Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, a battery pack and a vehicle are provided. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference, the first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer along a winding direction and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer, the first uncoated portion includes a plurality of independently bendable segments, a cut groove is interposed between adjacent segments along the winding direction, and a lower portion of the cut groove has a round portion.

Abstract: A systems and methods for tracking a position of an electrode. The system may include: a notching controller configured to store pitch information of a unit electrode and to acquire electrode coordinate information of the electrode in a roll-to-roll state during a notching process and a cell identification (ID) of the unit electrode; a calculator configured to calculate coordinates of the cell ID from the pitch information and the cell ID; a roll map generator configured to generate a roll map based on the electrode coordinate information transmitted from the notching controller; and a mapping part configured to compare the coordinates of the roll map with the coordinates of the cell ID to derive an electrode position of the electrode during the electrode manufacturing process from which the unit electrode originates.

Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. In the electrode assembly, the uncoated portion of an electrode includes a segment region divided into a plurality of segments, and the segment region includes a plurality of segment groups separated by a group separation pitch along a winding direction. One end of the electrode assembly includes a plurality of segment alignments. In winding turns corresponding to the plurality of segment alignments, group separation pitches of segment groups disposed in a same winding turn are substantially identical, and separation pitches of the segment groups is greater in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly than in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: An object detection radar apparatus is installed in a vehicle and is configured to detect an object. The object detection radar apparatus includes a transceiver configured to: transmit a radar signal to the outside of the vehicle based on a first mode or a second mode different from each other in terms of detection range, and receive a radar signal reflected from the object; and a processing unit configured to: detect the object based on the reflected radar signal when the first mode is activated, and recognize the object based on the reflected radar signal when the second mode is activated.

Abstract: A waveguide antenna includes a base part including an accommodation portion that accommodates an integrated circuit and configured to separate an output of the integrated circuit into a first electromagnetic wave and a second electromagnetic wave having different frequencies from each other; a waveguide part provided on the base part and including a first waveguide and a second waveguide that guide the first electromagnetic wave and the second electromagnetic wave in different directions; and a cover part provided to cover at least a part of the waveguide part and including a first directional surface to which the first electromagnetic wave is radiated and a second directional surface to which the second electromagnetic wave is radiated.

Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor packages and/or methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor package comprises a package substrate, a first semiconductor chip mounted on the package substrate, a second semiconductor chip mounted on a top surface of the first semiconductor chip, and a first under-fill layer that fills a space between the package substrate and the first semiconductor chip. The package substrate includes a cavity in the package substrate, and a first vent hole that extends from a top surface of the package substrate and is in fluid communication with the cavity. The first under-fill layer extends along the first vent hole to fill the cavity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to GPCR ligand collagen peptides produced through microbial fermentation, and in particular, to a method of preparing collagen peptides obtained by culturing a microorganism, peptides prepared by the method, and a composition including the peptide as an active ingredient; and a composition for improving intestinal function, relieving inflammation, and/or promoting wound healing, and a method of preparing the composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A radar apparatus includes a transceiver that transmits a radar signal and receives a radar signal reflected from an object; a signal processing unit that processes the reflected radar signal to detect the object; a fusion data generation unit that generates fusion data based on radar data and camera data; and a classification unit that classifies the detected object using an artificial intelligence module trained based on the generated fusion data.

Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. In the electrode assembly, the uncoated portion of an electrode includes a segment region divided into a plurality of segments, and the segment region includes a plurality of segment groups separated by a group separation pitch along a winding direction. One end of the electrode assembly includes a plurality of segment alignments. In winding turns corresponding to the plurality of segment alignments, group separation pitches of segment groups disposed in a same winding turn are substantially identical, and separation pitches of the segment groups is greater in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly than in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory includes a substrate that includes pass transistor regions, a peripheral circuit structure that includes pass transistors on the pass transistor regions, and a cell array structure on the peripheral circuit structure, the cell array structure including a plurality of cell array regions and a plurality of connection regions that are alternately arranged along a first direction. The cell array structure includes a stack structure including conductive patterns vertically stacked and correspondingly connected to the pass transistors. The stack structure includes stepwise structures on the connection regions. The connection regions of the cell array structure correspondingly overlap the pass transistor regions of the peripheral circuit structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor packages and/or methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor package comprises a package substrate, a first semiconductor chip mounted on the package substrate, a second semiconductor chip mounted on a top surface of the first semiconductor chip, and a first under-fill layer that fills a space between the package substrate and the first semiconductor chip. The package substrate includes a cavity in the package substrate, and a first vent hole that extends from a top surface of the package substrate and is in fluid communication with the cavity. The first under-fill layer extends along the first vent hole to fill the cavity.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion composition according embodiments of the present invention includes an ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymer, an anti-blocking agent including a polymer wax included in a content of 5 wt % or more based on a weight of the ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymer, and an aqueous dispersion medium. A peak area corresponding to a melting point of 80° C. or less in a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) graph is 50% or more. Blocking phenomenon is suppressed using the anti-blocking agent while achieving desired heat seal properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an ethylene-based copolymer, and more particularly, to a method for producing an ethylene-based copolymer capable of increasing process efficiency by preventing plugging and corrosion of a facility. The method for producing an ethylene-based copolymer includes a producing mode and a washing mode of which one is selectively performed. The producing mode includes: a) hyper-compressing primary compressed ethylene, and a mixture including a carboxylic acid-containing comonomer and a polar solvent to produce a compressed material; b) reacting the compressed material to produce a reaction product including an ethylene-based copolymer; and c) separating and recovering unreacted residues from the reaction product and introducing the unreacted residues into the mixture of step a). The washing mode includes: re-supplying the compressed material produced in step a) to step a) as a mixture, without performing step b).

Abstract: An object detection radar apparatus is installed in a vehicle and is configured to detect an object. The object detection radar apparatus includes a transceiver configured to transmit a radar signal to the outside of the vehicle and receive a radar signal reflected from the object; a driving environment detector configured to detect a driving environment of the vehicle based on an operation status of the vehicle; an object detector configured to detect the object based on the received radar signal; and a controller configured to determine whether or not a predetermined event occurs based on the driving environment of the vehicle or a result of the detection of the object, and control signal characteristics of the transmitted radar signal or the received radar signal when the predetermined event occurs.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery that may include an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator wound around a winding axis, wherein the first electrode includes a first active material region coated with a first active material layer and a first uncoated region not coated with the first active material layer, and at least a part of the first uncoated region being an electrode tab; a first current collector coupled to at least a part of the first uncoated region on the electrode assembly; a battery housing to accommodate the electrode assembly and the first current collector; and an insulator interposed between at least one of the first uncoated region and the first current collector and an inner surface of the battery housing facing the at least one of the first uncoated region and the first current collector to block an electrical connection between the battery housing and the at least one of the first uncoated region and the first current collector.

Abstract: The present provides a radar apparatus and an antenna apparatus for the radar apparatus. Two transmission antennas disposed on both sides of the transmission antenna set may be arranged apart from each other by a predetermined vertical distance in a first direction perpendicular to the ground, and the four receiving antennas may be disposed apart from each other by a predetermined horizontal distance, so that the vertical information and the horizontal information of the object can be easily obtained in the long range detection mode and the short range detection mode.

Abstract: A radar includes a transmitter antenna unit including a plurality of transmitter antennas based on a first horizontal interval and a first vertical interval, a receiver antenna unit including a plurality of receiver antennas arranged based on a second horizontal interval, a transceiver configured to transmit a transmission signal through the transmitter antenna unit and receive a reflection signal reflected from a target object through the receiver antenna unit and a processing unit configured to extract information about the target object by processing the received reflection signal. The second horizontal interval is smaller than the first horizontal interval.

Abstract: A radar apparatus installed in a vehicle includes a transceiver that transmits a radar signal to an outside of the vehicle and receives a radar signal reflected from an object; a signal processing unit that processes the reflected radar signal to detect the object; a fusion data generation unit that generates fusion data based on radar data and camera data; and a classification unit that classifies the detected object using an artificial intelligence module trained based on the generated fusion data.