Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus for identifying a noise course in which abnormal noise occurs, the clothes treatment apparatus including: a frame forming a skeleton of a cabinet; a cover plate surrounding the frame to form an external appearance of the cabinet; a tub provided in the cabinet; a drum rotatably provided in the tub; a drum motor configured to rotate the drum; and a vibration sensor provided on the frame.

Abstract: A cooking appliance including a main body forming a cooking chamber; a door configured to open and close the cooking chamber; and a hinge assembly which connects the main body and the door, wherein the hinge assembly includes a door bracket coupled to the door, a main body bracket coupled to the main body, a hinge link that connects the door bracket and the main body bracket, and supports the door bracket so as to be rotatable, and a locking member coupled to the hinge link. When the cooking chamber is closed by the door, the engaging portion is engaged with the main body bracket to fix a position of the door bracket, and, to prevent the engaging portion from deviating from the main body bracket, the deviation prevention portion interferes with the door bracket if the engaging portion moves in a direction away from the main body bracket.

Abstract: An oven and a method for controlling same where the oven comprises: a door; a camera; a communication interface; and one or more processors. The one or more processors acquire, by of a camera, a first image of at least one food item, displays, on an area of the door on the basis of the acquired first image, a guide UI for the at least one food item, transmits the first image to a server device through the communication interface, receives volume information on the at least one food item from the server device, and determines a cooking process for the at least one food item based on the volume information. At this time, the volume information on the at least one food item is obtained on the basis of the first image and a second image acquired by a user terminal device according to the UI.

Abstract: A convolution processing method performed by at least one processor included in an electronic apparatus, including: obtaining a plurality of partial sums by multiplying a plurality of input feature values in a binary form by a plurality of weight values in the binary form; inverting a plurality of first partial sums from among the plurality of partial sums, wherein the plurality of first partial sums correspond to results obtained by multiplying each input feature value from among the plurality of input feature values by a sign bit corresponding to each weight value from among the plurality of weight values; and obtaining an output feature value based on the inverted first partial sums, additional bits, and remaining partial sums other than the inverted first partial sums.

Abstract: An in-register computing (IRC) device includes: a register module including a register bank and an addition device, the register bank including register cells, the register cells including IRC cells, wherein the register module is configured to allocate first of the register cells to an input area, second of the register cells to a weight area, and third of the register cells to an output area, wherein the input area is an area in which the register bank stores an input value, the weight area is an area including one of the IRC cells configured to perform an IRC operation between the input value and a weight value, and the output area is an area configured to store an output value obtained by performing an addition operation on an operation result of the IRC operation using an addition device.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for forming an overlay mark with improved reliability and an overlay measurement method using the overlay mark. The method for forming the overlay mark includes forming a lower overlay in a substrate; forming a pattern layer on the substrate; forming an upper overlay on the pattern layer, wherein the upper overlay includes a first area and a second area; forming a material layer on the upper overlay, wherein the material layer includes a third area corresponding to the first area and a fourth area corresponding to the second area; emitting light to the upper overlay through the material layer; and removing a portion of the upper overlay using the light.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a plurality of wires on an insulating layer, forming a sacrificial layer between the plurality of wires, forming a cover layer on the plurality of wires and the sacrificial layer, and removing the sacrificial layer formed below the cover layer by using mild plasma having a plasma damage rate to the insulating layer of 0.01 to 0.1 ?/s.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for evaluating the metastatic properties of cancer cells on the basis of cell traction forces of cancer cells.

Abstract: An air conditioner capable of suppressing inverter loss is provided, the air conditioner may include a motor driver of a motor having phase coils not connected to each other, and the motor driver may include two inverters respectively connected to both ends of the phase coils and each having a pair of first switching devices for each phase coil, a converter configured to rectify alternating current power and convert the alternating current power into direct current power, and capacitors connected in series between output terminals of the converter and configured to divide a direct current voltage between the output terminals, wherein at least one inverter of the two inverters includes second switching devices connected between an intermediate point of the pair of first switching devices for each phase coil and an intermediate potential node of the direct current voltage formed by the capacitors.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a power factor correction (PFC) circuit; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an alternating current voltage to obtain an input voltage having a negative polarity and provide the input voltage to the PFC circuit; and a protecting circuit configured to protect the PFC circuit. The PFC circuit includes: a first diode; an inductor configured to store energy based on the input voltage provided by the rectifier circuit while a switching circuit is turned on and provide energy while the switching circuit is turned off; and an output capacitor connected to the inductor through the first diode, and configured to provide an output voltage having a positive polarity by using the energy provided by the inductor while the switching circuit is turned off.

Abstract: An operating method of a first apparatus configured to communicate with a second apparatus in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system includes generating a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) including a first fixed signal field and a first variable signal field, generating a second PPDU including a second fixed signal field and a second variable signal field, and transmitting an aggregated-PPDU (A-PPDU) including the first PPDU and the second PPDU to the second apparatus. The generating of the second PPDU includes generating a second variable signal field including an effective symbol and a dummy symbol based on a length of the first variable signal field, and generating a second fixed signal field including a dummy field indicating information about the dummy symbol.

Abstract: A light emitting element includes pillar structures which include a first semiconductor layer and an auxiliary layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and are spaced apart from each other, an active layer disposed on the pillar structures, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer, a first bonding electrode which is disposed below the pillar structures and is electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, and a second bonding electrode which is disposed below the second semiconductor layer and is electrically connected to a non-overlapping surface of a bottom surface of the second semiconductor layer, which does not overlap the pillar structures and the active layer.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter circuit according to some example embodiments includes a ramp signal generator configured to generate a first ramp signal which rises with a first inclination and a second ramp signal which falls with a second inclination, and a comparison circuit configured to output a comparison result between the synthesis signal of a pixel signal output from a pixel array and the first ramp signal and the second ramp signal.

Abstract: A method for forming a metal oxide insulating film includes conducting electron-enhanced atomic layer deposition with at least one metal-containing precursor gas and at least one oxygen-containing precursor gas as reactants to deposit a metal oxide insulating film on a substrate. The metal oxide can be SiO2, TiO2, HfO2, or ZrO2. A particular method for forming a SiO2 film includes conducting electron-enhanced atomic layer deposition with at least one silicon-containing precursor gas and at least one oxygen-containing precursor gas as reactants to deposit a SiO2 film on a substrate, wherein the electron-enhanced atomic layer deposition is conducted at a temperature of less than 300° C. A SiO2 film produced by the method can be a blanket film or a patterned structure.

Abstract: A process for forming a vapor-deposited ZIF-8 metal organic framework includes: conducting a gas surface reaction between an ALD-deposited ZnO and 2-methylimidazole to form a vapor-deposited ZIF-8 metal organic framework, wherein the gas surface reaction is conducted at a temperature greater than 140 C, and wherein the gas surface reaction is conducted at a pressure of less than 1000 mTorr. In a particular embodiment, the gas surface reaction is conducted at a temperature of 160 C. A process for preparing a laminate includes: performing ALD of zinc oxide as a base between 1 nm to 10 nm in thickness, exposing 2-methylimidazole vapor phase linker at chemical vapor deposition at a temperature range of greater than 140 C to less than or equal to 180 C in a vacuum condition, and cycling of the ZnO ALD and 2-methylimidazole exposure to deposit a film or fill a gap.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery control device, a battery pack, and a control method of the battery pack. A battery control device according to an exemplary embodiment for achieving the above-mentioned technical object is a battery control device of a battery pack comprising a plurality of pack terminals and a battery module connected between the plurality of pack terminals, and may include a first switch connected between a first pack terminal of the plurality of pack terminals and the battery module, a first DC/DC converter configured to reduce a voltage which is supplied from the battery module, and supply the reduced voltage to the plurality of pack terminals, and a control device configured to open the first switch, control the first DC/DC converter to reduce the voltages of the plurality of pack terminals, and diagnose a failure of the first switch by comparing voltage values measured at both of respective ends of the first switch, when in a switch diagnosis mode.

Abstract: A dishwasher according to an embodiment includes a tub, a basket arrangeable within the tub to receive dishware, a spraying device including a spray rotor rotatable by spraying washing water to wash the dishware, a duct including a duct body configured to allow washing water to flow, a duct bearing configured to rotatably support the spray rotor and supply washing water from the duct body to the spray rotor, and a duct holder configured to rotatably support the spray rotor together with the duct bearing, wherein the spray rotor includes a nozzle body rotatably coupleable to the duct bearing and configured to be supplied with washing water from the duct bearing, and a base body supported by the duct holder and coupleable to the nozzle body enabled to receive the washing water flowing into the nozzle body.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus including a heating source; a housing comprising a control panel; a regulator body; a shaft moveable between a first shaft position, in which a rotation of the shaft with respect to the regulator body is restricted, or to a second shaft position, in which the rotation of the shaft with respect to the regulator body for operating the heating source in unrestricted; a knob moveable with the shaft; a locking device to be moveable relative to the knob, the locking device comprising a locker moveable between a locking position, in which the locker is positioned between the knob and the control panel to restrict the movement of the knob while the shaft is in the first shaft position or to an unlocking position, in which the locker is at least partially received in a locker accommodation space to allow movement of the knob.

Abstract: Disclosed is an operation method of a host which controls a computing device performing an artificial intelligence computation. The operation method includes receiving configuration information from the computation device, generating a plurality of lightening weight data by performing lightening on weight data based on the configuration information, generating a plurality of files by performing an aligning operation on the plurality of lightening weight data based on the configuration information, and loading the plurality of files into a memory device of the computing device. The configuration information includes channel information about a plurality of channels between the memory device and an accelerator, which are included in the computing device, and the number of the plurality of files is equal to the number of the plurality of channels.

Abstract: A method for dynamic network slice allocation by an electronic device for a data analytics system in a telecommunication network, includes: monitoring one or more application usage patterns of one or more user equipments (UEs) which is connected to a default network slice in the telecommunication network; classifying the one or more UEs into one or more categories based on the one or more application usage patterns; and allocating one or more network slices having predefined qualities of service (QoS) to the one or more UEs based on the one or more categories.