Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a state of a battery includes a voltage measuring unit configured to measure a voltage of a battery and measure a target voltage for the battery when the measured voltage reaches a preset first reference voltage, a resistance measuring unit configured to measure a target resistance of the battery when the measured voltage reaches a preset second reference voltage, and a control unit configured to determine a voltage increase/decrease pattern for the target voltage based on a voltage profile in which the target voltage is stored, determine a resistance increase/decrease pattern for the target resistance based on a resistance profile in which the target resistance is stored, and diagnose a state of the battery from the voltage increase/decrease pattern and the resistance increase/decrease pattern according to a preset diagnostic rule.

Abstract: Provided is a thin film transistor including an active layer including a first silicon active layer, a second silicon active layer, and an oxide active layer in a space between the first silicon active layer and the second silicon active layer, a gate electrode on the active layer with a gate insulating layer disposed therebetween, and a source electrode and a drain electrode with an interlayer insulating layer disposed between the gate electrode and the source and drain electrodes, the source and drain electrodes being in contact with the first silicon active layer and the second silicon active layer, respectively.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus according to an embodiment includes a side reaction determining unit configured to determine a target peak in a differential profile representing a corresponding relationship between voltage and differential capacity of a battery, and determine whether a side reaction occurs in the battery by comparing a criterion peak of a preset criterion profile with the target peak. A side reaction cause determining unit is configured to determine a resistance pattern of the battery with respect to a criterion voltage region in a resistance profile representing a corresponding relationship between voltage and resistance of the battery, and determine an occurrence cause of the side reaction based on the determined resistance pattern.

Abstract: A transistor device includes a channel region, a first source/drain region adjacent to a first end of the channel region and a second source/drain region adjacent to a second end of the channel region, a gate structure disposed on the channel region, the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region, and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) structure disposed on the gate structure. The ILD structure includes a first dielectric layer including a first set of sublayers. The first set of sublayers includes a first sublayer including a first dielectric material having a first hydrogen concentration and a second sublayer including the first dielectric material having a second hydrogen concentration lower than the first hydrogen concentration. The ILD structure further includes a second dielectric layer including a second set of sublayers. The second set of sublayers includes a third sublayer including a second dielectric material different from the first dielectric material.

Abstract: A battery classification apparatus includes a profile generating unit configured to obtain battery information about capacity and voltage of a battery and generate a differential profile representing a corresponding relationship between the capacity and a differential voltage based on the capacity and the voltage, and a control unit configured to obtain the differential profile from the profile generating unit, detect a plurality of peaks in the obtained differential profile, and classify the battery into any one of a plurality of preset groups based on a plurality of classification conditions preset for the number of the plurality of detected peaks and the differential voltage.

Abstract: A source driver includes a pin to which a first voltage or a second voltage is applied; an output multiplexer configured to select a data voltage and a black grayscale voltage of pixel data; and a controller configured to control a voltage level of the black grayscale voltage differently depending on the voltage applied to the pin.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, a display device includes a pixel including a first subpixel to display a first color, a second subpixel to display a second color, and a third subpixel to display a third color, wherein the pixel includes a first light outputting region overlapping the first subpixel, a second light outputting region overlapping the second subpixel, a third light outputting region overlapping the third subpixel, and a light blocking region disposed around each of the light outputting regions, the first light outputting region has a generally square shape, and the second light outputting region and the third light outputting region each have a generally rectangular shape.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a technology for driving a display device, and provides a technology in which a pixel driving device determines whether or not an overcurrent flows through a driving voltage line, and, if it is determined that an overcurrent flows therethrough, controls pixel data or an analog voltage output to a pixel so as to reduce a driving current.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus for changing a control condition according to a degradation pattern in a charge situation of a battery cell. Since not only the degradation degree of the battery cell but also the degradation acceleration degree of the battery cell is estimated, the present degradation state of the battery cell may be more accurately estimated, and the future degradation state of the battery cell may also be predicted more accurately.

Abstract: A quinazoline-based compound is represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2. The compound can effectively activate the BKCa channels, and thus may be used for preventing or treating the overactive bladder caused by inactivation or decrease in activity of the BKCa channels. The compound can be included in a pharmaceutical composition or health function food for improving urinary function.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The vacuum cleaner according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes a main body and a suction nozzle. The suction nozzle includes a housing, a button, a rotating brush, and a detachable cover. The housing includes an insertion hole. The button includes a first protrusion. The detachable cover includes a cover body and a slider. The cover body includes an insertion member, a second protrusion, and a rail. The rotating brush is rotatably mounted to the slider. The slider is mounted on the rail so as to be movable in a first direction. The insertion member is inserted into the insertion hole in the first direction. As the button is moved, the first protrusion is selectively positioned in a movement path in the first direction of the second protrusion.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling an operation of a secondary battery using a relative deterioration degree of an electrode. The method includes determining a SOC of the secondary battery whenever a pulse current flows through the secondary battery; determining an electrochemical reaction resistance from a voltage change amount measured during a preset initial time in each pulse current section and determining a lithium ion diffusion resistance from a voltage change amount measured during a remaining time except for the initial time; determining a deterioration-biased electrode by comparing a deterioration diagnosing resistance ratio, which is a relative ratio of the lithium ion diffusion resistance to the electrochemical reaction resistance, with a preset reference deterioration diagnosing resistance ratio; and adaptively adjusting an operation condition of a next charging/discharging cycle according to the type of the deterioration-biased electrode.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pixel sensing circuit in which a test is performed only on selected specific channels among channels of the pixel sensing circuit and the total test time of the pixel sensing circuit and data throughput for the test may be reduced.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a liquid lens control apparatus includes a liquid lens configured to control an interface between liquids in response to a driving voltage, a voltage booster configured to increase the level of a supply voltage and output a voltage having a higher level than the supply voltage, a controller configured to control the driving voltage, and a gyro sensor configured to sense the movement of the liquid lens and output a signal corresponding to the movement of the liquid lens. The controller acquires a signal corresponding to the movement of the liquid lens output from the gyro sensor during a period in which the voltage booster is in an OFF state, and controls the driving voltage using the signal corresponding to the movement of the liquid lens.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure a first voltage of a battery cell at a first time point and measure a second voltage and a second capacity of the battery cell at a second time point later than the first time point, and a control unit configured to calculate a voltage deviation between the first voltage and the second voltage, calculate a capacity deviation between a first capacity corresponding to the first voltage and the second capacity, determine a positive electrode side reaction factor and a negative electrode side reaction factor for the battery cell based on the voltage deviation and the capacity deviation, and judge the type of a side reaction of the battery cell based on the positive electrode side reaction factor and the negative electrode side reaction factor.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes an EIS unit configured to output an AC current to a battery at a plurality of times and generate an EIS profile representing a resistance of the battery as a corresponding relationship between a real part and an imaginary part at each of the plurality of times, and a control unit configured to obtain the plurality of EIS profiles for the battery generated by the EIS unit, determine a plurality of arcs in each of the plurality of EIS profiles, calculate an arc resistance value for each of the plurality of determined arcs, calculate a resistance change rate for the arc resistance value between corresponding arcs among the plurality of arcs, and determine each of the plurality of arcs as a negative electrode-originated arc or a positive electrode-originated arc based on the plurality of calculated resistance change rates and a preset criterion change rate.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to nitrogen-rich silicon nitride and methods for depositing the same, and transistors and other devices containing the same. In one or more embodiments, a passivation film stack is provided and includes a silicon oxide layer disposed on a workpiece, a nitrogen-rich silicon nitride layer disposed on the silicon oxide layer, and a hydrogen-rich silicon nitride layer disposed on the nitrogen-rich silicon nitride layer. The hydrogen-rich silicon nitride layer has a greater hydrogen concentration than the nitrogen-rich silicon nitride layer.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for processing a screen by using a device are provided. The method includes obtaining, at the second device, a display screen displayed on the first device and information related to the display screen according to a screen display request regarding the first device, determining, at the second device, an additional screen based on the display screen on the first device and the information related to the display screen, and displaying the additional screen near the display screen on the first device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a bimodal-type positive electrode active material including a first lithium composite oxide particle, which is a small particle, and a second lithium composite oxide particle, which is a large particle, these particles having different particle diameters, wherein the positive electrode active material makes it possible to prevent deterioration in electrochemical properties and stability thereof, which are generated due to non-uniform formation of a coating layer at least partially coating surfaces of the small and large particles, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using the same.

Abstract: Provided are a process chamber cleaning apparatus and method in which the inside of a process chamber may be cleaned without damaging to an inner wall or a component of the process chamber. The process chamber cleaning apparatus comprising: a chamber housing; a substrate support installed inside the chamber housing, supporting a plurality of semiconductor substrates; a gas supply providing process gases; a first gas injector installed inside the chamber housing, connected to the gas supply, injecting etch gas, which is one of the process gases, into the chamber housing; and a controller controlling operations of the gas supply and the first gas injector, wherein the first gas injector injects the etch gas in a direction twisted at a predetermined angle from a central direction of the chamber housing.