Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving a control channel in a communication system. A method for transmitting control information by a base station includes: configuring a control resource set including a plurality of REGs; interleaving, on a frequency axis, the plurality of REGs included in the control resource set; configuring an REG pool including at least two interleaved REGs; configuring at least one CCE in the REG pool; and transmitting control information through a search space configured by the at least one CCE. Therefore, the present invention improves performance of a communication system.

Abstract: A time-to-digital converter and a converting method are provided. The time-to-digital converter includes: a phase locked loop unit configured to multiply an input reference clock by using a phase locked loop (PLL); a counting unit configured to count the multiplied input reference clock and record an edge position of an input signal; a delay locked loop unit configured to decompose the multiplied input reference clock into a multi-phase clock using a delay locked loop (DLL), and sense the recorded edge position of the input signal among the decomposed multi-phase clock and record a fine edge position; and a control unit configured to calculate a time difference in time of flight (ToF) between a start signal and a stop signal of the input signal by using the recorded edge position and the recorded fine edge position.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including a capacitance forming portion in which dielectric layers and internal electrodes are alternately disposed in a first direction, and cover portions disposed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the capacitance forming portion, respectively, in the first direction; and external electrodes disposed on the body, wherein the cover portion includes a plurality of dielectric grains and a plurality of pores, and Gn/Pn is more than 10 and less than 30, in which Gn is the number of dielectric grains included in the cover portion and Pn is the number of pores included in the cover portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid electrolyte battery including a negative electrode including: a negative electrode current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and including a first negative electrode active material, a first solid electrolyte and a first electrolyte salt; and a second negative electrode active material layer formed on the first negative electrode active material layer and including a second negative electrode active material, a second solid electrolyte, a second electrolyte salt and a plasticizer having a melting point of 30-130° C., the solid electrolyte battery is activated at a temperature between the melting point of the plasticizer and 130° C., and a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer is formed on the surface of the second negative electrode active material.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an image sensor, a document feeder, and a processor. The document feeder includes a first driving device, a second driving device, a third driving device, a first sensor, and a second sensor. The first driving device includes a pick-up member to move documents from a tray to a document conveying path using a driving force through a first clutch. The second driving device is to move the tray with the documents to a side of the pick-up member using a driving force through a second clutch. The third driving device to move the documents along the document conveying path onto the image sensor using the driving force of the motor The first and second sensors detect the documents on the document conveying path. The processor controls an operation of the first clutch based on the signals of the first and second sensors.

Abstract: An automatic urine treatment system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a receiver for receiving wearer's excrement; a main body including a urine tank for receiving and storing urine from the receiver, and a vacuum pump for sucking air into the urine tank and transferring a negative pressure to the receiver; and a first connecting hose connecting the receiver and the urine tank. A strip accommodation unit for accommodating a strip for analyzing components of the stored urine through color change is formed inside the urine tank, and on the outer surface of the urine tank, urine analysis is performed using a first optical sensor unit for sensing color change of the strip, and a second optical sensor unit for sensing at least one among turbidity and color change of the stored urine. There is an advantage of being able to confirm the health condition of disabled or elderly people in real-time through the urine information analyzed in this way.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound that enables formation of an additional hydrogen bond with a specific amino acid position in histone acetyltransferase (HAT) p300 through the structural analysis of the HAT p300. The novel compound of the present invention has a significantly excellent inhibitory effect on the activity of HAT p300 and can be used very effectively in the prevention, amelioration or treatment of diseases associated with the activation of HAT p300, such as fibrosis.

Abstract: A system for increasing a temperature of a battery includes: an inverter comprising a plurality of legs corresponding to a plurality of phases, respectively, wherein each of the legs comprises a pair of switching elements connected in series to both terminals of the battery, respectively; a motor comprising a plurality of coils corresponding to the plurality of phases, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of coils has one end connected to a connection node between the pair of switching elements included in each leg of the inverter, each leg corresponding to each of the plurality of coils, and other ends of plurality of coils are connected to each other; and a controller generating a battery application AC current applied to the battery by controlling on and off states of the pair of switching elements included in the legs of the inverter.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides an apparatus for supporting a substrate. An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a process chamber that performs a predetermined process on the substrate and a reversing unit that reverses the substrate. The reverse unit includes a grip unit that grips the substrate and a drive unit that rotates the grip unit to reverse the substrate gripped by the grip unit. The grip unit includes a first body that supports one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the substrate and a second body that supports the other surface of the substrate. Each of the first body and the second body includes a support protrusion that is brought into contact with the substrate when the grip unit grips the substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for configuring a bandwidth for supporting a broadband carrier in a communication system. An operation method of a base station comprises the steps of: configuring a first bandwidth part and a second bandwidth part for a terminal; configuring a reserved resource for the first bandwidth part in a resource area in which the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part overlap; and performing an operation of transmitting or receiving a second data channel, which is scheduled to the second bandwidth part, together with the terminal by using the reserved resource. Therefore, the performance of the communication system can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a decoding method and apparatus and an encoding method and apparatus for deriving an intra-prediction mode. An intra-prediction mode may be derived using a method for deriving an intra-prediction mode based on a neighbor block of the target block, a method for deriving an intra-prediction mode using signaling of the intra-prediction mode of the target block, or a method for deriving an adaptive intra-prediction mode based on the type of a target slice. An MPM list may be used to derive the intra-prediction mode, and a temporal neighbor block or the like may be used to configure the MPM list.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a wire pad in a pad area, first banks in a display area, electrodes on the first banks, a pad electrode base layer on the wire pad, having a greater width than the wire pad, and covering sides of the wire pad, a first insulating layer covering parts of the electrodes and part of the pad electrode base layer, light-emitting elements on the first insulating layer in the display area, respective ends of the light-emitting elements being on different electrodes, contact electrodes on the electrodes and contacting first ends of the light-emitting elements, and a pad electrode upper layer on the first insulating layer in the pad area and directly contacting the pad electrode base layer, wherein the pad electrode base layer includes the same material as the electrodes, and the pad electrode upper layer includes the same material as the contact electrodes.

Abstract: A high water pressure microspeaker is provided. A diaphragm of the waterproof microspeaker includes a side wall portion having a predetermined height and forming an outer portion, a center portion positioned on an inner side of a dome portion, and a silicone injection-molded portion including a dome portion protruding upward or downward along an inner circumference of the side wall portion and a waterproofing portion protruding upward or outward from the side wall portion, wherein the side wall portion and the center portion are formed of plastic, and the center portion and the side wall portion are integrally manufactured with the silicon injection-mold portion by double-shot injection-molding.

Abstract: Provided are an image encoding/decoding method and device. An image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: determining an intra prediction mode of a current block; and generating a prediction block of the current block by performing prediction on the basis of the intra prediction mode of the current block. An intra prediction mode for a luminance block of the current block is derived by means of a most probable mode (MPM) list comprises a plurality of MPM candidates. The MPM list can be constructed independently from as to whether a plurality of reference sample lines are used and whether a divided prediction is performed by means of a sub-block.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material including a core, an intermediate layer on a surface of the core, and a shell layer on a surface of the intermediate layer, wherein the core includes a silicon oxide of SiOx (0<x<2); the intermediate layer includes a lithium silicate, the shell layer includes lithium fluoride (LiF) and the intermediate layer is present in an amount of 5 wt %-15 wt % based on a total weight of the negative electrode active material. Also, a method for preparing the negative electrode active material, and a negative electrode and lithium secondary battery including the same. The negative electrode active material provides excellent initial efficiency and life characteristics.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are disclosed. The image decoding method includes acquiring prediction mode information of a current block from a bitstream, deriving a prediction mode of the current block using the prediction mode information of the current block, acquiring information indicating whether a residual signal of a transform block for the current block is present based on at least one of information on partitioning of the current block or the prediction mode of the current block, and reconstructing the current block based on the information indicating whether the residual signal of the transform block is present.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image encoding/decoding method. The image decoding method includes a step of comparing block vector information included in a history-based candidate list with a block vector of a neighboring block used as an intra block copy (IBC) block vector candidate for IBC prediction of a current block, and a step of adding the block vector information included in the history-based candidate list to an IBC block vector candidate list based on the comparing. The step of comparing is performed only with respect to a candidate lastly included in the history-based candidate list.

Abstract: A lighting module disclosed in an embodiment of the invention may comprise: a substrate; a reflective portion disposed on the substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate; a resin layer disposed on the reflective portion and the light emitting devices; and a diffusion layer disposed on the resin layer. The resin layer includes a light-blocking portion that is a recessed area formed to be concave on the upper surface of the resin layer, and the light emitting devices emit light in a first direction, wherein the light-blocking portion may comprise: a first region overlapping the light emitting devices; a second region extending in the first direction from the first region; a third region extending from the second region in the direction of a first side of the substrate; and a fourth region extending from the second region in the direction of a second side of the substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus.

Abstract: A valve system of a fuel system for a vehicle may close a jet pump-side flow path when a pressure of fuel supplied from a fuel pump to an engine is lower than a prescribed fuel pressure at engine start-up, and open the jet pump-side flow path when the pressure of fuel is equal to or higher than the prescribed fuel pressure at the engine start-up, thereby improving cold startability of an engine, and may also allow the jet pump-side flow path to be kept in an opened state between a low load region and a high load region of the engine after the engine start-up, thereby smoothly keeping a function of the jet pump after the engine start-up.