Abstract: An integrated circuit according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a plurality of function blocks, a spread spectrum clock (SSC) generator that generates a spread spectrum clock based on a frequency modulation rate value, a clock distribution circuit that distributes the generated spread spectrum clock into the plurality of function blocks, a memory that stores predetermined frequency modulation rate values respectively corresponding to the plurality of function blocks, and a control circuit, and the control circuit may be configured to generate the spread spectrum clock based on a smaller frequency modulation rate value among a first frequency modulation rate value and a second frequency modulation rate value respectively corresponding to a first function block and a second function block, which are operating, from among the plurality of function blocks. Moreover, various embodiment found through the present disclosure are possible.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body; a supporting substrate embedded in the body; a coil portion including a coil pattern, and a lead-out pattern exposed to an outside of the body through an external surface of the body, and disposed on the supporting substrate and embedded in the body; and an insulating film disposed between the coil portion and the body, wherein at least a portion of the lead-out pattern contacts the body through an opening formed in the insulating film.

Abstract: A backlight unit including: a base substrate in which a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area are defined; a wiring layer including: a lower conductive layer disposed on the base substrate; an intermediate conductive layer disposed on the lower conductive layer; and an upper conductive layer disposed on the intermediate conductive layer; a light emitting element disposed on the wiring layer in the light emitting area; a connection member electrically connecting the light emitting element and the wiring layer, the connection member contacting the intermediate conductive layer of the wiring layer and the light emitting element; a backlight flexible substrate electrically connected to the wiring layer in the non-light emitting area; and a pad connection member electrically connecting the wiring layer and the backlight flexible substrate in the non-light emitting area, the pad connection member contacting the upper conductive layer of the wiring layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes forming bit line structures extending in a first horizontal direction on a substrate, and insulating spacer structures covering opposite sidewalls of each bit line structure, forming a preliminary buried contact material layer and a mold layer to respectively fill lower and upper portions of a space between a pair of insulating spacer structures, patterning the mold layer and the preliminary buried contact material layer into mold patterns spaced apart from each other in a second horizontal direction and buried contacts spaced apart from each other in the second horizontal direction, forming insulating fences among the mold patterns separated from each other and among the buried contacts separated from each other, removing the mold patterns to expose the buried contacts, and forming landing pads on the exposed buried contacts, each landing pad connected to a corresponding one of the exposed buried contacts.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: at least one electrode having conductivity; a capacitance sensor, at least one switch electrically connected between the at least one electrode and the capacitance sensor, and capable of selectively connecting the at least one electrode and the capacitance sensor; and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit measures a first capacitance value by using the capacitance sensor in a state where the at least one switch is open, measures a second capacitance value corresponding to an external object contacting the at least one electrode, by using the capacitance sensor in a state where the at least one switch is connected, corrects the second capacitance value by using the first capacitance value, and determines the corrected second capacitance value as a capacitance value for the external object. Various other embodiments are possible.

Abstract: Disclosed are a floating photovoltaic panel installation structure and a buoyancy body for the installation of the floating photovoltaic panel, which may have excellent strength and buoyancy performance even while having light-weight characteristics, and stably support a photovoltaic panel on the water even during the flowing of a water surface due to waves.

Abstract: A multilayer interconnect structure for integrated circuits includes a first dielectric layer over a substrate and a conductive line partially exposed over the first dielectric layer. The structure further includes an etch stop layer over both the first dielectric layer and the exposed conductive line, and a second dielectric layer over the etch stop layer. The second dielectric layer and the etch stop layer provide a via hole that partially exposes the conductive line. The structure further includes a via disposed in the via hole, and another conductive line disposed over the via and coupled to the conductive line through the via. Methods of forming the multilayer interconnect structure are also disclosed. The etch stop layer reduces the lateral and vertical etching of the first and second dielectric layers when the via hole is misaligned due to overlay errors.

Abstract: A machine automation system for controlling and operating an automated machine. The system includes a controller and sensor bus including a central processing core and a multi-medium transmission intranet for implementing a dynamic burst to broadcast transmission scheme where messages are burst from nodes to the central processing core and broadcast from the central processing core to all of the nodes.

Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body is provided. The vacuum adiabatic body may include a first plate, a second plate, a seal, a support, a heat resistance device, and an exhaust port. The support may include at least two bars to support the first plate and the second plate. Each of the at least two bars may include a material having a lower emissivity than emissivities of each of the first and second plates, and each bar may be fabricated using at least one material selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate (PC), glass fiber PC, low outgassing PC, polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), and liquid crystal polymer (LCP).

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a compound represented by Formula 1 as an additive. The compound has an excellent effect of removing a decomposition product, such as HF and PF5, generated from the lithium salt in the electrolyte solution. The lithium secondary battery has improved high-temperature storage characteristics by including the non-aqueous electrolyte solution.

Abstract: Embodiments of a substrate support for use in a processing chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support includes a pedestal having an upper surface configured to accommodate a lift pin, a first annular region near an edge of the pedestal, and a second annular region disposed between the first annular region and a center of the pedestal, wherein the pedestal includes a first plurality of holes extending from the upper surface at regular intervals along the first annular region and a second plurality of holes extending from the upper surface at regular intervals along the second annular region; and a non-metal ball comprising aluminum oxide disposed in each hole of the first plurality of holes and the second plurality of holes, wherein an upper surface of each of the non-metal balls is raised with respect to the upper surface of the pedestal to define a support surface.

Abstract: A garden implement is directed to collecting fallen pine cones off the ground. The device has an elongated handle connected to a basket or cage having a bottom surface that slides on a ground surface. The basket or cage has closed sides, and an open distal mouth. The bottom surface may comprise a pitchfork with curved tines and forward points. In operation, a user pushes the basket or cage forward using the handle, and pine cones are collected for disposal. Side wheels may be added for additional versatility.

Abstract: Disclosed are a neural network acceleration system and an operating method of the same. The neural network acceleration system includes a first memory module that generates a first reduced embedding segment through a tensor operation, based on a first segment of a first embedding and a second segment of a second embedding, a second memory module that generates a second reduced embedding segment through the tensor operation, based on a third segment of the first embedding and a fourth segment of the second embedding, and a processor that processes a reduced embedding including the first reduced embedding segment and the second reduced embedding segment, based on a neural network algorithm.

Abstract: A data storage device may include: a nonvolatile memory configured to store L2P (Logical to Physical) map data and user data; and a controller configured to determine whether read commands which are sequentially transferred from a host device correspond to a backward sequential read, increase a backward sequential read count when the read commands are backward sequential read, set a pre-read start logical block address (LBA) and a length according to a preset condition, when the backward sequential read count is equal to or greater than a reference value, and load an L2P map of the corresponding LBA and user data corresponding to the L2P map from the nonvolatile memory in advance.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for enabling a user equipment (UE) operating in carrier aggregation mode to use different connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) configurations for different sets of component carriers associated with different sets of numerologies. For example, in Frequency 1 (FR1) plus Frequency 2 (FR2) carrier aggregation (i.e., one or more FR1 component carriers and one or more FR2 component carriers), a different CDRX can be configured for FR1 than for FR2. In inter-band carrier aggregation (i.e., one or more component carriers in one frequency band and one or more component carriers in another frequency band), CDRX can be configured per band. For mixed numerologies carrier aggregation (i.e., one or more component carriers with a first numerology and one or more component carriers with a different numerology), CDRX can be configured per cell group, where each cell group contains a single numerology or mixed numerologies.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method, and apparatus for pairing a vehicle key or remote keyless entry device with a vehicle by a dongle connected to an OBD port of the vehicle. The OBD programming dongle operates without a connection to an external device and pairs one or more keys with a vehicle without user intervention after the pairing process has started. The OBD programming dongle may be linked to a specific vehicle by the VIN code of the specific vehicle.

Abstract: The multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer; and first and second internal electrodes disposed inside the ceramic body, and disposed to oppose each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween. When an average thickness of the dielectric layer is referred to as td and a standard deviation of a thickness of the dielectric layer in each position is referred to as ?td, while an average thickness of the first and second internal electrodes is referred to as to and a standard deviation of a thickness of a pre-determined region of any layer of the internal electrodes in each position is referred to as ?te, a ratio (?te/?td) of the standard deviation of the internal electrodes in each position to the standard deviation of the thickness of the dielectric layer in each position satisfies 1.10??te/?td?1.35.

Abstract: A display device includes a first transistor including a first active layer, a first gate electrode overlapping the first active layer, a gate insulating layer between the first active layer and the first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; a second transistor including a second active layer, a second gate electrode overlapping the second active layer, a second source electrode and a second drain electrode; a capacitor including a first capacitor electrode connected to the second transistor; a lower electrode disposed under the first active layer; a connecting member connecting the first active layer to the lower electrode; and a first metal pattern contacting the connecting member and disposed on a same layer with the first gate electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a holder for portable devices attachable to one surface of a portable device. The holder of the present invention enables a user to stably grip a portable device or to mount a portable device on the floor or the like. According to the present invention, the holder for portable devices includes a fixing portion detachably attached to a portable device and a support provided on one surface of the fixing portion and having a hollow formed therein and having a plurality of folding portions formed therearound so as to be stretchable in a longitudinal direction. In addition, each of the folding portions is formed in a polygonal shape having at least three included angles so as to be rotatable in at least three directions.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a plurality of pixel circuits at a display area, the display area having a non-quadrangular shape; a first signal line extending on the display area in a first direction, and electrically connected to a first pixel circuit from among the plurality of pixel circuits; a first voltage line extending on the display area in the first direction; a first load compensation capacitor adjacent to an end portion of the first signal line and an end portion of the first voltage line; a test circuit outside the display area; an output line electrically connected to the test circuit; and a connection portion configured to electrically connect the output line, the first signal line, and an electrode of the first load compensation capacitor to each other.