Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and an operation method thereof according to embodiments. The electronic device according to an embodiment includes an optical module configured to radiate light to an object and to detect a distance to the object from the electronic device by using light reflected from the object. The electronic device further includes a processor configured to determine touch information and/or gesture information of the object based on information about the detected distance to the object.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a resistive random access memory device and a preparing method thereof.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a dielectric ceramic composition includes attaching a reactive functional group to a surface of a base material powder particle of a perovskite structure.

Abstract: An active optical cable is disclosed. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an active optical cable, having no complicated structure by obviating the need for a separate monitoring photodetector as was used for a typical optical transceiver, increasing light output-current linearity to improve optical coupling efficiency, generating a library of transmission/reception-related electro-optical characteristics of both optical modules so as to enable light outputted from a light source included in an optical transmitter to maintain high linearity over a wide range of temperatures, thereby reducing power consumption, and being applicable to a multi-level PAM technique involving at least four (4) levels.

Abstract: Disclosed are a source drive integrated circuit (IC), a method of manufacturing the same, and a display apparatus including the source drive IC. The source drive IC includes a core portion, a first channel portion disposed outside one side of the core portion, a second channel portion disposed outside the other side of the core portion, a first resistor string provided inward from the one side of the core portion to generate a plurality of gamma voltages, a first resistance corrector provided between the first resistor string and the first channel portion, and a first connection line extending from the first resistor string to each of the first channel portion and the second channel portion and transferring the plurality of gamma voltages to the first channel portion and the second channel portion. The first connection line extends to the first channel portion via the first resistance corrector.

Abstract: Methods of increasing the resistance of plants, in particular soybeans, to nematodes, in particular soybean cyst nematodes, are provided herein. The methods include increasing the expression of Glyma18g02580, Glyma18g02590 and/or Glyma18g2610 in cells of a plant and in particular in root cells of a plant to increase the resistance of the plant and plant cells to nematodes. The methods include increasing the expression using constitutive promoters or by increasing the copy number of the polynucleotides. Constructs for expressing these polypeptides, transgenic cells, transgenic plants and methods of generating the same are also provided. Methods of screening plant cells for resistance or susceptibility to nematodes are also provided.

Abstract: An optical module using an optical assembly for optical transmission and reception is disclosed. At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides an optical module which can improve the productivity by enabling efficient optical alignment and optical coupling between optical devices and optical fibers in an optical transmission-reception module using a plurality of optical fibers while increasing the data transfer rate per unit module.

Abstract: A power management integrated circuit includes first pads, second pads, a third pad, and a fourth pad that are configured to be connected with an external device, a regulation block that receives first voltages from the first pads, converts the first voltages to second voltages, and outputs the second voltages to the second pads, a communication block that receives a command through the third pad and outputs an internal information request received together with the command responsive to the command, and a logic block that controls an operation of the regulation block, receives the internal information request from the communication block, and outputs internal state information to the fourth pad based on the internal information request.

Abstract: This application relates to an optical refractometer. In one aspect, the optical refractometer includes a prism, a light source and a sensor. The prism includes a first surface to which light is incident, a second surface to which the incident light is refracted when it contacts a substance, and a third surface reflecting the light refracted at the second surface toward the first surface. The light source emits light onto the first surface of the prism to be refracted toward the second surface. The sensor receives the light reflected from the third surface and output from the first surface. The light projected from the light source travels an optical path that directs the light to pass through the first surface of the prism, refract on the second surface, reflect on the third surface, and emit and condense to the first surface.

Abstract: An optical module using an optical assembly for optical transmission and reception is disclosed. At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides an optical module which can improve the productivity by enabling efficient optical alignment and optical coupling between optical devices and optical fibers in an optical transmission-reception module using a plurality of optical fibers while increasing the data transfer rate per unit module.

Abstract: An optical fiber connection apparatus is disclosed, including a first housing having first receptacle portion receiving and fixating first optical fiber bundle connecting to first optical module on the outside, and a first lens member changing shape or direction of optical signal received from the first optical module and transmitting changed optical signal to the outside or changing shape or direction of optical signal received from the outside and thereby transmitting changed optical signal to the first optical module, and further including a second housing having second receptacle portion receiving and fixating a second optical fiber bundle connecting to a second optical module on the outside, and a second lens member changing shape or direction of optical signal received from the second optical module and thereby transmitting changed optical signal or changing shape or direction of optical signal received from the outside and thereby transmitting changed optical signal to the second optical module.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method which can effectively remove perovskite light absorbers, hole transport layers, metal electrodes, and the like by immersing a waste perovskite-based photoelectric conversion element module in a cleaning solution under predetermined conditions. The present invention can recover a substrate from the waste module and manufacture a photoelectric conversion element having a photoelectric conversion efficiency level comparable to the initially high level again, using the same.

Abstract: A power management integrated circuit includes first pads, second pads, a third pad, and a fourth pad that are configured to be connected with an external device, a regulation block that receives first voltages from the first pads, converts the first voltages to second voltages, and outputs the second voltages to the second pads, a communication block that receives a command through the third pad and outputs an internal information request received together with the command responsive to the command, and a logic block that controls an operation of the regulation block, receives the internal information request from the communication block, and outputs internal state information to the fourth pad based on the internal information request.

Abstract: Methods of increasing the resistance of plants, in particular soybeans, to nematodes, in particular soybean cyst nematodes, are provided herein. The methods include increasing the expression of Glyma18g02580, Glyma18g02590 and/or Glyma18g2610 in cells of a plant and in particular in root cells of a plant to increase the resistance of the plant and plant cells to nematodes. The methods include increasing the expression using constitutive promoters or by increasing the copy number of the polynucleotides. Constructs for expressing these polypeptides, transgenic cells, transgenic plants and methods of generating the same are also provided. Methods of screening plant cells for resistance or susceptibility to nematodes are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are a drive integrated circuit (IC) capable of being applied to all of a chip on film (COF) type and a chip on glass (COG) type and a display device including the drive IC. The drive IC includes an input pad part including a plurality of input bumps and an output pad part including a plurality of first diode parts, a plurality of second diode parts, and a plurality of output bumps. At least two of the plurality of output bumps overlap the plurality of first diode parts and the plurality of second diode parts, and a first output bump of the at least two output bumps is connected to at least one of the plurality of first diode parts and at least one of the plurality of second diode parts.

Abstract: An active optical cable is disclosed. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an active optical cable, having no complicated structure by obviating the need for a separate monitoring photodetector as was used for a typical optical transceiver, increasing light output-current linearity to improve optical coupling efficiency, generating a library of transmission/reception-related electro-optical characteristics of both optical modules so as to enable light outputted from a light source included in an optical transmitter to maintain high linearity over a wide range of temperatures, thereby reducing power consumption, and being applicable to a multi-level PAM technique involving at least four (4) levels.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for setting a link speed of a dual port switch, and more particularly, to a method for setting a link speed of a dual port switch, which controls link speeds of ports, which are included in the dual port switch using a cut-through packet switching scheme, to be equal to each other.

Abstract: An active optical cable is disclosed. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an active optical cable, characterized by: having no complicated structure by obviating the need for a separate monitoring photodetector as was used for a typical optical transceiver, increasing light output-current linearity to improve optical coupling efficiency, generating a library of transmission/reception-related electro-optical characteristics of both optical modules so as to enable light outputted from a light source included in an optical transmitter to maintain high linearity over a wide range of temperatures, thereby reducing power consumption, and being applicable to a multi-level PAM technique involving at least four (4) levels.

Abstract: An artificial joint is provided. The artificial joint may comprise: a first joint member including a first bone replacement part, and a (1-1)st branch and a (1-2)st branch branched from opposite sides of the first bone replacement part; a second joint member including a second bone replacement part, and a (2-1)nd branch and a (2-2)nd branch branched from opposite sides of the second bone replacement part; a first main string connecting one side of the (1-1)st branch and one side of the (2-1)nd branch; a second main string connecting the one side of the (1-1)st branch and one side of the (2-2)nd branch; a third main string connecting one side of the (1-2)st branch and the one side of the (2-1)nd branch; and a fourth main string connecting the one side of the (1-2)st branch and the one side of the (2-2)nd branch.

Abstract: A non-welded type branch piping reinforcement apparatus capable of preventing damage to a branch pipe system by increasing the strength of the branch pipe system by covering and protecting the branch pipe system connected to a header pipe, by a joint clamp, a connection pipe clamp, and a valve clamp includes: a joint clamp arranged to cover the branch pipe joint and the connection pipe and having an arc-shaped cross section; a connection pipe clamp arranged to cover the connection pipe and having an arc-shaped cross section; and a valve clamp arranged to cover the connection pipe and the valve and having an arc-shaped cross section, wherein one end of the connection pipe clamp is connected to the joint clamp and the other end of the connection pipe clamp is connected to the valve clamp.