Abstract: Disclosed are oxadiazole compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are specifically suitable for the treatment of neurological diseases such as epilepsy.

Abstract: Various embodiments may provide a method of forming an energy conversion device. The method may include forming an electrolyte layer on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The method may also include forming a cavity on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate using a deep reactive ion etch. The method may further include enlarging said cavity by carrying out one or more wet etches so that the enlarged cavity is at least partially defined by a vertical arrangement comprising a first lateral cavity surface of the semiconductor substrate extending substantially along a first direction, and a second lateral cavity surface of the semiconductor substrate adjoining the first lateral cavity surface. The method may include forming a first electrode on a first surface of the electrolyte layer, and forming a second electrode on a second surface of the electrolyte layer.

Abstract: Various embodiments may provide a method of forming an energy conversion device. The method may include forming an electrolyte layer on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The method may also include forming a cavity on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate using a deep reactive ion etch. The method may further include enlarging said cavity by carrying out one or more wet etches so that the enlarged cavity is at least partially defined by a vertical arrangement comprising a first lateral cavity surface of the semiconductor substrate extending substantially along a first direction, and a second lateral cavity surface of the semiconductor substrate adjoining the first lateral cavity surface. The method may include forming a first electrode on a first surface of the electrolyte layer, and forming a second electrode on a second surface of the electrolyte layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for detecting beta amyloid aggregates and a composition for diagnosing beta amyloid aggregation disease, comprising a 2-styrilpyridizine-3(2H)-one derivative or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, to a diagnostic kit for diagnosing beta amyloid aggregation disease comprising said composition and to a method for detecting beta amyloid aggregates using said compositions to provide information for beta amyloid aggregation disease diagnosis.

Abstract: A memory device includes sections arranged between a global bit line and a complementary global bit line, and having a section control unit disposed between first and second memory cell groups and connected between the global bit line and the complementary global bit line to provide a first read signal and a second read signal. A signal converter receives the first and second read signals and generates a stable controlled read signal indicative of a data value stored in the memory cell. A latch unit receives and latches the controlled read signal provided by the signal converter to generate a latched read signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for detecting beta amyloid aggregates and a composition for diagnosing beta amyloid aggregation disease, comprising a 2-styrilpyridizine-3(2H)-one derivative or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, to a diagnostic kit for diagnosing beta amyloid aggregation disease comprising said composition and to a method for detecting beta amyloid aggregates using said compositions to provide information for beta amyloid aggregation disease diagnosis.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a clock delay circuit configured to receive a clock signal and a pulse signal and to produce an output signal therefrom. The clock delay circuit is configured to transition the output signal to a first state responsive to a first state of the clock signal and to transition the output signal to a second state responsive to a first state transition of the pulse signal. The integrated circuit device further includes a pulse generator circuit configured to receive the clock signal and the output signal and to produce the pulse signal therefrom. The pulse generator circuit is configured to generate the first state transition in the pulse signal responsive to a transition of the clock signal to a second state and to generate a second state transition in the pulse signal responsive to the transition of the output signal to the second state.

Abstract: A test device for a system-on-chip includes a sequential logic circuit and a test circuit. The sequential logic circuit generates a test input signal by converting a serial input signal into a parallel format in response to a serial clock signal and a serial enable signal and generates a serial output signal by converting a test output signal into a serial format in response to the serial clock signal and the serial enable signal. The test circuit includes at least one delay unit that is separated from a logic circuit performing original functions of the system-on-chip, performs a delay test on the at least one delay unit using the test input signal in response to a system clock signal and a test enable signal, and provides the test output signal to the sequential logic circuit, where the test output signal representing a result of the delay test.

Abstract: A memory device includes sections arranged between a global bit line and a complementary global bit line, and having a section control unit disposed between first and second memory cell groups and connected between the global bit line and the complementary global bit line to provide a first read signal and a second read signal. A signal converter receives the first and second read signals and generates a stable controlled read signal indicative of a data value stored in the memory cell. A latch unit receives and latches the controlled read signal provided by the signal converter to generate a latched read signal.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a clock delay circuit configured to receive a clock signal and a pulse signal and to produce an output signal therefrom. The clock delay circuit is configured to transition the output signal to a first state responsive to a first state of the clock signal and to transition the output signal to a second state responsive to a first state transition of the pulse signal. The integrated circuit device further includes a pulse generator circuit configured to receive the clock signal and the output signal and to produce the pulse signal therefrom. The pulse generator circuit is configured to generate the first state transition in the pulse signal responsive to a transition of the clock signal to a second state and to generate a second state transition in the pulse signal responsive to the transition of the output signal to the second state.

Abstract: A test device for a system-on-chip includes a sequential logic circuit and a test circuit. The sequential logic circuit generates a test input signal by converting a serial input signal into a parallel format in response to a serial clock signal and a serial enable signal and generates a serial output signal by converting a test output signal into a serial format in response to the serial clock signal and the serial enable signal. The test circuit includes at least one delay unit that is separated from a logic circuit performing original functions of the system-on-chip, performs a delay test on the at least one delay unit using the test input signal in response to a system clock signal and a test enable signal, and provides the test output signal to the sequential logic circuit, where the test output signal representing a result of the delay test.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device comprises a first voltage generation unit, a second voltage generation unit, a first circuit block, and a discharge unit. The first voltage generation unit generates a first voltage with a first magnitude. The second voltage generation unit generates a second voltage with a second magnitude greater than the first magnitude. The first circuit block selectively receives the first voltage or the second voltage through an input node. The discharge unit discharges the input node between a time point where the input node has been charged with the second voltage and a time point where the input node receives the first voltage.

Abstract: Provided is an amplifier circuit having a constant output swing range and a stable delay time, where the amplifier circuit includes a first bias unit, a second bias unit, a comparison unit, and an amplifier unit, and the first bias unit responds to an internal reference signal with a predetermined voltage level and maintains constant the amount of a first current, and the second bias unit receives an external reference signal, responds to a control voltage, and controls the amount of a second current to be the same as the amount of the first current, and the comparison unit compares a voltage level of a first node with a voltage level of a second node, and controls a voltage level of the control voltage according to the comparison result, and the amplifier unit compares a voltage level of an external input signal with a voltage level of the external reference signal, amplifies and outputs a voltage difference between the two compared signals, responds to the control voltage, and controls the amount of a third

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device comprises a first voltage generation unit, a second voltage generation unit, a first circuit block, and a discharge unit. The first voltage generation unit generates a first voltage with a first magnitude. The second voltage generation unit generates a second voltage with a second magnitude greater than the first magnitude. The first circuit block selectively receives the first voltage or the second voltage through an input node. The discharge unit discharges the input node between a time point where the input node has been charged with the second voltage and a time point where the input node receives the first voltage.

Abstract: A method and circuit for sampling and writing data in a double data rate (DDR) memory device, capable of securing sufficient setup and hold margins regardless of the operation frequency. Transferring first and second sampled input data to a first path using a first path control signal. Transferring third and fourth sampled input data to a second path using a second path control signal. The first and second path control signals are one half-cycle out of phase. First to fourth data are successively sampled in synchronization with a rising or falling edge of a first external clock signal; The sampled first data is linked onto a first path and the sampled second data is linked onto a second path in response to the first path control signal (generated in synchronization with a falling edge of the external clock signal); the first data on the first path and the second data on the second path are written to the memory cells in response to a write clock signal.

Abstract: Provided is an amplifier circuit having a constant output swing range and a stable delay time, where the amplifier circuit includes a first bias unit, a second bias unit, a comparison unit, and an amplifier unit, and the first bias unit responds to an internal reference signal with a predetermined voltage level and maintains constant the amount of a first current, and the second bias unit receives an external reference signal, responds to a control voltage, and controls the amount of a second current to be the same as the amount of the first current, and the comparison unit compares a voltage level of a first node with a voltage level of a second node, and controls a voltage level of the control voltage according to the comparison result, and the amplifier unit compares a voltage level of an external input signal with a voltage level of the external reference signal, amplifies and outputs a voltage difference between the two compared signals, responds to the control voltage, and controls the amount of a third

Abstract: Provided is an amplifier circuit having a constant output swing range and a stable delay time, where the amplifier circuit includes a first bias unit, a second bias unit, a comparison unit, and an amplifier unit, and the first bias unit responds to an internal reference signal with a predetermined voltage level and maintains constant the amount of a first current, and the second bias unit receives an external reference signal, responds to a control voltage, and controls the amount of a second current to be the same as the amount of the first current, and the comparison unit compares a voltage level of a first node with a voltage level of a second node, and controls a voltage level of the control voltage according to the comparison result, and the amplifier unit compares a voltage level of an external input signal with a voltage level of the external reference signal, amplifies and outputs a voltage difference between the two compared signals, responds to the control voltage, and controls the amount of a third

Abstract: An apparatus for generating an internal clock signal for acquisition of accurate synchronization is provided. The apparatus including: an input buffer for buffering the external clock signal to output a first reference clock signal; a delay compensation circuit for delaying the first reference clock signal; a forward delay array; a mirror control circuit comprising a plurality of phase detectors for detecting delayed clock signals synchronized with a second reference clock signal; a backward delay array; and an output buffer to generate an internal clock signal. An internal clock signal in accurate synchronization with the reference clock signal can be generated by minimizing the delay and distortion of the reference clock signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprising: an array of memory cells; an address input circuit for receiving an external address in response to an address clock signal; a selecting circuit for selecting a memory cell in response to an address output from the address input circuit; a data output circuit for outputting the data read out from the selected memory cell in response to first and second data clock signals; and an internal clock generating circuit for generating the address clock signal and the first and second data clock signals in response to an external clock signal and a complementary clock signal thereof, wherein the address clock signal and the first and second data clock signals have twice the frequency (or half the period) of the external clock signal when in a test mode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a synchronous mirror delay circuit for generating an internal clock signal synchronized with an external clock signal, comprising: a clock buffer circuit that generates a reference clock signal in response to the external clock signal; a delay monitor circuit that delays the reference clock signal; a forward delay array for delaying an output clock signal of the delay monitor circuit to generate delay clock signals; a mirror control circuit that receives the delay clock signals and the reference clock signal to detect one delay clock signal synchronized with the reference clock signal among the delay clock signals; a backward delay array that delays the delay clock signal detected by the mirror control circuit to output a synchronous clock signal; a delay circuit that delays an asynchronous clock signal output through the forward delay array; and a clock driving circuit that outputs the delayed asynchronous clock signal as the internal clock signal when the reference clock signal is not synchroni