Abstract: Provided is an inductively coupled plasma etching apparatus comprising: a reaction chamber having an inner space to which a gas source is provided; an upper coil part for inducing an electric field into the inner space of the reaction chamber and configured to form an inductively coupled plasma from the gas source by the electric field; a mounting part which faces the upper coil part and on which an object to be etched by the inductively coupled plasma is disposed; and a lower electrode part provided on the lower side of the mounting part to induce at least any one of ions and neutral active species constituting the inductively coupled plasma and involved in etching toward the object to be etched disposed on the mounting part, wherein the frequency of the lower electrode part is lower than the frequency of the upper coil part.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. A substrate includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface. A photoelectric conversion element is disposed on the substrate. A passivation layer is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. A microlens is disposed on the passivation layer in the first region and is not disposed on the passivation layer in the second region. A pattern structure is disposed on an upper surface of the passivation layer in the second region. The pattern structure includes a metal and has at least one lateral side wall having a sloped profile.

Abstract: Disclosed is a business performance predicting method performed by a company business performance predicting apparatus including obtaining, by an information collection unit, a data set including internal data and external data of a specific company, classifying, by an information classification unit, the data set into first data including structured data and second data including unstructured data, processing, by an information processing unit, the second data into third data being structured data corresponding to the first data, extracting, by a feature extraction unit, a feature based on the first data and the third data, and providing business performance prediction data of the specific company and business indicator data of the specific company mapped to a predetermined statistical attribute field through a predetermined prediction model in response to an individual characteristic of the feature.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage device may include a memory device, and a memory controller configured to receive a read command from an external host and control the memory device according to the read command, wherein the read command may include a basic header segment commonly included in commands transferred between the external host and the memory controller and including information indicating that the read command is a command for requesting data stored in the memory device, a transaction specific field including information indicating that the read command is a read command for at least two or more logical addresses, and an extra header segment including information on the at least two or more logical addresses.

Abstract: A display apparatus of the present disclosure includes a display panel including an active area and an inactive area. The active area includes an anode electrode, an organic light-emitting layer, and a cathode electrode. The inactive area includes a gate driving portion and a crack stopper pattern, and further includes a connection area disposed in an area adjacent to the gate driving portion. In the connection area, the cathode electrode and a connection electrode may be in contact with each other.

Abstract: A brake device for a vehicle includes a housing unit, a cylinder unit installed inside the housing unit, a motor unit connected to the cylinder unit and provides a rotational force, a screw shaft provided inside the cylinder unit and axially rotated by receiving the rotational force of the motor unit, a nut unit coupled to the screw shaft through a ball member and reciprocated in an axial direction of the screw shaft according to a rotation direction of the screw shaft, a piston unit coupled to the nut unit and moving in conjunction with the nut unit, and a bearing unit provided inside the cylinder unit, coupled to the screw shaft, and supporting an axial load when forming hydraulic pressure of the cylinder unit.

Abstract: In a temperature sensor, a wearable device comprising the temperature sensor, and a core temperature measurement method using the temperature sensor, the temperature sensor includes a sensing unit and a substrate. The sensing unit includes a base part, a measuring part mounted on the base part and configured to measure a temperature of a subject body by making contact with the subject body, and a cover part configured to cover the measuring part. The sensing unit is mounted on the substrate. A plurality of slits is formed around a first area of the substrate, and the sensing unit is mounted at the first area of the substrate.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a plurality of dielectric layers and an internal electrode including a conductive material, and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode. The internal electrode includes a Sn diffusion portion including Sn in a region connected to the external electrode, and a ratio of an average number of atoms of the Sn compared to an average number of atoms of the conductive material other than the Sn of the internal electrode included in the Sn diffusion portion is 3% or more and 50% or less.

Abstract: An display device may include a substrate including an active area and an inactive area surrounding the active area, a plurality of thin film transistors disposed in the active area, each of the thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer and a first electrode, a light emitting elements disposed in the active area, each of the light emitting element including an anode electrode and an organic light emitting layer, a connection area and a peripheral area disposed in the inactive area, and a first reflective electrode disposed in the connection area.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage device may include a memory device, and a memory controller configured to receive a read command from an external host and control the memory device according to the read command, wherein the read command may include a basic header segment commonly included in commands transferred between the external host and the memory controller and including information indicating that the read command is a command for requesting data stored in the memory device, a transaction specific field including information indicating that the read command is a read command for at least two or more logical addresses, and an extra header segment including information on the at least two or more logical addresses.

Abstract: A display apparatus of the present disclosure includes a display panel including an active area and an inactive area. The active area includes an anode electrode, an organic light-emitting layer, and a cathode electrode. The inactive area includes a gate driving portion and a crack stopper pattern, and further includes a connection area disposed in an area adjacent to the gate driving portion. In the connection area, the cathode electrode and a connection electrode may be in contact with each other.

Abstract: A water pipe cleaning system using high-pressure nitrogen and a water pipe cleaning method using the same are provided. The water pipe cleaning system using high-pressure nitrogen includes: nitrogen pressure vessels containing high-pressure nitrogen therein; a main control unit gathering the high-pressure nitrogen from the nitrogen pressure vessels and controlling pressure of the high-pressure nitrogen; a feed piping device connected to an outlet of the main control unit and connected to an inlet of a pipe to be washed; and a discharge piping device connected to an outlet of the pipe and connected to a nitrogen discharging portion to discharge nitrogen discharged from the pipe to the outside. The main control unit is configured such that control modules are stacked on one another. Each of the control modules is configured such that the nitrogen pressure vessels are connected together in parallel, and has an individual outlet.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cryptographic processor device capable of performing the post-quantum cryptographic encryption with in a high speed with low power, allowing a change of encryption parameters, and handling various cryptographic protocols. The cryptographic processor device executing polynomial vector operations required for a post-quantum cryptography includes: a polynomial memory bank configured to store a plurality of polynomial vectors; and an arithmetic and logic operator configured to perform operation on the polynomial vectors.

Abstract: A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device including a replay protected memory block; and a memory controller for, as a submission command requesting access to the replay protected memory block is received from an external host including a host memory having a plurality of Physical Region Pages (PRPs), acquiring a host replay protected memory block data frame stored in one of the plurality of PRPs and accessing the replay protected memory block. The submission command may include information on a position at which the memory controller is to store a response to the submission command among the plurality of PRPs.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a memory controller and a memory device. The memory controller that controls the memory device includes a write buffer to temporarily store write data received from a host, a write timing controller to receive temperature information indicating a temperature of the memory device and generate write timing information based on the temperature information, the write timing information indicating a write timing at which the write data is transferred to and stored in the memory device, and a write operation controller to control the write buffer and the memory device based on the write timing information such that the write data stored in the write buffer is transferred to and stored in the memory device.

Abstract: An display device may include a substrate including an active area and an inactive area surrounding the active area, a plurality of thin film transistors disposed in the active area, each of the thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer and a first electrode, a light emitting elements disposed in the active area, each of the light emitting element including an anode electrode and an organic light emitting layer, a connection area and a peripheral area disposed in the inactive area, and a first reflective electrode disposed in the connection area.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present application discloses a surface binding compound of the Formula I or Formula II: wherein the variables EG, EG1, SP1, SP2, SP3, Ar and BG are as defined herein. In another embodiment, the application discloses a method for forming a coating on a surface of a substrate using the surface binding compound of the Formula I or Formula II.

Abstract: A semiconductor package using a polymer substrate is disclosed and may include a polymer cavity structure comprising first metal traces, a micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) device and a semiconductor die bonded to a first surface within a cavity of the cavity structure, and a substrate coupled to the cavity structure and comprising second metal traces coupled to the first metal traces. The substrate may enclose the MEMS device and the semiconductor die. Ground traces may be on external surfaces of the polymer cavity structure. Ball lands may be on a surface of the substrate opposite to a surface with the second metal traces. The first metal traces may extend from the first surface of the polymer cavity structure up a sidewall of the cavity and to conductive patterns on a top surface of the polymer cavity structure.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions for treating a disorder or a disease associated with or characterized by neuro-inflammation, neuro-apoptosis, or neuro-oxidative damage in a subject, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compositions and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, and pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compositions. Provided also herein are methods of treating a disorder or a disease associated with or characterized by neuro-inflammation, neuro-apoptosis, or neuro-oxidative damage in a subject, and methods of regulating inflammation, antioxidant enzymes, and apoptosis in a subject having a disorder or a disease associated with or characterized by neuro-inflammation, neuro-apoptosis, or neuro-oxidative damage.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes stacked in a first direction with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween and external electrodes including a first electrode layer connected to the internal electrodes and including Ni, and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including an Ni—Cu alloy. A Cu content of the second electrode layer is 70 mol to 90 mol compared to 100 mol of the total content of Ni and Cu of the second electrode layer.