Abstract: An image sensor and an operating method thereof are provided. The image sensor comprises a voltage generator configured to receive a reference voltage and generate an operating voltage, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit configured to receive the operating voltage and output a digital code based on the operating voltage, and processing circuitry configured to receive the digital code, and calculate a settling time at which the operating voltage was stabilized based on the digital code and a desired settling threshold voltage value.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate includes an active area; a first landing pad connected to the active area and disposed on the substrate; a second landing pad connected to the active area, and spaced apart from the first landing pad, wherein the second landing pad is disposed on the substrate; a first lower electrode disposed on the first landing pad and extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the substrate; a second lower electrode disposed on the second landing pad and extending in the direction substantially perpendicular to the substrate; a dielectric layer extending along the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode; and an upper electrode disposed on the dielectric layer, wherein a first upper surface of the first landing pad is disposed below a second upper surface of the second landing pad with respect to a lower surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A blower unit for a vehicle and an air conditioning device including the same, the blower unit including: a scroll casing having an inlet port; a fan rotatably disposed in the scroll casing; a motor having a shaft coupled to the fan; and a bell mouth disposed in the inlet port, in which an inner end of the scroll casing, which defines the inlet port, is disposed to be spaced apart from the fan in a radial direction to define a separation space, and the bell mouth prevents air, which flows by a rotation of the fan, from flowing reversely through the separation space. The blower unit and the air conditioning device including the same prevent air from flowing reversely to the outside of the scroll casing by means of the arrangement of the bell mouth and the scroll casing and the structural shape of the bell mouth.

Abstract: A resonant coil coupled with an electromagnetic field is disclosed. A Fraunhofer resonant coil includes an upper spiral element and a lower spiral element, an upper conical element connected to the upper spiral element and including one or more layers formed of a plurality of plies, a lower conical element connected to the lower spiral element and including one or more layers formed of a plurality of plies, and a feeding device connected to a gap between the upper conical element and the lower conical element and configured to supply power.

Abstract: A camera module includes: a first body including a substrate; an image sensor mounted on the substrate; a second body including a lens module; a ball bearing disposed between the first body and the second body to enable movement of the second body relative to the first body; and a driving member disposed between the first body and the second body to provide driving force to move the second body in at least one direction intersecting an optical axis.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides autotaxin (ATX) inhibitor compounds and compositions including said compounds. The present disclosure also provides methods of using said compounds and compositions for inhibiting ATX. Also provided are methods of preparing said compounds and compositions, and synthetic precursors of said compounds.

Abstract: An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a carbon-based particle including pores therein, a silicon-containing coating layer formed at an inside the pores of the carbon-based particle or on a surface of the carbon-based particle, and a carbon coating layer formed on the silicon-containing coating layer. A full width at half maximum (FWHM) of an O1s peak of a surface measured by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is 2.0 or more. A lithium secondary battery including the anode active material having improved initial discharge capacity and capacity efficiency is provided.

Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate including a display area and a pad area, which is disposed on one side of the display area, a plurality of conductive layers disposed on the substrate, in the display area and the pad area, a passivation layer disposed on the conductive layers, and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the passivation layer, in the display area, and spaced apart from one another, wherein at least one of the conductive layers includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, which is disposed on the first metal layer, and a third metal layer, which is disposed on the second metal layer, the first metal layer includes vanadium (V), the second metal layer includes aluminum (Al) or an Al alloy, and the third metal layer includes V or titanium (Ti).

Abstract: A scrubber system may include a scrubber housing including a vertically extended cleaning space, an inflow chamber coupled to a bottom portion of the scrubber housing, and first and second inflow portions, each of which is configured to supply a gas into the inflow chamber. The inflow chamber may include a mixing space, and the mixing space may be connected to the cleaning space. The first inflow portion may include a first connection pipe coupled to the inflow chamber to provide a first connection path and the second inflow portion may include a second connection pipe coupled to the inflow chamber to provide a second connection path. The first and second connection paths may be extended toward the mixing space in opposite directions, respectively, and may be connected to opposite portions of the mixing space, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heteroaryl derivative compound and a use thereof. Since the heteroaryl derivative of the present invention exhibits excellent inhibitory activity against EGFR, the heteroaryl derivative can be usefully used as a therapeutic agent for EGFR-associated diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating or ameliorating metabolic diseases, cholestatic liver diseases, or organ fibrosis, which comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isoxazole derivative, a racemate, an enantiomer, or a diastereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the derivative, the racemate, the enantiomer, or the diastereoisomer.

Abstract: Provided are a system and method for managing airport baggage. The system includes an electronic tag attached to baggage of each passenger and storing baggage information, a plurality of readers installed on one side of a conveyor, which automatically conveys the baggage to a gate and configured to recognize the electronic tag attached to the baggage passing therethrough, and an airport management server installed at each airport and configured to generate, when baggage check-in information is input, a baggage data table of a corresponding passenger and record, when baggage recognition information including reader identification information and baggage identification information is received from the reader, normal baggage recognition in a baggage data table corresponding to the baggage recognition information.

Abstract: Provided is a method for guiding position of aircraft baggage, the method allowing baggage information to be recognized through an electronic tag attached to baggage to determine whether the baggage has arrived at a destination and, upon determining that the baggage has arrived at the destination, calculating baggage location information and transmitting the obtained baggage location information to a terminal of a passenger and, upon determining that the baggage has not arrived at the destination, transmitting baggage misdelivery guide information to the terminal of the passenger.

Abstract: The MRI apparatus includes a main magnet forming a static magnetic field in a bore, and a gradient coil assembly which forms a magnetic field gradient in the static magnetic field and includes a plurality of shim trays arranged therein at a predefined interval and at least one first shim token provided between the shim trays.

Abstract: The MRI apparatus includes a main magnet forming a static magnetic field in a bore, and a gradient coil assembly which forms a magnetic field gradient in the static magnetic field and includes a plurality of shim trays arranged therein at a predefined interval and at least one first shim token provided between the shim trays.

Abstract: The MRI apparatus includes a main magnet forming a static magnetic field in a bore, and a gradient coil assembly which forms a magnetic field gradient in the static magnetic field and includes a plurality of shim trays arranged therein at a predefined interval and at least one first shim token provided between the shim trays.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method and apparatus in which conductors are installed in the space between a static coil unit and a gradient coil unit to eliminate asymmetry of eddy current induced in the static coil unit. The structure permits a symmetrical distribution of eddy current when the concentric arrangement of the static coil unit and gradient coil unit has deviated. The MRI apparatus includes: a static coil unit configured to form a static field in a subject; a gradient coil unit configured to form a gradient field in the static field; and one or more conductors installed in the space between the static coil unit and the gradient coil unit, and configured to symmetrically distribute eddy current induced in the static coil unit.

Abstract: An HTS magnet having a stack of a plurality of double-pancake (DP) coils is disclosed, with each DP coil having a first superconducting coil and a second superconducting coil. The plurality of DP coils have varying widths, with DP coils with the widest widths at the top and bottom of the stack, and DP coils with the narrowest coils located substantially at a midpoint of the stack. The DP coils omit turn-to-turn insulation, or have minimal turn-to-turn insulation.

Abstract: An HTS magnet having a stack of a plurality of double-pancake (DP) coils is disclosed, with each DP coil having a first superconducting coil and a second superconducting coil. The plurality of DP coils have varying widths, with DP coils with the widest widths at the top and bottom of the stack, and DP coils with the narrowest coils located substantially at a midpoint of the stack. The DP coils omit turn-to-turn insulation, or have minimal turn-to-turn insulation.

Abstract: The MRI apparatus includes a main magnet forming a static magnetic field in a bore, and a gradient coil assembly which forms a magnetic field gradient in the static magnetic field and includes a plurality of shim trays arranged therein at a predefined interval and at least one first shim token provided between the shim trays.