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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7616175 | Plasma display device and driving apparatus thereof A plasma display device including first and second electrodes and a driving circuit alternately applying first and second voltages to the first and second electrodes. The driving circuit includes a power recovery unit, a sustain discharge voltage supply, and a gate ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7598675 | Plasma display panel having discharge cells A plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate and the second substrate being provided with a predetermined gap therebetween. Barrier ribs are formed in a non-striped pattern between the first substrate and the second s... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7592982 | Light emitting panel and light emitting display A display device having components that are efficiently arranged in a pixel. A pixel circuit includes a capacitor for charging a voltage which corresponds to a data signal transmitted from a data line. A first transistor of the pixel circuit outputs a current corres... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7592978 | Plasma display panel driving method A method for driving a plasma display panel (PDP) and for safely erasing wall charges in an erase period. The PDP includes a middle (M) electrode formed between an X electrode and a Y electrode. A sustain discharge pulse voltage is periodically applied to the X elec... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7592977 | Plasma display panel and method for processing pictures thereof A plasma display device and an image processing method thereof for reducing false contour and avoiding a low discharge at grayscales include detecting a moving image block and a still image block from input video signals. The output of grayscales of the detected sti... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7592387 | Clay-polyurethane nanocomposite and method for preparing the same A clay-polyurethane nanocomposite comprising a clay and a polyurethane covalently bonded to the surface of the clay wherein the polyurethane is formed by reacting a clay-containing diisocyanate compound with a polyol, the clay-containing diisocyanate compound contai... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7591700 | Method of manufacturing a field emission display and process of welding a metal grid to a pair of blackened-treated fixing elements A field emission display (FED) includes first and second substrates opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween. The FED also includes cathode electrodes formed in a stripe pattern on the first substrate, and a plurality of electron emission sources f... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7589466 | Plasma display panel with discharge cells having different volumes A plasma display panel. A first substrate and a second substrate are provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween. Address electrodes are formed on the second substrate. Barrier ribs are mounted between the first substrate and the second subst... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588854 | Fuel cell system having no fuel pump A fuel cell system having no fuel pump, including: an electric generator to generate electricity by electrochemical reaction between hydrogen-containing fuel and an oxidant; and a fuel feeder including a fuel tank in which the hydrogen-containing fuel to be supplied... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588850 | Polymer membrane for a fuel cell, a method of preparing the same, and a membrane-electrode assembly fuel cell system comprising the same A polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, a method of preparing the same, and a fuel cell system comprising the same. The polymer electrolyte membrane includes a metal-bound inorganic ion-conductive salt and an ion-conductive cation exchange resin. ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7586556 | Portable display device A portable display device includes a display panel, a backlight assembly having a light source for supplying light to the liquid crystal display panel and having a mold frame with a periphery step platform. A bottom chassis is combined with the mold frame, the botto... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7586248 | Electron emission device, method for manufacturing the device, and electron emission display using the same A method of manufacturing an electron emission device where the withstanding voltage characteristics are not deteriorated due to carbon remnants. With the method, cathode electrodes, a first insulating layer and gate electrodes are sequentially formed on a substrate... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7583060 | Protective circuit for a secondary battery pack and method of operating the same A protective circuit for a secondary battery pack advantageously having a simple circuit configuration while maintaining the safety of banks in the circuit. Each protective circuit has banks adapted to be charged or to discharge voltage, each bank being coupled to a... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7583017 | Electron emission display An electron emission display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. An electron emission unit is arranged on the first substrate. A light emission unit is arranged on the second substrate, the light emission unit having an anod... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581999 | Electron emission device having openings with improved aspect ratio and method of manufacturing In a method of manufacturing an electron emission device, cathode electrodes are first formed on a substrate. An insulating layer is formed on the entire surface of the substrate such that the insulating layer covers the cathode electrodes. The insulating layer is w... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7580090 | Flat panel display having enhanced thermal dissipation uniformity A flat panel display is provided having enhanced thermal dissipation uniformity. The flat panel display includes an image display panel wherein a first substrate is spaced apart from a second substrate. A transparent conductive film is formed on the front side of th... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579766 | Electron emission device with improved electron emission structure for increasing emission efficiency and lowering driving voltage An electron emission device includes first and second substrates facing each other with a predetermined distance, cathode electrodes formed on the first substrate, electron emission regions formed on the cathode electrodes, and gate electrodes placed over the cathod... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579763 | Electron emission device having electrodes with line portions and subsidiary electrode An electron emission device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. A first electrode and a second electrode are formed on the first substrate and insulated from each other. Electron emission regions are electrically connected t... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579118 | Organic electrolytic solution and lithium battery employing the same An organic electrolytic solution includes a lithium salt; an organic solvent including a high dielectric constant solvent and a low boiling point solvent; and an additive of a hetero ring compound including a cyano group and an alkenyl group as substituents. The org... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7576717 | Light emitting display and driving method thereof A light emitting display and a driving method thereof. The light emitting display includes an image displaying part including a plurality of pixels electrically connected to a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of emission control li... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7576715 | Multi-gray-scale image display method and apparatus thereof A multi-gray-scale image display method and apparatus for displaying a multi-gray-scale image on a PDP by diffusing, as an error, a part of gray scale data representing an input image requiring more than a gray scale resolution of the PDP to a target pixel from diff... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7576710 | Plasma display panel and driving method thereof A method for dividing a frame into a plurality of subfields, and driving them on a plasma display panel having a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes formed in parallel on a first substrate, and a plurality of third electrodes formed on a second subst... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7576709 | Plasma display panel driving method and plasma display device A PDP driving method. No rising ramp voltage is applied to a scan electrode during a reset period. The final voltage of a falling ramp voltage is reduced to a voltage by which all the discharge cells can fire the discharge during the reset period. A difference betwe... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7573188 | Electron emission display An electron emission display includes first and second substrates that face each other, a plurality of electron emission elements that are arrayed on the first substrate, phosphor and black layers that are formed on a surface of the second substrate, and an anode el... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7573187 | Electron emission device and electron emission display having the electron emission device An electron emission device and an electron emission display having the electron emission device. The electron emission device includes a substrate, a cathode electrode disposed on the substrate, and an electron emission region electrically connected to the cathode ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7567027 | Negative hole structure having a protruded portion and electron emission device including the same A negative hole is formed by etching a dielectric layer that includes at least a lower dielectric sublayer and an upper dielectric sublayer. The lower dielectric sublayer and the upper dielectric sublayer have substantially the same permittivity, and the lower diele... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7561148 | Plasma display panel driving method A driving method of a plasma display panel, the plasma display panel including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of third electrodes which lie in a direction perpendicular to that of the first electrodes and the se... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7561124 | Display device and driving method thereof A pixel circuit of a display device for realizing a certain color during a display period of time. The pixel circuit includes at least two light emitting elements, each said light emitting element for emitting a corresponding one of colors during the display period ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7560195 | Electrolyte for lithium battery and lithium battery comprising the same An electrolyte for a lithium battery and a lithium battery thereof are provided. The electrolyte includes a non-aqueous organic solvent; lithium salt; and an additive selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by formulas (1) to (3), and combina... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7560192 | Rechargeable lithium ion battery Disclosed is a rechargeable lithium ion battery including a positive electrode comprising a first current collector and a positive active material layer on the first current collector; a negative electrode comprising a second current collector and a negative active ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7557784 | OLED pixel circuit and light emitting display using the same A pixel and a light emitting display including the pixel. The pixel includes first and second organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), a driving circuit commonly connected to the plurality of OLEDs to drive the first and second OLEDs, a switching circuit connected bet... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7557783 | Organic light emitting display An organic light emitting display capable of reducing the manufacturing cost and displaying images with uniform brightness. The organic light emitting display includes: a data driver for supplying a plurality of data signals to a plurality of first data lines, respe... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7554267 | Plasma display panel A PDP having an opposing electrode structure including first and second substrates facing each other. A space between the first and second substrates is divided into discharge cells. Address electrodes extend in a first direction between the first and second substra... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7553580 | Electrode substrate for a fuel cell, a method for preparing the same, and a membrane-electrode assembly comprising the same An electrode substrate for a fuel cell including a diffusion layer, a first microporous layer that embeds into the diffusion layer, with the first microporous layer having a thickness in the range of 10 to 30 μm, and a second microporous layer that forms a boundary... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7397995 | Multiple-core planar optical waveguides and methods of fabrication and use thereof A multiple-core planar optical waveguide comprises: a substantially planar waveguide substrate; a lower waveguide core; an upper waveguide core; lower cladding between the substrate and the lower waveguide core; middle cladding between the waveguide cores; and upper... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394954 | Transverse-transfer of optical power between assembled waveguides A substantially flat upper cladding surface over a waveguide core facilitates transverse-coupling between assembled waveguides, and/or provides mechanical alignment and/or support. An embedding medium may be employed for securing optical assemblies and protecting op... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7379638 | Optical junction apparatus and methods employing optical power transverse-transfer An optical apparatus comprises an optical device fabricated on a substrate, an external-transfer optical waveguide fabricated on the substrate and/or on the optical device, and a transmission optical waveguide. The optical device and/or the external-transfer wavegui... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373067 | Multiple-core planar optical waveguides and methods of fabrication and use thereof A multiple-core optical waveguide comprises: a substrate; lower and upper waveguide core layers; a waveguide core between the upper and lower waveguide core layers; upper and lower cladding; and middle cladding between the upper and lower waveguide core layers subst... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366379 | Optical component for free-space optical propagation between waveguides An optical component may comprise a horizontal member with two side walls and a substantially transparent end wall protruding from the horizontal member. The end wall, side walls and horizontal member may partially enclose an interior volume, and optical functionali... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354426 | Flexible container with a flexible port and method for making the same A flexible container incorporating flexible front and rear sheets and one or more container ports disposed in between the sheets are discussed. The one or more container ports each has a pliable attachment flange and an integrally molded nozzle. The pliable attachme... | 04/08/2008 |
