Abstract: A memory device, and a method of operating the memory device, includes a memory block in which a plurality of cell pages are coupled to each of word lines. The memory device also includes a peripheral circuit configured to adjust a time point at which a verify voltage is applied to a selected word line among the word lines according to an order of performing a program operation during a verify operation of a selected cell page. The memory device further includes a control logic circuit configured to transmit, to the peripheral circuit, an operation code for adjusting a time point at which the verify voltage is output.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a plurality of dielectric layers, side margin portions disposed on the body, and external electrodes disposed on the body. The reliability of the multilayer electronic component is improved by controlling the contents of Si for each position of the dielectric layer and the side margin portion.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for tracking objects of interest using distance-based thresholding. One of the methods includes detecting an object depicted in an image captured by a camera, determining a predicted physical distance between the object and the camera, selecting, from a plurality of predetermined confidence thresholds, a confidence threshold for the predicted physical distance, each confidence threshold in the plurality of predetermined confidence thresholds for a different physical distance range, the confidence threshold having a physical distance range that includes the predicted physical distance, and determining, using the confidence threshold and a confidence score that indicates a likelihood that the object is an object of interest, that the object is likely an object of interest.

Abstract: A direct current-to-direct current (“DC-DC”) converter includes: a first converter which outputs a first power voltage in a normal mode or a power saving mode based on a inductor current generated therein, where the first converter operates in a first driving manner in the normal mode, and operates in a second driving manner in the power saving mode; a second converter which outputs a second power voltage based on a inductor current generated therein, where the second converter operates in a third driving manner in the power saving mode, and a magnitude of the second power voltage in the power saving mode is different from that in the normal mode; and a mode selector which supplies a mode control signal to the first and second converters, where the first and second converters are driven in the normal mode or the power saving mode based on the mode control signal.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for controlling a seat for a vehicle. In particular, the system includes a seat positioned in a vehicle, a motor embedded in the seat and configured to adjust an operation of the seat, a Hall sensor configured to sense an operation of the motor, and a controller configured to measure a pulse width according to the operation of the motor by means of the Hall sensor and determine whether jamming occurs during the operation of the seat based on the measured pulse width.

Abstract: A display device including: a power management integrated circuit (IC) including a feedback terminal for receiving a feedback voltage that corresponds to an input voltage and an output terminal for supplying a first voltage; a display driver IC electrically connected to the power management IC, the display driver IC including an input terminal for receiving the input voltage that corresponds to the first voltage; and a frequency compensation circuit connected to the input terminal, the feedback terminal, and the output terminal, the frequency compensation circuit including a feedback capacitor and a feedback resistor.

Abstract: A substrate processing method uses a substrate processing apparatus including a process chamber defining a processing space in the process chamber, a substrate support mounted in the process chamber to place a substrate on the substrate support, a gas sprayer for supplying a process gas onto the substrate support in the processing space, and a remote plasma generator connected to the process chamber. The method includes placing the substrate on the substrate support, continuously supplying a surface processing gas through the remote plasma generator onto the substrate, continuously supplying a purge gas onto the substrate, supplying plasma power to the remote plasma generator to activate the surface processing gas and supply the activated surface processing gas onto the substrate, and cutting off the plasma power supplied to the remote plasma generator and supplying an etching gas onto the substrate.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a host vehicle position recognizer, a moving object recognizer, a map database, an influence recognizer configured to recognize an influence of a moving object around the host vehicle traveling along a target path of the host vehicle, and a vehicle controller configured to decelerate the host vehicle to avoid collision with the moving object based on the influence. Map information includes area information regarding a plurality of areas on the map for specifying the moving object that is a target of recognizing the influence. When the host vehicle position satisfies predetermined host vehicle position conditions set in advance for each area, the influence recognizer recognizes the influence of the moving object present in the area where the host vehicle position satisfies the host vehicle position conditions, based on the host vehicle position, the area information, and the recognition result from the moving object recognizer.

Abstract: A hinge device for a portable terminal having a foldable structure according to the present invention comprises: a housing positioned between one end of a first body and one end a second body; a first hinge blade and a second hinge blade which are fixed to the first body and the second body, respectively, and are rotatably supported by the housing, so as to rotate at a predetermined angle between an ‘unfolded position’ in which the first body and the second body are placed on the same horizontal line and a ‘folded position’ in which the first body and the second body face each other and come into contact with each other; and a slide member that interlocks the first hinge blade and the second hinge blade such that the first hinge blade and the second hinge blade move relative to each other, wherein the first hinge blade and the second hinge blade have first inclined guide groove and second inclined guide groove formed on the undersides thereof, and correspondingly thereto, the slide member has first inclined g

Abstract: A hinge device of a portable terminal with a foldable structure according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: housing positioned between one end of a first body and one end of a second body; first hinge blade and second hinge blade fixed to the first body and the second body, respectively, and supported by the housing to rotate at a predetermined angle between an ‘unfolded position’ in which the first body and the second body are placed on the same horizontal line and a ‘folded position’ in which the first body and the second body face each other and come into contact with each other; and link lever for interlocking the first hinge blade and the second hinge blade with each other so that the first hinge blade and the second hinge blade move relative to each other, wherein the first hinge blade and the second hinge blade have first inclined link groove and second inclined link groove formed on the undersides thereof, and correspondingly thereto, the link lever has first link protrusion and

Abstract: A battery module including a plurality of battery cells, a housing in which the plurality of battery cells are accommodated, at least one cooling fin located between the plurality of battery cells in the housing, and an insulating cap for preventing direct contact between the at least one cooling fin and the housing.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus, method, and dry chamber are provided for cleaning a wafer carrier that holds wafers as part of a semiconductor fabrication process. The cleaning apparatus includes a wet chamber that receives the wafer carrier to be washed and a reservoir in fluid communication with the wet chamber. The reservoir stores a cleaning liquid that is introduced to the wafer carrier within the wet chamber during a washing operation, and a dry chamber is spaced apart from the wet chamber. The dry chamber receives the wafer carrier after the wafer carrier is washed in the wet chamber and holds the wafer carrier during a drying operation. A transport system transports the wafer carrier between the wet chamber and the dry chamber during a cleaning process.

Abstract: A direct current-to-direct current (“DC-DC”) converter includes: a first converter which outputs a first power voltage in a normal mode or a power saving mode based on a inductor current generated therein, where the first converter operates in a first driving manner in the normal mode, and operates in a second driving manner in the power saving mode; a second converter which outputs a second power voltage based on a inductor current generated therein, where the second converter operates in a third driving manner in the power saving mode, and a magnitude of the second power voltage in the power saving to mode is different from that in the normal mode; and a mode selector which supplies a mode control signal to the first and second converters, where the first and second converters are driven in the normal mode or the power saving mode based on the mode control signal.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus, method, and dry chamber are provided for cleaning a wafer carrier that holds wafers as part of a semiconductor fabrication process. The cleaning apparatus includes a wet chamber that receives the wafer carrier to be washed and a reservoir in fluid communication with the wet chamber. The reservoir stores a cleaning liquid that is introduced to the wafer carrier within the wet chamber during a washing operation, and a dry chamber is spaced apart from the wet chamber. The dry chamber receives the wafer carrier after the wafer carrier is washed in the wet chamber and holds the wafer carrier during a drying operation. A transport system transports the wafer carrier between the wet chamber and the dry chamber during a cleaning process.

Abstract: An integrated capacitor on a semiconductor surface on a substrate includes a capacitor dielectric layer including at least one silicon compound material layer on a bottom plate. The capacitor dielectric layer includes a pitted sloped dielectric sidewall. Each of the pits is at least partially filled by one of a plurality of noncontiguous dielectric portions. A conformal dielectric layer may be formed over the noncontiguous dielectric portions. A top metal layer provides a top plate of the capacitor.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode, and an external electrode including an electrode layer disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode, a first plating layer disposed on the electrode layer, and a conductive resin layer disposed on the first plating layer. The first plating layer has surface roughness higher at an interface with the conductive resin layer than at an interface with the electrode layer, and the conductive resin layer includes a conductive metal and a base resin.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus, method, and dry chamber are provided for cleaning a wafer carrier that holds wafers as part of a semiconductor fabrication process. The cleaning apparatus includes a wet chamber that receives the wafer carrier to be washed and a reservoir in fluid communication with the wet chamber. The reservoir stores a cleaning liquid that is introduced to the wafer carrier within the wet chamber during a washing operation, and a dry chamber is spaced apart from the wet chamber. The dry chamber receives the wafer carrier after the wafer carrier is washed in the wet chamber and holds the wafer carrier during a drying operation. A transport system transports the wafer carrier between the wet chamber and the dry chamber during a cleaning process.

Abstract: A power provider includes: first, second, and third inductors; a first transistor connected to the second inductor; a second transistor connected to the third inductor; and a power integrated chip (IC) including input terminals connected to the first, second, and third inductors, and an output terminal connected to a power line. The power provider may supply the power voltage using the first inductor and the power IC when power current is less than a first reference value, supply the power voltage using the second inductor, the first transistor, and the power IC when the power current is greater than the first reference value and less than a second reference value, and supply the power voltage using the second and third inductors, the first and second transistors, and the power IC when the power current is greater than the second reference value.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using dual descriptor data. One of the methods includes: detecting, using a first set of descriptor features included in dual descriptor data, a first representation within first image data collected by a camera; determining a change to an imaging modality of the camera; detecting, using a second set of features included in the dual descriptor data, a second representation within second image data collected by the camera; classifying the first representation and the second representation as associated with a same object using the dual descriptor data; and in response to classifying the first representation and the second representation as associated with the same object using the dual descriptor data, transmitting operational instructions to one or more appliances connected to the system.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for tracking moving objects depicted in multiple images. One of the methods includes determining, for an image captured by a camera, a first bounding box that represents a first moving object depicted in the image, determining that the first bounding box and a second bounding box overlap in an overlap area, determining that the first moving object represented by the first bounding box was farther from the camera that captured the image than a second moving object represented by the second bounding box, generating a mask for the first bounding box based on the overlap area, and determining, using data from the image that is associated with the mask, that the first moving object matches an appearance of another moving object depicted in another image captured by the camera.