Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery in which an abnormal voltage drop phenomenon is improved. The lithium secondary battery comprises a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material, a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material represented by Formula 1, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprises a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, a compound represented by Formula 2 as a first additive, and lithium difluorophosphate as a second additive: LiaNixCOyM1zM2wO2??[Formula 1] wherein all the variables are described herein.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-aqueous electrolyte including an additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte represented by Formula 1 below: wherein, R1 to R5 may each independently be any one selected from the group consisting of H, an alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, a cycloalkenyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and a nitrile group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating transplantation rejection or a transplantation rejection disease, comprising a novel compound and a calcineurin inhibitor. A co-administration of the present invention 1) reduces the activity of pathogenic Th1 cells or Th17 cells, 2) increases the activity of Treg cells, 3) has an inhibitory effect against side effects, such as tissue damage, occurring in the sole administration thereof, 4) inhibits various pathogenic pathways, 5) inhibits the cell death of inflammatory cells, and 6) increases the activity of mitochondria, in an in vivo or in vitro allogenic model, a transplantation rejection disease model, a skin transplantation model, and a liver-transplanted patient, and thus inhibits transplantation rejection along with mitigating side effects possibly occurring in the administration of a conventional immunosuppressant alone.

Abstract: An apparatus for predicting performance of a wheel in a vehicle: includes a learning device that generates a latent space for a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) wheel images based on a convolutional autoencoder (CAE), extracts a predetermined number of the plurality of 2D wheel images from the latent space, and learns a dataset having the plurality of 2D wheel images and performance values corresponding to the plurality of 2D wheel images; and a controller that predicts performance for the plurality of 2D wheel images based on a performance prediction model obtained by the learning device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound capable of lowering the flammability of a non-aqueous electrolyte when included in the non-aqueous electrolyte and improving the life properties of a battery by forming an electrode-electrolyte interface which is stable at high temperatures and low in resistance, and relates to a compound represented by Formula I descried herein, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution and a lithium secondary battery both including the compound, n, m, Ak, and X are described herein.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a porous separator for electrochemical devices, configured to guarantee electrical insulation between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, wherein the porous separator includes no polyolefin substrate, and includes inorganic particles, a binder for coupling between the inorganic particles, and a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a digital LDO regulator capable of performing asynchronous binary search using a binary-weighted PMOS array. The digital LDO regulator includes a PMOS array unit including a binary-weighted PMOS array and that binary searches the PMOS array asynchronously, and a mode determining unit that operates in at least one of a fine mode, a coarse mode, and a medium mode, based on an output voltage of the PMOS array unit.

Abstract: Provided are a substrate inspecting unit capable of monitoring line defects or a bunch of spots formed on a substrate, and a substrate processing apparatus including the same. The substrate processing apparatus comprises a process processing unit for supporting a substrate; an inkjet head unit for discharging a droplet on the substrate while moving in a first direction and a second direction; a gantry unit for moving the inkjet head unit; and a substrate inspecting unit for inspecting the substrate in real time based on a plurality of droplets belonging to at least one row or column when the droplet is discharged onto the substrate and formed in the at least one row or column, wherein the substrate inspecting unit inspects a first defect related to a line caused by the plurality of droplets and/or a second defect related to an area caused by the plurality of droplets.

Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package comprises a first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the second substrate, and a stiffener extending from an upper surface of the first substrate to an upper surface of the second substrate, the stiffener not being in contact with the first semiconductor chip, wherein a first height from the upper surface of the first substrate to an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip is greater than a second height from the upper surface of the first substrate to an uppermost surface of the stiffener.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate support unit including a chuck for supporting a substrate, a fluid supply unit that supplies a processing fluid to the substrate, and a recovery unit surrounding the chuck and recovering the supplied processing fluid. The substrate support unit includes an antistatic material in which milled carbon fibers (MCF) are blended into a perfluoroalkoxy alkane (PFA) resin.

Abstract: A computing device of the present invention estimates an unknown parameter ? of a model formula when distributed sample data is acquired, wherein when an estimated quantity of ? is acquired, a function g is estimated using a random forest model, such that when an estimated quantity of g is acquired, the estimated quantity of g and the estimated quantity of ? are used so as estimate a function G as a prediction formula for new data corresponding to a specific item such that an estimated quantity of G is acquired, and thus new data xnew is received, thereby enabling the class of the specific item to be classified from the calculated value.

Abstract: Disclosed is a digital LDO regulator capable of performing asynchronous binary search using a binary-weighted PMOS array. The digital LDO regulator includes a PMOS array unit including a binary-weighted PMOS array and that binary searches the PMOS array asynchronously, and a mode determining unit that operates in at least one of a fine mode, a coarse mode, and a medium mode, based on an output voltage of the PMOS array unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein a cooling system includes a refrigerant circulator that a refrigerant is circulated, wherein the refrigerant circulator includes a first compressor configured to pressurize the refrigerant in gaseous state; a first cooler configured to cool the refrigerant pressurized by the first compressor; a first gas-liquid separator configured to separate the refrigerant cooled by the first cooler into a first refrigerant flow of a gas component and a second refrigerant flow of a liquid component; a second compressor configured to pressurize the first refrigerant flow; a second cooler configured to cool the first refrigerant flow pressurized by the second compressor; a second gas-liquid separator configured to separate the refrigerant cooled by the second cooler into a third refrigerant flow of a gas component and a fourth refrigerant flow of a liquid component; a first expansion member configured to decompress the fourth refrigerant flow.

Abstract: A sub-sampling phase-locked loop includes a first phase output unit sub-sampling an output clock of a digitally-controlled oscillator and outputting a sign bit corresponding to a voltage-domain phase and a second phase output unit outputting a gain bit corresponding to a time-domain phase based on a pulse width set according to the output clock and a threshold time set according to the reference clock.

Abstract: A sub-sampling phase-locked loop includes a first phase output unit sub-sampling an output clock of a digitally-controlled oscillator and outputting a sign bit corresponding to a voltage-domain phase and a second phase output unit outputting a gain bit corresponding to a time-domain phase based on a pulse width set according to the output clock and a threshold time set according to the reference clock.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for increasing the viability of cells by ultrasound irradiation and an ultrasound irradiation apparatus using same. The method comprises: applying a drug and an epidermal drug delivery system onto the epidermis of a subject; and, with ultrasound parameters each being preset within a certain range, an ultrasound irradiation apparatus irradiating ultrasound onto the epidermis of the subject through an ultrasound generation unit placed within a critical range from the epidermis of the subject, wherein the epidermal drug delivery system induces the formation of cavities, i.e., cavitation around the epidermis of the subject when the ultrasound is irradiated, the ultrasound parameters at least include an ultrasound pressure and an ultrasound duty percentage, the ultrasound pressure is 0.5-1 MPa, and the ultrasound duty percentage is 1-5%.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a substrate and an interposer disposed on the substrate. The interposer comprises a first surface facing the substrate and a second surface facing away from the substrate. A first logic semiconductor chip is disposed on the first surface of the interposer and is spaced apart from the substrate in a first direction orthogonal to an upper surface of the substrate. A first memory package is disposed on the second surface of the interposer. A second memory package is disposed on the second surface of the interposer and is spaced apart from the first memory package in a second direction that is parallel to the upper surface of the substrate. A first heat transfer unit is disposed on a surface of the substrate facing the first logic semiconductor chip. The first heat transfer unit is spaced apart from the first logic semiconductor chip in the first direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package comprises a first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the second substrate, and a stiffener extending from an upper surface of the first substrate to an upper surface of the second substrate, the stiffener not being in contact with the first semiconductor chip, wherein a first height from the upper surface of the first substrate to an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip is greater than a second height from the upper surface of the first substrate to an uppermost surface of the stiffener.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for increasing the viability of a cell by irradiating the cell with ultrasonic waves, and an ultrasound irradiation apparatus using same, wherein in a state where each of ultrasonic parameters is preconfigured in a predetermined range, the ultrasonic irradiation apparatus places an ultrasonic generation unit within a threshold range from the epidermis of an object to irradiate the epidermis of the object with ultrasonic waves, the ultrasonic parameters include at least a pressure of ultrasonic waves and a duty percentage of the ultrasonic waves, the pressure of the ultrasonic waves is 0.5 MPa to 1 MPa, and the duty percentage of the ultrasonic waves is 1% to 5%.

Abstract: Provided are a portable device and a method for controlling a cursor of the portable device. More specifically, disclosed are a portable device and a method for controlling a cursor of the portable device, by which a cursor that is displayed by using a first pressure touch (or successive motions of the first pressure touch) is controlled. Some of the disclosed embodiments provide a portable device and a method for controlling a cursor of the portable device, by which a cursor that is displayed by using a first touch and a first pressure touch (or successive motions of the first pressure touch) is controlled.