Abstract: A composite for sensing heat or infrared light includes a block copolymer including a first structural group represented by Chemical Formula 1, a second structural group represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a third structural group represented by Chemical Formula 3; and a polyvalent metal ion that is coordinated with a side chain group of the block copolymer.

Abstract: Provided is a novel compound capable of improving the luminous efficiency and stability of a device, an organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device thereof.

Abstract: Methods and structures of a three-dimensional memory device are disclosed. In an example, the memory device comprises a substrate, a stack structure on the substrate, and at least one gate line slit extending along a first direction substantially parallel to a top surface of the substrate, and dividing the stack structure into at least two portions. The stack structure includes at least one connection portion that divides the at least one gate line slit, and conductively connects the at least two portions.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first sub-semiconductor package, an interposer substrate, and a second sub-semiconductor package that are sequentially stacked. The first sub-semiconductor package includes a first package substrate, a first semiconductor device, and a first mold member that are sequentially stacked, and the interposer substrate includes at least one hole. The first mold member includes: a mold main portion which covers the first semiconductor device; a mold connecting portion extended from the mold main portion and inserted into the at least one hole; and a mold protruding portion extended from the mold connecting portion to cover a top surface of the interposer substrate outside the at least one hole. The mold main portion, the mold connecting portion, and the mold protruding portion constitute a single object.

Abstract: A portable device includes: a modem configured to perform power line communication with a charger external to the portable device; and a charging circuit configured to, from first power provided by the charger, charge a battery and supply power to an electrical load, wherein the charging circuit is further configured to cut off the supply of the first power to the electrical load and supply second power from the battery to the electrical load.

Abstract: The present disclosure provide a method for using a hard mask layer on a top surface of fin structures to form a fin-top mask layer. The fin-top mask layer can function as an etch stop for subsequent processes. Using the fin-top hard mask layer allows a thinner conformal dielectric layer to be used to protect semiconductor fins during the subsequent process, such as during etching of sacrificial gate electrode layer. Using a thinner conformal dielectric layer can reduce the pitch of fins, particularly for input/output devices.

Abstract: A wireless power feeding device includes an attachment member having a socket to be electrically connected to a power supply and a fastener to be electrically connected to a ground, and a band having a socket pin to be inserted to the socket and a locking tool to be locked to the fastener, the band being attached to the attachment member and fixing a power receiving device to which power is to be wirelessly fed to the attachment member, wherein the socket pin has a power feeding electrode to be electrically connected to the power supply within the socket, and a ground connection sensing electrode to be electrically connected to the ground via the locking tool and the fastener, and the attachment member has a switch circuit electrically connecting the power supply to the power feeding electrode only when the ground connection sensing electrode is electrically connected to the ground.

Abstract: A rotor for a motor is provided. The rotor has a rotor core, first permanent magnets mounted in first grooves of the rotor core, and second permanent magnets mounted in second grooves of the rotor core. The rotor core is provided with groove groups distributed in a peripheral direction of the rotor core. Each groove group has an air groove, a first groove and a second groove. The ends of the air groove, the first groove and the second groove, which are close to a center point of the rotor core, are close to one another. The end of the air groove, the first groove and the second groove, which are away from the center point of the rotor core, are away from one another. Multiple magnetic isolation structures are provided in the rotor core.

Abstract: A method of controlling a low-power operation of a wireless sensor device includes performing a sensor-active step where the wireless sensor device is active during the time taken for a working mode in which the wireless sensor device performs multiple tasks, and performing a sensor-inactive step where a mode of the wireless sensor device is switched to a sleep mode after the working mode is ended. The performing of the sensor-active step includes receiving, after transmitting sensing data of a sensing target to a host device that monitors and controls the wireless sensor device, operation control information stored in the host device from the host device.

Abstract: An iron core assembly, a motor, a compressor and a vehicle are provided. The iron core assembly has an iron core body and multiple insulating skeletons. The iron core body has multiple iron core blocks. A mounting groove is provided at an edge of at least one end face of each iron core block. Each iron core block is arranged between two insulating skeletons. Out of the two insulating skeletons provided at two ends of an iron core block, an end face of at least one insulating skeleton, facing the iron core block, is provided with insulating protrusions. The insulating protrusions can wrap two sides of the iron core block. The insulating protrusions match the mounting groove.

Abstract: A method of monitoring quality of extinguishing water in a sprinkler system by measuring electrical conductivity of the extinguishing water on at least one sprinkler head connected to an extinguishing water line. A quality and/or quality change of the extinguishing water is inferred from a measured conductivity value. A sprinkler head is disclosed that is suitable for carrying out the method. This sprinkler head has a connection fitting having a pipe section for connection to a free end of an extinguishing water pipe. A closure piece selectively closes the pipe section or free end of the extinguishing water pipe. A thermal trigger element holds the closure piece in a closed position in a normal state, and permits the closure piece to move into an open position at a trigger temperature. A conductivity sensor for measuring the electrical conductivity of the extinguishing water is provided on the sprinkler head.

Abstract: A correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit, an operating method thereof, and an image sensor including the CDS circuit are disclosed. The CDS circuit includes a first comparator configured to operate based on a first bias current, and compare, with a ramp signal, a pixel voltage that is output from a pixel, during a first period and a fourth period during which the pixel operates in a low conversion gain (LCG) mode, a second comparator configured to operate based on a second bias current, and compare, with the ramp signal, the pixel voltage output from the pixel, during a second period and a third period during which the pixel operates in a high conversion gain (HCG) mode, the second period being after the first period, the third period being after the second period, and the fourth period being after the third period.

Abstract: A mobile system includes a first mobile device configured to output a signal having a level less than or equal to a reference level on the basis of a charged state of a battery in the first mobile device and a second mobile device configured to receive the signal and to selectively provide power to the first mobile device on the basis of a duration time for which a level of the signal is maintained to be less than or equal to the reference level and a toggle time for which the signal is toggled.

Abstract: A position information estimating method and apparatus are provided, wherein the position information estimating method includes estimating initial position information of a vehicle based on motion information of the vehicle that is obtained from one or more sensors, calculating search position information of one or more objects included in an image of surroundings of the vehicle based on the initial position information, evaluating a final reliability of each of the one or more objects based on the initial position information and the search position information, obtaining a filter adaptation parameter corresponding to a weight of the search position information based on the final reliability, and estimating final position information of the vehicle based on the initial position information, the search position information, and the filter adaptation parameter.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing blockchain-based data authorization. One of the methods includes receiving, by a blockchain node, a data acquisition transaction submitted by a data user for obtaining target data possessed by a data owner, determining, by the blockchain node, that the data user has obtained authorization of the target data, and executing, by the blockchain node, a smart contract invoked by the data acquisition transaction to issue an authorization token to the data user in response to determining that the data user has authorization of the target data, where the authorization token is sent to a privacy computing platform.

Abstract: Implementations of this specification provide service identifier-based data indexing. An example method performed by a data indexing apparatus of a centralized database service provider that stores data by using a blockchain-type ledger includes obtaining a service identifier and a service label of a data record, the service identifier uniquely identifying a service attribute of the data record, and the service label representing a type of the data record; determining location information of the data record in the blockchain-type ledger, the location information including a block height of a data block that includes the data record, and a positional offset of the data record in the data block that includes the data record; establishing a mapping relationship among the service identifier, the service label, and the location information; and writing the mapping relationship into an index for which a primary key is the service identifier.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a first semiconductor substrate, photoelectric conversion portions arrayed on the first semiconductor substrate and configured to convert incident light to charges, a charge storage portion configured to hold charges transferred from a corresponding one of the photoelectric conversion portions via a transfer transistor, and an interconnect layer stacked on the first semiconductor substrate and including a plurality of metal interconnects. The incident light enters the first semiconductor substrate from a back surface side that is an opposite side to the interconnect layer. The solid-state imaging device further includes a light absorbing film between the photoelectric conversion portions and the metal interconnects.

Abstract: A wireless projecting control method includes setting at least one operation restriction, communicating a transmitter with a receiver or a communication device for executing at least one restricted operation by the transmitter or the receiver, and selectively or restrictedly projecting an image signal to a display device by the receiver after the transmitter or the receiver executes the at least one restricted operation. The image signal is generated by the communication device. The transmitter is used for transmitting the image signal to the receiver according to the at least one operation restriction.

Abstract: A method for producing a lithium-containing composite oxide, the method including: a first step of preparing a lithium hydroxide; a second step of heating a hydroxide containing nickel and a metal M1 other than lithium and nickel to 300° C. or higher and 800° C. or lower, to obtain a composite oxide containing the nickel and the metal M; a third step of mixing the lithium hydroxide and the composite oxide, to obtain a mixture; a fourth step of compression-molding the mixture, to obtain a molded body; and a fifth step of baking the molded body at 600° C. or higher and 850° C. or lower, to obtain a baked body.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for performing intra prediction, in a video encoding and decoding procedure, by configuring an additional mode set based on most probable mode (MPM) modes of a current block, and determining an intra prediction mode of the current block, based on the MPM modes and the additional mode set. To solve the technical problems, a video decoding method provided in the present disclosure includes configuring an additional mode set based on MPM modes of a current block; determining an intra prediction mode of the current block, based on the MPM modes and the additional mode set; and performing intra prediction on the current block, based on the intra prediction mode.