Abstract: Provided are a filter unit which may easily replace a filter, and a refrigerator including the same. To this end, a filter unit according to the present disclosure includes a filter which purifies water, a filter head which is disposed on one end portion of the filter, and includes an inlet port which supplies raw water to the filter and is formed to protrude from one side thereof, and an outlet port which discharges pure water purified by the filter and is formed to protrude from the other side thereof, a filter housing which is formed with a filter accommodation space in which the filter is accommodated, a filter bracket which is coupled to the filter housing, and includes an inlet port coupling part to which the inlet port is coupled rotatably, and an outlet portion coupling part to which the outlet port is coupled rotatably, and a filter door which is coupled to the filter housing to open and close the filter accommodation space.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communications that support downconversion in a radio frequency (RF) system. In a first aspect, an apparatus for wireless communications includes a first mixer coupled to an input node; a second mixer coupled to the input node; and a first mixer bias circuit configured to output a first local oscillator (LO) signal, the first mixer bias circuit coupled to the first mixer and to the second mixer to output the first LO signal to the first mixer and to the second mixer. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: An interconnect structure includes a dielectric layer, a first conductive feature, a hard mask layer, a conductive layer, and a capping layer. The first conductive feature is disposed in the dielectric layer. The hard mask layer is disposed on the first conductive feature. The conductive layer includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the conductive layer is disposed over at least a first portion of the hard mask layer, and the second portion of the conductive layer is disposed over the dielectric layer. The hard mask layer and the conductive layer are formed by different materials. The capping layer is disposed on the dielectric layer and the conductive layer.

Abstract: Systems and methods for super-resolution (SR) are described. The SR method includes determining a direction type of an input image based on a gradient of the input image, obtaining a first intermediate image based on the direction type using a look-up table (LUT) that stores an SR operation result of a pixel value combination corresponding to a kernel set mapped to the determined direction type, wherein the first intermediate image is an SR image corresponding to the input image, applying SR interpolation to the input image to obtain a baseline image, and obtaining an output image based on the first intermediate image and the baseline image.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a window includes preparing a base material layer, forming a first hard coating layer on the base material layer, and forming a second hard coating layer on the first hard coating layer. The forming of the second hard coating layer is performed in an environment having an oxygen concentration of about 0.01% to about 0.1%.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a dielectric layer disposed over the substrate, and an interconnect structure extending through the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer includes a low-k dielectric material which includes silicon carbonitride having a carbon content ranging from about 30 atomic % to about 45 atomic %. The semiconductor device further includes a thermal dissipation feature extending through the dielectric layer and disposed to be spaced apart from the interconnect structure.

Abstract: An electronic device, including a first substrate, a partition wall structure, a pressurizing component, a second substrate, a shell, and multiple first conductive parts, is provided. The first substrate has a through hole, and a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other. The partition wall structure is disposed on the first surface and surrounds to form a first chamber. The pressurizing component is disposed on the partition wall structure and covers the first chamber. The pressurizing component includes at least a mass and a vibration membrane. The shell is disposed on the second substrate and jointly forms a second chamber with the second substrate. The first chamber is formed in the second chamber. The multiple first conductive parts are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. There is a gap between any two adjacent first conductive parts.

Abstract: One or more embodiments provides a mask assembly including a frame defining an opening, a mask stick above the frame, extending in a first direction, defining through-holes, and including pattern areas that include one or more first non-hole portions in which no through-hole exists, and one or more second non-hole portions in which no through-hole exists, and a first support stick between the frame and the mask stick, extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and overlapping the one or more second non-hole portions.

Abstract: Integrated circuit devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The integrated circuit devices may include a lower insulating structure, a transistor on the lower insulating structure, the transistor including a source/drain region, a power rail structure in the lower insulating structure, and a power contact structure that is on the power rail structure and electrically connects the source/drain region to the power rail structure. The power contact structure may include a lower portion that is in the power rail structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory includes a substrate that includes pass transistor regions, a peripheral circuit structure that includes pass transistors on the pass transistor regions, and a cell array structure on the peripheral circuit structure, the cell array structure including a plurality of cell array regions and a plurality of connection regions that are alternately arranged along a first direction. The cell array structure includes a stack structure including conductive patterns vertically stacked and correspondingly connected to the pass transistors. The stack structure includes stepwise structures on the connection regions. The connection regions of the cell array structure correspondingly overlap the pass transistor regions of the peripheral circuit structure.

Abstract: A Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC) that may process a window sequence based on mode switching is provided. The USAC may perform encoding or decoding by overlapping between frames based on a folding point when mode switching occurs. The USAC may process different window sequences for each situation to perform encoding or decoding, and thereby may improve a coding efficiency.

Abstract: A stereoscopic display device including a barrier panel is provided. When a viewing distance of a viewer is out of the proper range, the stereoscopic display device may shift the blocking regions and the transmitting regions of the barrier panel. The stereoscopic display device may maintain the ratio of channels located within a barrier blocking region and a barrier transmitting region of the barrier panel by using the channels disposed within trigger regions of the barrier panel. Thus, the stereoscopic display device may provide a stereoscopic image of good quality to the viewer located at a region being out of the proper range.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes preparing a dielectric structure formed with trenches respectively defined by lateral surfaces of the dielectric structure, forming spacer layers on the lateral surfaces, filling an electrically conductive material into the trenches to form electrically conductive features, selectively depositing a blocking layer on the dielectric structure, selectively depositing a dielectric material on the electrically conductive features to form a capping layer, removing the blocking layer and the dielectric structure to form recesses, forming sacrificial features in the recesses, forming a sustaining layer to cover the sacrificial features; and removing the sacrificial features to obtain the semiconductor structure formed with air gaps confined by the sustaining layer and the spacer layers.

Abstract: Provided is a marker composition for predicting the prognosis of cancer and a method for predicting the prognosis of cancer using same and, more particularly, to a marker composition for predicting the prognosis of cancer comprising an agent for measuring an expression level of mRNA or protein thereof of at least one gene selected from the group consisting of ESR1, BEST1, ACTA2, HIPK2, IGSF9, ASCC2, JUN, PPP2R5A, SMAD3, CREBBP, EP300, and DDX5, to a method for predicting the prognosis of cancer using same, and to a method for providing information for determining a strategy for treating cancer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second substrates connected to each other. The second substrate includes a plate layer having first and second faces. Gate electrode layers are disposed on the first face of the plate layer. Channel structures extend through the gate electrode layers. Word-line cutting structures extend through the gate electrode layers and are spaced apart from each other. Via structures are disposed on the second face of the plate layer. Via connecting structures are disposed on the top face of the via structures. A width of the bottom face of each of the via structures is greater than a width of the top face of each of the via structures. A width of the bottom face of each of the via connecting structures is less than a width of the top face of each of the via connecting structures.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for performing leveling of a person image and an operating method thereof. The method includes: receiving an original person image; selecting an arbitrary latent vector in a latent space; generating a virtual person image based on the latent vector; optimizing the latent vector such that identity similarity between the original person image and the virtual person image increases; manipulating the optimized latent vector; and generating a levelled person image corresponding to the original person image, by using the manipulated latent vector.

Abstract: A display device including: a substrate; an active layer disposed on the substrate and including active patterns; a first conductive layer disposed on the active layer; a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer and including a data line; a third conductive layer disposed on the second conductive layer; and a light-emitting element disposed on the third conductive layer, wherein the first conductive layer includes a scan line, a first voltage line, and a second voltage line, the third conductive layer includes a third voltage line connected to the first voltage line and a fourth voltage line connected to the second voltage line, the first voltage line and the second voltage line extend in a first direction, the third voltage line and the fourth voltage line extend in a second direction, and the third voltage line and the fourth voltage line are alternately arranged in the first direction.

Abstract: A micro-electromechanical packaging structure including a substrate, a sensing module, a waterproof layer, and a cover is provided. The substrate has a first surface, a second surface, and an acoustic hole penetrating through the first surface and the second surface. The acoustic hole has an upper opening and a lower opening, and an aperture of the lower opening is larger than an aperture of the upper opening. The sensing module is disposed on the first surface of the substrate and covers the upper opening. The waterproof layer is disposed on the second surface of the substrate and covers the lower opening. The waterproof layer has multiple fine holes. The fine holes are communicated with the acoustic hole. The cover is disposed on the first surface and covers the sensing module.

Abstract: A system and method for camera-based stress determination. The method includes: determining a plurality of regions-of-interest (ROIs) of a body part; determining a set of bitplanes in a captured image sequence for each ROI that represent HC changes using a trained machine learning model, the machine learning model trained with a hemoglobin concentration (HC) changes training set, the HC changes training set trained using bitplanes from previously captured image sequences of other human individuals as input and received cardiovascular data as targets; determining an HC change signal for each of the ROIs based on changes in the set of determined bitplanes; for each ROI, determining intervals between heartbeats based on peaks in the HC change signal; determining heart rate variability using the intervals between heartbeats; determining a stress level using at least one determination of a standard deviation of the heart rate variability; and outputting the stress level.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a novel 4-methoxy-2-phenethyl isoindolin-1-one derivative compound having the ability to promote the increase of nerve growth factor, the ability to promote the growth of nerve cells, and antineuritic activity; and a composition for preventing, improving and treating neurological diseases, comprising the same.