Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes a tab-lead stack welding process of performing welding on a tab-lead stack in which a plurality of electrode tabs and an electrode lead are stacked, so as to connect the electrode tabs to the electrode lead. The method also includes a tab-lead stack processing process of continuously pressing a welded portion of the tab-lead stack in a longitudinal direction to process the welded portion. An apparatus for manufacturing the secondary battery is also provided.

Abstract: A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device includes a heater configured to heat an aerosol-generating article, a body arranged to surround the aerosol-generating article; a first cover coupled to a side of the body and comprising a first hole for receiving the aerosol-generating article; and a second cover coupled to another side of the body and comprising a second hole for receiving a power line for supplying power to the heater.

Abstract: A display apparatus including a display and a supporter. The supporter being mounted on the display and configured to support the display and rotate the display module between a first position and a second position. The supporter including a drive motor, a first gear, and a detection sensor. The drive motor configured to supply a driving force to rotate the display. The first gear configured to rotate together with the display by receiving the driving force from the drive motor. The detection sensor configured to detect a rotation amount of a second gear configured to rotate in with the first gear.

Abstract: A light emitting device including a first LED sub-unit having a thickness in a first direction, a second LED sub-unit disposed on a portion of the first LED sub-unit in the first direction, each of the first and second LED sub-units comprising a first-type semiconductor layer, a second-type semiconductor layer, and an active layer, a reflective electrode disposed adjacent to the first LED sub-unit and electrically connected to the first-type semiconductor layer of the first LED sub-unit, and a first ohmic electrode forming ohmic contact with the second-type semiconductor layer of the first LED sub-unit, in which the active layer of the first LED sub-unit is configured to generate light, includes AlxGa(1-x-y)InyP (0?x?1, 0?y?1), and overlaps the active layer of the second LED sub-unit in the first direction, and the active layer of the second LED sub-unit includes the same material as the active layer of the first LED sub-unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated connector and a heat exchanger including the same, in which a connector main body is formed by pressing one pipe, a cap is press-fitted into the connector main body, such that the integrated connector is formed so that an interior of the connector main body is blocked by the cap. Therefore, the number of components used to manufacture a connector, which connects and securely couples a header tank and a gas-liquid separator, may be reduced, the integrated connector may be easily manufactured, and a brazing defect may be reduced at portions where the integrated connector is joined to the header tank and the gas-liquid separator of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A separator for a secondary battery includes a porous substrate and an inorganic coating layer formed on one or both surfaces of the porous substrate and including an inorganic material, wherein an average particle diameter D50 of the inorganic material is 3 to 20% of a thickness of the inorganic coating layer, wherein a TMA fracture temperature of the separator is 150° C. or higher.

Abstract: Proposed is an articulation apparatus for a robotic surgical tool, which is capable of inner rotation and outer bending independent of each other. To this end, the articulation apparatus includes an inner rotation part which is rotated by first driving power, and an outer bending part which is bent by second driving power different from the first driving power.

Abstract: A vehicle having a road surface recognition apparatus, may perform obtaining, by a controller, sound data for a sound detected by a sound detector while driving; obtaining, by the controller, driving data for driving information detected by a driving information detector; recognizing, by the controller, a type of road surface based on the obtained sound data and the obtained driving data; and controlling, by the controller, a traction control system based on information related to the recognized type of the road surface.

Abstract: A non-contact interface device for a vehicle and a method for controlling the same, may display an operation system menu for a driver and passengers to operate various kinds of devices of the vehicle as a hologram, enable a user to operate the displayed operation system menu in a non-contact manner by use of the user's finger or the like, and provide the user with a tactile feedback for a non-contact operation, so that the user can recognize whether to have operated the menu.

Abstract: The present technology provides a controller for controlling a memory device comprising: a hard syndrome calculator configured to generate a hard syndrome of a hard data chunk received from the memory device; a delta syndrome calculator configured to generate a delta syndrome of a delta bit data received from the memory device, the delta bit data indicating a reliability of the hard data chunk; a soft syndrome generator configured to generate a soft syndrome of the hard syndrome and the delta syndrome; a data determinator configured to select, as hard decision data, one of the hard data chunk and a soft data chunk, the selected data chunk corresponding to a syndrome having a lowest syndrome weight; and an error corrector configured to perform an ECC decoding operation on the hard decision data.

Abstract: A decoding device may determine a candidate data unit among a plurality of data units included in one data chunk, in parallel with an operation of decoding a target data unit among the plurality of data units. The decoding device may determine whether to decode the candidate data unit, and may decode the candidate data unit according to whether to decode the candidate data unit, after executing decoding on the target data unit.

Abstract: A decoding device may determine a candidate data unit among a plurality of data units included in one data chunk, in parallel with an operation of decoding a target data unit among the plurality of data units. The decoding device may determine whether to decode the candidate data unit, and may decode the candidate data unit according to whether to decode the candidate data unit, after executing decoding on the target data unit.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes alternately stacking sacrificial layers and interlayer insulating layers over a lower structure, forming a slit passing through the sacrificial layers and the interlayer insulating layers, removing the sacrificial layers through the slit through a wet etching process, and removing, through a dry etching process, a byproduct that is produced at ends of the interlayer insulating layers during the wet etching process.

Abstract: A controller and an operating method of the controller may calculate a first syndrome weight which is syndrome weight for first read data, calculate a second syndrome weight which is syndrome weight for second read data, and determine first reliability data and second reliability data based on the first syndrome weight and the second syndrome weight. The first read data may be read from a memory area using a first read bias and the second read data may be read from the memory area using a second read bias different from the first read bias.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for treating a substrate, the apparatus including: a housing having an inner space; a plurality of outer cups arranged in a row in the inner space, each having a processing space; a spin chuck for supporting and rotating a substrate in each of the processing spaces; and a treatment solution nozzle provided in a plurality to correspond to the plurality of outer cups, respectively, and for supplying a treatment solution onto the substrate supported by the spin chuck, in which the outer cup includes a sidewall surrounding the spin chuck, the sidewall includes a first region and a second region located adjacent to each other along a circumferential direction thereof, and the outer cup includes a first protrusion installed in the first region while extending upwardly on a top end of the sidewall.

Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device and a controller. The memory device outputs a codeword read from plural memory cells in response to a request. The controller is configured to establish a plurality of variable nodes and a plurality of check nodes from the codeword, perform a second flipping function operation for estimating flipping necessity and flipping frequency regarding the plurality of variable nodes based on the plurality of check nodes, determine, based on the flipping necessity and the flipping frequency, which iterative operation is performed during a first flipping operation for decoding the codeword, and perform the first flipping operation through a determined iterative operation to obtain the plurality of variable nodes.

Abstract: A read pattern obtained in a read operation for determining an optimal read voltage when an initial read operation fails is stored, and is used in a read operation to be subsequently performed for determining a new optimal read voltage.

Abstract: A unit for supplying a substrate-treating liquid is provided with a first reservoir and a second reservoir between which a differential pressure is constantly maintained to establish a flow rate, along with a substrate-treating apparatus having the unit for supplying the substrate-treating liquid. The unit for supplying the substrate-treating liquid includes a supply reservoir module and a buffer reservoir module. The supply reservoir module includes a first reservoir for supplying the substrate-treating liquid to an inkjet head unit for jetting the substrate-treating liquid onto a substrate, and a second reservoir for recovering the substrate-treating liquid that remains unused in the inkjet head unit. The buffer reservoir module is configured to provide the substrate-treating liquid to the first reservoir. Differential pressure is constantly maintained between the first reservoir and the second reservoir.

Abstract: Provided are a nozzle inspection method and a nozzle inspection apparatus capable of accurately detecting a defect in an inkjet head nozzle within a short time. The nozzle inspection method comprises discharging a plurality of droplets into a first region of interest of a substrate using a first nozzle to form an inspection pattern, and determining whether the first nozzle is defective based on the inspection pattern.

Abstract: A storage device may include a memory device and a memory controller. The memory device may store data. The memory controller may iterate error correction decoding on data read from the memory device, determine whether to continue iterating based on a result obtained by comparing a first threshold number with a number of Unsatisfied Check Nodes (UCNs) included in a syndrome of first decoded data, which is a result of a first set number of iterations of the error correction decoding on the read data, and determine whether to continue iterating based on a result obtained by comparing a second threshold number with a number of UCNs included in a syndrome of second decoded data, which is a result of a sum of the first set number and a second set number of iterations of the error correction decoding on the read data.