Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first surface facing in a first direction and a second surface facing in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, the first surface comprising an at least partially transparent part and at least one opening formed adjacent to the at least partially transparent part; a camera positioned inside the housing, the camera comprising an image sensor facing in the first direction through the at least partially transparent part of the housing; and an acoustic component arranged between the first surface and the second surface, the acoustic component comprising a vibration plate configured to generate a sound such that the same moves in at least one direction selected from the first and second directions, a first passage formed in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction such that the generated sound passes through the same, and a second passage forme

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device may include: forming a stack comprising first material layers and second material layers that are alternately stacked; forming an opening in the stack; forming a first seed layer in the opening; forming a first buffer layer by surface-treating the first seed layer; and forming a blocking layer by oxidizing the first seed layer through the first buffer layer.

Abstract: A pixel includes: a storage capacitor connected between a first power supply voltage and a gate node; a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to the gate node; a second transistor to transfer a data signal to a source of the first transistor in response to a scan signal; a third transistor to diode-connect the first transistor in response to the scan signal, and including first and second sub-transistors serially connected between the gate node and a drain of the first transistor; a fourth transistor to transfer an initialization voltage to the gate node in response to an initialization signal, and including third and fourth sub-transistors serially connected between the gate node and the initialization voltage; and an organic light emitting diode including a cathode connected to a second power supply voltage. At least one of the second and fourth sub-transistors includes a bottom electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a zinc-plated steel sheet. The method includes: coating a metal on the steel sheet on a steel sheet; annealing the metal coated steel sheet; and zinc plating the annealed steel sheet by dipping in a molten zinc plating bath. Further provided is a method of manufacturing a hot-press part including: coating a metal on the steel sheet on a steel sheet; annealing the metal coated steel sheet; zinc plating the annealed steel sheet by dipping in a molten zinc plating bath; heating the zinc-plated steel sheet; and press forming the heated steel sheet.

Abstract: Provided is a tribenzazole amine derivative represented by Formula 1 that effectively absorbs high energy UV light from an external light source to minimize damage to organic materials present in an organic electroluminescent device, contributing to a substantial improvement in the lifetime of the organic electroluminescent device. Also provided is an organic electroluminescent device using the tribenzazole amine derivative. The organic electroluminescent device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer arranged between the first and second electrodes. The organic layer includes the tribenzazole amine derivative.

Abstract: An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a phosphoric acid-based additive represented by Formula 1 below, which improves the high temperature stability in a lithium secondary battery: wherein R is described herein.

Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery containing a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a phosphoric acid-based additive of Formula 1 below, which significantly improves the high temperature stability of the lithium secondary battery: wherein R is described herein.

Abstract: An ultraviolet light-based disinfection device and method are proposed. The ultraviolet disinfection device, according to one embodiment, may disinfect a fluid on the basis of ultraviolet light, without injecting a drug or using a harmful material such as mercury.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a body, a pair of external electrodes, disposed on both ends of the body in a first direction, respectively, containing at least one of copper and nickel, while not containing a noble metal, a pair of metal frames connected to the pair of external electrodes, respectively, and a pair of conductive bonding layers, disposed between the external electrode and the metal frame, respectively, containing the same metal component as the external electrode.

Abstract: A monoclonal antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention can bind to lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3) including a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region and inhibit the activity thereof. Thus it is expected to be useful for the development of immunotherapeutic agents for various disorders that are associated with LAG-3.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an encoding apparatus using a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) scanning, which includes a mode selection means for selecting an optimal mode for intra prediction; an intra prediction means for performing intra prediction onto video inputted based on the mode selected in the mode selection means; a DCT and quantization means for performing DCT and quantization onto residual coefficients of a block outputted from the intra prediction means; and an entropy encoding means for performing entropy encoding onto DCT coefficients acquired from the DCT and quantization by using a scanning mode decided based on pixel similarity of the residual coefficients.

Abstract: A polymer electrolyte includes a polymer matrix including a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the formula and an ionic liquid. R1 to R3 are each one of a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C12 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, or combinations thereof. Each R4 is one of hydrogen, a halogen group, a nitrile group, a nitro group, an amine group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C14 heteroaryl group, or combinations thereof. Substituents of R1 to R4 are each one of a halogen group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a C1-C8 alkyl group, or combinations thereof, x is an integer of 1 to 8, and n is an integer of 60 to 3200.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device produced thereby. For example and without limitation, various aspects of this disclosure provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, and a semiconductor device produced thereby, that comprises an interposer without through silicon vias.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) according to one aspect of the present invention may include forming, on a semiconductor substrate, a first region implanted with impurity ions at a first average concentration and a second region implanted with no impurity ions or implanted with the impurity ions at a second average concentration lower than the first average concentration, forming an insulating layer by oxidizing the semiconductor substrate wherein the insulating layer includes a first oxide layer having a first thickness on at least a part of the first region and a second oxide layer having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness on at least a part of the second region, and forming a membrane layer on the insulating layer such that a gap is defined between the second oxide layer and the membrane layer.

Abstract: An input sensing device includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes having a plurality of first sensor units extending in a first direction. A plurality of second sensing electrodes has a plurality of second sensor units extending in a second direction different from the first direction. A first strain gauge includes a first force electrode located proximate to a first electrode of the plurality of first sensing electrodes. A second force electrode is located proximate to a second electrode of the plurality of first sensing electrodes. A first connecting electrode connects to both of the first force electrode and the second force electrode.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing the electrode assembly, in which an electrode and a separator are alternately stacked on a stack table, and the separator is folded in a zigzag shape so that the electrode is disposed between the folded separators to manufacture the electrode assembly, has a separator supplier configured to supply the separator to the stack table, and a separator tension adjuster configured to constantly adjust tension of the separator supplied to the stack table. The separator supplier comprises a separator winding roll around which the separator is wound, and the separator tension adjuster adjusts a supply height of the separator winding roll to adjust the tension of the separator.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pressure swing adsorption apparatus for hydrogen purification from decomposed ammonia gas and a hydrogen purification method using the same, and more particularly, the pressure swing adsorption apparatus of the present disclosure includes a plurality of adsorption towers including a pretreatment unit and a hydrogen purification unit wherein the adsorption towers of the pretreatment unit and the hydrogen purification unit are packed with different adsorbents, thereby achieving high purity hydrogen purification from mixed hydrogen gas produced after ammonia decomposition, making it easy to replace the adsorbent for ammonia removal, minimizing the likelihood that the lifetime of the adsorbent in the hydrogen purification unit is drastically reduced by a very small amount of ammonia, and actively responding to a large change in ammonia concentration in the raw material.

Abstract: An electric driving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a housing; an electric machine comprising a motor shaft rotatably supported by the housing; a first speed reduction portion comprising a first speed shifting shaft capable of being rotationally driven by the motor shaft and configured to shift and transmit a rotational driving force of the motor shaft at a predetermined first speed shifting ratio; a second speed reduction portion comprising a second speed shifting shaft capable of being rotationally driven by the motor shaft and configured to shift and transmit the rotational driving force of the motor shaft at a predetermined second speed shifting ratio; and a double clutch unit configured to receive the rotational driving force of the first speed shifting shaft or the second speed shifting shaft and is configured to selectively rotationally drive at least one of a first output shaft and a second output shaft by the transmitted rotational driving force.

Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing an object includes a camera that obtains a 2D image, a lidar that obtains a 3D image, and a processor. The processor generates a bird's-eye view (BEV) feature map by extracting features from a two-dimensional plane BEV generated based on 3D information. The processor also generates an image feature map by extracting features of a multi-channel 2D image in which the 3D information is added to the 2D image. The processor also generates a complex feature map by mixing the image feature map and the BEV feature map. The processor also recognizes the object by artificial intelligence learning the complex feature map.