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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434133 | Method of retransmitting data frame and network apparatus using the method A method of retransmitting a data frame and a network apparatus using the method are provided. In the method performed in a wireless network, a first network apparatus transmits a data frame requesting a response frame. A second network apparatus determines a type o... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7286330 | Power supply device and method having a spark prevention function Disclosed is power supply device and method having a spark prevention function. The power supply device having a spark prevention function includes output connectors to which an external device is coupled to be supplied with electric power; and an output controller ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7194824 | Clothes drying apparatus A clothes drying apparatus in which lifters arranged on an inner peripheral surface of a rotating drum, while extending axially along the rotating drum, have an improved structure to achieve an enhancement in drying performance. The clothes drying apparatus includes... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194325 | System to and method of monitoring condition of process tool A system to and method of monitoring a condition of a process tool. The system monitors a condition of a process tool to correctly detect a faulty operation or malfunction of the process tool. The system to monitor the condition of the process tool includes a first ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194192 | Recording medium for storing encrypted audio data, apparatus for and method of recording the same, and apparatus for and method of reproducing the same A recording medium for storing encrypted audio data, an apparatus and a method for recording the same, and an apparatus and a method for reproducing the same. Encrypted and unencrypted audio data corresponding to an audio program to be reproduced, such as a musical ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194187 | Recording medium for storing virtually deleted still picture information, recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor A recording medium for storing virtual deletion information, and recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor are provided. The recording medium includes a first region having a plurality of still pictures, and a second region having first virtual dele... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193959 | Information storage medium and method of recording and/or reproducing with respect to the medium An information storage medium includes an area in which updated disc-related information and recording-related information updated with a change in at least one of a disc version number and a recording speed is recorded along with existing disc-related information a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193935 | Method and apparatus for controlling positioning of a pickup A disc drive to control a home-in mode and method thereof includes a pickup unit irradiating a light beam on a disc loaded in the disc drive, a motor moving the pickup unit along a radius direction of the disc, and a control unit detecting and storing position infor... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193799 | Apparatus and method of removing resonance frequency in system An apparatus and a method to remove a resonance frequency of a system in which an unnecessary resonance frequency occurs in a head stack assembly (HSA) having a head for reading/writing data. The HSA is identified and filtered to prevent mechanical damage caused by ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193795 | Optical system with image producing surface control unit An optical system to attain a clear image of an object when the object is photographed in a state where an optical axis of a lens is inclined relative to the object, includes a lens which refracts light radiating from the object, an image producing surface on which ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193737 | Method of storing initial use date of printer and informing the date There is provided a method of storing an initial use date of a printer and informing the initial use date. To store the initial use date, it is determined whether the printer is used for the first time. If the printer is used for the first time, the initial use date... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193665 | LCD support assembly A liquid crystal display device capable of securing the lamp wire to the mold frame is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image, a back light assembly for providing a light to the liquid crystal dis... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193623 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof A liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. A display region formed on an array panel has a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines arranged in rows and columns, respectively. A data driving unit has a plurality of first data driving integrated circuit... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193584 | Wearable display apparatus A wearable display apparatus adjusting image display positions fit for an interpupillary distance of a user. The wearable display apparatus has a main control unit outputting view display position adjustment information corresponding to inputted interpupillary dista... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193539 | Precoder and optical duo-binary transmission apparatus using the same A precoder for an optical duo-binary transmission apparatus disposing the precoder before a time division multiplexer includes a judgment unit for judging whether an odd number or even number of ‘1’s exist in data input signals of N channels inputted at an n | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193470 | Method and apparatus for controlling a power amplifier in a mobile communication system A power amplification controlling apparatus and method in a mobile communication system are provided. An amplifying part amplifies an input Radio Frequency (RF) signal with a power supply voltage. A bias adaptation part detects at least one of environmental changes ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193249 | Nitride-based light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same Provided are a nitride-based light emitting device using a p-type conductive transparent thin film electrode layer and a method of manufacturing the same. The nitride-based light emitting device includes a substrate, and an n-cladding layer, an active layer, a p-cla... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192873 | Method of manufacturing nano scale semiconductor device using nano particles Provided is a method of manufacturing a nano scale semiconductor device, such as a nano scale P-N junction device or a CMOS using nano particles without using a mask or a fine pattern. The method includes dispersing uniformly a plurality of nano particles on a semic... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192833 | Flash memory device and method of manufacturing the same A flash memory device including a tunnel dielectric layer, a floating gate layer, an interlayer dielectric layer and at least two mold layers formed on a semiconductor substrate and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. By sequentially patterning the laye... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192822 | Method of fabricating CMOS type semiconductor device having dual gates According to some embodiments, methods of fabricating a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) type semiconductor device having dual gates are provided. The method includes forming an insulated first gate electrode on the P-type well, and an insulated second... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192286 | Printed circuit board and an image forming apparatus having the printed circuit board Disclosed is a printed circuit board comprising a contact terminal, which prevents a poor contact and reduces a manufacturing cost, and an image forming apparatus having the same. The printed circuit board comprises a circuit part for controlling and processing an o... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192205 | Method for reducing printing position error and image forming apparatus using the same An apparatus and method are provided for reducing a printing position error, in which the method includes the steps of (a) driving an encoder wheel as many times as a predetermined number of forward counts at a predetermined initial acceleration, thereby making the ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192105 | Door control device for refrigerators and refrigerator with the device A door control device for refrigerators and a refrigerator with the device. The door control device for a refrigerator having a refrigerator door includes a movable body coupled to the refrigerator door, wherein the movable body is arranged to move in opposite direc... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191971 | Reel clutch of a tape recorder Disclosed is a reel clutch of a tape recorder. A plate spring is positioned between a reel gear and a reel disc of a reel disc assembly which is mounted on a deck of a tape recorder, and a stopper reel is provided on the reel disc to restrain the engaging height of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191545 | Apparatus to dry substrates The present invention disclosed herein is an apparatus for drying a substrate. In accordance with the present invention, the apparatus includes a measuring unit to detect a density of IPA vapor at predetermined regions in a process chamber or a pipe. The measuring u... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191402 | Method and apparatus for adjusting contrast and sharpness for regions in a display device A partial region on a screen can be selected for highlighting. Information related to the partial region is transmitted from a computer to a computer monitor. In one embodiment, the partial region information is sent over a different port from the one used to send v... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191360 | Method of data backup and recovery A method of backing up and recovering data in a data processing system is disclosed. The method includes selecting files to be backed up, and determining where to save selected files; loading a project file to manage backup information on the selected file; building... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190939 | Time division IQ channel direct conversion receiver and method therefor A direct conversion receiver includes a local oscillator for generating a sinusoid, a mixer for receiving an incoming signal and for mixing the incoming signal with the sinusoid, an analog-to-digital converter for converting the mixed analog signal into a digital si... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190855 | Dual-band wavelength division multiplexer A dual-band wavelength division multiplexer is disclosed. The multiplexer includes a first and a second slab waveguide, a plurality of channel waveguides connecting the first slab waveguide to the second slab waveguide, an input part connected to the first slab wave... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190632 | Semiconductor memory device having improved column selection lines and method of driving the same A semiconductor memory device includes first and second global column selection lines via which first and second global column selection signals are respectively transmitted to select a column of a memory cell array, wherein the first and second global column select... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190624 | Flash memory device capable of preventing an over-erase of flash memory cells and erase method thereof The flash memory device according to the present invention includes an erase control circuit, used as a state machine, having embodied erase algorithm which can prevent flash memory cells from being over-erased. The erase control circuit, first, checks whether or no... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190619 | Circuit for indicating termination of scan of bits to be programmed in nonvolatile semiconductor memory device A circuit for indicating termination of scan of bits to be programmed in a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a counting unit, a set bit number provision unit and a comparison unit. The counting unit counts the predetermined number of bits to be progra... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190537 | Self-raid system using hard disk drive having backup head and method of writing data to and reading data from hard disk drive having backup head A self-Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) system using a hard disk drive having a backup head and a method of writing data to and reading data from the hard disk drive having the backup head are provided. A self-RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) s... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190510 | Metro wavelength division multiplexing network A metro wavelength division multiplexing network is disclosed and includes a plurality of optical repeaters connected to each other through an optical fiber link, wherein each of the optical repeaters includes a Raman gain medium for Raman-amplifying inputted optica... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190206 | Interface circuit and signal clamping circuit using level-down shifter Provided are an interface circuit and a signal clamping circuit using a level-down shifter. The interface circuit includes the level-down shifter between a first power circuit driven by a first power and a second power circuit driven by a second power. The level-dow... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190200 | Delay locked loop capable of performing reliable locking operation A delay locked loop capable of performing a reliable locking operation is provided that includes a phase controller, which controls a phase of a reference clock signal in response to first and second phase control signals, and a phase detector, which compares the ph... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190073 | Circuit film with bump, film package using the same, and related fabrication methods A circuit film having film bumps is provided for a film package. An IC chip is mechanically joined and electrically coupled to the circuit film through the film bumps instead of conventional chip bumps. In a fabrication method, a base film is partially etched by a l... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190061 | stack package made of chip scale packages A stack package of the present invention is made by stacking at least two area array type chip scale packages. Each chip scale package of an adjacent pair of chip scale packages is attached to the other in a manner that the ball land pads of the upper stacked chip s... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190025 | Array of pull-up transistors for high voltage output circuit A pull-up transistor array for a high voltage output circuit is provided. The transistor array includes a semiconductor substrate, an epitaxial layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and N double diffused MOS transistors (DMOS transistors) laterally arranged on... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190002 | Flip-chip nitride light emitting device and method of manufacturing thereof A flip-chip light emitting device and a method of manufacturing thereof are provided. The flip-chip nitride light emitting device includes a substrate, an n type clad layer, an active layer, a p type clad layer, a multi ohmic contact layer, and a reflective layer, w... | 03/13/2007 |
