Abstract: In a method and device for cell (re)selection in an EMB-based non-terrestrial network. the method of a UE includes the steps of: configuring a candidate cell set which is a set of one or more neighboring cells having a cell timer value greater than the sum of a cell service timer value of a serving cell and a second value among at least one neighboring cell; selecting a candidate cell among the one or more neighboring cells on the basis of the SAT service timer value of each of the one or more neighboring cells belonging to the candidate cell set; and performing a procedure for configuring a connection with the candidate cell.

Abstract: A vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication-based electronic toll collection system (ETCS) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one roadside unit (RSU), a token issuer checking a de-identified token of a vehicle by communicating with an on-board unit (OBU) of the vehicle via the at least one roadside unit, and a clearing house communicating with the token issuer and charging a toll to a driver/owner of the vehicle. The token issuer generates toll information of the vehicle based on the de-identified token of the vehicle and location information of the at least one roadside unit involved in checking the de-identified token.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A communication apparatus is provided to include an apparatus enclosure that includes a substrate seating surface and at least one or more connection grooves formed on the substrate seating surface, a first printed circuit board disposed on the substrate seating surface, a second printed circuit board disposed on the substrate seating surface on one side of the first printed circuit board, and at least one or more connectors disposed within the connection groove and configured to electrically connect the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for purifying Li7 ions from reactor coolant radioactive material and adjusting pH of the reactor coolant. The apparatus comprises a radioactive metal ion recovery unit comprising a first negative electrode member having a negative (?) electrode connected thereto and a first positive electrode member having a positive (+) electrode connected thereto, and an Li ion separation/concentration unit.

Abstract: An encryption key management method includes: receiving a data registration request from a supplier terminal, determining a data identifier associated with the content data, encrypting a master key with a public key of the supplier terminal, and providing the supplier terminal with the master key encrypted with the public key of the supplier terminal, the data identifier, and a key update count value; receiving a subscription application related to the data identifier from a first subscriber terminal, encrypting the master key with a public key of the first subscriber terminal, and providing the first subscriber terminal with the master key encrypted with the public key of the first subscriber terminal and the key update count value; receiving encrypted content data encrypted with the symmetric key and a hash for the content data from the supplier terminal; and transmitting the encrypted content data and the hash to the first subscriber terminal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a signal shielding apparatus and an antenna apparatus including same, and in particular, comprises a shield cover which is stacked and disposed on a printed board assembly (hereinafter, abbreviated to “PBA”), in which a plurality of signal-related components are mounted on one side thereof to prevent leakage of a signal from the plurality of signal-related components, wherein a grooved shield cover seating groove is formed in one surface of the PBA, and an insertion end insertably seated in the shield cover seating groove is integrally formed in the other surface from among one surface and the other surface of the shield cover, the other surface facing the one surface of the PBA, thereby providing advantages in that an increase in the manufacturing cost may be prevented, EMI shielding may be facilitated, and heat dissipation performance may be significantly improved.

Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. In the electrode assembly, the uncoated portion of an electrode includes a segment region divided into a plurality of segments, and the segment region includes a plurality of segment groups separated by a group separation pitch along a winding direction. One end of the electrode assembly includes a plurality of segment alignments. In winding turns corresponding to the plurality of segment alignments, group separation pitches of segment groups disposed in a same winding turn are substantially identical, and separation pitches of the segment groups is greater in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly than in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Provided is a peptide composition for preventing or treating Alzheimer's dementia. A peptide or a salt substituent thereof according to the presently claimed subject matter exhibits effects such as suppression of LPS-mediated cytokine production, suppression of LPS-induced neuroinflammation, amelioration of cognitive impairment, suppression of beta amyloid or tau protein aggregation, and suppression of neuronal loss. The polypeptide or the salt substituent thereof can permeate the blood-brain barrier, and thus, is expected to be usefully used for preventing or treating Alzheimer's dementia.

Abstract: An optical alignment device according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes an optical alignment plate having a first hole and at least one second hole, in which the first hole and the second hole pass through the optical alignment plate, and an optical detection element disposed on the optical alignment plate. Here, the optical detection element includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, which face each other, a lens disposed on the first surface, and an optical sensor disposed on the second surface, and the optical detection element vertically overlaps the first hole and the second hole. The lens is exposed to the outside by the first hole, and the second hole is connected with a vacuum suction unit to fix the optical detection element to the optical alignment plate.

Abstract: Disclosed are a Mach-Zehnder interferometric optical modulator and a method for manufacturing the same. The modulator includes first and second lower clad layers, a core layer, an upper clad layer, a waveguide, and electrodes. The waveguide may include an input waveguide, a waveguide divider, branch waveguides, and a waveguide combiner. Each of the branch waveguides includes first and second connection regions connected to the waveguide combiner and the waveguide divider, respectively, and a phase shift region having a cross-section of a reverse mesa structure that has an upper width that is the same as widths of the first and second connection regions and a lower width that is smaller than the widths of the first and second connection regions.

Abstract: Provided is a waveguide photodetector including a semiconductor substrate, a first optical waveguide and a second optical waveguide, which are sequentially laminated on the semiconductor substrate, in which each of the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide includes a first portion and a second portion, and the first portion extends from the second portion in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, a refractive index matching layer disposed on the second portion of the second optical waveguide, a clad layer disposed on the refractive index matching layer, and an absorber disposed between the refractive index matching layer and the clad layer. Here, the second optical waveguide has a first conductive-type, the clad layer has a second conductive-type opposite to the first conductive-type, and the refractive index matching layer includes a first semiconductor layer that is an intrinsic semiconductor layer.

Abstract: Provided is a waveguide photodetector including a semiconductor substrate, a first optical waveguide and a second optical waveguide, which are sequentially laminated on the semiconductor substrate, in which each of the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide includes a first portion and a second portion, and the first portion extends from the second portion in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, a refractive index matching layer disposed on the second portion of the second optical waveguide, a clad layer disposed on the refractive index matching layer, and an absorber disposed between the refractive index matching layer and the clad layer. Here, the second optical waveguide has a first conductive-type, the clad layer has a second conductive-type opposite to the first conductive-type, and the refractive index matching layer includes a first semiconductor layer that is an intrinsic semiconductor layer.

Abstract: An optical waveguide structure includes a substrate and a core structure disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes a first waveguide region, a second waveguide region, and a transition region between the first waveguide region and the second waveguide region. The core structure includes first core segments arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction on the transition region. The core structure includes second core segments arranged in the first direction and the second direction on the second waveguide region. The first direction and the second direction are parallel to a top surface of the substrate.

Abstract: An optical waveguide structure includes a substrate and a core structure disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes a first waveguide region, a second waveguide region, and a transition region between the first waveguide region and the second waveguide region. The core structure includes first core segments arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction on the transition region. The core structure includes second core segments arranged in the first direction and the second direction on the second waveguide region. The first direction and the second direction are parallel to a top surface of the substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus for purifying waste gases for an integrated semiconductor is provided, which includes a cover including a burner mounted thereon to generate a flame and a plurality of waste gas inlet pipes formed on a circumference of the burner to make waste gases flow therethrough; a reactor including upper and lower openings formed thereon so that the cover is detachably coupled to the upper opening, a converging member tapered to have a smaller diameter as going toward a lower portion thereof, and a transport pipe vertically arranged to communicate with an apex of the converging member, in which a water curtain is formed to prevent accumulation of by-products, to burn and discharge the inflow waste gases; and a cleaning portion integrally formed in the reactor to water-clean the burnt waste gases that are discharged into the reactor after passing through the transport pipe to collect particles. Since the burner, the reactor, and the scrubber are integrally formed in a body.

Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a Mach-Zehnder electrooptic modulator including forming an intrinsic semiconductor layer including a Group III-V compound semiconductor on a Group III-V compound semiconductor substrate having an active region and a passive region, doping a first impurity in the intrinsic semiconductor layer corresponding to the active region to form a core layer disposed on the substrate and undoped with the first impurity and an upper clad layer disposed on the core layer and including a region doped with the first impurity, and patterning the core layer and the upper clad layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for purifying waste gases for an integrated semiconductor is provided, which includes a cover including a burner mounted thereon to generate a flame and a plurality of waste gas inlet pipes formed on a circumference of the burner to make waste gases flow therethrough; a reactor including upper and lower openings formed thereon so that the cover is detachably coupled to the upper opening, a converging member tapered to have a smaller diameter as going toward a lower portion thereof, and a transport pipe vertically arranged to communicate with an apex of the converging member, in which a water curtain is formed to prevent accumulation of by-products, to burn and discharge the inflow waste gases; and a cleaning portion integrally formed in the reactor to water-clean the burnt waste gases that are discharged into the reactor after passing through the transport pipe to collect particles. Since the burner, the reactor, and the scrubber are integrally formed in a body.