Abstract: A button-type secondary battery includes a lower can having a bottom surface; an upper can having a top, the upper can and the lower can being coupled to define a space therein; an electrolyte in the space; an electrode assembly in the space and including a negative electrode, a separator, and a positive electrode wound together; a gasket between the upper can and the lower can to electrically insulate the upper and lower cans; a top insulator that is electrically insulating and covering a top surface of the electrode assembly; and a bottom insulator that is electrically insulating and covering a bottom surface of the electrode assembly. The top and bottom insulators are each configured to expand in volume by absorbing the electrolyte. Surfaces of at least one of the top insulator and the bottom insulator are coated with a protective layer to prevent thermal shrinkage from occurring.

Abstract: A sphere-type shift control apparatus of an electronic shift system includes a spherical mechanism that includes a shift control portion on a first hemispherical portion of the spherical mechanism and a design portion on a second hemispherical portion of the spherical mechanism. The design portion is configured to provide indirect illumination and transmit images. Power is transmitted from a motor to the rotation shaft of the spherical mechanism using a timing belt or a wire.

Abstract: A battery module which includes: a battery stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells respectively including electrode tabs on each other; and bus bar assemblies located on sides of the battery stack, from which the electrode tabs are drawn out, to electrically connect the plurality of battery cells to each other through a plurality of electrode tabs, wherein each of the bus bar assemblies includes a plurality of openings configured to hold the plurality of electrode tabs, and each of the plurality of openings includes an insertion portion formed by opening one side thereof so that the electrode tab is slidely inserted in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the electrode tabs are drawn out.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a substrate treating apparatus comprising: a vessel part having a substrate treatment region formed therein and including a supply port through which a treating fluid is supplied to the substrate treatment region and an exhaust port through which the treating fluid is exhausted from the substrate treatment region; a fluid supply unit configured to supply the treating fluid to the substrate treatment region; an exhaust unit configured to exhaust the treating fluid from the vessel part. The exhaust unit comprises: a main line connected to the exhaust port; an extension line branched from at least one of first and second nodes of the main line and including at least one of a first orifice or a first check valve to control an exhaust speed; and an auxiliary line branched from a third node of the main line, where an orifice and a check valve are not formed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transmission of an agricultural work vehicle, the transmission comprising: a pre-shift part for performing speed shifting on driving transmitted from an engine of an agricultural work vehicle; a clutch part connected to the pre-shift part so as to selectively output driving transmitted from the pre-shift part; an adjusting part connected to the clutch part so as to perform speed shifting on driving transmitted from the clutch part; and a subsequent shift part connected to the adjusting part so as to perform speed shifting on driving transmitted from the adjusting part.

Abstract: A textile fabric includes a textile fabric layer, a transparent film layer provided on the textile fabric layer, and a surface layer disposed on the transparent film layer. The transparent film layer has a two-layer structure including a first film layer having a first polyetherester-based copolymer and a second film layer having a second polyetherester-based copolymer disposed on the first film layer. The second film layer is provided on the textile fabric layer. A method of manufacturing the fabric includes preparing the textile fabric layer, forming the transparent film layer on the fabric layer, and laminating the textile fabric and transparent film layers through heat treatment.

Abstract: A vehicle controlling method is for a vehicle which comprises an engine, a driving motor connected to the engine, a first clutch connected between the engine and the driving motor, a start motor connected to the engine, a transmission connected to the driving motor, and a second clutch connected between the driving motor and the transmission.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device comprising a first fin pattern and a second fin pattern which are separated by a first isolation trench and extend in a first direction, a third fin pattern which is spaced apart from the first fin pattern in a second direction intersecting the first direction and extends in the first direction, a fourth fin pattern which is separated from the third fin pattern by a second isolation trench, a first gate structure which intersects the first fin pattern and has a portion extending along an upper surface of the first fin pattern, a second gate structure which intersects the second fin pattern and has a portion extending along an upper surface of the second fin pattern and a first element isolation structure which fills the second isolation trench and faces a short side of the first gate structure.

Abstract: A degassing apparatus for a secondary battery, and a degassing method using same, is provided. The degassing apparatus includes a drive motor and a jig arm configured to pressurize a first surface of a gas pocket of a battery cell and a second surface opposite the first surface by controlling a separation distance by the operation of a driving motor. The degassing apparatus is capable of performing an effective degassing and sealing process for the battery cell without positional movement of the battery cell during cell activation or after cell activation.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer cleaning composition for used in a semiconductor device manufacturing process and a method of cleaning a semiconductor wafer using the cleaning composition are provided. The cleaning composition includes surfactants represented by Formula 1 and Formula 2, respectively, an organic or inorganic acid, and water occupying for the remaining proportion. The cleaning method is a method of immersing a semiconductor wafer in the cleaning composition for 100 to 500 seconds. The cleaning composition and the cleaning method according to the present disclosure provide an incredibility improved removal rate and an effective cleaning power for contaminants, especially organic wax, during a process of polishing the surface of a wafer used to manufacture semiconductor devices, thereby providing a super-cleaned wafer surface, resulting in production of reliable semiconductor devices.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a third insulating pattern and a first insulating pattern on a substrate, the third insulating pattern and the first insulating pattern being spaced apart from each other in a first direction that is perpendicular to the substrate such that a bottom surface of the third insulating pattern and a top surface of the first insulating pattern face each other, a gate electrode between the bottom surface of the third insulating pattern and the top surface of the first insulating pattern, and including a first side extending between the bottom surface of the third insulating pattern and the top surface of the first insulating pattern, and a second insulating pattern that protrudes from the first side of the gate electrode by a second width in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a crystallization method of branched-chain amino acids capable of sustainably cycling ammonia, and branched-chain amino acid crystal produced by the method.

Abstract: An apparatus for autonomous driving of a vehicle may comprise a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a memory to cause the apparatus to perform receiving, from a navigation system, a first path, generating, based on the first path, a second path, and autonomously driving, following the second path, the vehicle, analyzing information provided from at least one of a sensor module of the vehicle or an external server, determining, based on an error range and a location of the vehicle, whether the vehicle deviates from the first path or the second path, and generating, based on the determining, a third path.

Abstract: Provided is an aerogel blanket and a method for producing the same, wherein a catalyzed sol is sufficiently and uniformly impregnated into a blanket in an impregnation tank, and the catalyzed sol is allowed to stay in the impregnation tank for a specific time to control fluidity while achieving a viscosity at which the catalyzed sol can be easily introduced into the blanket, thereby forming a uniform aerogel in the blanket. As a result, the uniformity of pore structure and thermal insulation performance of an aerogel blanket are improved, the loss of raw materials is reduced through the impregnation process, the occurrence of process problems is reduced, and the generation of dust is reduced.

Abstract: A display device includes pixels connected to scan lines and data lines, each pixel including a driving transistor and at least one light emitting element, and a timing controller configured to generate output data using external input data. The timing controller includes a first compensator configured generate first data by correcting the external input data using at least one of optical measurement information, a threshold voltage of each of the driving transistors, mobility information, dimming information, and temperature information, and an afterimage compensator configured to generate second data based on age information of each light emitting element and the first data, generate third data based on a current amount corresponding to the first data and a current amount corresponding to the second data, and generate the age information by accumulating the third data.

Abstract: A conductive composite material, a method of preparing the same, and a secondary battery including the same. The conductive composite material may increase the proportion of an active material when forming an electrode by chemically bonding a conductive material and a binder to each other. A method of preparing the conductive composite material comprises ionizing carbon-based particles in a predetermined polarity, ionizing PTFE particles in a polarity different from that of the carbon-based particles, and chemically bonding the ionized carbon-based particles and the ionized PTFE particles, which are ionized in different polarities, to each other.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a light emitting diode, in which the light emitting diode includes an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer located on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer located on the active layer. The light emitting diode emits light that varies from yellow light to white light depending on a driving current.

Abstract: A column driver integrated circuit (IC) which drives a first group of pixel lines connected to a first group of pixels included in a display panel, and a second group of pixel lines connected to a second group of pixels included in the display panel, the column driver IC including: a master gray scale voltage generation circuit configured to divide a reference voltage to generate tap voltages, and to generate a first low-power mode gray scale voltage based on at least one of the tap voltages; and a first low-power mode amplifier configured to drive the first group of pixel lines based on the first low-power mode gray scale voltage.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing an oligomer including: supplying a monomer stream and a solvent stream to a reactor to perform an oligomerization reaction to prepare a reaction product; supplying a discharge stream from the reactor including the reaction product to a separation device and supplying a lower discharge stream from the separation device to a settling tank; adding an organic flocculant to the settling tank to settle and remove a polymer and supplying the lower discharge stream from the separation device from which the polymer is removed to a high boiling point separation column; and removing a high boiling point material from the lower portion in the high boiling point separation column and supplying an upper discharge stream including an oligomer to a solvent separation column.

Abstract: A button type secondary battery includes a wound electrode assembly; a lower can with the electrode assembly and an electrolyte in the lower can; a top plate to close the lower can; a positive electrode terminal coupled to the top plate through a gasket to be electrically insulated from the top plate with a portion of the positive electrode terminal passing through a hole in the top plate to be bonded to a positive electrode tab; a top insulator covering a top surface of the electrode assembly; and a bottom insulator covering a bottom surface of the electrode assembly. The top insulator and the bottom insulator are each configured to expand in volume by absorbing the electrolyte. Surfaces of at least one or more of the top insulator and the bottom insulator are coated with a protective layer configured to prevent thermal shrinkage from occurring.