Abstract: An electronic device having an antenna element is provided. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board on which a plurality of components are mounted, at least one antenna element mounted on the printed circuit board, an insulating dam formed on the printed circuit board and configured to surround the at least one antenna element, and a dielectric part configured to fill an inside of the insulating dam and to support the at least one antenna element.

Abstract: An electronic device having an antenna element is provided. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board on which a plurality of components are mounted, at least one antenna element mounted on the printed circuit board, an insulating dam formed on the printed circuit board and configured to surround the at least one antenna element, and a dielectric part configured to fill an inside of the insulating dam and to support the at least one antenna element.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing metadata in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes, upon insertion of an external memory, acquiring a unique identifier of an external memory, determining whether a record having information identical to information of a file included in the external memory exists if the unique identifier is identical to a previously stored unique identifier, and reusing metadata included in the record if the record exists.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing metadata in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes, upon insertion of an external memory, acquiring a unique identifier of an external memory, determining whether a record having information identical to information of a file included in the external memory exists if the unique identifier is identical to a previously stored unique identifier, and reusing metadata included in the record if the record exists.

Abstract: A mobile terminal communicates with a base station to request channel allocation for RFID communication, receives a channel from the base station, and communicates with an RFID tag through the allocated channel.

Abstract: In a method of communicating in a radio frequency identification (RFID) system including a RFID reader and a plurality of RFID tags, a plurality of spread spectrum data are stored in the plurality of RFID tags. The plurality of spread spectrum data are transmitted from the plurality of RFID tags to the RFID reader. A plurality of original data respectively corresponding to the plurality of RFID tags are simultaneously extracted from the plurality of spread spectrum data at the RFID reader.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for preventing illegal reuse of Digital Right Management (DRM) content in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes performing user authentication when there is an attempt to restore a Right Object (RO) backup file, and identifying information on the RO backup file to be pre-restored in a terminal, and determining if the RO backup file can be restored according to the identified information.

Abstract: A method of upgrading an operation program in an interrogator of a radio frequency identification (RFID) system including the interrogator and a transponder is provided. The method includes transmitting, from the interrogator to the transponder, a first message requesting an operation program upgrade based on information exchanged between the interrogator and the transponder; receiving, at the interrogator from the transponder, a second message that includes a new-version operation program in response to the first message; and installing, at the interrogator, the new-version operation program to upgrade the operation program in the interrogator.

Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) recorder for cancelling a leakage signal includes a digital unit calculating and storing an amplitude and a phase of the leakage signal, and a leakage cancellation circuit generating a leakage cancellation signal to cancel the leakage signal in response to a control of the digital unit.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for dynamically changing a password are provided. In the method, a random number is generated, and an original password and an operator are checked. The original password is changed by performing an operation of the random number and the original password based on the operator. Accordingly, the password exposure can be prevented and the personal information and asset information can be protected without using additional devices.

Abstract: A Radio Frequency (RF) transmission method of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader using a plurality of channels is provided. The method includes: selecting at least part of the plurality of channels, measuring an RF power of each of the selected channels, determining a transmission environment of the RF according to a measurement determination, and modulating an RF signal according to the determined transmission environment.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for saving a memory in a portable terminal, the method includes receiving a request for basic data and an address indicating a storage position of the basic data; determining whether the requested basic data has been stored in a paging buffer; if it is determined that the requested basic data has not been stored in the paging buffer, transforming the address of the requested basic data into an address of a corresponding compressed block using a block address table; searching the compressed basic data for the compressed block corresponding to the address of the compressed block; decompressing the searched compressed block; storing data of the decompressed block in the paging buffer; and returning the requested basic data stored in the paging buffer.

Abstract: An oscillator tuning system and an oscillator tuning method are provided. The system includes a determination unit which determines whether a power which is used in an RFID tag having an RFID oscillator is greater than a reference value; and a frequency tuner which tunes a driving frequency of the RFID oscillator according to a result of the determination. The method includes determining whether a power which is used in an RFID tag having an RFID oscillator is greater than a reference value; and tuning a driving frequency of the RFID oscillator according to a result of the determination.

Abstract: An oscillator tuning system and an oscillator tuning method are provided. The system includes a determination unit which determines whether a power which is used in an RFID tag having an RFID oscillator is greater than a reference value; and a frequency tuner which tunes a driving frequency of the RFID oscillator according to a result of the determination. The method includes determining whether a power which is used in an RFID tag having an RFID oscillator is greater than a reference value; and tuning a driving frequency of the RFID oscillator according to a result of the determination.

Abstract: A radio frequency identification reader and a radio frequency identification tag that use an ultrahigh frequency band, and action methods of the radio frequency identification reader and the radio frequency identification tag. The radio frequency identification reader includes: a data generator generating data to be transmitted to a radio frequency identification tag; if a command to control the radio frequency identification tag has to be authenticated, a reader controller controlling the data generator to generate the data including an authentication code; and a reader transmitter transmitting the data to the radio frequency identification tag. As a result, securing of communications of a specific command between the radio frequency identification reader and the radio frequency identification tag can be reinforced.

Abstract: Provided are a schottky diode having an appropriate low breakdown voltage to be used in a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and a method for fabricating the same. The schottky diode includes a silicon substrate having a structure in which an N-type well is formed on a P-type substrate, an insulating layer surrounding a circumference of the N-type well so as to electrically separate the N-type well from the P-type substrate, an N+ doping layer partly formed in a portion of a region of an upper surface of the N-type well, an N? doping layer partly formed in the other portion of a region of the upper surface of the N-type well, a cathode formed on the N+ doping layer, and an anode formed on the N? doping layer.

Abstract: A level shifter increase a voltage level of an output signal with relatively lower power consumption by adopting current-starved configuration. The level shifter includes an input unit and a driving unit. The input unit includes a current-starved inverter configured to generate a control signal in response to an input signal and a bias voltage. The input unit is powered by a first power supply voltage. The driving unit generates an output signal in response to the control signal. The output signal has a voltage level higher than the input signal, and the driving unit is powered by a second power supply voltage higher than the first power supply voltage.

Abstract: In a method of communicating in a radio frequency identification (RFID) system including a RFID reader and a plurality of RFID tags, a plurality of spread spectrum data are stored in the plurality of RFID tags. The plurality of spread spectrum data are transmitted from the plurality of RFID tags to the RFID reader. A plurality of original data respectively corresponding to the plurality of RFID tags are simultaneously extracted from the plurality of spread spectrum data at the RFID reader.

Abstract: A method of upgrading an operation program in an interrogator of a radio frequency identification (RFID) system including the interrogator and a transponder is provided. The method includes transmitting, from the interrogator to the transponder, a first message requesting an operation program upgrade based on information exchanged between the interrogator and the transponder; receiving, at the interrogator from the transponder, a second message that includes a new-version operation program in response to the first message; and installing, at the interrogator, the new-version operation program to upgrade the operation program in the interrogator.

Abstract: An over-voltage protection circuit (i.e., a limiter), includes: a first switching block having a plurality of semiconductor elements, serially connected to each other and turned on in sequence according to the magnitude of an input voltage; and a plurality of second switching blocks, in which each of the second switching blocks includes a pair of serially connected semiconductor elements having different current properties. The second switching blocks are connected in parallel to the first switching block. By minimizing a leakage current when an input voltage is below a reference voltage and by maximizing a leakage current when the input voltage is above the reference voltage, the limiter prevents excessive current from flowing into the RF tag circuit when the input voltage is below the reference voltage, and ensures that a sufficient amount of current is supplied to a regulator when the input voltage is below the reference voltage.