Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a lower substrate layer, a buried insulation layer on the lower substrate layer, and an upper substrate layer on the buried insulation layer, a first trench passing through the upper substrate layer, the buried insulation layer, and a portion of the lower substrate layer, a second trench passing through the upper substrate layer, the buried insulation layer, and a portion of the lower substrate layer and being spaced apart from the first trench, a field insulation layer in a portion of the first trench and in a portion of the second trench, and a first fin pattern defined by the first trench and the second trench. An upper surface of the field insulation layer is higher than an upper surface of the buried insulation layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for reducing suction pulsation and a swash plate type compressor comprising same.

Abstract: Disclosed are a stacked structure includes a substrate and a silsesquioxane cured layer disposed on the substrate. The silsesquioxane cured layer may include a plurality of areas having different refractive indexes in a thickness direction. The plurality of areas may include a first area and a second area. The first area may be disposed on a surface of the substrate and the second area may be disposed on the first area. A refractive index of the second area may be higher than a refractive index of the first area. A display device may include the stacked structure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a valve assembly for a variable swash plate compressor. Since an opening hole of a suction reed is enlarged toward a suction port of a valve plate and refrigerant is also introduced into a cylinder bore through the opening hole when the suction port is opened, performance of a compressor may be enhanced by an increase in flow rate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a suction pulsation reducing device of a swash plate type compressor, and more particularly, to a suction pulsation reduction apparatus provided on a suction channel formed in a rear head of a swash plate type compressor, in which a moving range of a core portion is limited and all parts to be mounted on a suction channel are integrally formed in a case.

Abstract: Laser-induced ultrasonic wave apparatuses and methods of generating images using the same. The laser-induced ultrasonic wave apparatus includes a laser source which irradiates a laser beam to a target object and a thermoelastic material; a thermoelastic material which converts the laser beam to a first ultrasonic wave and irradiates the first ultrasonic wave to the target object; and a receiving unit which receives an echo acoustic wave of the first ultrasonic wave and receives a second ultrasonic wave generated by the target object due to the laser beam.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a fin type pattern, a field insulating film on a part of a sidewall of the fin-type pattern, and a gate electrode intersecting with the fin-type pattern, on the fin-type pattern and the field insulating film. The gate electrode on the field insulating film includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion on the field insulating film. A first width of the first portion increases as a first distance from the field insulating film, increases width of the second portion decreases as a second distance from the field insulating film increases, and a third width of the third portion increases or is substantially constant as a third distance from the field insulating film increases.

Abstract: A composition including a perfluoropolyether compound, and an organic solvent configured to dissolve or disperse the perfluoropolyether compound, wherein the perfluoropolyether compound includes a first end and a second end facing each other and a perfluoropolyether moiety disposed between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end includes an organic group having 6 or more carbon atoms, and wherein the second end includes a hydrolysable silicon-containing residual group.

Abstract: A breast scanning apparatus which uses photoacoustic ultrasonic waves is provided. The breast scanning apparatus includes a body which includes a first hole and a second hole which are horizontally parallel to each other; a first compression plate and a second compression plate, at least one of which is movable in a vertical direction with respect to the body; a first sliding plate and a second sliding plate, which are respectively installed on surfaces of the first compression plate and the second compression plate and are facing each other and are movable in a first direction; a first ultrasonic transducer array in the first compression plate and facing the first sliding plate; and a first laser head in the first compression plate, which is movable in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: Provided are a laser-induced ultrasound generator and a method of manufacturing the laser-induced ultrasound generator. The laser-induced ultrasound generator includes: a substrate including a plurality of nanostructures provided on a first surface of the substrate; and a thermoelastic layer provided on the first surface of the substrate, the thermoelastic layer being configured to generate an ultrasound by absorbing a laser beam incident onto a second surface of the substrate, the second surface facing the first surface. The nanostructures may be cylinder-shaped nano-pillars.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an air spray device for a heterogeneous mixture coating solution without a separate stirring device. The air spray device 100 comprises: a main body 110 provided with a heterogeneous mixture coating solution inlet 111 and an inlet 112 for compressed air from the outside; an extension block 120 coupled in a downwardly extended shape at the lower end of the main body; a nozzle assembly 130 coupled at the lower end of the extension block; a communication path 140 vertically formed in the centers of the main body, the extension block and the nozzle assembly; a needle valve 150 provided inside the communication path; and a plunger 160 formed in a plate shape to be positioned in proximity to the bottom side of the communication path of the extension block to stir the heterogeneous mixture coating solution.

Abstract: A humidifier including a spray unit configured to apply electric charge to water, and to spray water having electric charge applied thereto, an evaporation unit formed with a duct in which evaporation of the electrically-charged water being sprayed is taken place, and configured to guide a vapor and a foreign substance, which are separated from each other through the evaporation, to an outside, and a dust collection unit configured to collect the foreign substance at an inside the duct by forming an electric field, the humidifier capable of performing a large-capacity humidification by the generation of the electrically charged droplets, and capable of removing the foreign substance included in the droplets by using the electrical force, thereby enhancing the cleanliness of the humidification, and by using an electric field, accelerating the evaporation so that the size of the duct is minimized, and thus manufacturing the humidifier in a compact size.

Abstract: Guide providing methods and an operator device are provided, one of methods comprises, acquiring item dimensions information and item constraint information of items and pallet dimensions information and pallet constraint information of pallets, classifying items into a plurality of item groups based on the acquired information, matching each of the item groups with a pallet for loading items included in a corresponding item group, when all items included in multiple item groups can be loaded together on a single pallet, merging the multiple item groups based on a remaining area of the matched pallet, performing a simulated loading of items included in each of the item groups on the pallet matched to a corresponding item group by changing loading sequences and arrangements, and determining a loading sequence and arrangement for loading the items included in each of the item groups on the pallet matched to the corresponding item group.

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer, and an ultrasonic wave generating apparatus and an ultrasonic system including the same. The ultrasonic transducer includes a light-absorbing layer configured to absorb light incident on the light-absorbing layer and to generate heat based on the absorbed light; and a thermoelastic layer which is disposed on the light-absorbing layer and which is configured to thermally expand based on the heat to generate ultrasonic waves.

Abstract: An electro-acoustic transducer includes a plurality of elements, in which each of the plurality of elements includes a plurality of cells, of which at least one of the plurality of cells includes a trench that is formed in a membrane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric parking brake apparatus. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a worm shaft is formed with a first protrusion, a rotating member is formed with a second protrusion, and after the rotating member rotates by a preset rotation angle, the first protrusion of the worm shaft contacts the second protrusion of the rotating member so that the worm shaft cannot rotate any more, thereby preventing a gear jam due to over-release of the rotating member.

Abstract: A micro-optical switching device, an image display apparatus including the micro-optical switching device, and a method of manufacturing the micro-optical switching device are provided. The micro-optical switching device includes a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate and including a first opening array, wherein the first opening array includes a plurality of openings; and a second electrode disposed spaced apart from the first electrode and including a second opening array including a plurality of openings, wherein the plurality of openings of the second opening array do not overlap with the plurality of openings of the first opening array.

Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile terminal. The method includes entering a schedule creation mode; displaying, via a display of the mobile terminal, an add option for adding a location based alarm based on the entered schedule creation mode and a list of contacts included in a contact list associated with the mobile terminal; receiving a selection signal indicting a selection of one of the displayed list of contacts; inputting the selected contact as a participant, a reminder name and a physical location that the location based alarm is to be output when at least one of the participant and the mobile terminal is within a near predetermined distance from the physical location; and when the selected contact is not registered to a Location Based Service (LBS), transmitting an invitation message recommending a subscription to the LBS to the participant.

Abstract: An electro-acoustic transducer includes a plurality of elements, in which each of the plurality of elements includes a plurality of cells, of which at least one of the plurality of cells includes a trench that is formed in a membrane.

Abstract: A electronic parking brake which includes a drum rotated together with a wheel of a vehicle, first and second brake shoes installed in both inner sides of the drum to brake the drum, and an operation lever configured to support the two brake shoes and to push the two brake shoes toward an inner surface of the drum when a rotational lever is pulled, includes an actuator configured to generate a driving power driving the rotational lever, wherein the actuator includes a motor configured to be rotated forwardly and reversely and to generate a driving power for braking, a decelerator configured to amplify the driving power generated from the motor, and a power conversion unit configured to receive a rotational force from the decelerator and convert the rotational force into a linear motion.