Abstract: A power transmission apparatus for an electric vehicle including a motor as a power source may include: a compound planetary gear set formed as a combination of first and second planetary gear sets sharing a sun gear and a plurality first pinion gears; a first brake selectively connecting a first ring gear of the first planetary gear set to a transmission housing; and a second brake selectively connecting the shared sun gear of the first and second planetary gear sets to the transmission housing. In particular, a second ring gear of the second planetary gear set is fixedly connected to a rotor of the motor and thus continuously receives a torque of the motor, and the power transmission apparatus outputs a shifted torque through a planet carrier rotatably supporting the plurality of first pinion gears and a plurality of second pinion gears of the first planetary gear set.

Abstract: A motor is provided. The motor includes a cooling system configured to cool a stator having a core wound around by a coil, wherein the cooling system includes oil holders installed on a side under the stator in an inner space of a motor housing and provided to allow oil to be collected up to a level capable of allowing at least some of a lower end section of the stator to be immersed for cooling.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a cell region and a slimming region; a logic structure disposed over the substrate, the logic structure including logic circuit elements and bottom wiring lines electrically coupled to the logic circuit elements; a source plate disposed over the logic structure; a memory structure including a plurality of memory cells and a plurality of gate electrode layers, wherein the plurality of memory cells are disposed over the source plate of the cell region and a plurality of gate electrode layers are stacked over the source plate of the cell region and the slimming region to be separated from one another and are coupled to the plurality of memory cells; and a first slit cutting the source plate at a boundary between the cell region and the slimming region, wherein the source plate of the slimming region is floated regardless an operation of the memory cells and the logic circuit elements.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes an electrode structure including a plurality of electrode layers and a plurality of interlayer dielectric layers which are alternately stacked on a substrate defined with a plurality of cell areas and a plurality of coupling areas in a first direction; a hard mask pattern disposed on the electrode structure, and having a plurality of opening holes in the coupling areas; and a plurality of contact holes defined in the electrode structure under the plurality of opening holes, and exposing pad areas of the electrode layers, respectively. The plurality of opening holes are disposed by being distributed in a plurality of rows arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle transmission includes input and output shafts, first and second motor/generators, a first planetary gear train in which one rotary element of three rotary elements is connected to the input shaft and another thereof is connected to the first motor/generator, a second planetary gear train in which one of three rotary elements is connected to the output shaft and another thereof is connected to the second motor/generator, a first external gear pair consisting of a first gear, connected to a remaining rotary element of the first planetary gear train, and a second gear, connected to a remaining rotary element of the second planetary gear train, and a second external gear pair consisting of a third gear, connected to the input shaft, and a fourth gear directly connected to one rotary element of the second planetary gear train.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of managing biometric information and, more particularly, a method of managing biometric information being capable of preventing the use of a sensor module of which an expiration date has expired, or a defective sensor module by determining the validity of a sensor module of a continuous biometric information measuring device on the basis of the generation date of sensor usage information or production lot information received from the continuous biometric information measuring device and preventing a reuse or a shared use of the sensor module on the basis of user information provided in a measurement message received from the continuous biometric information measurement device.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cell arrays accessed through a plurality of row lines and a plurality of bit lines; a pass transistor coupled to one of the plurality of row lines and configured to transfer an operating voltage to the one of the plurality of row lines; and a plurality of wiring lines disposed in a wiring line layer over the pass transistor. The wiring line layer includes a wiring inhibition interval which overlaps a source and a drain of the pass transistor. One or more of the plurality of wiring lines is disposed outside of the wiring inhibition interval.

Abstract: A compressive sensing image sensor includes: a pixel array; and a readout circuit configured to receive pixel data on a shot image in an analogue form, and to process the pixel data, wherein the pixel array includes a plurality of blocks each having a plurality of pixels and arranged in an array form, wherein the circuit includes: a compressive sensing multiplexer to which a plurality of pixel data outputted from a corresponding block from among the plurality of blocks are inputted; an LFSR configured to arbitrarily select at least one pixel data from the plurality of pixel data inputted to the compressive sensing multiplexer; and a delta-sigma ADC configured to receive the at least one pixel data selected by the LFSR, to delta-sigma modulate the received at least one pixel data, and to generate compressive sensing data for restoring an image of the corresponding block from among the shot images.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: battery modules; a cooling pipe connected to the battery modules; and one or more cooling units connected to the cooling pipe and configured to absorb heat from cooling liquid flowing inside the cooling pipe, wherein the battery modules and the one or more cooling units are disposed to alternate with respect to each other.

Abstract: A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell array using facing bars and a method of fabricating the DRAM cell array are disclosed. A first DRAM cell and a second DRAM cell of each of DRAM cell pairs of a DRAM cell array fabricated using a method of fabricating a DRAM cell array share a facing bar and a bit line plug therebetween. Thus, the overall layout area is greatly reduced by a DRAM cell array fabricated using the method of fabricating the DRAM cell array. Further, in the method of fabricating the DRAM cell array, a storage of each of the DRAM cells of the DRAM cell array is formed as a multi-fin type having a plurality of lateral protrusions, thereby greatly increasing an area of the storage.

Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle includes input and output shafts, and first, second, third, fourth, and fifth planetary gear sets, each including three rotational elements. The gear train also includes nine shafts for selectively connecting the planetary gear sets, the input and output shafts, and a transmission housing in various configurations to achieve at least ten forward speeds and at least one reverse speed.

Abstract: Provided are a wireless communication apparatus and a channel estimation methods of the wireless communication apparatus. The channel estimation methods includes receiving a first sub-frame and a second sub-frame, the first sub-frame including a plurality of first reference signals pre-coded based on a first pre-coding matrix and the second sub-frame including a plurality of second reference signals pre-coded based on a second pre-coding matrix; determining whether the first pre-coding matrix and the second pre-coding matrix are the same, based on a channel variation in the time domain; and performing, in response to determining that the first pre-coding matrix and the second pre-coding matrix are the same, channel estimation with respect to a resource element included in the second sub-frame based on at least of the plurality of first reference signals and at least one of the plurality of second reference signals.

Abstract: A discrete capacitance switching circuit includes a DC decoupling capacitor connected between a power node that receives an AC signal and a first node, a diode connected between the first node and a second node, a unit capacitor connected between the second node and a reference node that receives a ground voltage, and a bias circuit. The bias circuit is configured to apply a first DC voltage to the first node and apply a second DC voltage to the second node. The applied first and second DC voltages control a switching operation of the diode.

Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle includes input and output shafts, and first, second, third, fourth, and fifth planetary gear sets, each including three rotational elements. The gear train also includes nine shafts for selectively connecting the planetary gear sets, the input and output shafts, and a transmission housing in various configurations to achieve at least ten forward speeds and at least one reverse speed.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a second region extending in a first direction; a memory block including electrodes; a slit dividing the memory block into first and second electrode structures in the second region; and step-shaped grooves formed in the memory block in the second region, and divided by the slit. In the second region, the first and second electrode structures are adjacently disposed with the slit interposed therebetween, in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. Each of the electrodes of the first electrode structure has a first pad region, each of the electrodes of the second electrode structure has a second pad region, and first and second pad regions of the first and second electrode structures which are positioned in the same step-shaped groove and are disposed at the same layers are adjacently disposed in the second direction with the slit interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A planetary gear train may include: an input shaft receiving torque of an engine; an output shaft outputting torque; a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements; a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements; a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements; a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements; a fifth planetary gear set including thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth rotation elements; three clutches, each connecting any tow rotation elements among the first to the fifteenth rotation elements; and three brakes, each connecting any one rotation element among the first to the fifteenth rotation elements to a transmission housing.

Abstract: A substrate carrier may include a carrier body and a first sensor unit. The carrier body may include an internal space, an inlet port and an outlet port. The internal space may be configured to receive a substrate. A purge gas may be introduced into the internal space through the inlet port. A gas in the internal space may be exhausted through the outlet port. The first sensor unit may be at the outlet port and configured to detect environmental properties of the internal space in real time. Thus, a generation or cause of a contaminant in the carrier body may be accurately identified.

Abstract: Disclosed is a surface foreign substance detector for a transparent or translucent film. The surface foreign substance detector for a transparent or translucent film according to the present invention comprises: an optical unit; an optical housing accommodating the optical unit therein; a light emission unit emitting light to the film; and a film holder providing a loading surface such that the film can be loaded thereon and made of a light-absorbing material capable of absorbing light or reflecting the light at a predetermined ratio or less. According to the present invention, the holder supporter is manufactured by using a material capable of generating a predetermined electrostatic force or more between the holder supporter and the foreign substances floating in a surrounding space to prevent foreign substances floating or scattered in a surrounding work space from being moved to the film side, thereby improving detection reliability.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating an initial condition of a battery includes a processor configured to calculate a stabilizing time of a lithium (Li) ion concentration in the battery, select an estimation model based on the stabilizing time, and estimate the initial condition of the battery to charge the battery using the selected estimation model.

Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft to which power of an engine is transmitted, an output shaft outputting the power, a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements, a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth and sixth rotation elements, a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth and ninth rotation elements, a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh and twelfth rotation elements, a fifth planetary gear set including thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth rotation elements, and nine shafts and six coupling elements, each of which is connected between the first to fifth planetary gear sets.