Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including forming dummy gate structures on a substrate; forming spacers on sidewalls of the dummy gate structures; forming a preliminary first interlayer insulation pattern to fill a gap between adjacent spacers; etching an upper portion of the preliminary first interlayer insulation pattern through a first etching process to form a preliminary second interlayer insulation pattern; implanting an ion on the dummy gate structures, the spacers, and the preliminary second interlayer insulation pattern through an ion-implanting process; etching an upper portion of the preliminary second interlayer insulation pattern through a second etching process to form an interlayer insulation pattern having a flat upper surface; and forming a capping pattern on the interlayer insulation pattern to fill a gap between the spacers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 6, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2020
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Kyung-In Choi, Sang-Hoon Han, Sun-Jung Kim, Tae-Gon Kim, Hyun-Chul Song
Abstract: The present invention discloses an array substrate which includes a peripheral driving circuit region. The peripheral driving circuit includes a first metal layer, a first insulating layer and a second metal layer sequentially formed on a base substrate. There is a signal transmission line provided in the driving circuit region. The signal transmission line is connected in series with a current limiting unit. The current limiting unit includes M first metal lines formed in the first metal layer at intervals and N second metal lines formed in the second metal layer at intervals. The M first metal lines and the N second metal lines are alternately connected in series with each other through vias provided in the first insulating layer, and M and N are integers greater than 1, respectively. The present invention further comprises a display device including an array substrate mentioned above.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 28, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2020
Assignee:
WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Abstract: A method for producing natural killer cells is disclosed. The method comprises isolating peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from a blood sample; isolating at least one of CD56+ cells and/or CD3?/CD56+ cells from the PBMCs; and co-culturing the at least one of CD56+ cells and/or CD3?/CD56+ cells with a combination of feeder cells in the presence of a cytokine. A composition for treating cancer is also disclosed. The composition comprises the CD56+ natural killer cells produced by the disclosed method and a cytokine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 26, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2020
Assignee:
NKMAX CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Sang Woo Park, Yong Man Kim, Jae Seob Jung, Yong-Hee Rhee
Abstract: A light source module is provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, the light source module includes a base material. A plurality of light sources is on a surface of the substrate in a matrix. The plurality of light sources is individually controlled to be lit. A first electric supply wire supplies electricity to each of the plurality of light sources. A plurality of second electric supply wires supplies electricity to the plurality of light sources respectively. A plurality of protection diodes is electrically connected with the first electric supply wire and the plurality of second electric supply wires. The plurality of protection diodes is in the substrate.
Abstract: Provided are a display apparatus and a computing apparatus including the same. A display apparatus includes: a display module including a display panel configured to display an image, a vibration plate on the display module, a first air gap between the vibration plate and the rear surface of the display module, a vibration module on the vibration plate, and a system rear cover on the vibration plate, a second air gap between the system rear cover and the vibration plate, wherein the vibration plate includes a communication part configured to allow air to flow between the first air gap and the second air gap.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 11, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2020
Assignee:
LG Display Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
JaeMin Shin, ChanHeon Lee, Minji Kim, Wangeon Sim, HyunWook Jang
Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a PMOSFET region and an NMOSFET region. First active patterns are on the PMOSFET region. Second active patterns are on the NMOSFET region. Gate electrodes intersect the first and second active patterns and extend in a first direction. First interconnection lines are disposed on the gate electrodes and extend in the first direction. The gate electrodes are arranged at a first pitch in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The first interconnection lines are arranged at a second pitch in the second direction. The second pitch is smaller than the first pitch.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 28, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2020
Assignees:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., KOREA ADVANCE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Abstract: A filter with a backwashing unit including a two-position three-way valve, and second third valves. The three-way valve has ports P1, A1 and B1, the second valve has ports P2 and A2, and the third valve has port P3 and port A3; port P1 is connected with the water inlet, port A2 is connected with the outlet, port A3 is connected with the drain outlet, port A1 and port P3 are connected with the inlet of a filter, and port B1 and port P2 are connected with the outlet; the filter is located on a filtering station when port P1 communicates with port A1, port P2 communicates with port A2, and port P3 does not communicate with port A3, and the filter is on a backwashing station when port P1 communicates with port B1, port P2 does not communicate with port A2, and port P3 communicates with port A3.
Abstract: In order to provide a sink accessory part for arrangement on a sink, which can be positioned on the sink simply and stably without the need for a plurality of horizontal support areas at the same height on the sink, and without restricting the functionality of the sink accessory part or the sink, it is proposed that the sink accessory part should include a first coupling device, for coupling the sink accessory part to a first side wall of a bowl of the sink, and a second coupling device, for coupling the sink accessory part to a second side wall, opposing the first side wall, of the bowl of the sink.
Abstract: There is proposed a user authentication method that uses a time-based password (TP) having a relatively long update cycle instead of a TOTP having a conventional short update cycle (e.g., 60 seconds). The present invention is a user authentication method executed by an authentication system that performs authentication of a user who performs access from an information communication terminal device in order to use a usage target system by using a reference terminal device that includes a security token capable of generating a TP. The authentication method includes setting an update cycle of the TP to a first update cycle of 30 days, 1 month, or a time period longer than 1 month, receiving a user authentication request that includes a time-based password generated by the security token according to the set first update cycle, and performing the authentication based on the TP contained in the received user authentication request.
Abstract: Disclosed are a light emitting diode display device and a multi-screen display device using the same, which include a minimized bezel area. The light emitting diode display device includes a substrate including a first display area and a second display area surrounding the first display area, a plurality of first unit pixels provided in the first display area and each including a plurality of subpixels each including a micro light emitting device, and a plurality of second unit pixels provided in the second display area overlapping an edge of the substrate and each including a plurality of subpixels and having a size less than a size of each of the plurality of first unit pixels.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 25, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2020
Assignee:
LG Display Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
HyeonHo Son, WooNam Jeong, SeungChul Lee, BuYeol Lee
Abstract: A ladder having a first rail. The ladder having a second rail. The ladder having a plastic top directly attached to the first rail and second rail with fasteners. The top having a first side and a second side. The first side having a gap with a surface with a first rectangular slot and a second rectangular slot extending from the first rectangular slot so an external corner can fit into the first rectangular slot when the top leans against the corner. The surface of the first side having a first notch in the gap so a first rectangular plank can fit into the first notch when the top leans against the plank. The first notch having a width slightly larger than a width of the first plank. A ladder top. A method for using a ladder.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 3, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2020
Assignee:
Werner Co.
Inventors:
Thomas W. Parker, Daniel C. Mora, Robert D. Beggs, Tek Lentine, Joseph C. Dangrow, Adam C Field, Brent Sedlacek
Abstract: An information processing system includes an attribute-information acquisition unit and an identification unit. The attribute-information acquisition unit acquires an attribute of an object that is present in a real space in accordance with information regarding the object an object image of which is captured. The identification unit identifies an image that is a virtual image associated with the attribute acquired by the attribute-information acquisition unit, the image being to be combined with the object image.
Abstract: A ceramic circuit board comprises: a ceramic substrate with a 1.0 mm thickness or less including a first surface and a second surface, the first surface including a first area and a second area; a first metal plate joined to the first area; and a second metal plate joined to the second surface. The second area has a first waviness profile along a first side of the first surface, the first waviness profile having one extreme value or less. The second area has a second waviness profile along a second side of the first surface, the second waviness profile has not less than two nor more than three extreme values.
Abstract: To reduce a leakage current of a transistor so that malfunction of a logic circuit can be suppressed. The logic circuit includes a transistor which includes an oxide semiconductor layer having a function of a channel formation layer and in which an off current is 1×10?13 A or less per micrometer in channel width. A first signal, a second signal, and a third signal that is a clock signal are input as input signals. A fourth signal and a fifth signal whose voltage states are set in accordance with the first to third signals which have been input are output as output signals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 14, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2020
Assignee:
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Masashi Tsubuku, Kosei Noda
Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid fertilizer including: (i) an aqueous composition including ammonium thiosulfate; and (ii) a complex of a metal ion and a chelating agent, wherein the metal ion is selected from the group consisting of zinc, manganese, copper, iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, and molybdenum. The complex lowers the freeze point of the aqueous composition when creating a liquid fertilizer including the ammonium thiosulfate and the complex. Optionally, the liquid fertilizer includes borate ions. Methods of using the liquid fertilizer are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 2015
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2020
Assignee:
HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO.
Inventors:
Dean Blankenburg, Eric M. Johnson, Nathan Ludtke
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a manufacturing process of the display panel. The manufacturing process of the display panel includes: successively depositing a plurality of thin-film layers on an auxiliary electrode layer, the compactness of a single thin-film layer among the plurality of thin-film layers gradually increasing from bottom to top; forming a preset pattern by the plurality of thin-film layers having a same width; dry-etching the plurality of thin-film layers so that the width of a single thin-film layer among the plurality of thin-film layers gradually increases from bottom to top, to form a plurality of cathode separators having an inverted trapezoid shape. The manufacturing process of the cathode separator is highly stable.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 2, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2020
Assignee:
SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.