Abstract: Disclosed herein is a water supply device. The disclosed water supply device includes a housing that has an inlet and an outlet, an inflow chamber that is provided inside the housing and communicates with the inlet, a discharge chamber that is provided inside the housing and communicates with the inflow chamber and the outlet, a buffer chamber that is provided inside the housing and communicates with the discharge chamber, and a blocking rib that extends from an inner side of the housing and is provide to partition the discharge chamber from the buffer chamber.

Abstract: A method of operating a source driver, a display driving circuit, and a method of operating the display driving circuit are provided. The method of operating the source driver including a receiver, includes determining a parameter value of the receiver for optimizing a receiving of the receiver, through training, and transmitting the parameter value to a timing controller external to the source driver. The method of operating the source driver further includes, based on an abnormal state occurring in the receiving of the receiver, receiving the transmitted parameter value from the timing controller, and optimizing the receiving of the receiver based on the received parameter value.

Abstract: A method of operating a receiver includes a controller of the receiver determining whether a full initialization or a partial initialization of the receiver is needed; the controller adjusting alternating current (AC) characteristics and direct current (DC) characteristics of the receiver in a full initialization mode, and the controller adjusting the DC characteristics of the receiver in a partial initialization mode when the controller determines the partial initialization is needed.

Abstract: A gate driver includes first and second shift registers and a selector. The first shift register outputs first pulses. The second shift register outputs second pulses different from the first pulses. The selector selects one of the first pulses or the second pulses. When the selector selects the first pulses, the gate driver generates a first gate signal including first and second high periods, and output the first gate signal to a first gate line. The second high period is apart from the first high period by a first interval. When the selector selects the second pulses, the gate driver generates a second gate signal including the first high period and a third high period, and output the second gate signal to the first gate line. The third high period is apart from the first high period by a second interval different from the first interval.

Abstract: A timing controller, a source driver, and a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) having improved test efficiency and a method of operating the DDI are provided. The timing controller includes a code generation unit for generating a first code from display data, a protocol encoder for generating a data sequence including the display data and the first code, and a transmission unit for providing the data sequence to a source driver through a link.

Abstract: Provided are display driving integrated circuits, display devices, and/or methods of operating the display driving integrated circuit. The display driving integrated circuit including a timing controller processing input data and outputting output data; and a source driving unit including at least one source driver and converting into analog data the output data received through a transmission channel connected to the timing controller and outputting the analog data as display data may be provided. The timing controller may include a data selecting unit comparing a transition count of the input data with a transition count of encoded data obtained by encoding the input data, and outputting one of the input data and the encoded data as selection data according to the comparison, a data randomizing unit randomizing the selection data and generating random data, and a data transmitting unit converting the random data into the output data may be provided.

Abstract: A lithium titanium oxide spinel having a ratio of FWHM1/FWHM2 at a spinning rate of about 5 kHz to about 50 kHz of about 1.70 or less, wherein FWHM1 is a full width at half maximum of a 7Li peak present about ?10 parts per million to about +10 parts per million in a solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of the lithium titanium oxide, FWHM2 is a full width at half maximum of a 7Li peak present about ?10 parts per million to about +10 parts per million in a solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of a lithium chloride standard reagent, and FWHM1 and FWHM2 are measured at the same spinning rate.

Abstract: Provided are display driving integrated circuits, display devices, and/or methods of operating the display driving integrated circuit. The display driving integrated circuit including a timing controller processing input data and outputting output data; and a source driving unit including at least one source driver and converting into analog data the output data received through a transmission channel connected to the timing controller and outputting the analog data as display data may be provided. The timing controller may include a data selecting unit comparing a transition count of the input data with a transition count of encoded data obtained by encoding the input data, and outputting one of the input data and the encoded data as selection data according to the comparison, a data randomizing unit randomizing the selection data and generating random data, and a data transmitting unit converting the random data into the output data may be provided.

Abstract: A composite cathode active material, a cathode and a lithium battery including the composite cathode, and a method of preparing the composite cathode active material, the composite cathode active material including a compound with an olivine crystal structure; and an inorganic material, the inorganic material including a nitride or carbide of at least one element selected from the group of Group 2, Group 13, Group 14, and Group 15 of the periodic table of elements.

Abstract: A high pressure solenoid valve is provided and includes a valve housing connected to a body, having an entrance port and an outlet port to form a main flow path. The main flow path opens by engaging plungers A and B, disposed at a lower side of the valve housing, by magnetizing a fixed core disposed at one side of the valve housing by magnetic force of a solenoid coil wound around a circumference of the valve housing. The main flow path closes using a main spring elastically disposed between the fixed core and the plunger B. The fixed core is divided into a second fixed core positioned at one side of the valve housing by a disk cover coupled to the valve housing, and a first fixed core to reciprocate from the second fixed core toward the plunger B.

Abstract: A composite cathode active material, a cathode and a lithium battery that include the composite cathode active material, and a method of preparing the composite cathode active material, the composite cathode active material including a compound having an olivine crystal structure; and an inorganic material, the inorganic material including at least one selected from the group of a metal carbonitride and a carbonitride.

Abstract: A composite nitride, a method of preparing the composite nitride, an electrode active material including the composite nitride, an electrode including the electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrode, the composite nitride including a core material including a bronze-phase titanium oxide; and a nitrogen atom doped on at least part of the core material.

Abstract: Provided are display driving integrated circuits, display devices, and/or methods of operating the display driving integrated circuit. The display driving integrated circuit including a timing controller processing input data and outputting output data; and a source driving unit including at least one source driver and converting into analog data the output data received through a transmission channel connected to the timing controller and outputting the analog data as display data may be provided. The timing controller may include a data selecting unit comparing a transition count of the input data with a transition count of encoded data obtained by encoding the input data, and outputting one of the input data and the encoded data as selection data according to the comparison, a data randomizing unit randomizing the selection data and generating random data, and a data transmitting unit converting the random data into the output data may be provided.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a display driving integrated circuit (IC) includes a timing controller and a plurality of source drivers. The timing controller is configured to output a plurality of signals to the plurality of source drivers, and at least one of the timing controller and the plurality of source drivers operates in a power down mode in at least one of an initializing period, a data transmission period, and a vertical blank period. According to an example embodiment, a mode conversion method used in a display driving IC includes switching between a normal mode to a power down mode in response to a standby control signal. The power down mode is implemented on at least one of a timing controller and a plurality of source drivers included in the display driving IC in at least one of an initializing period, a data transmission period, and a vertical blank period.

Abstract: An electrolytic solution including: a magnesium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; and an anion receptor, wherein the anion receptor comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formulae 1 and 2 below: where A, m, p1, p2, p3, q1, RA, Ra, R1 through R6, and Ry are the same as described in the detailed description section.

Abstract: A timing controller, a source driver, and a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) having improved test efficiency and a method of operating the DDI are provided. The timing controller includes a code generation unit for generating a first code from display data, a protocol encoder for generating a data sequence including the display data and the first code, and a transmission unit for providing the data sequence to a source driver through a link.

Abstract: Provided are a composite including a lithium titanium oxide and a bismuth titanium oxide, a method of manufacturing the composite, an anode active material including the composite, an anode including the anode active material, and a lithium secondary battery having improved cell performance by including the anode.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an input unit to receive printing data, a controller to determine a duplex printing mode to be applied to the printing data from among a plurality of duplex printing modes and an engine waiting time according to a feature of the input printing data and performance of the image forming apparatus, an image processor to perform image-processing of the input printing data, and an image former to print the image-processed printing data based on the determined duplex printing mode and the determined engine waiting time.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a conductive metal thin film, the method including: a) heating and stirring a first solution containing a metal precursor, acid, amine, and a reducing agent to synthesize metal nano-particles on which formation of a surface oxide film is suppressed; b) dispersing the metal nano-particles synthesize in step a) in a non-aqueous solvent to prepare a conductive ink composition; c) applying the conductive ink composition onto an insulating substrate; and d) heat-treating the insulating substrate applied with the ink composition to form a conductive metal thin film. With the method of manufacturing a conductive metal thin film according to the present invention, large area conductive thin film may be manufactured as compared with the existing conductive ink composition based on noble metal nano-particles. In addition, the conductive metal thin film having excellent conductivity may be manufactured by suppressing a surface oxide film from being formed.

Abstract: A cathode active material includes a core including a material having an olivine structure, and a nitrogen atom doped into at least a portion of the core.