Abstract: A defect inspecting apparatus includes a reference image generator configured to generate a first reference image and a second reference image from design layout data. An image inspector is configured to obtain a first inspection image of a first inspection region of a photomask and a second inspection image of a second inspection region of the photomask. An operation processor is configured to extract a first coordinate offset by comparing the first inspection image with the first reference image and to extract a second coordinate offset by comparing the second inspection image with the second reference image.

Abstract: A method of supporting divided screen areas and a mobile terminal employing the same are disclosed. The method includes: generating input signals for one of sequentially and simultaneously activating a plurality of user functions; activating the user functions according to generated input signals; dividing a screen into divided screen areas that correspond to activated user functions; and outputting functional view areas associated with the activated user functions to the corresponding divided screen areas.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a pressure sensor disposed below the display panel, the pressure sensor configured to detect pressure applied to the display panel; and a supporting layer disposed on a surface of the pressure sensor facing away from the display panel.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes: first and second substrates; a first driving electrode and a first sensing electrode disposed on a first surface of the first substrate that faces the second substrate; a spacer disposed on the first surface of the first substrate between the first driving electrode and the first sensing electrode; and a first pressure sensing layer disposed on a first surface of the second substrate that faces the first substrate and overlapping with the first driving electrode and the first sensing electrode in a thickness direction.

Abstract: A strip structure for measuring potassium ions includes: a strip having an inner space for receiving a solution therein and being formed in a plate shape; an inlet formed in the strip and capable of injecting a solution into the inner space of the strip; a potassium ion selective membrane arranged in the inner space and capable of permeating potassium ions of the solution; and a first working electrode extending in a strip shape, wherein one side of the first working electrode is arranged inside the potassium ion selective membrane and the other side of the first working electrode is on a surface of the strip.

Abstract: In a 3D semiconductor memory device, a stack structure includes electrodes and first insulating layers disposed between the electrodes. The stack structure has a stair structure on a connection region. A vertical channel structure penetrates the stack structure on a cell array region. A vertical dummy structure penates the stair structure on the connection region. A second insulating layer is selectively disposed on the cell array region. A maximum thickness of the second insulating layer ranges from 1.5 times to 10 times a maximum thickness of the first insulating layer on the second insulating layer. The vertical channel structure includes an abrupt diameter change at a level of a top surface of the second insulating layer. The abrupt diameter change has a surface which is parallel to the top surface of the second insulating layer and is substantially coplanar with the top surface of the second insulating layer.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a touch sensor unit provided on the display panel, and including a touch sensing area in which a touch sensor is provided and a non-sensing area around the touch sensing area, and a polarizer provided on the touch sensor unit and bonded to the touch sensor unit, an edge side of the polarizer and an edge side of the touch sensor unit being aligned.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, one or more input/output (I/O) interfaces included in or on the housing, a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory stores a plurality of templates associated with a plurality of tasks, wherein each of the templates includes a plurality of parameters for at least partially completing a respective one of the tasks, and wherein the memory further stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: receive a user input to set up an alarm associated with a task to be performed at a selected time, wherein the input includes a first time parameter associated with the selected time; select one of the plurality of templates; determine a second time parameter of the plurality of parameters of the selected template; determine a time for the alarm; and provide the alarm at the determined time.

Abstract: An optical touch film includes a sensor layer, an optical film, an adhesive layer, a separation layer, and a refractive insulating layer. The sensor layer includes touch electrodes forming a sensor. The adhesive layer is between the sensor layer and the optical film. The separation layer is on a surface of the sensor layer. The separation layer includes an organic polymer material. The refractive insulating layer is on the touch electrodes. A refractive index of the refractive insulating layer is greater than a refractive index of the separation layer.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a first substrate and a second substrate; a first driving electrode and a second driving electrode disposed on a first surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate and coupled to a first coupling electrode, the second driving electrode being shorter than the first driving electrode; a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode disposed on the first surface of the first substrate and coupled to a second coupling electrode, the second sensing electrode being shorter than the first sensing electrode; a first pressure sensing layer disposed on a first surface of the second substrate in a position facing the first substrate and overlapping and spaced from the first driving electrode and the first sensing electrode by a gap; and a second pressure sensing layer contacting with the second driving electrode and the second sensing electrode and electrically coupling the second driving electrode and the second sensing electrode to each other.

Abstract: A display device including a display panel for displaying an image on a front surface of the display panel; a touch sensing unit provided on the display panel to sense a touch; an insulating film covering the touch sensing unit; a first circuit board of which one end is connected to the touch sensing unit; and a polarizing layer covering the touch sensing unit and a portion of the first circuit board.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an MSO coil, comprising: a pressing step of forming a bent surface on a part of a unit coil layer, which has a ring shape such that both ends thereof face each other, thereby endowing both ends of the unit coil layer with a height difference; a fixing step of connecting and fixing a plurality of unit coil layers to each other, each unit coil layer having the bent surface formed thereon, such that the first end of both ends of a unit coil layer having the bent surface formed thereon contacts the second end of both ends of another unit coil layer having the bent surface formed thereon; and a bonding step of bonding connection parts defined by contact of the first and second ends of each of the plurality of unit coil layers that are connected and fixed to each other.

Abstract: Provided are an in vitro fibrosis model, a method of preparing the in vitro model, and use of the in vitro model, the in vitro model including a cell cluster differentiated from mesenchymal cells, wherein the cell cluster exhibits pathological characteristics of fibrosis.

Abstract: An optical touch film includes a sensor layer, an optical film, an adhesive layer, a separation layer, and a refractive insulating layer. The sensor layer includes touch electrodes forming a sensor. The adhesive layer is between the sensor layer and the optical film. The separation layer is on a surface of the sensor layer. The separation layer includes an organic polymer material. The refractive insulating layer is on the touch electrodes. A refractive index of the refractive insulating layer is greater than a refractive index of the separation layer.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the invention, a touch sensor includes: a first substrate; sensor electrodes spaced apart from each other on a first layer on one surface of the first substrate; sensor lines disposed on a second layer different from the first layer; contact portions electrically connecting a sensor electrode of the sensor electrodes to a sensor line of the sensor lines; and branch wires overlapping the sensor electrode and connecting the contact portions corresponding to the sensor electrode to each other.

Abstract: A force sensor, includes: a first substrate and a second substrate; a first driving electrode, a second driving electrode, a first sensing electrode, and a second sensing electrode on one surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate; a first force sensing layer on one surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate; and a second force sensing layer contacting the second driving electrode and the second sensing electrode, wherein the first force sensing layer overlaps the first driving electrode and the first sensing electrode, and gaps exist between the first force sensing layer and the first driving electrode and between the first force sensing layer and the first sensing electrode.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a flexible printed circuit, and a film. The flexible printed circuit is disposed on a first area of the first substrate. The film is disposed on the first substrate and the flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit includes a second substrate, a pad area, and a dummy pad. The pad area comprises pads disposed on the second substrate. The pads extend in a first direction and are spaced apart from one another in a second direction crossing the first direction. The dummy pad is disposed on the second substrate. The dummy pad is spaced apart from the pad area.

Abstract: A display device including a display panel for displaying an image on a front surface of the display panel; a touch sensing unit provided on the display panel to sense a touch; an insulating film covering the touch sensing unit; a first circuit board of which one end is connected to the touch sensing unit; and a polarizing layer covering the touch sensing unit and a portion of the first circuit board.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a touch sensor unit provided on the display panel, and including a touch sensing area in which a touch sensor is provided and a non-sensing area around the touch sensing area, and a polarizer provided on the touch sensor unit and bonded to the touch sensor unit, an edge side of the polarizer and an edge side of the touch sensor unit being aligned.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a display area in which an image is displayed and a non-display area surrounding the display area; an input sensor disposed on the display panel; and a pressure sensor sensing a pressure, wherein the input sensor includes a sensing base substrate extending in a first extending direction, the sensing base substrate including a first bending area bent along an outer edge of the sensing base substrate, wherein the pressure sensor is disposed on the first bending area of the sensing base substrate, and overlaps with the display area.