Abstract: Provided is a soft actuator. The soft actuator includes a first support body, a second support body spaced apart from the first support body in a first direction, a yarn structure having one end coupled to the first support body and the other end coupled to the second support body, and a light source part spaced apart from the yarn structure in a second direction crossing the first direction. The yarn structure includes a polymer layer having a coil spring shape extending in the first direction and a light absorption layer configured to surround an outer surface of the polymer layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lock-up device for a torque converter which has a simple structure compared to the prior art, which reduces manufacturing costs, and which may reduce a size of the entire torque converter and improve a damping ability of the dynamic damper by minimizing an installation space of a dynamic damper.

Abstract: A complementary clock gate, includes a NOR gate configured to receive a data signal D and a signal QI; a first P-type transistor gated by an output value of the NOR gate; and a NAND gate, connected in series to the first P-type transistor, configured to receive a clock signal CK and an inverted data signal DN, and output an inverted clock signal CKB.

Abstract: Disclosed are a novel interferon lambda variant produced through structure-based glycoengineering and a method of producing the same. The novel interferon lambda variant and the method of producing the same exhibit remarkably improved production and yield in mammalian cell lines using structural information-based glycoengineering even through conventional purification protocols, and exhibit significantly improved therapeutic properties such as stability, half-life, and fraction of functional proteins during treatment, compared to wild-type interferon lambda. In addition, the novel interferon lambda variant and the method of producing the same according to the present invention have higher antiviral activity and interferon-stimulated gene (ISG)-inducing activity than wild-type interferon lambda, and thus are useful for the prevention and treatment of immune-related diseases such as cancer and autoimmune diseases as well as various viral infections such as infection with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory block including a plurality of memory cells programmed to a plurality of program states during a program operation, a voltage generator to generate and apply a program voltage and a select line voltage to the memory block during the program operation, and a read and write circuit to temporarily store program data during the program operation and control a potential of bit lines of the memory block based on the temporarily stored program data. The voltage generator generates the select line voltage as a first select line voltage during a first program operation on some program states among the plurality of program states, or as a second select line voltage for which a potential is lower than a potential of the first select line voltage during a second program operation on remaining program states among the plurality of program states.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a marker screening method using differences in methylation of nucleic acids, a demethylation marker and a diagnostic method using the marker, more specifically, a novel method for screening disease-specific demethylation markers using methylation differences in free nucleic acids, and relates to a new cancer diagnosis method by methylation detection for determining cancer by calculating the demethylation marker and the frequency of the marker screened by this method, and to a cancer-specific demethylation marker in the selected cfDNA.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle speed based on information about forward vehicles that travel in the same lane may be acquired using Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communications in a cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) system. The CACC system includes a communication unit receiving vehicle information from neighboring vehicles using V2V communications; an information collection unit collecting vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles and the subject vehicle using sensors; and a control unit determining a forward vehicle and a far-forward vehicle using the sensors, selecting first and second target vehicles for being followed by the subject vehicle based on the vehicle information of the forward vehicle and the far-forward vehicle and the vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles, and controlling the driving speed of the subject vehicle based on speed information of the first and second target vehicles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for removing free adapters in a DNA library using a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule and a restriction enzyme, and more specifically, to a method for removing free adapters in a DNA library for next generation sequencing (NGS) using a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule including a type IIs restriction enzyme recognition site and a complementary sequence thereof, and a type IIs restriction enzyme.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an electronic device. According to the present technology, a memory device having improved verify accuracy may include a memory block including memory cells, a read and write circuit including a plurality of page buffers, a current sensing circuit configured to perform a verify operation of comparing sensing voltages with a reference voltage, and a control logic configured to control the current sensing circuit to perform the verify operation. The control logic controls performing a first verify operation on each of page buffer groups having a same logical group number, and performing a second verify operation on each of page buffer groups having a same physical group number, and the current sensing circuit outputs a verify pass signal in response to both results of the first verify operation and the second verify operation satisfying a pass criterion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a blankmask for EUV includes a substrate, a reflection film that is stacked on the substrate; and an absorbing film that is stacked on the reflection film. The reflection film has a structure in which a pair including a first layer made of Ru or a Ru compound in which one or more of Mo, Nb, and Zr are added to Ru, and a second layer made of Si is stacked plural times. Interdiffusion between the respective layers constituting the reflection film is suppressed.

Abstract: Provided herein is a memory device and a method of operating the memory device. The memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program operation for storing data in selected memory cells among the plurality of memory cells, and a control logic circuit configured to control the peripheral circuit to form threshold voltage distributions corresponding to target program states corresponding to the data to be stored in the selected memory cells, respectively, wherein the control logic controls the peripheral circuit to perform a main verify operation for any one of the target program states of the selected memory cells when a pre-verify operation for the any one of the target program states has passed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery system for detecting a damaged battery cell, and a method of evaluating a battery module. The battery system and the apparatus for evaluating performance of the battery module can accurately predict the location of the battery cell where gas has been generated by introducing a plurality of gas sensor units in the battery module where a plurality of battery cells are accommodated, and comparing gas detection time points measured in the gas sensor units when gas is generated in a battery cell. Hence, the battery system and the apparatus for evaluating performance of the battery module can be usefully used in terms of development of a battery module and/or management of a developed battery module.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an electronic device. A memory device according to the present technology includes a plurality of memory cells connected to a word line, an operation controller configured to apply a first or a second read voltage to the word line and to obtain data that is stored in the plurality of memory cells through bit lines that are respectively connected to the plurality of memory cells, and a read voltage controller configured to control the operation controller to read the data that is stored in the plurality of memory cells by using the second read voltage, and to read the data that is stored in the plurality of memory cells by using the first read voltage according to the number of off cells that are counted based on the data that is read by using the second read voltage, in response to a read command.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a peripheral circuit. The memory cell array includes at least two planes. The peripheral circuit performs a memory operation on a selected plane of the at least two planes during a single plane operation and performs a dummy operation on an unselected plane of the at least two planes.

Abstract: A motor driving apparatus which drives a motor including a plurality of windings corresponding to a plurality of phases, respectively, includes: a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements and connected to a first end of each of the windings; a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements and connected to a second end of each of the windings; and a controller obtaining a vector corresponding to a voltage command of the motor by combining switching vectors which cause difference between a common mode voltage of the first inverter and a common mode voltage of the second inverter to be zero and configured to control the plurality of first switching elements and the plurality of second switching elements in a pulse width modulation method based on the obtained vector.

Abstract: A system for charging a battery for a vehicle using a motor driving system that operates a motor having a plurality of windings is disclose. The system includes a first inverter having a plurality of first switching elements, a DC terminal connected to the battery, and an AC terminal connected to one terminal of the plurality of windings, a second inverter having a plurality of second switching elements, a DC terminal selectively short-circuited/opened with the DC terminal of the first inverter, and an AC terminal connected to the other terminal of the plurality of windings, and a controller configured to control an electric connection state between the DC terminals of the first inverter and the second inverter and an open/short-circuited state of the first switching elements and the second switching elements.

Abstract: A lock-up device for a torque converter is provided with a simple structure which reduces manufacturing costs, and which may reduce a size of the entire torque converter by minimizing an installation space of a dynamic damper.

Abstract: Charging system and method using a motor driving system are proposed. The charging system includes a battery, an inverter to which D.C. power stored in the battery is applied, including a plurality of legs each including two switching elements, a motor including a plurality of coils of which first ends are respectively connected to connection nodes of the switching elements of each of the plurality of legs, and second ends are connected to each other to form a neutral point, and an inverter driving part configured to control switching of the switching elements, so that switching speeds of the switching elements are different for each mode of a motor driving mode and a charging mode so as to change magnitude of charging voltage supplied to the neutral point of the motor and to output the charging voltage to the battery.

Abstract: A system for charging a vehicle battery using a motor driving system includes a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements; a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements; a plurality of transfer switches having first ends and second ends, the first ends thereof being respectively connected to the second ends of a plurality of windings, and the second ends thereof being connected to each other; and a controller configured, in a charging mode, to control opened/shorted states of the switching elements included in the first inverter and the second inverter and the plurality of transfer switches, so that a DC charging voltage applied to a portion between of the second ends of the plurality of transfer switches and a negative terminal of the battery is supplied to the battery.

Abstract: A system for charging a vehicle battery using a motor driving system is proposed. The battery charging system includes a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements; a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements; a plurality of transfer switches having first ends and second ends, the first ends thereof being respectively connected to the second ends of a plurality of windings, and the second ends thereof being connected to each other; and a controller configured, in a charging mode, to control a connection state between a DC terminal of the first inverter and a DC terminal of the second inverter, and opened/shorted states of the plurality of first switching elements, the plurality of second switching elements, and the plurality of transfer switches.