Abstract: A lithium secondary battery which includes an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate are wound in one direction, a battery can in which the electrode assembly is accommodated, and a sealing body which seals an open end of the battery can. The positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode active material layer that includes a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder. The positive electrode active material may include a lithium nickel-containing oxide that has at least one of single particles or quasi-single particles, and the conductive material includes a combination of single-walled carbon nanotubes and bundle-type carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: An inverter driving apparatus includes an inverter having a plurality of legs respectively corresponding to each of a plurality of phases and the control unit generating space vector modulation signals based on a phase voltage command, each of the space vector modulation signals corresponding to each of the plurality of phases, respectively, determining whether an output voltage of the inverter corresponding to at least one space vector modulation signal of the space vector modulation is in a non-linear region by determining whether each voltage of the space vector modulation signals is included in a predetermined range, generating a terminal voltage command by determining whether or not to apply an offset voltage to each of the space vector modulation signals based on the determination of the non-linear region, and controlling a turn-on state of at least one switch included in each of the plurality of legs by modulating the terminal voltage command based on pulse width modulation.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including: forming, in a first region of a substrate, an active fin and a sacrificial gate structure intersecting the active fin; forming a first spacer and a second spacer on the substrate to cover the sacrificial gate structure; forming a mask in a second region of the substrate to expose the first region of the substrate; removing the second spacer from the first spacer in the first region of the substrate by using the mask; forming recesses at opposite sides of the sacrificial gate structure by removing portions of the active fin; forming a source and a drain in the recesses; and forming an etch-stop layer to cover both sidewalls of the sacrificial gate structure and a top surfaces of the source and drain.

Abstract: It is introduced that a device of manufacturing lithium sulfate comprising: a reaction body in which a reaction of lithium phosphate and sulfuric acid is performed, the reaction body being divided into an upper space and a lower space; a pressurizer for applying pressure to the inside of the reaction body; a stirrer disposed in the upper space for stirring the lithium phosphate and sulfuric acid to produce a mixture containing lithium sulfate and phosphoric acid; and a filter disposed inside the reaction body and separating the filtrate containing the phosphoric acid into the lower space by filtering the mixture.

Abstract: An autonomous driving apparatus and method, in which the autonomous driving apparatus may include a sensor unit configured to detect a surrounding object including a surrounding vehicle around an ego vehicle that autonomously travels, a memory configured to store map information, and a processor configured to control autonomous driving of the ego vehicle based on an expected driving trajectory generated based on the map information stored in the memory.

Abstract: A transmitting and receiving circuit may include a first CMOS inverter configured to receive a first power supply signal and a first input signal. The transmitting and receiving circuit may include a first calculation amplifier including a non-inverted input terminal connected to an output terminal of the first CMOS inverter, and a first resistor connected between the output terminal of the first calculation amplifier and a first node. The output terminal of the first calculation amplifier and an inverted input terminal of the first calculation amplifier may be connected to each other. A first output signal may have a level smaller than that of the first input signal and may be output to the first node.

Abstract: Methods and systems for feed-forward of multi-layer and multi-process information using XPS and XRF technologies are disclosed. In an example, a method of thin film characterization includes measuring first XPS and XRF intensity signals for a sample having a first layer above a substrate. The first XPS and XRF intensity signals include information for the first layer and for the substrate. The method also involves determining a thickness of the first layer based on the first XPS and XRF intensity signals. The method also involves combining the information for the first layer and for the substrate to estimate an effective substrate. The method also involves measuring second XPS and XRF intensity signals for a sample having a second layer above the first layer above the substrate. The second XPS and XRF intensity signals include information for the second layer, for the first layer and for the substrate.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses a camera actuator comprising: a housing; a mover on which an optical member sits and which is disposed inside the housing; a ball part including a first ball and a second ball and disposed between the housing and the mover; and a driving unit that is disposed inside the housing to drive the mover, wherein the mover includes a first protrusion extending toward the housing and including a recess. The recess includes: a side surface on which the ball part sits and on which at least a portion of the recess is spaced apart from the ball part; and a bottom surface in contact with the side surface.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a folding axis extending in a first direction; and a panel supporter disposed on a surface of the display panel. The panel supporter includes a first layer including a first base resin and first fiber yarns extending in the first direction and dispersed in the first base resin, a second layer disposed on the first layer, the second layer including a second base resin and second fiber yarns extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and dispersed in the second base resin, and a third layer disposed on the second layer, the third layer including a third base resin and third fiber yarns extending in the first direction and dispersed in the third base resin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preventing or treating a liver disease selected from the group consisting of non-alcoholic fatty liver, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatic fibrosis comprising administrating at least one selected from the group consisting of an Ssu72 peptide, a polynucleotide encoding the Ssu72 peptide, and an expression vector comprising the polynucleotide.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus comprises: a cabinet having a top face for supporting an object thereon and a front face having a front opening communicating an interior of the cabinet with an outside; a drawer extendable from the cabinet through the front opening; a tub disposed inside the drawer and having a water storage space; a drum rotatably disposed in the tub to receive laundry; a laundry inlet in a top face of the tub to receive laundry; a lever having a fixed end pivotably coupled to the cabinet and a free end positioned between a top face of the cabinet and a top face of the drawer; a magnetic field generator fixed to one of the free end of the lever and the drawer; and a magnetic field sensor disposed on the other of the free end of the lever and the drawer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preventing or treating liver cancer in a subject comprising administrating at least one selected from the group consisting of an Ssu72 peptide, a polynucleotide encoding the Ssu72 peptide and an expression vector containing the polynucleotide to the subject.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus and a control method thereof, and more particularly, technology for determining the type of vessel placed in the cooking apparatus and controlling power in response to a state change of the placed vessel or a temperature change of a coil. In accordance with one aspect, a cooking apparatus includes: a coil on which a vessel is placed, configured to form a magnetic field upon application of a current; a detection sensor configured to detect a magnitude of an input current applied differently according to a type of the vessel and a magnitude of an input voltage of the cooking apparatus; and a controller configured to determine a type of the placed vessel according to a power value calculated based on the detected input current and input voltage, and to determine a heating mode of the cooking apparatus based on the determined type of vessel.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which includes a display area including a plurality of pixels; a touch sensing unit disposed on a front surface of the display panel; a display driving circuit, configured to drive the pixels of the display area based on display control firmware; and a touch driving circuit configured to drive touch electrodes of the touch sensing unit based on touch driving firmware, and further configured to generate touch coordinate data, wherein the display control firmware and the touch driving firmware are initialized or changed according to a comparison result between a flicker noise detection value of the display area and a reference flicker noise detection value, wherein the flicker noise detection value is determined by measuring a change in luminance over time of a flicker detection pattern displayed in the display area.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor package capable of preventing damage to an interposer to improve reliability. The semiconductor package includes a first substrate including a first insulating layer and first conductive patterns, an interposer disposed on a top surface of the first substrate and including a second insulating layer and second conductive patterns, first connecting members in contact with the top surface of the first substrate and a bottom surface of the interposer, and supporting members including solder parts, which are in contact with the top surface of the first substrate and the bottom surface of the interposer, and core parts, which are disposed in the solder parts and include a different material from the solder parts. The first connecting members electrically connect the first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns, and the supporting members do not electrically connect the first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns.

Abstract: An embodiment residual water drain system of a fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell, a drain device configured to drain residual water from the fuel cell, and a controller configured to drain the residual water from the fuel cell through the drain device, to turn off the fuel cell, and to convert a vehicle into an EV mode, when charging the vehicle with hydrogen is determined to be necessary.

Abstract: A glass article includes a first surface, a second surface which is opposite the first surface, a first compressive region which extends to a first compression depth in a thickness direction from the first surface, a second compressive region which extends to a second compression depth from the second surface, and a tensile region which is disposed between the first compressive region and the second compressive region. A stress profile of the first compressive region includes a first point and a first inflection point, the first inflection point is located between the first point and the first surface, a depth from the first surface to the first point is 45 to 55% of the first compression depth from the first surface, stress at the first point is greater than 50% of compressive stress of the first surface, and a thickness of the glass article is 0.01 to 0.05 mm.

Abstract: An input sensing unit may include the following elements: a first sensing electrode including first sensors and a first connector coupling the first sensors; a second sensing electrode including second sensors and a second connector coupling the second sensors; a first sensing line including first sensing line parts and a third connector coupling the first sensing line parts; a second sensing line; and an insulating layer including a first insulating side and a second insulating side opposite the first insulating side. The first sensing line parts may overlap the first sensors and may be disposed on the first insulating side. The second sensing line may overlap the second sensors and may be disposed on the first insulating side. The first sensors may be disposed on the second insulating side. The second sensors may be disposed on the second insulating side.