Abstract: Image sensors are provided including a structure capable of settling an output voltage within a very short time for implementing a high-speed image sensor. The image sensor includes a pixel area, in which a photo-diode (PD) and a transfer transistor (Tr) configured to transmit charges accumulated in the PD to a floating diffusion (FD) area are disposed; and a Tr area, which is disposed adjacent to the pixel area and includes a first Tr, a second Tr, and a third Tr, wherein a first gate oxide film disposed below a first gate electrode of the first Tr and a second gate oxide film disposed below a second gate electrode of the second Tr include channel oxide films thinner than a gate oxide film of the transfer Tr.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A device isolation layer which defines a first region, a second region, and a support region in the substrate. The second region has a smaller width than the first region, and the support region is between the first region and the second region. A photoelectric conversion element is in the first region. The support region is continuous with the first region and the second region. The device isolation layer has an integral insulation structure which extends through the substrate from the first surface of the substrate to the second surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a system and method for managing a neuromorphic memory. The system includes a memory having a multi-dimensional lattice structure, a prescience estimator (PSE) configured to separately estimate memory use of two or more data sets and determine a sequence of inputting the two or more data sets to the memory, and a prescience manager (PSM) configured to allocate memory regions in which the two or more data sets will be stored according to estimation results of the PSE, store the data sets, and perform learning and inference.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to various directional input units of a mobile communication terminal, where such directional input units receive a single user input or multiple concurrent user inputs and then acquires at least one selecting (user) sub-input therefrom while a terminal is in its powered-off state or its off-state. After acquiring the selecting user sub-input, a terminal runs at least one pre-selected operation which is selected from a set of multiple pre-selected operations and which matches the selecting user sub-input when a terminal powers on from its powered-off state or wakes up from its off-state. A directional input unit may acquire the selecting user sub-input from a movement of at least a portion thereof, a contact between at least a portion thereof and a user body part, or the like. As a result, a terminal can provide a user with more seamless operations.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a first organic photoelectric conversion layer on a base layer, a floating diffusion region in the base layer, a first storage node including a first electrode layer, which is configured to receive a bias signal, a first portion of a first semiconductor layer which includes a semiconductor material, and a first portion of a first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer extends between the first electrode layer and the first semiconductor layer. The first storage node is electrically connected to the first organic photoelectric conversion layer. The image sensor includes a first transfer transistor including the first dielectric layer, the first semiconductor layer, and a first transfer gate electrode which is configured to receive first transfer control signal. The first transfer transistor has a first end electrically connected to the first storage node and a second end electrically connected to the floating diffusion region.

Abstract: A locking device for a door includes a first latch unit including a catching unit positioned at a lateral side of the first door and rotatably coupled to a first plate, a pawl unit rotatably coupled to the first plate to rotate the catching unit or restrict the rotation of the catching unit, and a first release lever configured to assist in rotating the pawl unit about a rotating shaft for the pawl unit. A second latch unit is positioned at a lateral side of the second door so as to face the first latch unit and includes a second release lever rotatably coupled to a second plate, and a striker unit configured to be caught by or released from the rotating catching unit.

Abstract: A bidirectionally open sunroof structure includes rail assemblies installed at both sides of a roof panel, a front tilt lever connected to a front glass and the rail assembly and located at a front part of the front glass, a rear tilt lever connected to the front glass and the rail assembly and located at a rear part of the front glass, a front sled located on the front glass and driven by a driving motor to slidably reciprocate along the rail assemblies, and a rear sled located on a rear glass and driven by a driving motor to slidably reciprocate along the rail assemblies. The rail assembly includes a first guide rail configured to slidably move the front sled therealong, and a second guide rail located within the first guide rail and configured to slidably move the rear sled therealong.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to various directional input units of a mobile communication terminal, where such directional input units receive a single user input or multiple concurrent user inputs and then acquires at least one selecting (user) sub-input therefrom while a terminal is in its powered-off state or its off-state. After acquiring the selecting user sub-input, a terminal runs at least one pre-selected operation which is selected from a set of multiple pre-selected operations and which matches the selecting user sub-input when a terminal powers on from its powered-off state or wakes up from its off-state. A directional input unit may acquire the selecting user sub-input from a movement of at least a portion thereof, a contact between at least a portion thereof and a user body part, or the like. As a result, a terminal can provide a user with more seamless operations.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device may include a single substrate that includes a single chip, and a plurality of memory cells spaced apart from one another on the substrate and having different structures. Manufacturing the IC device may include forming a plurality of first word lines in a first region of the substrate, and forming a plurality of second word lines in or on a second region of the substrate. Capacitors may be formed on the first word lines. Source lines may be formed on the second word lines. An insulation layer that covers the plurality of capacitors and the plurality of source lines may be formed in the first region and the second region. A variable resistance structure may be formed at a location spaced apart from an upper surface of the substrate by a first vertical distance, in the second region.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device may include a single substrate that includes a single chip, and a plurality of memory cells spaced apart from one another on the substrate and having different structures. Manufacturing the IC device may include forming a plurality of first word lines in a first region of the substrate, and forming a plurality of second word lines in or on a second region of the substrate. Capacitors may be formed on the first word lines. Source lines may be formed on the second word lines. An insulation layer that covers the plurality of capacitors and the plurality of source lines may be formed in the first region and the second region. A variable resistance structure may be formed at a location spaced apart from an upper surface of the substrate by a first vertical distance, in the second region.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to various configurations or methods of displaying push information such as a number or a substance of push information which is received by an app implemented to a data processing terminal such as a smartphone. More particularly, this disclosure relates to various methods of creating and using (1) an unread content which a sender selects a user as a labeled receiver but the user has not yet confirmed or read), and (2) a labeled icon badge which can represent a number of such unread labeled contents or a substance of such labeled contents. This disclosure also relates to various methods of creating and using a labeled icon badge which can distinguish a labeled content from an unlabeled content, where the labeled content is the one with more need for a user to confirm and where the unlabeled content is the one with less need for a user to confirm.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A device isolation layer which defines a first region, a second region, and a support region in the substrate. The second region has a smaller width than the first region, and the support region is between the first region and the second region. A photoelectric conversion element is in the first region. The support region is continuous with the first region and the second region. The device isolation layer has an integral insulation structure which extends through the substrate from the first surface of the substrate to the second surface of the substrate.

Abstract: An image sensor device includes a digital pixel that includes a photo detector, a comparator, and a memory circuit, a pixel driver that controls the digital pixel, and a digital logic circuit that performs a digital signal processing operation on a digital signal output from the digital pixel. The photo detector and a first portion of the comparator are formed in a first semiconductor die, a second portion of the comparator, the memory circuit, and the pixel driver are formed in a second semiconductor die under the first semiconductor die, and the digital logic circuit is formed in a third semiconductor die under the second semiconductor die.

Abstract: A bidirectionally open sunroof structure includes rail assemblies installed at both sides of a roof panel, a front tilt lever connected to a front glass and the rail assembly and located at a front part of the front glass, a rear tilt lever connected to the front glass and the rail assembly and located at a rear part of the front glass, a front sled located on the front glass and driven by a driving motor to slidably reciprocate along the rail assemblies, and a rear sled located on a rear glass and driven by a driving motor to slidably reciprocate along the rail assemblies. The rail assembly includes a first guide rail configured to slidably move the front sled therealong, and a second guide rail located within the first guide rail and configured to slidably move the rear sled therealong.

Abstract: An image sensor for securing an area of a photodiode includes a pixel area and a transistor area adjacent to the pixel area. The pixel area may include a photodiode and a floating diffusion area. The transistor area may include transistors extending along an edge of the pixel area. The transistors in the transistor area may include a reset transistor, one or more source follower transistors, and one or more selection transistors, and the reset transistor and one source follower transistor adjacent to the reset transistor may share a common drain area. The source follower transistors and the selection transistors may each share a common source area or a common drain area between two adjacent transistors thereof.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to various configurations or methods of displaying push information such as a number or a substance of push information which is received by an app implemented to a data processing terminal such as a smartphone. More particularly, this disclosure relates to various methods of creating and using (1) an unread content which a sender selects a user as a labeled receiver but the user has not yet confirmed or read), and (2) a labeled icon badge which can represent a number of such unread labeled contents or a substance of such labeled contents. This disclosure also relates to various methods of creating and using a labeled icon badge which can distinguish a labeled content from an unlabeled content, where the labeled content is the one with more need for a user to confirm and where the unlabeled content is the one with less need for a user to confirm.

Abstract: A belt connection structure for a vehicle is provided. The belt connection structure includes a damper pulley mounted on a crankshaft of an engine, a water pump mounted on the engine separated in an upward direction from the damper pulley, a mild hybrid starter and generator on an upper part of the engine separated from the water pump, and an air conditioner mounted on the engine separated from the compressor damper pulley. A first belt connects the damper pulley, water pump, and mild hybrid starter and generator and a second belt connects the damper pulley and the air conditioner compressor. A first tensioner is mounted on the mild hybrid starter and generator and selectively in contact on the first belt to adjust a tension and a second tensioner is mounted on a chain cover and selectively in contact under the first belt to adjust the tension of the first belt.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a first organic photoelectric conversion layer on a base layer, a floating diffusion region in the base layer, a first storage node including a first electrode layer, which is configured to receive a bias signal, a first portion of a first semiconductor layer which includes a semiconductor material, and a first portion of a first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer extends between the first electrode layer and the first semiconductor layer. The first storage node is electrically connected to the first organic photoelectric conversion layer. The image sensor includes a first transfer transistor including the first dielectric layer, the first semiconductor layer, and a first transfer gate electrode which is configured to receive first transfer control signal. The first transfer transistor has a first end electrically connected to the first storage node and a second end electrically connected to the floating diffusion region.

Abstract: A tensioner mounting structure for the vehicle mounted for adjusting a tension of a first belt in an engine including a water pump and a mild hybrid starter and generator that are connected to a damper pulley mounted on a crankshaft provided in a cylinder block through the first belt, and an air conditioner compressor connected to the damper pulley through a second belt, may include a first tensioner mounted on the mild hybrid starter and generator between the water pump and the mild hybrid starter and generator; and a second tensioner mounted on a chain cover mounted on the engine between the damper pulley and the mild hybrid starter and generator.

Abstract: An image sensor for securing an area of a photodiode includes a pixel area and a transistor area adjacent to the pixel area. The pixel area may include a photodiode and a floating diffusion area. The transistor area may include transistors extending along an edge of the pixel area. The transistors in the transistor area may include a reset transistor, one or more source follower transistors, and one or more selection transistors, and the reset transistor and one source follower transistor adjacent to the reset transistor may share a common drain area. The source follower transistors and the selection transistors may each share a common source area or a common drain area between two adjacent transistors thereof.