Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes arranged in a stack along a stacking axis with a respective separator portion of an elongated separator sheet positioned between and winding around each of the electrodes in the stack along a serpentine path. The plurality of electrodes include a top electrode positioned at a top of the stack along the stacking axis, and the plurality of electrodes include a bottom electrode positioned at a bottom of the stack. The separator portions in the stack include a top separator portion abutting the top electrode and a bottom separator portion abutting the bottom electrode. The bottom electrode may have a thickness along the stacking axis that is from 80% to 120% of a thickness of the top electrode along the stacking axis. Moreover, a maximum thickness of each of the electrodes in the stack may be less than 8.3 mm.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for fabricating a semiconductor device capable of forming fine patterns. The method for fabricating the semiconductor device according to the present invention may comprise forming an etch mask layer on an etch target layer; forming a spacer structure in which first spacers and second spacers are alternately disposed and spaced apart from each other on the etch mask layer; forming first spacer lines through selective etching of the first spacers; forming second spacer lines through selective etching of the second spacers; and etching the etch target layer to form a plurality of fine line patterns using the first and second spacer lines.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes arranged in a stack along a stacking axis with a respective separator portion of an elongated separator sheet positioned between and winding around each of the electrodes in the stack along a serpentine path. The plurality of electrodes include a top electrode positioned at a top of the stack along the stacking axis, and the plurality of electrodes include a bottom electrode positioned at a bottom of the stack. The separator portions in the stack include a top separator portion abutting the top electrode and a bottom separator portion abutting the bottom electrode. The bottom electrode may have a thickness along the stacking axis that is from 80% to 120% of a thickness of the top electrode along the stacking axis. Moreover, a maximum thickness of each of the electrodes in the stack may be less than 8.3 mm.

Abstract: An electrode assembly manufacturing method includes the steps of: assembling an electrode stack; performing a primary heat press operation on the electrode stack; then performing a pre-heating operation on the electrode stack; and then performing a secondary heat press operation on the electrode stack. The pre-heating operation may include applying heat and pressure to the electrode stack for a time period from 10 seconds to 40 seconds under a pressure condition from 0.5 MPa to 2 MPa and under a temperature condition from 50° C. to 85° C. The pressure condition applied in the pre-heating operation may include applying a lower pressure than that applied in the primary and secondary heat press operations. The primary heat press operation may include engaging the electrode stack with a gripper to secure a position of the electrode stack, which gripper may be disengaged from the electrode stack before performing the pre-heating operation.

Abstract: A deployment device includes a body portion in which a sunshade is wound and accommodated therein, a shade bar disposed at one end of the sunshade, a rail portion disposed on one side or the other side of the body portion, a first wire assembly at least partially disposed within the body portion, a second wire assembly at least partially disposed within the rail portion, one end of the shade bar being disposed in the second wire assembly, and a driver disposed in the body portion and slidably moving the first wire assembly. The first wire assembly includes a first wire and a first connection portion, the second wire assembly includes a second wire and a second connection portion, and the first wire assembly and the second wire assembly are connected by the first connection portion and the second connection portion.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes arranged in a stack along a stacking axis with a respective separator portion of an elongated separator sheet positioned between and winding around each of the electrodes in the stack along a serpentine path. The plurality of electrodes include a top electrode positioned at a top of the stack along the stacking axis, and the plurality of electrodes include a bottom electrode positioned at a bottom of the stack. The separator portions in the stack include a top separator portion abutting the top electrode and a bottom separator portion abutting the bottom electrode. The bottom electrode may have a thickness along the stacking axis that is from 80% to 120% of a thickness of the top electrode along the stacking axis. Moreover, a maximum thickness of each of the electrodes in the stack may be less than 8.3 mm.

Abstract: An electrode assembly manufacturing method includes the steps of: assembling an electrode stack; performing a primary heat press operation on the electrode stack while engaging the electrode stack with a gripper; and then performing a secondary heat press operation on the electrode stack while the gripper is disengaged from the electrode stack. The secondary heat press operation may include applying heat and pressure to the electrode stack for a time period from 5 seconds to 60 seconds under a temperature condition from 50° C. to 90° C. and under a pressure condition from 1 Mpa to 6 Mpa. The step of assembling the electrode stack may include alternately stacking first and second electrodes on an elongated separator sheet, and sequentially folding the separator sheet over a previously-stacked one of the electrodes before a subsequent electrode is stacked. An apparatus for performing the manufacturing method is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrode assembly manufacturing method includes the steps of: assembling an electrode stack; performing a primary heat press operation on the electrode stack while engaging the electrode stack with a gripper; and then performing a secondary heat press operation on the electrode stack while the gripper is disengaged from the electrode stack. The secondary heat press operation may include applying heat and pressure to the electrode stack for a time period from 5 seconds to 60 seconds under a temperature condition from 50° C. to 90° C. and under a pressure condition from 1 Mpa to 6 Mpa. The step of assembling the electrode stack may include alternately stacking first and second electrodes on an elongated separator sheet, and sequentially folding the separator sheet over a previously-stacked one of the electrodes before a subsequent electrode is stacked. An apparatus for performing the manufacturing method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a printed circuit board, a first film electrically connected to the display panel and the printed circuit board, and a second film electrically connected to the display panel and the printed circuit board. The display panel includes panel pads of a first row electrically connected to the first film, panel pads of a second row electrically connected to the second film, and panel connecting lines electrically connecting the panel pads of the first row to the panel pads of the second row.

Abstract: A percutaneous absorption preparation for the treatment of dementia is disclosed. The percutaneous absorption preparation contains a support layer, a drug-containing layer, and a release layer, wherein the drug-containing layer contains memantine enanthate, a solubilizer, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive. The percutaneous absorption preparation does not form crystal precipitation, shows high skin permeability, allows easy clinical control of the usable patch area, and allows control of the absorption rate by adjusting the rate of release, thus minimizing skin irritation, and provides an economic benefit of minimal waste of the drug while also preventing overdose of the drug.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for fabricating a semiconductor device capable of forming fine patterns. The method for fabricating the semiconductor device according to the present invention may comprise forming an etch mask layer on an etch target layer; forming a spacer structure in which first spacers and second spacers are alternately disposed and spaced apart from each other on the etch mask layer; forming first spacer lines through selective etching of the first spacers; forming second spacer lines through selective etching of the second spacers; and etching the etch target layer to form a plurality of fine line patterns using the first and second spacer lines.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a physically unclonable function (PUF) cell capable of exhibiting a stable performance and showing an excellent repeatability while being less affected by environmental factors such as a noise, temperature, and bias voltage. The PUF cell generates an output value by combining a scheme of amplifying a threshold voltage difference and a scheme of amplifying an oscillation frequency difference. In an oscillator that generates oscillation signals of different frequencies, the frequency difference of the oscillation signals is amplified by alternately supplying bias voltages of different magnitudes generated by utilizing the threshold voltage difference to a plurality of stages in the oscillator.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including an edge extending along a first direction, a main circuit board adjacent to the edge of the display panel, and a connection circuit board which connects the main circuit board to the display panel at the edge thereof. The connection circuit board includes a plurality of board side pads which are arranged along the first direction and at which the connection circuit board is connected to the main circuit board. Each of the plurality of board side pads includes a first pad, and a second pad adjacent to the first pad along the first direction. The second pad includes a plurality of signal pads which are arranged along a second direction which crosses the first direction and are each aligned with the first pad along the first direction.

Abstract: A data driving circuit is disclosed that includes an amplifier and an offset control circuit. The amplifier has an offset voltage and is configured to output a data voltage reflecting the offset voltage. The offset control circuit is configured to control, in response to an input control signal, the amplifier to output the data voltage reflecting the offset voltage in a positive direction or a negative direction. The data driving circuit may enhance the display quality of a low grayscale image.

Abstract: A disclosed display apparatus may include a display panel having a plurality of sub-pixels and configured to display an image based on an image signal provided to the display panel; a controller configured to determine a required power for at least one frame of the image signal and to output a switch signal based on determining if the required power is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference power; and a power supply device configured to receive an external AC power and to generate a first high-level voltage and a second high-level voltage. The power supply device may be further configured, based on the switch signal, to output the first high-level voltage to drive the display panel, or to combine the second high-level voltage with the first high-level voltage to generate a third high-level voltage and to output the third high-level voltage to drive the display panel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a crosslinked structure-containing separator for a lithium secondary battery, including: a crosslinked structure-containing polyolefin porous support having a crosslinked structure including polymer chains interconnected directly with one another; an inorganic composite porous layer disposed on at least one surface of the crosslinked structure-containing polyolefin porous support and including an inorganic filler and a first binder polymer; and a porous adhesive layer disposed on the inorganic composite porous layer and including a second binder polymer. The present disclosure also relates to a method for preparing the separator and a lithium secondary battery including the separator. The crosslinked structure-containing separator for a lithium secondary battery shows improved high-temperature safety and excellent adhesion to an electrode.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a crosslinked structure-containing polyolefin porous support which has a crosslinked structure including polymer chains interconnected directly with one another, wherein a first peak is detected at a g value of 2.010-2.030 as determined by electron spin resonance spectroscopy by irradiating ultraviolet rays thereto at 500 W. The present disclosure also relates to a crosslinked structure-containing separator for a lithium secondary battery including the crosslinked structure-containing polyolefin porous support, and a lithium secondary battery including the separator. The crosslinked structure-containing polyolefin porous support shows excellent heat resistance.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a crosslinked structure-containing separator for a lithium secondary battery includes supplying polyolefin and a diluting agent to an extruder to extrude a polyolefin composition; molding and orienting the extruded polyolefin composition into the form of a sheet; dipping the oriented sheet in an extraction solution to extract the diluting agent, thereby providing a polyolefin-based porous support; and irradiating ultraviolet rays to the polyolefin-based porous support, wherein the extraction solution has an upper layer and a lower layer, the lower layer includes a photoinitiator and a solvent for the photoinitiator, the upper layer includes a non-solvent for the photoinitiator, and the photoinitiator is present in an amount of 0.01-0.3 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the solvent for the photoinitiator.

Abstract: Disclosed are an all-solid-state battery including a negative electrode layer in a thick-film form with a plurality of lithiophilic layers and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: An all-solid-state battery according to the present disclosure includes a cathode layer comprising a cathode active material, an anode layer comprising an anode active material, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a core layer part comprising a first solid electrolyte, a surface layer part disposed on at least one surface of the core layer part, and a second solid electrolyte. An average particle diameter (D50) of the first solid electrolyte is greater than an average particle diameter (D50) of the second solid electrolyte.