Abstract: A slurry composition for polishing a metal film, and a method for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of a substrate using the slurry composition are provided. The slurry composition includes a polishing regulator, and the polishing regulator includes a copolymer comprising a polymer with an allylamine-based structural unit and a polymer with a structural unit including at least one element among sulfur (S), phosphorus (P), and nitrogen (N).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, that identify and issue search queries expected to be issued in the future. A set of search queries that have been issued by multiple user devices can be obtained. For each query instance, contextual data can be obtained. A first query and its contextual data can be input to a model that outputs the query's likelihood of being issued in the future. The model can be trained using contextual data for training queries and a corresponding labels for the training queries. The learning model outputs the first query's likelihood of being issued in future, and this query is stored as a repeatable query if the likelihood satisfying a repeatability threshold. Subsequently, a stored repeatable query is issued upon a selection of a user selectable interface component and the search engine provides search results for the query.

Abstract: Proposed are an apparatus and a method for simulating charge and discharge energy in an intermittent computing system. Specifically, an operation method for simulating power instability in intermittent computing includes receiving at least one selected from a group of energy storage and SBC standard information of an intermittent computing system, energy consumption information for an application program of the intermittent computing system, and illuminance information, and generating an intermittent computing charge and discharge energy scenario model on the basis of the received information, and performing intermittent computing energy simulation on the basis of the generated model, and identifying whether a result of the simulation is appropriate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor memory devices. An example semiconductor memory device includes a cell region and a peripheral circuit region electrically connected with the cell region. The cell region includes a plurality of gate electrodes spaced apart from each other and stacked in a vertical direction, and a channel structure extending through the plurality of gate electrodes in the vertical direction. The peripheral circuit region includes a substrate, a first element isolation structure, a first gate structure on the first active region, a second element isolation structure, a second gate structure on the second active region, a third element isolation structure, and a third gate structure on the third active region. The third element isolation structure includes a first element isolation pattern and a second element isolation pattern. The first element isolation pattern and the second element isolation pattern include different materials from each other.

Abstract: A memory device includes an input unit configured to receive a plain text and output plain blocks and CTS plain block, a multi-core unit including a plurality of encryption/decryption cores configured to encrypt each of the plain blocks provided from the input unit and output cipher blocks in accordance with control of an encryption/decryption core control unit, a CTS core unit including a CTS core configured to encrypt the CTS plain block provided from the input unit into a CTS cipher block, and an output unit configured to receive the cipher blocks and the CTS cipher block and output a cipher text. The CTS plain block is generated through a CTS calculation based on the plain text.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a seal inspection device for inspecting seals of a container. Specifically, according to an embodiment of the present invention, provided is the seal inspection device for inspecting the sealing of a container, comprising: an irradiation unit for irradiating light along an optical path extending in a first direction; a sensor unit for detecting the light traveling along the optical path; and a pressing module for pressing the sealing of the container, wherein the pressing module includes a plurality of pressing units arranged on the optical path, and the pressing unit can be selectively located at a first position for blocking the light from reaching the sensor unit and a second position for allowing the light to reach the sensor unit.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media related to soliciting feedback from a user regarding one or more content parameters of a suggestion or other content provided by the automated assistant. The user's feedback may be used to influence future suggestions and/or other content subsequently provided, by the automated assistant in future dialog sessions, to the user and/or to other users. In some implementations, content is provided to a user by an automated assistant in a dialog session between the user and the automated assistant—and the automated assistant provides a prompt that solicits user feedback related to the provided content in a future dialog session between the user and the automated assistant. In some of those implementations, the prompt is provided following input from the user and/or output from the automated assistant, in the future dialog session, that is unrelated to the content provided in the previous dialog session.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a switching element on a substrate, a pad isolation layer on the switching element, a conductive pad passing through the pad isolation layer and connected to the switching element, an insulating pattern on the pad isolation layer and having a height greater than a horizontal width, a lower electrode on side surfaces of the insulating pattern on side surfaces of the insulating pattern and in contact with the conductive pad, a capacitor dielectric layer on the lower electrode and having a monocrystalline dielectric layer and a polycrystalline dielectric layer, the monocrystalline dielectric layer being relatively close to side surfaces of the insulating pattern compared to the polycrystalline dielectric layer an upper electrode on the capacitor dielectric layer may be provided.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor devices includes a landing pad on a substrate, a lower electrode on the landing pad and connected to the landing pad, a capacitor dielectric film that is on the lower electrode and includes both a tetragonal crystal system and an orthorhombic crystal system, a first doping layer that is between the lower electrode and the capacitor dielectric film and includes a first metal, and an upper electrode on the capacitor dielectric film.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium transition metal oxide containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese and a cobalt-containing coating layer. The lithium transition metal oxide is in the form of a secondary particle in which primary particles are aggregated. The coating layer is formed at interface between the primary particles positioned on the surface and inside of the lithium transition metal oxide secondary particle. A spectrum measured for the lithium transition metal by TEM-EELS includes a first peak in a region from a surface of a primary particle in a surface portion of the secondary particle to a depth of 50 nm, and a second peak in a region from the surface of a primary particle in a core portion of secondary particle to a depth of 50 nm.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes an electrode stack having a first electrode, a first separation layer, a second electrode and a second separation layer consecutively stacked, the electrode stack being wound around a winding axis in a winding direction, and a first electrode tab electrically connected to the first electrode, the first electrode tab protruding in an axial direction away from a first end of the first electrode. The second electrode includes a second electrode uncoated portion where an active material is not coated, the second uncoated portion being exposed at a second end of the second electrode in the axial direction, the second uncoated portion being configured to be a second electrode tab. A battery cell including the electrode assembly is also provided.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide powder having a layered structure and a nickel content accounting for 85 atm % or more of total transition metals, and wherein the lithium composite transition metal oxide powder undergoes a 3% or less change in lithium-oxygen (Li—O) interlayer spacing in a state-of-charge (SOC) range of 58% to 72%.

Abstract: A conductive particle to be dispersed in a resin composition of an anisotropic connection material containing binder resin and solvent, the conductive particle includes: a core, a conductive layer provided on the core and containing metal, insulating fine particles connected by a first substituent that binds to the metal of the conductive layer, provided on a first region of the conductive layer, and a hydrophobic surface treatment layer connected by a second substituent that binds to the metal of the conductive layer, provided on a second region of the conductive layer, wherein the first region and the second region do not overlap.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a technique for numerical integration in material point method (MPM)-based geotechnical analysis and simulation is provided. Input terms for an element of a background mesh are received. The input terms including material points in the element that describe a continuum of soil, rock and/or groundwater. A set of constraints is created that defines an optimization problem. The set of constraints provide that numerical integration of the material points weighted by unknown integration weights equal exact integration for finite element shape functions. The optimization problem defined by the constraints is solved by an optimization algorithm to minimize numerical integration error for polynomials up to a given order to produce a set of integration weights. The set of integration weights is scaled to conserve the mass of the material points to produce optimized integration weights.

Abstract: A memory device includes an input unit configured to receive a plain text and output plain blocks and CTS plain block, a multi-core unit including a plurality of encryption/decryption cores configured to encrypt each of the plain blocks provided from the input unit and output cipher blocks in accordance with control of an encryption/decryption core control unit, a CTS core unit including a CTS core configured to encrypt the CTS plain block provided from the input unit into a CTS cipher block, and an output unit configured to receive the cipher blocks and the CTS cipher block and output a cipher text. The CTS plain block is generated through a CTS calculation based on the plain text.

Abstract: An electrode assembly including a positive electrode sheet having a positive electrode active material portion that is an area on which a positive electrode active material is stacked on a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode non-coating portion, a positive electrode tab disposed on the positive electrode non-coating portion, a negative electrode sheet having a negative electrode active material portion that is an area on which a negative electrode active material is stacked on a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode non-coating portion; a negative electrode tab disposed on the negative electrode non-coating portion, and a separator insulating the positive electrode sheet and the negative electrode sheet from each other is provided. The positive electrode non-coating portion includes a first positive electrode non-coating portion and a second positive electrode non-coating portion, which are provided on two portions spaced apart from each other on the positive electrode sheet.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode including a first region coated with an active material and a second region at a first side and adjacent to the first region, the second region being exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second region is an electrode tab; a housing including a first end with a first opening, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including an edge portion on the electrode assembly, a second region coupling portion extending from the edge portion and coupled with the second region, and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the second region coupling portion; and a terminal coupled with the terminal coupling portion.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for an adaptive checkpoint in intermittent computing. The apparatus for an adaptive checkpoint in intermittent computing includes memory in which at least one program is recorded and a processor for executing the program. The program may perform statically setting locations at which checkpoints are to be performed at compile time of program code and dynamically determining whether to perform the checkpoints depending on energy-harvesting conditions at runtime of the program code.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery including: an electrode assembly; a case opened on one side and configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein; a vent coupled to the opening of the case; and a first current collecting plate electrically connected to the electrode assembly, in which the first current collecting plate is welded and electrically connected to at least one of the case and the vent.