Abstract: A systems and methods for tracking a position of an electrode. The system may include: a notching controller configured to store pitch information of a unit electrode and to acquire electrode coordinate information of the electrode in a roll-to-roll state during a notching process and a cell identification (ID) of the unit electrode; a calculator configured to calculate coordinates of the cell ID from the pitch information and the cell ID; a roll map generator configured to generate a roll map based on the electrode coordinate information transmitted from the notching controller; and a mapping part configured to compare the coordinates of the roll map with the coordinates of the cell ID to derive an electrode position of the electrode during the electrode manufacturing process from which the unit electrode originates.

Abstract: A silica coated sulfur-carbon composite including a sulfur-carbon composite and silica particles coated on at least part of a surface of the sulfur-carbon composite, and a method for preparing such silica coated sulfur-carbon composite. The silica-coated sulfur-carbon composite may be used as a positive electrode active material of a lithium-sulfur secondary battery.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery includes a lower can; an upper can is coupled to the lower can; an electrode assembly is on the lower can in an accommodation space defined between the lower can and the upper can. The lower can includes a first planar part, on which the electrode assembly is seated, and a first sidewall disposed vertically along a circumference of the first planar part such that a concave portion is defined in the first sidewall. The upper can includes a second planar part, which has an area that covers an opened top surface of the lower can, and a second sidewall disposed vertically along a circumference of the second planar part such that a convex portion is on an inner surface of the second sidewall. When the sidewall is coupled to be placed outside the first sidewall, the convex portion is fitted into the concave portion.

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: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first hard macro; a second hard macro spaced apart from the first hard macro in a first direction by a first distance; a head cell disposed in a standard cell area between the first hard macro and the second hard macro, the head cell being configured to perform power gating of a power supply voltage provided to one from among the first hard macro and the second hard macro; a plurality of first ending cells disposed in the standard cell area adjacent to the first hard macro; and a plurality of second ending cells disposed in the standard cell area adjacent to the second hard macro, the head cell not overlapping the plurality of first ending cells and the plurality of second ending cells.

Abstract: A duty cycle correction circuit includes a duty correction circuit, an information generation circuit and a duty control circuit. The duty correction circuit corrects a duty rate of an input clock signal based on a duty control code to generate an output clock signal. The information generation circuit compares a difference between operation power voltages based on an operation mode to generate voltage information. The duty control circuit receives the voltage information from the information generation circuit and generates the duty control code that includes the voltage information based on a duty rate of the output clock signal.

Abstract: An input buffer circuit includes a signal input circuit and a linear setting circuit. The signal input circuit is configured to receive an input signal to generate an output signal based on a reference voltage and an activation current. The linear setting circuit is configured to compare a voltage of a first modeling node, which may correspond to the input signal, with a voltage of a second modeling node, which may correspond to the reference voltage, to generate a bias voltage for controlling the activation voltage.

Abstract: A signal input/output circuit includes a signal amplification circuit and a current control circuit. The signal amplification circuit configured to amplify and output an input signal transmitted through an input/output line. The current control circuit configured to induce a reverse virtual current corresponding to an output signal of the signal amplification circuit. The current control unit configured to reflect the reverse virtual current on the input/output line.

Abstract: An image processing system, including an input interface configured to receive a first direction image corresponding to a view of a semiconductor device in a first direction, and a second direction image corresponding to a view of the semiconductor device in a second direction which intersects the first direction at a first height at which the first direction image is generated; a processor configured to perform an edge detection operation for detecting an edge based on the first direction image, and to perform an image binarization operation on the first direction image; and a learning device configured to compare a first line width obtained based on the image binarization operation, and a second line width obtained based on the second direction image through machine learning, and to learn a condition of the image binarization operation which maximizes a correlation between the first line width and the second line width.

Abstract: A storage device of the present disclosure includes a memory device configured to store a plurality of address maps indicating a mapping relationship between a logical address and a physical address, and a memory controller configured to, when the storage device is in a power on state from a power off state, determine a priority rank of each of the plurality of address maps based on file attribute information received from a host and sequentially load the plurality of address maps according to the priority rank.

Abstract: A system and a method of inspecting an air compressor for a fuel cell are proposed. The inspection system includes a fuel cell; an air compressor provided on an inlet side of a cathode of the fuel cell and provided with a motor; and a controller configured to calculate an estimated consumption current of the air-compressor motor through a relationship between an applied voltage and a rotation speed of the air-compressor motor and configured to compare the calculated estimated consumption current with a measured actual consumption current to determine whether a permanent magnet of the air-compressor motor is demagnetized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a positive electrode active material that has increased efficiency in the diffusion of lithium ions and/or charges and increased structural stability by locally forming regions with different concentrations of an arbitrary transition metal in a primary particle, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the same.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a heterocyclic compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device and a composition for forming an organic material layer including the same.

Abstract: A reducer for an electric vehicle includes an input shaft connected to a motor, a differential disposed coaxially with the input shaft and relatively rotatable, a planetary gear train configured to decelerate power of the input shaft and transmit the power to a differential casing of the differential, and a drive shaft configured to penetrate the input shaft and coupled to one side gear of the differential.

Abstract: A USB device includes a base, a circuit board disposed on the base and having front-end and rear-end portions and a ground circuitry, an upper cover, solder points, a switch and a button mount. The rear-end portion is used for inserting into a connection port of a computer terminal. The upper cover covers the front-end portion and has an opening. The solder points are formed on the front-end portion and coupled to the ground circuitry. The switch having a metal cover is soldered to the solder points for controlling wireless connection between the computer terminal and an external device. The button mount is movably disposed through the opening and sleeves the front-end portion for triggering the switch. An electrostatic discharge entering from the opening can pass through a first guide hole of the button mount and is conducted to the ground circuitry via the metal cover and the solder point.

Abstract: A sensorless induction motor system includes a control unit which applies a plurality of sampling pulse voltages to phases of the stator, estimates the position of a rotor through a first rotor position vector having the greatest deviation in an induced current, compares an induced current deviation of a second rotor position vector having a second greatest deviation of deviation of the induced current with that of a first rotor position vector, and determines whether or not permanent magnets are demagnetized; and a method of controlling the sensorless induction motor system.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a plurality of micro semiconductor devices and a fixing structure. The micro semiconductor devices are disposed on the substrate. The fixing structure is disposed between the substrate and the micro semiconductor devices. The fixing structure includes a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of supporting layers. The conductive layers are disposed on the lower surfaces of the micro semiconductor devices. The supporting layers are connected to the conductive layers and the substrate. The material of each of the conductive layers is different from the material of each of the supporting layers.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first active region, a second active region, a first gate line disposed to overlap the first and second active regions, a second gate line disposed to overlap the first and second active regions, a first metal line electrically connecting the first and second gate lines and providing a first signal to both the first and second gate lines, a first contact structure electrically connected to part of the first active region between the first and second gate lines, a second contact structure electrically connected to part of the second active region between the first and second gate lines, and a second metal line electrically connected to the first and second contact structures and transmitting a second signal, wherein an overlapped region that is overlapped by the second metal line does not include a break region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thiobenzimidazole derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a composition for preventing or treating cancer, comprising the derivative as an active ingredient. The thiobenzimidazole derivative of the present invention exhibits cell toxicity by blocking the cell cycle of a cancer cell and inducing apoptosis when administered to an individual, as the derivative inhibits tubulin polymerization by being activated in the cancer cell, and, thus, the derivative can be used for prevention or treatment of cancer, desirably for prevention or treatment of triple-negative breast cancer.