Abstract: A context hub receives and processes data from multiple sensors. An operation method of the context hub includes identifying a pattern of context data input to the context hub from at least one of the sensors, determining a dynamic voltage-frequency scaling (DVFS) level corresponding to the identified pattern of the context data, and processing, at the context hub, the context data by using a clock signal or a driving voltage corresponding to the determined DVFS level.

Abstract: A deposition apparatus includes a chamber providing an inner space, a gate disposed on one side of the chamber and opening and closing the chamber to allow a substrate to be loaded and unloaded therethrough, and a susceptor including one surface on which the substrate is seated. The susceptor includes a susceptor body including a first region and a second region disposed in a first direction farther away from the gate than the first region, a first hot-wire arranged in a first pattern in the first region, and a second hot-wire arranged in a second pattern in the first and second regions. The first and second hot-wires is asymmetric with respect to a second direction crossing the center of the susceptor body in a plan view and orthogonal to the first direction, and the first and second hot-wires may be controlled independently.

Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor chip and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package including the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip includes a front end of line (FEOL) including an active layer, a back end of line (BEOL) including a plurality of metal layers including a wire, an optional dicing line along which dicing is optionally performed, and an isolation block configured to process a signal for a discontinuous wire when the wire is discontinuous by being diced along the optional dicing line, and a chip die on which the active layer is not formed around a cross section cut by the optional dicing line. Thus, the production yield of the semiconductor chip may be improved, and the production costs thereof may be reduced.

Abstract: Provided is a blood dialyzing apparatus having multiple fluid chambers each having an internal space, a chamber pressurizing member compressing or expanding the internal spaces of the chambers, a chamber pressurizing member driver driving the chamber pressurizing member, and a flow control unit. The chambers are each connected with a first flow tube through which a fluid is provided to the chamber and a second flow tube through which a fluid of the chamber is discharged therefrom. The flow control unit controls a flow through the flow tubes connected to the multiple fluid chambers.

Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a first sub-device, a second sub-device, a first hinge connected with the first and second sub-devices, and a single display panel coupled to the first and second sub-devices; where the single display panel includes a main area formed on inner surfaces of the first and second sub-devices, a cover area formed on a first outer surface of the first sub-device, and a round-edge area placed on a first side surface of the first sub-device, and configured to connect the main area and the cover area; where, in a folded state of the foldable electronic device, first information is displayed through the cover area or the round-edge area; and, in an unfolded state of the foldable electronic device, second information is displayed through the main area or the round-edge area.

Abstract: An output driver is provided. The output driver includes: a pull-up driver connected between an output power supply voltage and an output node, and configured to pull up a voltage at the output node based on a pull-up driving signal and a pull-up reference voltage; a pull-down driver connected between the output node and a ground voltage, and configured to pull down the voltage at the output node based on a pull-down driving signal and a pull-down reference voltage; and a reference voltage compensation circuit configured to perform a short operation during transitions of the pull-up driving signal and the pull-down driving signal, wherein the short operation includes electrically connecting any one or any combination of the pull-up reference voltage to the ground voltage, and the pull-down reference voltage to the output power supply voltage.

Abstract: Multiple power management integrated circuits (PMICs) may perform communication and power sequence operation coordination between the multiple PMICs through a communication interface connected to two signal lines using a dual pin interface. The multiple PMICs include a main PMIC configured to communicate with at least one application processor through a system interface and at least one sub-PMIC configured to communicate with the main PMIC through the communication interface. A first signal line uses a single bidirectional signaling scheme, and a power status signal PSTATUS is exchanged between the main PMIC and the at least one sub-PMIC through the first signal line. A second signal line uses a single unidirectional signaling scheme, and a power sequence control signal PIF is transmitted from the main PMIC to the at least one sub-PMIC through the second signal line.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a central processing unit, a hardware function block that outputs a plurality of hardware signals to be transmitted to an external device independently of the central processing unit, a virtual general purpose input/output (GPIO) finite state machine that transforms the plurality of hardware signals to a virtual GPIO payload, and an I3C communication block that transmits the virtual GPIO payload to the external device through a serial data line and a serial clock line.

Abstract: Provided is a blood processing apparatus having multiple fluid chambers each having an internal space, a chamber pressurizing member compressing or expanding the internal spaces of the chambers, a chamber pressurizing member driver driving the chamber pressurizing member, and a flow control unit. The chambers are each connected with a first flow tube through which a fluid is provided to the chamber and a second flow tube through which a fluid of the chamber is discharged therefrom. The flow control unit controls a flow through the flow tubes connected to the multiple fluid chambers.

Abstract: Multiple power management integrated circuits (PMICs) may perform communication and power sequence operation coordination between the multiple PMICs through a communication interface connected to two signal lines using a dual pin interface. The multiple PMICs include a main PMIC configured to communicate with at least one application processor through a system interface and at least one sub-PMIC configured to communicate with the main PMIC through the communication interface. A first signal line uses a single bidirectional signaling scheme, and a power status signal PSTATUS is exchanged between the main PMIC and the at least one sub-PMIC through the first signal line. A second signal line uses a single unidirectional signaling scheme, and a power sequence control signal PIF is transmitted from the main PMIC to the at least one sub-PMIC through the second signal line.

Abstract: A context hub receives and processes data from multiple sensors. An operation method of the context hub includes identifying a pattern of context data input to the context hub from at least one of the sensors, determining a dynamic voltage-frequency scaling (DVFS) level corresponding to the identified pattern of the context data, and processing, at the context hub, the context data by using a clock signal or a driving voltage corresponding to the determined DVFS level.

Abstract: Multiple power management integrated circuits (PMICs) may perform communication and power sequence operation coordination between the multiple PMICs through a communication interface connected to two signal lines using a dual pin interface. The multiple PMICs include a main PMIC configured to communicate with at least one application processor through a system interface and at least one sub-PMIC configured to communicate with the main PMIC through the communication interface. A first signal line uses a single bidirectional signaling scheme, and a power status signal PSTATUS is exchanged between the main PMIC and the at least one sub-PMIC through the first signal line. A second signal line uses a single unidirectional signaling scheme, and a power sequence control signal PIF is transmitted from the main PMIC to the at least one sub-PMIC through the second signal line.

Abstract: A context hub receives and processes data from multiple sensors. An operation method of the context hub includes identifying a pattern of context data input to the context hub from at least one of the sensors, determining a dynamic voltage-frequency scaling (DVFS) level corresponding to the identified pattern of the context data, and processing, at the context hub, the context data by using a clock signal or a driving voltage corresponding to the determined DVFS level.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display region and a non-display region, and an input sensing circuit disposed on the display panel. The input sensing circuit includes a plurality of sensors overlapping the display region and including a plurality of first sensors and a plurality of second sensors capacitive-coupled respectively to adjacent first sensors among the plurality of first sensors, a dummy line disposed on a periphery of the plurality of sensors, extending along a part of a boundary between the display region and the non-display region, and insulated from the plurality of sensors, and a plurality of dummy patterns insulated from the plurality of sensors. Each of the plurality of dummy patterns is disposed between two adjacent sensors among the plurality of sensors, and at least a portion of the plurality of dummy patterns is electrically connected to the dummy line.

Abstract: Multiple power management integrated circuits (PMICs) may perform communication and power sequence operation coordination between the multiple PMICs through a communication interface connected to two signal lines using a dual pin interface. The multiple PMICs include a main PMIC configured to communicate with at least one application processor through a system interface and at least one sub-PMIC configured to communicate with the main PMIC through the communication interface. A first signal line uses a single bidirectional signaling scheme, and a power status signal PSTATUS is exchanged between the main PMIC and the at least one sub-PMIC through the first signal line. A second signal line uses a single unidirectional signaling scheme, and a power sequence control signal PIF is transmitted from the main PMIC to the at least one sub-PMIC through the second signal line.

Abstract: A power management device includes at least one switching regulator to generate a conversion voltage from an input voltage, a plurality of low drop-out regulators to generate a plurality of output voltages from the conversion voltage, and a controller to estimate drop-out voltages of the low drop-out regulators based on output currents of the low drop-out regulators and to dynamically control the conversion voltage based on the estimated drop-out voltages.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a bottom package having a lower substrate and a lower semiconductor chip mounted on the lower substrate, an interposer substrate on the bottom package, a first top package and a second top package that are mounted on the interposer substrate, and a heat spreader that is interposed between the first top package and the second top package and separates the first and second top packages from each other. The heat spreader is adhered to the interposer substrate through a plurality of first connection terminals.

Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a first sub-device, a second sub-device, a first hinge connected with the first and second sub-devices, and a single display panel coupled to the first and second sub-devices; where the single display panel includes a main area formed on inner surfaces of the first and second sub-devices, a cover area formed on a first outer surface of the first sub-device, and a round-edge area placed on a first side surface of the first sub-device, and configured to connect the main area and the cover area; where, in a folded state of the foldable electronic device, first information is displayed through the cover area or the round-edge area; and, in an unfolded state of the foldable electronic device, second information is displayed through the main area or the round-edge area.

Abstract: A power management device includes at least one switching regulator to generate a conversion voltage from an input voltage, a plurality of low drop-out regulators to generate a plurality of output voltages from the conversion voltage, and a controller to estimate drop-out voltages of the low drop-out regulators based on output currents of the low drop-out regulators and to dynamically control the conversion voltage based on the estimated drop-out voltages.

Abstract: A power management device includes at least one switching regulator to generate a conversion voltage from an input voltage, a plurality of low drop-out regulators to generate a plurality of output voltages from the conversion voltage, and a controller to estimate drop-out voltages of the low drop-out regulators based on output currents of the low drop-out regulators and to dynamically control the conversion voltage based on the estimated drop-out voltages.