Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming on a substrate gate electrodes extending in a first direction and spaced apart from each other in a second direction, forming capping patterns on the gate electrodes, forming interlayer dielectric layer filling spaces between adjacent gate electrodes, forming a hardmask on the interlayer dielectric layer with an opening selectively exposing second to fourth capping patterns, using the hardmask as an etch mask to form holes in the interlayer dielectric layer between the second and third gate electrodes and between the third and fourth gate electrodes, forming a barrier layer and a conductive layer in the holes, performing a first planarization to expose the hardmask, performing a second planarization to expose a portion of the barrier layer covering the second to fourth capping patterns, and performing a third planarization to completely expose the first to fourth capping patterns.
Abstract:
Provided is a decompression apparatus and method thereof for decompressing rendering data. The decompression apparatus includes a data parsing unit configured to acquire a control component and a texture component from compressed input data including rendering information of an object, a decompression controller configured to allocate the control component to a control unit, wherein the control unit extracts a control command from the control component, and a logic calculation unit configured to, based on the control command, restore texture data of the object from the texture component.
Abstract:
A dryer which comprises: a communication interface; a drum; a driving motor to drive the drum; a hot wind supplying device to supply hot air to the drum; a sensing device that is self-generating whereby power is generated according to a movement of the sensing device as the drum rotates while the drum is being driven by the driving motor, and transmitting, through the communication interface, a harvester voltage value obtained in association with the sensing device and sensing data sensed by the sensing device; and a processor configured to acquire the sensing data from the sensing device, the sensing data acquired being based on the harvester voltage value which is transmitted from the sensing device while the driving motor is being controlled based on an input of a user, and control an operation of the hot wind supplying device based on the acquired sensing data.
Abstract:
A dryer comprising: a user interface configured to receive input for a drying course; a communication interface; a drum; a hot air supply device to supply hot air to the drum; a sensing device, enabled to self-generate power based on a movement of the sensing device inside the drum while the drum is being rotated and transmits sensing data according to a voltage generated according to the self-power generation to the communication interface; and a processor to control an operation of the hot air supply device on the basis of the input for the drying course received through the user interface, where the control of the operation of the hot wind supplying device by the processor includes determining an operation time during which the hot air supply device operates to supply the hot air to the drum on the basis of the sensing data.
Abstract:
An interface circuit including: a first transmission circuit outputting a first signal to a transmission line via first transfer pads; and a second transmission circuit outputting a second signal to the transmission line via second transfer pads, the first transmission circuit includes a first termination resistor block including a switch and a first termination resistor connected between the first transfer pads, the second transmission circuit includes a second termination resistor block including a switch and a second termination resistor connected between the second transfer pads, and when the first transmission circuit outputs the first signal, the second termination resistor block detects the first signal, and when the first transmission circuit is in a low-power operation mode, the second termination resistor block disconnects the second termination resistor, and when the first transmission circuit is in a high-speed data transfer mode, the second termination resistor block connects the second termination resistor.
Abstract:
A method of controlling an electronic device includes, based on obtaining first text information corresponding to a user query, identifying a main query corresponding to the first text information; obtaining a plurality of responses related to the main query; identifying a plurality of phrases included in the first text information; identifying at least one first phrase corresponding to the main query among the plurality of phrases based on a similarity between the plurality of phrases and the main query; identifying, among the plurality of responses, at least one first response corresponding to a remaining second phrase, among the plurality of phrases except the at least one first phrase, based on a similarity between each of the plurality of responses and the remaining second phrase; and providing second text information corresponding to a remaining second response other than the at least one first response among the plurality of responses.
Abstract:
A patterning method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming, for example sequentially forming, a lower buffer layer, a first channel semiconductor layer, and a capping insulating layer on a substrate, forming an opening to penetrate the capping insulating layer and the first channel semiconductor layer and expose a portion of the lower buffer layer, forming a second channel semiconductor layer to fill the opening and include a first portion protruding above the capping insulating layer, performing a first CMP process to remove at least a portion of the first portion, removing the capping insulating layer, and performing a second CMP process to remove at least a portion of a second portion of the second channel semiconductor layer protruding above the first channel semiconductor layer.
Abstract:
A method and a device for texture filtering include determining an upper mipmap and a lower mipmap based on a level of detail (LOD) value corresponding to a quad, obtaining first color values corresponding to the upper mipmap, obtaining second color values corresponding to the lower mipmap, and obtaining third color values of the pixels of the quad by using linear interpolation, based on the obtained first and second color values.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an etchant, a method of making an etchant, an etching method and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same. The etching method includes supplying an etchant on an etch-target layer to etch the etch-target layer in a wet etch manner. The etchant contains a basic compound and a sugar alcohol, and the basic compound contains ammonium hydroxide or tetraalkyl ammonium hydroxide. In the etchant, the sugar alcohol has 0.1 to 10 parts by weight for every 100 parts by weight of the basic compound.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus of processing rendering data are disclosed. The method of processing rendering data includes comparing texture information of a first tile with texture information of a second tile that is rendered after the first tile, selecting at least one piece of texture data from pieces of texture data of the first tile according to a frequency of use of the at least one piece of texture data for rendering the second tile, and changing the selected at least one piece of texture data into another piece of texture data. When an image is rendered, the method and apparatus may more efficiently use resources.