Abstract:
A semiconductor device fabrication method includes sequentially forming a hard mask layer and a sacrificial layer on a substrate, forming an upper mandrel which includes first to third upper sub-mandrels on the sacrificial layer, the first to third upper sub-mandrels extending in a first direction and being spaced apart from each other in a second direction, a width of the first upper sub-mandrel being smaller than widths of the second and third upper sub-mandrels, forming first spacers on sidewalls of each of the upper sub-mandrels, removing the upper mandrel, etching the sacrificial layer using the first spacers as etching masks to form a lower mandrel that includes a plurality of sub-mandrels, forming second spacers on sidewalls of the lower sub-mandrels, removing the lower mandrel, patterning the hard mask layer and the substrate using the second spacers as etching masks to form first to tenth fins which extend alongside each other in the first direction and are spaced apart from each other in the second direction, removing the first, second, fifth and eighth fins, and forming a first gate electrode that intersects the third, fourth, sixth and seventh fins, and a second gate electrode that intersects the sixth, seventh, ninth and tenth fins while not intersecting the third and fourth fins.
Abstract:
A dual-port SRAM device includes a substrate having a field region and first to fourth active fins extending in a first direction, and a unit cell having first to eighth gate structures. The first and second gate structures are on the first, second and fourth active fins, and extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. The third and fourth gate structures are on the first, second and third active fins, and extend in the second direction. The fifth and sixth gate structures are on the third active fin, and extend in the second direction. The seventh and eighth gate structures are on the fourth active fin, and extend in the second direction. The sixth gate structure is electrically connected to the third gate structure through the first contact plug, and the seventh gate structure is electrically connected to the second gate structure through a second contact plug.
Abstract:
An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix of a plurality of rows and columns and each of the plurality of pixels being configured to convert intensity of incident light into an electrical image signal; and an extended counting analog-to-digital converter configured to perform a first analog-to-digital conversion to provide a digital signal from an output signal of the pixel array, to obtain a residue using the output signal of the pixel array and the digital signal, and to perform a second analog-to-digital conversion using the residue.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a fuel cell system, which reduces the temperature of exhaust gas discharged from a fuel cell stack to a humidifier to increase the humidity thereof when the fuel cell stack operates at high temperature and high power, and thus improves the humidification performance for air as an oxidant in the humidifier and improves the performance of the fuel cell stack.For this purpose, the present invention provides a fuel cell system in which an intercooler is installed in an exhaust gas pipe, which connects a cathode outlet of the fuel cell stack and the humidifier, to cool the exhaust gas as a water supply source of the humidifier such that the intercooler reduces the temperature of the exhaust gas and, at the same time, increase the humidity thereof, thus improving humidification performance for air as an oxidant in the humidifier.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for monitoring power consumption of an appliance includes a processor in communication with a memory, the memory including program instructions for execution by the processor to determine a first stable power consumption state of the appliance, record a power consumption of the appliance during the first stable power consumption state, determine an unstable power consumption state of the appliance, suspend recording of the power consumption of the appliance during the unstable state, determine a second stable power consumption state of the appliance, resume recording of the power consumption of the appliance when the appliance is in the second stable power consumption state, and estimate a value of a power consumed during the unstable power consumption state as a factor of the recorded power consumption of the appliance during the first stable power consumption state and the second stable power consumption power state.
Abstract:
A multi-functional device comprising an image forming apparatus to form a printing image and a scanner module to scan an image. The scanner module includes an illuminator to illuminate a light to a document mount, a sensor unit to read an image information of an object placed on the document mount, and an imaging lens to focus the light reflected from the object onto the sensor unit. The illuminator includes a light source to emit light, a light guiding unit and changes a traveling path of the light emitted from the light source to illuminate the document mount, and a guide holder which comprises an installation part where the light guiding unit is installed, and a mounting part where the light source holder is mounted to provide the light source at least one side of the light guiding unit.
Abstract:
An object detection method and apparatus is provided. When an object pixel having a target pixel value is found while an image including an object is scanned at intervals of a preset number of pixels, whether or not each pixel around the object pixel has the target pixel value is sequentially determined, while spreading to pixels around the object pixel, to find an entire pixel region constituting the object and position values of the found pixels are stored. This ensures that an entire pixel region of the object is simply, easily, quickly, and correctly found.
Abstract:
Disclosed therein is a method for preparing a polyacrylonitrile-based polymer for preparation of carbon fiber having a melting point controlled by selecting an optimal energy of microwave, and a method for preparing a carbon fiber through melt spinning using the preparation method for polyacrylonitrile-based polymer. The present invention uses microwave to control the properties of the polyacrylonitrile-based polymer in a simplified way and prepare the polymer optimized for preparation of carbon fiber precursor through melt spinning for a short polymerization time, and provides a means for mass production of the polyacrylonitrile-based polymer being suitable for melt spinning at a temperature lower than the stabilization temperature and acquiring properties adequate to preparation of carbon fiber through stabilization. Hence, the present invention is expected to contribute to mass production of high-performance carbon fibers at reduced cost.
Abstract:
An image sensor comprises a plurality of pixel units connected to a column line, a signal process circuit configured to process a signal output from the column line according to a switching operation, and a kick-back noise blocking circuit configured to reduce kick-back noise caused by the switching operation. Each of the pixel units includes a photoelectric conversion element. The kick-back noise blocking circuit is connected between the column line and the signal process circuit.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a solar cell includes forming a doped portion having a first conductive type on a semiconductor substrate, growing an oxide layer on the semiconductor substrate, forming a plurality of recess portions in the oxide layer, further growing the oxide layer on the semiconductor substrate, forming a doped portion having a second conductive type on areas of the semiconductor substrate corresponding to the recess portions, forming a first conductive electrode electrically coupled to the doped portion having the first conductive type, and forming a second conductive electrode on the semiconductor substrate and electrically coupled to the doped portion having the second conductive type, wherein a gap between the doped portions having the first and second conductive types corresponds to a width of the oxide layer formed by further growing the oxide layer.