Abstract: A storage controller includes a host interface which real-time analyzes a command received from a host, a programmable logic unit which loads an optimal image adaptively selected from a plurality of images in response to at least one of a current operating state of the storage controller and the command, and a processor which performs an operation on a nonvolatile memory device using the programmable logic unit after the optimal image is loaded.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multilayer capacitor and a board component having the same. The multilayer capacitor includes: a capacitor body including dielectric layers, and first and second internal electrodes that are alternately disposed with the dielectric layers interposed therebetween, and having first to sixth surfaces; first and second external electrodes disposed on opposite end portions of the capacitor body in a direction perpendicular to the third and fourth surfaces, and connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively; an insulator disposed on the first surface of the capacitor body; a first conductive resin layer covering the first external electrode and one end portion of the insulator in the direction; and a second conductive resin layer covering the second external electrode and the other end portion of the insulator in the direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a reagent kit for detecting a sex hormone, which contains a first reagent containing a metal nanoprobe in which a sex hormone and a Raman reporter are immobilized and a second reagent containing a magnetic particle in which an antibody for detecting the sex hormone is immobilized, and a method for detecting a sex hormone using the same.

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes a plurality of row lines stacked alternately with a plurality of interlayer dielectric layers in a vertical direction on a substrate, and each of the plurality of row lines having a projection from a side surface thereof; and a plurality of vias extending in the vertical direction from the substrate, each coupled to the projection of a corresponding row line, and electrically coupling the plurality of row lines to a peripheral circuit defined below the substrate.

Abstract: A storage device may include, at least one memory device including at least a first single-level cell (SLC) region, a second SLC region, and at least one multi-level cell (MLC) region, the first SLC region having a higher data read speed than the second SLC region, and the second SLC region having a higher data read speed than the at least one MLC region, and a storage controller configured to control the migration of data among the first SLC region, the second SLC region, and the at least one MLC region.

Abstract: A method of attaching heterogeneous materials comprising pretreating the surface of a metal plate with an aromatic compound containing a pyrogallol group to bind the pyrogallol group to the surface of the metal plate and coating the pyrogallol-group-bound metal plate with a polymer resin, thereby greatly improving the adhesive strength between the metal plate and the polymer resin.

Abstract: An electric vehicle charging robot configured for absorbing an external disturbance to prevent a damage of the electric vehicle charging robot and an electric vehicle, includes a charging connector engageable to a charging inlet of an electric vehicle to supply electric power to the electric vehicle. The electric vehicle charging robot apparatus includes: a body frame extending in a vertical direction and including a vertical support of which an upper end portion is movable upward and downward; a multi-joint link unit of a SCARA type coupled to an upper side of the body frame and including a plurality of link arms each of which is movable and rotatable in a horizontal direction; and a flexible joint unit disposed between an end portion of the multi-joint link unit and the charging connector.

Abstract: A single volume soft sensor capable of sensing real-time continuous contact and stretching. A low-cost and an easy method to fabricate such piezoresistive elastomer-based soft sensors for instant interactions is also provided. An electrical impedance tomography (EIT) technique is employed to estimate changes of resistance distribution on the sensor caused by fingertip contact. To compensate for the rebound elasticity of the elastomer and achieve real-time contact sensing, an adaptive baseline update for EIT is utilized. The baseline updates are triggered by fingertip contact and movement detections.

Abstract: Methods of depositing a silicon oxide film are disclosed. One embodiment is a plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) process that includes supplying a vapor phase silicon precursor, such as a diaminosilane compound, to a substrate, and supplying oxygen plasma to the substrate. Another embodiment is a pulsed hybrid method between atomic layer deposition (ALD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). In the other embodiment, a vapor phase silicon precursor, such as a diaminosilane compound, is supplied to a substrate while ozone gas is continuously or discontinuously supplied to the substrate.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a multilayer capacitor including a capacitor body having first to sixth surfaces, and first and second external electrodes; and an interposer including an interposer body and first and second external terminals; and the capacitor body includes a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes, the first and second internal electrodes are exposed through the third and fourth surfaces of the capacitor body, respectively, and the interposer further includes first and second solder fillet limiting layers disposed on upper sides of both surfaces of each of the first and second external terminals in the first direction, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an extraction apparatus, extraction method, and fluidic chip for extracting a target material. In the extraction apparatus according to the present invention, in a state in which a target material is bound to a porous film in an extraction kit, when an elution solution and a magnetic solution sequentially pass, the elution solution remaining in the porous film is pushed out by the magnetic solution due to a difference in polarity, and collected in a collection chamber. In addition, even in the collection chamber, the elution solution and the magnetic solution are maintained in a stacked state due to different polarities, and in a state in which the magnetic solution in the collection chamber is physically separated from the elution solution by magnetism of a magnetism applicator, the elution solution in the collection chamber may be recovered.

Abstract: A method of operating a storage device includes receiving, at the storage device, a meta information transfer command based on a data read request. The meta information transfer command is received from a host device. The method further includes receiving, at the storage device, a data read command corresponding to the data read request and the meta information transfer command. The data read command is received from the host device. The method further includes receiving, at the storage device, a plurality of meta data corresponding to the data read request and the meta information transfer command. The plurality of meta data is received from the host device. The method further includes performing a data read operation, at the storage device, based on the data read command and the plurality of meta data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for extracting microvesicles from a biological sample, the method comprising the steps of: adding a polyvalent cationic material to the biological sample to form an aggregate in which the microvesicles and the polyvalent cationic material are aggregated by electrical force; capturing the aggregate by a capture filter while the biological sample including the aggregate passes through the capture filter; and extracting the microvesicles by allowing an elution solution to pass through the capture filter with the aggregate captured therein to isolate the microvesicles from the aggregate. Accordingly, microvesicles may be extracted using a polyvalent cationic material, without a centrifugation process.

Abstract: An embodiment joint structure for a robot includes an upper plate provided in an upper region, a link part coupled to a lower surface of the upper plate, wherein the link part includes a first link and a second link, and wherein the first link and the second link are provided close to one side of the upper plate with respect to a center of the lower surface of the upper plate, a support part coupled to the lower surface of the upper plate and configured to support the upper plate, wherein the support part is provided to be closer to the center of the lower surface of the upper plate than is the link part, and a motor part configured to provide power to the support part and the link part.

Abstract: A sensing system includes a stretchable base material, a plurality of electrodes, a capacitive sensing channel and a controller. The stretchable base material has a resistance distribution that changes in response to being mechanically deformed as a result of a human body contact. The base material has a rebound elasticity. The electrodes are attached to a perimeter of the base material, the capacitive sensing channel is attached to the base material. The controller is operatively connected to the plurality of electrodes and the capacitive sensing channel. The controller is configured to measure instantaneous voltage measurements from the plurality of electrodes, and determine whether the base material is mechanically deformed based on the instantaneous voltage measurements using a support vector machine classifier.

Abstract: The disclosed technologies address various technical problems, including improving human-computer interaction, by augmenting the functionality provided by user input devices using a digital glove. For example, a digital glove can be utilized to provide pressure sensitivity for non-pressure sensitive touchscreen devices, attribute input made with a digital pen to a user wearing the digital glove, augment the functionality provided by mice and other types of handheld user input devices, augment the functionality provided gaze tracking systems, improve camera-based motion tracking systems, and to augment the functionality provided by speech recognition systems.

Abstract: A chemical decontamination reagent containing a reducing agent, a reductive metal ion, and an inorganic acid is provided to remove a radioactive oxide layer on a metal surface. The reagent can dissolve the radioactive oxide layer on the metal surface effectively at a relatively low temperature and enables a simple process of contacting the reagent to the radioactive oxide, thus economically effective in terms of cost and time required for the process. Since the decontamination does not use a conventional organic chelating agent such as oxalic acid, but the reducing agent as a main substance, the residuals of the reducing agent remained after decontamination can be decomposed and removed with an oxidizing agent. Due to the easy decomposition with the chemical decontamination reagent, secondary wastes can be minimized and the radionuclides remained in the decontamination reagent solution can be removed effectively.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a multilayer capacitor and an interposer. First and second internal electrodes of the multilayer capacitor are such that 0.95?{(Wm1+Wm2)/Wa}/{(Lm1+Lm2)/La}?4.93, in which Lm2 is a distance between a first internal electrode and a fourth surface of a capacitor body, Lm1 is a distance between a second internal electrode and a third surface of the capacitor body opposite the fourth surface in a first direction, Wm1 is a distance between the first or second internal electrode and a second surface of the capacitor body, Wm2 is a distance between the first or second internal electrode and a first surface of the capacitor body opposite the second surface in a third direction, La is a length in the first direction of a region of overlap of the first and second internal electrodes, and Wa is a length in the third direction of the region of overlap.

Abstract: A scale-out device to control a group of non-volatile memory devices from among a plurality of non-volatile memory devices at a data storage device, includes a buffer and a scale-out controller. The buffer is configured to store address mapping information for the group of non-volatile memory devices, the group of non-volatile memory devices being a portion of the plurality of non-volatile memory devices at the data storage device. The scale-out controller is configured to control operation of only the group of non-volatile memory devices according to the address mapping information stored at the buffer.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a multilayer capacitor, including a capacitor body and first and second external electrodes disposed on both ends of the capacitor body, respectively, in a first direction, and a interposer including an interposer body and first and second external terminals in a second direction. The capacitor body includes a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes exposed through the both ends of the capacitor body, respectively. The first and second external terminals each include a first layer including CuNi, a second layer covering the first layer and including copper (Cu), a third layer covering the second layer and including nickel (Ni), and a fourth layer covering the third layer and including tin (Sn), which are sequentially disposed from a respective inner side of the first and second external terminals.