Abstract: A charging cable for an electric vehicle includes a cable main body having a flat cross-section in a width direction thereof and partitioned into a plurality of internal regions. The charging cable includes terminal portions through which positive and negative power cables, a communication/sensor cable, a coolant flow channel, and a ground pass into the plurality of internal regions, respectively. The terminal portions are arranged in a row in the width direction of the cable main body.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a functional composite powder and a functional composite powder, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a functional composite powder, the method including the steps of: preparing a metal material powder and an implantation material; adding the metal material powder and the implantation material into a mixer; and forming a functional composite powder by applying kinetic energy to the metal material powder and the implantation material in the mixer, and a functional composite powder prepared by the method.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises a substrate; a mold structure on the substrate; a plurality of channel structures extending in the mold structure; a source layer and a source sacrificial layer between the substrate and the mold structure, wherein the source sacrificial layer is spaced apart from the source layer; and a source support layer on the source layer and the source sacrificial layer, wherein the source support layer is between the source layer and the source sacrificial layer, wherein an upper surface of the source support layer includes first and second portions extending parallel to the substrate, and a third portion that connects the first and second portions, wherein a vertical distance from an upper surface of the source layer to the first portion is smaller than a vertical distance from an upper surface of the substrate to the second portion.

Abstract: A pooled memory device includes plural memory devices and a controller. The plural memory devices include a first memory and a second memory with at least one power supply configured to control power supplied to each of the plural memory devices. The controller is coupled to an interconnect device which is configured to provide the plural memory devices to at least one external device as a logical device. The controller is configured to track available storage capacities of the first memory and the second memory and cut off power supplied to an unused memory among the first memory and the second memory.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an imaging device configured to capture a camera image of a target; a controller configured to stitch a plurality of X-ray images of respective divided regions of the target to generate one X-ray image of the target; and a display configured to display a settings window that provides a GUI for receiving a setting of an X-ray irradiation condition for the respective divided regions, and display the camera image in which positions of the respective divided regions are displayed.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collector, and an anode including an anode current collector and an anode active material layer formed on the anode current collector. The anode active material layer has an area larger than that of the cathode active material layer. The cathode active material layer includes a central portion and an outer portion surrounding the central portion, and the outer portion has a specific capacity less than that of the central portion.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes an inductor that includes a first set of conductors in at least a first metal layer, and a guard ring enclosing the inductor. The guard ring includes a first conductor extending in a first direction, a second conductor extending in a second direction, and a first set of staggered conductors coupled to a first end of the first conductor and a first end of the second conductor. The first set of staggered conductors includes a second set of conductors in a second metal layer, a third set of conductors in a third metal layer and a first set of vias coupling the second set of conductors with the third set of conductors. The third metal layer is above the second metal layer. All metal lines in the second metal layer that are part of the guard ring extend in the first direction.

Abstract: An apparatus of tilting a seat cushion of a vehicle, includes a tilting motor, a pinion gear, a sector gear, and a tilting link which perform the tilting operation of the seat cushion and exert a binding force in a tilted state of the seat cushion and are provided to be connected to both of one side and the other side of a seat cushion frame, and has two sector gears positioned on left and right sides and connected to each other by a connection bar so that, by strengthening a binding force of the front portion of the seat cushion, it is possible to secure the safety of passengers in the event of a collision.

Abstract: A Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC) that may process a window sequence based on mode switching is provided. The USAC may perform encoding or decoding by overlapping between frames based on a folding point when mode switching occurs. The USAC may process different window sequences for each situation to perform encoding or decoding, and thereby may improve a coding efficiency.

Abstract: An eco-friendly power source, such as a battery module for a transportation vehicle includes a first sub-module and a second sub-module each including a plurality of battery cells; a lower cover supporting the first sub-module and the second sub-module; a connection member coupled to the first sub-module and the second sub-module, respectively; and a cooling plate coupled to the lower cover and forming a flow path through which a refrigerant can flow, wherein at least a portion of the flow path is disposed to oppose the connection member with the lower cover interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a lower structure including a first substrate, a first pad on the first substrate, and a first insulating layer enclosing the first pad, and an upper structure including a second substrate, a second pad on the second substrate, and a second insulating layer enclosing the second pad. Each of the first and second pads may include a first portion and a second portion on the first portion. The second portion may include the same metallic material as the first portion. The second portion of the first pad may be in contact with the second portion of the second pad, and the first insulating layer may be in contact with the second insulating layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: amphipathic compounds derived from 1,3-acetonedicarboxylate; a preparation method therefor; and a method for extracting, solubilizing, stabilizing, crystallizing or analyzing membrane proteins by using the same. In addition, the compound enables membrane proteins, which have various structures and characteristics, to be efficiently extracted from cell membranes and stably stored in an aqueous solution for a long time, compared to a conventional compound, thereby being usable in functional and structural analysis thereof. Analyzing the structure and function of membrane proteins is closely related to the development of a novel drug, and thus is one of the greatest interests in the biology and chemistry fields.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus can include a measuring unit configured to measure a voltage and a current of a battery cell, a calculating unit configured to determine an operating period of the battery cell based on the current of the battery cell, and calculate a comparison value for the battery cell by normalizing the voltage of the battery cell, and a diagnosing unit configured to diagnose a state of the battery cell by comparing a comparison value of the battery cell with a reference value.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate, a wiring pattern in the substrate, a passivation layer on the substrate, the passivation layer and the substrate including a first recess penetrating a part of each of the passivation layer and the substrate and extending toward the wiring pattern, a post connected to the wiring pattern and including a first portion within the first recess and a second portion on the first portion and protruding from a top surface of the passivation layer, a signal bump including a seed layer on the post, a lower bump on the seed layer, and an upper bump on the lower bump, and a heat transfer bump apart from the signal bump, electrically insulated from the wiring pattern, and including another seed layer on the passivation layer, another lower bump on the another seed layer, and another upper bump on the another lower bump may be provided.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus for measuring a coating amount of a slurry according to the present disclosure includes a light emitter configured to irradiate terahertz wave onto a release paper coated with the slurry, a light receiver configured to receive the terahertz wave, which is irradiated from the light emitter and passes through the release paper coated with the slurry, to obtain a power of the terahertz wave, and a calculating part configured to calculate a thickness of an electrode, formed from the slurry applied to the release paper, based on the power of the terahertz wave received by the light receiver.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor substrate including a bump region and a non-bump region, a bump on the bump region, and a passivation layer on the bump region and the non-bump region of the semiconductor substrate. No bump is on the non-bump region. A thickness of the passivation layer in the bump region is thicker than a thickness of the passivation layer in the non-bump region. The passivation layer includes a step between the bump region and the non-bump region.

Abstract: A bevel etching apparatus includes a chuck plate that is configured to receive a substrate, a lower ring surrounding a circumference of the chuck plate, a cover plate on the chuck plate, and an upper ring surrounding a circumference of the cover plate. The lower ring includes a ring base and a protrusion that extends upwardly from an edge of the ring base and surrounds a lower portion of a sidewall of the substrate.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) weak magnetic field detection sensor includes a ferromagnetic core, a pickup coil disposed to surround the ferromagnetic core, a substrate that includes an opening, a core pad connected to the ferromagnetic core and a coil pad connected to the pickup coil, and an insulating tube interposed between the ferromagnetic core and the pickup coil. The insulating tube includes a bobbin around which the pickup coil is wound, and a core hole formed to pass through the bobbin and configured to accommodate the ferromagnetic core.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: amphipathic compounds derived from 1,3-acetonedicarboxylate; a preparation method therefor; and a method for extracting, solubilizing, stabilizing, crystallizing or analyzing membrane proteins by using the same. In addition, the compound enables membrane proteins, which have various structures and characteristics, to be efficiently extracted from cell membranes and stably stored in an aqueous solution for a long time, compared to a conventional compound, thereby being usable in functional and structural analysis thereof. Analyzing the structure and function of membrane proteins is closely related to the development of a novel drug, and thus is one of the greatest interests in the biology and chemistry fields.

Abstract: Disclosed are a deep body spread microwave hyperthermia device for personal uses and an operation method thereof. The operating method may include generating a control signal to control patches attached to the skin of a user, dividing the control signal into a first signal and a second signal having a phase different from a phase of the first signal, transmitting the first signal and the second signal to patches attached to different positions, among the patches, and producing hyperthermia in a body of the user by radiating radio waves based on the first signal or the second signal received by each of the patches.