Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells; a housing accommodating the plurality of battery cells; a plurality of bus bars electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells; and a first welding portion for coupling a first electrode terminal provided in each of the plurality of battery cells to the bus bar and a second welding portion for coupling a second electrode terminal provided in each of the plurality of battery cells to the bus bar. At least one of the first welding portion and the second welding portion includes a region in which a laser welding line formed on the bus bar proceeds in a direction opposite to an extension direction of the welding portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a substrate transfer unit configured to transfer a substrate, a rail unit including a driving rail extending in a first direction that the substrate transfer unit moves and a stopper on a side of the driving rail in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a lifting unit configured to move in the first direction and a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions to remove the substrate transfer unit from the rail unit, wherein the lifting unit is configured to contact the stopper to move the stopper from a closed state to an open state.

Abstract: An inter-floor transport system includes a first interface unit at a first floor and configured to receive containers from a transport vehicle, and a car configured to receive containers from the first interface unit at the first floor and move containers to a second floor, where the car includes a cage, a storage unit in the cage and including a plurality of storage areas, and an arrangement unit in the cage, the arrangement unit being configured to receive containers from the first interface unit and store containers in respective storage areas of the plurality of storage areas of the storage unit.

Abstract: A unit page buffer block includes first to fourth page buffer pairs. Each of the page buffer pairs includes a common column decoder block; and an upper page buffer stage and a lower page buffer stage electrically and commonly connected to the common column decoder block. Each of the upper page buffer stages includes an upper selection block; an upper latch block; and an upper cache block. Each of the lower page buffer stage includes a lower selection block; a lower latch block; and a lower cache block. Each of the upper selection blocks includes first to fourth sub-selection blocks. Each of the upper and lower latch blocks includes first to twelfth upper sub-latch blocks. Each of the upper and lower cache blocks includes first to twelfth upper sub-cache blocks. Each of the common column decoder block includes first to third sub-common column decoder blocks arranged in a row direction.

Abstract: A picture generation apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a picture generation apparatus including a light source; a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) configured to output an image using light transmitted from the light source; and a control unit configured to control the light source and the SLM based on at least one of illuminance of the surroundings or content of the image.

Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery which includes: a silicon-silicon oxide-magnesium silicate composite comprising a silicon oxide (SiOx, 0<x?2) matrix; and silicon (Si) crystal grains, MgSiO3 crystal grains and Mg2SiO4 crystal grains present in the silicon oxide matrix, wherein the MgSiO3 crystal grains have a crystal size of 5-30 nm and the Mg2SiO4 crystal grains have a crystal size of 20-100 nm in the silicon-silicon oxide-magnesium silicate composite, and the content ratio of MgSiO3 crystal grains to Mg2SiO4 crystal grains is 2:1-1:1 on the weight basis. A method for preparing the negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a naphthalimide sulfonate derivative, and a photoacid generator and a photoresist composition each comprising same and, more specifically, to a naphthalimide sulfonate derivative compound, and a photoacid generator and a photoresist composition each comprising same, wherein the compound has excellent absorbance for light of i-line (365 nm) wavelength, is greatly easy to prepare into a polymerizable composition due to very high solubility in an organic solvent, has good thermal stability, and shows a favorable acid generation rate.

Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor device may comprise a first cell region, a second cell region, and a via plug region disposed between the first cell region and the second cell region; a word line stack disposed in the first cell region, the via plug region, and the second cell region, the word line stack including a plurality of word lines and a plurality of interlayer insulating layers which are alternately stacked; and a plurality of via plugs exclusively connected to the plurality of the word lines, respectively, by vertically penetrating through the word line stack in the via plug region. The via plugs may have an arrangement of a zigzag pattern in a row direction from a top view. The diameters of the via plugs may increase in the row direction.

Abstract: A memory may include a first wafer, and a second wafer stacked on and bonded to the first wafer. The first wafer may include a cell structure including a memory cell array; and a first logic structure disposed under the cell structure, and including a row control circuit. The second wafer may include a second logic structure including a column control circuit.

Abstract: Provided is a bonding apparatus. The bonding apparatus includes a stage configured to accommodate a substrate, a laser light source configured to provide laser light to devices on the substrate, and a bonding plate provided between the laser light source and the stage and configured to provide the devices on the substrate. The bonding plate includes a transparent substrate; a transparent layer below the transparent substrate; an device adhesion layer below the transparent layer and a reflective pattern provided above or below the transparent substrate and the transparent layer.

Abstract: A method of determining an End Point Detection (EPD) time and an electronic device for performing the method are provided. The electronic device includes a processor and a memory electrically connected to the processor and configured to store commands executed by the processor. The processor may be configured to recognize an utterance when the commands are executed, determine an End Point Detection (EPD) time for terminating recognition of the utterance based on utterance data stored in the memory, and terminate the recognition of the utterance when the utterance is not additionally input within the EPD time. The utterance data may include sentence data, which includes a pattern related to a sentence type of the utterance, and word data, which includes a word of the utterance.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining at least a portion of an audio stream containing speech activity. At least the portion of the audio stream includes multiple segments. The method also includes, for each of the multiple segments, generating an embedding vector that represents the segment. The method further includes, within each of multiple local windows, clustering the embedding vectors into one or more clusters to perform speaker identification. Different clusters correspond to different speakers. The method also includes presenting at least one first sequence of speaker identities based on the speaker identification performed for the local windows. The method further includes, within each of multiple global windows, clustering the embedding vectors into one or more clusters to perform speaker identification. Each global window includes two or more local windows.

Abstract: Provided is an organic-inorganic compound including a first structural body and a curable reactive group, wherein the first structural body may have a structure in which silane and isohexide are chemically bonded through a silyl ether bond.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an apparatus for supporting automatic speech recognition in an electronic device capable of performing natural language processing, and an operating method thereof. To this end, based on one or more partial texts recognized sequentially from an audio signal input from a microphone, the electronic device may identify an utterance type for the input audio signal. The electronic device may adaptively determine a hangover time, based on the utterance type, and may detect an end of an utterance of the audio signal by applying the determined hangover time.

Abstract: Provided are a microwave heating device and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor packaging using the same. The microwave heating device includes a microwave generator configured to generate microwaves, a microwave absorbing layer configured to receive the microwaves so as to be heated, a temperature measuring layer provided on the microwave absorbing layer, a sensor configured to detect a temperature of the temperature measuring layer, and a controller connected to the sensor and the microwave generator to determine the temperature of the microwave absorbing layer using a detection signal of the sensor, the controller being configured to control a voltage of the microwaves provided from the microwave generator based on the temperature of the microwave absorbing layer.

Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a counting code generator configured to generate a counting code, a pixel array including at least one pixel, a correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit configured to compare a magnitude of a pixel signal output from the at least one pixel with a magnitude of a ramp signal and to output a corresponding comparison signal, a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse signal synchronized with a first clock signal based on the comparison signal, and a counter circuit configured to latch a value of the counting code to correspond to a transition of a level of the comparison signal based on the pulse signal.

Abstract: An analog-digital converter includes a count code generator to receive a code generation clock signal from a clock signal generator and to output a count code according to the code generation clock signal, a latch to latch the count code, an operating circuit to generate a count value of the count code and to output a digital signal based on the count value, and a transfer controller to transfer the count code from the latch to the operating circuit. The transfer controller determines whether to transfer the count code according to a logic level of a count enable clock signal generated from the clock signal generator.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clip for an injector, in particular, the clip for the injector including a base portion and an elastic piece of the clip that elastically support the upper surface of a connector housing and the lower surface of an injector cup, thus attenuating fuel injection load. In addition, an engaging piece of the clip is inserted into an engaging portion of the injector cup, thus preventing the rotation of the injector.

Abstract: An analog-digital converter includes a count code generator to receive a code generation clock signal from a clock signal generator and to output a count code according to the code generation clock signal, a latch to latch the count code, an operating circuit to generate a count value of the count code and to output a digital signal based on the count value, and a transfer controller to transfer the count code from the latch to the operating circuit. The transfer controller determines whether to transfer the count code according to a logic level of a count enable clock signal generated from the clock signal generator.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a microphone; an audio connector; a wireless communication circuit; a processor operatively connected to the microphone, the audio connector, and the wireless communication circuit; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: receive a first audio signal through the microphone, the audio connector, or the wireless communication circuit, extract audio feature information from the first audio signal, and recognize a speech section in a second audio signal, received after the first audio signal through the microphone, the audio connector, or the wireless communication circuit, using the audio feature information.