Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus and a semiconductor manufacturing process are provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a snake arm robot, which includes: a base disk; a rotary unit rotatably connected to the base disk and having multiple sub-disks sequentially arranged in a predetermined arrangement direction and rotatably connected to each other; a wire connector having multiple wires connected to the base disk or a plurality of disks selected from the sub-disks and sequentially disposed in the arrangement direction or disposed to partially face each other in a circumferential direction of the sub-disks; and a wire operator operating the wires to rotate the sub-disks by a predetermined angle. According to the snake arm robot of the present disclosure, since wires connected to disks to rotate the disks are arranged in a similar type to the muscle structure of a nematode, there is the advantage that rigidity and payload are increased.

Abstract: A light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) device includes a transmitter to transmit a laser light signal towards a target and a receiver to receive a reflected laser light signal that is returned from being reflected by the target. The receiver includes a plurality of column circuits connected to sensors in the receiver through N (where N is a natural number equal to or greater than two) independent channels for each column of a pixel array corresponding to the sensors in the receiver.

Abstract: A display device includes: a metal layer on a via layer, the metal layer overlapping with emission areas; a resonance auxiliary layer on the via layer and the metal layer, the resonance auxiliary layer exposing the metal layer; anode electrodes on the resonance auxiliary layer; and a contact layer connected to the metal layer and the anode electrodes.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a display device, the method includes: providing a substrate; forming an anode electrode on the substrate; forming a first insulating layer on the anode electrode; forming a trench by etching the first insulating layer; forming a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer through a process different from that of the first insulating layer; exposing at least a portion of the first insulating layer overlapping the anode electrode by etching the second insulating layer; and exposing the anode electrode by concurrently etching the at least the portion of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that can image magnetic particles through a Field Free Line (FFL) formed in a single direction. The single side magnetic particle imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a pair of selection coils arranged in parallel in an x-axial direction and configured to create a y-axial Field Free Line (FFL) in a Field of View (FOV); a driver coil disposed under the pair of selection coils and configured to move the FFL in a z-axial direction by generating a magnetic field; An excitation coil disposed over the pair of selection coils and configured to excite magnetic fields in the FOV by generating a magnetic field in the FOV; and a pair of receiver coils arranged in parallel in a y-axial direction over the excitation coil and configured to receive signals generated by the magnetic particles, respectively.

Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The display device includes: a pixel-circuit layer including a pixel circuit on a substrate; and a light-emitting-element layer on the pixel-circuit layer, wherein the light-emitting-element layer includes: an anode electrode; a pixel defining layer covering at least a portion of the anode electrode, the pixel defining layer forming a pixel defining opening exposing at least a portion of the anode electrode; a light emitting structure electrically connected to the anode electrode; and a cathode electrode electrically connected to the light emitting structure, wherein the pixel defining layer includes a rounded upper surface having a rounded corner, the rounded upper surface including an inclined side surface facing the pixel defining opening, and wherein an angle between the inclined side surface and a top surface of the anode electrode is in a range of 15 degrees to 45 degrees.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes a holder generating aerosol by heating a cigarette, and a cradle having an inner space into which the holder is inserted, wherein the holder is electrically connected to the cradle to be moveable in the inner space of the cradle. The aerosol generating system includes a controller and a heater for heating an aerosol generating material, wherein the controller predicts insertion of the cigarette into the holder and preheats the heater in advance based on a prediction result.

Abstract: A method of processing speech includes: obtaining a speech input; obtaining an instruction related to the speech input; obtaining a speech representation corresponding to the speech input; obtaining an adapter that includes speech information by fusing a pre-trained adapter with the speech representation; and obtaining a response corresponding to the instruction by inputting both the adapter that includes the speech information and the instruction to a language model, the language model generating the response based on the adapter that includes the speech model and the speech information.

Abstract: Provided are an aerosol generating apparatus including a cigarette insertion portion into which a cigarette is insertable; and a vaporizer configured to heat a liquid composition to generate aerosol and discharge the generated aerosol toward the inserted cigarette such that the generated aerosol passes through the cigarette inserted into the cigarette insertion portion, and a cradle for receiving the aerosol generating apparatus.

Abstract: A switching regulator may include; an inductor connected to a switch node, a power switch connected to the switch node and configured to apply a first voltage to the switch node in response to a first control signal and to apply a second voltage to the switch node in response to a second control signal, and a controller configured to generate the first control signal and the second control signal. The second control signal transitions from low to high following a first dead time after the first control signal transitions from low to high, the first control signal transitions from high to low following a second dead time after the second control signal transitions from high to low level, and an inductor current flowing through the inductor flows in a first direction during the first dead time and in a second direction, different from the first direction, during the second dead time.

Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatuses for controlling traffic signals of traffic lights in a sub-area by using a neural network model. The method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may configure state information of a sub-area by using downstream information obtained in a current cycle time for each of a plurality of intersections included in the sub-area. In addition, the method may input the state information to a trained reinforcement learning model, and obtain action information of the sub-area including green times and offsets, by using an output from the trained reinforcement learning model. Furthermore, the method may generate coordinated signal values for applying the action to traffic lights in the sub-area in a subsequent cycle time.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for, preventing, ameliorating or treating dementia by administering a composition containing 2?-fucosyllactose. 2?-FL ameliorates brain damage caused by amyloid beta and neuroinflammation by suppressing or preventing accumulation of the amyloid beta, thus being highly effective in preventing, ameliorating and treating dementia.

Abstract: Provided are an aerosol generating apparatus including a cigarette insertion portion into which a cigarette is insertable; and a vaporizer configured to heat a liquid composition to generate aerosol and discharge the generated aerosol toward the inserted cigarette such that the generated aerosol passes through the cigarette inserted into the cigarette insertion portion, and a cradle for receiving the aerosol generating apparatus.

Abstract: A method for displaying a message in a messenger service by a user terminal is proposed. The method may include receiving the message from a server. The method may also include receiving a mask command for the message from the server when text information extracted from the message satisfies a preset condition. The method may further include displaying a mask message corresponding to the message in a chat room of the messenger service based on the mask command.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a deposition mask includes: preparing a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate including an upper silicon substrate, a lower silicon substrate, and an insulating layer between the upper silicon substrate and the lower silicon substrate; forming a mask membrane having a plurality of openings by patterning the upper silicon substrate; forming a first protective layer on the upper silicon substrate and a second protective layer on the lower silicon substrate; forming a cell opening by patterning the lower silicon substrate; and removing the first protective layer and the second protective layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a lidar apparatus and a control method thereof. The lidar apparatus includes: a transmission and reception module transmitting a laser signal and receiving a reflected signal reflected from an object; an output module outputting a calculated object distance; a memory storing a measurement count allocated for each distance range; and a processor operatively coupled to the transmission and reception module, the output module, and the memory, wherein after repeating a process of generating a histogram by accumulating the reflected signals received through the transmission and reception module for a set measurement count, the processor calculates an object distance based on a peak value of the histogram and outputs the calculated object distance through the output module, and then modifies, based on the object distance, the set measurement count based on the measurement count allocated for each distance range, to repeat the process of calculating the object distance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to humanized antibodies or antigen-binding fragments capable of binding specifically to mesothelin antigen and various uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an embedded device testing method. Preferably, the present invention relates to a function testing method for an embedded device designed to execute a specific function. The embedded device testing method having a hierarchical host structure executed on a computing device according to the present invention includes: receiving, by a main host, setting information for an execution environment of a target device; constructing a virtualized execution environment on a sub host according to the setting information; executing specific software or a specific test case in the constructed execution environment; and monitoring a result of the execution. According to the present invention, resources may be utilized efficiently because there is no need to newly configure and prepare physical hardware resources every time during the development and testing of an embedded device.

Abstract: A display panel includes a circuit board and an element layer disposed on the circuit board and including a pixel defining layer having a plurality of openings, and a spacer disposed on the pixel defining layer. The plurality of openings include a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening that are adjacent to the spacer. The spacer includes a central portion disposed between the first, second, and third openings and a first extension, a second extension, and a third extension that protrude from the central portion in three directions, respectively. End portions of the first, second, and third extensions are disposed in a region defined by virtual lines connecting a first center of the first opening, a second center of the second opening, and a third center of the third opening.