Abstract: A pipe latch circuit comprises a reset signal generating unit which receives a read-write flag signal and a read period signal and generates a reset signal, wherein the reset signal is enabled upon entry into a write operation or after all data are outputted to an outside upon read operation, an input/output control signal generating unit which generates a plurality of input control signals and output control signals in response to a read strobe signal and a clock signal, and is reset in response to the reset signal, and a pipe latch unit which latches inputted data in response to the input control signals and outputs the latched data in response to the output control signals.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes providing a first substrate including a pixel portion and a circuit portion, the circuit portion having first and second regions; forming an active pattern and a first gate insulation film at the pixel portion and the circuit portion and forming a storage electrode on a portion of the active pattern of the pixel portion; forming a second gate insulation film on the first substrate; forming a gate electrode at the first region and forming p+ source and drain regions at portions of the active pattern of the first region; forming a gate electrode at the pixel portion and the second region, and forming a common line at the pixel portion; forming n+ source and drain regions at the pixel portion and at a portion of the active pattern of the second region; and joining the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A method of crystallizing amorphous silicon includes forming an amorphous silicon film over a substrate, crystallizing the amorphous silicon film to form a polycrystalline silicon film using a sequential lateral solidification crystallization method, and performing a surface treatment to the polycrystalline silicon film, wherein the sequential lateral solidification crystallization method includes at least a first application of a first laser beam having a first energy density that completely melts a first uncrystallized portion of the amorphous silicon film and melts a first crystallized portion of the amorphous silicon film, and the surface treatment includes application of a second laser beam having a second energy density that partially melts an entire surface of the polycrystalline silicon film.

Abstract: A crystallization method and system are provided which improve a crystallization process by deciding a best-fit focal plane for a laser beam using a test mask and then applying the decided best-fit focal plane to the crystallization process. The crystallization method includes loading a test mask on a mask stage; deciding a best-fit focal plane by performing a crystallization test using the test mask, checking the test result and deciding conditions of a best-fit focal plane from the test result; moving the mask stage to a position corresponding to the best-fit focal plane; loading a mask for crystallization process onto the moved mask stage; and performing the crystallization process using the mask for crystallization process.

Abstract: A novel silicon crystallization apparatus and a silicon crystallization method renders it is possible to form alignment key without additional photolithography, and to adjust a substrate to a correct position by sensing a deviation of the substrate when the substrate is loaded. The silicon crystallization apparatus includes a moving stage being moved in a horizontal direction, and a fixing plate provided in the moving stage, to fix a substrate. A rotating frame is provided in the moving stage, to rotate the fixing plate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes an insulating substrate having a pixel portion divided into a thin film transistor region and a storage region, a first active layer formed on the substrate to cover at least the thin film transistor region, and a storage electrode formed on the first active layer to selectively cover the storage region.

Abstract: A sensor for detecting surface defects of a metal tube solves a problem of a conventional eddy current probe in that it is difficult to detect a crack in the circumferential direction of a metal tube. The sensor includes a plurality of coils wound at a predetermined inclined angle. The plurality of coils is inserted into the inside of a metal tube. Alternating current is applied to the coils to measure a change in impedance of the coils due to a change in an eddy current generated in the metal tube, thus detecting a surface defect of the metal tube.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The method for fabricating a liquid crystal display includes preparing an insulating substrate defining a pixel portion divided into a thin film transistor region and a storage region, sequentially forming a polycrystalline silicon film and a storage electrode film on an entire surface of the substrate, selectively patterning the storage electrode film and the polycrystalline silicon film to form a pixel pattern that covers the pixel portion, and selectively removing the storage electrode film in the thin film transistor region to simultaneously form a first active layer in the thin film transistor region and form a storage electrode in the storage region, wherein the active layer is formed of the polycrystalline silicon film and the storage electrode is formed of the storage electrode film.

Abstract: A method of preparing siRNAs for selective inhibition of target mRNA isotypes comprises: dividing target mRNA isotypes intended to inhibit the expression thereof and non-target mRNA isotypes from the mRNA isotypes of a gene; allotting a common location information region (A) of exons on genome DNA corresponding to the target mRNA isotypes; allotting a location information region (B) present specifically in exons of genome DNA corresponding to target mRNAs by excluding the location information region of exons on genome DNA corresponding to non-target mRNA from the location information region (A); determining base sequences in the target mRNAs corresponding to the location information region (B); and obtaining siRNA sequences for inhibiting the determined base sequences specifically.

Abstract: An LCD device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The LCD device comprises a first substrate divided into a pixel unit and a circuit unit. Active patterns are disposed in the pixel unit and the circuit unit of the first substrate. A first insulating film is disposed on the first substrate. Gate electrodes are disposed in the pixel unit and the circuit unit of the first substrate, and common lines are disposed in the pixel unit of the first substrate. First contact holes and second contact holes are disposed in regions of the first insulating film, the first interlayer insulating film and the second interlayer insulating film. Source electrodes and drain electrodes electrically connect to the source regions and the drain regions of the active patterns through the first contact holes and the second contact holes.

Abstract: An embodiment of a laser crystallization method includes providing a substrate on which an amorphous silicon thin film is deposited, positioning a laser mask over the substrate, the laser mask including a mask pattern that contains transmitting regions and a blocking region, irradiating a first laser beam onto a surface of the substrate through the pattern of the laser mask to first crystallize a predetermined region of the silicon thin film, moving the laser mask or a stage on which the substrate is loaded in an X-axis direction to perform second crystallization using the laser mask, repeatedly performing the crystallization to an end of the substrate in the X-axis direction, moving the laser mask or the stage in a Y-axis direction, and repeatedly performing the crystallization in the Y-axis direction to complete crystallization.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes providing a first substrate including a pixel portion and a circuit portion, the circuit portion having first and second regions; forming an active pattern and a first gate insulation film at the pixel portion and the circuit portion and forming a storage electrode on a portion of the active pattern of the pixel portion; forming a second gate insulation film on the first substrate; forming a gate electrode at the first region and forming p+ source and drain regions at portions of the active pattern of the first region; forming a gate electrode at the pixel portion and the second region, and forming a common line at the pixel portion; forming n+ source and drain regions at the pixel portion and at a portion of the active pattern of the second region; and joining the first and second substrates.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sensor for detecting surface defects of a metal tube, which can solve a problem of a conventional eddy current probe in that it is difficult to detect a crack in the circumferential direction of a metal tube. For this purpose, the present provides a sensor for detecting surface defects of a metal tube, the sensor including a plurality of coils wound at a predetermined inclined angle, wherein the plurality of coils is inserted into the inside of a metal tube and an alternating current is applied to the coils to measure a change in impedance of the coils due to a change in an eddy current generated in the metal tube, thus detecting a surface defect of the metal tube.

Abstract: A sequential lateral solidification (SLS) device and a method of crystallizing silicon using the same is disclosed, wherein alignment keys are formed on a substrate with one mask having a plurality of different patterns, and a crystallization process is progressed in parallel to an imaginary line connecting the alignment keys with information for a distance between the mask and the alignment key. The SLS device includes a laser beam generator for irradiating laser beams; a mask having a plurality of areas; a mask stage for moving the mask loaded thereto, to transmit a laser beam through a selective area of the mask; and a substrate stage for moving a substrate loaded thereto, to change portions of the substrate irradiated with the laser beam passing through the mask.

Abstract: A laser mask includes a mask pattern with edges having inverted shapes to alleviate the effects of diffraction of laser beams to reduce overlap regions such that crystallization characteristics are improved. The laser mask includes a mask pattern that includes transmitting regions and a blocking region. The edges of the mask have shapes inverted to the shapes of the edges of a silicon thin film crystallized by the pattern.

Abstract: An array substrate for an LCD device includes a first TFT including a first semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode, wherein the first gate electrode is directly over the first semiconductor layer; a first protrusion extending from the first gate electrode along an edge of the first semiconductor layer; a second TFT including a second semiconductor layer, a second gate electrode, wherein the second gate electrode is directly over the second semiconductor layer; a second protrusion extending from the second gate electrode along an edge of the second semiconductor layer; a third TFT connected to crossed data and gate lines including a third semiconductor layer, a third gate electrode, wherein the third gate electrode is directly over the third semiconductor layer; a third protrusion extending from the third gate electrode along an edge of the third semiconductor layer; and a pixel electrode.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes providing a first substrate including a pixel portion and a circuit portion, the circuit portion having first and second regions; forming an active pattern and a first gate insulation film at the pixel portion and the circuit portion and forming a storage electrode on a portion of the active pattern of the pixel portion; forming a second gate insulation film on the first substrate; forming a gate electrode at the first region and forming p+ source and drain regions at portions of the active pattern of the first region; forming a gate electrode at the pixel portion and the second region, and forming a common line at the pixel portion; forming n+ source and drain regions at the pixel portion and at a portion of the active pattern of the second region; and joining the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A inhibition method of target mRNA expression includes: (a) obtaining binding energy of a double combination section on a dsRNA sequence of all combination comprising complementary nucleotides to a random target mRNA; (b) dividing the binding energy into four sections on the dsRNA sequence of each combination to obtain a difference of the mean binding energy between each section and convert into a score of a relative combination energy pattern; (c) selecting siRNA whose inhibition efficiency to target mRNA is expected to be high by applying the converted score to the dsRNA sequence with other factors that affect the efficiency of siRNA; and (d) inhibiting target mRNA expression using the selected siRNA.

Abstract: Provided is a DC/DC converter including a power supply unit that includes a transformer having one primary side and a plurality of secondary sides and outputs a plurality of driving voltages for driving a load; and a constant current converting unit that is connected to one secondary side and a low-voltage stage of another secondary side adjacent to the one secondary side among the plurality of secondary sides of the transformer and boosts a driving voltage output from the one secondary side.