Abstract: A camera module includes a housing, a movable body configured to move in a direction of an optical axis of the housing; a reinforcing member formed integrally on one surface of the movable body, and configured to increase a rigidity of the movable body; and a first buffer member formed in the reinforcing member, and configured to reduce an impactive force between the housing and the movable body.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material as well as a method of preparing a negative electrode active material which includes preparing a silicon-based compound including SiOx, wherein 0.5<x<1.3; disposing a polymer layer including a polymer compound on the silicon-based compound; disposing a metal catalyst layer on the polymer layer; heat treating the silicon-based compound on which the polymer layer and the metal catalyst layer are disposed; and removing the metal catalyst layer, wherein the polymer compound includes any one selected from the group consisting of glucose, fructose, galactose, maltose, lactose, sucrose, a phenolic resin, a naphthalene resin, a polyvinyl alcohol resin, a urethane resin, polyimide, a furan resin, a cellulose resin, an epoxy resin, a polystyrene resin, a resorcinol-based resin, a phloroglucinol-based resin, a coal-derived pitch, a petroleum-derived pitch, a tar and a mixture of two or more thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive active material for a lithium rechargeable battery, a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium rechargeable battery including the positive active material, and it provides a positive active material which is a lithium composite metal oxide including nickel, cobalt, and manganese, and either has orientation in a direction of with respect to an ND axis that is equal to or greater than 29% or has orientation in a direction of [120]+[210] with respect to an RD axis that is equal to or greater than 82% in the case of an EBSD analysis with a misorientation angle (?g) that is equal to or less than 30 degrees.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified CRISPR-associated protein and a use thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a composition for genome editing comprising the modified CRISPR-associated protein and an enhancer, a method for genome editing using the same, and a method for producing a transformant by using the same. The modified CRISPR-associated protein according to the present invention is available as a nuclease having excellent indel efficiency in a CRISPR-Cas system, and exhibits excellent indel efficiency compared to conventional CRISPR-Cas systems, thus finding advantageous applications in genome editing.

Abstract: A memory device includes a first nonvolatile memory including a resistive memory cell; and a controller. The controller may be configured to provide the first nonvolatile memory with a first data, a first program command, and a first address. The controller may be configured to receive a second data, which is a verify read from the resistive memory cell programmed with the first data, from the first nonvolatile memory in response to the first program command. The controller may be configured to compare the first data with the second data to detect a number of fail cells. When the number of detected fail cells is greater than a reference value, the controller may be configured to generate a third data obtained by inversing the first data, and provide the third data to the first nonvolatile memory. The first data may include an inversion flag bit.

Abstract: A test method for a memory device including a plurality of memory cells includes generating a first test pattern, performing a first pattern write operation of writing the first test pattern in the plurality of memory cells, reading first data from the plurality of memory cells in which the first test pattern was written, generating a second test pattern based on the first data, and performing a second pattern write operation of writing the second test pattern in the plurality of memory cells. The second test pattern is generated such that a write operation is skipped with regard to failure cells from among the plurality of memory cells at which a write failure occurs, during the second pattern write operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for increasing mutation efficiency and homologous recombination rates of site-specific endonucleases. The compositions and methods comprise a chimeric polypeptide comprising a site-specific endonuclease or a domain thereof and a functional moiety. The current inventions relate to functional enhancement of the CRISPR-Cas enzymes. Disclosed herein include possible variants and their intended improvements.

Abstract: A test method for a memory device including a plurality of memory cells includes generating a first test pattern, performing a first pattern write operation of writing the first test pattern in the plurality of memory cells, reading first data from the plurality of memory cells in which the first test pattern was written, generating a second test pattern based on the first data, and performing a second pattern write operation of writing the second test pattern in the plurality of memory cells. The second test pattern is generated such that a write operation is skipped with regard to failure cells from among the plurality of memory cells at which a write failure occurs, during the second pattern write operation.

Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for identifying a type of a vocoder. The method comprises acquiring identification target bitstreams encoded with a voice signal, acquiring, for each of a plurality of vocoders, a probability that each of the plurality of vocoders is related to the identification target bitstreams from the identification target bitstreams, acquiring waveforms for each decoder of each of the plurality of vocoders by inputting the identification target bitstreams to the each decoder of each of the plurality of vocoders, acquiring intelligibility values for each of the waveforms obtained for the each decoder of each of the plurality of vocoders from the waveforms, and determining the type of the vocoder related to the voice signal from the probability and the intelligibility values for each waveform.

Abstract: A data generating apparatus for generating noise environment noisy data is disclosed. The data generating apparatus according to the present application comprises a signal conversion unit configured to convert each of a noisy signal obtained in real environment and an original sound signal for the noisy signal into a noisy signal spectrum and an original sound signal spectrum in a short-time frequency domain; and a noisy signal generation training unit configured to train deep neural network to output the noisy signal spectrum corresponding to each short-time using the original sound signal spectrum as an input.

Abstract: A test method for a memory device including a plurality of memory cells includes generating a first test pattern, performing a first pattern write operation of writing the first test pattern in the plurality of memory cells, reading first data from the plurality of memory cells in which the first test pattern was written, generating a second test pattern based on the first data, and performing a second pattern write operation of writing the second test pattern in the plurality of memory cells. The second test pattern is generated such that a write operation is skipped with regard to failure cells from among the plurality of memory cells at which a write failure occurs, during the second pattern write operation.

Abstract: An image sensor including a variable resistance element is provided. The image sensor comprises first and second chips having first and second connecting structures; and a contact plug connecting the first and second chips. The first chip includes a photoelectric conversion element. The second chip includes a first variable resistance element. The contact plug extends from the first surface of the first semiconductor substrate to connect the first and second connecting structures.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for increasing mutation efficiency and homologous recombination rates of site-specific endonucleases. The compositions and methods comprise a chimeric polypeptide comprising a site-specific endonuclease or a domain thereof and a functional moiety. The current inventions relate to functional enhancement of the CRISPR-Cas enzymes. Disclosed herein include possible variants and their intended improvements.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate structure on a substrate, source and drain contacts respectively on opposite sides of the gate structure and connected to the substrate, a magnetic tunnel junction connected to the drain contact, a first conductive line connected to the source contact, and a second conductive line connected to the first conductive line through a first via contact. The second conductive line is distal to the substrate in relation to the first conductive line. The first and second conductive lines extend in parallel along a first direction. The first and second conductive lines have widths in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The widths of the first and second conductive lines are the same. The first via contact is aligned with the source contact along a third direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A memory device includes a first nonvolatile memory including a resistive memory cell; and a controller. The controller may be configured to provide the first nonvolatile memory with a first data, a first program command, and a first address. The controller may be configured to receive a second data, which is a verify read from the resistive memory cell programmed with the first data, from the first nonvolatile memory in response to the first program command. The controller may be configured to compare the first data with the second data to detect a number of fail cells. When the number of detected fail cells is greater than a reference value, the controller may be configured to generate a third data obtained by inversing the first data, and provide the third data to the first nonvolatile memory. The first data may include an inversion flag bit.

Abstract: A test method for a memory device including a plurality of memory cells includes generating a first test pattern, performing a first pattern write operation of writing the first test pattern in the plurality of memory cells, reading first data from the plurality of memory cells in which the first test pattern was written, generating a second test pattern based on the first data, and performing a second pattern write operation of writing the second test pattern in the plurality of memory cells. The second test pattern is generated such that a write operation is skipped with regard to failure cells from among the plurality of memory cells at which a write failure occurs, during the second pattern write operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for increasing mutation efficiency and homologous recombination rates of site-specific endonucleases. The compositions and methods comprise a chimeric polypeptide comprising a site-specific endonuclease or a domain thereof and a functional moiety. The current inventions relate to functional enhancement of the CRISPR-Cas enzymes. Disclosed herein include possible variants and their intended improvements.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate structure on a substrate, source and drain contacts respectively on opposite sides of the gate structure and connected to the substrate, a magnetic tunnel junction connected to the drain contact, a first conductive line connected to the source contact, and a second conductive line connected to the first conductive line through a first via contact. The second conductive line is distal to the substrate in relation to the first conductive line. The first and second conductive lines extend in parallel along a first direction. The first and second conductive lines have widths in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The widths of the first and second conductive lines are the same. The first via contact is aligned with the source contact along a third direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate.

Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for identifying a type of a vocoder. The method comprises acquiring identification target bitstreams encoded with a voice signal, acquiring, for each of a plurality of vocoders, a probability that each of the plurality of vocoders is related to the identification target bitstreams from the identification target bitstreams, acquiring waveforms for each decoder of each of the plurality of vocoders by inputting the identification target bitstreams to the each decoder of each of the plurality of vocoders, acquiring intelligibility values for each of the waveforms obtained for the each decoder of each of the plurality of vocoders from the waveforms, and determining the type of the vocoder related to the voice signal from the probability and the intelligibility values for each waveform.

Abstract: A data generating apparatus for generating noise environment noisy data is disclosed. The data generating apparatus according to the present application comprises a signal conversion unit configured to convert each of a noisy signal obtained in real environment and an original sound signal for the noisy signal into a noisy signal spectrum and an original sound signal spectrum in a short-time frequency domain; and a noisy signal generation training unit configured to train deep neural network to output the noisy signal spectrum corresponding to each short-time using the original sound signal spectrum as an input.