Abstract: To form a dielectric layer, an organometallic precursor is adsorbed on a substrate loaded into a process chamber. The organometallic precursor includes a central metal and ligands bound to the central metal. An inactive oxidant is provided onto the substrate. The inactive oxidant is reactive with the organometallic precursor. An active oxidant is also provided onto the substrate. The active oxidant has a higher reactivity than that of the inactive oxidant.

Abstract: Methods of fabricating a semiconductor device include forming a deposited film on a semiconductor substrate in a process chamber by repeatedly forming unit layers on the semiconductor substrate. The unit layer is formed by forming a preliminary unit layer on the semiconductor substrate by supplying a process material including a precursor material and film-control material into the process chamber, purging the process chamber, forming a unit layer from the preliminary unit layer, and again purging the process chamber. The precursor material includes a central atom and a ligand bonded to the central atom, and the film-control material includes a hydride of the ligand.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for preparing ultrathin silver nanowires. It may comprise (a) dissolving a silver salt (Ag salt) and a capping agent in a reducing solvent to give a mixture solution; (b) adding a halide compound to the mixture solution to yield a silver seed; (c) heating the mixture solution and then allowing the heated mixture solution to grow ultrathin silver nanowires from the silver seed under a pressure in an inert gas atmosphere; and (d) cooling the mixture solution in which the ultrathin silver nanowires have grown, followed by purification and separation to obtain the ultrathin silver nanowires. The silver nanowires are restrained from growing in thickness under a certain pressure, so that they are 30 nm or less in thickness and have a narrow diameter distribution, which leads to an improvement in aspect ratio.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fixed mouse. The fixed mouse includes a housing which has an insert depression, a movable body, a portion or the entirety of which is inserted into the insert depression, a direction sensing means which detects a direction in which an external force is applied to the movable body and generates a signal used to move a pointer in a corresponding direction, and speed sensing means which detects the intensity of the external force applied to the movable body and generates a signal to vary the speed of the pointer in response to the intensity of the external force. As such, the direction sensing means for moving the pointer and the speed sensing means for controlling the speed of the pointer are independently provided. Therefore, the production, maintenance and repair of the direction sensing means and the speed sensing means can be facilitated. Furthermore, the degree of design freedom for layout of a product is increased.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a capacitor with reduced oxygen defects at an interface between a dielectric layer and an electrode of the capacitor. The semiconductor device includes a lower metal layer; a dielectric layer on the lower metal layer and containing a first metal; a sacrificial layer on the dielectric layer and containing a second metal; and an upper metal layer on the sacrificial layer. An electronegativity of the second metal in the sacrificial layer is greater than an electronegativity of the first metal in the dielectric layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a transparent substrate; an electrode formed in a mesh pattern on the transparent substrate; and a wiring formed in a wavy pattern on the transparent substrate and connected to the electrode, the wiring having curve shape of first peaks and second peaks alternately continuing along a longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A character input method according to the present invention includes the steps of when a user brings a mouse cursor into contact with the term input box of a web browser or website, or clicks the term input box one or more times, displaying a character input window, in which two or more character buttons and a completion button for enabling the input of a signal indicative of the completion of the entry of one or more characters are arranged, in abutment with the term input box; when one or more of the character buttons are clicked, entering one or more characters cor? responding to the clicked character buttons into the term input box; and when the completion button is clicked, generating an activation signal so that an search engine associated with the term input box is run using the characters, entered into the term input box, as search data.

Abstract: A method of driving an electronic device easily and accurately controls a pointer displayed on a screen of the electronic device. The method of driving an electronic device including an input unit into which information is input by a touch and a screen display unit on which a pointer is displayed in response to the touch includes: a first step of moving the pointer from a point at which the touch is applied to the input unit first in an arbitrary direction in which drag of the pointer is performed; a second step of stopping the movement of the pointer when the drag is stopped; and a third step of additionally moving the pointer in a direction, which is directed from the point at which the touch is applied first to a point to which pressing pressure is applied, in response to pressing pressure when the drag is stopped.

Abstract: A capacitor can include a crystallized metal oxide dielectric layer having a first dielectric constant and an amorphous metal oxide dielectric layer, on the crystallized metal oxide dielectric layer, where the amorphous metal oxide dielectric layer has a second dielectric constant that is less than the first dielectric constant and is greater than a dielectric constant of aluminum oxide.

Abstract: A sliding-type signal input device, according to the present invention, includes: a housing having an inner space with an opened upper side; a slide button mounted in the inner space; a flexible printed circuit board which is coupled to enclose an inner wall of the inner space and/or an outer sidewall of the slide button, and which is provided with two or more terminal switches; and a conductor which is arranged to enclose the other one from among the inner wall of the inner space and the outer sidewall of the slide button, and which comes in contact with the terminal switches when the slide button is moved in a lateral direction so as to connect the terminal switches.

Abstract: A touch pad input device includes a touch pad having a touch area formed on an upper surface thereof; a switch installed under the touch pad to generate a signal when a downward external force more than a reference value is applied; a restoring means configured to support elastically upward a lower surface of the touch pad; and a housing in which the touch pad, the switch and the restoring means are installed. Even when only one switch is installed under the touch pad, the switch can be stably operated when each area of the touch pad is pushed, and since the separate printed circuit board for transmitting the pushing signal of the switch is omitted, it is possible to provide a simple internal structure and to reduce a manufacturing cost, and all functions of a mouse and an arrow key can be performed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch panel capable of preventing a moire phenomenon from being generated by forming an electrode pattern so as to have rotational symmetry rather than translation symmetry.

Abstract: An organometallic precursor is represented by a chemical formula of Xn(M)(R1)m(R2)k. M is a central metal. X is a ligand of M and one of 6,6-dimethylfulvenyl, indenyl, cyclopentadienyl and cyclopentadienyl substituted with an amino group. R1 and R2 are ligands of M, and each independently an amino group or an ethylenediamino group. Each n, m and k is a positive integer, and a sum of n, m and k is equal to 3 or 4.

Abstract: A touch panel may include: at least one substrate; a sensor part formed on a mounting region of the at least one substrate so as to sense a user's touch; a wiring unit delivering a detection signal from each sensor node in the sensor part; and a connection part including a plurality of pads to receive detection signals from the wiring unit. The plurality of pads are arranged in at least two rows, with at least two pads in each row.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a touch sensor, including a window substrate, a first electrode pattern adhered onto one surface of the window substrate and including a first metal fine line formed by laminating at least two electrode layers on one surface of a base substrate, and a second electrode pattern including a second metal fine line formed by laminating at least two electrode layers on the other surface of the base substrate. According to an embodiment, the first and the second metal fine lines have a number of laminated electrode layers different from each other.

Abstract: A method of forming an oxide layer. The method includes: forming a layer of reaction-inhibiting functional groups on a surface of a substrate; forming a layer of precursors of a metal or a semiconductor on the layer of the reaction-inhibiting functional groups; and oxidizing the precursors of the metal or the semiconductor in order to obtain a layer of a metal oxide or a semiconductor oxide. According to the method, an oxide layer having a high thickness uniformity may be formed and a semiconductor device having excellent electrical characteristics may be manufactured.

Abstract: There are provided a touch panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a touchscreen apparatus. A touch panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a substrate; a plurality of electrodes formed on an upper surface of the substrate and including conductive lines having a mesh form; and anti-reflective layers formed on upper surfaces of the conductive lines and voids of the substrate, wherein the anti-reflective layer formed on the upper surfaces of the conductive lines has a refractive index different from that of the anti-reflective layer formed on the voids of the substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a dielectric layer with improved electrical characteristics and associated methods, the semiconductor device including a lower metal layer, a dielectric layer, and an upper metal layer sequentially disposed on a semiconductor substrate and an insertion layer disposed between the dielectric layer and at least one of the lower metal layer and the upper metal layer, wherein the dielectric layer includes a metal oxide film and the insertion layer includes a metallic material film.

Abstract: The letter input method of the present invention comprises: a first step of enabling a letter input window including an end button to be displayed on a touch screen at a location separate from a word input window, when a user applies contact pressure to the word input window of the web browser or web site displayed on the touch screen; a second step of inputting relevant letters to the word input window, when the user inputs characters to the character input window; and a third step of generating a driving signal such that the search engine associated with the word input window can be driven by using the letters input to the word input window as search data, when the user selects the end button.

Abstract: A display system input device includes a touchpad including a touch surface; a direction key divided into a plurality of sections on the touch surface, and a switch installed on a bottom surface of the touchpad. At least one among a drag signal, a tap signal, and a click signal is generated using at least one among the touchpad, the direction key, and the switch.