Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes first and second source/drain regions in the semiconductor substrate. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a multi-layer device isolation region in the semiconductor substrate between the first and second source/drain regions. The multi-layer device isolation region includes a protruding portion that protrudes away from the semiconductor substrate beyond respective uppermost surfaces of the first and second source/drain regions.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including at least a first region, first active patterns and a first dummy pattern which vertically protrude from the first region, a device isolation layer filling a first trench, a second trench and a third trench of the substrate, and a gate electrode intersecting the first active patterns. The first trench defines the first active patterns on the first region, the second trench defines a first sidewall of the first region, and the third trench defines a second sidewall of the first region, which is opposite to the first sidewall. A sidewall of the first dummy pattern is aligned with the second sidewall of the first region, and a level of a top of the second sidewall of the first region is higher than a level of a top of the first sidewall of the first region.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region, a first fin-isolation insulating portion in each of the first region and the second region and having a first width in a first direction, a pair of fin-type active regions spaced apart from each other in each of the first region and the second region with the first fin-isolation insulating portion therebetween, and extending in a straight line in the first direction, a pair of second fin-isolation insulating portions contacting, in each of the first region and the second region, two side walls of the first fin-isolation insulating portion, respectively, each of the two side walls facing the opposite sides in the first direction, and a plurality of gate structures extending in the second direction and comprising a plurality of dummy gate structures.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a substrate from which a plurality of fin-type active regions protrude, the plurality of fin-type active regions extending in parallel to one another in a first direction, and a plurality of gate structures and a plurality of fin-isolation insulating portions extending on the substrate in a second direction crossing the first direction and at a constant pitch in the first direction, wherein a pair of fin-isolation insulating portions from among the plurality of fin-isolation insulating portions are between a pair of gate structures from among the plurality of gate structures, and the plurality of fin-type active regions include a plurality of first fin-type regions and a plurality of second fin-type regions.

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: An integrated circuit device includes a substrate including a first device region and a second device region; a first fin separation insulating portion on the first device region; a pair of first fin-type active regions spaced from each other with the first fin separation insulating portion therebetween in the first device region and collinearly extending in a first horizontal direction; a second fin separation insulating portion extending in a second horizontal direction over the first device region and the second device region; and a pair of second fin-type active regions spaced from each other with the second fin separation insulating portion therebetween and collinearly extending in the first horizontal direction, wherein the first fin separation insulating portion and the second fin separation insulating portion vertically overlap each other.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a first fin separation insulating portion over the first device region; a pair of first fin-type active regions apart from each other with the first fin separation insulating portion therebetween and collinearly extending in a first horizontal direction; a first dummy gate structure vertically overlapping the first fin separation insulating portion; a second fin separation insulating portion apart from the first fin separation insulating portion and arranged over the second device region; and a plurality of second fin-type active regions apart from each other with the second fin separation insulating portion therebetween in the second device region and collinearly extending in the first horizontal direction, wherein a vertical level of a lowermost surface of the second fin separation insulating portion is equal to or lower than a vertical level of a lowermost surface of the first fin separation insulating portion.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment, a microneedle probe device for measuring a sap flow rate of a plant includes: a substrate, of which at least a part is inserted into a plant, and a thickness and a width are microscales; a single metal wire provided on the substrate; a power source, which applies a current to the metal wire for a predetermined time and heats the metal wire; and a processor, which calculates a flow rate of sap through a movement of heat generated in the metal wire according to a flow of the sap within the plant.

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: Provided is a semiconductor device with a field effect transistor. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an active pattern on the substrate, a gate electrode crossing the active pattern and a capping structure on the gate electrode. The capping structure includes first and second capping patterns that are sequentially stacked on the gate electrode. The second capping pattern completely covers a top surface of the first capping pattern, and a dielectric constant of the second capping pattern is greater than that of the first capping pattern.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device with a field effect transistor. The semiconductor device may include a substrate including an active pattern, a separation structure crossing the active pattern and dividing the active pattern into first and second region. The separation structure may include a first insulating pattern that fills a recess region between the first and second regions. The first insulating pattern may have a concave top surface.

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 are provided. A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes first and second source/drain regions in the semiconductor substrate. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a multi-layer device isolation region in the semiconductor substrate between the first and second source/drain regions. The multi-layer device isolation region includes a protruding portion that protrudes away from the semiconductor substrate beyond respective uppermost surfaces of the first and second source/drain regions.

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 are provided including a first active fin extending in a first direction and a second active fin spaced apart from the first active fin in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the second active fin extending in the first direction, the second active fin having a longer side shorter than a length of a longer side of the first active fin. A first dummy gate extends in the second direction overlapping a first end of each of the first and second active fins. A first metal gate extends in the second direction intersecting the first active fin and overlapping a second end of the second active fin. A first insulating gate extends in the second direction intersecting the first active fin. The first insulating gate extends into the first active fin.

Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a substrate including a plurality of active regions, a plurality of gate electrodes extending in a first direction to intersect a portion of the plurality of active regions, and including first and second gate electrodes disposed to be adjacent to each other in the first direction, a gate isolation portion disposed between the first and second gate electrodes. The gate isolation portion includes a first layer and second layers disposed on both ends of the first layer in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: A portable display device may include a display unit configured to display an image, the display unit including: a first display portion configured to display an image; a second display portion configured to display an image, the second display portion disposed spaced apart from the first display portion; and a connection portion configured to connect to the first display portion and the second display portion to each other; and an input unit configured to slide into and out from the display unit, wherein one of the first display portion and the second display portion is configured to rotate around the connection portion, and the first display portion and the second display portion configured to form an expanded display portion.

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: An electrowetting display device includes a first substrate comprising a wall pattern surrounding a pixel electrode disposed in a display area of the first substrate, a spaced apart second substrate comprising a common electrode and a dam member disposed in a peripheral area surrounding the display area. The dam member has sealable openings (a.k.a. sealable dam spillways) through which there is discharged an excess portion of an excessively supplied wetting layer, the discharge of the excess occurring while the first and second substrates are brought together about top and bottom portions of a sealing ring that seals them together.