Abstract: A semiconductor device having simplicity in design and improved performance and methods for fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a frontside and a backside opposite the frontside, an electronic device on the frontside of the substrate, an interlayer insulating layer covering the electronic device, a frontside wiring structure on the interlayer insulating layer, a backside wiring structure on the backside of the substrate, and at least one unit chain connecting the electronic device with the backside wiring structure, the unit chain including a through plug passing through the substrate, a connection contact on the interlayer insulating layer, a first chain plug passing through the interlayer insulating layer to connect the through plug with the connection contact, and a second chain plug passing through the interlayer insulating layer to be connected to the through plug.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including first and second regions; a first active pattern including a first lower pattern and first sheet patterns; a second active pattern including a second lower pattern, a height of the second lower pattern being identical to a height of the first lower pattern, and second sheet patterns; a first gate structure including a first gate insulating film and a first gate electrode; a second gate structure including a second gate insulating film, and a second gate electrode, a width of the second gate electrode being greater than a width of the first gate electrode; a first source/drain pattern on the first lower pattern and connected to the first sheet patterns; and a second source/drain pattern on the second lower pattern and connected to the second sheet patterns, wherein a number of first sheet patterns is smaller than a number of second sheet patterns.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dual cooling water heater including a main body on which a substrate is seated, a flow path forming part connected to the main body and having first and second flow paths provided on one surface thereof, a first heating element disposed on the other surface of the flow path forming part and configured to heat the first flow path, a second heating element disposed on the other surface of the flow path forming part and configured to heat the second flow path, and a control unit configured to control a temperature and a flow rate of cooling water moving through the first flow path and a temperature and a flow rate of cooling water moving through the second flow path by controlling a temperature of the first heating element and a temperature of the second heating element.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light modulation device is provided. The light modulation device is capable of removing defects such as orientation irregularities. The light modulation device further improves the orientation state in the light modulation device that adjusts orientation of a liquid crystal compound or the like with a liquid crystal alignment film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer or adhesive layer.

Abstract: An optical device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a optical device includes a liquid crystal element having a top surface, a bottom surface, and sides separating the top surface and the bottom surface, and an outer layer surrounding the sides of the liquid crystal element, wherein the liquid crystal element comprises a first base layer, a second base layer, a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first base layer and the second base layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer positioned between the first base layer and the liquid crystal layer, and a spacer to maintain a gap between the first base layer and the second base layer, wherein the optical device satisfies Equation 1: ?T2×0.4?T1?T2?T2×0.4??[Equation 1] wherein, T1 is a thickness of the outer layer, and T2 is a thickness of the liquid crystal element.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a display area, and a pad area adjacent to the display area; and a circuit board attached to the pad area. The pad area includes at least one signal pad terminal electrically connected to a first signal line extending through the display area, and at least one dummy pad terminal spaced from the first signal line. The circuit board includes a signal lead terminal connected to the signal pad terminal, and a dummy lead terminal connected to the dummy pad terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a duct docking device for a ventilation seat of a vehicle. The duct docking device enables air to be easily blown to a seatback and a seat cushion with a passenger in a seat using only one blower by enabling a seatback duct mounted at the seatback and a seat cushion duct mounted at the seat cushion to be hermetically docked through a connector duct, etc. at an unfolded position of the seatback in which a passenger can sit, and by enabling the seatback duct mounted at the seatback and the seat cushion duct mounted at the seat cushion to be separated from each other at a folded position of the seatback in consideration of that there is no passenger in the seat.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a scan driver connected to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of scan lines; a data driver connected to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of data lines; an emission driver connected to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of emission control lines; a sensing circuit connected to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of sensing lines; and a controller configured to control the scan driver, the data driver, the emission driver and the sensing circuit, wherein, in an active period of each frame period, the scan driver sequentially applies a sensing pulse and a scan pulse to at least one scan line of the plurality of scan lines, and applies the scan pulse to remaining scan lines of the plurality of scan lines.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a base substrate including an opening area which transmits light, an opening peripheral area which is a non-display area surrounding the opening area, and a display area surrounding the opening peripheral area, a thin film transistor disposed on the base substrate, a light emitting structure electrically connected to the thin film transistor, and a loop-type antenna electrode disposed on the base substrate in the opening peripheral area to surround the opening area.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells; a bus bar frame assembly including a bus bar frame covering first and second opposite longitudinal ends of the cell stack and a plurality of bus bars fixed to the bus bar frame and electrically connected to the battery cells; and a FPCB assembly including a first FPCB extending along a longitudinal direction of the cell stack and covering at least a portion of an upper surface of the cell stack, a second FPCB extending from one longitudinal end of the first FPCB and electrically connected to the bus bars, and a connector having a connector pin inserted into a pin insert hole formed in the second FPCB.

Abstract: A cooking utensil for preventing burns is provided. The cooking utensil comprises a container part and a burn prevention part. The container part includes a bottom portion, a perimeter portion, and an insertion groove. The burn prevention part includes a support portion, a cap portion, a flange portion, and at least one elastic member. The flange portion and the support portion may be made of magnetic materials that attract each other. Accordingly, when the container part is heated, the support portion and the flange portion made of the magnetic materials lose the magnetic properties thereof and move upward by means of the upper side of the elastic member, thus minimizing the effect of the heating of the container part and preventing the person cooking from being burned by the upper portion of the container part.

Abstract: A tumbler capable of outputting images is provided. The tumbler includes a container part having an open upper part and an accommodation space for storing a beverage therein; a communication part installed in the container part and configured to receive image information from the outside; a transparent member which is installed in the container part to surround the circumference of the container part and is made of a transparent material transmitting light; an output part installed in the container part to surround the circumference of the container part between the transparent member and the container part, and configured to output at least one image included in the image information; and a battery part detachably installed in a lower part of the container part and supplying power to the output part.

Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate in which a display area and a non-display area disposed outside the display area are defined; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a cell seal disposed on the non-display area, where the cell seal includes a bonding filament connecting the first substrate and the second substrate to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a plasma etching method. The method includes a first step of vaporizing liquid heptafluoropropyl methyl ether (HFE-347mcc3) and liquid pentafluoropropanol (PFP); a second step of supplying a discharge gas containing the vaporized HFE-347mcc3, the vaporized PFP, and argon gas to a plasma chamber in which an etching target is disposed; and a third step of discharging the discharge gas to generate plasma and of plasma-etching the etching target using the generated plasma.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image and a touch antenna array disposed on the display panel. The touch antenna array may include a touch electrode, a touch wiring electrically connected to the touch electrode, an antenna electrode including a plurality of antenna elements, a feeder electrically connected to the antenna electrode, and a shielding electrode disposed between the touch wiring and the feeder.

Abstract: An inkjet head cleaning device includes a body; an ejection part formed in the body, and configured to eject a cleaning liquid to a nozzle surface of a head; and a suction part formed in the body, and configured to suck the cleaning liquid ejected from the ejection part and used for cleaning the nozzle surface of the head, and foreign substances separated from the nozzle surface of the head; and the ejection part includes a vertical passage through which the cleaning liquid flows and a discharge end at the end of the vertical passage and configured to guide the cleaning liquid to eject toward the suction part.

Abstract: Provided is a display device including a substrate including a fingerprint area. The fingerprint area includes a first area and a second area. A light-emitting element layer is disposed on the substrate. The light-emitting element layer includes light-emitting elements. A sensor layer is disposed on the substrate, the sensor layer including photosensors. The light-emitting elements include a first light-emitting element arranged in the first area and a second light-emitting element arranged in the second area. During a fingerprint sensing period, the first light-emitting element emits light and the second light-emitting element does not emit light.

Abstract: An operation method of a first communication node in a communication system may comprise receiving one or more transport blocks (TBs) from a second communication node based on transmission parameters in an aggregated transmission period #n; generating decoding results for the one or more TBs; generating information required for changing the transmission parameters based on the decoding results; and transmitting the required information to the second communication node, wherein n is a natural number.

Abstract: A driving controller of a display device, the controller including a segment divider configured to divide the image signal into a plurality of segments and define a predetermined number of adjacent segments among the plurality of segments as a segment block, an image signal adder configured to add up a gray scale value of the image signal of each of the predetermined number of adjacent segments and output the added-up gray scale values, an average gray scale calculator configured to receive the added-up gray scale values and output an average gray scale value, a correction circuit configured to output corrected added-up gray scale values obtained by adding a weight value to each of the added-up gray scale values on the basis of the average gray scale value, and a driving frequency determiner configured to determine the driving frequency of the display device on the basis of the corrected added-up gray scale values.

Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate in which a display area and a non-display area disposed outside the display area are defined; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a cell seal disposed on the non-display area, where the cell seal includes a bonding filament connecting the first substrate and the second substrate to each other.