Abstract: This technology provides a non-volatile memory device and a method of manufacturing the same, which may prevent an over-erase phenomenon and also increase the degree of integration, In an aspect, the non-volatile memory device includes a select gate formed over a substrate, a plurality of floating gates laterally formed with respect to the select gate and spaced apart from each other, to be independently programmable, and a plurality of junctions formed in the substrate and arranged to be controllable by the respective floating gates.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a floating gate formed over a substrate, a select gate formed adjacent to the floating gate with a gap defined therebetween, spacers formed on sidewalls of the floating gate and the select gate and filling the gap, a first junction region formed in the substrate adjacent to the floating gate, and a second junction region formed in the substrate adjacent to the select gate.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the memory device includes a data storage region and an error correction (ECC) region. The data storage region configured to store a first number of data blocks. The ECC region is configured to store a second number of ECC blocks. Each of the second number of ECC blocks is configured to store ECC information. The second number of the ECC blocks is associated with the first number of data blocks, and the second number is less than the first number.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a needle-shaped bristle having a short taper length. The method includes preparing a bundle of toothbrush bristles by mixing a polyester resin (a polyester resin other than a PTT resin) and a PTT resin in a ratio of 90˜40 to 10˜60 and spinning the mixture thereof; cutting the bundle of toothbrush bristles; and tapering the cut bundle of toothbrush bristles by immersing it into a chemical. According to the present invention, since needle-shaped bristles having a taper length of 6 mm or less can be efficiently obtained, the needle-shaped bristles can be implanted even in an anchorless toothbrush.

Abstract: An optical recording/reproducing device which minimizes the number of home-in operations to move a pickup to a predetermined reference position of a disc, and a method of controlling the same. The optical recording/reproducing device includes a pickup to record or reproduce information on or from a disc, a pickup movement motor to move the pickup along the disc, a main power supply controller to detect whether power is initially supplied so as to output a home-in control signal, and a drive controller to perform a home-in operation, only when power is initially supplied according to the home-in control signal of the main power supply controller. Since the home-in operation is performed only when power is initially supplied, the number of home-in operations is minimized.

Abstract: Disclosed is a toothbrush having needle-shaped bristles with various end points and a method of manufacturing the same. The needle-shaped toothbrush bristle, folded in an asymmetric U-shape to outwardly expose both ends thereof at a height difference ranging from 0.5 to 2 mm and disposed on a head portion of the toothbrush, has a tapered length of 3-7 mm and a blunt end point with a diameter of 0.01-0.07 mm The toothbrush is advantageous in terms of high insertion function into the periodontal pockets of the user while leaving the user with a refreshed feeling after brushing his/her teeth.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of tapering a toothbrush bristle which increases production efficiency. The method includes the steps of cutting bundles of toothbrush bristles; and non-directionally immersing the entire cut bundles of toothbrush bristles into a chemical solution to taper both sides of the toothbrush bristles. According to the present invention, the production efficiency of a needle-shaped bristle is increased approximately three-fold, and the loss of raw materials is greatly decreased because several processes are not performed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of tapering bristles for toothbrushes and a toothbrush having bristles manufactured using the method. One method disclosed in the present invention includes setting bristles made of polyester in a head insert, and fastening the bristles to the head insert by thermally welding portions of the bristles, protruding from a back surface of the head insert, to the head insert. The method further includes coupling the head insert to a toothbrush body and tapering ends of the bristles by immersing the bristles in a chemical. The bristles can be securely set in the toothbrush body without an anchor. Furthermore, polyester bristles, which could not be set in toothbrushes having variously shaped setting rows due to excessively high stiffness, can be set in these types of toothbrush by the toothbrush manufacturing method of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of tapering a toothbrush bristle which increases production efficiency. The method includes the steps of cutting bundles of toothbrush bristles; and non-directionally immersing the entire cut bundles of toothbrush bristles into a chemical solution to taper both sides of the toothbrush bristles. According to the present invention, the production efficiency of a needle-shaped bristle is increased approximately three-fold, and the loss of raw materials is greatly decreased because several processes are not performed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of tapering a toothbrush bristle which increases production efficiency. The method includes the steps of cutting bundles of toothbrush bristles; and non-directionally immersing the entire cut bundles of toothbrush bristles into a chemical solution to taper both sides of the toothbrush bristles. According to the present invention, the production efficiency of a needle-shaped bristle is increased approximately three-fold, and the loss of raw materials is greatly decreased because several processes are not performed.

Abstract: A toothbrush includes a head and a plurality of bristles. Each bristle includes a first end exposed outside the head of the toothbrush, and a second, opposite end being placed in the head of the toothbrush. The second ends of the bristles are fused together, in bundles, to be thermally attached directly to the head of the toothbrush and/or to define a continuous layer in which at least some of the bundles are also fused together.

Abstract: A flash memory device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The flash memory device can include first and second memory gates on a substrate, an oxide layer on sides of and on the substrate outside of the first and second memory gates, a source poly contact between the first and second memory gates, first and second select gates outside the first and second memory gates, a drain region outside the first and second select gates, and a metal contact on the drain region and the source poly contact.

Abstract: Disclosed is a toothbrush having needle-shaped bristles with various end points and a method of manufacturing the same. The needle-shaped toothbrush bristle, folded in an asymmetric U-shape to outwardly expose both ends thereof at a height difference ranging from 0.5 to 2 mm and disposed on a head portion of the toothbrush, has a tapered length of 3-7 mm and a blunt end point with a diameter of 0.01-0.07 mm The toothbrush is advantageous in terms of high insertion function into the periodontal pockets of the user while leaving the user with a refreshed feeling after brushing his/her teeth.

Abstract: An image data compression system, for compressing a frame represented as a plurality of blocks, can include: a lossless compression unit to receive the plurality of blocks and to perform lossless compression thereon resulting in a first code; a lossy compression unit to receive the plurality of blocks and to perform lossy compression thereon resulting in a second code; and a code selection circuit to selectively output one of the first and second codes based upon a figure of merit evaluated for at least one of the first and second codes.

Abstract: A toothbrush having needle-shaped bristles on the head portion is configured such that the differences in height between the longer and shorter bristles is 1 to 4 mm, the end points of the longer bristles are 0.01 to 0.03 mm in diameter, the end points of the shorter bristles are 0.03 to 0.08 mm in diameter, the taper lengths of the longer bristles are 4 to 8 mm, the taper lengths of the shorter bristles are 2 to 6 mm, and the differences in taper length between the longer and shorter bristles is 1 to 4 mm. The toothbrush provides superior teeth and gum contact force unique to a toothbrush having needle-shaped bristles and at the same time also provides superior cleaning performance for the surface of teeth thanks to the action of the shorter bristles having relatively large diameters at end points and relatively short taper lengths.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a toothbrush having needle-shaped bristles and a toothbrush manufactured using the method. The method of the present invention includes the step of grinding bristles, which have been set in a head part of a toothbrush, using a grinder provided with protrusions (11) having heights ranging from 1.5 mm to 7 mm. According to the manufacturing method of the present invention, a toothbrush having needle-shaped bristles can be manufactured without a separate chemical immersion process such that the thicknesses of the end points of the needle-shaped bristles range from 0.01 mm to 0.03 mm and the lengths of the tapered portions thereof range from 3 mm to 9 mm. Furthermore, because the process is simplified, the time required for production and the defective proportion is markedly reduced. As well, in the present invention, materials other than polyester can be used as the material for the bristles, unlike the conventional arts, in which this is impossible.

Abstract: A toothbrush having needle-shaped bristles with various end points and a method of manufacturing the same. The needle-shaped toothbrush bristle, folded in an asymmetric U-shape to outwardly expose both ends thereof at a height difference ranging from 0.5 to 2 mm and disposed on a head portion of the toothbrush, has a tapered length of 3-7 mm and a blunt end point with a diameter of 0.01-0.07 mm. The toothbrush is advantageous in terms of high insertion function into the periodontal pockets of the user while leaving the user with a refreshed feeling after brushing his/her teeth.

Abstract: The present invention provides a needle-shaped bristle and a method of manufacturing the needle-shaped bristle. The manufacturing method of the present invention includes the steps of cutting and removing a packing sheet, which is wound around a bundle of bristles, by a length ranging from 30 mm to 50 mm from a first end thereof, and grinding first ends of the bristles using a rotating grinder. The manufacturing method further includes steps of packing the first end of the bundle of bristles, from which the packing sheet is removed, using a packing sheet, cutting the bundle of bristles to a length ranging from 22 mm to 32 mm, and immersing a second end of the cut bundle of bristles, thus tapering second ends of the bristles. The needle-shaped bristle has an advantage of realizing a reduction in the proportion of defective products.

Abstract: Disclosed are a flash memory device and a method for manufacturing the same. The flash memory device includes first and second memory gates on a substrate; a floating poly between the first and second memory gates; first and second select gates at respective outer sides of the first and second memory gates; an oxide layer between the first memory gate and the first select gate and between the second memory gate and the second select gate; a drain region in the substrate at outer sides of the first and second select gates; a source region in the substrate between the first and second memory gates; and a metal contact on each of the drain region and the source region.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a toothbrush having needle-shaped bristles, and a toothbrush manufactured by the method. The toothbrush manufacturing method of the present invention includes the step of partially tapering ends of bristles, which are made of polyester and are set in a toothbrush body, through a physical grinding process, and the step of completing of a process of tapering the partially tapered bristles by immersing the partially tapered bristles in a chemical. The present invention makes it possible for toothbrush bristles to be tapered through a simple process. Furthermore, the present invention solves conventional difficulties occurring in tapering bristles after setting them in toothbrush bodies.