a DC arc discharge at the atmospheric or lowered pressures and can be used for different electronic, engineering, or vehicle-building industries and for medicine. An object of the invention is to provide improved effectiveness of process gas activation and increased completeness of plasma-chemical reactions. These objects are achieved in a DC arc plasmatron comprising a rod cathode, a nozzle anode having a body member and a through axial orifice, a power supply unit connected to both electrodes, and a gas system for feeding plasma-forming gas into inter-electrode space and supplying suitably selected technologic gas or gas mixture into the anode orifice through an internal opening communicating with said orifice and positioned between its inlet and outlet parts.

Abstract: There is provided a power amplifier capable of supplying variable bias to an amplifier circuit by accurately transferring the envelope components of an input signal during the supply of active bias power to the amplifier circuit. The power amplifier includes: an envelope detector detecting an envelope of an input signal; a bias power generator including at least one P-type MOSFET and one N-type MOSFET connected to each other in an inverter manner between a driving power terminal supplying driving power having a preset voltage level and a reference bias power terminal supplying preset reference bias power to generate bias power varied according to detection results from the envelope detector; and an amplifier amplifying the input signal according to the bias power level from the bias power generator.

Abstract: There is provided a power amplifier reducing a gain mismatch in order to reduce a gain mismatch between an N MOS amplifier and a P MOS amplifier by cross-connecting outputs from a two-stage amplification unit in a power amplifier having amplification units with a stacked structure in which the N MOS amplifier and the P MOS amplifier are connected in series with each other.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal. According to the present application, a signal of a high frequency band above a preset frequency band is adaptively encoded or decoded in the time domain or in the frequency domain by using a signal of a low frequency band below the preset frequency band. As such, the sound quality of a high frequency signal is not deteriorate even when an audio signal is encoded or decoded by using a small number of bits and thus coding efficiency may be maximized.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power amplifier. A power amplifier according to an aspect of the invention may include: a first amplification section having a first N metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) amplifier and a second N MOS amplifier connected in a cascode configuration and amplifying an input signal; a second amplification section having a first P MOS amplifier and a second P MOS amplifier connected in a cascode configuration and amplifying the input signal; and a power combining section combining respective output signals of the first amplification section and the second amplification section.

Abstract: Provided is an audio data decoding system and method that may selectively transfer compressed audio data from a top system to at least one audio input buffer of a separately provided and/or separately power management controlled subsystem, restore the compressed audio data to digital pulse code modulation (PCM) data using an audio decoding unit of the subsystem, convert the digital PCM data to analog PCM data or an audio output signal, and output the converted audio output signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing fixed codebooks as a common module are provided. In the method of implementing fixed codebooks of a plurality of speech codecs as a common module, it is possible to include only a part excluding fixed codebooks in a communication terminal or communication system, support various speech codecs without using a chip with high price and high performance, and reduce a memory space that is occupied by the speech codecs by generating a track of a fixed codebook corresponding to a speech codec based on information on the speech codec among the plurality of speech codecs and selecting a codebook vector corresponding to a target signal among codebook vectors constructed with combinations of pulses represented by the generated track. In addition, it is possible to reduce processing complexity as compared with a case of embodying the common fixed codebook module in software by embodying the common fixed codebook module in hardware.

Abstract: Disclosed is a broadband wireless system which has a high bit resolution and a wide operating range, enables measurement and use of signal specifications such as an arrival time, strength, frequency, pulse width, modulation type of a signal, has a simple configuration with high reliability, and enables easy use of the processed signal.

Abstract: An adaptive encoding method includes splitting an input signal into a low-frequency band signal and a high-frequency band signal; performing forward adaptive linear prediction on the low-frequency band signal and thus filtering the low-frequency band signal; selectively performing backward adaptive linear prediction or long-term prediction on the filtered low-frequency band signal according to the analysis result of the low-frequency band signal; transforming the low-frequency band signal, on which backward adaptive linear prediction or long-term prediction has been performed, into a signal in a frequency domain and quantizing the signal; and encoding the high-frequency band signal using the low-frequency band signal, on which backward adaptive linear prediction or long-term prediction has been performed, or the quantized signal. Therefore, compression efficiency of both speech and music signals can be enhanced, and a robust compression method can be provided for various audio contents at a low bit rate.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal. According to the present application, a signal of a high frequency band above a preset frequency band is adaptively encoded or decoded in the time domain or in the frequency domain by using a signal of a low frequency band below the preset frequency band. As such, the sound quality of a high frequency signal is not deteriorate even when an audio signal is encoded or decoded by using a small number of bits and thus coding efficiency may be maximized.

Abstract: An apparatus of generating a multi-channel sound signal is provided. The apparatus may include a sound separator to determine a number (N) of sound signals based on at least one of a mixing characteristic and a spatial characteristic of a multi-channel sound signal when receiving the multi-channel sound signal, and to separate the multi-channel sound signal into N sound signals, the sound signals being generated such that the multi-channel sound signal is separated, and a sound synthesizer to synthesize N sound signals to be M sound signals.