Abstract: Provided is a method for fabricating an electronic device, the method including: preparing a carrier substrate including an element region and a wiring region; forming a sacrificial layer on the carrier substrate; forming an electronic element on the sacrificial layer of the element region; forming a first elastic layer having a corrugated surface on the first elastic layer of the wiring region; forming a metal wirings electrically connecting the electronic element thereto, on the first elastic layer of the wiring region; forming a second elastic layer covering the metal wirings, on the first elastic layer; forming a high rigidity pattern filling in a recess of the second elastic layer above the electronic element so as to overlap the electronic element, and having a corrugated surface; forming a third elastic layer on the second elastic layer and the high rigidity pattern; and separating the carrier substrate.

Abstract: A touch sensor including a substrate; a plurality of first touch electrodes located on the substrate, the plurality of first touch electrodes each including first sensing cells and first connection patterns connected between the first sensing cells; a plurality of second electrodes located on the substrate while intersecting the first touch electrodes, the plurality of second electrodes each including second sensing cells and second connection patterns connected between the second sensing cells; and an insulating member located between the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns, the insulating member having elasticity. A modulus of elasticity of the substrate is equal to or greater than that of the insulating member.

Abstract: A system and methods are provided for image driven quality control for array based PCR. The system comprises a PCR unit, a reaction array plate, a convolutional neural network (CNN) configured to receive a sequence of images of the reaction array plate in the PCR system, and an output of the CNN coupled to a control for the reaction array plate. The method comprises applying a sequence of images from a plurality of subarrays of the reaction array plate to a plurality of CNNs during operation of the PCR system on the reaction plate array, operating the CNNs to generate failure mode predictions for the reaction plate based on the sequence of images, and coupling an output of the CNNs to one or more of a setting for manufacture of the reaction array plate or to control the PCR system.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, and a source electrode, and may be incorporated as a switching transistor in a display device. The gate electrode is configured to overlap the semiconductor layer. The gate insulating layer is disposed between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode and includes a first insulating layer disposed on a surface of the semiconductor layer that faces the gate electrode and a second insulating layer comprising an elastic material disposed at least between the first insulating layer and the gate electrode. The source electrode and a drain electrode respectively coupled to spaced portions of the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: Some embodiments describe a computer-implemented method for calibrating a fluorescent dye. The method can comprise imaging a sample holder, loaded into an instrument, at more than one channel. The sample holder can comprise a plurality of reaction sites and more than one dye type, with each dye occupying more than one reaction site. The method can further comprise identifying a peak channel for each dye on the sample holder, normalizing each channel to the peak channel for each dye, and producing a dye matrix that can comprise a set of dye reference values.

Abstract: A method for analyzing biological reaction systems is provided. The method includes receiving an image of a substrate including a plurality of reaction sites after a biological reaction has taken place. Next, the method includes removing a noise background from the first image. The method includes determining an initial position of each reaction site based on an intensity threshold to generate a initial position set, then refining the initial position set of each reaction site based on an expected pattern of locations of the plurality of reaction sites to generate a first refined position set. The method further includes determining a presence or absence of a fluorescent emission from each reaction site based on the first refined position set and the first image.

Abstract: A display device including a substrate and a plurality of pixels in a display region of the substrate. Each of the pixels includes first and second sub-pixels, and each of the first and second sub-pixels has a light emitting region for emitting light. The first sub-pixel includes a first light emitting element in the light emitting region and configured to emit visible light. The second sub-pixel includes a second light emitting element in the light emitting region and configured to emit infrared light and a light receiving element configured to receive the infrared light emitted from the second light emitting element to detect a user's touch. The second light emitting element and the light receiving element in the second sub-pixel are electrically insulated from and optically coupled to each other to form a photo-coupler.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a display element layer on one surface of the substrate and including at least one light emitting element emitting light; and a pixel circuit portion on the display element layer and including at least one transistor electrically connected to the light emitting element, wherein the display element layer includes: a first electrode on the substrate and electrically connected to one end of the light emitting element; a second electrode on the substrate and electrically connected to the other end of the light emitting element; and an insulation layer on the substrate including the second electrode, and having a first opening exposing a portion of the second electrode, and wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the transistor through the first opening.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of data lines to supply data voltages, a plurality of scan lines to supply scan signals, and a first pixel connected to at least one of the plurality of data lines, and connected to at least one of the plurality of scan lines, the first pixel including a first light-emitting diode of a first color, in which an anode is connected to a first node and a cathode is connected to a reference voltage line, and a second light-emitting diode of a second color that is different from the first color, in which an anode is connected to the reference voltage line, and a cathode is connected to the first node.

Abstract: An input sensing unit that utilizes conductive layers to sense various types of input. The input sensing unit may include a first conductive layer including first sensing electrodes; a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer including second sensing electrodes and third sensing electrodes; and at least one insulating layer insulating the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer from each other. The input sensing unit senses at least one of a touch, a pressure, and a degree of moisture based on a change in capacitance between the conductive layers.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes: a base substrate including an embossed pattern; a first conductive layer disposed on the base substrate; a pressure sensitive material layer disposed on the first conductive layer such that its electrical characteristic is varied corresponding to a strain applied thereto, the pressure sensitive material layer including a dielectric and nanoparticles dispersed in the dielectric; and a second conductive layer disposed on the pressure sensitive material layer, wherein the dielectric and the nanoparticle include materials having pyroelectricities of polarities opposite to each other.

Abstract: A biological analysis system is provided. The system comprises a sample block assembly. The sample block assembly comprises a sample block configured to accommodate a sample holder, the sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples. The system also comprises a control system configured to cycle the plurality of samples through a series of temperatures. The system further comprises an automated tray comprising a slide assembly, the tray configured to reversibly slide the sample block assembly from a closed to an open position to allow user access to the plurality of sample holders.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a touch sensing member which is disposed on the display panel and comprises a touch sensing area and a vibration area disposed around the touch sensing area and generating vibrations in response to a first audio signal, and a window which is disposed on the touch sensing member and outputs sound in response to the vibrations generated in the vibration area.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a plurality of vibro-acoustic elements coupled to the display panel and spaced apart from each other on a lower surface of the display panel; and a bracket disposed below the display panel and including a bottom plate, where a plurality of receiving holes is defined through the bottom plate. The plurality of vibro-acoustic elements is disposed in the plurality of receiving holes, respectively, a vibration space is defined by a portion of the bottom plate defining a receiving hole of the receiving holes, which is recessed from an upper surface toward a lower surface of the bottom plate, and audio frequencies in different frequency bands, respectively, is produced from regions in which the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements are disposed.

Abstract: 2-alkoxy benzene formyl arylamine compounds and their pharmaceutical salts are disclosed. The compounds can act as sphingomyelin synthase (SMS) inhibitors to treat diseases caused by abnormal increasing of sphingomyelin (SM). The pharmaceutically acceptable salts and pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds are used as active ingredients in drugs which can prevent and cure diseases caused by SM level abnormal increase. These diseases include atherosclerosis, fatty liver, obesity, type diabetes, and other metabolic syndromes.

Abstract: A panel bottom member includes a light absorbing member, a top bonding layer which is positioned at the top of the light absorbing member, a first vibration sound element which is positioned below the light absorbing member and bonded to the light absorbing member, a buffer member which is positioned below the light absorbing member and does not overlap with the first vibration sound element, and an interlayer bonding layer which is positioned between the light absorbing member and the buffer member.

Abstract: An electrode includes: a polymer layer including a non-conductive material; a conductive nanomaterial embedded in a top surface of the polymer layer; and a planarization layer on the polymer layer and on the conductive nanomaterial. The planarization layer includes a conductive material and a surfactant.

Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method for calibrating an instrument is provided. The instrument includes an optical system capable of imaging fluorescence emission from a plurality of reaction sites. The method includes performing a region-of-interest (ROI) calibration to determine reaction site positions in an image. The method further includes performing a pure dye calibration to determine the contribution of a fluorescent dye used in each reaction site by comparing a raw spectrum of the fluorescent dye to a pure spectrum calibration data of the fluorescent dye. The method further includes performing an instrument normalization calibration to determine a filter normalization factor. The method includes performing an RNase P validation to validate the instrument is capable of distinguishing between two different quantities of sample.

Abstract: A method for analyzing biological reaction systems is provided. The method includes receiving an image of a substrate including a plurality of reaction sites after a biological reaction has taken place. Next, the method includes removing a noise background from the first image. The method includes determining an initial position of each reaction site based on an intensity threshold to generate a initial position set, then refining the initial position set of each reaction site based on an expected pattern of locations of the plurality of reaction sites to generate a first refined position set. The method further includes determining a presence or absence of a fluorescent emission from each reaction site based on the first refined position set and the first image.

Abstract: Provided is a method for fabricating an electronic device, the method including: preparing a carrier substrate including an element region and a wiring region; forming a sacrificial layer on the carrier substrate; forming an electronic element on the sacrificial layer of the element region; forming a first elastic layer having a corrugated surface on the first elastic layer of the wiring region; forming a metal wirings electrically connecting the electronic element thereto, on the first elastic layer of the wiring region; forming a second elastic layer covering the metal wirings, on the first elastic layer; forming a high rigidity pattern filling in a recess of the second elastic layer above the electronic element so as to overlap the electronic element, and having a corrugated surface; forming a third elastic layer on the second elastic layer and the high rigidity pattern; and separating the carrier substrate.