Abstract: A motor driving apparatus and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The motor driving apparatus includes a motor, an inverter configured to drive the motor based on a switching signal, and a controller configured to output the switching signal when pulse width modulation control is performed, to stop the pulse width modulation control when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and to apply a zero-voltage vector pulse to the switching signal in a period in which execution of the pulse width modulation control is stopped, for determination of a current speed estimation value of the motor.

Abstract: A memory device may include a read controller and an error correction circuit. The read controller may sequentially perform a plurality of read retry operations on a memory device. The error correction circuit may perform a plurality of first error correction decodings on read data respectively acquired from the plurality of read retry operations, store a plurality of Unsatisfied Syndrome Check (USC) values respectively produced by the plurality of first error correction decodings, and perform a second error correction decoding based on read data corresponding to a minimum USC value among the plurality of USC values.

Abstract: A few-shot learning method according to the present disclosure includes obtaining an image and a segmentation prediction for the image and learning, when a query image is provided with a pre-learned model, the model based on the image and a segmentation index to simultaneously perform classification and segmentation of a specific region from the query image, in which the model includes an attentive squeeze network (ASNet), does not perform the classification when an object with low relevance exists in the query image, and performs the classification and segmentation when an object with high relevance exists in the query image.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for evaluating a human motion using a mobile robot. The method may include identifying the exercise motion of a user by analyzing an image of the entire body of the user captured using a camera installed in the mobile robot, evaluating the pose of the user by comparing the standard pose of the identified exercise motion with images of the entire body of the user captured by the camera of the mobile robot from two or more target locations, and comprehensively evaluating the exercise motion of the user based on the pose evaluation information of the user from each of the two or more target locations.

Abstract: A memory device including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit, and control logic. The peripheral circuit is configured to generate a plurality of operating voltages used in a memory operation, based on a target pump clock, and perform the memory operation by using the plurality of operating voltages. The control logic is configured to select the target pump clock among a plurality of pump clocks, based on a number of data bits which selected memory cells on which the memory operation is to be performed among the plurality of memory cells store, and control the peripheral circuit to perform the memory operation on the selected memory cells.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery cell may include a cap assembly loaded on an upper end of a battery case having an electrode assembly received therein; and a crimping portion formed at an end of an upper part of the battery case, the crimping portion bent in a direction toward a center thereof while wrapping an outer periphery of the cap assembly. The crimping portion may be a negative electrode terminal. A top cap, which is a central part of the cap assembly, may be a positive electrode terminal. The cylindrical battery cell may further include a spiral weld portion formed on at least one of the negative electrode terminal and the positive electrode terminal. In one or more aspects, overwelding on the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal is prevented, whereby safety of the cylindrical battery cell is improved.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing branched dextrin, the method comprising steps of: adding heat-resistant alpha-amylase to a starch suspension, heating the mixture at 85° C. to 115° C. to perform a liquefaction reaction, immediately heating the mixture at 125° C. to 145° C. to inactivate the heat-resistant alpha-amylase, and obtaining a liquefied starch solution including liquefied starch having a dextrose equivalent (DE) value of 2 to 10, and adding a branching enzyme to the liquefied starch solution in an amount of 0.6% (w/w) or more based on the dry weight of starch, proceeding with a branching reaction for 20 hour or more to generate branched dextrin, and then obtaining a solution with branched dextrin comprising branched dextrin having a dextrose equivalent (DE) value of 2 to 10 which stably controls the dextrose equivalent (DE) value of branched dextrin, and significantly suppresses the white turbidity that occurs during refrigeration.

Abstract: There is provided a finger detection device including a light source, a light sensor and a processor. The light sensor respectively captures a first image frame and a second image frame corresponding to turning on and turning off the light source. The processor calculates a differential image frame of the first image frame and the second image frame, determines a covered region in the differential image frame and identifies whether the covered region is a finger region or not. If the covered region is not the finger region, the processor controls the light sensor to acquire new image frames. If the covered region is the finger region, the processor determines different windows of interest in the finger region.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery includes: a lower can configured to operate as a first electrode terminal; an upper can coupled to the lower can to surround the lower can and configured to operate as a second electrode terminal; and a gasket between the lower can and the upper can. A recessed lower insertion groove and a recessed upper insertion groove are defined in a surface of the lower can and a surface of the upper can, which are in close contact with the gasket, respectively. The lower insertion groove and the upper insertion groove are spaced apart from each other so as not to face each other.

Abstract: Proposed is a connection tube support of a waste heat recovery boiler supporting a connection tube unit having a plurality of connection tubes that is disposed inside a waste heat recovery boiler and perform heat exchange between a fluid flowing inside and exhaust gas flowing outside, wherein the connection tube support includes a header storing fluid flowing through the connection tube unit and supporting one end of the connection tube unit by being connected to one end of the connection tube unit, and a tube sheet supporting a circumferential surface of each of the plurality of connection tubes, wherein the tube sheet has the plurality of connection tubes having been passed therethrough and is provided with a plurality of support holes respectively supporting circumferential surfaces of the plurality of connection tubes having been passed therethrough.

Abstract: A positive electrode according to the present disclosure includes a current collector; and a positive electrode active material layer on at least one surface of the current collector, wherein the positive electrode active material layer comprises a sulfur-carbon composite and a binder polymer, wherein the sulfur-carbon composite comprises a porous carbon material and a sulfur-based material disposed on at least a portion of an inside of pores and a surface of the porous carbon material, and wherein a ratio of a thickness of the positive electrode (?m) to an amount of carbon per a unit area (1 cm×1 cm) in the positive electrode active material layer (mg) is 80 to 130 (?m/mg).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium-sulfur battery, and the positive electrode active material of the present disclosure includes a sulfur-carbon composite, wherein the sulfur-carbon composite includes a porous carbon material and a sulfur-based material disposed on at least a portion of an inside of pores and a surface of the porous carbon material, wherein the sulfur-based material includes at least one of sulfur (S8) or a sulfur compound, and wherein the porous carbon material satisfies one or more of the following conditions: (1) a sum of particle size D10 and particle size D90 is 60 ?m or less; and (2) a broadness factor (BF) satisfying Equation 1 is 7 or less: Broadness factor (BF)=(particle size D90 of the porous carbon material)/(particle size D10 of the porous carbon material)??[Equation 1].

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a porous carbon material including: (1) a step of centrifugally milling a porous carbon material; and (2) a step of filtering the centrifugally milled porous carbon material through a sieve, wherein a mesh size of the sieve is 2.8 to 4 times of a D50 particle size of the porous carbon material filtered through the sieve in the step (2). The present disclosure also relates to a porous carbon material prepared by the above-described method, a sulfur-carbon composite and a lithium-sulfur battery including the porous carbon material prepared by the above-described method.

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: A vacuum suction head may include a holder including a through hole formed therein, a suction pad surrounding at least a portion of a side surface of the holder, and a packing pad on a lower surface of the holder. The suction pad may protrude below a lower surface of the holder. The packing pad may include a cutout part. The cutout part may allow a space between the suction pad and the packing pad such that the space and the through hole may be in fluid communication with each other.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the system comprises a main battery fixedly mounted in the vehicle and configured to be a high voltage battery and supply power to a drive motor driving wheels of the vehicle, the main battery comprising a battery sensor configured to sense current or voltage of the main battery, a lower voltage battery mounted in the vehicle and configured to be a battery of a lower voltage than that of the main battery, a first DC-DC converter electrically connected between the main battery and the lower voltage battery to supply charge power from the main battery to the lower voltage battery and configured to supply power converted from the main battery to at least an electrical device in the vehicle, a second DC-DC converter electrically connected to the main battery to supply charge power thereto, a connector electrically connected to the second DC-DC converter and configured to allow the auxiliary battery to be detachably connected thereto such that the auxiliary bat

Abstract: A substrate processing method using a substrate processing apparatus including a process chamber having a reaction space for processing a substrate including an underlayer and a multilayer pattern provided on the underlayer and formed by alternately stacking at least a plurality of first insulating layers and a plurality of second insulating layers on one another, a substrate supporter, a gas ejector, and a plasma reactor, includes a pretreatment step for forming a passivation layer by supplying, onto the substrate through the gas ejector, a pretreatment gas, and an etching step for selectively and at least partially etching the plurality of second insulating layers in a lateral direction relative to the plurality of first insulating layers by supplying, onto the substrate through the gas ejector, an etchant.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a once-through heat exchanger that includes a tube stack including a plurality of tubes, a plurality of heads connected to the tube stack via a connection module and configured to accommodate heated steam, the connector module comprising a plurality of tube connectors and configured to connect the tubes and the heads, and a manifold connected to the heads via a plurality of link pipes and configured to accommodate heated steam, wherein the connector module comprises a first tube connector and a second tube connector having different shapes.

Abstract: Provided are semiconductor circuits. A semiconductor circuit includes a first circuit configured to propagate a value of a first node to a second node based on a voltage level of a clock signal; a second circuit configured to propagate a value of the second node to a third node based on the voltage level of the clock signal; and a third circuit configured to determine a value of the third node based on a voltage level of the second node and the voltage level of the clock signal, wherein the first circuit comprises a first transistor gated to a voltage level of the first node, a second transistor connected in series with the first transistor and gated to the voltage level of the third node, and a third transistor connected in parallel with the first and second transistors and gated to a voltage level of the clock signal to provide the value of the first node to the second node.