Abstract:
A radio-frequency (RF) communication device having a near field communication (NFC) function includes a first detection mode circuit configured to output an RF input signal received by an antenna as a first RF signal while the first detection mode circuit is enabled, and a second detection mode circuit configured to amplify the RF input signal and output the amplified RF input signal as a second RF signal while the second detection mode circuit is enabled. The first detection mode circuit is enabled during a first time period, and the second detection mode circuit is enabled during a second time period. The second time period is shorter than the first time period. The first and second detection mode circuits are enabled alternately and repeatedly.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a method of monitoring a semiconductor device fabrication process and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same. The monitoring method may include determining a normalization range of a target byproduct, which is a measurement target of byproducts produced in a chamber by an etching process, the byproducts including the target byproduct and a non-target byproduct, the target byproduct including first and second target byproducts, which are respectively produced by and before the etching process on a to-be-processed layer, obtaining a first index from a ratio of the target byproduct to the non-target byproduct, obtaining a second index by subtracting an emission intensity of the second target byproduct from the first index, obtaining a third index by integrating the second index on a time interval, and estimating a result of the etching process and presence or absence of a failure, based on the third index.
Abstract:
A bonding apparatus of substrate manufacturing equipment includes an upper stage, a lower stage facing the upper stage and which is configure and dedicated to support a processed substrate on which semiconductor chips are stacked (set), and an elevating mechanism for raising the lower stage relative to the upper stage to provide pressure for pressing the substrate and chips towards each other.
Abstract:
A contactless communication device is provided which includes a field strength detecting circuit configured to detect a strength of a field induced on an antenna; a card circuit configured to demodulate a signal received via the antenna during a reception interval of a card mode; a processing unit configured to process the demodulated signal; and a reader circuit configured to transmit data via the antenna during a transmission interval of the card mode, the data provided from the processing unit, wherein an output power of the reader circuit is adjusted according to the field strength detected.
Abstract:
An antenna device includes an antenna array including a plurality of first antenna elements, arranged in a 2-by-2 array, a plurality of second antenna elements arranged in a 2-by-2 array, a first switching circuit, a second switching circuit connected to the first switching circuit and the first antenna elements, a third switching circuit connected to the first switching circuit and the second antenna elements, and a processor connected to the switching circuits. The processor is configured to control at least one of the switching circuits to operate in a single mode, among the plurality of modes, based on a single beam pattern among a plurality of predetermined beam patterns and to feed power to the antenna array through the first switching circuit, the second switching circuit, and the third switching circuit, to transmit a signal having the beam pattern.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a near field communication device which includes an antenna, a transmission amplifier, a matching circuit connected between the antenna and the transmission amplifier, and a transmitter. The transmitter transmits a transmit clock to the matching circuit through the transmission amplifier, extracts an extraction clock from a waveform formed in the matching circuit, stores a phase difference between the transmit clock and the extraction clock, and controls transmission of an information signal through the antenna, the transmission amplifier, and the matching circuit based on the phase difference.