Abstract: The present invention relates to: a double-stranded oligonucleotide which can highly specifically and efficiently inhibit the proliferation of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2), preferably a double-stranded oligonucleotide comprising a sequence in the form of RNA/RNA, DNA/DNA or a DNA/RNA hybrid; a double-stranded oligonucleotide structure and nanoparticles comprising the double-stranded oligonucleotide; and a use thereof for treating COVID-19.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device includes: an upper coil including a first tubular spiral coil and a first planar spiral coil disposed beneath the first tubular spiral coil; a lower coil including a second planar spiral coil disposed to face the first planar spiral coil and a second tubular spiral coil disposed beneath the second planar spiral coil; a connecting stub configured to connect the upper coil and the lower coil to each other; and a power source configured to supply a power to the upper coil or the lower coil. The first planar spiral coil and the second planar spiral coil generate an electric field and a magnetic field in a resonance state to transfer at least some of the power from the power source to an external wireless power receiving device through the electric field and the magnetic field.

Abstract: An array antenna capable of steering a beam in a first communication node of a wireless communication system may comprise: a plurality of single antennas each capable of variably adjusting a beam steering direction; a plurality of beamforming control units each of which is connected to each of the plurality of single antennas to control a beamforming operation of each of the plurality of single antennas; and an array antenna control unit connected to the plurality of beamforming control units to control a beamforming operation of the entire array antenna, wherein the plurality of single antennas are arranged in a cylindrical shape and are installed to face a direction opposite to a central direction of the cylinder shape, and the array antenna is configured to steer a beam to a predetermined area around the first communication node through at least one single antenna among the plurality of single antennas.

Abstract: The human body sensing device includes a contact sensing unit that includes a sensing electrode and a signal electrode, an activation module that senses a contact with a body through the sensing electrode when the sensing electrode and the signal electrode contact the body and outputs a wake-up signal in response to the sensing of the contact, and a human body communication unit that provides a ground voltage to the signal electrode and outputs a data signal to the signal electrode when the wake-up signal from the activation module is received.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device that supports a neural network including a neuron array including neurons, a row address encoder that receives spike signals from neurons and outputs request signals in response to the received spike signals, and a row arbiter tree that receives request signals from the row address encoder and outputs response signals in response to the received request signals. The row arbiter tree includes a first arbiter that arbitrates first and second request signals among request signals, a first latch circuit that stores a state of the first arbiter, a second arbiter that arbitrates third and fourth request signals among request signals, a second latch circuit that stores a state of the second arbiter, and a third arbiter that delivers a response signal to the first and second arbiters based on information stored in the first and second latch circuits.

Abstract: Disclosed is operation method of an encoder that receives a continuous time-series signal and respectively transmits first to N-th input signals to first to N-th input neuron circuits of spike neural network circuit. The method of operating the encoder includes receiving the continuous time-series signal, generating a plurality of discrete quantum signals by sampling and quantizing the continuous time-series signal, selecting first to N-th discrete quantum signals among the plurality of discrete quantum signals, matching the selected first to N-th discrete quantum signals with the first to N-th input neuron circuits, respectively, identifying discrete quantum signals, each of which has a quantum level different from a quantum level of a previous discrete quantum signal, from among the second to N-th discrete quantum signals, and activating the input signals to be transmitted to the input neuron circuits corresponding to the identified discrete quantum signals and the first discrete quantum signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an encoder including event layer outputs first and second event signals, weight layer applies first and second weights to the first and second event signals respectively, and provides the first event signal in which the first weight is applied and the second event signal in which the second weight is applied to first node, and first spike generation circuit generates first input spike signal of which firing period is changed based on voltage level of the first node. The voltage level of the first node is reduced continuously, increases for first voltage corresponding to the first weight in response to the first event signal activated, and increases for second voltage corresponding to the second weight in response to the second event signal activated.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: receiving, from a satellite, transmission timing information including information on a first transmission timing of a first SSB of each of at least one local cell and information on second transmission timings of second SSBs of sub-cells belonging to each of the at least one local cell; identifying the first transmission timing of the first SSB and the second transmission timings of the second SSBs based on the transmission timing information; attempting to receive the second SSBs when the first SSB is received at the first transmission timing; acquiring cell access information from the second SSBs by receiving the second SSBs; and accessing the satellite by using the acquired cell access information.

Abstract: An image processing-based foreign substance detection method in a wireless charging system and a device performing the method are disclosed. A method for detecting a foreign substance according to an example embodiment includes an operation of acquiring an image of a charging area of a wireless charging system, an operation of detecting, based on an RGB value of a frame of the image, a foreign substance in the charging area, an operation of discriminating a type of the foreign substance, and an operation of performing power control of the wireless charging system according to the type of the foreign substance.

Abstract: An operation method performed by an apparatus for detecting multiple targets may comprise transmitting first signals using Mt transmit antennas included in the apparatus; receiving the first signals reflected by the multiple targets through Mr receive antennas included in the apparatus; generating a first function for estimating a velocity and an azimuth of each of the multiple targets using the first signals and the reflected first signals; estimating a velocity and an azimuth that maximize a result of the first function as a velocity and an azimuth of a first target closest to the apparatus among the multiple targets; generating a second function by cancelling interference caused by the first target from the first function; and estimating a velocity and an azimuth that maximize a result of the second function as a velocity and an azimuth of a second target among the multiple targets.

Abstract: Disclosed are a spike neural network apparatus based on a multi-encoding and an operating method thereof. The method of operating a spike neural network (SNN) apparatus that performs a multi-encoding, includes receiving an input signal by an encoding module, performing a rate coding and a temporal coding on the received input signal by the encoding module, generating an SNN input signal based on the performance result of the rate coding and the temporal coding, and transmitting the generated SNN input signal to a neuromorphic chip that performs a spike neural network (SNN) operation.

Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing a coil for wireless charging are disclosed herein. The method may include manufacturing a printed circuit board, generating a coil-shaped metal pattern on the printed circuit board, and generating an additional metal pattern on the top of the metal pattern using a 3D metal printer.

Abstract: Provided are a human body communication device and an operating method of the same. The human body communication device according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a transmitting circuit, a receiving circuit, a ground electrode, and a switch. The transmitting circuit generates a first signal in a transmitting mode and transmits the first signal to the first electrode. The receiving circuit receives a second signal from the first electrode in the receiving mode. The receiving circuit includes a differential amplifier that amplifies a difference between a voltage level of a first input terminal depending on the second signal and a voltage level of a second input terminal. The switch electrically connects the second electrode and the ground electrode in the transmitting mode, and electrically connects the second electrode and the second input terminal in the receiving mode.

Abstract: An antenna device for magnetic field communication may include: a first coil; a second coil; a third coil; a first capacitor connected to a 1-1 terminal of the first coil; a second capacitor connected to a 2-1 terminal of the second coil; a third capacitor connected to a 3-1 terminal of the third coil; and an input port including a first input terminal connected to a 1-2 terminal of the first coil, a 2-2 terminal of the second coil, and a 3-2 terminal of the third coil, and a second input terminal connected to the first capacitor, the second capacitor, and the third capacitor.

Abstract: A capsule endoscope image receiver includes a receiving electrode unit that receives first and second differential signals from a capsule endoscope image transmitter through a human body communication channel, an analog amplifying unit that receives the first and second differential signals and outputs first and second amplified differential signals, and a signal restoring unit that receives the first and second amplified differential signals and restores image information. The analog amplifying unit includes a first amplifier that outputs the first amplified differential signal, a second amplifier that outputs the second amplified differential signal, and an input impedance that is connected between a first inverting input terminal of the first amplifier and a second inverting input terminal of the second amplifier and obtains a gain of differential signal amplification in which a high frequency component of the first and second amplified differential signals is greater than a low frequency component.

Abstract: Provided is a system-on-chip. A central controller is configured to, in response to a request from a host, generate a first signal for requesting error information related to an error from a design of an IP. A local controller is configured to generate a second signal including the error information of the target IP if the request from the host is determined to be for the target IP based on the first signal.

Abstract: An array antenna capable of steering a beam in a first communication node of a wireless communication system may comprise: a plurality of single antennas each capable of variably adjusting a beam steering direction; a plurality of beamforming control units each of which is connected to each of the plurality of single antennas to control a beamforming operation of each of the plurality of single antennas; and an array antenna control unit connected to the plurality of beamforming control units to control a beamforming operation of the entire array antenna, wherein the plurality of single antennas are arranged in a cylindrical shape and are installed to face a direction opposite to a central direction of the cylinder shape, and the array antenna is configured to steer a beam to a predetermined area around the first communication node through at least one single antenna among the plurality of single antennas.

Abstract: Disclosed is a learning method of a neural network which includes a first intermediate neuron layer and a second intermediate neuron layer. The method includes performing first learning, which is based on a first synaptic weight layer, with respect to input subjects and the first intermediate neuron layer, determining intermediate neurons, which will perform second learning, from among intermediate neurons of the first intermediate neuron layer, based on the number of spikes of each of spike output signals of the intermediate neurons of the first intermediate neuron layer, and performing the second learning, which is based on a second synaptic weight layer, with respect to the intermediate neurons determined to perform the second learning.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second memory regions spaced apart from each other and a fail information storage region disposed between the first and second memory regions. A parity including error information on data is stored in a first parity region of the fail information storage region while a write operation is applied to the first memory region. The parity is stored in a second parity region of the fail information storage region while the write operation is applied to the second memory region. An error of the data is corrected by the parity stored in the first parity region while a read operation is applied to the first memory region. The error of the data is corrected by the parity stored in the second parity region while the read operation is applied to the second memory region.

Abstract: Disclosed are a human body communication receiver and an operating method thereof, which may effectively remove low frequency noise. The human body communication receiver according to the present disclosure includes a receiving electrode, a virtual electrode, a filter circuit that is connected between the receiving electrode and the virtual electrode, and removes low frequency noise from a signal received through the receiving electrode to generate a high frequency signal, a low frequency reconstruction circuit that is connected to a rear end of the filter circuit and reconstructs a low frequency baseband signal by rectifying the high frequency signal, and an amplifying circuit that is connected to a rear end of the low frequency reconstruction circuit, and amplifies the low frequency baseband signal.