Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for fabricating a semiconductor device capable of forming fine patterns. The method for fabricating the semiconductor device according to the present invention may comprise forming an etch mask layer on an etch target layer; forming a spacer structure in which first spacers and second spacers are alternately disposed and spaced apart from each other on the etch mask layer; forming first spacer lines through selective etching of the first spacers; forming second spacer lines through selective etching of the second spacers; and etching the etch target layer to form a plurality of fine line patterns using the first and second spacer lines.

Abstract: A dividing circuit system includes a first dividing circuit and a second dividing circuit. The first dividing circuit performs a reset operation based on a reset control signal and generates second and fourth divided clock signals. The second dividing circuit performs a reset operation based on the reset control signal and generates first and third divided clock signals.

Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator, a rotor having a rotating shaft, first and second bearings each having an outer ring, balls, and an inner ring, and spaced apart axially from each other, a preload washer including a shaft section having a preset fixed length in the axial direction, and an elastically-deformable portion extending from one end portion of the shaft section to be elastically deformable, the preload washer applying a preset intensity of preload to the inner ring of the first or second bearing, and a coupling member screwed into an end portion of the rotating shaft and elastically deforming the preload washer in the axial direction. This structure may result in preventing an excessive preload from being applied to the bearing and allowing a preset preload to be stably maintained when thrust is applied.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and second electrode, a first portion including an active material extending between a pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator, at least a part of the second portion includes an electrode tab; a battery housing having a first end with a first opening, a second end opposite the first end, and an inner surface, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including a tab coupling portion coupled to the second portion of the first electrode and a housing coupling portion extending from the tab coupling portion and electrically coupled to the inner surface of the battery housing; and a cap covering the first opening of the battery housing.

Abstract: A memory system includes: a memory controller suitable for: generating a normal refresh command and a target refresh command when a number of inputs of an active command reaches a certain number, and providing the active command, the normal refresh command, the target refresh command, and an address; and a memory device including a plurality of banks and suitable for: performing a target refresh operation on one or more word lines of at least one bank in response to the target refresh command, determining a row hammer risk level per bank by counting, within a periodic interval, a number of inputs of the target refresh command per bank based on the address, and performing a hidden refresh operation corresponding to the row hammer risk level per bank in response to the normal refresh command.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device for detecting lost portions of a field of vision and distorted portions of a field of vision and storing these in a vision map. The lost portions and distorted portions are identified in cooperation with the user by means of virtual image superposition on a real scene, audible requests to the user, gesture inputs provided by the user and gaze tracking. The electronic device may detect an object and provide visual information to a user when the object is in a lost portion or distorted portion of the field of vision.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a plurality of fixed lenses disposed along an optical axis; a first reflective member disposed on an object side of the plurality of lenses; and a plurality of reflective members disposed on an image side of the plurality of lenses. At least one of the plurality of lenses is a variable lens having a variable focal length, and each of the plurality of reflective members is configured to move as the focal length of the variable lens changes.

Abstract: Disclosed are a disaggregated data center resource management method and apparatus. A resource management method in a disaggregated data center includes receiving a resource allocation request from a client; generating allocated resource information about a computing resource and a memory resource which configure a virtual server in one rack of the data center according to the resource allocation request and optical path setting information for optical path connection of the computing resource and the memory resource; updating a resource management table for the computing resource and the memory resource; and transmitting a resource connection setting message including the allocated resource information and the optical path setting information to the computing resource and the memory resource.

Abstract: A cover window includes a lower surface and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface. The upper surface includes: a center area extending in a first direction and being spaced apart from the lower surface by a first interval in a thickness direction; a first curved area extending in a curved shape from a first side of the center area; and a first area extending from the first curved area in the first direction and being spaced apart from the lower surface by a second interval in the thickness direction; and the first curved area includes a first partial area concavely extending from the center area and a second partial area convexly extending from the first partial area in a cross-sectional view.

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: Disclosed are an intra prediction method of a chrominance block using a luminance sample and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method comprises the steps of calculating an intra prediction mode of a chrominance block on the basis of an LM mapping table when the chrominance block uses an LM; and generating a prediction block for the chrominance block on the basis of the calculated intra prediction mode of the chrominance block. When intra prediction mode information of chrominance blocks are decoded, mutually different tables are used depending on whether or not an LM is used, so that encoding and decoding can be performed without an unnecessary waste of bits.

Abstract: Provided herein is a memory controller for controlling a memory device. The memory controller includes a workload detector configured to determine a change in workload based on reception of a changed request from a host or a change in clock received from an external device, a device performance controller configured to determine, if the workload is determined as changed, read performance based on a ratio of a size of data output to the host to a size of data requested from the host every preset period and configured to output a read-look-ahead (RLA) command to the memory device based on the determined read performance, a buffer memory configured to store data read from the memory device in response to the RLA command and a memory size controller configured to control a size of the buffer memory. The RLA command instructs to output data which is frequently requested from the host.

Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: obtaining image information from a bitstream, wherein the image information includes a picture header associated with a current picture, and the current picture includes a plurality of slices; parsing at least one of a first flag and a second flag from the picture header; generating prediction samples by performing at least one of intra prediction and inter prediction on a current block in the current picture on the basis of at least one of the first flag and the second flag; generating reconstructed samples on the basis of the prediction samples; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the reconstructed samples.

Abstract: A method of inactivating harmful microorganisms of a filtration medium including pathogenic bacteria and viruses is disclosed which includes placing a predetermined quantity of a hybridized fluorescent silk on to a filtration medium, applying light for a predetermined amount of time to the placed quantity of the hybridized fluorescent silk, and passing a fluid through the medium, wherein the fluid is one of substantially air or substantially water, wherein the hybridized fluorescent silk is one of KillerRed, SuperNova, KillerOrange, Dronpa, TurboGFP, mCherry, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to combining and utilizing multiple memory circuits having complementary characteristics are described. An apparatus may include a first memory circuit having a first emphasized characteristic and a second memory circuit having a second emphasized characteristic. The first and second memory circuits may be connected in parallel and to a common interface configured to communicate data between the apparatus and an external device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a substrate and a semiconductor die disposed over the substrate. An encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die and substrate with a surface of the semiconductor die exposed from the encapsulant. A first shielding layer is formed over the semiconductor die. In some embodiments, the first shielding layer includes a stainless steel layer in contact with the surface of the semiconductor die and a copper layer formed over the stainless steel layer. The first shielding layer may further include a protective layer formed over the copper layer. One embodiment has a heatsink bonded to the semiconductor die through a solder layer. A second shielding layer can be formed over a side surface of the semiconductor die.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a substrate comprising a cell region; a cell region isolation film in the substrate and extending along an outer edge of the cell region; a bit-line structure on the substrate and in the cell region, wherein the bit-line structure has a distal end positioned on the cell region isolation film; a cell spacer on a vertical side surface of the distal end of the bit-line structure; an etching stopper film extending along a side surface of the cell spacer and a top face of the cell region isolation film; and an interlayer insulating film on the etching stopper film, and on the side surface of the cell spacer, wherein the interlayer insulating film includes silicon nitride.

Abstract: Provided are a rollable back sheet for a light emitting device and a light emitting device using the same. The rollable back sheet includes a base film and a light guide pattern formed on the base film, and capable of blocking air from flowing into a gap between a release paper and the base film manufactured to have a line printing portion that completely adheres the base film to the release paper, thereby preventing the release paper and the base film from being separated from each other even when the base film is produced, distributed, stored, and used in a roll form and thus enabling long-term storage of the back sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides proteins comprising binding regions for cell-type specific targeting, Shiga toxin effector regions derived from A Subunits of members of the Shiga toxin family for providing Shiga toxin effector functions (e.g. cellular internalization and cytotoxicity), and carboxy-terminal endoplasmic reticulum localization signal motifs. The presently disclosed proteins can comprise additional exogenous materials, such as, e.g., antigens, cytotoxic agents, and detection-promoting agents, and are capable of targeted delivery of these additional exogenous materials into the interiors of target cells. The proteins of the present invention have uses in methods such as, e.g., methods involving targeted killing of target cells, delivering exogenous materials into target cells, labeling subcellular compartments of target cells, and diagnosing and/or treating a variety of conditions including cancers, tumors, other growth abnormalities, immune disorders, and microbial infections.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a substrate including an opening area, a display area surrounding at least a portion of the opening area, and an intermediate area between the opening area and the display area; and a display element at the display area, and including a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode on the pixel electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode. The intermediate layer includes a first common layer, a second common layer on the first common layer, and an emission layer between the first common layer and the second common layer, the first common layer and the second common layer extend to the intermediate area, and the second common layer is directly on the first common layer at the intermediate area.