Abstract: A polishing apparatus including a chuck for supporting a wafer while exposing a peripheral portion of the wafer, a polishing head for polishing the peripheral portion of the wafer, and a polishing solution supplying assembly provided above the chuck and configured to spray a polishing solution on the wafer and to form a liquid curtain on the chuck to protect the wafer when the wafer is polished may be provided.

Abstract: In a composition of forming a passivation layer, the composition includes about 30 to about 60 percent by weight of a mixed polymer resin formed by blending polyamic acid and polyhydroxy amide, about 3 to about 10 percent by weight of a photoactive compound, about 2 to about 10 percent by weight of a cross-linking agent and an organic solvent. The passivation layer formed by using the composition has superior mechanical and physical properties, in which disadvantages of polyimide and polybenzoxazole are compensated by mixing both materials.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a network selecting apparatus including: a determining unit checking an operation state of a cache server in which replicated data corresponding to a data request signal are stored and determining whether the cache server is normally operated, when the data request signal is received from a client; and a selecting unit selecting a first network so that the replicated data are transmitted to input and output devices when the cache server is normally operated and selecting a second network so that original data corresponding to the data request signal are transmitted from a storage server in which the original data are stored to the input and output devices when the cache server is not normally operated.

Abstract: There are provided a system and method for providing a virtual desktop service using a cache server. A system for providing a virtual desktop service according to the invention includes a host server configured to provide a virtual desktop service to a client terminal using a virtual machine, a distributed file system configured to store data for the virtual machine, and a cache server that is provided for each host server group having at least one host server, and performs a read process or a write process of data using physically separate caches when the read process or write process of the data is requested from the virtual machine in the host server.

Abstract: Provided are data transmitting apparatuses and methods, data receives apparatuses and methods, and data transceiving systems and methods. A data transmitting apparatus includes: a packet generator configured to generate an audio metadata packet; and a transmitter configured to transmit the generated audio metadata packet to a data receiving apparatus, wherein a header of the generated audio metadata packet includes a split screen information field in relation to audio data represented by the generated audio metadata packet.

Abstract: A signal processing technology for allowing a repeater to transmit a signal received from an external apparatus to a terminal is provided. In a satellite system, a signal transmitted from a satellite or transmitted to a satellite is subject to a low order modulation, and a terrestrial repeater performs a high order modulation on signals and retransmits the signals.

Abstract: Provided is a stack-type cell for a secondary battery including a stack of first electrode/separator/second electrode/separator/first electrode arranged in order, and an outer separator stacked on each of the first electrodes. Also, the present invention provides an electrode assembly for a secondary battery using the stack-type cell and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly of a porous structure and a secondary battery including the same. In an electrode assembly including a plurality of anodes, cathodes, and separators, the present invention provides a secondary battery including an electrode assembly including one or more through holes, and a passing sealing portion supplementarily sealed on positions corresponding to the through holes. The secondary battery according to the present invention may prevent the inner short and increase safety by including the fused portion of an electrode assembly and a battery case, stably fixing them, and holding back the movement of the electrode assembly. In addition, the present invention has an effect of being capable of greatly enhancing impregnation on electrolyte since the electrode assembly has a porous structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are a novel phenol compound comprising a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2, or a combination thereof, and a positive photosensitive resin composition including the same.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of managing data in an asymmetric cluster file system. In this method, if an OPEN request for the opening of an absent file has been received, a metadata server assigns a file handle value and a file name and then generates a file in a data server. Thereafter, the metadata server copies a file stored in the data server or the generated file to one or more data servers based on a preset copying level. Thereafter, a client performs a file operation on the files stored in the data servers.

Abstract: An ortho-nitrobenzyl ester compound including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a positive photosensitive resin composition including the same are provided.

Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array, a column decoder, and a row decoder. The row decoder includes a first word line driver and a second word line driver. The first word line driver is configured to electrically coupled to a first set of antifuse memory cells coupled to a first word line. The second word line driver is configured to electrically coupled to a second set of antifuse memory cells coupled to a second word line. The first set of antifuse memory cells are arranged in first and third rows of the memory cell array, and the second set of antifuse memory cells are arranged in second and fourth rows of the memory cell array. The second row is arranged between the first and third rows.

Abstract: A data transmitter is provided. The data transmitter includes a packet generating unit which generates a packet including encryption information of a content stream, and a transmitting unit which transmits the generated packet to a data receiver, wherein the generated packet comprises a first field for indicating identification information of the content stream, and a second field for indicating an encryption parameter value of the content stream.

Abstract: Disclosed is a positive photosensitive resin composition that includes (A) a polybenzoxazole precursor including a repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; (B) a photosensitive diazoquinone compound; (C) a silane compound; (D) a phenol compound; and (E) a solvent. In the above Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the specification.

Abstract: Provided are an electrolyte solution for lithium secondary battery, which includes dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate and a (meth)acrylate compound having a C4 to C12 linear or branched alkyl group as electrolyte additives, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution can improve the safety of the battery, and the performance characteristics, particularly cycle life characteristics, of the battery.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a quasi-orthogonal space-time block coding system and method. The system does not become particularly complicated since the encoding rate is given as 1 and it is possible to decode the encoded signal by using a simple linear algorithm, and system performance is increased since there is no interference component of an adjacent signal in the estimated signal.

Abstract: A layout method of junction diodes for preventing damage caused by plasma charge includes forming an active layer to form a plurality of active regions in a unit layout pattern; forming a gate layer to form a plurality of gate regions on the active regions; forming a first conductive type doping region in at least one of the plurality of active regions within a well layer where a second conductive type well region is formed to form a first conductive type active region; forming a second conductive type doping region in at least one of the plurality of active regions outside of the second conductive type well region to form a second conductive type active region; and forming a second conductive type doping region connected with the gate regions to form a junction diode in at least one active region between the first and second conductive type active regions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are flagellin mutants having an enhanced activity of stimulating the toll-like receptor-5 (hereinafter referred to as “TLR5”). More specifically, disclosed are flagellin mutants, prepared by point-mutating some of the amino acids of a TRL5 agonist flagellin so as to enhance the TRL-stimulating activity of the flagellin.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are flagellin mutants having an enhanced activity of stimulating the toll-like receptor-5 (hereinafter referred to as “TLR5”). More specifically, disclosed are flagellin mutants, prepared by point-mutating some of the amino acids of a TRL5 agonist flagellin so as to enhance the TRL-stimulating activity of the flagellin.

Abstract: An enhanced stream reservation protocol comprising a Talker device sending a Stream Reservation Protocol (SRP) Talker Advertise message for streaming data to a Listener device, receiving the Talker Advertise message and checking bandwidth availability on an output port thereof for the streaming. In case of insufficient communication bandwidth, sending a failure message that includes information about available bandwidth from the Talker device to the Listener device. A protocol for communication in a bridged network, comprising a Talker device sending an SRP Talker Advertise message for streaming data to a Listener device. The Talker Advertise message includes communication path information from the Talker device to the Listener device. A communication path from the Talker device to the Listener device is selected based on said path metrics, for streaming data between the Talker device and the Listener device.