Abstract: A power supply system for an aircraft and a control method thereof are provided. The power supply system of the aircraft includes a fuel cell configured to generate electrical energy, a converter device configured to supply a voltage generated by the fuel cell to a first motor device for driving the aircraft through a first output terminal and switch a connection with the fuel cell depending on a predetermined driving mode, a battery configured to supply the voltage to a second motor device for driving the aircraft through a second output terminal, the second output terminal being connected with an output node of the fuel cell, and a processor configure to control a connection between the fuel cell and the converter device depending on the driving mode.

Abstract: A method of a first user equipment (UE) may comprise: receiving a downlink (DL) reference signal transmitted by a base station using a beam included in a beam candidate group to be used for sidelink (SL) communication with a second UE; measuring a DL reference signal received power (RSRP) of the DL reference signal; determining a transmit power of a beam included in the beam candidate group based on the measured DL RSRP; and transmitting SL data to the second UE with the determined transmit power.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte membrane for a solid-state battery and a battery comprising the same is provided. The battery may comprise lithium metal as a negative electrode active material. The solid electrolyte membrane comprises an inhibiting layer, which is preferably capable of inhibiting growth of lithium dendrite, because it includes an effective amount of a dendrite growth-inhibiting material, which is capable of ionizing lithium deposited in the form of metal. Thus, when lithium metal is used as a negative electrode for a solid-state battery comprising the solid electrolyte membrane, it is possible to delay and/or inhibit growth of lithium dendrite, and thus to effectively prevent an electrical short-circuit caused by dendrite growth.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode for an all solid-state battery and a manufacturing method thereof, and a mixture of a polymer-based solid electrolyte and a conductive material is filled between electrode active material particles that constitute an electrode active material layer, to increase the contact between the electrode active material particles and the conductive material through a solvent annealing process included in a manufacturing process, thereby improving ionic conductivity in the electrode and capacity in the electrode.

Abstract: An operation method of a relay node may include: receiving, from a first communication node, first data composed of n bits; receiving, from a second communication node, second data composed of m bits; in response to determining that n is greater than m, generating first T-data of m bits excluding (n-m) bits from the n-bits of the first data and first R-data of (n-m) bits; generating third data by performing a network coding operation on the first T-data and the second data; transmitting the third data to the first communication node; and transmitting the third data and the first R-data to the second communication node.

Abstract: In a backlight apparatus, a master driving circuit generates a transmission frame including a training period including a clock training pattern and a data period including a plurality of data packets respectively corresponding to the plurality of blocks. A plurality of slave driving circuits correspond to the plurality of blocks, respectively, and are connected to the master driving circuit in a daisy chain structure. Each slave driving circuit receives the transmission frame through the daisy chain structure, recovers a clock based on the clock training pattern, and drives the plurality of light emitting elements included in a corresponding block among the plurality of blocks based on its own data packet among a plurality of data packets.

Abstract: A separator for a secondary battery, including a separator body having a porous structure and a particle type polymer embedded in the separator body. The particle type polymer includes a material having a heat resistance higher than a heat resistance of the separator body, whereby it is possible to provide a thin separator with improved thermal shrinkage.

Abstract: An electrochromic device is provided which may efficiently supply electrons to an anode layer that donates electrons externally during initial driving of the device, thereby preventing the structural weakening of the device and improve the electrical stability and durability of the device, and to a method for fabricating the same. The electrochromic device includes a first electrode, a cathode layer, an electrolyte layer, an anode layer and a second electrode, which are sequentially deposited between opposite first and second transparent substrates. The electrolyte layer includes: a first electrolyte layer configured to provide electrolyte ions to the cathode and anode layers; and a second electrolyte layer formed between the first electrolyte layer and the anode layer to have a thinner thickness than the first electrolyte layer and having a mixture of the same electrolyte as that of the first electrolyte layer and a reducing agent.

Abstract: An electrochromic device is provided which may efficiently supply electrons to an anode layer that donates electrons externally during initial driving of the device, thereby preventing the structural weakening of the device and improve the electrical stability and durability of the device, and to a method for fabricating the same. The electrochromic device includes a first electrode, a cathode layer, an electrolyte layer, an anode layer and a second electrode, which are sequentially deposited between opposite first and second transparent substrates. The electrolyte layer includes: a first electrolyte layer configured to provide electrolyte ions to the cathode and anode layers; and a second electrolyte layer formed between the first electrolyte layer and the anode layer to have a thinner thickness than the first electrolyte layer and having a mixture of the same electrolyte as that of the first electrolyte layer and a reducing agent.

Abstract: A memory device includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) bitcell. The MTJ bitcell includes a first MTJ and a second MTJ. The memory device further includes programming circuitry configured to generate a non-reversible state at the bitcell by applying a program signal to a selected one of the first MTJ and the second MTJ of the bitcell. The non-reversible state corresponds to a value of the MTJ bitcell that is determined by comparing a first value read at the first MTJ and a second value read at the second MTJ.

Abstract: A multi-chip package is provided that has at least a first, second and third chip, each comprising a top and bottom surface. The multi-chip package also has a package substrate for interfacing with a printed circuit board (PCB). The chips and the package substrate are housed within an encapsulation material. The bottom surface of the first chip is attached to the package substrate. The top surface of the first chip has a first plurality of landing pads, which serve as a mechanical and electrical interface between the first and second chip. The bottom surface of the second chip has a second plurality of landing pads that serve as a mechanical and electrical interface between the second and first chip. Additionally, the top surface of the second chip has a third plurality of landing pads that serve as a mechanical and electrical interface between the second and third chip.

Abstract: A multi-chip package is provided that has at least a first, second and third chip, each comprising a top and bottom surface. The multi-chip package also has a package substrate for interfacing with a printed circuit board (PCB). The chips and the package substrate are housed within an encapsulation material. The bottom surface of the first chip is attached to the package substrate. The top surface of the first chip has a first plurality of landing pads, which serve as a mechanical and electrical interface between the first and second chip. The bottom surface of the second chip has a second plurality of landing pads that serve as a mechanical and electrical interface between the second and first chip. Additionally, the top surface of the second chip has a third plurality of landing pads that serve as a mechanical and electrical interface between the second and third chip.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying magnetized accupressure therapy to an area of the human body uses a parabolic reflector to converge the magnetic energy onto a focal point of the parabolic reflector. The apparatus comprises a body having a proximal end and a distal end. The body is magnetized to provide magnetic therapy. The apparatus also comprises a parabolic reflector attached to the proximal end of the body and a pin extending from the proximal end of the body for placing on a skin surface. The reflector has a focal point and focal length to converge magnetic energy thereto.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including outer pins including power pins adapted to supply a source voltage or a ground voltage, data pins adapted to input and output data and classified into a plurality of data pin groups having the same number of data pins, and output voltage pins adapted to supply output voltages of data pins of the data pin groups respectively associated therewith, wherein each of the output voltage pins is arranged between a pair of sub-groups constituting one of the data pin groups associated therewith, thereby capable of minimizing a resistance generated between each output voltage pin and each of data pins driven by the output voltage pin and achieving an improvement in data output characteristic.