Abstract: A method for optimizing network performance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes initializing a size of test data for network performance measurement, performing a test on the network performance by transmitting the test data to each of a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol, repeatedly performing the test, when the size of the test data is increased and then the increased size of the test data is a preset size or smaller based on a comparison between the increased size of the test data and the preset size, and setting a threshold value having a data size being a reference of switching between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol, based on data collected through the performing of the test, when the increased size of the test data is larger than the preset size.

Abstract: A numerical aperture (NA) controlling unit and a variable optical probe including the same are provided. The NA controlling unit includes: an aperture adjustment unit which controls an aperture through which light is transmitted; and a focus control unit that is disposed in a predetermined position with respect to the aperture adjustment unit, that focuses light transmitted through the aperture, and that has an adjustable focal length. The variable optical probe includes: a light transmission unit; a collimator that collimates light transmitted through the light transmission unit into parallel light; an NA controlling unit that focuses light on a sample to be inspected; and a scanner that varies a path of light transmitted through the light transmission unit such that a predetermined region of the sample is scanned by light that passes through the NA controlling unit.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate and including a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, where the first substrate includes an insulating substrate, a thin-film transistor which is disposed on the insulating substrate and include a gate electrode, a first pixel electrode which is disposed on the insulating substrate to be spaced apart from the thin film transistor and charges a first voltage, a second pixel electrode which is disposed on the insulating substrate to be spaced apart from the thin film transistor, is disposed in a same layer as the first pixel electrode, and receives a second voltage having a magnitude different from the first voltage, and a storage electrode disposed on the same layer as the gate electrode and to overlap a portion of the second pixel electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a display panel including first and second subpixels, where the first subpixel includes a first switching device including a first electrode connected to the j-th data line, a second electrode connected to a first subpixel electrode and a gate electrode connected to an i-th gate line, the second subpixel includes a second switching device including a first electrode connected to a j-th data line, a second electrode connected to a second subpixel electrode and a gate electrode connected to the i-th gate line, a third switching device including a first electrode connected to the second subpixel electrode and a gate electrode connected to the i-th gate line, and a fourth switching device including a first electrode connected to the j-th data line, a second electrode connected to the first electrode of the third switching device and a gate electrode connected to the i-th gate line.

Abstract: A microfluidic device and a method of controlling a fluid included in the microfluidic device. The microfluidic device includes: a chamber; a first fluid that is disposed in the chamber and in which a hygroscopic material is dissolved; a second fluid that is disposed in the chamber and is immiscible with the first fluid; and an electrode portion provide in the chamber and is configured to form an electrical field in the chamber when a voltage is applied to the electrode portion, wherein an interface between the first and second fluids is varied according to the electrical field.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dishwasher and a method for controlling same, and the dishwasher may comprise a wash tub having an opening on at least one side thereof; a spray nozzle, provided in the interior of the wash tub, for spraying wash water; a reflecting module capable of moving in the interior of the wash tub, and reflecting the wash water sprayed by the spray nozzle; and a moving module, to which the reflecting module is detachably attached, for moving same in at least one direction.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate, a light blocking film disposed on the substrate, a buffer layer covering the light blocking film, and a channel region disposed on the buffer layer. A source region and a drain region are disposed in the same layer as the channel region. A gate insulating layer is disposed on the channel region, and a gate electrode overlaps the channel region, with the gate insulating layer interposed between the gate electrode and the channel region. A passivation layer is disposed on the gate electrode, the source region, the drain region, and the buffer layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode are disposed on the passivation layer, wherein the channel region, the source region, and the drain region comprise an oxide semiconductor, and wherein a carrier concentration of the source region and the drain region is larger than in the channel region.

Abstract: An optical zoom probe is provided. The optical zoom probe includes: an aperture adjuster which adjusts an aperture through which light which is transmitted by a light transmitter propagates; and a focus adjuster which focuses light that propagates through the aperture and which includes first and second liquid lenses for each of which respective curvatures are independently controlled so as to adjust a respective focal length.

Abstract: An optical apparatus such as a varifocal fluidic lens is provided. Optical apparatus includes a spacer frame, optical fluid, an elastic membrane, an actuator, an actuator frame, and a thermally deformable frame. Spacer frame defines an internal space including a lens portion and a driving portion that connect to each other, and the driving portion is disposed to surround the lens portion disposed in the center area of the internal space. Optical fluid is filled in the internal space defined by the spacer frame. The elastic membrane is attached on a surface of the spacer frame, to cover a side of the internal space, and the thermally deformable plate is attached on the other surface of the spacer frame, to cover the other side of the internal space. The thermally deformable plate deforms to increase or decrease a volume of the internal space according to a change in temperature.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the invention disclose a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel having reduced overall processing time and providing a uniform crystallization. Exemplary embodiments of the invention also disclose a crystallization method of a thin film transistor, including forming on a substrate a semiconductor layer including a first pixel area, a second pixel area, and a third pixel area. The crystallization method includes crystallizing a portion of the semiconductor layer corresponding to a channel region of a thin film transistor using a micro lens array.

Abstract: Provided are an initiator and a method for debonding a wafer supporting system. The initiator for debonding a wafer supporting system includes a rotation chuck having an upper surface on which a wafer supporting system (WSS), which includes a carrier wafer, a device wafer, and a glue layer for bonding the carrier wafer and the device wafer to each other, is seated to rotate the wafer supporting system, a detecting module detecting a height and a thickness of the glue layer and a laser module generating a fracture portion on the glue layer through irradiating a side surface of the glue layer with a laser on the basis of the height and the thickness of the glue layer.

Abstract: A retainer for a wafer carrier comprising: a body including a plurality of slots configured to receive side surfaces of wafers; and for each of the slots, a supporting structure formed on a sidewall of the slot and configured to make contact with the side surfaces of a corresponding wafer, the supporting structure being spaced apart from an upper corner of the side surface of the corresponding wafer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tube-fitting structure for a pure-water line of a water purifier or refrigerator. The present invention provides a tube connecting structure in which a tube fitted into a body having a fitting part formed therein is fixed by a cap, wherein a guide groove formed to have a receiving recess curved downward is formed on an outer circumferential surface of a tube link part of the body, and wherein a guide protrusion is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the tube corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the body to allow the guide protrusion to be coupled along the guide groove, so that the tube is easily assembled with the body while the cap is rotated due to an inclined surface of the guide groove. Thus, in spite of enhancing the air tightness of the fitting structure, the assembly is improved.

Abstract: Provided is an aperture adjusting apparatus for adjusting an aperture through which light transmits. The aperture adjusting apparatus includes: a chamber configured to have space in which fluid flows, the chamber including a lower channel, an upper channel, and a plurality of reservoir regions connecting the lower channel and the upper channel and each having a non-uniform width crossing a flow direction of a fluid to form a space in which fluid flows; a photo-interceptive first fluid and a photo-transmissive second fluid having a property that the photo-transmissive second fluid does not mix with the first fluid and that are prepared in the chamber; and a first electrode unit in which one or more electrodes to which a voltage is applied are arrayed to form an electric field in the chamber, wherein an aperture through which light transmits is adjusted by a location change of an interface between the first fluid and the second fluid according to the electric field.

Abstract: A pulsator device in which a second pulsator performs different movements according to rotating directions of a first pulsator so as to reduce water consumption and improve washing performance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thin film transistor, a thin film transistor array panel, and a manufacturing method thereof. A thin film transistor according to an exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes: a gate electrode; a gate insulating layer positioned on or under the gate electrode; a channel region overlapping the gate electrode, the gate insulating layer interposed between the channel region and the gate electrode; and a source region and a drain region, facing each other with respect to the channel region, positioned in the same layer as the channel region, and connected to the channel region, wherein the channel region, the source region, and the drain region comprise an oxide semiconductor, and wherein a carrier concentration of the source region and the drain region is larger than a carrier concentration of the channel region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thin film transistor, a thin film transistor array panel, and a manufacturing method thereof. A thin film transistor according to an exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes: a gate electrode; a gate insulating layer positioned on or under the gate electrode; a channel region overlapping the gate electrode, the gate insulating layer interposed between the channel region and the gate electrode; and a source region and a drain region, facing each other with respect to the channel region, positioned in the same layer as the channel region, and connected to the channel region, wherein the channel region, the source region, and the drain region comprise an oxide semiconductor, and wherein a carrier concentration of the source region and the drain region is larger than a carrier concentration of the channel region.

Abstract: A microelectrofluidic device includes: a chamber; a first fluid and a second fluid which are contained in the chamber and are not mixable with each other; and a first electrode group including a plurality of electrodes that are disposed on an inner side of the chamber, and to which a voltage is applied to change an interface between the first fluid and the second fluid, wherein the plurality of electrodes are connected to form a first electrode unit, a second electrode unit, and a third electrode unit that are independently turned on or off, and the plurality of electrodes are annular and coated with an insulating material, and adjacent electrodes are connected to different electrode units.

Abstract: A method for processing a CR algorithm by actively utilizing a shared memory of a multi-processor, and a processor using the same are provided. A processor includes: a first multi-processor configured to process a first group of elements of a matrix in accordance with an algorithm; a second multi-processor configured to process a second group of the elements of the matrix in accordance with the algorithm; and a third multi-processor configured to process a third group which comprises some of the elements of the first group, some of the elements of the second group, and some of the elements which are not comprised in the first group and the second group, in accordance with the algorithm. Accordingly, a TDM having many elements can be calculated fast.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thin film transistor, a thin film transistor array panel, and a manufacturing method thereof. A thin film transistor according to an exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes: a gate electrode; a gate insulating layer positioned on or under the gate electrode; a channel region overlapping the gate electrode, the gate insulating layer interposed between the channel region and the gate electrode; and a source region and a drain region, facing each other with respect to the channel region, positioned in the same layer as the channel region, and connected to the channel region, wherein the channel region, the source region, and the drain region include an oxide semiconductor, and wherein a carrier concentration of the source region and the drain region is larger than a carrier concentration of the channel region.