Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate; an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the substrate; an upper wiring trench disposed in the interlayer insulating layer; and an upper wiring layer including: an upper wiring barrier layer disposed along a sidewall and a bottom surface of the upper wiring trench, an upper wiring filling layer disposed on the upper wiring barrier layer so as to fill at least a portion of an inside of the upper wiring trench, and an upper wiring capping layer disposed on an upper surface of the upper wiring filling layer, wherein the upper wiring capping layer includes cobalt (Co), and wherein a volume percentage of a crystal structure having a hexagonal close-packed structure included in the upper wiring capping layer is in a range of about 80% to about 100%.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device and method of manufacturing same, the semiconductor device including: a substrate; an interlayer insulating layer on the substrate; an upper wiring trench in the interlayer insulating layer; an upper wiring layer including an upper wiring barrier layer along a sidewall of the upper wiring trench and a bottom surface of the upper wiring trench, and an upper wiring filling layer on the upper wiring barrier layer, wherein the upper wiring filling layer fills an inside of the upper wiring trench; and a first etching stop layer on each of an upper surface of the interlayer insulating layer and an upper surface of the upper wiring layer, the first etching stop layer including: a first portion in contact with an upper surface of the upper wiring filling layer; a second portion in contact with an upper surface of the upper wiring barrier layer; and a third portion in contact with the upper surface of the interlayer insulating layer, wherein a percentage of nitrogen (N) in the first

Abstract: A release film including: a base film; and a release layer disposed on one surface of the base film, wherein the release layer is a cured layer of a release composition including a heterocyclic compound including nitrogen and polydimethylsiloxane, and when analyzing a surface using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), the release layer has an atomic ratio of nitrogen (N) to silicon (Si) (N/Si) of 0.6 to 1.1.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate. The substrate includes a display area and a non-display area, and the display area includes an emission area and a non-emission area. A display element layer includes a light emitting element on the emission area of the substrate. A bank is on the display element layer and overlaps the non-display area and the non-emission area of the substrate in a plan view. A color conversion layer is on the display element layer, overlaps the emission area in the plan view, and is to convert a color of light emitted from the light emitting element. An organic insulating layer is on the color conversion layer and the bank. A maximum thickness of the bank is about 4 ?m to about 20 ?m. An average inclination angle of a first side surface of the bank adjacent to an edge of the substrate in the non-display area based on an upper surface of the substrate is less than or equal to about 45 degrees.

Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. One end of the electrode assembly includes a plurality of segment alignments in which the plurality of segment groups are aligned along a radial direction, and an electrolyte impregnation portion provided between segment alignments adjacent in a circumferential direction, wherein an end of the first active material portion is exposed between winding turns of the separator. The segments included in the segment alignment are bent toward the core to form a bending surface region. An end of the separator is spaced apart from a criterion line extending in a winding axis direction along a location corresponding to the plurality of cut grooves by 30% or less of a minimum height of the segments forming the bending surface region.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling autonomous driving of a vehicle is introduced. The apparatus may comprise at least one sensor configured to generate surrounding environment information, and a processor configured to generate vehicle state information by monitoring a state of the vehicle during autonomous driving of the vehicle and control the autonomous driving of the vehicle, wherein the processor is further configured to determine, based on at least one of the surrounding environment information or the vehicle state information, whether a minimal risk maneuver is needed, determine, based on a determination that the minimal risk maneuver is needed, a minimal risk maneuver type of a plurality of minimal risk maneuver types of the vehicle and a target point where the vehicle will stop, and control, based on the determined minimal risk maneuver type and the target point, the vehicle to stop at the target point.

Abstract: A method may provide a notification for handover of driving control from the autonomous driving system to the user. The method includes determining whether the control of the vehicle needs to be handed over to a user based on an event occurring during autonomous driving of the vehicle, and providing the user with a notification indicating that the control of the vehicle needs to be handed over to the user.

Abstract: An air compressor having a housing; a rotating shaft extending in the longitudinal direction inside the housing; a compression unit disposed in front of the rotating shaft and rotated by the rotating shaft to compress and discharge air that flows in; a motor unit which rotates the rotating shaft; a control board which controls the motor unit; a filter unit which supplies external electrical power to the control board and filters the noise of the electrical power; and a bus bar assembly which transfers the electrical power from the control board to the motor unit.

Abstract: A method for operating a storage device capable of improving reliability of a memory system is provided. The method includes providing a storage device which includes a first component and a second component; receiving, via a host interface of the storage device, a command for requesting failure possibility information about the storage device from an external device; and providing, via the host interface, the failure possibility information about the storage device to the external device in response to the command.

Abstract: A shock fatigue testing device for a powertrain mount includes: a main frame having a guide support vertically extending from a base plate and a mounting plate coupled to the guide support; a first mount jig mounted to the mounting plate and configured to support the upper portion of a mount member; a second mount jig mounted to a lower portion of the mount member and configured to support the lower portion of the mount member; a weight portion fixed to the second mount jig and configured to apply a load to the mount member; and a vibration portion configured to continuously provide vibration to the base plate to vibrate the weight portion using the main frame, the first mount jig, and the second mount jig as media.

Abstract: A replaceable stack sheet replaceably provided in a medium integration/separation device to guide integration of a medium according to an embodiment includes a body which is coupled to a rotary shaft and in which a plurality of support shafts are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of sheet pieces having ends rotatably coupled to the plurality of support shafts.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a capacitance formation portion including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode, alternately disposed in a first direction, and a cover portion disposed on both end surfaces of the capacitance formation portion opposing each other in the first direction; and an external electrode disposed outside the body and connected to the internal electrode, wherein the cover portion contains fluorine (F), and A1 and A2 satisfy A2>A1, where A1 is an average size of a dielectric grain included in the cover portion, and A2 is an average size of a dielectric grain included in the dielectric layer.

Abstract: In some example embodiments, a back side illumination (BSI) image sensor may include a pixel configured to generate electrical signals in response to light incident on a back side of a substrate. In some example embodiments, the pixel includes, a photodiode, a device isolation film adjacent to the photodiode, a dark current suppression layer above the photodiode, a light shield grid above the photodiode and including an opening area of 1 to 15% of an area of the pixel, a light shielding filter layer above the light shield grid, a planarization layer above the light shielding filter layer, a lens above the planarization layer, and/or an anti-reflective film between the photodiode and the lens.

Abstract: A display device includes a bank including an opening defining a plurality of pixels; a plurality of light emitting elements disposed in the plurality of pixels; a color conversion layer disposed on the plurality of light emitting elements in the opening; and a low refractive layer disposed on the color conversion layer in the opening.

Abstract: A display device includes a bank pattern disposed on a substrate, a first electrode pattern disposed on the bank pattern, a light-emitting element disposed on the first electrode pattern to be electrically connected to the first electrode pattern, a second electrode pattern configured to cover the light-emitting element, an inorganic insulating layer configured to cover the bank pattern, the first electrode pattern, and the light-emitting element between the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern, and a diffusion layer which includes a plurality of diffusion particles and is in contact with the inorganic insulating layer.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a capacitance formation portion including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes alternately disposed in a first direction, and a cover portion disposed on both surfaces of the capacitance formation portion opposing each other in the first direction; and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode, wherein the cover portion includes polydopamine.

Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus including the display panel are presented herein. A display panel according to one or more embodiments includes a substrate; an insulating layer on the substrate; a bank pattern on the insulating layer; a first electrode on the bank pattern; a contact electrode on the insulating layer, the contact electrode spaced apart from the bank pattern; a light-emitting element on the first electrode; a first optical layer surrounding the light-emitting element, the first optical layer comprising an organic insulating material including metal particles; a second optical layer on the contact electrode; and a third optical layer on the first optical layer.

Abstract: A transporting device for transporting a pouch battery cell filled with electrolyte, wherein by including a vertical guide for supporting the pouch cell, a gripper for fixing the surface of the pouch cell by the weight of the pouch cell, and a pressurizing part for controlling the fluid motion of the electrolyte injected therein, the transporting device has the advantage that the fluid motion of the electrolyte can be reduced during transportation of the pouch cell, and has an excellent effect of improving the phenomena of interfacial delamination of the electrode and the separator, folding phenomenon of the separator, and the like.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a vehicle for performing minimum risk maneuvers and a method of operating the same. An autonomous driving vehicle includes at least one sensor configured to detect surrounding environment of the vehicle to generate surrounding environmental information, a controller configured to control an operation of the vehicle, and a processor. The processor is configured to monitor the status of the vehicle to generate vehicle state information; determine whether a minimal risk maneuver is required; execute, based on the minimal risk maneuver being required, the minimal risk maneuver by causing the controller to control autonomous driving of the vehicle; provide, to a user inside the vehicle, an indication of initiation of the minimal risk maneuver; and turn on and off an external indicator indicating the execution of the minimal risk maneuver.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling autonomous driving of a vehicle is introduced. The apparatus may comprise at least one sensor to capture surrounding environment data, a processor, and a controller configured to control operations of the vehicle. During autonomous driving, the processor may generate vehicle state information and determine whether a minimal risk maneuver is to be performed, potentially mitigating collision risks. Upon determining to perform the minimal risk maneuver, the processor may determine a maneuver type and a target location. The processor may control, based on the determined maneuver type and the target location, autonomous driving of the vehicle by causing the controller to operate the vehicle to stop at the target location.