Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring air currents on the surface of a substrate, which can accurately measure the magnitude and direction of air currents on the surface of a wafer with wafer-type air current measurement sensors, are provided. The apparatus includes: a first air current measurement module measuring a magnitude of air currents on a surface of a first substrate, which is processed in accordance with a semiconductor manufacturing process; a second air current measurement module measuring a movement direction of the air currents; and a power module supplying power to the first and second air current measurement modules, wherein the first air current measurement module, the second air current measurement module, and the power module are mounted on a second substrate, which has the same shape as the first substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a display device. A display device includes a display area and a buffer area disposed around the display area, a pixel electrode disposed on a substrate and in the display area, a bank covering an edge of the pixel electrode, light emitting elements disposed on the pixel electrode and extending in a thickness direction of the substrate, and a buffer disposed on the substrate and in the buffer area. The bank and the buffer are disposed on a same layer.

Abstract: A steroid sulfatase inhibitor provided by the present invention is a safe substance without toxicity and adverse effects, has inhibitory activity against various viruses, and thus is capable of effectively preventing, ameliorating, or treating viral infections or diseases caused by viral infections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mouse antibodies that bind to angiopoietin-2 (Ang2), humanized anti-Ang2 antibodies derived therefrom, and the use thereof. The anti-Ang2 antibodies have a dual function of activating the Tie2 receptor together with neutralizing Ang2. The anti-Ang2 antibodies show the property of normalizing abnormal and pathological blood vessels, and thus exhibits therapeutic efficacy against various diseases and disorders associated with abnormal blood vessels. The present invention further provides an angiogenesis inhibitor and a composition for treatment of diseases associated with abnormal Ang2 expression and Tie2 dysregulation, which comprise the antibody as an active ingredient, and a composition for diagnosing diseases associated with Ang2 inhibition and Tie2 activation, which comprises the antibody.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mouse antibodies that bind to angiopoietin-2 (Ang2), humanized anti-Ang2 antibodies derived therefrom, and the use thereof. The anti-Ang2 antibodies have a dual function of activating the Tie2 receptor together with neutralizing Ang2. The anti-Ang2 antibodies show the property of normalizing abnormal and pathological blood vessels, and thus exhibits therapeutic efficacy against various diseases and disorders associated with abnormal blood vessels. The present invention further provides an angiogenesis inhibitor and a composition for treatment of diseases associated with abnormal Ang2 expression and Tie2 dysregulation, which comprise the antibody as an active ingredient, and a composition for diagnosing diseases associated with Ang2 inhibition and Tie2 activation, which comprises the antibody.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mouse antibodies that bind to angiopoietin-2 (Ang2), humanized anti-Ang2 antibodies derived therefrom, and the use thereof. The anti-Ang2 antibodies have a dual function of activating the Tie2 receptor together with neutralizing Ang2. The anti-Ang2 antibodies show the property of normalizing abnormal and pathological blood vessels, and thus exhibits therapeutic efficacy against various diseases and disorders associated with abnormal blood vessels. The present invention provides an angiogenesis inhibitor and a composition for prevention and treatment of diseases associated with abnormal Ang2 expression and Tie2 dysregulation, which comprise the antibody as an active ingredient, and a composition for diagnosing diseases associated with Ang2 inhibition and Tie2 activation, which comprises the antibody.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a scan driver that provides a scan signal to the display panel, a data driver that provides a data signal to the display panel, a driving controller that controls the scan driver and the data driver, a temperature sensor that senses local temperatures of local regions of the display panel using a temperature sensor and generates temperature sensing information, a current sensor that senses driving currents of the local regions and generates current sensing information, and a sensing controller that selects sensing target regions based on respective degradation degrees of the local regions, determines sensing priorities between the sensing target regions, and controls the sensing target regions to be sequentially sensed only during a sensing execution time according to the sensing priorities between the sensing target regions.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes sensing electrodes and a touch controller. The sensing electrodes are electrically separated from each other, the sensing electrodes including a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode. The touch controller is configured to provide driving signals to the sensing electrodes, to receive sensing signals from the sensing electrodes, and to determine a touch position based on the sensing signals. The touch controller is further configured to, in response to reception of a frequency increase signal including information about the first sensing electrode, set a frequency of a driving signal provided to the first sensing electrode as a first frequency, and to set a frequency of a driving signal provided to the second sensing electrode as a second frequency different than the first frequency.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes sensing electrodes and a touch controller. The sensing electrodes are electrically separated from each other, the sensing electrodes including a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode. The touch controller is configured to provide driving signals to the sensing electrodes, to receive sensing signals from the sensing electrodes, and to determine a touch position based on the sensing signals. The touch controller is further configured to, in response to reception of a frequency increase signal including information about the first sensing electrode, set a frequency of a driving signal provided to the first sensing electrode as a first frequency, and to set a frequency of a driving signal provided to the second sensing electrode as a second frequency different than the first frequency.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a scan driver that provides a scan signal to the display panel, a data driver that provides a data signal to the display panel, a driving controller that controls the scan driver and the data driver, a temperature sensor that senses local temperatures of local regions of the display panel using a temperature sensor and generates temperature sensing information, a current sensor that senses driving currents of the local regions and generates current sensing information, and a sensing controller that selects sensing target regions based on respective degradation degrees of the local regions, determines sensing priorities between the sensing target regions, and controls the sensing target regions to be sequentially sensed only during a sensing execution time according to the sensing priorities between the sensing target regions.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for fabricating a capacitor in a semiconductor device. The capacitor uses a Ta2O5 film as a dielectric film. The method for fabrication can include forming a nitride film on a capacitor lower electrode by a rapid thermal nitration process, and depositing the Ta2O5 film on the nitride film and heat treating using a rapid thermal process including N2O gas to form an SiON film at an interface between the capacitor lower electrode and the Ta2O5 film. A capacitor upper electrode is then formed on the Ta2O5 film. The method according to the present invention can reduce a device deterioration, improve leakage current characteristics and increase a device reliability.

Abstract: A method for isolating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of forming a buffer film on a semiconductor substrate and an oxide prevention film on the buffer film, etching the buffer,film and the oxide prevention film of a device isolation region, etching the substrate using the oxide prevention film as a mask and forming a trench, forming an oxidizable film on the surface of the trench, forming an insulation film filled into the trench by oxidizing the oxidizable film, and removing the buffer film and the oxide prevention film, for thereby enhancing the isolation characteristic of the device.

Abstract: An STI fabrication method for a semiconductor device is disclosed, which includes the steps of forming a trench on a semiconductor substrate, forming a conductive film on the trench, ion-implanting a germanium into the conductive film, and oxidizing the conductive film.