Abstract:
A fingerprint sensor and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The fingerprint sensor includes an active region including driving electrodes and sensing electrodes crossing the driving electrodes, tracer regions connected respectively to the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes, and shield layers disposed respectively on the tracer regions.
Abstract:
A touch screen device includes a touch pad including driving lines and sensing lines intersecting the driving lines, a driver configured to apply a driving signal to the driving lines, a signal output collector configured to receive a touch signal from the sensing lines, and a controller configured to control the driver and the signal output collector. The controller is further configured to control the driver to perform primary scanning to sequentially apply the driving signal to first driving lines disposed at predetermined intervals, among the driving lines, determine a scanning region, based on a first driving line where a touch is sensed among the first driving lines to which the driving signal is applied, and control the driver to perform secondary scanning to sequentially apply the driving signal to second driving lines included in the determined scanning region, among the driving lines.
Abstract:
A touch sensor includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a capacitance measurer configured to measure mutual capacitances between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. Each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of loop patterns.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an organic-inorganic composite thin film may include: forming a thin film from a paste that includes an inorganic powder and an organic compound binder by using a screen printing process; and/or performing a pressing process and a heating process with respect to the thin film. The heating process may be performed at a glass transition temperature of the organic compound binder or in a temperature range higher than the glass transition temperature of the organic compound binder. An X-ray detector configured to detect X-rays irradiated from an outside of the X-ray detector may include: a photoconductive material layer in which electron-hole pairs are formed due to absorption of the X-rays. The photoconductive material layer may be formed of an organic-inorganic composite thin film that includes an inorganic powder and an organic compound binder.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a light modulating apparatus. The light modulating apparatus includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a light modulating device that absorbs or transmit light incident on the pixel array according to an applied voltage, a flip-flop circuit that outputs a first voltage based on a device driving signal indicating a level of a second voltage applied to be applied to the light modulating device, and an amplifier that amplifies the first voltage to generate the second voltage and applies the second voltage to the light modulating device.
Abstract:
A light modulator may include: a light modulating unit formed as a pixel-array type by using a PIN diode including multiple quantum wells including a Group-III nitride semiconductor material, and configured to modulate light by electroabsorption; and/or a control unit including a transistor configured to control voltage applied to the PIN diode of the light modulating unit. The PIN diode and the transistor may be arrayed in an active matrix form.
Abstract:
A thermal image sensor includes a substrate; a composite layer including an absorption layer and a sensor array layer provided below the absorption layer, the sensor array layer including a plurality of temperature sensing cells, the composite layer having a pattern formed therein, and the pattern including at least one hole penetrating through the absorption layer; and a support separating the substrate from the composite layer.
Abstract:
A long wavelength infrared sensor includes a first magnetoresistive unit; a second magnetoresistive unit; and a light absorption layer that absorbs light and emits heat, wherein the first magnetoresistive unit includes a first magnetoresistive element and a second magnetoresistive element electrically connected to each other, the second magnetoresistive unit includes a third magnetoresistive element and a fourth magnetoresistive element electrically connected to each other, the first and third magnetoresistive elements each have an antiparallel state of magnetization direction, the second and fourth magnetoresistive elements each have a parallel state of magnetization direction, and the first magnetoresistive element is electrically connected to the third magnetoresistive element by way of the second magnetoresistive element.
Abstract:
A fingerprint sensor and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The fingerprint sensor includes an active region including driving electrodes and sensing electrodes crossing the driving electrodes, tracer regions connected respectively to the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes, and shield layers disposed respectively on the tracer regions.
Abstract:
Provided is a method of evaluating performance of a bio-sensor. The method may include obtaining an input bio-image by using the bio-sensor that is to be evaluated; obtaining a sample database including information of M reference bio-images, where M is a natural number; and calculating a quality score of the input bio-image based on the input bio-image and the information in the sample database. The quality score may provide an objective and quantitative score for evaluating a bio-image.