Abstract: Provided are a long-wave infrared sensor and an electronic device including the same. The long-wave infrared sensor and the electronic device including the same include a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, an optical absorber layer arranged on the pixel array, and a drive circuit configured to drive the pixel array, wherein each of the plurality of pixels for a long-wave infrared sensor includes a lower electrode and an upper electrode which are arranged apart from each other, and a plurality of magnetic tunnel junction devices arranged regularly between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and electrically connected to each other in parallel, and the plurality of magnetic tunnel junction devices are arranged apart from each other with an empty space therebetween.

Abstract: A thermal image sensor includes a substrate; a composite layer including an absorption layer and a sensor array layer provided below the absorption layer, the sensor array layer including a plurality of temperature sensing cells, the composite layer having a pattern formed therein, and the pattern including at least one hole penetrating through the absorption layer; and a support separating the substrate from the composite layer.

Abstract: A camera module includes a first reflective member including a first reflective surface, a telephoto lens spaced apart from the first reflective surface in a first direction, a second reflective member spaced apart from the first reflective surface in a second direction, the second direction intersecting the first direction, and a sensor support member configured to support an image sensor. The second reflective member includes a second reflective surface configured to reflect light from the first reflective surface toward the sensor support member, and the sensor support member is spaced from the second reflective surface in a third direction, the third direction intersecting each of the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: Provided is a long-wave infrared (LWIR) sensor including a substrate, a magnetic resistance device on the substrate, and an LWIR absorption layer on the magnetic resistance device, wherein a resistance of the magnetic resistance device changes based on temperature, and wherein the LWIR absorption layer is configured to absorb LWIR rays and generate heat.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure can comprise: a front plate facing a first direction; a rear plate facing a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction; at least one antenna module arranged between the front plate and the rear plate; and at least one heat dissipation sheet spaced from the at least one antenna module so as to be arranged to come in contact with the rear plate. The at least one heat dissipation sheet can comprise a ceramic filler and a binder resin mixed with the ceramic filler.

Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a continuous wave light to an object and provide a local oscillator (LO) light corresponding to the transmitted continuous wave light; a delay circuit configured to time delay the LO light; a receiver configured to receive the continuous wave light reflected from an object; and a detection circuit configured to determine a distance from the LiDAR device to the object based on the time delayed LO light and the received continuous wave light.

Abstract: In a method of testing an image sensor, at least one test image is captured using the image sensor that is a device under test (DUT). A composite image is generated based on the at least one test image. A plurality of frequency data are generated by performing frequency signal processing on the composite image. It is determined whether the image sensor is defective by analyzing the plurality of frequency data.

Abstract: Provided is an optical isolator including a semiconductor substrate, an optical attenuator and an optical amplifier aligned with each other on the semiconductor substrate, an input optical waveguide connected to the optical attenuator, and an output optical waveguide connected to the optical amplifier, wherein a gain of the optical amplifier decreases based on an intensity of light incident on the optical amplifier increasing, wherein a first input light incident on the optical attenuator through the input optical waveguide is output as a first output light through the output optical waveguide, and a second input light incident on the optical amplifier through the output optical waveguide is output as a second output light through the input optical waveguide, and wherein when an intensity of the first input light and an intensity of the second input light are equal, an intensity of the first output light is greater than an intensity of the second output light.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having first to fourth regions, first to third active regions and a first dummy active region extending on the first to fourth regions, respectively, a first gate structure intersecting the first active region on the first region and including a first gate conductive layer, a second gate structure intersecting the second active region on the second region and including a second gate conductive layer, a third gate structure intersecting the third active region on the third region find including a third gate conductive layer, a first dummy gate structure intersecting the first dummy active region on the fourth region and including a first dummy gate conductive layer, and source/drain regions on the first to third active regions and on both sides of the first to third gate structures.

Abstract: A long wavelength infrared sensor includes a first magnetoresistive unit; a second magnetoresistive unit; and a light absorption layer that absorbs light and emits heat, wherein the first magnetoresistive unit includes a first magnetoresistive element and a second magnetoresistive element electrically connected to each other, the second magnetoresistive unit includes a third magnetoresistive element and a fourth magnetoresistive element electrically connected to each other, the first and third magnetoresistive elements each have an antiparallel state of magnetization direction, the second and fourth magnetoresistive elements each have a parallel state of magnetization direction, and the first magnetoresistive element is electrically connected to the third magnetoresistive element by way of the second magnetoresistive element.

Abstract: Provided is a long-wave infrared (LWIR) sensor including a substrate, a magnetic resistance device on the substrate, and an LWIR absorption layer on the magnetic resistance device, wherein a resistance of the magnetic resistance device changes based on temperature, and wherein the LWIR absorption layer is configured to absorb LWIR rays and generate heat.

Abstract: Provided is an optical isolator including a semiconductor substrate, an optical attenuator and an optical amplifier aligned with each other on the semiconductor substrate, an input optical waveguide connected to the optical attenuator, and an output optical waveguide connected to the optical amplifier, wherein a gain of the optical amplifier decreases based on an intensity of light incident on the optical amplifier increasing, wherein a first input light incident on the optical attenuator through the input optical waveguide is output as a first output light through the output optical waveguide, and a second input light incident on the optical amplifier through the output optical waveguide is output as a second output light through the input optical waveguide, and wherein when an intensity of the first input light and an intensity of the second input light are equal, an intensity of the first output light is greater than an intensity of the second output light.

Abstract: A window assembly includes a transparent window layer and a first coded mask layer provided on a first surface of the window layer, the first coded mask layer having a first shape configured to change a first property of light passing through the window assembly. The first coded mask layer may include a meta-surface including a phase modulation meta-pattern. The meta-surface may further include an amplitude modulation meta-pattern. A second coded mask layer having a second shape configured to change a second property of the light passing through the window assembly may further be provided on a second surface of the window layer.

Abstract: A method of generating a finger image includes determining a quantity of electric charge to be removed from each of a plurality of detection circuits connected to a fingerprint sensor, based on an amplifier characteristic of each of the plurality of detection circuits; obtaining a second electrical quantity by removing the quantity of electric charge from a first electrical quantity that is input to each of the plurality of detection circuits; integrating the second electrical quantity to obtain an integrated value; and generating the fingerprint image based on comparison between the integrated value of the second electrical quantity and a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A touch-fingerprint complex sensor is provided for detecting a touch and a fingerprint of a user, using a touch pad including a touch region and a fingerprint recognizing region. The touch-fingerprint complex sensor includes a plurality of first electrodes disposed on a substrate, and arranged in parallel in a first direction, a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the substrate, and arranged in parallel in a second direction crossing the first direction, and an insulating layer disposed between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. A cross-sectional distance between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes at intersections of the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes in the touch region excluding the fingerprint recognizing region is greater than that at intersections of the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes in the fingerprint recognizing region.

Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device includes: a photodiode configured to generate a current in response to an optical signal being input to the photodiode; a current-voltage conversion circuit configured to convert the current into a voltage; an N-type ring voltage controlled oscillator (RVCO) configured to output a first pulse signal when the voltage is input to the N-type RVCO; a P-type RVCO configured to output a second pulse signal when the voltage is input to the P-type RVCO; and a processor configured to estimate an intensity of the optical signal by identifying, based on the first pulse signal and the second pulse signal, a digital signal value corresponding to the voltage.

Abstract: A sensor for recognizing a fingerprint and sensing a touch is provided. The sensor includes a touch sensing area in which a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode are arranged to provide touch sensing nodes at which touch sensing is performed; and a fingerprint-touch sensing area comprising a fingerprint recognition area in which a first fingerprint electrode and a second fingerprint electrode are arranged and electrically separated from the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode, the first fingerprint electrode and the second fingerprint electrode being configured to provide fingerprint sensing nodes at which a fingerprint is recognized in a fingerprint recognition mode, wherein in the fingerprint recognition area, a portion of the first fingerprint electrode and the second fingerprint electrode is used for fingerprint recognition and, as the touch sensing nodes, the touch sensing.

Abstract: Provided is an optical isolator including a semiconductor substrate, an optical attenuator and an optical amplifier aligned with each other on the semiconductor substrate, an input optical waveguide connected to the optical attenuator, and an output optical waveguide connected to the optical amplifier, wherein a gain of the optical amplifier decreases based on an intensity of light incident on the optical amplifier increasing, wherein a first input light incident on the optical attenuator through the input optical waveguide is output as a first output light through the output optical waveguide, and a second input light incident on the optical amplifier through the output optical waveguide is output as a second output light through the input optical waveguide, and wherein when an intensity of the first input light and an intensity of the second input light are equal, an intensity of the first output light is greater than an intensity of the second output light.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes a plurality of parallel transmitting lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of parallel receiving lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a transmitting driver configured to, in a first mode, apply first driving signals of a first voltage, to the plurality of transmitting lines, and in a second mode, apply second driving signals of a second voltage, to the plurality of transmitting lines, the second voltage being different than the first voltage. The touch sensor further includes a signal output unit configured to receive touch signals from the plurality of receiving lines.

Abstract: Provided is a thermal infrared detector including a thermal infrared sensor array including a plurality of resistive infrared devices that are provided in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and a driving circuit configured to drive the thermal infrared sensor array, wherein at least two resistive infrared devices among the plurality of resistive infrared devices adjacent to each other in a row direction or a column direction are grouped together, wherein at least one resistive infrared device among the plurality of resistive infrared devices is shared by at least two groups, and wherein at least two resistive infrared devices among the plurality of resistive infrared devices that are included in each of the at least two groups are connected in series.