Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a fin active region pattern on the substrate, the fin active region pattern including an upper region and a lower region, a device isolation layer pattern surrounding the fin active region pattern, a gate pattern on the upper region of the fin active region pattern, and a stressor on the lower region of the fin active region pattern, wherein a top surface of the device isolation layer pattern is lower than a top surface of the upper region and higher than a top surface of the lower region.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a doorstep or a door scuff is provided. The method includes an ABS material injection step of injecting an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) material to have a doorstep (or a door scuff) shape; a plastic plating step of plating an ABS material with plastic; and a PP injection step of fixing the ABS material plated with plastic in a mold, and injecting PP to the ABS material fixed in the mold so that the ABS material and a polypropylene (PP) material have a one-piece structure.

Abstract: A portable terminal device and a method for operating the same are provided. The portable terminal device includes a communicator configured to perform communication with an external device, a display configured to display a same image as an image displayed on the external device, an inputter configured to receive an input of a selection command, and a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to an object included in the image at a time when the selection command is input.

Abstract: According to the present invention, oxidized and reduced regions of graphene can be accurately detected in a short time using a terahertz wave so as to measure the conductivity of graphene, and thus the time required to test the conductivity of graphene can be reduced. In addition, when an oxidized region exists in graphene, the oxidized region can be immediately reduced by irradiating an electromagnetic wave thereto so as to increase the conductivity of graphene and thus minimize the time required to restore graphene.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a communication circuit configured to perform short range communication with a mobile device by using a first communication channel and perform wireless communication with an external output device by using a second communication channel and a control circuit configured to, when the mobile device is located on or in close proximity to the housing, obtain content that is being output by the mobile device through the first communication channel and transmit the obtained content to the external output device through the second communication channel.

Abstract: A device-to-device (D2D) communication method is provided. According to an inventive concept, the method comprises, storing, by a first device, first authentication data including a hash chain, which is a sequential concatenation of hash values, and storing, by a second device, second authentication data including an initial hash value of the hash chain, transmitting, by the first device, a final hash value of the hash chain to the second device, determining, by the second device, whether authentication between the first and second devices has succeeded by repeatedly hashing the initial hash value stored in the second device until a hash value identical to the final hash value is returned, and if a determination is made that authentication between the first and second devices has succeeded, performing, by the first and second devices, a connection establishment process for establishing a connection between the first and second devices.

Abstract: A method, performed by a device, of providing security content includes receiving a touch and drag input indicating that a user drags a visual representation of a first application displayed on a touch screen of the device to a fingerprint recognition area while the user touches the visual representation of the first application with a finger; performing authentication on a fingerprint of the finger detected on the touch screen using a fingerprint sensor included in the fingerprint recognition area; and when the performing authentication on the fingerprint is successful, displaying the security content associated with the first application on an execution window of the first application.

Abstract: A display apparatus which is capable of performing an initial setting and a controlling control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes an output unit configured to output a user interface (UI) which is controllable by a plurality of input modes, and a controller configured to set an input mode according to a user feedback type regarding the UI, and configured to output another UI which corresponds to the set input mode.

Abstract: An airbag device for a driver may include: a plate mounted in a steering wheel; an inflator inserted into the plate; a damper coupled to the plate and the inflator so as to reduce vibration of the inflator; a cage covering the inflator, and mounted on the plate; and a gasket coupled to the cage so as to prevent leakage of the gas provided from the inflator to the outside.

Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device may comprise: a memory for storing a content; a display panel for outputting at least a part of the content; multiple contact points arranged on a side surface of the display device; and a control circuit electrically connected to the memory, the display panel, and the multiple contact points.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hood for a vehicle, the hood including an outer panel and an inner panel. The outer panel is made of a first composite material and has a multi-layered structure formed by stacking a plurality of reinforcing fiber layers arranged in a predetermined direction. The inner panel is made of a second composite material, has a multi-layered structure formed by stacking a plurality of reinforcing fiber layers in a predetermined direction, and is combined with the outer panel. The reinforcing fibers of at least a pair of reinforcing fiber layers facing each other of the outer panel and of the inner panel are arranged in the same direction and form a predetermined angle with a virtual line extending through both longitudinal ends of the outer panel or the inner panel.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices including a dummy gate structure on a fin are provided. A semiconductor device includes a fin protruding from a substrate. The semiconductor device includes a source/drain region in the fin, and a recess region of the fin that is between first and second portions of the source/drain region. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a dummy gate structure overlapping the recess region, and a spacer that is on the fin and adjacent a sidewall of the dummy gate structure.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices including a dummy gate structure on a fin are provided. A semiconductor device includes a fin protruding from a substrate. The semiconductor device includes a source/drain region in the fin, and a recess region of the fin that is between first and second portions of the source/drain region. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a dummy gate structure overlapping the recess region, and a spacer that is on the fin and adjacent a sidewall of the dummy gate structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first gate pattern and a second gate pattern on a substrate, the first gate pattern having a first height and the second gate pattern having a second height, an insulating pattern on the substrate covering the first and second gate patterns, the insulating pattern including a trench exposing the substrate between the first and second gate patterns, a spacer contacting at least a portion of a sidewall of the insulating pattern within the trench, the spacer spaced apart from the first and second gate patterns and having a third height larger than the first and second heights, and a contact structure filling the trench.

Abstract: A method for performing a function of a display apparatus including, displaying, in response to a first user input being received on an edge area among a plurality of edge areas of a screen, a menu on the screen, the displayed menu comprising at least one item, and performing, in response to a selection of the at least one item from the displayed menu, performing a function corresponding to the selected item, and when an item is selected from the menu, a function corresponding to the selected the at least one item, wherein the displayed menu corresponds to the edge area among the plurality of edge areas where the first user input is received, and wherein at least one other menu corresponds to at least one edge area among the plurality of edge areas where the user input was not received.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device having an enhanced characteristic and a resistor structure satisfying a desired target resistor value of a resistor device. A semiconductor device includes: a lower interlayer insulating layer disposed on a substrate comprising a resistor area; a resistor structure comprising a resistor layer and an etch stop pattern sequentially stacked on the lower interlayer insulating layer of the resistor area; an upper interlayer insulating layer configured to cover the resistor structure and disposed on the lower interlayer insulating layer; a resistor contact structure configured to pass through the upper interlayer insulating layer and the etch stop pattern and contact the resistor layer; and a resistor contact spacer disposed between the upper interlayer insulating layer, the etch stop pattern, and the resistor contact structure.

Abstract: An air bag device for a driver's seat may include a main-cushion unit provided on a steering wheel and having a front chamber that comes into contact with the steering wheel and a rear chamber that faces a driver, a sub-cushion unit communicating with the main-cushion unit and protruding outwards from the main-cushion unit, and a guide chamber located in the main-cushion unit to define a passage for guiding gas produced in an inflator to the sub-cushion unit.

Abstract: Methods for fabricating a semiconductor device include forming a composite film, forming a rough pattern on the composite film, forming a smooth pattern by subjecting the rough pattern to ion implantation and a plasma treatment, and patterning the composite film using the smooth pattern as a first mask.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor layer, where the compound semiconductor layer includes separate fin patterns in separate regions. The separate fin patterns may include different materials. The separate fin patterns may include different dimensions, including one or more of width and height of one or more portions of the fin patterns. The separate fin patterns may include an upper pattern and a lower pattern. The upper pattern and the lower pattern may include different materials. The upper pattern and the lower pattern may include different dimensions. Separate regions may include separate ones of an NMOS or a PMOS. The semiconductor device may include gate electrodes on the compound semiconductor layer. Separate gate electrodes may intersect the separate fin patterns.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices including a dummy gate structure on a fin are provided. A semiconductor device includes a fin protruding from a substrate. The semiconductor device includes a source/drain region in the fin, and a recess region of the fin that is between first and second portions of the source/drain region. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a dummy gate structure overlapping the recess region, and a spacer that is on the fin and adjacent a sidewall of the dummy gate structure.