Abstract: A peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device includes a common function performing operations associated with a PCIe interface according to a function type, the common function being programmable to be a function type selected from a plurality function types, an access identification information controller generating first access identification information for allowing an access to the common function, and providing the first access identification information to an assigned system image to which the common function has been assigned, a data packet receiver receiving a data packet including target identification information indicating a target system image from the target system image, and an access allowance determiner determining whether or not to allow the target system image to access the common function based on the first access identification information and the target identification information.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer having first and second regions, a plurality of first channel layers spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction on the first region of the first semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode surrounding the plurality of first channel layers, a plurality of second channel layers spaced apart from one another in the vertical direction on the second region of the first semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode surrounding the plurality of second channel layers, wherein each of the plurality of first channel layers has a first crystallographic orientation, and each of the plurality of second channel layers has a second crystallographic orientation different from the first crystallographic orientation, and wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of first channel layers is different from a thickness of each of the plurality of second channel layers.

Abstract: Provided are a photoreactive polymer compound including a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1, a photoresist composition including the same, and a method of forming a pattern by using the photoresist composition: wherein a description of Formula 1 is provided in the present specification.

Abstract: Discussed are a welding device and a welding method that may improve welding efficiency during a battery manufacturing process, and a battery manufacturing device and a vehicle manufacturing device including such a welding device. A welding device can include a laser irradiation unit configured to irradiate a laser; and a laser power control unit configured to control the laser irradiation unit to irradiate the laser with the peak power and the laser with the base power to a welding portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for area-selective growth of a noble metal thin film using atomic layer deposition, which can increase the growth thickness of a thin film with a high selectivity by inducing the generation of volatile noble metal oxides and suppressing the growth of the thin film in non-growth areas in depositing a noble metal thin film on the growth area of a substrate using nucleation delay.

Abstract: Provided are an etching composition, a method of etching a metal-containing film by using the same, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by using the same. The etching composition may include an oxidizing agent, a buffer, and a selective etching inhibitor. The selective etching inhibitor may include a first compound represented by Formula 1 and a second compound different from the first compound. The second compound may include a ring. The ring may be a pyrazole group, an imidazole group, a triazole group, or a tetrazole group, or the ring may be a pyrazole group, an imidazole group, or a triazole group, each condensed with a benzene group, a pyridine group, a pyrimidine group, a pyrazine group, a pyridazine group, or any combination thereof. A description of Formula 1 is provided in the present specification.

Abstract: Provided are a polymer including a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1 below and a second repeating unit represented by Formula 2 below, a resist composition including the same, and a method of forming a pattern using the same. In Formulae 1 and 2, L11 to L13, L21 to L24, a11 to a13, a21 to a24, A11, A21, X11, R11, R12, R21 to R23, b12, b22, b23, p11 and p21 are as described above in the specification.

Abstract: A coil component is disposed. The coil component according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a body; a coil portion disposed in the body; an external electrode portion including a first metal layer disposed on the body, and connected to the coil portion; and a surface insulating layer disposed on the body to cover a first region of the first metal layer and open a second region of the first metal layer. Surface roughness of an interface of the first region of the first metal layer with the surface insulating layer is higher than surface roughness of an outer surface of the second region of the first metal layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is an operating method of an electronic device for manufacture of a semiconductor device. The method includes receiving, at the electronic device, a computer-aided design (CAD) image for a lithography process of the semiconductor device, and generating, at the electronic device, a first scanning electron microscope (SEM) image and a first segment (SEG) image from the CAD image by using a machine learning-based module, and the first SEG image includes information about a location of a defect.

Abstract: A method for preparing a recycled polymer is provided. The method includes: bringing a recovered polymer containing an additive into contact with an impregnation solvent in an impregnation tank to obtain a slurry containing a swollen polymer and an eluate; separating the slurry into a solid mixture containing the swollen polymer and a liquid mixture containing the eluate in a solid-liquid separator; and obtaining a recycled polymer from the solid mixture and recovering the additive from the liquid mixture, wherein the impregnation solvent is a mixed solvent of two or more solvents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent anode active material having excellent light transmittance and electrical conductivity characteristics and a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium ion battery and an all-solid-state lithium thin-film battery based on the same and having excellent charge/discharge capacity and charge/discharge rate, wherein the transparent anode active material according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a material of the following Chemical Formula 1: AgxSiOyN wherein x is 0<x?0.8 and y is 0<y?1.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a peritoneal cavity-bladder connecting catheter for ascites drainage. The peritoneal cavity-bladder connecting catheter for ascites drainage includes a peritoneal cavity position part positioned on the side of a peritoneal cavity by passing through a bladder wall located between the peritoneal cavity and a bladder, the peritoneal cavity position part having inlets through which ascites flow into an inner space and being formed as a film that surrounds the inner space, and a bladder position part integrally formed with the peritoneal cavity position part and positioned on the side of the bladder located on the side of the bladder wall opposite to the peritoneal cavity, the bladder position part having outlets through ascites flowed into the peritoneal cavity position part are discharged to outside, and being configured to form a closed inner space together with the peritoneal cavity position part.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a Schottky barrier diode (SBD) and a method of manufacturing the same. The SBD includes a substrate, an ohmic layer formed on a portion of an upper portion of the substrate, a Schottky layer formed on a portion of an upper portion of the ohmic layer, an insulating layer formed on a portion of the upper portion of the ohmic layer, a low-k material layer formed on a portion of the upper portion of the substrate, and a Schottky metal layer formed on portions of upper portions of the low-k material layer and the insulating layer.

Abstract: A system for controlling virtual sound for a vehicles including one or more processors configured to execute instructions and a memory storing the instructions, the execution of the instructions configures the one or more processors to compare driving information with a sound generation condition for each driving device of the vehicle, determine whether a sound generation condition of a respective driving device matches the driving information, and, responsive to determining that the respective driving device matches the driving information, outputting a virtual sound set for the respective driving device through a sound output device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hybrid exosomes, a use of the same, and a preparation method of the same, and the hybrid exosomes provided from the present invention have excellent skin inflammation amelioration, skin wrinkle amelioration, skin moisturization efficacy, and skin regeneration efficacy compared to using hydrangea-derived exosomes and liposomes alone, and thus can be effectively utilized as a cosmetic composition containing the same as an active ingredient. In addition, the hybrid exosomes have better stability and biocompatibility compared to existing exosomes.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for compensating for a phase delay of a resolver signal. The apparatus includes an input/output interface, and a processor connected to the input/output interface, wherein the processor receives a command signal and the resolver signal through the input/output interface, calculates a delay time of the resolver signal with respect to the command signal based on the command signal and the resolver signal, calculates a compensation time based on the delay time, and compensates the command signal based on the compensation time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for freezing and/or freeze-drying mitochondria isolated from cells, and a use of frozen and/or freeze-dried mitochondria. The frozen mitochondria according to the present invention showed similarity to non-frozen mitochondria in terms of anti-inflammatory activity and activity of energy metabolism-related enzymes. Also, the freeze-dried mitochondria showed similar levels of anti-inflammatory activity, activity of energy metabolism-related enzymes, and long-term preservation efficacy after recovery to those in the mitochondria before freeze-drying. Therefore, allowing isolated mitochondria to find a wide spectrum of applications in the treatment of various diseases caused by mitochondrial dysfunction or impairment, the frozen and/or freeze-dried mitochondria according to the present invention is expected to greatly enhance the commercial availability of therapeutics containing mitochondria.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus for analyzing non-informative firmware and a method using the apparatus. The method includes detecting a target instruction for firmware analysis in a memory map in non-informative firmware, generating an analysis list based on memory map information corresponding to the target instruction, and generating a visualized analysis result corresponding to the firmware by grouping the entries of the analysis list by preset reference bytes.

Abstract: A method of managing identification information of a drone may include: generating an access message, wherein the access message includes an identifier for the ground identification device, which is a transmitter, an identifier for a receiver, an execution function command for classifying and defining a function to be performed, a serial number for transmitting information sequentially and retransmitting the information when transmission fails, data size information for informing a size of data to be transmitted, and transmission data; and transmitting the access message to an integrated management system corresponding to the identifier for the receiver.

Abstract: A welded member includes: a first steel sheet including a base steel sheet and a zinc-based plating layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet; and a second steel sheet spot-welded on the first steel sheet and facing the zinc-based plating layer of the first steel sheet, a spot-welded zone being formed between the first steel sheet and the second steel sheet. A surface layer of the base steel sheet has a decarburization ratio of 30% or more. The decarburization ratio is represented by equation: Decarburization ratio (%) of surface layer=(1?average carbon concentration in surface layer/bulk carbon concentration)*100 where the surface layer refers to a region of the base steel sheet from the surface thereof to a depth of 35 ?m. A shoulder portion of the spot-welded zone includes a B-type crack having a length of 100 ?m or less, and no C-type crack.