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: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for detecting rain using a wire mesh sensor including: a wire mesh which is configured to include a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers; and a fixing part for fixing the wire mesh; wherein the plurality of transmitters supply electricity to the wire mesh, and wherein, in response to rain being positioned between a specific transmitter among the plurality of transmitters and a specific receiver among the plurality of receivers, the specific receiver is configured to receive the electricity from the specific transmitter and then transmit the electricity to a measuring part, to thereby allow the measuring part to measure conductivity. This hemispherical apparatus can detect rain accurately by making the incident angles of the rain to be vertical regardless of the directions of the rain.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode for a secondary battery with improved rapid charging performance, a method of manufacturing the same, and a secondary battery including the same, and provides an electrode for a secondary battery including a current collector, an electrode active material layer located on at least one surface of the current collector, and a binder layer located on at least one surface of the current collector and protruding from at least one end of the electrode active material layer, in which the binder layer satisfies the following Expression 1. [Expression 1] CA/B? 0.6 (In Expression 1, CA is wt % of a conductive material in the binder layer, and B is wt % of a binder in the binder layer, based on a total weight of the binder layer).

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for detecting the contamination on the glass dome of the solar radiation observing sensor. The apparatus includes: the solar radiation observing sensor; the glass dome; a light source, wherein artificial light emitted from the light source is allowed to be incident on the medium of the glass dome at a predetermined angle and thus the artificial light incident on the medium of the glass dome is allowed to undergo total internal reflection; a light-collecting lens configured to collect natural light and a diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light; and a contamination-detecting sensor configured to detect contamination, wherein the contamination-detecting sensor measures the natural light and the diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light collected by the light-collecting lens.

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a bus bar as a winding in a core of a transformer includes multiple sub-bars arranged horizontally and connected in parallel so as to minimize an AC current in the transformer, and the sub-bars have different widths and thus resistances or impedances with respect to a current flowing through the sub-bars are the same. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of designing a bus bar for resistance or impedance matching between multiple sub-bars included in the bus bar to share a current to minimize an AC current in the transformer. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a transformer, for a DC-DC converter for use in a vehicle, which is manufactured by the method of designing a bus bar.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a separator for electrochemical devices, configured to guarantee electrical insulation between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, wherein the separator includes no polyolefin substrate, and includes inorganic particles, a binder for coupling between the inorganic particles, and a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: A display device includes a bank including an opening exposing a surface of a base. The bank further includes side surfaces adjacent to an upper surface. The side surfaces slope downward from the upper surface toward an opening in an organic film pattern. A plurality of fine holes is formed on the upper surface and the side surfaces, the bank may also include a plurality of inner holes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a piezoelectric ceramic stacked structure, and the piezoelectric ceramic stacked structure includes at least one first layer including a KNN-based ceramic; and at least one second layer including a BFO-based ceramic, wherein a ratio of a number (n1) of the first layers stacked to a number (n2) of the second layers stacked in the piezoelectric ceramic stacked structure satisfies Equation (1) below: 0.8×|q|/|p|?n1/n2?1.2×|q|/|p|??(1) (Equation (1) is as defined in the Description).

Abstract: An embodiment integrated operating apparatus for different types of gates includes a driving motor, a main shaft rotatable by the driving motor, a first clutch portion at a first side of the main shaft and configured to selectively transmit power to a first gate of a vehicle, the first clutch portion including a first clutch and a first gear selectively engaged with each other, and a second clutch portion at a second side of the main shaft and configured to selectively transmit power to a second gate of the vehicle, the second clutch portion including a second clutch and a second gear selectively engaged with each other, wherein the first and second gates are configured to be independently operated based on the first clutch portion being in an engaged state or a released state and the second clutch portion being in the engaged state or the released state.

Abstract: A display device prevents cracks from spreading to an active area. The display device includes a substrate including an active area and a non-active area having a bending area, a thin-film transistor disposed in the active area, a light-emitting element disposed in the active area and connected to the thin-film transistor, an encapsulation layer disposed on the light-emitting element, a touch sensor disposed on the encapsulation layer, a touch pad disposed in the non-active area, a first routing line connecting the touch sensor to the touch pad via a second routing line in the bending area, and a crack prevention layer disposed on the second routing line in the bending area. Thus, the crack prevention layer is capable of preventing the occurrence of cracks in the bending area BA, thus preventing cracks from spreading to the active area AA.

Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment includes lithium metal oxide particles containing lithium and nickel, and containing a small amount of cobalt or no cobalt. An average particle diameter, a modulus and a hardness of the lithium metal oxide particles are adjusted to satisfy a desired relation. A lithium secondary battery has improved high-temperature storage properties, structural stability and high power properties.

Abstract: An embodiment armrest assembly for a vehicle includes an armrest rotatably coupled to an armrest board and configured to be extended from the armrest board by rotating forward or to be housed in the armrest board by rotating and standing and a speed-reduction damper mechanism connecting the armrest and the armrest board and configured to make a rotational speed of the armrest uniform by reducing the rotational speed when the armrest rotates to be extended.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing a substrate can reduce the concentration of process by-products in a chemical solution.

Abstract: An embodiment armrest assembly for a vehicle includes an armrest including a main body and a lid, an armrest board to which the armrest is rotatably coupled and in which the armrest is accommodated in an erect state, and a skirt coupled to a rear bezel housing of the lid and to the armrest board and correspondingly covering a rear space of the lid when the armrest is rotated forward, wherein the skirt has a panel shape and includes a hard material.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a polarizing plate, comprising a step of irradiating an optical laminate with ultraviolet rays having an emission wavelength band of 380 nm to 410 nm. The optical laminate sequentially comprises a first base film, a first adhesive layer, a linear polarizer, a second adhesive layer, a second base film and a reverse dispersion liquid crystal layer. The first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer each comprise a photosensitizer for initiating a curing reaction in a wavelength band of 350 nm to 410 nm, and the ultraviolet rays are irradiated on the first base film side of the optical laminate.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for detecting the contamination on the glass dome of the solar radiation observing sensor. The apparatus includes: the solar radiation observing sensor; the glass dome; a light source, wherein artificial light emitted from the light source is allowed to be incident on the medium of the glass dome at a predetermined angle and thus the artificial light incident on the medium of the glass dome is allowed to undergo total internal reflection; a light-collecting lens configured to collect natural light and a diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light; and a contamination-detecting sensor configured to detect contamination, wherein the contamination-detecting sensor measures the natural light and the diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light collected by the light-collecting lens.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-party computation based digital signature apparatus, which includes at least: an individual private key generation unit generating an individual private key corresponding to a user; an individual private key pieces generation unit dividing the generated individual private key and generating pieces; an individual distribution key generation unit generating an individual distribution key corresponding to the user by using some of shared individual private key pieces of other users and some of the generated individual private key pieces; and a common public key generation unit generating a common public key by using the individual distribution keys of one or more other users and the individual distribution key of the user, and the individual private key of each user is broken to pieces, and then some of the broken individual private keys are shared for each user again to generate the individual distribution key.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a financial transaction system using individual distribution keys based on multi-party computation. The financial transaction system includes at least: a private key pieces generation unit dividing an individual private key corresponding to a user and generating private key pieces; an individual distribution key generation unit generating the individual distribution key corresponding to the user by using some of individual private key pieces shared with one or more other users and some of the plurality generated individual private key pieces; and a signature unit signing with the individual distribution key of the user, in which when a verification is performed by combining a signature value signed by the individual distribution key of the user and a signature value signed by individual distribution keys of one or more other users, the transaction is concluded between the users who sign.

Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for detecting rain using a wire mesh sensor including: a wire mesh which is configured to include a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers; and a fixing part for fixing the wire mesh; wherein the plurality of transmitters supply electricity to the wire mesh, and wherein, in response to rain being positioned between a specific transmitter among the plurality of transmitters and a specific receiver among the plurality of receivers, the specific receiver is configured to receive the electricity from the specific transmitter and then transmit the electricity to a measuring part, to thereby allow the measuring part to measure conductivity. This hemispherical apparatus can detect rain accurately by making the incident angles of the rain to be vertical regardless of the directions of the rain.

Abstract: A sensor-driving actuator is provided, which includes an image sensor; an OIS carrier to which the image sensor is mounted and which moves the image sensor in at least one of a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction or a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; an AF carrier for moving the image sensor in the optical axis direction; a first housing accommodating the OIS carrier and the AF carrier; a flexible circuit board which extends from an upper portion of the OIS carrier to which the image sensor is mounted, and which bends, along the outer surface of the first housing, in each of the optical axis direction and the direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction; and a second housing accommodating the first housing.