Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a plurality of active regions delimited on a substrate. A plurality of bit line structures crossing over the plurality of the active regions may be provided. A plurality of storage node contacts may be disposed between the plurality of the bit line structures. A plug isolation pattern may be disposed between the plurality of the storage node contacts. The plug isolation pattern may include an isolation insulating layer between the plurality of the storage node contacts; and a tapered dielectric layer between the isolation insulating layer and the plurality of the storage node contacts.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is disclosed. Present invention of the method of decoding an image comprises deriving motion information of a current block by using a candidate list, generating a prediction block of the current block by using the motion information of the current block and adding the motion information of the current block in the candidate list, wherein the candidate list is used for inter prediction of a block to be decoded after the current block.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing template matching-based intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method may comprise deriving a first intra-prediction mode for a current block, generating a first intra-prediction block corresponding to the first intra-prediction mode, deriving a second intra-prediction mode for the current block, generating a second intra-prediction block corresponding to the second intra-prediction mode, and generating a final intra-prediction block by using a weighted sum of the first intra-prediction block and the second intra-prediction block.

Abstract: The present invention is about an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. According to present invention, a method of decoding an image, the method comprising, loading information of a neighboring block of a current block; decoding a current block using the loaded information of the neighboring block; and saving information of the current block that is decoded.

Abstract: A glass article used as a cover glass of a flexible display device has values of indices consistent with results of a pen drop test and excellent impact resistance characteristics.

Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a polyamide including an amide-based molecular weight controller and a polyamide produced thereby, wherein the amide-based molecular weight controller may easily control the molecular weight of the polyamide to have a narrow molecular weight distribution so as to prevent an increase in the molecular weight due to a basic intermediate produced in anionic polymerization and a side reaction generated under a high-temperature polymerization condition.

Abstract: An embodiment power train for a vehicle includes a first input shaft configured to receive rotating forces from a first motor and an engine, a second input shaft configured to receive a rotating force from a second motor, an output shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft and the second input shaft, a transmission gear set in which a plurality of gear sets having different gear ratios are engaged with and coupled to the first input shaft and the output shaft, a shifting unit configured to select a gear set of the plurality of gear sets based on a traveling speed of the vehicle, and a motor-side transfer gear set engaged with and coupled to the second input shaft and the output shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a oxygen-free direct conversion of methane reactor and a method for producing ethylene using the same. More specifically, the invention provides a oxygen-free direct conversion of methane reactor and a method for producing ethylene from methane, wherein the reactor is selectively heated to save energy, prevent overheating with high responsiveness, and minimize coke formation, thereby achieving high methane conversion rate and high ethylene yield at a high reaction rate. The method also allows for the production of ethylene and aromatic compounds.

Abstract: An image decoding method is disclosed in the present specification. An image decoding method according to the present invention may include: determining a position of a co-located block of a current block within a co-located picture (co-located picture); determining a representative motion vector of the current block by using motion information at the position of the co-located block; and deriving motion information on a sub-block included in the current block by using the representative motion vector.

Abstract: An inter prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: selecting candidate units from among reconstructed neighbor units; creating a candidate unit set with respect to units to be decoded, using the selected candidate units; determining a reference unit from among the candidate units which constitute the created candidate unit set; and performing inter prediction on the units to be decoded, using the determined reference unit. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: Provided is a transform coefficient scan method including: determining a reference transform block for a decoding target block; deriving a scanning map of the decoding target block using scanning information of the reference transform block; and performing inverse scanning on a transform coefficient of the decoding target block using the derived scanning map. According to the present invention, picture encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.

Abstract: An intra prediction method according to the present invention comprises the following steps: performing a directional prediction using at least one of a neighboring pixel of a current block and a left upper corner pixel positioned at a left upper corner of the current block so as to obtain a first prediction value for the current block; obtaining a second prediction value for the current block using the reference sample positioned in the current block; and weighted summing the first prediction value and the second prediction value using a weighting matrix so as to obtain a final prediction value for the current block. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a landing pad on a substrate; a lower electrode extending in a vertical direction on the landing pad, the lower electrode connected to the landing pad; a capacitor dielectric layer on the lower electrode; a doping layer between the lower electrode and the capacitor dielectric layer, the doping layer being in contact with each of the lower electrode and the capacitor dielectric layer, the doping layer is doped with first to third materials, the first material having a trivalent atom valence electron, the second material having a tetravalent atom valence electron, and the third material having a pentavalent atom valence electron; and an upper electrode on the capacitor dielectric layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a video decoding method, according to embodiment of the invention, image decoding method comprises, acquiring a reconstructed luma block of a current block, determining whether a cross-component adaptive loop filter is applied to the current block, acquiring a reconstructed chroma block of the current block, to which an adaptive loop filter is applied, when the cross-component adaptive loop filter is applied to the current block and acquiring a final reconstructed chroma block of the current block, to which the cross-component loop filter is applied, using the reconstructed luma block and the reconstructed chroma block, to which the adaptive loop filter is applied.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method includes acquiring a partitioning index of a current block from a bitstream, and generating a prediction sample of the current block by weighted-summing a prediction sample of a first subblock of the current block and a prediction sample of a second subblock of the current block based on the partitioning index. The partitioning index indicates a partitioning distance and a partitioning direction included in a predefined table.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an intra prediction method and apparatus. The image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise decoding information on intra prediction; and generating a prediction block by performing intra prediction for a current block based on the information on intra prediction. The information on intra prediction may include information on an intra prediction mode, and the intra prediction mode may include a curved intra prediction mode.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first substrate including a circuit pattern and a dummy pattern on an upper face of the first substrate, a solder ball, a second substrate on the first substrate, and an underfill material layer between the first and second substrates. The underfill material layer wraps around the solder ball. The dummy pattern is not electrically connected to the circuit pattern. The first substrate includes a solder resist layer on the circuit pattern and the dummy pattern. The solder resist layer includes a first opening for exposing at least a part of the circuit pattern. The solder ball is in the first opening and electrically insulated from the dummy pattern by the solder resist layer. The second substrate is electrically connected to the first substrate by the solder ball. The second substrate is electrically insulated from the dummy pattern by the solder resist layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.

Abstract: Provided are an image encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameters.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a scan line on the substrate for transferring a scan signal, a data line crossing the scan line and for transferring a data signal, a driving voltage line crossing the scan line and for transferring a driving voltage, a switching thin film transistor coupled to the scan line and the data line, a driving thin film transistor coupled to a switching drain electrode of the switching thin film transistor, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) coupled to a driving drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor, wherein a driving semiconductor layer of the driving thin film transistor is bent and in a plane substantially parallel to the substrate.