Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a channel layer coupled to a bit line, a cell string located along a first side portion of the channel layer, and an auxiliary string located along a second side portion of the same channel layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for inducing a prediction motion vector and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method can include: a step of determining the information related to a plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors from peripheral predicted blocks of a predicted target block; and a step of determining the information related to temporal candidate prediction motion vectors on the basis of the information related to the plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce complexity and can enhance coding efficiency when inducing the optimum prediction motion vector.

Abstract: An apparatus for embedding a sentence feature vector according to an embodiment includes a sentence acquisitor configured to acquire a first sentence and a second sentence, each including one or more words; a vector extractor configured to extract a first feature vector corresponding to the first sentence and a second feature vector corresponding to the second sentence by independently inputting each of the first sentence and the second sentence into a feature extraction network; and a vector compressor configured to compress the first feature vector and the second feature vector into a first compressed vector and a second compressed vector, respectively, by independently inputting each of the first feature vector and the second feature vector into a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based vector compression network.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fan-out buffer which includes a first channel that includes a first delay circuit adjusting a first delay time of a calibration test signal depending on a first delay control signal, a second channel that includes a second delay circuit adjusting a second delay time of the calibration test signal depending on a second delay control signal, a first edge-to-pulse converter that detects a first edge included in a first time domain reflectometry (TDR) waveform of an output terminal of the first channel and generates a first start pulse signal including a first pulse, a second edge-to-pulse converter that generates a second start pulse signal including a second pulse, a stop pulse signal generator that generates a stop pulse signal including a first stop pulse, and a first delay control signal generator that calculates a phase difference generates the first delay control signal.

Abstract: A fixing structure of an electrode includes a battery housing having a bottom with a perforation hole; an electrode terminal fixed to the bottom; and a terminal gasket interposed between the electrode terminal and the bottom. The electrode terminal includes a neck portion inserted into the perforation hole; a head portion connected to one end of the neck portion and having a cross section larger than the cross section of the perforation hole and extending along one surface of the bottom; a protrusion connected to the other end of the neck portion and extending along an axial direction of the battery housing from the other surface of the bottom; a diameter-enlarged portion configured to extend in a centrifugal direction from the protrusion; and a front end surface at an axial end of the protrusion. The diameter-enlarged portion may be a fastening member at an outer circumference of the protrusion.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery that may include an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator wound around a winding axis, wherein the first electrode includes a first active material region coated with a first active material layer and a first uncoated region not coated with the first active material layer, and at least a part of the first uncoated region being an electrode tab; a first current collector coupled to at least a part of the first uncoated region on the electrode assembly; a battery housing to accommodate the electrode assembly and the first current collector; and an insulator interposed between at least one of the first uncoated region and the first current collector and an inner surface of the battery housing facing the at least one of the first uncoated region and the first current collector to block an electrical connection between the battery housing and the at least one of the first uncoated region and the first current collector.

Abstract: There are provided a memory device and an operating method of the memory device. The memory device includes: a memory block including a plurality of pages, each page from the plurality of pages including memory cells, the memory cells configured to be programmed to different program states according to a plurality of target voltages; and a peripheral circuit for performing a program operation of a selected page among the plurality of pages. The peripheral circuit is configured to: decrease at least one target voltage among the plurality of target voltages to a sub-target voltage in the program operation of the selected page; and program memory cells programmed according to the sub-target voltage in the selected page according to a final target voltage corresponding to the sub-target voltage, after a program operation of a page adjacent to the selected page is performed.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, and a method of operating the same, includes a memory block including a plurality of pages, a read and write circuit configured to apply a first bit line voltage to a selected bit line corresponding to a selected memory cell and apply a second bit line voltage having a potential lower than that of the first bit line voltage to an unselected bit line during detrap operation, a voltage generation circuit configured to generate a first set voltage, a second set voltage, and a pass voltage during the detrap operation, and an address decoder configured to apply the first set voltage to a selected word line corresponding to the selected page and apply the second set voltage having a potential higher than that of the first set voltage to unselected word lines, during the detrap operation.

Abstract: A camera module inspection system and a method for operating the inspection system. More specifically, the inspection system can quickly check and correct the alignment of the camera module.

Abstract: An adjustment control device for precise measurement that controls an inspection equipment for inspecting an inspected object to perform precise measurement includes a lowering control unit that lowers the inspection equipment with respect to the inspected object, a rotation control unit that is coupled to the lowering control unit and that controls the lowering control unit to rotate the inspection equipment at a predetermined angle in left and right directions when viewed from a frontal point of view, and a forward and backward control unit that is disposed above the rotation control unit and that transmit a moving force to the rotation control unit to move the inspection equipment forward or forward on the inspected object.

Abstract: An integrated thermal management module for a vehicle may include a chiller; a first reservoir portion through which electric part-cooling water passes, and a second reservoir portion through which high-voltage battery-cooling water passes; a first pump that circulates the electric part-cooling water through an electric portion, and a first valve that controls cooling water that has passed through the chiller or cooling water of the first reservoir portion to be selectively circulated through the electric portion by the first pump; and a second pump that circulates the high-voltage battery-cooling water through a high-voltage battery, and a second valve that controls the cooling water that has passed through the chiller or cooling water of the second reservoir portion to be selectively circulated through the high-voltage battery by the second pump.

Abstract: A deep learning-based cooling system temperature prediction apparatus has an artificial neural network modeled by connecting a plurality of artificial neural network submodels each including an input layer, a hidden layer, and an output layer is used. A pump flow speed, a cooling water flow rate, a battery inlet cooling water temperature, a motor inlet cooling water temperature, a radiator outlet cooling water temperature, a battery temperature, and a motor temperature are predicted by inputting at least one of a predetermined control variable, an environment variable, or a time variable to the plurality of artificial neural network submodels in accordance with a physical causality. A number of the plurality of artificial neural network submodels and the control variables or environment variables that are sequentially input to each submodel depend on divisional control and integral control of the cooling system.

Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle air conditioning control system and method, the vehicle air conditioning control system including a controller configured to receive a target temperature and a sensor value and determine an optimal control variable on the basis of a cost function that reflects energy consumption and following-up performance in following up the target temperature received by using a control model, and a plant configured to receive the control variable determined by the controller and operate to cool or heat a vehicle interior on the basis of the received control variable.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and second electrode, a first portion including an active material extending between a pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator, at least a part of the second portion includes an electrode tab; a battery housing having a first end with a first opening, a second end opposite the first end, and an inner surface, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including a tab coupling portion coupled to the second portion of the first electrode and a housing coupling portion extending from the tab coupling portion and electrically coupled to the inner surface of the battery housing; and a cap covering the first opening of the battery housing.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an electronic device. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a memory device may include a plurality of memory cells connected to each word line, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program operation on memory cells that are connected to a selected word line, and a control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit to perform the program operation on the memory cells that are connected to the selected word line after performing a pre-program operation that increases a threshold voltage of over-erasure cells, among memory cells that are connected to an adjacent word line, having a threshold voltage of an over-erasure state that is lower than a threshold voltage of an erasure state, to the threshold voltage of the erasure state, wherein the adjacent word line is a word line that is next to the selected word line.

Abstract: Provided herein is a memory device that may include a plurality of memory cells coupled to a plurality of bit lines and a common source line. The memory device may also include a control circuit configured to control a peripheral circuit to perform a program operation that includes two or more program steps on selected memory cells of a selected word line. The peripheral circuit may be configured to perform a first program step of the two or more program steps on the selected memory cells, then perform a detrap operation that applies a detrap voltage to the plurality of bit lines and the common source line for a predefined time, and thereafter perform a second program step of the two or more program steps on the selected memory cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery in which an electrode tab is improved in mechanical strength and a method for manufacturing the same. Also, the secondary battery according to the present invention includes: an electrode provided with a coating portion coated with an active material on an electrode collector and a non-coating portion on which the active material is not applied to the electrode collector in a longitudinal direction of the electrode collector and a notching tab part extending from the coating portion in a width direction of the electrode collector without coating with the active material and overlapping each other to form two or more layers when the electrode is wound.

Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode can have a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides extending between the pair of first sides, a first portion including an active material extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator along a winding direction. The battery can further include a battery housing having a first opening at a first end and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, a first current collector including a support portion positioned on the electrode assembly, and a housing cover which seals the first opening.

Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator. The first electrode can include a first active material region coated with an active material layer along a winding direction and a first uncoated region not coated with the active material layer, and at least part of the first uncoated region used as an electrode tab. The battery can further include a first current collector coupled to at least part of the first uncoated region on the electrode assembly, a battery housing to accommodate the electrode assembly and the first current collector, and an insulator between an inner surface of the battery housing facing the first uncoated region or the first current collector and the first uncoated region or the first current collector to block the electrical connection between the first uncoated region and the battery housing.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode including a first region coated with an active material and a second region at a first side and adjacent to the first region, the second region being exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second region is an electrode tab; a housing including a first end with a first opening, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including an edge portion on the electrode assembly, a second region coupling portion extending from the edge portion and coupled with the second region, and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the second region coupling portion; and a terminal coupled with the terminal coupling portion.