Abstract: In an embodiment, a semiconductor die includes a substrate, an interlayer insulating layer under a front-side surface the substrate, a horizontal metal interconnection in the interlayer insulating layer, a front-side pad under a lower surface of the interlayer insulating layer, a front-side bump structure under a lower surface of the front-side pad, a through-electrode vertically passing through the substrate, a back-side insulating layer over the back-side surface of the substrate, a first back-side metal plate layer over the back-side insulating layer, a back-side passivation layer over the back-side insulating layer and covering the first back-side metal plate layer, and a back-side bump structure over the through-electrode and the back-side passivation layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical property storage device and a system using the same. The device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: a light transistor in which the conductance between a source electrode and a drain electrode changes in accordance with optical properties of color temperature and illumination of incident light; and a variable resistance memory device of a second terminal in which a first electrode is electrically connected to any one electrode from among the source and drain electrodes of the light transistor, and which stores a conductance changing in accordance with the changed conductance of the light transistor.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing aromatic hydrocarbons including: a C6 separation column; a C7 separation column; a first gasoline hydrogenation unit; a C8 separation column; an extractive distillation column; a hydrodealkylation reaction unit; and a second gasoline hydrogenation unit.

Abstract: A method of controlling a portable device including first and second touch screens is provided. The method includes displaying first information related to a first application on the first touch screen and displaying second information related to the first application on the second touch screen; receiving a first user input moving to the first touch screen on the second touch screen; and replacing the first information and the second information with a third information and a fourth information related to the first application on the first and second touch screens, in response to receiving the first user input, wherein each of the third information and the fourth information is displayed while being slidden from the second touch screen to the first touch screen and the third information is displayed over a boundary between the first and second screens during the sliding of the third and fourth information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a synaptic transistor, including a substrate, an expansion gate electrode disposed to extend in one direction on the substrate, a gate insulating layer including ions, covering the expansion gate electrode, and disposed on the substrate, a channel layer disposed on the gate insulating layer to correspond to one end of the expansion gate electrode, source and drain electrodes spaced apart from each other, covering both ends of the channel layer, and disposed on the gate insulating layer, and a pad electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer to correspond to the other end of the expansion gate electrode.

Abstract: An air compressor for a vehicle includes a chamber portion including an inlet and an outlet mounted thereto, and configured to receive air introduced thereinto through the inlet, a joint, mounted inside the chamber portion, connected to a driving motor, and including eccentric circular portions eccentrically coupled to a center shaft in directions providing equal forces to the center shaft, respectively, and piston portions, coupled to the eccentric circular portions, respectively, inserted into a first cylinder and a second cylinder, respectively, the first cylinder and the second cylinder being disposed to face each other inside the chamber portion, and configured to selectively compress air introduced into the cylinders while reciprocating by a discharge process and an intake process performed by rotation of the joint and to discharge the compressed air through the outlet.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a vehicle heat pump system including a compressor configured to compress and circulate a refrigerant, a condenser configured to condense the compressed refrigerant, a first expansion valve configured to expand the condensed refrigerant, an evaporator configured to evaporate the refrigerant expanded by the first expansion valve by allowing the refrigerant to exchange heat with a coolant, a cabin cooler configured to cool a vehicle interior by allowing the coolant having passed through the evaporator to exchange heat with air, and a radiator configured to allow the coolant for cooling an electrical component to exchange heat with outside air, in which the coolant having passed through the radiator flows into the evaporator in a heating mode.

Abstract: A substrate transferring apparatus includes a support plate including an upper surface on which a substrate is configured to be seated, and a vacuum pad detachably coupled to the support plate and configured to vacuum suction the substrate to fix the substrate on the upper surface of the support plate, wherein the vacuum pad includes a suction area and a support protrusion surrounding the suction area, an upper surface of the support protrusion is at a higher vertical level than an upper surface of the suction area to support the substrate, and the upper surface of the support protrusion is inclined relative to horizontal.

Abstract: The present application provides a polyamic acid aqueous solution composition prepared of a polyimide, wherein the composition enables the polymerization of hydrophobic-based monomers into a polyamic acid in water and is improved in transparency, eco-friendliness, storage stability, and the like when cured.

Abstract: A method of preparing isopropyl alcohol including: supplying a feed stream including a propylene monomer and water to a reaction unit and reacting the propylene monomer and water to produce a reaction product including isopropyl alcohol, the propylene monomer, and the water; supplying a first discharge stream including a gaseous reaction product and a second discharge stream including a liquid reaction product from the reaction unit to a stripper; and in the stripper, circulating an upper discharge stream including the propylene monomer to the reaction unit and supplying a lower discharge stream including water and isopropyl alcohol to an isopropyl alcohol purification unit, where the first discharge stream is condensed by a first heat exchanger and supplied as a liquid phase to the stripper.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a continuous production system and a diester-material production unit included therein, wherein the production unit includes a reaction device in which an esterification reaction of dicarboxylic acid and a primary alcohol is performed, a column in which gas-liquid separation of the primary alcohol and the water introduced is performed, a heat exchange device for recovering heat of a gas phase line of the column, a condenser installed at a rear end of the heat exchange device and liquefying a mixture of a gas-phase primary alcohol and water, and a layer separator in which the layer separation of a mixture of a liquefied primary alcohol and water is performed, wherein the heat exchange device includes one or more of a first heat exchanger for performing heat exchange with a raw material feed line of the reaction device, a second heat exchanger for performing heat exchange with a line through which a low temperature stream flows in a process, and a third heat exchanger for perfo

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus may include a lower electrode supporting a wafer; a focus ring surrounding an edge of the lower electrode and having a ring shape; and an edge ring disposed in a position lower than a position of the focus ring. The focus ring may include a lower region and an upper region disposed on the lower region, and the upper region increases in electrical conductivity as the upper region is closer to the lower region.

Abstract: Provided are an electrostatic chuck, a deposition apparatus including the same, and a display panel fabricated using the same. According to an aspect, there is provided an electrostatic chuck including, a body, and a tension assist device disposed at a border of the body, the tension assist device includes a stepped portion disposed on a side of the body, and an end of the stepped portion is disposed higher than an upper surface of the body.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of first pixels disposed in a first pixel area and initialized by a voltage of a first initialization power source, a plurality of second pixels disposed in a second pixel area and initialized by a voltage of a second initialization power source different from the first initialization power source, a data driver that supplies a data signal to a plurality of data lines connected to the first pixels and the second pixels, and a scan driver that supplies a scan signal to a plurality of scan lines connected to the first pixels and the second pixels. A black data signal supplied from the data driver to the first pixels and a black data signal supplied from the data driver to the second pixels are set to the same voltage.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device, for example comprising a finger print sensor, and a method for manufacturing thereof. Various aspects of the present disclosure may, for example, provide an ultra-slim finger print sensor having a thickness of 500 ?m or less that does not include a separate printed circuit board (PCB), and a method for manufacturing thereof.

Abstract: A display device may include a substrate, pixels disposed on the substrate, each of the pixels including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of light emitting elements electrically connected between the first and the second electrodes, and a first oscillator disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to a first electrode of a first pixel of the pixels, the first oscillator including at least one transistor and at least one capacitor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of discharging lubricant oil from a BOG reliquefaction system configured to reliquefy BOG by compressing the BOG by a compressor, cooling the compressed BOG through heat exchange with non-compressed BOG by a heat exchanger, and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled through heat exchange by a pressure reducer. In the lubricant oil discharge method, the compressor comprises at least one oil-lubrication type cylinder and it is determined that it is time to discharge condensed or solidified lubricant oil, if at least one of preset conditions is satisfied.

Abstract: A method for determining heat and reflected heat in a thermal image, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: a) photographing a subject through a thermal imaging camera so as to collect a thermal image of the subject; b) analyzing features according to the thermal image temperature distribution of the thermal image; c) detecting the heat and the reflected heat in the thermal image according to the analysis in step b); and d) displaying, as heat and reflected heat regions in the thermal image, the heat and the reflected heat in the thermal image detected in step c).

Abstract: A tray assembly includes a base tray, and an anti-slip pad disposed on the base tray, wherein the anti-slip pad has a friction coefficient in a range of about 0.5 to about 20 based on ASTM D1894, and a surface resistance in a range of about 10{circumflex over (?)}6 ?/cm2 to about 10{circumflex over (?)}9 ?/cm2 based on ASTM D257, and the anti-slip pad includes at least one of a thermoplastic olefinic elastomer (TPO), natural rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), and polypropylene (PP).

Abstract: Disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition for animals containing 5-hydroxy-1-methylimidazolidine-2,4-dione as an active ingredient, more specifically, a composition for preventing or treating kidney disease in animals containing 5-hydroxy-1-methylimidazolidine-2,4-dione or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient, a method of treating kidney disease in animals using the compound, and a functional feed for preventing or ameliorating kidney disease in animals containing the compound as an active ingredient. The 5-hydroxy-1-methylimidazolidine-2,4-dione can effectively ameliorate and treat symptoms of kidney disease when administered to companion animals such as dogs or cats with kidney disease. Therefore, there are provided a novel agent and method for treating kidney disease of animals that can effectively treat kidney disease, which is the cause of high mortality in companion animals.