Abstract: An image acquisition method includes acquiring a first optical signal by emitting a penetrative light beam, which can penetrate a mask layer, to a measurement target mark that is one of marks on a sample, acquiring a second optical signal by emitting a reflective light beam reflecting from the mask layer to the measurement target mark, determining whether the measurement target mark is covered with the mask layer by comparing the first optical signal and the second optical signal, and acquiring a mark image by emitting a first light beam, which penetrates the mask layer, to the measurement target mark when the measurement target mark is covered with the mask layer, and acquiring a mark image by emitting a second light beam different from the first light beam to the measurement target mark when the measurement target mark is not covered with the mask layer.

Abstract: A secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an electrode assembly to which an electrode lead is attached; a case accommodating the electrode assembly so that a portion of the electrode lead is exposed to the outside; a sealing portion formed in the case to seal the electrode assembly; and a lead film covering a portion of an outer surface of the electrode lead and interposed between the electrode lead and the sealing portion, wherein the electrode lead includes a first region not corresponding to the lead film and exposed to the outside of the case, a second region corresponding to the lead film, and a third region not corresponding to the lead film and not exposed to the outside of the case, wherein a separation groove may be located in the third region.

Abstract: Provided are carbon dioxide capture composite particles which contribute to carbon neutrality by fixing carbon dioxide in seawater or an aqueous solution in which calcium ions are dissolved through mineralization, and a method of producing the same. More particularly, provided are carbon dioxide capture composite particles which capture carbon dioxide in seawater to form calcium carbonate particles, preferably aragonite type calcium carbonate, and a method of producing the same. In an exemplary embodiment, a method of producing carbon dioxide capture composite particles including: immersing polyamidoamine particles in seawater or an aqueous solution in which calcium ions are dissolved and maintaining the solution at room temperature under normal pressure to produce carbon dioxide capture composite particles in which aragonite type calcium carbonate particles are formed on a surface of the polyamidoamine particles is provided.

Abstract: One embodiment discloses a DC-DC converter which, in a solar-related energy storage system, cuts-off the over-discharging of a battery, and a control method thereof. Specifically, disclosed are a DC-DC converter which protects a battery by appropriately switching between a sleep mode which minimizes battery consumption by maintaining only minimized functions and a cut-off mode which prevents the battery from over-discharging by physically cutting off a circuit connected to the battery, and a control method thereof.

Abstract: A storage device operated by zone and data processing system including the same are provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a concentration of a component includes a sensor including a plurality of light sources having different central wavelengths and at least one detector configured to detect light, and a processor configured to determine a first reflectance of skin using a first light source of the plurality of light sources, set an operating condition of the sensor based on the determined first reflectance, drive the plurality of light sources according to the operating condition, and estimate a concentration of an analyte component based on a plurality of light quantities detected from skin by the at least one detector.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern on a substrate extending in a first horizontal direction, a gate electrode on the active pattern extending in a second horizontal direction, a source/drain region on the active pattern, an upper source/drain region apart from the lower source/drain region, a lower source/drain between upper and lower source/drain regions and connected to the lower source/drain region, an upper source/drain connected to an upper source/drain region, an interlayer insulating layer surrounding the upper source/drain region, a through-via on opposing sidewalls in the second horizontal direction extending through the interlayer insulating layer in the vertical direction, the through-via being spaced from the upper source/drain region and upper source/drain contact in the second horizontal direction, the through-via being connected to the lower source/drain contact, and a dam structure on each of the opposing sidewalls in the horizontal direction of the upper source/drain region.

Abstract: A railess variable seatback type rear seat includes: a linear movement device configured to convert a rotation of a motor into a linear movement; a sliding movement device configured to convert the linear movement into a sliding movement in which a seat cushion is pushed forward or backward; and a reclining angle change device configured to convert the sliding movement into a reclining movement, and to fold a seatback, which is connected to the seat cushion, forward or to recline the seatback backward.

Abstract: A light emitting display device includes a display panel including a subpixel, and a driver configured to drive the display panel, and in the subpixel, initialization of both ends of an organic light emitting diode is performed simultaneously with writing of a data voltage.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel anti-HER2 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof used in the prevention or treatment of cancer, a chimeric antigen receptor including the same, and uses thereof. The antibody of the present disclosure is an antibody that specifically binds to HER2 which is highly expressed in cancer cells (particularly, breast cancer or gastric cancer cells), and binds to an epitope that is different from an epitope to which trastuzumab binds.

Abstract: An electronic device may include an optical sensor configured to emit a reference light to a reference object and detect the reference light reflected from the reference object during calibration, and emit a measurement light to a target object and detect the measurement light reflected from the target object during a measurement; and a processor configured to perform the calibration of the optical sensor while the electronic device is disposed to oppose or in contact with the reference object by controlling the optical sensor to emit and detect the reference light, and estimate bio-information based on a light quantity of the measurement light that is reflected from the target object by the optical sensor, and a light quantity of the reference light reflected from the reference object.

Abstract: A circuit board, according to an embodiment, comprises: a first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on one surface of the first insulating layer; and a third insulating layer disposed on the other surface of the first insulating layer. A circuit pattern is disposed on at least one insulating layer from among the first to third insulating layers, at least one insulating layer from among the first to third insulating layers comprises glass fiber, at least one insulating layer from among the first to third insulating layers does not comprise glass fiber, and the thicknesses of the first to third insulating layers are different from each other.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first substrate including a first region and a second region, a stacked structure only on the first region of the first substrate among the first region and the second region of the first substrate, the stacked structure including word lines, an interlayer insulating film covering the stacked structure, a dummy conductive structure inside the interlayer insulating film, the dummy conductive structure extending through the stacked structure to contact the first substrate, and a plate contact plug inside the interlayer insulating film, the plate contact plug being connected to the second region of the first substrate, and a height of an upper surface of the dummy conductive structure being greater than a height of an upper surface of the plate contact plug relative to an upper surface of the first substrate.

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: A device for preventing rotation of a vehicle seat rail is described. The device prevents an upper rail on the center side of a vehicle from rotating when a forward load is applied to a vehicle seat, thereby preventing a lock plate from being fractured due to rotation of the upper rail.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a first pixel, a second pixel adjacent to one side of the first pixel, and a third pixel adjacent to the other side of the first pixel; a first scan driver supplying a first signal to the first to third pixels through a first scan line; a second scan driver supplying a second scan signal to the second and third pixels through a second scan line when a first time elapses after the supply of the first scan signal is started; a data driver supplying a data voltage to a plurality of output lines; and a data divider selectively supplying the data voltage to data lines respectively coupled to the first to third pixels. Each of the second and third pixels includes a switching transistor controlled by the second scan signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a waveguide display apparatus. The waveguide waveguide display apparatus of the present disclosure is a waveguide display apparatus for correcting curved surface reflection distortion, the waveguide display apparatus including a waveguide for guiding light inputted from the outside; a first diffractive optical element disposed at the waveguide, and diffracting the light inputted from the outside to the inside of the waveguide; and a second diffractive optical element disposed at the waveguide, and diffracting the light guided by the waveguide to output a plurality of diffracted lights in a direction of a curved surface reflector located outside, wherein the second diffractive optical element has a structure of a diffraction grating corresponding to a curvature of the curved surface reflector such that the diffracted lights are reflected at different locations of the curved surface reflector in directions parallel to each other.

Abstract: A display may include flexible substrate, a blocking layer on the flexible substrate, a pixel on the flexible substrate and the blocking layer, and a scan line, a data line, a driving voltage line, and an initialization voltage line connected to the pixel. The pixel may include an organic light emitting diode, a switching transistor connected to the scan line, and a driving transistor to apply a current to the organic light emitting diode. The blocking layer is in an area that overlaps the switching transistor on a plane, and between the switching transistor and the flexible substrate, and receives a voltage through a contact hole that exposes the blocking layer.