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 a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: Provided is a synaptic array structure. The synaptic array structure includes: an isolation insulating layer positioned in a predetermined area on a semiconductor substrate to isolate devices; TFT-type synaptic devices arranged in an array on an isolation insulating layer; and CMOS peripheral circuits provided on the semiconductor substrate. The TFT-type synaptic device includes: a source and a drain positioned on the isolation insulating layer; a semiconductor body positioned between the source and the drain; oxide layers positioned between the semiconductor body and the source/drain; a semiconductor layer for channel; a TFT gate insulating layer; and a TFT gate electrode. The present invention, based on CMOS integration technology, processes TFT-type synaptic devices and CMOS peripheral circuits together, thereby reducing the number of masks and fabrication steps used during the fabricating process.

Abstract: Disclosed is a blankmask for EUV lithography, including a reflective film, a capping film and a phase shift film which are sequentially formed on a substrate. The phase shift film includes a first layer containing niobium (Nb) and chrome (Cr), and a second layer containing tantalum (Ta) and silicon (Si). In the first layer, the content of niobium (Nb) ranges from 20 to 50 at %, and the content of chrome (Cr) content ranges from 10 to 40 at %. The blankmask can implement an excellent resolution and NILS, and implement a low DtC.

Abstract: A filter holder comprises: a plurality of filter frames disposed such that at least some thereof are adjacent to each other; and a folding member which supports filter frames, from among the plurality of filter frames, adjacent to each other so as to be rotatable with respect to each other. The folding member comprises: a folding part which has a predetermined thickness and is flexible so as to be foldable by means of rotation of the adjacent filter frames adjacent with respect to each other; and a plurality of edge parts which are connected to the respective sides of the folding part with the folding portion therebetween and rotate together with the adjacent filter frames, and wherein when viewed from a cross-section of the folding member, the edge parts may have a greater thickness than the folding part.

Abstract: A quantum dot, a quantum dot composite, a composition for preparing a quantum dot composite, a display panel including the quantum dot composite, and an electronic device including the display panel, wherein the quantum dot includes a core including a semiconductor nanocrystal including indium and phosphorus, a shell disposed on the core and including a semiconductor nanocrystal, and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2, both of which are present on the surface of the shell:

Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing optical alignment between optical waveguide elements in manufacturing a surface mountable optical module, in which a plurality of optical waveguide elements are mounted on a surface of a mounting substrate, is disclosed. A controller performs recognition of the interference pattern included in the image information received from the camera, observes parallelism between the substrate support and the mounting substrate and between the mounting substrate and the optical waveguide element using the recognized pattern, generates a control signal to control the transport device according to the observed parallelism, and transmits the control signal to the transport device to perform control of the optical waveguide element.

Abstract: Wireless charging devices and wireless charging systems are provided. The wireless charging devices may include a receiving part coil and an electromagnetic-wave shielding sheet on the receiving part coil. The electromagnetic-wave shielding sheet may have a specific magnetic permeability of 100 or greater from 100 khz to 300 khz and may include a metal foam including a soft magnetic metal component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for providing language learning services. The method of providing language learning services, according to the present invention, the method may include: activating, in response to receiving an input for acquiring a learning target image through a user terminal, a camera of the user terminal; specifying at least a portion of an image taken by the camera as the learning target image; receiving language learning information for the learning target image from a server; providing the language learning information to the user terminal; and storing, based on a request for storing of the language learning information, the language learning information in association with the learning target image, such that the learning target image is used in conjunction with learning of the language learning information.

Abstract: An automated gas supply system includes a gas cylinder transfer unit configured to transfer a cradle in which one or more gas cylinders storing a gas therein are stored; a gas cylinder inspection unit configured to check properties of the gas stored in the gas cylinder transferred from the gas cylinder transfer unit and check whether the gas leaks from the gas cylinder; a storage queue configured to receive the gas cylinder from the gas cylinder inspection unit by a mobile robot and configured to classify and store the transferred gas cylinders according to the properties of the gas stored in the gas cylinder; and a gas cabinet configured to receive the gas cylinder from the storage queue by the mobile robot and fasten a gas pipe, which is connected to a semiconductor manufacturing process line, to a gas spray nozzle, which is disposed at one side of the received gas cylinder, to supply the gas stored in the gas cylinder to the semiconductor manufacturing process line, wherein the gas cabinet includes a resid

Abstract: A device configured for a vehicle for supporting and massaging a neck of a passenger is provided. The device is configured such that a neck support pad is integrally formed on a lower end portion of a headrest to hold up and support the neck of a passenger, and a massage device is mounted in the neck support pad to massage the neck of the passenger, thus stably supporting and massaging the neck of the passenger sitting on a seat.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an air cleaning and disinfection robot and a method of operating the same. The air cleaning and disinfection robot includes a driving unit configured to move autonomously in a target space, a plurality of air conditioning modules configured to manage air quality in the target space and detachably provided on the driving unit, a station on which the plurality of air conditioning modules are mounted, a docking unit configured to couple and separate the driving unit and each of the air conditioning modules to and from each other, and a detection unit configured to detect an operation environment of the target space, wherein the driving unit, based on information obtained by the detection unit, may selectively couple to and move with any one of the plurality of air conditioning modules.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device may include a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material, a battery configured to supply power to the heater, and a controller. In addition, the aerosol generating device may further include a user input detection sensor configured to receive a user's input and a pressure detection sensor configured to sense pressure. The controller may, in response to the user's input being sensed by using the user input detection sensor, obtain an initial pressure sensing value by using the pressure detection sensor. In addition, the controller may determine a reference pressure value based on the initial pressure sensing value and determine whether a puff of the aerosol generating device has occurred based on the reference pressure value.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode, and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode. The dielectric layer includes a plurality of dielectric grains, and at least one of the plurality of dielectric grains has a core-dual shell structure having a core and a dual shell. The dual shell includes a first shell surrounding at least a portion of the core, and a second shell surrounding at least a portion of the first shell, and a concentration of a rare earth element included in the second shell is more than 1.3 times to less than 3.8 times a concentration of a rare earth element included in the first shell.

Abstract: An air filter comprises: a first filter frame in which a plurality of first chambers are formed; a second filter frame in which a plurality of second chambers are formed and which is arranged at the rear of the first filter frame; and a filter material which is accommodated in the plurality of first chambers and the plurality of second chambers to filter air, wherein the first filter frame and the second filter frame are arranged so that, when seen from the front, the center of each of the plurality of second chambers is out of line with the center of each of the plurality of first chambers, in the vertical direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of printing a nanostructure including: preparing a template substrate on which a pattern is formed; forming a replica pattern having an inverse phase of the pattern by coating a polymer thin film on an upper portion of the template substrate, adhering a thermal release tape to an upper portion of the polymer thin film, and separating the polymer thin film from the template substrate; forming a nanostructure by depositing a functional material on the replica pattern; and printing the nanostructure deposited on the replica pattern to a substrate by positioning the nanostructure on the substrate, applying heat and pressure to the nanostructure, and weakening an adhesive force between the thermal release tape and the replica pattern by the heat.

Abstract: An optical transceiver is provided. A transceiver optical sub-assembly included in the optical transceiver includes a package body, accommodating optical devices and including a front surface coupled to an optical signal terminal, and a feed-through structure closing a rear surface of the package body and an open portion provided at both side surfaces adjacent to the rear surface. A disposition portion where one end of a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) is disposed is provided at a front surface of the feed-through structure. Feed-through electrodes bonded to FPCB electrodes provided at the one end of the FPCB are provided on a surface of the disposition portion. For precise alignment of the FPCB electrodes and the feed-through electrodes, a protrusion portion is provided at the one end of the FPCB, and an insertion groove into which the protrusion portion is inserted is formed in a front surface of the feed-through structure.

Abstract: A blankmask for EUV lithography includes a substrate, a reflective layer, a capping layer, and a phase shift layer. The phase shift layer is made of a material containing ruthenium (Ru) and chromium (Cr), and a total content of ruthenium (Ru) and chromium (Cr) is 50 to 100 at %. The phase shift layer may further contain boron (B) or nitrogen (N). The phase shift layer of the present invention has a high relative reflectance (relative reflectance with respect to a reflectance of the reflective layer under the phase shift layer) with respect to a tantalum (Ta)-based phase shift layer and has a phase shift amount of 170 to 230°. It is possible to obtain excellent resolution when finally manufacturing a pattern of 7 nm or less by using a photomask manufactured using such a blankmask.

Abstract: A wafer manufacturing method, an epitaxial wafer manufacturing method, and a wafer and epitaxial wafer manufactured thereby, are provided. The wafer manufacturing method enables the manufacture of a wafer with a low density of micropipe defects and minimum numbers of particles and scratches. The epitaxial wafer manufacturing method enables the manufacture of an epitaxial wafer that has low densities of defects such as downfall, triangular, and carrot defects, exhibits excellent device characteristics, and improves the yield of devices.

Abstract: A battery pack is advantageous for effective control and maintenance of thermal events. A battery pack according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a battery module having one or more battery cells; a fire extinguishing tank holding a fire extinguishing liquid, disposed on top of the battery module and having a through hole formed therein; and a cover member installed in the through hole of the fire extinguishing tank and configured to open or close the through hole according to a change in internal pressure of the fire extinguishing tank.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of depositing a transition metal single-atom catalyst including preparing a carbon carrier, and depositing a transition metal single-atom catalyst on the carbon carrier, in which the carbon carrier is surface-treated by an oxidation process, and wherein the deposition is carried out by an arc plasma process.