Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery includes a cell stack having a stack structure, and a protective member including a first thermoplastic resin layer, a second thermoplastic resin layer, and a third thermoplastic resin layer sequentially stacked, and being disposed on a peripheral portion, in which the cathode layer is not disposed, of the solid-state electrolyte layers, while being interposed between the two solid-state electrolyte layers disposed to be adjacent to each other such that the cathode layer is interposed between the two solid-state electrolyte layers. A glass transition temperature of the first thermoplastic resin layer and a glass transition temperature of the third thermoplastic resin layer are lower than a glass transition temperature of the second thermoplastic resin layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first interlayer insulating layer on a substrate and including an upper surface at a first level, a second interlayer insulating layer on the first interlayer insulating layer, and including a material with less density than that of the first interlayer insulating layer, a first contact in the first interlayer insulating layer and having an upper surface at a second level higher than the first level, a through via in the first interlayer insulating layer and substrate, and having an upper surface at a third level higher than the second level, a first wiring in the second interlayer insulating layer, in contact with the first contact, and having a lower surface at a fourth level lower than the first level, and a second wiring in the second interlayer insulating layer, in contact with the through via, and having a fifth level lower than the fourth level.

Abstract: A static electricity visualization system capable of visually confirming the level of the measured static electricity is provided. The static electricity visualization system comprises a first measuring unit for measuring a static electricity level detected at a first position of a measurement target and comprising a first mark, a photographing unit for generating a photographed image by photographing the measurement target, a processor for recognizing a first mark in the photographed image and calculating coordinates of the first mark on the photographed image, and an output unit for outputting a static electricity visualization image that visualizes the static electricity level measured by the first measuring unit in a first mode, wherein the static electricity visualization image comprises a color corresponding to a level of static electricity measured by the first measuring unit on the coordinates of the first mark of the photographed image.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a unit light-emitting area disposed on the substrate; first and second electrodes disposed in the unit light-emitting area to be separated from each other; a plurality of rod-shaped LEDs disposed between the first and second electrodes; a reflective contact electrode disposed on opposite ends of the rod-shaped LEDs to electrically connect the rod-shaped LEDs to the first and second electrodes; and a light-transmitting structure disposed between the first and second electrodes and extending to cross the rod-shaped LEDs.

Abstract: An embodiment electric vehicle drive apparatus for decreasing a drive speed of a motor and transferring the decreased drive speed to an output shaft is provided. The apparatus includes a first planetary gear set including three first planetary gear elements in which a first element is connected to the motor and a second element is connected to a first output shaft, a second planetary gear set including three second planetary gear elements in which a first element is connected to a third element of the three first planetary gear elements, a second element is connected to a second output shaft, and a third element is fixed, and a third planetary gear set including three third planetary gear elements in which first and second elements are connected to two elements of the three first planetary gear elements, respectively, and a third element is connected to a torque vectoring motor.

Abstract: A liver-targeted drug and therapeutic use thereof for diseases requiring drug action in the liver are disclosed. A method in which a substance having activity with respect to glucagon is used so as to induce delivery of the liver-targeted drug to liver tissues or an increase in distribution of the drug in liver tissues after in vivo administration.

Abstract: A linear motor design variable verification method and a linear motor design variable optimization method are disclosed. The linear motor design variable verification method includes a first step of deriving a magnetic permeability matrix of a linear motor from a linear motor design variable; a second step of deriving a Maxwell matrix of the linear motor from the magnetic permeability matrix of the linear motor via LU decomposition; a third step of deriving, from the Maxwell matrix of the linear motor, at least one verification target physical quantity selected from a group including a force of the linear motor, a magnetic flux linkage passing through each of coils of a stator of the linear motor, a counter electromotive force of the linear motor, and an inductance of the linear motor; and a fourth step of comparing the derived verification target physical quantity with a predetermined reference value, and determining whether a target verification condition is satisfied, based on the comparing result.

Abstract: Provided is a battery discharge apparatus, battery discharge system, and battery discharge method which uses a battery as a power source for reverse potential discharge. The battery discharge apparatus includes a discharge processor electrically connected to a first target battery and a second target battery to discharge the first and second target batteries, a first battery loader loaded with the first target battery to electrically connect the first target battery to the discharge processor, and a second battery loader loaded with the second target battery to electrically connect the second target battery to the discharge processor, and the first target battery is discharged by reverse potential discharge using the second target battery.

Abstract: A coil component includes an insulating substrate; a coil portion including a coil pattern, having a planar spiral shape, disposed on the insulating substrate; and a body embedding the insulating substrate and the coil portion, wherein the coil pattern comprises a first conductive layer disposed to contact the insulating substrate, and a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer, wherein a thickness (T1) of the insulating substrate and a thickness (T2) of the first conductive layer satisfy 10?T1/T2?20.

Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a first refrigeration cycle thermally connected to a passenger compartment and including a first refrigerant loop, a battery cooling sub-system thermally connected to a battery and including a battery coolant loop, and a second refrigeration cycle thermally connected to the first refrigeration cycle and the battery cooling sub-system and including a second refrigerant loop. The second refrigeration cycle may include an upstream-side heat exchanger configured to selectively transfer heat between the first refrigerant loop and the second refrigerant loop, and a downstream-side heat exchanger configured to transfer heat between the battery coolant loop and the second refrigerant loop.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are relates to a method for compressing a laminate and a method for manufacturing a ceramic electronic component including a laminate. The method for compressing a laminate includes: preparing a laminate; pressurizing the laminate from a first pressure to a second pressure; heating the laminate from a first temperature to a second temperature; maintaining compression of the laminate at the second pressure and the second temperature for a predetermined time; cooling the laminate from the second temperature to a third temperature; and depressurizing the laminate from the second pressure to a third pressure, wherein the second temperature is 70° C. to 150° C.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices having improved performance and reliability. For example, a semiconductor device may include a substrate, an active pattern extending in a first direction, on the substrate, a plurality of gate structures on the active pattern, each including a gate electrode that crosses the active pattern. A lower active contact may be connected to a source/drain pattern. A trench may expose the lower active contact, and a width of a bottom surface of the trench in the first direction may be greater than a width of an upper surface of the lower active contact in the first direction. An etching stop film may be along the bottom surface of the trench and side walls of the trench, and have an uppermost surface coplanar with an upper surface of an upper active contact that extends through the etching stop film and is connected to the lower active contact.

Abstract: A brake apparatus for a vehicle according to the present disclosure includes a torque member configured to surround a brake disk, a pair of brake pads disposed in the torque member in a way to face each other, and a plurality of return parts mounted on the pair of brake pads, respectively, coupled with the torque member, and configured to guide movements of the brake pads and return the brake pads to their original positions by elastic restoring forces thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a carbon dioxide reduction system providing the advantage of efficiently capturing and removing the carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas, thereby significantly reducing the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere. Also disclosed is a carbon dioxide reduction system providing the advantage of not requiring a separate sealed container storing the captured carbon dioxide, resulting in improved space utilization for space-limited environment and improved energy efficiency.

Abstract: A photorefraction vision screening device for examining visual diseases by performing pupil detection and refraction test of the eye includes a measurement light irradiator configured to irradiate measurement light to an eye to be examined; a measurement light controller configured to control light-emitting elements of the measurement light irradiator; an image detector configured to detect an image formed on the retina of the eye to be examined by the measurement light having been irradiated from the light-emitting elements of the measurement light irradiator and having passed through the pupil of the eye to be examined; and a calculation part configured to calculate refractive power of the eye to be examined based on the image of the measurement light detected by the image detector.

Abstract: A smart glass transmittance control system includes: a smart glass that decreases transmittance of the smart glass in response to the quantity of light introduced and increases the transmittance of the smart glass when electric power is applied; a power supply unit to supply the electric power to the smart glass; a control unit to control supply of the electric power from the power supply unit to the smart glass in order to control the transmittance of the smart glass according to a user request. In particular, the control unit controls the supply of the electric power from the power supply unit to the smart glass based on the driving environment of a vehicle, the quantity of light from an external light source, or the driving environment condition of the smart glass.

Abstract: A memory system includes: a storage device for storing data; a system memory in which normal firmware and debugging firmware are stored; a firmware implementer for implementing the normal firmware or the debugging firmware; and a controller for controlling the storage device in a normal mode in which the memory system is driven by the normal firmware. When an error detected in the normal mode is uncorrectable, the controller uploads the debugging firmware stored in the system memory to the firmware implementer to change the normal mode to a debugging mode. The firmware implementer performs a debugging operation on the storage device by implementing the uploaded debugging firmware.

Abstract: An authentication method of a terminal according to an embodiment includes: receiving a first advertising packet from a control device; requesting an encryption key of the control device from a server based on at least one of control device identification information or region identification information which is included in the first advertising packet; receiving the encryption key of the control device from the server; determining whether the terminal has an authority to access the target region, based on at least one of the control device identification information or the region identification information; encrypting authentication data to be transmitted to the control device based on the encryption key of the control device when it is determined that the terminal has the authority to access the target region; and transmitting the encrypted authentication data to the control device.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device including forming a polysilicon layer on a substrate, patterning the polysilicon layer to form a polysilicon pattern including a first region and a second region each having a first thickness, and a third region having a second thickness less than the first thickness, forming a gate insulation layer on the polysilicon pattern, forming a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer, partially implanting ions into the polysilicon pattern to form an active layer, forming an insulation interlayer on the gate electrode, forming source and drain contact holes each passing through the insulation interlayer and the gate insulation layer and respectively overlapping the first region and the second region, forming source and drain electrodes respectively filling the source and drain contact holes, and forming a light emitting element electrically connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a dehumidifying kit installed on a drying apparatus that operates an inside drying function when a door is closed and an outside dehumidifying function when the door is open through a suction port and an exhaust port that are provided inside, wherein an opening part of the drying apparatus is partitioned as an opening inlet and an opening outlet, an inner space of the drying apparatus is partitioned as an external air suction flow path from the opening inlet to the suction port and a dry air discharge flow path from the exhaust port to the opening outlet.