Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a bottom metal line and a bottom electrode disposed on a substrate, a thick inter-metal dielectric layer disposed on the bottom metal line and the bottom electrode, a first via disposed on the bottom metal line disposed in the thick inter-metal dielectric layer, a second via disposed on the first via, a top metal line disposed on the second via and overlapping the bottom metal line, a low bandgap dielectric layer disposed on the thick inter-metal dielectric layer, a hard mask layer disposed on the low bandgap dielectric layer, a top electrode disposed on the hard mask layer and overlapping the bottom electrode, and a passivation layer disposed on the top metal line and the top electrode.

Abstract: A rendering method of an object-based audio signal and an apparatus for performing the same are provided. The rendering method of an object-based audio signal includes obtaining a rendered audio signal, performing clipping prevention on the rendered audio signal using a first limiter, mixing a signal output by the first limiter using a mixer, and performing clipping prevention on the mixed signal using a second limiter.

Abstract: An error processing circuit includes: a first H matrix calculation circuit configured to calculate a first H matrix and upstream data to generate a partial first parity, during an encoding operation; a second H matrix calculation circuit configured to calculate a second H matrix and the upstream data to generate a second parity, during the encoding operation; and a parity calculation circuit configured to sum the partial first parity and the second parity to generate a first parity, during the encoding operation.

Abstract: A method of rendering object-based audio and an electronic device performing the method are provided. The method includes identifying a bitstream, determining a reference distance of an object sound source based on the bitstream, determining a minimum distance for applying distance-dependent attenuation, based on the reference distance, and determining a gain of object-based audio included in the bitstream based on the reference distance and the minimum distance.

Abstract: Provided are a font generating system and a font generating method. The font generating system and the font generating method of the present disclosure are provided to include a component decomposer which has at least one character input thereto and decomposes the input character into at least one component, a component converter which converts the at least one component into a component with a predetermined font to generate at least one imaging component, and a component recomposer which recomposes the at least one imaging component to generate a fonted character.

Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling driving of a vehicle using advance information, the method including acquiring preset local information including a road name, a road section, a road attribute, a location of a building, a lane, a traffic signal, and obstacle information for a predetermined region, acquiring a driving experience value resulting from a previous drive using the local information, and setting a target speed corresponding to the road attribute using the driving experience value, determining a driving state and a driving speed of the vehicle on the basis of the local information, and the target speed, of a current position of the vehicle, and generating a driving control command corresponding to the driving state and the driving speed.

Abstract: An electric vehicle charging coupler having a handle and an electric vehicle charging apparatus including the same. The electric vehicle charging coupler includes a coupler body having one side on which a charging port to be mounted to a charging port of an electric vehicle is formed to perform charging, a cable inlet part which is formed in an upper portion of the coupler body and into which a charging cable is inserted, and a handle formed to extend from the other side of the coupler body to be held by a hand and provided separately from the cable inlet part. Therefore, the electric vehicle can be easily charged by easily handling the thick and heavy charging cable.

Abstract: A strain sensor may have a conductive elastic yarn including a first fiber having a predetermined length and a shape of a fiber yarn and a second fiber having electrical conductivity and a sheet shape. The strain sensor may have a pair of wiring members electrically connected to both ends of the conductive elastic yarn. The conductive elastic yarn, with the second fiber wrapped around the first fiber, is twisted in a coil shape.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a light emitting element layer disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of light emitting areas each including a light emitting element that emits light, an encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting element layer, and a light control layer disposed on the encapsulation layer, wherein the light control layer includes a light transmitting film that transmits the light and a light blocking film that blocks the light, and the light transmitting film includes, a first light transmitting portion overlapping the light blocking film in a thickness direction of the substrate, and a plurality of second light transmitting portions each surrounded by the light blocking film, and a thickness of the light blocking film is greater than a thickness of the first light transmitting portion.

Abstract: Provided is a display device comprising a substrate, a first data line and a second data line disposed on the substrate and extended in a first direction, an anode electrode disposed on the first data line and the second data line, a pixel-defining film disposed over the anode electrode and defining an emission area, an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the anode electrode, and a cathode electrode disposed on the organic light-emitting layer, wherein each of the first data line and the second data line has a curved shape when viewed from a top where the first anode electrode and the second anode electrode overlap the anode electrode.

Abstract: A memory system may include: a memory device configured to store first training information and second training information representing different training patterns; and a memory controller configured to: perform a first training operation on the memory device based on the first training information, and perform, when a result of the first training operation is out of a predetermined range, a second training operation on the memory device plural times based on the second training information.

Abstract: A steering wheel locking control apparatus may include: a power supply switch configured to receive power from a battery when an ignition switch of a vehicle is turned off; and a switch unit connected to a motor, turned on when power is received through the power supply switch, and configured to lock a steering wheel through a closed circuit formed by shorting phases of the motor.

Abstract: A vehicle body assembly system is provided. A pre-buck section and a main-buck section are formed along a transport path of a floor assembly of the system. In particular, the system includes a pre-buck unit disposed in the pre-buck section and that regulates a lower portion of a different side assembly for each vehicle model with respect to opposite sides of the floor assembly, regulates a cowl and a front roof rail with respect to an upper portion of the side assembly, and key-welds the upper portion of the side assembly, the cowl, and the front roof rail. A main-buck unit is disposed in the main-buck section and regulates a rear roof rail and a package tray with respect to the upper portion of the side assembly pre-assembled in the pre-buck unit, and key-welds the upper portion of the side assembly, the rear roof rail, and the package tray.

Abstract: A digitizer includes a base layer including first and second non-folding areas and a folding area disposed between the first and second non-folding areas and foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in a first direction and a plurality of coils disposed on the base layer and including a first coil and a second coil closest to the first coil. Each of the first coil and the second coil includes a coil portion defining an open loop and a line portion extending from the coil portion. The coil portion or the line portion overlaps the folding area, and a distance between the coil portion of the first coil and the coil portion of the second coil or a distance between the line portion of the first coil and the line portion of the second coil, which overlap the folding area, is equal to or greater than about 100 micrometers.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lamp including a light source module. The light source module includes a light source configured to generate and emit light and a microlens array module provided in front of the light source and configured such that light enters the microlens array module. The microlens array module includes an incident lens array configured such that the light enters the incident lens array and including a plurality of incident lenses and an exit lens array provided in front of the incident lens array, configured to receive the light that has entered the incident lens array and emit the light outward, and including a plurality of exit lenses. The exit lens array is configured such that heights of the exit lenses are different in a top-bottom direction of a vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tumor-targeting Salmonella gallinarum strain and the use thereof. The tumor-targeting Salmonella gallinarum strain has excellent tumor proliferation inhibitory activity and enables tumor-specific targeting, and thus can be utilized for treatment and imaging of tumors without any side effects.

Abstract: Disclosed are a parking control apparatus for a vehicle and a method thereof. The parking control apparatus includes a processor that searches for at least one parking space in a parking control of a vehicle, calculates an estimated route and a required parking time for each of the at least one parking space, and performs parking control into a target parking space which is one parking space selected from the at least one parking space by a user, and a display that displays the estimated route and the required parking time for each of the at least one parking space.

Abstract: A blender includes a container body in which food is accommodated, a main body to support the container body, and an air guide provided in the main body to guide discharging of air flowing through a motor assembly to below the main body.

Abstract: An embodiment vehicle driver's seat structure includes a dashboard floor panel combined with a front of a center floor panel and having a shape extending in an upward inclined direction, a lower seat support installed on a top surface of the center floor panel and extending along a vehicle front-rear direction, an upper seat support installed on top of the lower seat support and underneath a driver's seat to support the driver's seat, and an upper floor horizontally connecting the upper seat support and the dashboard floor panel to each other.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword by LDPC encoding of input bits based on a parity check matrix including information word bits and parity bits, the LDPC codeword including a plurality of bit groups each including a plurality of bits; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol, wherein the interleaver is further configured to interleave the LDPC codeword such that a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among the plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol.