Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a spacer on the substrate and including: an upper surface; a first side surface extending toward the substrate from a first end of the upper surface; and a second side surface extending toward the substrate from a second end of the upper surface; an active pattern on the first side surface of the spacer, including a metal oxide semiconductor, and having a source region and a drain region; a source electrode on the second side surface of the spacer and the active pattern, and connected to the source region; a drain electrode on the substrate, including a same material as the source electrode, and connected to the drain region; and a first gate electrode on the active pattern and partially overlapping the first side surface of the spacer.

Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device may include horizontal patterns disposed on a peripheral circuit structure and spaced apart from each other, memory structures provided on the horizontal patterns, respectively, each of the memory structures including a three-dimensional arrangement of memory cells. Penetrating insulating patterns and separation structures may isolate the horizontal patterns from one another. Through vias may extend through the penetrating insulating patterns to connect logic circuits of the peripheral circuit structure to the memory structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a diagnostic method and a device performing the same. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a diagnostic device is a diagnostic device that uses a test kit including a specimen plate having a specimen region in which a specimen is smeared and a patch plate configured to store a contact-type patch, which comes into contact with the specimen to stain the specimen, and the diagnostic device includes a body having a loading region in which the test kit is placed, a moving unit configured to move the patch plate and the specimen plate of the test kit relative to each other so that the specimen placed in the test kit is smeared in the specimen region, and a contact unit configured to move a structure of the test kit such that the contact-type patch comes into contact with the smeared specimen so that the smeared specimen is stained.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tissue diagnosis device including a plate supporter configured to support a plate on which a reaction region is placed and a sample is placed in the reaction region, a patch controller configured to support the patch which contains a labeling substance that specifically labels the target substance, and control a position of the patch relative to the reaction region so that the patch provides the labeling substance to the reaction region, and a target substance detector configured to detect the labeling substance and detect the target substance included in the tissue sample.

Abstract: During a process of manufacturing a pouch case by forming a pouch film, an elongation rate can be measured by the color of an outer layer of the pouch film without separate sampling, and it can be determined whether or not elongation has occurred which causes a critical level in which a crack is about to occur or a defective level in which a crack is occurring. A method for manufacturing a pouch case of a secondary battery according to the present invention includes: stacking a metal layer above an inner layer and stacking an outer layer, which includes colored dye particles, above the metal layer, thereby producing a pouch film; forming the pouch film into a three-dimensional shape so that an electrode assembly is accommodated therein; and measuring an elongation rate of the pouch film through color of the outer layer.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) patch which is provided as a gel type having a net-like structure forming micro-cavities, wherein at least a part of a plurality of reagents used in a PCR are contained in the micro-cavities, and when the patch contacts with an external region, the reagents contained in the micro-cavities move to at least a portion of the external region, and a PCR of a target DNA included in a sample located in the external region is performed.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package includes a support substrate having a front side and a back side and an optical integrated circuit die having a back side mounted to the front side of the support substrate and having a front side with an optical sensing circuit. A glass optical element die has a back side mounted to the front side of the optical integrated circuit die over the optical sensing circuit. The mounting of the glass optical element die is made by a layer of transparent adhesive which extends to the cover the optical sensing circuit and a portion of the front side of the optical integrated circuit die peripherally surrounding the optical sensing circuit. An encapsulation material body encapsulates the glass optical element die and the optical integrated circuit die.

Abstract: A cable connection device includes a cable connector and a magnetic switch. The magnetic switch includes diametrically magnetized first and second annular magnets juxtaposed in a longitudinal direction of the cable connector and extending around a longitudinal axis of the cable connector, and an annular magnetic guide of ferromagnetic material surrounding an outer periphery of the first and second annular magnets. The first annular magnet is fixed relative to the annular magnetic guide, and the second annular magnet is rotatable between ON and OFF positions relative to the annular magnetic guide. In the ON position the first and second annular magnets are magnetically aligned in the longitudinal direction, and in the OFF position the first and second annular magnets are magnetically inverted in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aerially distributable communications device (ACCD) including one or more gyrochutes and communications module configured for wireless communication with external communication nodes. The communications module can be configured for mesh network type communication with similar aerially distributable communications device, or as a gateway type communications device to a wide area network such as a satellite network. The ACCD is for deployment in remote areas and/or areas where normal communications networks are down, such as disaster areas. The ACCD can be deployed from an aircraft or a spacecraft. The ACCD can further be configured with emergency equipment such as water purification equipment, power charging equipment, or the like.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a blood staining patch, a method and device for a blood test using the same, and more particularly, to a patch configured to contain a staining reagent for staining blood and a method and device for economically testing blood using the same. A blood testing method according to an aspect of the present disclosure, which is a blood testing method in which a patch, which includes a mesh structure forming micro-cavities and is configured to contain a staining reagent for staining staining targets present in blood in the micro-cavities, is used to perform a blood test through staining of the staining target, includes placing blood in a reaction region, and providing the staining reagent to the reaction region using the patch configured to contain the staining reagent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pouch-shaped battery cell including a battery case made of a laminate sheet including an outer coating layer, a metal layer, and an inner adhesive layer, an electrode assembly received in the battery case, and a foam layer applied to an outer surface of an outer coating layer of any one of a first surface and a second surface of an electrode assembly receiving portion of the battery case. The foam layer buffers expansion in volume of the pouch-shaped battery cell, whereby it is possible to minimize deformation of the pouch-shaped battery cell and a battery module.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package includes a support substrate having a front side and a back side and an optical integrated circuit die having a back side mounted to the front side of the support substrate and having a front side with an optical sensing circuit. A glass optical element die has a back side mounted to the front side of the optical integrated circuit die over the optical sensing circuit. The mounting of the glass optical element die is made by a layer of transparent adhesive which extends to the cover the optical sensing circuit and a portion of the front side of the optical integrated circuit die peripherally surrounding the optical sensing circuit. An encapsulation material body encapsulates the glass optical element die and the optical integrated circuit die.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an immunoassay method for performing immunoassay by using a patch that contains antibodies. An immunoassay method according to an aspect of the present disclosure performs diagnosis by detecting a target protein from a sample to be diagnosed by using a patch which includes a mesh structural body forming micro-cavities and is configured to contain a liquid substance in the micro-cavities, and includes placing the sample to be diagnosed in a reaction region, and providing an antibodies that react specifically with a target protein to the reaction region by using a patch that contains the antibodies.

Abstract: A tunable optical electrowetting element having a liquid-liquid interface shape controlled by an applied voltage. Circuitry for applying a voltage to the electrowetting element is configured to apply a shaped voltage signal comprising a first fast-rising signal combined with a second fast-rising signal. The second signal is selected to damp oscillations in the liquid-liquid interface caused by the first signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aerially distributable communications device (ACCD) including one or more gyrochutes and communications module configured for wireless communication with external communication nodes. The communications module can be configured for mesh network type communication with similar aerially distributable communications device, or as a gateway type communications device to a wide area network such as a satellite network. The ACCD is for deployment in remote areas and/or areas where normal communications networks are down, such as disaster areas. The ACCD can be deployed from an aircraft or a spacecraft. The ACCD can further be configured with emergency equipment such as water purification equipment, power charging equipment, or the like.

Abstract: A current measuring apparatus including a switching circuit installed on the charging and discharging path, a current measuring unit having a shunt resistor installed on the charging and discharging path and configured to output a current signal corresponding to a voltage across the shunt resistor, a voltage measuring unit configured to measure the voltage across the switching circuit, a temperature measuring unit configured to measure a temperature of the switching circuit, and a control unit. The control unit determines a first current value indicating a current flowing through the shunt resistor, based on the current signal. The control unit determines a second current value indicating a current flowing through the switching circuit, based on the measured voltage and the measured temperature. The control unit determines whether the shunt resistor is in a normal state, based on the first current value and the second current value.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an immunoassay method for performing immunoassay by using a patch that contains antibodies. An immunoassay method according to an aspect of the present disclosure performs diagnosis by detecting a target protein from a sample to be diagnosed by using a patch which includes a mesh structural body forming micro-cavities and is configured to contain a liquid substance in the micro-cavities, and includes placing the sample to be diagnosed in a reaction region, and providing an antibodies that react specifically with a target protein to the reaction region by using a patch that contains the antibodies.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a diagnostic method and a device performing the same. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a diagnostic device is a diagnostic device that uses a test kit including a specimen plate having a specimen region in which a specimen is smeared and a patch plate configured to store a contact-type patch, which comes into contact with the specimen to stain the specimen, and the diagnostic device includes a body having a loading region in which the test kit is placed, a moving unit configured to move the patch plate and the specimen plate of the test kit relative to each other so that the specimen placed in the test kit is smeared in the specimen region, and a contact unit configured to move a structure of the test kit such that the contact-type patch comes into contact with the smeared specimen so that the smeared specimen is stained.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flat cable with an improved function of preventing a short phenomenon that may occur when the flat cable is incorrectly inserted into a connector. The flat cable according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a flat cable extending straight in a direction and having a front end that is inserted and connected to an external connector, and includes a plurality of conductors extending straight along a lengthwise direction of the flat cable, spaced apart a predetermined distance in a widthwise direction of the flat cable, and a cable body made of an insulating material, and extending straight along the lengthwise direction of the flat cable, wherein the conductors are mounted on at least one surface.

Abstract: A system for high resolution multiphoton excitation microscopy is described herein. In one embodiment, the system may include an electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) prism optically coupled to an excitation source, the EWOD prism adapted or configured to: receive a light beam from the excitation source, and project the received light beam onto a sample plane based on a tunable transmission angle of the EWOD prism, and a fluorescence imaging microscope adapted or configured to: receive a fluorescence signal from the sample plane based on the projected light beam, and relay the fluorescence signal from the sample plane to a set of detectors.