Abstract: Cathode active materials for lithium secondary batteries and lithium secondary batteries including the cathode active materials are disclosed. In some implementations, a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium metal phosphate particle having a crystallite size in a range from 150 nm to 450 nm in a direction of a crystallographic plane (020) as measured by an X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. In some implementations, a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode active material layer that includes a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, and an anode facing the cathode. In some implementations, an electrode crystallite size ratio defined by Equation 4 is in a range from 0.5 to 0.9.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pouch-type secondary battery and a manufacturing method thereof including. The pouch-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; an electrode lead extending from an electrode tab of the electrode assembly; an upper pouch; and a lower pouch. The upper pouch and the lower pouch include a sealed area where the edges are sealed and an unsealed area. An average thickness of the sealed area of the upper pouch and an average thickness of the sealed area of the lower pouch are equal to each other, and the average thickness of the unsealed area of the upper pouch is smaller than the average thickness of the unsealed area of the lower pouch, so that even if the thickness of the lower pouch is reduced during the sealing process of heat-sealing, the sealed area of the upper and lower pouches are formed with little difference in thickness.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a teaching method for teaching a transfer position of a transfer robot. The teaching method includes: searching for an object on which a target object to be transferred by the transfer robot is placed, based on a 3D position information acquired by a first sensor; and acquiring coordinates of a second direction and coordinates of a third direction of the object based on a data acquired from a second sensor which is a different type from the first sensor.

Abstract: Provided is a binder for a secondary battery including a copolymer including repeating units of the Chemical Formula 1, Chemical Formula 2, Chemical Formula 3, and Chemical Formula 4 disclosed herein. When the binder for a secondary battery is applied to a negative electrode and a secondary battery, expansion of the negative electrode may be effectively suppressed. Furthermore, the binder for a secondary battery has improved adhesion to effectively suppress exfoliation and desorption of a negative electrode, thereby manufacturing a secondary battery having significantly improved charge/discharge cycle characteristics and battery performance by using the binder.

Abstract: Proposed is an air gap adjustment apparatus. The apparatus is for enabling an air gap between the inner surface of a stator and the outer surface of a rotor, which are installed in an inner space of a housing, to be uniform overall. A plurality of fastening holes are formed so as to surround a shaft through hole of an end plate constituting the housing. A fastener, which has passed through a bearing housing of a bearing, is fastened to each fastening hole so as to mount the bearing to the end plate. An adjusting member body of an adjusting member, which has passed through the bearing housing, is positioned in an adjusting member seating part which is formed at the entrance of each fastening hole. The adjusting member rotates about the adjusting member body so that a head part may adjust the position of the bearing.

Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure is a pharmaceutical composition which includes (R)—N-[1-(3,5-difluoro-4-methansulfonylamino-phenyl)-ethyl]-3-(2-propyl-6-trifluoromethyl-pyridin-3-yl)-acrylamide as a first component and a cellulosic polymer as a second component, wherein the composition of one aspect of the present disclosure has a formulation characteristic in which crystal formation is delayed for a long time.

Abstract: An apparatus for predicting performance of a wheel in a vehicle: includes a learning device that generates a latent space for a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) wheel images based on a convolutional autoencoder (CAE), extracts a predetermined number of the plurality of 2D wheel images from the latent space, and learns a dataset having the plurality of 2D wheel images and performance values corresponding to the plurality of 2D wheel images; and a controller that predicts performance for the plurality of 2D wheel images based on a performance prediction model obtained by the learning device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multi-channel device for detecting plasma at an ultra-fast speed, including: a first antenna module connected to a first output terminal in contact with a substrate on a chuck of a process chamber and extending to ground, and receiving a first leakage current leaking through the substrate to increase reception sensitivity of the leakage current; a first current detection module detecting the first leakage current; a current measurement module receiving the first leakage current output from the first current detection module, and extracting the received first leakage current for each predetermined period to generate a first leakage current measurement information; and a control module comparing the first leakage current measurement information with a reference value to generate first arcing occurrence information.

Abstract: A sealing device for a pouch-type battery includes an upper sealing block and a lower sealing block. The upper sealing block has a two-stage upper sealing groove, including a first upper step and a second upper step, and the lower sealing block has a two-stage lower sealing groove, including a first lower step and a second lower step. The upper sealing block contacts a first surface of an electrode lead sealing part of the pouch-type battery, and the lower sealing block contacts a second surface of the electrode lead sealing part of the pouch-type battery in a process of performing sealing through heat fusion. A pouch-type battery having an electrode lead sealing part formed by the sealing device is also provided.

Abstract: An automated gas supply system includes a gas cylinder transfer unit configured to transfer a cradle in which one or more gas cylinders storing a gas therein are stored; a gas cylinder inspection unit configured to check properties of the gas stored in the gas cylinder transferred from the gas cylinder transfer unit and check whether the gas leaks from the gas cylinder; a storage queue configured to receive the gas cylinder from the gas cylinder inspection unit by a mobile robot and configured to classify and store the transferred gas cylinders according to the properties of the gas stored in the gas cylinder; and a gas cabinet configured to receive the gas cylinder from the storage queue by the mobile robot and fasten a gas pipe, which is connected to a semiconductor manufacturing process line, to a gas spray nozzle, which is disposed at one side of the received gas cylinder, to supply the gas stored in the gas cylinder to the semiconductor manufacturing process line, wherein the gas cabinet includes a resid

Abstract: A fluid level measurement system using a buoyant body includes a guide part installed in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface of a fluid storage tank, and provided with a space in which a fluid can move therein; a buoyant body inserted into the guide part, and configured to float along the surface of the fluid inside the guide part; and a measurement part coupled to the top end of the guide part, and configured to measure the level of the surface of the fluid inside the fluid storage tank by transmitting a signal toward the buoyant body in the inner space of the guide part and then receiving a signal reflected from the buoyant body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antigen-binding molecule comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising a heavy-chain complementarity-determining region 1 (HCDR1) comprising an amino acid sequence represented by Sequence No. 1, an HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence represented by Sequence No. 2, and an HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence represented by Sequence No. 3; a light-chain variable region comprising a light-chain complementarity-determining region 1 (LCDR1) comprising an amino acid sequence represented by Sequence No. 4, an LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence represented by Sequence No. 5, and an LCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence represented by Sequence No. 6; wherein the antigen-binding molecule is a T cell receptor (TCR); and to a cell line expressing the same.

Abstract: Proposed is a dual band RFID tag including a first rectifier configured to receive and rectify a first RF signal modulated at a first frequency, a first regulator configured to regulate an output voltage of the first rectifier, a second rectifier configured to receive and rectify a second RF signal modulated at a second frequency, a second regulator configured to regulate an output voltage of the second rectifier, a voltage distributor connected to a first node and a ground in a state of being positioned therebetween, the output terminal of the first rectifier and the output terminal of the second rectifier being both connected to the first node, a multiplexer configured to output any one of an analog detection signal output from a sensor and an output signal of the voltage distributor, in response to a first selection signal or a second selection signal, and an analog-to-digital converter configured to receive as an operating voltage a voltage of a second node to which an output terminal of the first regulat

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a stack structure including a horizontal recess over a substrate, forming a blocking layer lining the horizontal recess, forming an interface control layer including a dielectric barrier element and a conductive barrier element over the blocking layer, and forming a conductive layer over the interface control layer to fill the horizontal recess.

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating osteoarthritis, the pharmaceutical composition including, as an active ingredient, obtusifolin, a derivative thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The composition according to an aspect inhibits cartilage destruction-promoting factors and alleviates inflammatory responses, thereby exhibiting significantly excellent effects for preventing or treating osteoarthritis.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition for a dicing tape, which may prevent the success rate of chip pick-up from decreasing due to an oxygen inhibition phenomenon occurring in a dicing process, and a dicing tape including the same. The adhesive composition for a dicing tape includes an adhesive binder, a singlet oxygen scavenger, a photosensitizer, and a photoinitiator.

Abstract: A method of reinforcement learning of a neural network device for generating a verification vector for verifying a circuit design comprising a circuit block includes inputting a test vector to the circuit block, generating one or more rewards based on a coverage corresponding to the test vector, the coverage being determined based on a state transition of the circuit block based on the test vector, and applying the one or more rewards to a reinforcement learning.

Abstract: An orthodontic wire bending device includes a providing part, a bending unit and a cutting part. The providing part is configured to provide a wire. The bending unit is disposed at a front side of the providing part, and includes a fixing part and a bending part. The fixing part is configured to fix the wire. The bending part is configured to bend the wire fixed by the fixing part. The cutting part is configured to cut the wire bent by the bending part. The bending part includes a bending module, and the bending module is rotated along a circumferential direction or moves along a direction to make contact with at least one side of the wire for bending the wire.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stacked structure includes forming a first metal buffer layer including crystal grains on a base substrate, forming a second metal buffer material layer on the first metal buffer layer, and crystallizing the second metal buffer material layer to form a second metal buffer layer, wherein the second metal buffer material layer includes crystal grains, and a density of the crystal grains of the second metal buffer material layer is lower than a density of the crystal grains of the first metal buffer layer.

Abstract: A core-shell copolymer, a method of making the same, and a thermoplastic resin composition including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a core-shell copolymer includes a core and a shell surrounding the core, the core includes a conjugated diene-based monomer-derived repeating unit and a phosphate-based cross-linking agent-derived cross-linking part represented by Formula 1, and the shell includes a first alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer-derived repeating unit, a second alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer-derived repeating unit, and a sulfonate-based ionic monomer-derived repeating unit represented by Formula 2. The core is 68 parts to 92 parts and the shell is 8 parts to 32 parts, based on 100 parts of the core-shell copolymer, the core has a swell index of 2.7 to 10.9, the shell includes 1 wt % to 16 wt % of the sulfonate-based ionic monomer-derived repeating unit, and the shell has a weight average molecular weight of 105,000 g/mol to 645,000 g/mol.