Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second active patterns extending in a first direction, a first epitaxial pattern on the first active pattern and adjacent to the second active pattern, a second epitaxial pattern on the second active pattern and adjacent to the first active pattern, an element separation structure separating the first and second active patterns between the first and second epitaxial patterns, and including a core separation pattern, and a separation side wall pattern on a side wall of the core separation pattern, and a gate structure extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, on the first active pattern. An upper surface of the gate structure is on the same plane as an upper surface of the core separation pattern. The separation side wall pattern includes a high dielectric constant liner, which includes a high dielectric constant dielectric film including a metal.

Abstract: A battery management system includes a displacement sensor configured to detect a displacement of a cell group including a plurality of battery cells connected in parallel, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to record the displacement of the cell group at a predetermined time interval for a first diagnosis period from a first time point to a second time point during charging of the cell group. The control unit is configured to determine a first displacement curve from a history of the displacement over the first diagnosis period. The control unit is configured to determine whether the plurality of battery cells is nonuniformly degraded based on the first displacement curve.

Abstract: Provided are a light-emitting element, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device comprising the light-emitting element. The method for manufacturing the light-emitting element comprises the steps of: preparing a lower substrate including a substrate and a buffer material layer formed on the substrate, forming a separating layer disposed on the lower substrate and including at least one graphene layer, forming an element deposition structure by depositing a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active material layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer on the separating layer, forming an element rod by etching the element deposition structure and the separating layer in a vertical direction; and separating the element rod from the lower substrate to form a light emitting element.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for managing in-memory container storage. The apparatus includes one or more processors, executable memory for storing at least one program executed by the one or more processors, and a container file system for storing a container, which provides application virtualization. Here, the container file system includes a merged access layer, a container layer, and an image layer, and the at least one program provides an application with link information of files in the container layer and the image layer, thereby allowing the application to access the files.

Abstract: A display device may include: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; and pixels provided on the display area, and each including sub-pixels each including an emission area and a non-emission area. Each sub-pixel may include a pixel circuit layer including at least one transistor, and a display element layer including at least one light emitting element configured to emit light and connected to the transistor. The display element layer may include: a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other with the light emitting element interposed therebetween; the light emitting element connected between the first and second electrodes; and a planarization layer provided on the pixel circuit layer, and coming into contact with at least a portion of each of opposite ends of the light emitting element. The planarization layer may overlap with each of the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for autoscaling a service shared in a cloud. The apparatus may include memory in which at least one program is recorded and a processor for executing the program, and the program may perform autoscaling by which at least one second service for performing the same function as a first service is additionally generated or deleted depending on a load that is incurred when multiple clients call the first service in the cloud. The at least one second service may be set to one of two or more execution types having different response times depending on a response time required by each of the multiple clients.

Abstract: A potassium nitrate level detection sensing module M in a strengthening furnace according to the present invention includes a level detection means, which is installed inside a glass strengthening furnace, installed at a height equal to a level line of strengthening liquid to be filled in the strengthening furnace F, and generates an electrical signal having a set threshold or more or an electrical signal having the set threshold or less when it comes into contact with the strengthening liquid and detects that the strengthening liquid filled in the glass strengthening furnace F has reached a set strengthening liquid level line. The potassium nitrate level detection sensing module in the strengthening furnace according to the present invention having such a configuration can automatically identify that potassium nitrate in a liquid state, which is melted in the strengthening furnace, has reached the set level line in the strengthening furnace.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a neovascular-targeting contrast medium composition and a method for preparing same. The neovascular-targeting contrast medium composition according to the present invention exhibits high binding force to neovascularization-associated ?v?3 integrin, excellent tissue permeability and biostability, enables simple measurement in vitro, in vivo, or ex vivo, and thus is effective in the detection of neovascularization and in diagnosing diseases associated therewith, and therefore may be usefully employed in the relevant industries.

Abstract: Proposed is a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method. The substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber configured to have a processing space therein, a support unit configured to support a substrate within the processing space, a gas supply unit configured to supply a processing gas to the processing space, and an exhaust unit configured to exhaust the processing space, wherein the gas supply unit may vaporize a processing fluid in a liquid state by using at least one of a bubbling method and a blowing method and supply the processing fluid to the processing space.

Abstract: A negative electrode including: a current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer positioned on at least one surface of the current collector for a negative electrode and containing a first carbonaceous active material; and a second negative electrode active material layer positioned on a surface of the first negative electrode active material layer and containing a silicon-based active material and carbon nanotubes. A lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode is also disclosed.

Abstract: A potassium nitrate level detection sensing module M in a strengthening furnace according to the present invention includes a level detection means, which is installed inside a glass strengthening furnace, installed at a height equal to a level line of strengthening liquid to be filled in the strengthening furnace F, and generates an electrical signal having a set threshold or more or an electrical signal having the set threshold or less when it comes into contact with the strengthening liquid and detects that the strengthening liquid filled in the glass strengthening furnace F has reached a set strengthening liquid level line. The potassium nitrate level detection sensing module in the strengthening furnace according to the present invention having such a configuration can automatically identify that potassium nitrate in a liquid state, which is melted in the strengthening furnace, has reached the set level line in the strengthening furnace.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for automatically classifying an input sound source according to a preset criterion and are an apparatus and method for automatically classifying a sound source according to a set criterion by using deep learning. The apparatus for classifying a sound source includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor and storing a deep learning algorithm and original sound data, wherein the memory stores program instructions executable by the processor to generate n pieces of image data corresponding to the original sound data according to a preset method, generate training image data corresponding to the original sound data by using the n pieces of image data, train the deep learning algorithm by using the training image data, and classify target sound data according to a preset criterion by using the deep learning algorithm, wherein the n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2.

Abstract: A pouch and a secondary battery including the pouch, and a method for manufacturing the same are described. The method for manufacturing the secondary battery includes: a hole formation process of forming a degassing hole in an aluminum sheet; and a lamination process of laminating a polymer layer on the aluminum sheet to manufacture a pouch; an accommodation process of accommodating an electrode assembly in the pouch; and a sealing process of sealing an outer circumferential surface of the pouch.

Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing an acrylonitrile-based copolymer for a carbon fiber, which comprises: preparing a reaction solution including a monomer mixture comprising a sulfonate-based monomer represented by Chemical Formula 1, a carboxylic acid-based monomer, and an acrylonitrile-based monomer and an organic solvent; and subjecting the reaction solution to polymerization, wherein the monomer mixture comprises the sulfonate-based monomer represented by Chemical Formula 1 at 0.55 to 1.6 mol %.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating the substrate includes a process chamber with a treating space therein, a support member located in the treating space to support the substrate, and a gas supply unit supplying a surface-modifying gas to the treating space. The gas supply unit includes a bubbler tank provided with an accommodating space for storing a liquid alkyne-based chemical, the bubbler tanks bubbling the liquid alkyne-based chemical by supplying an inert gas to the accommodating space to generate the surface-modifying gas, a heater heating the liquid alkyne-based chemical stored in the bubbler tank at a first temperature, and a gas supply line coupled between the process chamber and the bubbler tank to supply the surface modified gas to the treating space and provided with a first valve.

Abstract: A negative electrode, a method for manufacturing the negative electrode, a secondary battery, and a method for manufacturing the secondary battery, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer includes a first negative electrode active material layer on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and a second negative electrode active material layer on the first negative electrode active material layer. The first negative electrode active material layer includes ethylene carbonate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery case configured to receive an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution therein, the electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the battery case including a layer structure and a gas adsorption layer formed on the inner surface of the layer structure, the gas adsorption layer including a gas adsorption material layer configured to adsorb a reaction gas that may be generated within the battery case during abnormal functioning of the electrode assembly, and a blocking layer formed on an exposed surface of the gas adsorption material layer, the blocking layer configured to prevent the gas adsorption material layer from being exposed to an ambient gas during assembly of the battery case.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for generating and authenticating a three-dimensional dynamic OTP that does not require input of a password. In the method, a user address received from a user terminal is converted into coordinate values in degrees, minutes, and seconds on latitude and longitude, and set as address coordinates from the coordinates in a unit of seconds and then a two-dimensional reference coordinate system is displayed that is subdivided with the address coordinates as an origin, a two-dimensional function is provided and rotated about an arbitrary axis to form a three-dimensional space by a three-dimensional function, one OTP generation coordinate within the three-dimensional space is provided, and then a one-time password is generated by combining respective coordinate values of x, y, and z axes of the one OTP generation coordinate.