Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a drain, a source, a gate electrode, and a nanowire between the source and drain. The nanowire has a first section with a first thickness and a second section with a second thickness greater than the first thickness. The second section is between the first section and at least one of the source or drain. The first nanowire includes a channel when a voltage is applied to the gate electrode.

Abstract: A light-emitting module according to an embodiment comprises: a substrate; a plurality of light-emitting diode chips which are disposed on the substrate; a plurality of wavelength converters which are disposed on the plurality of light-emitting diode chips respectively; and a white wall which surrounds the plurality of light-emitting diode chips and the plurality of wavelength converters, wherein each of the plurality of wavelength converters includes a side surface which is inclined at an inclination angle of 80 degrees or less to the upper surface of the wavelength converter.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the negative electrode including a current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer located on the current collector and including a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material includes a silicon-based composite, the silicon-based composite is a composite of a silicon-based active material, a phenoxy resin, and carbon nanotubes, and a weight ratio of the silicon-based active material and the carbon nanotubes ranges from about 1:0.0013 to about 1:0.01.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes an alkyl acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (A) including a seed obtained by polymerizing 35 to 58% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 42 to 65% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, a rubber core formed to surround the seed and obtained by polymerizing 78 to 91% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 9 to 22% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, and a graft shell formed to surround the rubber core and obtained by polymerizing 65 to 82% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, 12 to 30% by weight of a vinyl cyanide compound, and 3 to 15% by weight of an alkyl acrylate; and a non-graft copolymer (B) including an alkyl (meth)acrylate, an alkyl-substituted styrene-based compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound.

Abstract: A sensing circuit of a display device includes a sensing line initialization circuit which substantially simultaneously initializes a first sensing line and a second sensing line in a first sub-sensing period of a sensing period, a first line selection switch which couples the first sensing line to a sensing channel in the first sub-sensing period, a second line selection switch which couples the second sensing line to the sensing channel in a second sub-sensing period of the sensing period, and the sensing channel which samples a first sensing voltage of the first sensing line in a first sampling period of the first sub-sensing period, and samples a second sensing voltage of the second sensing line in a second sampling period of the second sub-sensing period. The second sensing line is not initialized during a period from the first sampling period to the second sampling period.

Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. A pillar of channel material extends through the stack. Charge-storage-material-segments are adjacent to the conductive levels of the stack, and are between the channel material and the conductive levels. The charge-storage-material-segments contain one or more high-k oxides. At least a portion of each of the charge-storage-material-segments is vertically wider than the conductive levels. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.

Abstract: A neural network operation apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive a first input feature map; a controller configured to control multiplier-accumulators (MACs) included in a first MAC array; and a first operation engine comprising the first MAC array and configured to process the first input feature map based on the MACs of which operation states are controlled.

Abstract: Provided are a polarizing plate and an optical display device comprising same, the polarizing plate comprising: a polarizer; and a first phase difference layer, a second phase difference layer and a third phase difference layer which are sequentially stacked on the lower surface of the polarizer. The first phase difference layer comprises a positive C phase difference layer. The second phase difference layer has positive wavelength dispersibility and an in-plane phase difference of approximately 200 nm to 280 nm in a wavelength of 550 nm. The third phase difference layer has positive wavelength dispersibility and an in-plane phase difference of approximately 80 nm to 145 nm in a wavelength of 550 nm.

Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The display device includes a pixel including an emission area and a non-emission area, a transistor of the pixel, a protective layer on the transistor, and including an opening area overlapping the non-emission area, alignment electrodes on the protective layer and spaced apart from each other, light emitting elements between respective ones of the alignment electrodes in the emission area, and a connection electrode electrically connected to the light emitting elements, and electrically connected to the transistor in the opening area.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer comprising: a first unit represented by Chemical Formula 1; a second unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 and different from the first unit; a third unit represented by Chemical Formula 2; and an end group represented by Chemical Formula 3, and an organic light emitting device using the same, wherein all the variables are described herein.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a first transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal; a second transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal, the first terminal of the second transistor coupled to the first terminal of the first transistor, the second terminal of the second transistor coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor; first driver circuitry having a terminal coupled to the control terminal of the first transistor; second driver circuitry having a terminal coupled to the control terminal of the second transistor; and gate balancing circuitry having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the gate balancing circuitry coupled to the control terminal of the first transistor and the terminal of the first driver circuitry, the second terminal of the gate balancing circuitry coupled to the control terminal of the second transistor.

Abstract: The image encoding and decoding method and apparatus based on a periodicity on phase signal are disclosed. One embodiment on an encoding an image, the method comprising: generating a prediction signal for an input signal, calculating an initial residual signal, which is a difference value between the input signal and the prediction signal, generating a transformed residual signal by transforming a value of the initial residual signal to have a size value within a preset range, and encoding the transformed residual signal, wherein the transformed residual signal is generated based on a period of a signal, wherein the preset range is a range of the period of the signal.

Abstract: A separator includes: a polymer porous support; and a coating layer disposed on at least one surface of the polymer porous support and containing a binder polymer, wherein the binder polymer includes a polyvinylidene fluoride-based polymer and a cyanoethylated polymer, and the coating layer has a surface roughness (Ra) ranging from 300 nm to 500 nm. The separator includes a coating layer formed non-uniformly on the polymer porous support, and thus, can provide an effect of improving the workability of a battery assembling process. A method for manufacturing the separator, and a lithium secondary battery including the separator, are also provided.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for controlling sounding or beamforming. In some embodiments, the method includes transmitting, by a first station, an instruction to a second station, the second station being a beamforming station, wherein the instruction instructs the second station: to disable or enable beamforming, or to disable or enable sounding.

Abstract: A composite separator for an electrochemical device, including: a porous polymer substrate having a plurality of pores; and a porous coating layer formed on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer includes a plurality of particles and a binder positioned on at least a part of the surface of the particles to connect and fix the particles with one another. The particles include at least one of inorganic particles or organic particles, and the composite separator has a melt-down temperature of 170° C. or higher. An electrochemical device including the composite separator is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are both a superabsorbent polymer capable of continuously and safely exhibiting an improved bacterial growth inhibitory property and a deodorant property without deterioration in the physical properties of the superabsorbent polymer, such as water retention capacity, absorption under pressure, etc., as well as a preparation method for the superabsorbent polymer.

Abstract: Disclosed is an operating method of an apparatus operated by at least one processor, which includes: receiving RF data obtained from tissue through an arbitrary ultrasound probe; extracting a generalized quantitative feature to a probe domain from the RF data; and reconstructing the generalized quantitative feature to generating a quantitative ultrasound image.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes an alkyl acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (A) including a seed obtained by polymerizing 45 to 72% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 28 to 55% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, a rubber core formed to surround the seed and obtained by polymerizing 78 to 91% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 9 to 22% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, and a graft shell formed to surround the rubber core and obtained by polymerizing 65 to 82% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, 12 to 30% by weight of a vinyl cyanide compound, and 3 to 15% by weight of an alkyl acrylate; and a non-graft copolymer (B) including an alkyl (meth)acrylate, an aromatic vinyl compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a neural network-based personalized speech are provided. The method includes outputting a first bit stream in which an input speech signal is encrypted, based on the input speech signal, and outputting a second bit stream in which speaker information of the input speech signal is encrypted, based on the input speech signal.