Abstract: A touch detection module includes driving electrodes extending parallel to each other, sensing electrodes crossing the driving electrodes, and a touch driver circuit for supplying touch driving signals to the driving electrodes and for detecting touch sensing signals through the sensing electrodes to determine touch position coordinates. The touch driver circuit selects between a group driving scheme and a sequential driving scheme for at least one frame. According to the group driving scheme, the touch driver circuit sorts the driving electrodes into groups, simultaneously drives driving electrodes in a same group among the groups, and drives the groups at different times. According to the sequential driving scheme, the touch driving circuit sequentially drives the driving electrodes.

Abstract: Provided are a micro-needle patch and a manufacturing method thereof. The micro-needle patch includes: a support on one surface of which grooves are formed; a gel membrane for delivery of a transmitter to be transferred in which the grooves are filled with a mixture of the transmitter with a biodradable resin, the mixture being in a gel phase; a plurality of micro-needles projected on the other surface of the support and for penetrating the skin; a first protective film that covers the gel membrane and is adhered on the support; and a second protective film that covers the plurality of micro-needles and is adhered on the other surface, wherein passages are formed by being penetrated from the support to each of the plurality of micro-needles or formed by penetrating the support between the plurality of micro-needles, so that the transmitter of the gel membrane is transferred to the skin.

Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a cell area and a via area; a transistor and a logic interconnection disposed over the substrate; a lower insulating layer covering the transistor and the logic interconnection; a lower conductive layer on the lower insulating layer in the cell area; a support pattern disposed on the lower insulating layer in the via area; a lower via plug having a side surface in contact with the support pattern and a bottom surface in contact with the logic interconnection; a word line stack disposed on the lower conductive layer in the cell area; an dielectric layer stack disposed on the support pattern in the via area; a vertical channel pillar penetrating the word line stack to be connected to the lower conductive layer; and an upper via plug penetrating the dielectric layer stack to be vertically aligned with the lower via plug.

Abstract: A storage device includes a memory controller and a plurality of memory devices. The plurality of memory devices comprise a first memory device coupled to the memory controller and an nth memory device coupled in series to the first memory device, where n is a natural number greater than 1. The memory controller is configured to transmit, to a first memory device, a signal that includes a target ID indicating a selected memory device from among the plurality of memory devices. Each memory device includes a plurality of memory dies, an interface configured to distribute the signal based on the target ID, and a redriver configured to redrive the signal such that the signal is transferred to another memory device.

Abstract: A vehicular air conditioning system includes: a refrigerant circulation line including first and second evaporators through which refrigerant can flow in a cooling mode, and first and second expansion valves configured to depressurize and expand the refrigerant introduced into each of the first and second evaporators; and refrigerant flow control part provided in front of the first evaporator and the first expansion valve and configured to control refrigerant flow. The first evaporator is used for cooling rear seat region of a passenger room and the refrigerant flow control part is configured to supply and block the refrigerant with respect to the first evaporator and the first expansion valve and is configured to block the refrigerant when the cooling governed by the first evaporator is controlled in a turn-off mode and supply the refrigerant to the first evaporator and the first expansion valve depending on the on/off condition of the cooling governed by the second evaporator.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air conditioner for a vehicle including a door disposed inside an air conditioning case and configured to adjust an opening degree of an air flow path including a first gear and a second gear coupled to the door or door driving components, wherein the first gear and the second gear include a first tooth and a second tooth meshing with each other, the first gear includes a rib protruding in an axial direction and a first cover disposed above the first tooth, and the second gear includes a first groove into which the rib is inserted and a second groove into which the first cover is inserted.

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: A heat exchange unit for a ventilation device includes: a case having a first inlet port through which first air is sucked and a second outlet port through which second air is discharged formed on a front side, and a first outlet port through which the first air is discharged and a second inlet port through which the second air is sucked formed on a back side; and heat exchangers having a first air passage through which the first air passes and a second air passage through which the second air passes formed thereon. A first separation plate for separating the first inlet port and the second outlet port is installed in the height direction on the front side of the case. A second separation plate for separating the second inlet port and the first outlet port is installed in the height direction on the other side of the case.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner for minimizing the leakage of air through a dual blocking structure between upper and lower flow paths, and having a dual blocking structure. An air-conditioning case having an inner air flow path is divided into an upper flow path and a lower flow path. A heat exchanger for cooling and a heat exchanger for heating are provided in the air flow path of the air-conditioning case. A member having through-holes is disposed downstream of the heat exchanger for heating in the flow direction of air and allows the air that has passed through the heat exchanger for heating to pass therethrough. The member having through-holes has a horizontal member dividing the upper flow path from the lower flow path. A leakage-preventing means is overlapped with the horizontal member so as to prevent the air in the upper flow path and the lower flow path from mixing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling a server for managing movement schedules of a plurality of robots. The control method includes receiving an occupancy request for at least one node matching a scheduled moving route from at least one of the plurality of robots; setting actually occupied nodes and provisionally occupied nodes of each of the plurality of robots based on the occupancy request; and transmitting occupancy permission information including the set actually occupied node and provisionally occupied node to each of the plurality of robots. In the setting of the actually occupied node and the provisionally occupied node, the actually occupied nodes and the provisionally occupied nodes of each of the plurality of robots are selected so that an actually occupied node of one robot does not overlap an actually occupied node or a provisionally occupied node of another robot.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a roll map of a merge-wound electrode includes a position measurement device configured to acquire coordinate value data for a longitudinal position of an electrode according to an amount of rotation of the rewinder. The apparatus includes an input device configured to input an input signal indicating a start of merge-winding or an end of merge-winding, a seam detector configured to detect a seam, a reference point detector configured to detect a plurality of reference points of the merge-wound electrode, and a roll map generator configured to generate a roll map for simulating the merge-wound electrode moving in a roll-to-roll state based on the input signal of the input device, and to display the longitudinal coordinate values of the electrode, the electrode coordinate values of the seam, and the electrode coordinate values of the plurality of reference points of the merge-wound electrode on the roll map.

Abstract: A cathode for a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collector. The cathode active material layer includes a cathode active material and a conductive material ID/IG is in a range from 0.5 to 1.25 in a Raman spectrum of the cathode active material layer. The cathode active material includes lithium metal oxide particles containing nickel and manganese and having a content of cobalt of less than 2 mol % among all elements except for lithium and oxygen.

Abstract: A refrigerator has a shelf seating protrusion and a separate shelf seating member. The shelf seating protrusion is not formed at an approximate mid-point, height wise, of a storage space defined by an inner casing. The shelf seating member may be coupled to the inner casing to support a shelf assembly. An arrangement of the shelf seating protrusions and the shelf seating member is configured to reduce deformation and cracking of the inner casing due to thermal impact in a manufacturing process or when items are stored on the shelf assembly.

Abstract: A binder solution for an all-solid-state battery, an electrode slurry for an all-solid-state battery including the same and a method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery using the same, and more particularly to a binder solution for an all-solid-state battery, in which a polymer binder configured such that a non-polar functional group is bonded to the end of a polar functional group is used, whereby the polar functional group is provided by a deprotection mechanism of the polymer binder through a thermal treatment, thus increasing adhesion between electrode materials to thereby improve battery capacity and enabling a wet process to thereby reduce manufacturing costs, an electrode slurry for an all-solid-state battery including the same and a method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery using the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating transplantation rejection or a transplantation rejection disease, comprising a novel compound and a calcineurin inhibitor. A co-administration of the present invention 1) reduces the activity of pathogenic Th1 cells or Th17 cells, 2) increases the activity of Treg cells, 3) has an inhibitory effect against side effects, such as tissue damage, occurring in the sole administration thereof, 4) inhibits various pathogenic pathways, 5) inhibits the cell death of inflammatory cells, and 6) increases the activity of mitochondria, in an in vivo or in vitro allogenic model, a transplantation rejection disease model, a skin transplantation model, and a liver-transplanted patient, and thus inhibits transplantation rejection along with mitigating side effects possibly occurring in the administration of a conventional immunosuppressant alone.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes first touch cells disposed in a first touch sensing area, the first touch cells each including a first touch pattern and a first dummy pattern, and second touch cells disposed in a second touch sensing area, the second touch cells each including a second touch pattern and a second dummy pattern. An area of a first dummy pattern area in which the first dummy pattern is disposed is greater than an area of a second dummy pattern area in which the second dummy pattern is disposed.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor memory device, includes a peripheral transistor, a first insulating layer covering the peripheral transistor, a source layer on the first insulating layer, and a stack structure on the source layer. The semiconductor memory device also includes a peripheral contact structure penetrating the stack structure and the source layer, the peripheral contact structure being electrically connected to the peripheral transistor. The stack structure includes a stepped structure including a step side surface and a step top surface. The peripheral contact structure is in contact with the step side surface.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a base substrate, a light emitting structure disposed on the base substrate, and a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting structure and including at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer. The at least one inorganic layer includes a high density layer having a density of greater than or equal to about 2.0 g/cm3 and a low density layer having a density of less than about 2.0 g/cm3. The high density layer and the low density layer are in contact with each other.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate that includes a display area and a non-display area, a display element layer disposed on the display area of the substrate, an opposing substrate that faces the substrate and the display element layer, a sealing member disposed on the non-display area and that couples the substrate and the opposing substrate, and a filler disposed between the substrate and the opposing substrate. A thickness of the filler varies in the range of 60% to 400% of a thickness of the sealing member.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel disposed on a back-light unit; and a viewing angle control unit disposed between the back-light unit and the liquid crystal panel, wherein the viewing angle control unit includes light-blocking patterns having a light-blocking material and variable patterns disposed between a first control electrode and a second control electrode, wherein the variable patterns are extended in a direction perpendicular to the light-blocking patterns, and wherein transmittance of each variable pattern is changed according to a voltage applied to the first control electrode and the second control electrode, thereby preventing a distraction of people around a user by selectively sharing a realized image.