Abstract:
A multi-energy radiation detector may include an array substrate including a plurality of unit circuits, and/or a photoelectric conversion layer on the array substrate. The photoelectric conversion layer may include a plurality of regions having thicknesses different from each other. A method of manufacturing a multi-energy radiation detector may include forming gate and first electrodes by forming and patterning a first metal layer on a substrate; forming an insulating layer on the gate and first electrodes; forming a channel layer by forming and patterning a semiconductor layer on the insulating layer; forming source, drain, and second electrodes by forming and patterning a second metal layer on the channel layer; forming a passivation layer to cover the source, drain, and second electrodes; forming a first photoelectric conversion layer on the passivation layer; and/or forming a second photoelectric conversion layer on part of the first photoelectric conversion layer.
Abstract:
A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer includes a device substrate including a first trench defining a plurality of first portions corresponding to an element and a second trench spaced apart from the first trench; a supporting unit provided on the device substrate, the supporting unit defining a plurality of cavities; a membrane provided on the supporting unit to cover the plurality of cavities; a top electrode electrically connected to a second portion in the second trench through a via hole penetrating through the membrane and the supporting unit; and a through silicon via (TSV) substrate provided on a bottom surface of the device substrate, the TSV substrate including a first via metal connected to the plurality of first portions corresponding to the element and a second via metal connected to the second portion.
Abstract:
A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer includes a device substrate including a first trench confining a plurality of first parts corresponding to a plurality of elements and a second trench confining a second part separated from the plurality of first parts, a supporting unit provided on the device substrate for confining a plurality of cavities corresponding to each of the plurality of elements, a membrane provided on the supporting unit to cover the plurality of cavities, an upper electrode provided on the membrane and electrically connected to the second part in the second trench through a via hole passing through the membrane and the supporting unit, and a through-silicon via (TSV) substrate provided on a lower surface of the device substrate, and including a plurality of first via metals connected to the plurality of first parts and a second via metal connected to the second part.
Abstract:
A breast scanning apparatus which uses photoacoustic ultrasonic waves is provided. The breast scanning apparatus includes a body which includes a first hole and a second hole which are horizontally parallel to each other; a first compression plate and a second compression plate, at least one of which is movable in a vertical direction with respect to the body; a first sliding plate and a second sliding plate, which are respectively installed on surfaces of the first compression plate and the second compression plate and are facing each other and are movable in a first direction; a first ultrasonic transducer array in the first compression plate and facing the first sliding plate; and a first laser head in the first compression plate, which is movable in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction.
Abstract:
Provided are a laser-induced ultrasound generator and a method of manufacturing the laser-induced ultrasound generator. The laser-induced ultrasound generator includes: a substrate including a plurality of nanostructures provided on a first surface of the substrate; and a thermoelastic layer provided on the first surface of the substrate, the thermoelastic layer being configured to generate an ultrasound by absorbing a laser beam incident onto a second surface of the substrate, the second surface facing the first surface. The nanostructures may be cylinder-shaped nano-pillars.
Abstract:
A driver circuit outputs a result of classifying and counting photons based on one or more energy levels to a column line. The driver circuit includes a multiplexer for receiving the result from a counter, a driving inverter for receiving a signal from the multiplexer and a power supply, and a switch connected between the power supply and an input terminal of the driving inverter.
Abstract:
A resistive switching device includes a first material layer between a first electrode and a second electrode. The first material layer has a first region and a second region parallel to the first region. The first region corresponds to a conducting path formed in the first material layer, and is configured to switch from a low-resistance state to a high-resistance state in response to an applied voltage that is greater than or equal to a first voltage. The second region is configured to switch to a first resistance value that is less than a resistance value of the first region in the high-resistance state when the applied voltage is greater than or equal to a second voltage. The first region remains constant or substantially constant when the second region has the first resistance value.
Abstract:
Non-volatile memory elements, memory devices including the same, and methods for operating and manufacturing the same may include a memory layer between a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode. The memory layer may include a first material layer and a second material layer, and may have a resistance change characteristic due to movement of ionic species between the first material layer and the second material layer. At least the first material layer of the first and second material layers may be doped with a metal.
Abstract:
Transistors and methods of manufacturing the same. A transistor may be an oxide thin film transistor (TFT) with a self-aligned top gate structure. The transistor may include a gate insulating layer between a channel region and a gate electrode that extends from two sides of the gate electrode. The gate insulating layer may cover at least a portion of source and drain regions.