Abstract: Provided are an electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery including a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive, wherein the additive is a composition including a first compound and a second compound, the first compound is a cesium salt compound, and the second compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. Details of Chemical Formula 1 are as described in the specification.

Abstract: A method of rendering object-based audio and an electronic device performing the method are provided. The method includes identifying a bitstream, determining a reference distance of an object sound source based on the bitstream, determining a minimum distance for applying distance-dependent attenuation, based on the reference distance, and determining a gain of object-based audio included in the bitstream based on the reference distance and the minimum distance.

Abstract: Provided are an electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery including a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive, wherein the additive is a composition including a first compound and a second compound, the first compound is a cesium salt compound, and the second compound includes a second compound represented by Chemical Formula 1A or Chemical Formula 1B, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. Details of the above Chemical Formula 1A and Chemical Formula 1B are as described in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode tab welding apparatus for welding electrode tabs of a pouch-shaped battery to each other in a state of gathering the electrode tabs using tab guides in a preliminary welding step of welding the electrode tabs to each other before welding the electrode tabs and an electrode lead of the pouch-shaped battery to each other and an electrode tab welding method using the same.

Abstract: A service identifying and processing method using a wireless terminal message according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes (a) receiving a wireless terminal message by a first entity which is a mobile device; and (b) expressing, by a first agent which is an information processing application program installed on the first entity, entity information of second entity based on the wireless terminal message and service confirmation information related to service provided by the second entity, through an application screen by the first agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical filter for its use. In the present invention, it is possible to provide an optical filter that effectively blocks ultraviolet ray and infrared ray and exhibits high transmittance in visible light. Furthermore, it is possible to provide an optical filter where the transmission characteristics are stably maintained even when an incident angle is changed. Moreover, it is possible to provide an optical filter that does not exhibit problems such as ripple or petal flare.

Abstract: A memory device is provided. The memory device comprises an internal clock generator configured to receive an external clock signal from a host and generate an internal clock signal in accordance with a chip enable signal, an internal enable signal generator configured to operate based on the internal clock signal and receive an external enable signal from the host and generate an internal enable signal, and a monitoring signal generator configured to output a monitoring signal that is generated based on at least one of the internal clock signal or the internal enable signal to the host.

Abstract: A vehicle lamp for forming a predetermined beam pattern using a plurality of lamp modules is provided. Each of the lamp modules includes a light source unit that generates light and includes a plurality of light source chips; an optical path adjustment unit that guides a path of the light irradiated from the light source unit; and an optical unit that transmits the light guided by the optical path adjustment unit to form a beam pattern including at least one light irradiation pattern formed by at least one of the plurality of light source chips. In particular, the plurality of light source chips are arranged in a left-right direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an adhesive protective film, an optical member including the same, and an optical display including the same. An adhesive protective film is formed of a composition including a (meth)acrylic binder derived from a monomer mixture including: an alkyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer; and at least one selected from among a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer, a carboxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer, and a polysiloxane (meth)acrylate, the adhesive protective film having an initial peel strength of about 100 gf/inch or less and a peel strength decrease rate of about 50% or less, as calculated according to Equation 1.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the electrolyte including a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive, wherein the additive is a composition including a first compound and a second compound, the first compound is a cesium salt compound, and the second compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1. Details of Chemical Formula 1 are as described in the specification.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery includes: an index table configured to receive a secondary battery cell, the secondary battery cell including an electrode assembly, a can accommodating the electrode assembly, and an electrode tab between the electrode assembly and the can to electrically connect the electrode assembly to the can; a laser scanner configured to irradiate laser onto an outer surface of the can to weld the electrode tab to the can; and a controller configured to variably control the laser scanner according to an operation of the index table.

Abstract: An encoding/decoding apparatus and method for controlling a channel signal is disclosed, wherein the encoding apparatus may include an encoder to encode an object signal, a channel signal, and rendering information for the channel signal, and a bit stream generator to generate, as a bit stream, the encoded object signal, the encoded channel signal, and the encoded rendering information for the channel signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a colorimetric biosensor, preparation method thereof, and antibiotic susceptibility testing method using the same, and more specifically, in the present invention, it is possible to prepare a colorimetric biosensor comprising a porous hydrogel structure including polydiacetylene and a hydrogel polymer (alginate, PEG-DA, etc.); and a microbial nutrient source, and it may be applied to a colorimetric biosensor for detecting microorganisms or a method for testing antibiotic susceptibility of microorganisms for allowing in real-time measurement and exhibiting excellent sensitivity using the colorimetric biosensor.

Abstract: A substrate processing method is provided. The substrate processing method comprises loading a substrate onto a substrate support inside a chamber, forming a plasma inside the chamber, providing a first DC pulse signal to an electromagnet that generates a magnetic field inside the chamber and processing the substrate with the plasma, wherein the first DC pulse signal is repeated at a first period including a first section and a second section subsequent to the first section, the first DC pulse signal has a first level during the first section, and the first DC pulse signal has a second level different from the first level during the second section.

Abstract: Provided is an encoding apparatus for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal, and may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a stereo encoder to down mix the input signal to a mono signal when the input signal is a stereo signal, and to extract stereo sound image information; a frequency band expander to expand a frequency band of the input signal; a sampling rate converter to convert a sampling rate; a speech signal encoder to encode the input signal using a speech encoding module when the input signal is a speech characteristics signal; a audio signal encoder to encode the input signal using a audio encoding module when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream.

Abstract: Disclosed is an interface system including a first neuron cluster that outputs a first neuron signal including a first neuron request and first neuron data by performing a first arithmetic operation, and a first interface circuit that stores the first neuron data and outputs a first response, in response to the first neuron request. The first neuron cluster outputs a second neuron signal including a second neuron request and second neuron data by performing a second arithmetic operation, in response to the first response. Before the first data is transmitted to a second neuron cluster different from the first neuron cluster, the first interface circuit outputs the first response in response to a fact that the first neuron data is stored.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound, a plurality of host materials, and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising the compound according to the present disclosure or by comprising a specific combination of compounds according to the present disclosure as a plurality of host materials, it is possible to produce an organic electroluminescent device having improved driving voltage, luminous efficiency, and/or lifetime properties compared to the conventional organic electroluminescent devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high-entropy alloy and a manufacturing method therefor, and in particular, a high-entropy alloy and a manufacturing method therefor that comprises a multi-element alloy matrix and Cu, and comprises an alloy having a face-centered cubic (FCC)-based phase, such that the high-entropy alloy may have greater hardness and strength than an existing transition metal alloy while maintaining a FCC-based single phase, and has high lubricity.

Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode, an outer electrode surrounding the first electrode, a bank overlapping the outer electrode in a plan view, the bank including an opening that exposes the first electrode, a light emitting element disposed on the first electrode and in the opening of the bank, and a second electrode disposed on the light emitting element. The outer electrode may be electrically disconnected from the first electrode upon a bad contact between a light emitting member and the outer electrode. As a result, defective pixels can be repaired.

Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, each of the plurality of memory cells having a switch element, and a data storage element connected to the switch element and containing a phis change material; and a memory controller for obtaining first read voltages from the plurality of memory cells, inputting a first write current to the plurality of memory cells, and then, obtaining second read voltages from the plurality of memory cells, wherein the memory controller compares the first read voltage of a first memory cell of the plurality of memory cells to the second read voltage of the first memory cell to determine a state of the first memory cell.