Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include a substrate including a cell array region and a connection region, bit lines provided on the substrate and extending in a first direction, first and second active patterns alternately arranged in the first direction on each of the bit lines, back-gate electrodes disposed between adjacent ones of the first and second active patterns and extended in a second direction to cross the bit lines, first and second word lines disposed adjacent to the first and second active patterns respectively and extending in the second direction, and a shielding conductive pattern including line portions, which are respectively disposed between adjacent ones of the bit lines, and a plate portion, which is connected in common to the line portions. A length of the line portions of the shielding conductive pattern in the first direction may be shorter than that of the bit lines.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include a substrate including a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region, an active pattern on the cell array region of the substrate, a peripheral active pattern on the peripheral circuit region of the substrate, a peripheral gate electrode disposed on a top surface of the peripheral active pattern, a first interlayer insulating pattern provided on the cell array region to cover a top surface of the active pattern, a first etch stop layer covering the first interlayer insulating pattern and the peripheral gate electrode with a uniform thickness, and a second interlayer insulating pattern disposed on the first etch stop layer and in the peripheral circuit region. In the cell array region, the second interlayer insulating pattern may have a top surface, which is located at substantially the same level as a top surface of the first etch stop layer.

Abstract: A motor-driving apparatus for driving a motor having a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases is provided. The motor-driving apparatus includes a first inverter having a plurality of first switching devices and connected to first ends of the plurality of windings and a second inverter having a plurality of second switching devices and connected to second ends of the plurality of windings. A third switching device is configured to selectively connect and disconnect points at which a number of turns of each of the windings is divided in a preset ratio. A controller is configured to adjust an on/off state of the first to third switching devices based on required output of the motor.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include a substrate, a bit line extending in a first direction on the substrate, a first word line and a second word line extending in a second direction to cross the bit line, a back-gate electrode extending in the second direction between the first word line and the second word line, first and second active patterns disposed between the first and second word lines and the back-gate electrode and connected to the bit line, contact patterns coupled to the first and second active patterns, respectively, a first back-gate capping pattern between the contact patterns and the back-gate electrode, and first gate capping patterns between the contact patterns and the first and second word lines. The first back-gate capping pattern and the first gate capping pattern may have first and second seams, which are extended in the second direction and are located at different vertical levels.

Abstract: An automatically operatable electric wing-out headrest includes a motor having a lead screw configured to adjust forward-and-rearward rotation of wing-out pads respectively mounted on the opposite sides of a headrest body, a first slider coupled to the lead screw so as to be movable upwards and downwards, a second slider configured to contact the first slider so as to be movable forwards and rearwards, and a wing-out link connected to the second slider to rotate a wing-out frame.

Abstract: An electric headrest sliding device includes a slider configured to be movable upwards and downwards by driving of a motor, a front frame of a headrest, and a rotation link configured to connect the slider to the front frame, wherein the rotation link is rotated forwards or rearwards to push or pull the front frame during upward-and-downward movement of the slider, thereby accurately adjusting the front and rear positions of the headrest.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first non-foldable portion, a second non-foldable portion, and a foldable portion between the first non-foldable portion and the second non-foldable portion, and a barrier layer disposed under the display panel, wherein the barrier layer includes a first barrier layer disposed under the first non-foldable portion, a second barrier layer disposed under the second non-foldable portion, and a plurality of protrusions disposed between the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer and protruding downward from a bottom surface of the foldable portion.

Abstract: A polymeric hollow fiber membrane is provided having a crosslinked selective layer formed by sequentially performing coating of a polymer precursor on a crosslinked polymeric hollow fiber membrane support and thermal condensation and thermal crosslinking thereof, a carbon molecular sieve hollow fiber membrane, methods for producing the same, and methods of separating gases using the same. The polymeric hollow fiber membrane and the carbon molecular sieve hollow fiber membrane each have a thin crosslinked selective layer and excellent plasticization resistance and separation performance. Accordingly, the polymeric hollow fiber membrane and the carbon molecular sieve hollow fiber membrane, each of which has a thin crosslinked selective layer, can be effectively used in the separation of a mixed gas.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a teaching method for teaching a transfer position of a transfer robot. The teaching method includes: searching for an object on which a target object to be transferred by the transfer robot is placed, based on a 3D position information acquired by a first sensor; and acquiring coordinates of a second direction and coordinates of a third direction of the object based on a data acquired from a second sensor which is a different type from the first sensor.

Abstract: A blood vessel model simulation apparatus for conducting a test or a simulation surgery on a blood vessel model, including: a blood vessel model mounting unit on which a blood vessel model is mounted to allow a blood-mimicking liquid flow; a blood-mimicking liquid tank unit that is integrally attached to the blood vessel model mounting unit and stores a blood-mimicking liquid which is to be supplied to the blood vessel model mounted on the blood vessel model mounting unit; a pump unit that circulates the blood-mimicking liquid stored in the blood-mimicking liquid tank unit via the blood vessel model; and a pump control unit that controls drive of the pump unit. The units are configured to be integrally coupled to each other such that the blood vessel model simulation apparatus has a reduction in size and weight to be mobile.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the DNA quality of a biological sample and, more specifically, to a method for determining the DNA quality of a biological sample by performing a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using primers capable of amplifying a target gene, a method for preparing the primers used in the method, and a method for standardizing the amount of detected target gene mutation by using the determined DNA quality. The method of the present invention enables objective evaluation of the DNA quality of a biological sample used in gene analysis and the presentation of objective results on the expression ratio of a gene mutation, thereby providing reliable information in the fields of clinical research and companion diagnosis.

Abstract: A method of recovering a solvent including: supplying polymerization reactants including one or more monomers and a solvent to a reactor to obtain a polymer solution; supplying a stream including the polymer solution to a separator to separate an upper discharge stream including the solvent, wherein the solvent is in a gaseous phase, and a lower discharge stream including the polymer solution; heating a divergence stream including a part of the lower discharge stream from the separator by a heating device and refluxing the divergence stream to the separator; supplying a residue stream including a remainder of the lower discharge stream from the separator to a steam stripping process unit; and adjusting a vapor mass fraction of the divergence stream which is refluxed to the separator with a pressure adjustment valve after being heated by the heating device.

Abstract: An all-solid-state battery having an increased lifespan is equipped with a pressure pad layer. More particularly, the all-solid-state battery includes a unit cell and a pressuring pad layer. The unit cell is composed of a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer positioned between the cathode and the anode. The pressurizing pad layer is positioned on each side of the unit cell and includes a non-porous upper layer, a non-porous lower layer, and a porous core layer positioned between the non-porous upper layer and the non-porous lower layer.

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: Disclosed herein relates to an electrolyte composition and a lithium secondary battery including the same, wherein the electrolyte composition can not only effectively reduce gas generated during charging and discharging of the lithium secondary battery by including one or more electrolyte additives of a chemical compound represented by Formula 1 or a chemical compound represented by Formula 2, but also has the advantage of strengthening the SEI layer on the electrode surface, thereby improving the storage characteristics and life characteristics at high temperatures.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material including a first lithium composite oxide particle including a secondary particle formed by aggregation of one or more primary particles, and a coating oxide occupying at least a part of at least one of surfaces of the secondary particle, grain boundaries between the primary particles, or surfaces of the primary particles, the positive electrode active material satisfying an equation of 1.3?a/b?3.0, wherein a represents a max peak intensity at 2theta=44.75° to 44.80° and b represents a max peak intensity at 2theta=45.3° to 45.6° in X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis using Cu K? radiation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separation membrane for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same, the separation membrane including: a substrate; a first coating layer containing a first organic binder which is able to be bonded to a gel polymer electrolyte through an epoxy ring-opening reaction; and a second coating layer containing a second organic binder, wherein the first organic binder has a functional group capable of ring-opening reaction with an epoxy group, or a combination thereof, and the gel polymer electrolyte is formed by polymerizing an oligomer having an epoxy group, a functional group capable of ring-opening reaction with an epoxy group, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A gel polymer electrolyte composition, a secondary battery including the same, and a manufacturing method of a secondary battery are disclosed. Advantages of the disclosed aspects include increasing process efficiency by reducing the curing time of a gel polymer electrolyte while preventing leakage of an electrolyte.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, which includes a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, a polymerization initiator, and an oligomer containing a polycarbonate-based repeating unit, a gel polymer electrolyte in which mechanical strength and ion transfer capability are improved by polymerization of the composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, and a lithium secondary battery in which external impact and stability during high-temperature storage are improved by including the gel polymer electrolyte.

Abstract: In a method of predicting a position of an object at a future time point for a vehicle, video image information at a current time point and at a plurality of time points before the current time point acquired through a camera of the vehicle may be extracted as semantic segmentation image. A mask image imaging an attribute and position information of an object present in each of the video images may be extracted. A position distribution of the object may be predicted by deriving a plurality of hypotheses for a position of the object at a future time point through deep learning by receiving video images at the current time point and the time points before the current time point, a plurality of semantic segmentation images, a plurality of mask images, and ego-motion information of the vehicle, and calculating the plurality of hypotheses as a Gaussian mixture probability distribution.