Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a via pattern connected to a conductive pattern on a substrate, the via pattern including a lower via pattern and an upper via pattern stacked on the lower via pattern, and a wiring line connected to the upper via pattern and extending in a second direction. The wiring line may include a same metal as the upper via pattern. A bottom width of the wiring line may be greater than a top width of the wiring line. a widths of an upper face of the lower via pattern may be equal to width of the bottom face of the upper via pattern.

Abstract: A nuclear power plant virtualization system and an operation method thereof are provided. A nuclear power plant virtualization system includes: virtual machine control parts; virtual machine network parts linked to the virtual machine control parts; and a virtualization platform switch linked with the virtual machine control parts and the virtual machine network parts, wherein the virtual machine control parts include a first MMI linked driver module, the virtual machine network parts include a second MMI linked driver module, and the virtual machine control parts and the virtual machine network parts modify an IP/MAC address in data communicated with the outside and allow the data communicated with the outside from the virtual machine control parts to pass through the virtual machine network parts, via the first MMI linked driver module and the second MMI linked driver module.

Abstract: A flexible actuator for curved surfaces and a control method thereof is used for curved surfaces and generates high vibration using a relatively low voltage.

Abstract: Provided is a water purifier comprising: a filter unit which has a reverse osmosis membrane filter; a supply valve; an instantaneous heating device which is provided with an inflow port, and an outflow port, and which heats and purified water entering through the inflow port and flowing to the outflow port, so that hot water is discharged through the outflow port; an extraction member; a supply pump; a domestic water drain line; a hot water drain line; a hot water drain valve; and a control unit which controls the opening/closing of respective flow channels of the hot water drain line and the domestic water drain line so that, among a hot water draining process through the hot water drain line, and a domestic water draining process through the domestic water drain line, the hot water draining process is carried out first.

Abstract: Disclosed is a humidity control system for an EFEM using desiccant includes the equipment front end module (EFEM) including a transfer chamber being a space, in which a processing target object is transferred into a processing module, and a desiccant equipment installed in the EFEM to be separable, and that controls a humidity of the transfer chamber, the desiccant equipment includes a plurality of block bodies coupled to or separated from each other, and being transportable individually, each of the plurality of block bodies accommodates a humidity control equipment, and the humidity control equipment includes: a desiccant rotor including an adsorbent that adsorbs moisture of air that is to be supplied to the transfer chamber, and being rotated by a driving motor, and a regenerative heater that heats the air and causes the heated air to remove the moisture adsorbed to the adsorbent.

Abstract: A fuel cell apparatus includes a fuel cell and a power distribution unit disposed on the fuel cell. The power distribution unit includes a housing, a power component disposed in the housing, a bus bar connected to the power component, and an electrically insulative thermal pad disposed between the bus bar and the housing to transfer heat from the bus bar to the housing.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual lens drive device that comprises: a housing; a first bobbin which is disposed to move in a first direction inside the housing; a second bobbin which is disposed to move in the first direction inside housing and is spaced apart from the first bobbin; a first coil which is disposed on the first bobbin; a second coil which is disposed on the second bobbin; a magnet which is disposed in the housing and faces the first coil and the second coil; a base which is disposed below the housing; a substrate which comprises a circuit member having a third coil disposed to face the magnet between the housing and the base; and a support member which movably supports the housing with respect to the substrate, wherein the housing is integrally formed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a CYP4A-inhibiting compound as an active ingredient for preventing or treating metabolic diseases, more specifically to a composition comprising the compound expressed by chemical formula 1 of the present invention or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient for preventing, ameliorating or treating metabolic diseases.

Abstract: A magnetic component includes a magnetic body, wherein the magnetic body includes a plurality of magnetic particles including an Fe-based alloy, at least a portion of magnetic particles, among the plurality of magnetic particles, include a first layer disposed on surfaces of the at least a portion of magnetic particles and a second layer disposed on a surface of the first layer, the first layer includes an Fe oxide component and has an average thickness of less than 5 nm, and the second layer includes an Si oxide component and has an average thickness of 5 nm or more.

Abstract: Provided is an encoding apparatus for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal, and may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a stereo encoder to down mix the input signal to a mono signal when the input signal is a stereo signal, and to extract stereo sound image information; a frequency band expander to expand a frequency band of the input signal; a sampling rate converter to convert a sampling rate; a speech signal encoder to encode the input signal using a speech encoding module when the input signal is a speech characteristics signal; a audio signal encoder to encode the input signal using a audio encoding module when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream.

Abstract: Disclosed are a logistics management system and a logistics management method. The logistics management system includes: an order processing system receiving an order request for each order; a box making system capable of making order boxes for a plurality of reference standards, wherein one reference standard is different from another reference standard in at least one among size and intensity; and a central control device capable of selecting any one among the plurality of reference standards based on the order request, and transmitting a box making command indicating the selected reference standard to the box making system, wherein the box making system makes an order box with the selected reference standard in response to the box making command and supplies the order box to a box supply zone.

Abstract: A membrane-electrode assembly and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The membrane-electrode assembly includes a pattern layer formed between a separator and a subgasket through a UV curing process.

Abstract: Provided herein is a smoking article from which sound is generated. The smoking article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a filter portion and a smoking material portion, and a sound-generating material including a carbohydrate material may be added to the smoking material portion. The sound-generating material may generate sound as the material burns, and the sound may further provide an auditory effect during smoking. In this way, an improved smoking experience may be provided to the smoker.

Abstract: A display device includes: a light emitting element; a driving voltage line transmitting a driving voltage signal having an active level or a non-active level in a preset period; a data line to which a data signal is applied; a first transistor connected between the driving voltage line and the light emitting element; and a second transistor connected to the driving voltage line and the data line, where a gate electrode of the second transistor is connected to the driving voltage line, and a source electrode of the second transistor is connected to the data line.

Abstract: A display device including a touch sensing unit including a first touch conductive layer, a first touch insulating layer disposed on the first touch conductive layer, and a second touch conductive layer disposed on the first touch insulating layer. The touch sensor area includes a first touch sensor area located at a center of the touch sensor area, and a second touch sensor area located between the first touch sensor area and the curved portion. The first touch conductive layer includes a touch connection electrode connecting adjacent first touch electrodes, and a plurality of capacitance (cap) compensation patterns arranged in the second touch sensor area. The plurality of cap compensation patterns includes a first cap compensation pattern electrically connected to the adjacent first touch electrode and a second cap compensation pattern electrically connected to the adjacent second touch electrode.

Abstract: An embodiment of a flame-retardant electrode includes a flame-retardant layer between an electrode current collector and an electrode active material layer, and an embodiment of an all-solid-state battery including the same, in which the flame-retardant layer includes a flame retardant configured such that the surface of a flame-retardant material is coated with a conductive material, thereby increasing thermal stability and adhesion to the electrode current collector.

Abstract: Provided is a diffuser equipped with an integrated cover that is opened and closed by an air current formed when a fan module is driven to control the spread of scent. The diffuser includes a body forming an exterior, a base inserted and fixed into the body and having a through-portion formed on one surface thereof, and an aroma container coupled to the base, wherein the base includes a cover rotatably provided on the through-portion, and an internal space of the body and an internal space of the base are selectively communicated with each other as the cover is rotated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sagger for firing a precursor material, and more specifically, to a sagger having a space internally provided to load a precursor material. When used to fire a precursor material, the sagger is capable of not only suppressing the generation of by-products but also enhancing the durability of the main body.

Abstract: A non-combustion-type aerosol generating article according to an embodiment includes a first filter segment, a medium segment disposed downstream of the first filter segment, and a second filter segment disposed downstream of the medium segment, in which the medium segment has a longitudinal hollow and is manufactured by being solidified after medium slurry is molded into a cylindrical shape.

Abstract: A display device includes: a panel assembly including a display panel; a bracket to which the panel assembly is attached; and a buffer layer between the panel assembly and the bracket, and the buffer layer includes: a first portion having a first elastic modulus; and a second portion surrounded by the first portion and having a second elastic modulus that is less than the first elastic modulus.