Abstract: A semiconductor device may include an access line, a variable resistance layer, an electrode located between the access line and the variable resistance layer, and a barrier structure located between the access line and the electrode and including an amorphous barrier. The barrier structure may further include a diffusion barrier, and the amorphous barrier has a resistivity higher than that of the diffusion barrier.

Abstract: A battery monitoring system includes at least one memory configured to store a first coordinate-related data set in which coordinate data indicating a position of an electrode moved in each of a plurality of processes is connected with inspection data and/or measurement data of the electrode obtained in the plurality of processes, and an identification data set including an electrode identifier (ID) identifying the electrode. The battery monitoring system further includes at least one processor configured to connect the electrode ID with the coordinate data of the first coordinate-related data set corresponding to the electrode ID, and send monitoring data for the electrode, based on data about the connection of the electrode ID with the coordinate data.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a device isolation region is provided. The semiconductor device includes first active regions disposed on a substrate, and an isolation region between the active regions. The isolation region includes a first portion formed of a first insulating material, and a second portion formed of a second insulating material, having different characteristics from those of the first insulating material. The first portion is closer to the first active regions than the second portion. The second portion has a bottom surface having a height different from that of a bottom surface of the first portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an eddy current sensor for detecting a crack in a battery cell, and a system for detecting a crack of a battery cell including the eddy current sensor. According to the present invention, it is possible to easily detect a crack generated in an electrode, an electrode tab or a welded portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for correcting output impedance of a memory interface driving circuit, the apparatus comprising: a first PD driver including a plurality of first sub PD drivers connected to each other in parallel; a first control unit configured to sequentially change a first control code, the first control code being a combination of control signals for turning the plurality of first sub PD drivers on or off in each pull-down sweep; and a first comparator configured to generate a first output pattern, the first output pattern being a sequence of 0 or 1 representing a result of comparing an output voltage of the first PD driver generated according to the first control code with a first reference voltage, wherein the first control unit determines a first impedance correction code for the memory interface driving circuit from among the sequentially changing first control codes using the first output pattern.

Abstract: An upper rail device for a seat of a vehicle includes: a lower plate in which a slot is formed, a drive housing mounted on the lower plate, a drive support that passes through the slot for insertion into a curved movement path of a lower rail, a motor with a reducer mounted on an upper surface of the drive housing, a drive shaft connected to an output portion of the reducer, a drive gear mounted on a lower end portion of the drive shaft and engaged with a driven gear mounted within the curved movement path of the lower rail. The upper rail device may be fastened to enable sliding movement along the curved movement path of the lower rail so that the seat can be moved in a diagonal or oblique direction depending on various purposes, which can improve a seat position movement adjustment.

Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus are disclosed. A polarizing plate includes a polarizer and a protective layer on at least one surface of the polarizer, and the polarizer includes a polyvinyl alcohol film containing a dichroic substance and contains zinc cations and potassium cations, and the polarizing plate has a value of 0.1 or less, as calculated according to Equation 1.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided A method of encoding a three-dimensional (3D) image, the method comprising: determining a prediction mode for a current block as an inter prediction mode; determining whether a reference block corresponding to the current block in a reference picture has motion information; when the reference block has the motion information, deriving motion information on the current block for each sub prediction block in the current block; and deriving a prediction sample for the current block based on the motion information on the current block.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a reference point marking apparatus for marking reference points on a pattern electrode in which coated portions and uncoated portions are repeatedly arranged in a longitudinal direction, in which the pattern electrode includes a plurality of reserved electrode lane parts to be slit into a plurality of electrode lanes in the longitudinal direction in a subsequent process, and the reference point marking apparatus includes a moving marking machine configured to mark reference points on uncoated portions of the reserved electrode lane parts arranged in a width direction of the pattern electrode while moving in the width direction, and a controller configured to control an operation of the moving 10 marking machine. The present technology also provides a roll map generation apparatus using the reference point marking apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for promoting myogenesis, containing, as an active ingredient, a processed ginseng extract in which a trace amount of a ginsenoside ingredient is increased. It has been ascertained that the processed ginseng extract promotes the differentiation of myoblasts into muscle and inhibits muscle atrophy caused by myostatin, which is a myogenesis inhibitory factor, and thus it is expected that a composition for preventing or treating muscle disorder-related diseases, having excellent effects, can be developed.

Abstract: A gate driver includes a first scan signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for driving of a scan transistor through a plurality of stages connected in cascade, the scan transistor performing a switching operation to transfer a data voltage to a driving transistor of a pixel, a second scan signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for driving of a sensing transistor through the plurality of stages, the sensing transistor sensing deterioration of a light emitting element of the pixel, a light emission control signal generator configured to output a logic voltage for control of a light emission control transistor of the pixel through the plurality of stages, and an initialization voltage generator driven by logic voltages received from some nodes of the first scan signal generator based on the light emission control signal generator to supply an initialization voltage to the pixel.

Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing a battery are disclosed. One system may include: a first cutter configured to cut a first electrode sheet into a first electrode portion; a second cutter configured to cut a second electrode sheet into a second electrode portion having a second length; a winder configured to form an electrode assembly by winding the first electrode portion, the second electrode portion, a separator between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion; and an identification information assigning device configured to assign identification information to the electrode assembly based on: a cut count value of the first electrode sheet and/or a cut count value of the second electrode sheet; and/or a position coordinate value of the first electrode sheet and/or a position coordinate value of the second electrode sheet.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an alignment data generation circuit aligning first and second latch data generated from a first group of input data in synchronization with a first internal strobe signal, outputting the aligned first and second latch data as first alignment data, aligning a first and second latch data generated from a second group of the input data in synchronization with a second internal strobe signal, and outputting the aligned first and second latch data as second alignment data. The semiconductor device includes a write data generation circuit generating first and second write data from the first and second alignment data in synchronization with a latch clock after the start of a first operation mode and generating the first and second write data from the first alignment data in synchronization with the latch clock after the start of a second operation mode.

Abstract: A lower rail for a seat of a vehicle has a structure with a curved movement path, in which the seat may be moved in an oblique direction or a diagonal direction according to various seat positions, thereby allowing a degree of freedom for adjusting a seat position movement. In addition, the lower rail includes a curved inner channel bent at a predetermined angle and a curved outer channel bent at about a same angle as the curved inner channel, which are separately provided and configured to be mutually combined in order to provide one curved movement path for moving the seat.

Abstract: A seat rail retainer includes a body, among a first rail and a second rail that are disposed to slide straightly respectively in a longitudinal direction, the body being fixed to the first rail, an elastic supporting portion protruding from the body to be elastically pressed by the second rail, and an inserting body inserted into the body to provide an elastic force to the elastic supporting portion.

Abstract: A muscular strength assisting apparatus includes a muscular strength assisting portion that assists a user's muscular strength and a first connecting link including one side connected to one side of the muscular strength assisting portion and an opposite side rotatable relative to a shoulder of the user about a first rotation axis. The muscular strength assisting portion includes an upper arm module that assists muscular strength of an upper arm of the user and a link assembly including one side connected to one side of the upper arm module to be rotatable about a second rotation axis non-parallel to the first rotation axis and an opposite side disposed adjacent to a portion of a body of the user to be supported on the user.

Abstract: A method according to an embodiment of the present invention corresponds to a method for transmitting, by a gateway, a synchronization signal block (SSB) through a plurality of satellites, and may comprise the steps of: determining satellite identification SSBs for identifying a plurality of satellites, respectively; determining beam identification SSBs for identifying beams usable for the plurality of satellites, respectively; and controlling the satellite identification SSBs and the beam identification SSBs to be transmitted to the plurality of satellites, respectively, through a predetermined resource, wherein the satellite identification SSBs and each of the beam identification SSBs have different SSB indices from each other.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a duty cycle monitoring method and apparatus for a memory interface, including receiving a clock signal as input and generating a first delay time offset and a second delay time offset, receiving the clock signal and the first delay time offset and then outputting a first delayed signal, receiving the first delayed signal and the second delay time offset and then outputting a second delayed signal, receiving the clock signal and the second delayed signal and then outputting a delay value corresponding to a half-period of the clock signal, and monitoring, based on the first delayed signal, whether a duty cycle of the clock signal conforms to a duty cycle specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a synchronization signal block (SSB) through a plurality of satellites from a base station that can connect to a plurality of gateways, wherein the method may comprise the steps of: controlling transmission of first SSBs corresponding to the number of beams of each satellite through respective transmission beams in a first SSB cycle; determining a transmission beam of each of the satellites on the basis of a first measurement report for the respective beams received from a terminal; and controlling transmission of second SSBs for determining one combination including two or more gateways among the plurality of gateways in a second SSB cycle.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an alignment data generation circuit aligning first and second latch data generated from a first group of input data in synchronization with a first internal strobe signal, outputting the aligned first and second latch data as first alignment data, aligning a first and second latch data generated from a second group of the input data in synchronization with a second internal strobe signal, and outputting the aligned first and second latch data as second alignment data. The semiconductor device includes a write data generation circuit generating first and second write data from the first and second alignment data in synchronization with a latch clock after the start of a first operation mode and generating the first and second write data from the first alignment data in synchronization with the latch clock after the start of a second operation mode.