Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

I-sens, Inc.

Seok-Won Lee

Joyoung Park

Jong-Dae Park

Seongjun Seo

Jinwoo Park

Jeong-Hwan Lee

Donghan Kim

Tae-Hoon Kim

Kyungho Kim

Hakhyun Nam

Geun Sig Cha

Heung-Kyu Kwon

Young-Ho Lee

Sa-Yoon Kang

Joonhee Lee

Yun-Rae Cho

Yoocheol Shin

Dongseog Eun

Su-Chang Lee

Yung-Cheol Kong

Byoung-Rim Seo

Jae Phil Do

Hyon-chol Kim

Myeongho Lee

Sung Hyuk Choi

Youngjea Kang

Ho-geon Song

Chi-young Lee

Ho Dong Park

Sung Pil Cho

Yungjoon Jin

Yusung Kim

Jin-Woo Park

Chang-Hyun Lee

Sang-Hoon Lee

Tae-Jin Lee

Kyoung-Hoon Kim

Jae-Ho Jung

Joon-Hee Lee

Kyu-Seok Kim

Hyoung-Joo Kim

Dong-Hoon Kim

Jung-dal Choi

Byung-Woong Han

Jeonggil Lee

Byung-Kwan You

Se-In Chang

Hauk Han

Min-Gyu Kim

Kyoung-sei Choi

Hyunseok Lim

Yong-Hyun Kwon

Kihyun Yoon

Oik Kwon

Guy-Ho Cha

Seungwoo Paek

Dong-seog Eun

Sang-Min Kang

Eun-Seok Cho

Kyung-Rok Ko

Yong-Gwang Won

Sang-Hyuck Youn

Hak Hyun Nam

Jae-Cheon Doh

Sunyeong Lee

Jooyeon Ha

Seung-Woo Paek

Young-Seop Rah

Taekeun Cho

Jae-Cheon Do

Jaewon Jung

Seungpil Chung

Jung Uk Ha

Sang Taek Shin

Jaeshin Park

Jiwoong Sue

Jeongsoo Kim

Bo-Na Baek

Hyeonseok Lee

Byeong Keun Kang

A cartridge capable of a centrifugation and an automatic analysis according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: at least two or more sample wells, a centrifugation well, a measuring well, and a tip receiving well, in which a container is formed into a lower portion along a circumference of a circular plate with a predetermined interval, wherein the centrifugation well is sealed with one lid paper along with at least two or more of the sample wells, a blood injection unit is further formed inside of a radius direction for the centrifugation well, the blood injection unit has an outer blood injection hole formed to be spaced inside the centrifugation well in the radius direction, an inclined passage that communicates with the centrifugation well from the outer blood injection hole, and a cover integrally attached to the outer blood injection hole to open and close the blood injection hole.

Cartridge capable of centrifugal separation and automatic analysis

An apparatus for measuring a concentration of an analyte in a bio-sample using an electrochemical bio-sensor, includes a connector with a sample cell in which an oxidation/reduction enzyme and an electron transfer mediator are fixed and a working electrode and an counter electrode are provided; a digital-to-analog converter circuit configured to apply a constant DC voltage to start the oxidation/reduction reaction of the analyte, proceed with an electron transfer reaction, and apply a &#x39b;-step ladder-type perturbation potential for fluctuating a potential of the sample cell after applying the constant DC voltage; and a microcontroller configured to control the digital-to-analog converter circuit and directly obtain a concentration value of the analyte from a calibration equation using the &#x39b;-step ladder-type perturbation potential. The apparatus can improve measurement accuracy by effectively minimizing a matrix interference effect of a background material in a bio-sample, particularly an inaccuracy caused by a change in hematocrit.

Apparatus and method for measuring concentration of an analyte in bio-samples

A three-dimensional semiconductor device is provided as follows. A substrate includes a contact region, a dummy region, and a cell array region. A stack structure includes electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate. The electrodes are stacked to have a first stepwise structure on the contact region and a second stepwise structure in the dummy region. Ends of at least two adjacent electrodes in the second stepwise structure have first sidewalls vertically aligned so that horizontal positions of the first sidewalls are substantially the same.

Three-dimensional semiconductor device

A method for measuring a concentration of an analyte in a bio-sample using an electrochemical bio-sensor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is characterized by a step of obtaining predetermined features from induced currents obtained by applying a DC voltage according to chronoamperometry in which, after a whole blood sample is injected to the electrochemical bio-sensor, a concentration of an analyte is obtained from an induced current obtained by applying a DC voltage for a certain time and from all induced currents obtained by further applying several step-ladder perturbation potentials for a short time subsequent to the DC voltage for the certain time, and is also characterized by minimization of a measurement error caused by a hindering material by forming a calibration equation by combining the at least one feature in a function and optimizing various conditions of the bio-sample through DeletedTextsmultivariable analysis. With this configuration, a perturbation potential application method added to a conventional measurement method can maintain a bio-sensor and a measuring apparatus already used, a line used in the measuring apparatus, and calibration of amperometry as they are, improve accuracy in measurement by effectively minimizing a matrix interference effect of a background material in a bio-sample, particularly an inaccuracy caused by a change in hematocrit, and also remarkably improve accuracy in measurement by simply upgrading a measurement program of a conventional measuring apparatus.

Apparatus and method for measuring concentration of an analyte in whole blood samples

A modular automatic analyzer using a circular type cartridge enabling centrifugation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a main body frame; an X-axis conveying unit which reciprocally moves in an X-axis direction with respect to the main body frame; a circular type cartridge accommodating housing which is installed with respect to the X-axis conveying unit so as to be reciprocally movable in the X-axis direction by the X-axis conveying unit, a single rotation drive unit which is installed in the circular type cartridge accommodating housing and is rotated step by step at a predetermined interval or rotated at a high speed for centrifugation, a circular type cartridge which is installed at an upper surface of the circular type cartridge accommodating housing so as to be rotatably connected to the rotation drive unit and has wells disposed to be spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of a disc-shaped main body, a tip lifting unit which picks up and moves a tip upward and downward, a measurement unit which measures a reaction in the well, a Z-axis drive unit which is provided with the tip lifting unit and the measurement unit and reciprocally operates in a Z-axis direction with respect to the main body frame, and a control unit C which controls an automatic immunity analyzer.

Circular type cartridge enabling centrifugation and modular automatic analyzer using the same

A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate that includes a first cell array region and a peripheral region, a plurality of stack structures that extend in the first direction on the first cell array region and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, an insulation layer that covers the stack structures, and at least one separation structure that extends in the second direction on the peripheral region and penetrates the insulation layer in a direction normal to a top surface of the substrate.

Semiconductor memory devices having separation structures

Disclosed is a semiconductor memory device including stacks on a substrate, a vertical channel portion connected to the substrate through each of the stacks, and a separation pattern disposed between the stacks. Each of the stacks may include a plurality of gate electrodes stacked on the substrate and insulating patterns interposed between the gate electrodes. Each of the gate electrodes may include a first metal pattern, which is disposed between the insulating patterns to define a recess region recessed toward the vertical channel portion, and a second metal pattern disposed in the recess region. The first and second metal patterns may contain the same metallic material and may have mean grain sizes different from each other.

Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices

A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell region and a connection region. A stack is disposed on the substrate. A vertical channel structure penetrates the stack in the cell region. The stack includes electrode patterns and insulating patterns which are alternatingly and repeatedly stacked on the substrate. Each of the electrode patterns may extend in a first direction and include a pad portion. The pad portion is positioned in the connection region. The pad portion includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall that extend in the first direction on opposite sides of the pad portion. The first sidewall has a recessed portion that is recessed in a second direction crossing the first direction toward the second sidewall.

A vertical memory device includes a substrate, a channel, gate lines and a connecting portion. A plurality of the channels extend in a first direction which is vertical to a top surface of a substrate. A plurality of the gate lines are stacked in the first direction to be spaced apart from each other and extend in a second, lengthwise direction, each gate line intersecting a set of channels and surrounding outer sidewalls of each channel of the set of channels. The gate lines forms a stepped structure which includes a plurality of vertical levels. A connecting portion connects a group of gate lines of the plurality of gate lines located at the same vertical level, the connecting portion diverging from the second direction in which the gate lines of the group of gate lines extend.

Vertical memory device with gate lines at the same level connected

Provided is semiconductor package, including a semiconductor chip; an upper structure over the semiconductor chip, the upper structure having a first thermal expansion coefficient; and a lower structure under the semiconductor chip, the lower structure having a second thermal expansion coefficient of less than or equal to the first thermal expansion coefficient.

Semiconductor package

Provided are methods of forming a stack of electrodes and three-dimensional semiconductor devices fabricated thereby. The device may include electrodes sequentially stacked on a substrate to constitute an electrode structure. each of the electrodes may include a connection portion protruding horizontally and outward from a sidewall of one of the electrodes located thereon and an aligned portion having a sidewall coplanar with that of one of the electrodes located thereon or thereunder. Here, at least two of the electrodes provided vertically adjacent to each other may be provided in such a way that the aligned portions thereof have sidewalls that are substantially aligned to be coplanar with each other.

Methods of forming a stack of electrodes and three-dimensional semiconductor devices fabricated thereby

Three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor devices are provided. The 3D semiconductor device includes a plurality of dummy pillars penetrating each cell pad of an electrode structure and the electrode structure disposed under each cell pad. Insulating patterns of a mold stack structure for formation of the electrode structure may be supported by the plurality of dummy pillars, so transformation and contact of the insulating patterns may be minimized or prevented.

Three-dimensional semiconductor devices

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Seok-Won Lee