Abstract: An ultrasonic NDT method and system, which can extract and analyze a defect signal even when a signal reflected from a defect interferes with a unique initial pulse of an ultrasonic transducer or a signal reflected from the surface of a test object, and an autoencoder-based prediction model training method used therefor. The method may include acquiring a measured signal by transmitting an ultrasonic wave to a test object and receiving an ultrasonic wave reflected from the test object; inputting the measured signal to an autoencoder-based prediction model and predicting a reference signal which is to be expected to be measured from a test object with no defect; calculating a residual signal as the absolute value of a difference between the measured signal and the reference signal; and analyzing information on a defect contained in the test object by analyzing the residual signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a memory controller including: a first external interface controller configured to communicate with a first external device and to receive a second external device access request message from the first external device; a second external interface controller configured to communicate with a second external device; a third external interface controller configured to communicate with a third external device, wherein the third external device is connected to a plurality of memory controllers, receive and store state information from the plurality of memory controllers, and determines a memory controller among the plurality of memory controllers for the second external device access request; and a main controller configured to determine, based on its state information, whether to process the second external device access request by itself or by another one of the plurality of memory controllers.

Abstract: A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a light source including a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate; a resin layer disposed on the substrate; and a first diffusion layer disposed on the resin layer, wherein the resin layer includes a first resin portion disposed on the light source, and a second resin portion adjacent to the first resin portion and disposed on the substrate. The upper surface of the first resin portion has an inclination and is spaced apart from the first diffusion layer, the second resin portion includes a material different from that of the first resin portion, and the second resin portion based on the upper surface of the substrate. The height of the upper surface may be greater than the lowermost height of the upper surface of the first resin portion.

Abstract: Provided herein may be a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device may include a memory cell array, a read and write circuit, and a control logic. The memory cell array may include a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells. The read and write circuit may be configured to perform a program operation or a read operation on nonvolatile memory cells that are selected from among the plurality of nonvolatile memory cells. The control logic may be configured to control an operation of the read and write circuit. The read and write circuit may include at least one capacitor configured to store bit data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of discharging lubricant oil from a BOG reliquefaction system configured to reliquefy BOG by compressing the BOG by a compressor, cooling the compressed BOG through heat exchange with non-compressed BOG by a heat exchanger, and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled through heat exchange by a pressure reducer. In the lubricant oil discharge method, the compressor comprises at least one oil-lubrication type cylinder and it is determined that it is time to discharge condensed or solidified lubricant oil, if at least one of preset conditions is satisfied.

Abstract: Disclosed in a PAM-4 receiver using pattern-based clock and data recovery circuitry, which includes an analog front end that receives an external signal and recovers channel loss to output a refined PAM-4 signal, a comparison unit that receives the PAM-4 signal and compares the PAM-4 signal with a reference voltage to generate a recovery signal, and a recovery unit that receives the recovery signal and recovers data and a clock. The analog front end includes an equalizer that matches amplitudes of all frequency components of the external signal and an amplifier that amplifies an output signal of the equalizer.

Abstract: A travel robot for moving a substrate transfer robot in a transfer chamber includes: an elevating part for driving an elevating drive shaft installed in the transfer chamber, a first travel link arm engaged with the elevating drive shaft, a second and a third travel link arm respectively having a first and a second driving motors installed therein, wherein two travel drive shafts are interlocked with the first driving motor and their corresponding travel output shafts, wherein the travel drive shafts and the travel output shafts are installed on the first travel link arm, wherein a rotation drive shaft interlocked with the second driving motor and a rotation output shaft interlocked with the rotation drive shaft and the substrate transfer robot are installed on the third travel link arm, and wherein the travel output shafts are engaged with the first and the third travel link arm.

Abstract: A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices on the substrate; a first reflective layer on the substrate; a resin layer on the first reflective layer and including a first surface from which light emitted from the light emitting device is extracted; a second reflective layer on the resin layer; and a light extraction layer on the first surface of the resin layer, wherein the first surface of the resin layer has a convex portion having a convex exit surface facing to each of the light emitting devices, and concave portions between the convex portions, and the light extraction layer may include a first extraction portion having protrusions on each exit surface, and second extraction portions concave between the plurality of protrusions.

Abstract: A memory system is provided to include a first virtual function controller in communication with a first virtual machine of a host and configured to receive, from the first virtual machine, a command for accessing a namespace and provide, to the first virtual machine, a response to the command; a second virtual function controller in communication with a second virtual machine of the host and configured to be coupled to the namespace and receive the command from the first virtual function controller based on status information of the first virtual function controller and the second virtual function controller; a buffer memory configured to provide an area for data corresponding to the command; and a memory controller configured to access the namespace based on the command and provide the buffer memory with the data.

Abstract: A high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell including a polymer of intrinsic microporosity that prevents phosphoric acid poisoning and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. It is possible to improve the electrochemical efficiency of high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells based on development of a polymer of intrinsic microporosity with thermal stability and cationic conductivity.

Abstract: A gradient-index phononic crystal flat lens which controls the behavior of an acoustic wave having a designated frequency. The gradient-index phononic crystal flat lens may include one or more super cells each having a plurality of layers stacked in a vertical direction according to a target gradient index profile, wherein each of the layers is composed of an aggregate in which unit cells having scatterers formed with the same size in the centers thereof are arranged in a horizontal direction. The one or more super cells may each include a divider provided between the neighboring layers, and configured to force the acoustic wave to propagate in the horizontal direction within the gradient-index phononic crystal flat lens.

Abstract: Techniques to provide uniform luminance across a computing device display, such as an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) display. In some examples, a computing device display may include a hole within the active area of the display that may be used for a camera, a button or some other function. The hole may result in a non-uniform voltage drop in a power supply mesh in regions of the active area near the hole. The power supply mesh may provide electrical energy to elements of the display. The techniques of this disclosure include portions of the power supply mesh that are not connected to the voltage supply bus to ensure a uniform voltage drop across the active area of the display.

Abstract: A memory system is provided to include a first virtual function controller in communication with a first virtual machine of a host and configured to receive, from the first virtual machine, a command for accessing a namespace and provide, to the first virtual machine, a response to the command; a second virtual function controller in communication with a second virtual machine of the host and configured to be coupled to the namespace and receive the command from the first virtual function controller based on status information of the first virtual function controller and the second virtual function controller; a buffer memory configured to provide an area for data corresponding to the command; and a memory controller configured to access the namespace based on the command and provide the buffer memory with the data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a performance evaluation apparatus of a fuel cell electrode. The performance evaluation apparatus includes a working electrode unit configured such that a working electrode is disposed therein, gas is supplied to an inside of the working electrode unit, and voltage and current are measured by a current collection rod, a counter electrode unit provided to guide mounting of the working electrode unit so that a counter electrode faces the working electrode, and configured to store an electrolyte solution, current is measured by the current collection rod, and voltage is measured by a reference electrode immersed in the electrolyte solution, a heater unit immersed in the electrolyte solution to heat the electrolyte solution, and a control unit configured to selectively adjust a temperature of the heater unit within a set temperature range, and to evaluate performance of the working electrode.

Abstract: A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a light source including a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate; a resin layer disposed on the substrate; and a first diffusion layer disposed on the resin layer, wherein the resin layer includes a first resin portion disposed on the light source, and a second resin portion adjacent to the first resin portion and disposed on the substrate. The upper surface of the first resin portion has an inclination and is spaced apart from the first diffusion layer, the second resin portion includes a material different from that of the first resin portion, and the second resin portion based on the upper surface of the substrate. The height of the upper surface may be greater than the lowermost height of the upper surface of the first resin portion.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a memory device. A memory device according to the present technology may include a plurality of planes, individual operation controllers configured to respectively control read operations on the plurality of planes, a common operation controller configured to control a program operation or an erase operation on any one of the plurality of planes, a command decoder configured to provide a read command among the plurality of commands to an individual operation controller that controls a plane that is indicated by an address that corresponds to the read command among the individual operation controllers, and configured to provide a program command or an erase command among the plurality of commands to the common operation controller, and a peripheral circuit configured to generate operation voltages that are used for the read operations, the program operation, and the erase operation.

Abstract: A display device having a display area and a non-display area disposed in the vicinity of the display area and including a bending area, the display device includes: a substrate; a first organic insulating layer disposed on the substrate; and a trench structure disposed in the non-display area, the trench structure including sidewalls formed by the first organic insulating layer and a bottom surface located in the bending area, wherein the bending area is disposed on a side of the display area.

Abstract: Disclosed are an ionic conductivity measurement device and method for a fuel cell, which enable accurate measurement of ionic conductivity of a membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell under various conditions. The ionic conductivity measurement device includes a main body frame, a clamp handle mounted to the upper portion of the main body frame, a lift shaft connected to the clamp handle so as to be movable upwards and downwards, a motion jig mounted to the main body frame so as to be movable upwards and downwards and including an upper support frame connected to the lower end of the lift shaft and a specimen support frame connected to the upper support frame, a lower support frame mounted to the lower end portion of the main body frame, an upper probe pin mounted to the upper support frame, and a lower probe pin mounted to the lower support frame.

Abstract: Disclosed are a nanoplasmonic biosensor for detecting an autophagy marker with high sensitivity using a plasmon resonance effect, and a method of detecting an autophagy marker and a method of screening a cancer therapeutic agent using the same.

Abstract: A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; light sources disposed on the substrate; and a resin layer disposed on the substrate and the light sources. a first reflective layer disposed on the resin layer, wherein the resin layer includes an exit surface facing the light sources, and the exit surface of the resin layer includes convex portions facing each of the light sources and recess portions respectively disposed between the plurality of convex portions, concave surfaces disposed in each of the plurality of recess portions may have a curvature, and a radius of curvature of the concave surfaces may increase in one direction.