Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active pattern, a first interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate, the first interlayer dielectric layer including a recess on an upper portion thereof, and a lower connection line in the first interlayer dielectric layer, the lower connection line being electrically connected to the active pattern, and the lower connection line including a conductive pattern, the recess of the first interlayer dielectric layer selectively exposing a top surface of the conductive pattern, and a barrier pattern between the conductive pattern and the first interlayer dielectric layer, the first interlayer dielectric layer covering a top surface of the barrier pattern.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for detecting microplastics based on optical technology, more particularly the present disclosure relates to an apparatus for detecting microplastics, which is capable of detecting and analyzing microplastics of various sizes that exist in a fluid in real time regardless of transparency using a microfluidic chip based on optical technology.

Abstract: A battery pack based on an embodiment of the disclosed technology may comprise: a pack housing including an inner space; and at least one battery module accommodated in the internal space of the pack housing and including a plurality of sub battery modules, wherein the plurality of sub battery modules include a plurality of cell stacks each of which comprises a plurality of battery cells stacked in a first direction and which are arranged in a second direction, and a plurality of partition walls are included between the plurality of cell stacks to exchange heat with the plurality of battery cells or block thermal propagation between the sub battery modules.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamping device for a base station antenna and, more particularly, to a clamping device for a base station antenna, comprising: a guide arm unit which is arranged to extend horizontally to a side, so as to be perpendicular to a support pole arranged vertically; and a tilting unit which is arranged in the guide arm unit and adjusts the tilting angle with respect to the support pole by moving, based on a lower end portion of an antenna module having a fixed hinge position, an upper end portion of the antenna module in the horizontal direction in the guide arm unit. Thus, an advantage of improving the convenience of installation work and reliability of a product can be provided.

Abstract: A signal generation apparatus includes a glitch rejection circuit including n m-stage inverters coupled in series, and configured to receive an input signal and perform an inverting operation on the input signal, based on a plurality of voltage signals, to generate an output signal and adjust switching threshold voltages of the m-stage inverters, based on the plurality of voltage signals, to generate the glitch-removed output signal, when a glitch occurs in the input signal, a level detection circuit to detect a logic level of the output signal provided from the glitch rejection circuit to generate a level detection signal and a complementary level detection signal, and a voltage signal generation circuit configured to receive the input signal, a complementary input signal, the level detection signal, and the complementary level detection signal to generate the plurality of voltage signals and provide the plurality of voltage signals to the glitch rejection circuit.

Abstract: An armrest device for a vehicle includes a tray module configured to provide a cup holder function, an article storage function, and a table function; a frame module configured to enclose a periphery of the tray module and coupled to a rear seat of the vehicle; and a cover module configured to cover the tray module. The armrest device enables implementation of an arm rest function for allowing a passenger to put an arm on an armrest, as well as the cup holder function, the article storage function, and the table function utilizing a first slide cover having no vertically-extending hole, and a second slide cover formed with a cup holder hole.

Abstract: Provided is a method of recovery lithium ion, including adding a residue after leaching lithium from an ore containing spodumene into a solution in which a lithium ion is dissolved; absorbing a lithium ion into the residue by reacting the solution containing the residue at 50-90° C.; and recovering a cake containing a lithium from the residue in which the lithium ion has been absorbed by performing solid-liquid separation.

Abstract: A method of preparing a core-shell structured quantum dot particle includes the steps of (a) preparing a core of quantum dot particle containing indium (In) and phosphorus (P) and (b) forming a shell by reacting the core of the quantum dot particles prepared in step (a), a zinc oxo cluster represented by Formula 1 below, and at least one anion precursor containing a group 16 element.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode for a secondary battery, including: an electrode current collector including a coated portion and a non-coated portion, and an active material layer located on the coated portion of the electrode current collector, wherein at least perforated portion is formed on the boundary surface between the coated portion and the non-coated portion.

Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments relate to a sodium ion adsorbent, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method for removing sodium ions. According to an exemplary embodiment, a sodium ion adsorbent for removing sodium ions may include a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below. [Chemical Formula 1] HxM1-xAlSi2O6, in Chemical Formula 1, M is one or more elements selected from Na, K, Cs, and Rb, and 0<x?1.

Abstract: An umbrella storage apparatus for a vehicle may include a housing provided in an interior of the vehicle and equipped with a loading space for storing an umbrella or other accessory and in which an opening is formed; a cover installed on the housing and configured to open or close the opening; and an ejection unit provided in the loading space to elastically support the stored umbrella to be unloaded toward the opening. The umbrella storage apparatus may secure utilization of an interior space of the vehicle by storing the umbrella in an unused space of the interior of the vehicle.

Abstract: In one example, an electronic device includes a semiconductor sensor device having a cavity extending partially inward from one surface to provide a diaphragm adjacent an opposite surface. A barrier is disposed adjacent to the one surface and extends across the cavity, the barrier has membrane with a barrier body and first barrier strands bounded by the barrier body to define first through-holes. The electronic device further comprises one or more of a protrusion pattern disposed adjacent to the barrier structure, which can include a plurality of protrusion portions separated by a plurality of recess portions; one or more conformal membrane layers disposed over the first barrier strands; or second barrier strands disposed on and at least partially overlapping the first barrier strands. The second barrier strands define second through-holes laterally offset from the first through-holes. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrically conductive contact pin for a Kelvin test and a test device comprising same, which can cope with the narrower pitch between electrodes of a semiconductor device.

Abstract: Provided is a wastewater purification method, the method including: supplying a first mixed stream, in which an acid component and wastewater including water, a nitrile-based monomer, and ammonia are mixed, to a first column; recovering the nitrile-based monomer from an upper discharge stream from the first column; supplying a second mixed stream, in which a lower discharge stream from the first column and a base component are mixed, to a second column; and recovering the ammonia from an upper discharge stream from the second column and separating purified wastewater.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle, a method of preparing the semiconductor nanoparticle, and an electroluminescent device including the semiconductor nanoparticle. The method of preparing the semiconductor nanoparticle includes contacting a zinc precursor and a sulfur precursor in the presence of a first particle at a predetermined temperature to form a semiconductor nanocrystal layer containing zinc sulfide on the first particle, wherein the first particle includes a Group II-VI compound including zinc, selenium, and, optionally, tellurium, or the first particle includes a Group III-V compound including indium and phosphorus. The predetermined temperature includes (e.g., is) a temperature (e.g., a reaction temperature) of greater than 300° C. and less than or equal to about 380° C., and the sulfur precursor includes a thiol compound of C3 (e.g. C9) to C50 or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Described is a cryogenic tank apparatus including a cryogenic tank structure including a tank part having therein a plurality of racks on which boxes are stacked in a vertical direction, and an inlet/outlet guide part disposed at an upper side of the tank part and configured to guide unloading of the or loading of the rack with respect to the tank part, a moving structure applied to load or unload a vial or a box containing the vial into or from the cryogenic tank structure, and a pipe structure configured to introduce at least a part of a gas, which maintains a temperature in the tank part, into the inlet/outlet guide part or the moving structure or discharge the gas to the outside.

Abstract: A display device includes a bank pattern disposed on a substrate, a first electrode pattern disposed on the bank pattern, a light-emitting element disposed on the first electrode pattern to be electrically connected to the first electrode pattern, a second electrode pattern configured to cover the light-emitting element, an inorganic insulating layer configured to cover the bank pattern, the first electrode pattern, and the light-emitting element between the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern, and a diffusion layer which includes a plurality of diffusion particles and is in contact with the inorganic insulating layer.

Abstract: An example of a moving structure includes a preparation part on which a box unloaded from a cryogenic tank structure is loaded and positioned or the box to be loaded into the cryogenic tank structure is positioned, a first working stage positioned at one side of the preparation part based on an x-axis and configured to mount the box, a second working stage positioned between the first working stage and the preparation part and configured to mount the box, a vial transfer part configured to be movable along a z-axis and movable along the x-axis and a y-axis at a height higher than the preparation part, the first working stage, and the second working stage and including a vial picker configured to grip a vial, and a box transfer part configured to be movable along the z-axis and movable along the x-axis and the y-axis.

Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus including the display panel are presented herein. A display panel according to one or more embodiments includes a substrate; an insulating layer on the substrate; a bank pattern on the insulating layer; a first electrode on the bank pattern; a contact electrode on the insulating layer, the contact electrode spaced apart from the bank pattern; a light-emitting element on the first electrode; a first optical layer surrounding the light-emitting element, the first optical layer comprising an organic insulating material including metal particles; a second optical layer on the contact electrode; and a third optical layer on the first optical layer.

Abstract: Described is a media liquid supply apparatus including an inflow tube part configured to define an inflow passageway through which a media liquid is introduced, moved, and discharged, a pack configured to receive the media liquid discharged from the inflow tube part, a discharge tube part configured to provide a discharge passageway through which the media liquid discharged from the pack is introduced, moved, and discharged, a tube bag part including a media pump configured to move the media liquid through the inflow passageway, and a gas injection part configured to provide an additional moving force to the media liquid moving through the inflow passageway, and a heating part configured to heat the media liquid in the pack.