Abstract: An air purification module comprises a housing having an interior space provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, and an axial type blowing fan, mounted in the housing, for moving air from the air inlet to the air outlet. The air purification module further includes an air purifying unit, provided on a flow path of the air, for purifying the air and a guide for reducing the flow rate of the air between the blowing fan and the air purifying unit. The air purifying unit includes a filter provided between the blowing fan and the air outlet and a light source unit for providing light to the filter.

Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor die, includes forming an interlayer dielectric layer on a substrate having a semiconductor die region, a seal-ring region, and a scribe line region, forming a metal pad and a test pad on the interlayer dielectric layer, forming a passivation dielectric layer on the interlayer dielectric layer, the metal pad, and the test pad, first etching the passivation dielectric layer and the interlayer dielectric layer existing between the seal-ring region and the scribe line region to a predetermined depth using a plasma etching process, second etching the passivation dielectric layer to expose the metal pad and the test pad, forming a bump on the metal pad, and dicing the substrate while removing the scribe line region by mechanical sawing.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a DC-DC converter, a vehicle, and a control method including the same, and more particularly, to a DC-DC converter, a vehicle, and a control method including the same capable of effectively detecting and responding to an interlock failure of a connector.

Abstract: A sterilizing device includes a pipe having an inlet and an outlet and allowing fluid to move therethrough and a light source provided on one side of the pipe and providing light to the fluid. At least a portion of the pipe is provided in a spiral shape and the inlet and/or the outlet are arranged in a light emitting region.

Abstract: A sterilization module including a light source configured to irradiate ultraviolet light, a board on which the light source is mounted, a protective tube accommodating the board therein and configured to transmit ultraviolet light irradiated from the light source, a first base coupled to one side of the protective tube, and a second base coupled to the other side of the protective tube, in which at least one of the first base and the second base includes an insertion part to be inserted into the protective tube, the insertion part having a first diameter when viewed in a first cross-section perpendicular to a length direction of the protective tube, and a cover part integrally formed on the insertion part and having a second diameter greater than the first diameter in the first cross-section.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle includes determining the number of driving legs according to an output current target value of a DC-DC converter; selecting one or more legs to be switched as many as the number of the driving legs from among a plurality of legs included in the DC-DC converter based on accumulated operation time for each of the plurality of legs; and controlling an output current value of the DC-DC converter to follow the output current target value by switching the selected one or more legs.

Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a DC converter having a first end connected to a fuel cell, a second end connected to a high-voltage battery, and at least one switching element connected between the first end and the second end, a fuel cell control unit which controls an activation state of a running command for start of the fuel cell based on an on-off state of vehicle start, and a converter controller which controls a running state of the DC converter according to an initial start sequence, a shutdown sequence, or a restart sequence for the fuel cell based on the activation state of the running command.

Abstract: A direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter, a vehicle including the converter, and a controlling method thereof are proposed. The DC-DC converter is capable of efficiently detecting and responding to miscoupling of a connector. The DC-DC converter includes a first inlet corresponding to a first DC terminal, a transformation circuit connected to the first DC terminal and a second DC terminal while being located therebetween, and a converter controller, wherein when receiving a voltage command corresponding to the first DC terminal from an external controller, the converter controller is configured to determine whether or not a connector coupled to the first inlet is miscoupled thereto based on whether or not a voltage of the first DC terminal follows the voltage command.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter, a vehicle including the converter, and a controlling method thereof are provided. The DC-DC converter includes a first capacitor connected to a first DC terminal, a second capacitor connected to a second DC terminal, a plurality of converting circuits each including at least an inductor and a plurality of switching elements, and connected to each other in parallel between the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and a controller configured to control an ON/OFF state of the plurality of switching elements provided of each of the converting circuits. When external power connection with respect to each of the first DC terminal and the second DC terminal is disconnected, the controller is configured to control states of the plurality of switching elements to sequentially provide a plurality of different discharge paths between opposite terminals of the second capacitor via the plurality of converting circuits.

Abstract: An air purification module for purifying air includes a photocatalyst filter and a light source unit sequentially arranged in a selected direction. The light source unit is spaced apart from the photocatalyst filter to provide light to the photocatalyst filter and includes a substrate and a light source disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes at least one aperture to control a flow channel and a flow velocity of air so as to improve air purification effects through the photocatalyst filter when the air flows from the substrate towards the photocatalyst filter.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter may include a first capacitor connected to a first DC end, a second capacitor connected to a second DC end, a power conversion circuit connected between the first capacitor and the second capacitor and including at least one switching element, and a controller determining, when the second capacitor is charged as the battery is connected to the second DC end, whether the at least one switching element has failed based on a first voltage that is a voltage between opposite ends of the first capacitor and a second voltage that is a voltage between opposite ends of the second capacitor.

Abstract: A light source module and an air conditioner including the light source module. The light source module includes: at least one light source emitting sterilizing light in a wavelength band capable of sterilizing pollutants; a substrate on which the light source is mounted, the substrate being electrically connected to the light source; and a light guide guiding a traveling direction of the sterilizing light emitted from the light source. The light guide may guide the sterilizing light such that a beam angle of the light source module becomes narrower than a beam angle of the light source.

Abstract: A ternary logic circuit includes: a first inverter unit; a second inverter unit arranged in parallel with the first inverter unit; a first junction unit arranged between the first inverter unit and an output terminal and including a tunnel PN junction; and a second junction unit arranged between the second inverter unit and the output terminal and including a tunnel PN junction, wherein, when an absolute value of an input voltage applied to an input terminal is less than a first input voltage, the output terminal outputs a first output voltage, and when the absolute value of the input voltage is greater than the first input voltage and less than a second input voltage, the output terminal outputs a second output voltage, and when the absolute value of the input terminal is greater than the second input voltage, the output terminal outputs a third output voltage.

Abstract: A connection structure of a stator of a drive motor is configured to allow coils to be wound in a plurality of slots provided in a stator core and to connect the coils withdrawn from the slots. The coils are wound in the slots to form first-type structures and second-type structures configured such that withdrawal directions of three-phase (U-, W- and V-phase) withdrawal lines and N-phase withdrawal lines withdrawn from the slots of the first-type structures are opposite to withdrawal directions of three-phase (U-, W- and V-phase) withdrawal lines and N-phase withdrawal lines withdrawn from the slots of the second-type structures. The first-type structures and the second-type structures are disposed symmetrically to each other with respect to a reference line formed to divide the slots in half.

Abstract: A transistor device includes a substrate, a fin structure extending on the substrate in a direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate, a source region and a drain region provided at an upper portion of the fin structure, a constant current generating layer provided at a lower portion of the fin structure, a gate insulating film provided on both side surfaces and a top surface of the upper portion of the fin structure, and a gate electrode provided on the gate insulating film, wherein the gate electrode is provided on the fin structure and between the source region and the drain region, the constant current generating layer generates a constant current between the drain region and the substrate, and the constant current is independent from a gate voltage applied to the gate electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, the air conditioning apparatus being applicable to an autonomous vehicle, etc. having console removed therefrom by ensuring a lower space of a driver's seat in a front part of the vehicle and being capable of preventing condensate water from flowing backward. The air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle comprises: an air conditioning case having an air flow path formed therein and a plurality of air discharge ports; and a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger provided in the air flow path of the air conditioning case and exchanging heat with the air passing through the air flow path, wherein the air discharge ports include a front seat air discharge port and a back seat air discharge port, and the back seat air discharge port is arranged under the heating heat exchanger in the direction of gravity.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a memory device for a logic-in-memory may include a cell array including a plurality of ternary memory cells, a row decoder configured to select at least one ternary memory cell from among the plurality of ternary memory cells, and a page buffer configured to provide a first value to the at least one ternary memory cell and latch a third value obtained by performing a logic operation on the first value and a second value stored in the at least one ternary memory cell and/or the second value.

Abstract: The present technology provides pyrrolidine and piperidine compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, preparation processes thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and uses thereof. In particular, said compounds may be usefully applied in the treatment and prevention of FAP-mediated diseases.

Abstract: A cloud scraping system using pre-scraped big data includes an information providing server which, when receiving a scraping request from a user terminal, provides the user terminal with response information to the received scraping request, and a big data storage which stores pre-scraped information, wherein when the scraping request is about static information, the information providing server acquires the response information using the pre-scraped information. According to the above cloud scraping system using pre-scraped big data, there is an advantage that it is possible to quickly respond to a scraping request from the user terminal afterwards by pre-scraping and storing static information in the big data storage. Additionally, it is possible to improve the scraping server operation efficiency by making a proper use of a single or multi-processing scraping server based on policy information of a scraping target external institution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an eddy current sensor for detecting a crack in a battery cell, and a system for detecting a crack of a battery cell including the eddy current sensor. According to the present invention, it is possible to easily detect a crack generated in an electrode, an electrode tab or a welded portion.