Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode for a secondary battery to improve stability during overcharge, and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and particularly, to a positive electrode for a secondary battery including a positive electrode active material layer formed on a positive electrode collector, wherein the positive electrode active material layer has a double-layer structure which includes a first positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode collector and a second positive electrode active material layer formed on the first positive electrode active material layer, the first positive electrode active material layer includes a first positive electrode active material, a conductive agent, and a volume expansion resin in which volume expansion occurs at a high temperature during overcharge, and the second positive electrode active material layer includes a second positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: An electrode assembly having an improved connection structure between electrode tabs includes: an electrode laminate including a plurality of unit cells, each unit cell of the plurality of unit cells formed of a positive electrode having an electrode tab extending from an end thereof, a negative electrode having an electrode tab extending from an end thereof, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a conductive adhesion portion connecting the electrode tabs of the positive electrode to each other or connecting the electrode tabs of the negative electrode to each other, wherein the conductive adhesion portion includes a safety element material, and wherein the safety element material is applied in the form of a slurry.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array including a first pixel and a second pixel which are connected to a first column line, and a row driver configured to control a read operation of the second pixel. A voltage of the first column line is determined based on a higher voltage among a voltage of a floating diffusion node of the first pixel and a voltage of a floating diffusion node of the second pixel during the read operation of the second pixel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bandgap reference circuit, which includes a first current generator that generates a first current proportional to a temperature, a second current generator that outputs a second current obtained by mirroring the first current to a first node at which a reference voltage is formed, a first resistor that is connected with the first node and is supplied with the second current, and a first bipolar junction transistor (BJT) that includes an emitter node connected with the first resistor, a base node supplied with a first power, and a collector node supplied with a second power different from the first power.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel configured to generate a pixel signal, using an analog signal processing voltage, a ramp signal generator configured to generate a ramp signal, using the analog signal processing voltage, a bias voltage generator configured to generate a bias voltage, using the analog signal processing voltage, and a noise compensator configured to generate a noise component, using a digital signal processing voltage and the analog signal processing voltage, and add the generated noise component to the generated bias voltage. The image sensor further includes a conversion circuit configured to generate a reference voltage, based on the generated ramp signal and the bias voltage to which the noise component is added, and generate an image signal by performing analog-to-digital conversion on the generated pixel signal, based on the generated reference voltage.

Abstract: A separator unit for a fuel cell includes a separator including a reaction region, a plurality of manifolds formed on each side of the reaction region, and a reaction surface and a cooling surface formed on each surface thereof, a reaction surface internal gasket forming a reaction surface internal airtight line, and a reaction surface external gasket forming a reaction surface external airtight line, wherein at least one cut portion formed by removing the reaction surface external gasket is formed in the reaction surface external airtight line surrounding at least one of the plurality of manifolds.

Abstract: A pouch-type secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode are laminated; and a pouch configured to accommodate the electrode assembly, wherein the pouch includes: a surface protection layer made of a first polymer and formed at an outermost layer; a sealant layer made of a second polymer and formed at an innermost layer; a gas barrier layer made of a first metal and laminated between the surface protection layer and the sealant layer; and a metal foil layer made of a second metal, laminated between the surface protection layer and the sealant layer, and connected to the negative electrode of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: An image sensing system includes a pixel array, an analog-to-digital converter circuit, and an average calculator. The analog-to-digital converter circuit converts a first pixel signal to first pixel data and converts a second pixel signal to second pixel data. The average calculator generates a first average bit based on a first bit of the first pixel data and a first bit of the second pixel data during a first time and generates a second average bit based on a second bit of the first pixel data and a second bit of the second pixel data during a second time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a magnetic powder, including: preparing a precursor solution containing an iron precursor and a silica precursor; spraying the precursor solution to form iron/silica precursor droplets; drying the iron/silica precursor droplets to produce iron/silica precursor particles; and heat treating the iron/silica precursor particles to produce an iron oxide/silica composite powder in which iron oxide particles are embedded in a silica matrix. The present invention also relates to a magnetic powder produced by the method. The present invention may provide an iron oxide magnetic powder that does not use rare earth elements and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A display device including a pixel comprises an EVDD driving unit outputting an AC driving voltage swinging between a high potential voltage and a low potential voltage according to voltages of a first control node and a second control node, and a plurality of sub-pixels connected to a data line and a gate line to receive the AC driving voltage by sharing an output node of the EVDD driving unit. Each of the sub-pixels may include a light emitting element, a driving element for supplying a current to the light emitting element according to a gate-source voltage, a switch element turned-on according to a scan signal to connect the data line to the gate of the driving element, and a capacitor connected between a gate and a source of the driving element.

Abstract: A method of simulating a quantum state using a quantum computer is provided. The method includes simulating a quantum state of a target molecule using the quantum computer, measuring a Hamiltonian in a simulated quantum state of the target molecule, calculating energy from the Hamiltonian measurements, and calculating a ground state and ground energy of the target molecule through an optimization process of deriving a lowest energy state by adjusting parameters that determine the quantum state of the target molecule, wherein simulating of the quantum state is performed with the configuration of a quantum circuit in which one quantum bit (qubit) is assigned to a pair of spin orbitals.

Abstract: A fuel cell includes a separator. A constant amount of air is supplied to the fuel cell irrespective of positions within an air channel, and thus, degradation of the fuel cell is prevented. The separator includes a separator body and a porous structure which has a plurality of pores defined therein to provide a path through which a fluid flows, where the separator body includes: a fluid inlet part having a space into which the fluid is introduced; a reaction region configured to receive the fluid; and a diffusion part which is provided between the fluid inlet part and the reaction region, where the porous structure is stacked on one surface of the reaction region, and the number of pores per unit volume of the porous structure varies in an inlet region.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor memory device. Provided is the semiconductor memory device includes a first device layer storing thermal energy and a second device layer being made of a material whose electrical properties are changed by the thermal energy, wherein the first device layer stores thermal energy if a voltage is applied to the second device layer. According to the present invention, since the device is composed of a material that is changed electrical characteristics by heat and a material that stores heat, it may be read as a current applied to the read voltage without applying other refresh voltage. In addition, there is no leakage current flowing through the device depending on the characteristics of the device, so additional circuit elements such as transistors and selectors are not required. The device has a fast-switching mechanism but does not cause leakage current thereby not showing resistance drift due to repetitive switching.

Abstract: A fuel cell includes a separator. A constant amount of air is supplied to the fuel cell irrespective of positions within an air channel, and thus, degradation of the fuel cell is prevented. The separator includes a separator body and a porous structure which has a plurality of pores defined therein to provide a path through which a fluid flows, where the separator body includes: a fluid inlet part having a space into which the fluid is introduced; a reaction region configured to receive the fluid; and a diffusion part which is provided between the fluid inlet part and the reaction region, where the porous structure is stacked on one surface of the reaction region, and the number of pores per unit volume of the porous structure varies in an inlet region.

Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The display device comprises a substrate having a base and a protruding pattern protruding from the base; a first planarization layer on the protruding pattern and comprising a first surface, a second surface, and side surfaces connecting the first surface and the second surface; and a dam structure on the first planarization layer and comprises a first sub-dam and a second sub-dam, wherein a first angle formed by the second surface of the first planarization layer and each side surface of the first planarization layer is in a range of 30 to 60 degrees.

Abstract: Disclosed is an anti-vibration device. An anti-vibration device according to the embodiment of the present disclosure reduces vibration between an object and an installation surface on which the object is installed, and the anti-vibration device includes a first elastic member, a first support member disposed to cover the first elastic member and fastened to the first elastic member, a second elastic member disposed on an upper portion of the first support member, and a second support member disposed to cover the second elastic member and fastened to the first support member.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there are provided an exhaust assembly capable of uniformly forming an air flow in an exhaust step of discharging a gas to the outside, and a liquid processing apparatus and substrate processing equipment including the exhaust assembly. According to the present invention, the exhaust assembly that discharges a gas generated in a substrate processing process includes at least two or more intake ports into which the gas flows, a body portion that communicates with the intake ports and provides symmetrical paths for discharging the gas, a guide portion that is installed to guide a flow of the gas at the body portion, and an exhaust port from which the gas is discharged.

Abstract: Disclosed is a separator assembly for a fuel cell and a fuel cell stack including the same. The separator assembly includes (I) a plate-shaped first separator including a first reaction area where a flow path to which a reaction gas or a coolant flows on a center thereof and first manifolds to which the reaction gas or the coolant is introduced or discharged to opposite side areas of the first reaction area, and (ii) a plate-shaped second separator integrated with the first separator by bonding and including a second reaction area corresponding to a position where the first reaction area is formed and second manifolds communicating with the first manifolds. The first and second separators may have at least a portion of an inner edge of the respective first and second manifolds that are bent, thereby being disposed on an interface between the first and second separators.

Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery configured to have a structure to which an adhesion unit, including an adhesive material, a conductive material, and a gas-generating material, is provided. The adhesion unit is configured to couple a cap assembly, which functions as a positive electrode terminal of the cylindrical secondary battery, and a positive electrode tab of a jelly-roll type electrode assembly to each other.

Abstract: A separator assembly for a fuel cell able to prevent deformation of a separator due to a flow pressure of a reaction gas at a first reaction gas inlet, and a fuel cell stack including the same includes: a first separator on one face of which is formed with a first reactive surface over which first reaction gas flows to allow for first reaction gas and second reaction gas to react and on the other face of which is formed with a first cooling surface where cooling occurs; a second separator on one face of which is formed a second reactive surface positioned to face the first reactive surface of the first separator, over which second reaction gas flows to allow for first reaction gas and second reaction gas to react, and on the other face of which is formed a second cooling surface where cooling occurs;, and a reinforcing plate which is positioned in a region of the first separator where first reaction gas enters, preventing deformation of the first separator.