Abstract: A cooling apparatus may include an electric water pump to pump coolant, a coolant channel in fluid communication with a cooling target and the electric water pump, and a thermoelectric device including a higher-temperature part and a lower-temperature part. The thermoelectric device may cool the coolant flowing into the coolant channel. The cooling apparatus may include a first heat sink disposed adjacent to the higher-temperature part, a second heat sink disposed adjacent to the coolant channel, and a cooling fan provided adjacent to the first heat sink. The cooling apparatus may include an air duct forming a first fluid line where air passes through only the first heat sink and is then discharged by operation of the cooling fan and forming a second fluid line where air passes through the first heat sink and the second heat sink and is then discharged by the operation of the cooling fan.

Abstract: A refrigerant module for a vehicle includes: a heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a refrigerant introduced therein and a working fluid; a valve manifold connected to the heat exchanger and having a refrigerant flow path formed inside to supply the refrigerant to the heat exchanger or to bypass the refrigerant; and a plurality of valve assemblies mounted on the valve manifold to control a flow of the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant flow path.

Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system includes a valve module for controlling a flow of a coolant, a first line connected to the valve module, an electrical component on the first line, a second line connected to the first line and the valve module, a radiator on the second line, a third line connected to the valve module, wherein the battery module is on the third line, a fourth line connected to the valve module and the third line, a fifth line connected to the valve module, a chiller on the fifth line, a sixth line connected to the first line, and a seventh line connected to the third line, wherein an end of the sixth line and an end of the seventh line are respectively connected to the chiller such that the sixth line and the seventh line may be connected to the fifth line through the chiller.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid metal precursor solution, including: metal precursor particles including metal particles and a polymer film surrounding the metal particles; and a solvent mixed with the metal precursor particles, wherein each of the polymer film and the solvent includes a functional group having electrostatic repulsion force to each other so that the metal precursor particles may be dispersed in the solvent.

Abstract: Provided are a body temperature-responsive and non-reusable stiffness-varying intravenous (IV) needle with an on-site temperature sensing function, an IV infusion set having the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. The stiffness-varying IV needle may include a body member implemented in a hollow elongated shape through which drug passes and having a variable stiffness according to ambient temperature; and a coating member configured to cover the outer surface of the body member and having biocompatibility.

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: The present technology includes a power supply and a method of operating the same. The power supply includes a main power supply configured to receive external power and output a charge voltage and main power, and an auxiliary power supply including a capacitor array configured to charge auxiliary power using the charge voltage and output the auxiliary power. The auxiliary power supply is configured to periodically repeat a discharge operation and a sub charge operation on the capacitor array when the charging of the capacitor array is started.

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 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: Disclosed are a sound processing apparatus and a sound processing method. The sound processing method includes extracting a desired voice enhanced signal by a sound source separation and a sound extraction. By using a multi-channel blind source separation method based on independent vector analysis, the desired voice enhanced signal is extracted from a channel having the smallest sum of off-diagonal values of a separation adaptive filter when the power of the desired voice signal is larger than that of other voice signals. According to the present disclosure, a user may build a robust artificial intelligence (AI) speech recognition system by using sound source separation and voice extraction using eMBB, URLLC, and mMTC techniques of 5G mobile communication.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating an air purifier by executing an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or a machine learning algorithm in a fifth generation (5G) environment connected for the Internet of Things. A method for operating an air purifier comprises determining whether an indoor situation is a situation in which protection of a filter is necessary based on sensor information from at least one sensor, in response to a determination that the indoor situation is the situation in which protection of the filter is necessary, suspending an air purifying function, and operating one or more ventilation devices. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to protect the air purifier from a situation in which a life of the filter of the air purifier can be drastically shortened.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid metal precursor solution, including: metal precursor particles including metal particles and a polymer film surrounding the metal particles; and a solvent mixed with the metal precursor particles, wherein each of the polymer film and the solvent includes a functional group having electrostatic repulsion force to each other so that the metal precursor particles may be dispersed in the solvent.

Abstract: The present technology includes a power supply and a method of operating the same. The power supply includes a main power supply configured to receive external power and output a charge voltage and main power, and an auxiliary power supply including a capacitor array configured to charge auxiliary power using the charge voltage and output the auxiliary power. The auxiliary power supply is configured to periodically repeat a discharge operation and a sub charge operation on the capacitor array when the charging of the capacitor array is started.

Abstract: Provided is a power supply apparatus for supplying power to an external electric device. The power supply apparatus includes: a power outlet unit, to which a power plug of the external electric device is coupled, to supply electricity to the external electric device; a power control unit controlling power supply from the power outlet unit to the external electric device; and a user interface unit connected to the power control unit to receive a power activation code from a user, wherein the power control unit supplies power from the power outlet unit to the external electric device during a usage period corresponding to the power activation code.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology include a soft, conformal class of device configured specifically for mechano-acoustic recording from the skin, capable of being used on nearly any part of the body, in forms that maximize detectable signals and allow for multimodal operation, such as electrophysiological recording. Some embodiments can be configured for use in cardiovascular diagnostics, implantable device diagnostics, and human-machine interfaces (HMIs). In some embodiments, a conformal sensing device for measuring mechano-acoustic recording from skin of a human subject can include a mechano-acoustic sensor, a wireless transmitter, a flexible housing, and/or one or more electrodes.

Abstract: Various embodiments, which relate to an electronic device implanted in tissue of an animal and for delivering stimulation to the neural tissue and operating method thereof, may be configured to generate a control instruction based on a control signal wirelessly received from an external device, and based on the control instruction, to input stimulation through a neural probe formed with flexible material and led out to a predetermined location of the tissue. According to various embodiments, the stimulation includes chemical stimulation by a fluid type of drug, and the neural probe may be formed to flow drug, and may include at least one fluid tube for inputting the chemical stimulation by being opened at one end of the neural probe.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating an air purifier by executing an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or a machine learning algorithm in a fifth generation (5G) environment connected for the Internet of Things. A method for operating an air purifier comprises determining whether an indoor situation is a situation in which protection of a filter is necessary based on sensor information from at least one sensor, in response to a determination that the indoor situation is the situation in which protection of the filter is necessary, suspending an air purifying function, and operating one or more ventilation devices. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to protect the air purifier from a situation in which a life of the filter of the air purifier can be drastically shortened.

Abstract: Disclosed are a volume adjusting device and an adjusting method thereof for enabling an electronic device such as a TV to perform a volume adjustment operation among operations executable by the electronic device according to a prediction model stored through machine learning based on communication with surrounding devices in a 5G communication environment. According to the present disclosure, when information indicating adjustment of the volume of an electronic device by a user is generated, volume adjustment information may be learned, and the volume may be automatically adjusted to a volume preferred by the user on the basis of the learned information when the user views a video on the electronic device.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a voltage monitor circuit having a first input coupled to a reference voltage and a second input, a successive approximation register (SAR) circuit having an input coupled to an output of the voltage monitor circuit, a low drop out (LDO) regulator having an input coupled to an output of the SAR circuit and an output coupled to the second input, a discharge circuit coupled to the LDO output, voltage sensing circuit having a first input coupled to the reference voltage during a trim mode and coupled to the LDO output during a monitor mode, having a second input coupled to the reference voltage, and an output which asserts a sense indicator that indicates when a voltage at the first input goes higher or lower than the reference voltage by a predetermined amount. Control circuitry is configured to, during trim mode, periodically discharge the LDO output voltage.

Abstract: Provided is a power supply apparatus for supplying power to an external electric device. The power supply apparatus includes: a power outlet unit, to which a power plug of the external electric device is coupled, to supply electricity to the external electric device; a power control unit controlling power supply from the power outlet unit to the external electric device; and a user interface unit connected to the power control unit to receive a power activation code from a user, wherein the power control unit supplies power from the power outlet unit to the external electric device during a usage period corresponding to the power activation code.