Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first uncoated region and a second uncoated region; a battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly and electrically connected to the second uncoated region; a cap to cover an open portion on bottom of the battery housing; a first electrode terminal passing through a partially closed portion of the battery housing and being electrically isolated from the battery housing; and a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and connected to the first electrode terminal.

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 battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wound around a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumferential surface, the first electrode including a first uncoated region in which an active material layer is not coated along a winding direction; a housing accommodating the electrode assembly through an open portion at a lower end thereof; a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and disposed in the housing; a cap to cover the open portion; and a spacer between the first current collector and the cap and having a height corresponding to a distance between the first current collector and the cap.

Abstract: A display device, includes: a display panel including a pixel electrically coupled to a gate line and a data line; a gate driver configured to provide a gate signal to the gate line; and a data driver configured to provide a data signal to the data line, wherein the gate driver is configured to sequentially provide a first gate signal and a second gate signal to the gate line during a first frame period, wherein the data driver is configured to provide a first data signal to the data line in response to the first gate signal, and to provide a second data signal to the data line in response to the second gate signal, and wherein the second data signal is different from the first data signal and varies dependent on the first data signal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a decoding method and apparatus and an encoding method and apparatus for deriving an intra-prediction mode. An intra-prediction mode may be derived using a method for deriving an intra-prediction mode based on a neighbor block of the target block, a method for deriving an intra-prediction mode using signaling of the intra-prediction mode of the target block, or a method for deriving an adaptive intra-prediction mode based on the type of a target slice. An MPM list may be used to derive the intra-prediction mode, and a temporal neighbor block or the like may be used to configure the MPM list.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode, and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode. The dielectric layer includes a plurality of dielectric grains, and at least one of the plurality of dielectric grains has a core-dual shell structure having a core and a dual shell. The dual shell includes a first shell surrounding at least a portion of the core, and a second shell surrounding at least a portion of the first shell, and a concentration of a rare earth element included in the second shell is more than 1.3 times to less than 3.8 times a concentration of a rare earth element included in the first shell.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a decoding method and apparatus and an encoding method and apparatus that perform inter-prediction using a motion vector predictor. For a candidate block in a col picture, a scaled motion vector is generated based on a motion vector of the candidate block. When the scaled motion vector indicates a target block, a motion vector predictor of the target block is generated based on the motion vector of the candidate block. The motion vector predictor is used to derive the motion vector of the target block in a specific inter-prediction mode such as a merge mode and an AMVP mode.

Abstract: A peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device includes a common function performing operations associated with a PCIe interface according to a function type, the common function being programmable to be a function type selected from a plurality function types, an access identification information controller generating first access identification information for allowing an access to the common function, and providing the first access identification information to an assigned system image to which the common function has been assigned, a data packet receiver receiving a data packet including target identification information indicating a target system image from the target system image, and an access allowance determiner determining whether or not to allow the target system image to access the common function based on the first access identification information and the target identification information.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is provided. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current luma block, deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block based on the intra-prediction mode of the current luma block, generating a prediction block of the current chroma block based on the intra-prediction mode of the current chroma block, and the deriving of an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block may comprise determining whether or not CCLM (Cross-Component Linear Mode) can be performed for the current chroma block.

Abstract: An embodiment vehicle door opening/closing system includes an inner panel defining a door open portion of a vehicle, the inner panel including an installation groove having a protruding or recessed shape, a driving device disposed in the installation groove of the inner panel, and a link mechanism installed on a chassis through a rotating shaft, a first end of the link mechanism being connected to the driving device such that power is transferred thereto, and a second end of the link mechanism being connected to a door such that, during driving of the driving device, the link mechanism rotates with reference to the rotating shaft to open/close the door.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus. In video encoding and decoding, multiple partition blocks are generated by splitting a target block. A prediction mode is derived for at least a part of the multiple partition blocks, among the multiple partition blocks, and prediction is performed on the multiple partition blocks based on the derived prediction mode. When prediction is performed on the partition blocks, information related to the target block may be used, and information related to an additional partition block, which is predicted prior to the partition block, may be used.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymerisable LC material comprising one or more di- or multireactive mesogenic compounds and one or more compounds of formula UVI, wherein the individual radicals have one of the meaning as given in the claims. Furthermore, the present invention relates also to a method for its preparation, a polymer film with improved thermal durability and UV stability obtainable from a corresponding polymerisable LC material, to a method of preparation of such polymer film, and to the use of such polymer film and said polymerisable LC material for optical, electro-optical, decorative or security devices.

Abstract: A polymerisable LC material containing one or more di- or multireactive mesogenic compounds, and one or more compounds of formula TRI, and one or more compounds of formula ND Furthermore, a method for preparing the polymerisable LC material, and a polymer film with improved thermal durability and UV stability obtainable from the polymerisable LC material, and a method of preparing such polymer film, and using such polymer film and the polymerisable LC material for optical, electro-optical, decorative or security devices.

Abstract: A polymerisable LC material comprising at least one di- or multireactive mesogenic compound and at least one compound of formula CO-1, wherein R1, R2, L1, L2, L3, and n have the meanings as given in claim 1. Furthermore, a method for preparation of the LC material, a polymer film with improved thermal durability obtainable from the corresponding polymerisable LC material, a method of preparation of such polymer film, and the use of such polymer film and said polymerisable LC material for optical, electro-optical, decorative or security devices.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises one or more compounds each of formulae I and II in which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings given in claim 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymerisable LC material comprising one or more di- or multireactive mesogenic compounds and one or more compounds of formula UVI, wherein the individual radicals have one of the meaning as given in the claims. Furthermore, the present invention relates also to a method for its preparation, a polymer film with improved thermal durability and UV stability obtainable from a corresponding polymerisable LC material, to a method of preparation of such polymer film, and to the use of such polymer film and said polymerisable LC material for optical, electro-optical, decorative or security devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymerisable LC material comprising one or more di- or multireactive mesogenic compounds and one or more compounds of formula TRI, wherein the individual radicals have one of the meaning as given in the claims. Furthermore, the present invention relates also to a method for its preparation, a polymer film with improved thermal durability and UV stability obtainable from the corresponding polymerisable LC material, to a method of preparation of such polymer film, and to the use of such polymer film and said polymerisable LC material for optical, electro-optical, decorative or security devices.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises one or more compounds each of formulae I and II in which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings given in claim 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymerizable LC material comprising one or more di- or multireactive mesogenic compounds and one or more compounds of formula S0, S1 or S2, wherein the individual radicals have one of the meaning as given in the claims. Furthermore, the present invention relates also to a method for its preparation, a polymer film with improved thermal durability and UV stability obtainable from a corresponding polymerizable LC material, to a method of preparation of such polymer film, and to the use of such polymer film and said polymerizable LC material for optical, electro-optical, decorative or security devices.

Abstract: Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices are provided. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes selecting a target pattern from a target design layout. The target pattern includes: a target net; a target via that is electrically connected to the target net; and a crossing net that is electrically connected to the target via on a different level from the target net. The method includes analyzing a peripheral pattern that is adjacent the target net. Moreover, the method includes generating a redundant net, and a redundant via that electrically connects the redundant net and the crossing net. Related layout design systems are also provided.