Abstract: A semiconductor includes an underlayer; a lower core layer spaced apart from the underlayer, the lower core layer including a plurality of lower segments spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction; an upper core layer spaced apart from the lower core layer, the upper core layer including a plurality of upper segments spaced apart from each other in the horizontal direction; a post pattern vertically penetrating the upper core layer and the lower core layer; a passivation layer surrounding the lower core layer, the upper core layer, and the post pattern; coating layer surrounding the passivation layer; and a support pattern extending in the vertical direction and passing through the lower core layer, the upper core layer, the passivation layer, and the coating layer.

Abstract: A sliding device configured for a vehicle, includes a magnetic module configured to slide on a floor of the vehicle and be fixed to the floor by a magnetic force or unfixed from the floor depending on a change in magnetic circuit due to a rotation of a first magnetic body provided in the magnetic module; a plurality of catching portions formed on the floor, spaced from one another, and provided along a movement route of the magnetic module, and fastening portions provided on the magnetic module and configured to be pressed downward by a first elastic body, the fastening portions being configured to mechanically fasten the magnetic module to the floor by being lowered and caught by the catching portions when the fastening portions are matched with the catching portions while the magnetic module moves.

Abstract: A laser-based aerosol generation device and a heating method thereof are provided. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include an aerosol-generating article, a laser radiation part configured to radiate a laser and heat the aerosol-generating article to generate an aerosol, and a controller configured to control the laser radiation part. The controller may adjust a radiation area of the laser to precisely control heating of the aerosol-generating article, and accordingly, development of a burnt taste during smoking can be limited, and smoking satisfaction can be improved.

Abstract: A method for inspecting a display device includes preparing a target substrate comprising sub-pixels in which light-emitting elements are disposed, dividing each of first regions of the sub-pixels into second regions, obtaining a gray value of each of the second regions, generating a random number using the gray value, calculating a representative value of each of the first regions by reflecting variables in the random number, and summing the representative values of the first regions to calculate a number of light-emitting elements of the sub-pixels.

Abstract: The present technology may include a voltage generation circuit configured to generate a plurality of voltages in response to at least one voltage control signal, and control logic configured to generate the at least one voltage control signal in order to adjust at least one of an under drive time and an under drive offset during an under drive operation of a semiconductor apparatus according to a temperature information signal and a pre-stored temperature characteristic signal of the semiconductor apparatus.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, and a method of operating the same, includes a memory cell array, a peripheral circuit, and control logic. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells. The peripheral circuit is configured to perform a program operation on memory cells selected from among the plurality of memory cells. The control logic is configured to control the program operation of the peripheral circuit. The control logic is configured to control the peripheral circuit to precharge bit lines respectively coupled to the selected memory cells to different voltage levels during a verify operation included in the program operation.

Abstract: A page buffer circuit including a data latch circuit and a sensing latch circuit. The data latch circuit configured to store data corresponding to a normal operation. The sensing latch circuit configured to receive and store the data in the data latch circuit in an entering operation in accordance with a suspend operation. The sensing latch circuit configured to transmit the data stored in the sensing latch circuit to the data latch circuit in a sensing operation in accordance with the suspend operation. The sensing latch circuit configured to suspend data in a memory cell, and to output the suspend data from the memory cell.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a memory cell array and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to perform a program operation on target cells within the memory cell array, the program operation including a plurality of loops. The control circuit may be configured to apply a bit line voltage having a predetermined level to bit lines in loops in which a pass voltage having a first level is applied among the plurality of loops, and configured to apply the bit line voltage having a higher level than the predetermined level to the bit lines in loops in which the pass voltage having a second level higher than the first level is applied among the plurality of loops.

Abstract: Provided herein is a page buffer, a semiconductor memory device with the page buffer, and a method of operating the semiconductor memory device. The page buffer includes a plurality of data latch components coupled to a sensing node, a bit line controller coupled between a bit line and the sensing node, the bit line controller configured to control a node value of the sensing node based on a program state of a memory cell that is coupled to the bit line during a program verify operation, and a sub-latch component configured to latch verification data based on the node value during the program verify operation, wherein each data latch component sets the node value to a first logic value when a program state that corresponds to program data has a threshold voltage distribution that is higher than that in a target program state during the program verify operation.

Abstract: A memory device, and a method of operating the same, includes a plurality of memory cells coupled to a plurality of word lines, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program operation of storing data in the plurality of memory cells, a weak word line information storage configured to store information about a weak word line among the plurality of word lines, and a program operation controller configured to control the peripheral circuit such that the program operation is performed in a first program mode or a second program mode depending on a result of determining whether a selected word line corresponding to an address provided from a memory controller is a weak word line by comparing word lines based on the information about the weak word line.

Abstract: A method for programming an activation function is provided. The method includes generating segment data for segmenting the activation function; segmenting the activation function into a plurality of segments using the segment data; and approximating at least one segment of the plurality of segments as a programmable segment. An apparatus for performing the method may include a programmable activation function generator configured to generate segment data for segmenting an activation function; segment the activation function into a plurality of segments using the generated segment data; and approximate at least one segment of the plurality of segments as a programmable segment. By using segment data, various non-linear activation functions, particularly newly proposed or known activation functions with some modifications, can be programmed to be processable in hardware.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device having a vibration part and a control method thereof are provided. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a housing including an accommodation space for accommodating an aerosol-generating article, a heating element configured to be inserted into the aerosol-generating article accommodated in the accommodation space and heat the accommodated aerosol-generating article to generate an aerosol, and a vibration part. The vibration part may vibrate the heating element to prevent formation of stuck-on residue on the heating element and allow removal of stuck-on residue formed on the heating element.

Abstract: A composition comprising a naphthoquinone-based compound as an active ingredient and uses thereof are disclosed. The composition is effective for preventing or ameliorating fatigue, cachexia, pain, cognitive decline, and hematopoietic stem cell reduction which are side effects related to anticancer drug treatment. The naphthoquinone-based compounds, dunnione and ?-lapachone, reduce the secretion and production of inflammatory cytokines which are increased by the anticancer drug treatment, and prevent fatigue, cachexia, cognitive decline, and hematopoietic stem cell reduction which are side effects associated with anticancer drug treatment.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension control apparatus includes a mode determination device that determines a suspension control mode corresponding to an identified front road surface, in response to the front road surface of a vehicle being identified, a suspension control amount calculation device that calculates an amount of suspension control for passing through the identified front road surface, based on the determined suspension control mode, and a controller that controls a suspension of the vehicle based on the calculated amount of suspension control.

Abstract: A hopper and method for transferring raw material, which can prevent segregation due to the impact caused by falling of the raw material powder when different types of raw material powders are transferred. The hopper for a raw material powder according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a hopper body having an inner space in which the raw material powder is stored and including an outlet which is formed through the lower end thereof and through which the raw material powder is discharged; a transfer pipe to which the raw material powder discharged through the outlet is transferred and which has a region, through which the raw material powder is transferred, divided into a plurality of regions; and a slide gate unit disposed between the outlet and the transfer pipe to open or close the transfer pipe while adjusting a degree of opening of the transfer pipe.

Abstract: A display device including a scan line extending in a first direction, a sensing scan line extending in the first direction and spaced from the scan line, a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a sensing line extending in the second direction and spaced from the data line, a sensing enable signal line extending in the second direction and spaced from the data line and the sensing line, and a sub-pixel connected to the scan line, the sensing scan line, the data line, the sensing line, and the sensing enable signal line. The sub-pixel includes a plurality of light emitting elements between a first node and a second node, a first transistor configured to supply a driving current to the first node according to a voltage of a gate electrode, and a second transistor to control a connection between the first and second nodes.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to ranking search results of a search query. In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes determining a measure of relevance for a document result within a context of a search query for which the document result is returned, the determining being based on a first number in relation to a second number, the first number corresponding to longer views of the document result, and the second number corresponding to at least shorter views of the document result; and outputting the measure of relevance to a ranking engine for ranking of search results, including the document result, for a new search corresponding to the search query. The subject matter described in this specification can also be embodied in various corresponding computer program products, apparatus and systems.

Abstract: This application disclose an airtight film including a plastic base layer; a ceramic sealing layer formed on the plastic base layer; and a polymer sealing layer. The polymer sealing layer includes many polymer molecules chemically bonding to the ceramic sealing layer as a result of polymerization reactions of at least one monomer on the ceramic sealing layer as opposed to from coating of a pre-polymerized polymer composition on the ceramic sealing layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a charging door assembly of a vehicle, which improves operability when opened and reduces a protruding amount. The charging door assembly of a vehicle according to the present disclosure includes a charging door configured to open and close a charging port formed on a panel of a vehicle body, a main link hinge-coupled to the vehicle body and an inner surface of the charging door, and a sub-link hinge-coupled to the vehicle body and the inner surface of the charging door at a position spaced apart from the main link. After the charging door is moved to the outside of the panel, the inner surface of the charging door is opened while maintaining a state in which the inner surface of the charging door is located within a predetermined distance from the panel.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for identifying a speed bump are provided. The apparatus may include a vehicle network access device to provide an access interface with a vehicle network, and a controller to acquire information on a position of the speed bump placed on a road on which a vehicle travels, collect, from a vehicle network, information on driving of a driver around the speed bump, and determine a type of the speed bump, based on the information on the driving of the driver.