Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device, for example comprising a finger print sensor, and a method for manufacturing thereof. Various aspects of the present disclosure may, for example, provide an ultra-slim finger print sensor having a thickness of 500 ?m or less that does not include a separate printed circuit board (PCB), and a method for manufacturing thereof.

Abstract: A sidestream smoke removal device and a control method thereof are provided. The sidestream smoke removal device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a housing in which a smoking space is formed, an article insertion portion which is disposed at one end of the housing and forms an opening for insertion of a smoking article into the smoking space, an ignition portion which is configured to ignite the smoking article inserted into the smoking space, a sidestream smoke processing portion which is configured to process sidestream smoke generated from the smoking article inserted into the smoking space, and a heating portion disposed inside the housing to heat the smoking space. The heating portion may heat the smoking space to remove a smell generated due to by-products of smoking, and accordingly, the cleanliness of the sidestream smoke removal device can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a high thermal resistant polyolefin-based separator including a coating layer containing polyamic acid. Specifically, the separator includes a polyolefin-based substrate film, and a coating layer containing polyamic acid formed on one or both surfaces of the polyolefin-based substrate film, wherein the polyamic acid contains one or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of a sulfone group, a trifluoromethyl group, an alkyl group, and a phenyl ether group. Also, disclosed herein is an electrochemical battery having improved thermal stability by using the separator including a coating layer containing polyamic acid.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus and method for color registration are provided. The image forming apparatus according to an example includes a communication device to receive print data, a print engine including a plurality of photosensitive drums, and a processor to control the print engine to print the received print data on a plurality of printing papers, and to form a predetermined pattern for color registration in an inter-paper distance section between two of the plurality of printing papers on a paper feeding path.

Abstract: An intake manifold is provided and includes a runner that is connected between a plenum and a cylinder head to allow air introduced into the plenum to enter the cylinder head. A dent is formed at the runner such that the dent extends along a channel of the runner while having an inner surface with a protruding shape. The runner has, at an end thereof, an inner surface formed to be flat without being formed with the dent. The inner surface of the runner is connected to the cylinder head.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus and method for color registration are provided. The image forming apparatus according to an example includes a communication device to receive print data, a print engine including a plurality of photosensitive drums, and a processor to control the print engine to print the received print data on a plurality of printing papers, and to form a predetermined pattern for color registration in an inter-paper distance section between two of the plurality of printing papers on a paper feeding path.

Abstract: An intake manifold is provided and includes a runner that is connected between a plenum and a cylinder head to allow air introduced into the plenum to enter the cylinder head. A dent is formed at the runner such that the dent extends along a channel of the runner while having an inner surface with a protruding shape. The runner has, at an end thereof, an inner surface formed to be flat without being formed with the dent. The inner surface of the runner is connected to the cylinder head.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device, including: a first substrate including a display area displaying an image, and a non-display area disposed in a form surrounding the display area; a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a first static electricity absorbing pattern disposed on the non-display area of the first substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a high thermal resistant polyolefin-based separator including a coating layer containing polyamic acid. Specifically, the separator includes a polyolefin-based substrate film, and a coating layer containing polyamic acid formed on one or both surfaces of the polyolefin-based substrate film, wherein the polyamic acid contains one or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of a sulfone group, a trifluoromethyl group, an alkyl group, and a phenyl ether group. Also, disclosed herein is an electrochemical battery having improved thermal stability by using the separator including a coating layer containing polyamic acid.

Abstract: Patterns in an integrated circuit may be evaluated, and a semiconductor device may be fabricated based on the evaluation. The evaluation may include a extracting and superimposing first patterns corresponding to design patterns of the same shape from input layout data generated based on inspecting the integrated circuit, generating distribution data of the first patterns based on the superimposed first patterns, determining an evaluation contour of the design patterns based on an evaluation condition and the distribution data, and generating output layout data based on replacing the first patterns with second patterns each having the evaluation contour. Weak points in the integrated circuit may be detected based on the output layout data. The fabricating may include selectively incorporating an integrated circuit into a semiconductor device based on a determination that the integrated circuit includes less than a threshold quantity and/or threshold concentration of weak points.

Abstract: A display device including: a display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate that are coupled to and face each other; a first polarizing plate attached to the second substrate of the display panel; a second polarizing plate attached to the first substrate of the display panel; and a side cover layer. The first polarizing plate has a first extended portion that extends outwardly beyond an end portion of the second substrate, and the second polarizing plate has a second extended portion that extends outwardly beyond an end portion of the first substrate. The side cover layer is between the first and second extended portions of the first and second polarizing plates and covers a first side surface of the first substrate and a second side surface of the second substrate that are near the first and second extended portions, respectively.

Abstract: A display device includes a first connector which receives a first image signal and first driving power, a second connector which receives a second image signal and second driving power, a first control unit which processes the first image signal and the first driving power, a second control unit which processes the second image signal and the second driving power, a power management unit which receives the first and second driving powers from the first control unit and the second control unit, measures the first and second driving powers, and provides information about the first driving power and information about the second driving power to the first and second control units, and a display unit which receives one of the first and second image signals from one of the first and second control units and displays one of the first and second image signals.

Abstract: A display device includes a timing controller, a driver, and a display panel. The timing controller outputs a first clock signal having first rising time during an active section and a second clock signal having second rising time during a blank section adjacent to the active section. The driver generates a data signal based on the first clock signal and the second clock signal and to output the data signal. The display panel displays an image based on the data signal. The first rising time is shorter than the second rising time.

Abstract: Patterns in an integrated circuit may be evaluated, and a semiconductor device may be fabricated based on the evaluation. The evaluation may include a extracting and superimposing first patterns corresponding to design patterns of the same shape from input layout data generated based on inspecting the integrated circuit, generating distribution data of the first patterns based on the superimposed first patterns, determining an evaluation contour of the design patterns based on an evaluation condition and the distribution data, and generating output layout data based on replacing the first patterns with second patterns each having the evaluation contour. Weak points in the integrated circuit may be detected based on the output layout data. The fabricating may include selectively incorporating an integrated circuit into a semiconductor device based on a determination that the integrated circuit includes less than a threshold quantity and/or threshold concentration of weak points.

Abstract: Patterns in an integrated circuit may be evaluated, and a semiconductor device may be fabricated based on the evaluation. The evaluation may include a extracting and superimposing first patterns corresponding to design patterns of the same shape from input layout data generated based on inspecting the integrated circuit, generating distribution data of the first patterns based on the superimposed first patterns, determining an evaluation contour of the design patterns based on an evaluation condition and the distribution data, and generating output layout data based on replacing the first patterns with second patterns each having the evaluation contour. Weak points in the integrated circuit may be detected based on the output layout data. The fabricating may include selectively incorporating an integrated circuit into a semiconductor device based on a determination that the integrated circuit includes less than a threshold quantity and/or threshold concentration of weak points.

Abstract: A display device includes a first connector which receives a first image signal and first driving power, a second connector which receives a second image signal and second driving power, a first control unit which processes the first image signal and the first driving power, a second control unit which processes the second image signal and the second driving power, a power management unit which receives the first and second driving powers from the first control unit and the second control unit, measures the first and second driving powers, and provides information about the first driving power and information about the second driving power to the first and second control units, and a display unit which receives one of the first and second image signals from one of the first and second control units and displays one of the first and second image signals.

Abstract: A display device includes a first connector which receives a first image signal and first driving power, a second connector which receives a second image signal and second driving power, a first control unit which processes the first image signal and the first driving power, a second control unit which processes the second image signal and the second driving power, a power management unit which receives the first and second driving powers from the first control unit and the second control unit, measures the first and second driving powers, and provides information about the first driving power and information about the second driving power to the first and second control units, and a display unit which receives one of the first and second image signals from one of the first and second control units and displays one of the first and second image signals.

Abstract: A display device including: a display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate that are coupled to and face each other; a first polarizing plate attached to the second substrate of the display panel; a second polarizing plate attached to the first substrate of the display panel; and a side cover layer. The first polarizing plate has a first extended portion that extends outwardly beyond an end portion of the second substrate, and the second polarizing plate has a second extended portion that extends outwardly beyond an end portion of the first substrate. The side cover layer is between the first and second extended portions of the first and second polarizing plates and covers a first side surface of the first substrate and a second side surface of the second substrate that are near the first and second extended portions, respectively.