Abstract: An anode active material for a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the disclosed technology includes an anode current collector, a first anode active material layer on at least one surface of the anode current collector and including a graphite-based active material and a silicon-based active material doped with a metal element, and a second anode active material layer on the first anode active material layer and including a porous structure. The porous structure includes a carbon-based particle having pores and a silicon-containing coating formed inside the pores or on a surface of the carbon-based particle.

Abstract: An anode for a lithium secondary battery includes an anode current collector, and a first anode active material layer and a second anode active material layer sequentially stacked on at least one surface of the anode current collector. The first anode active material layer and the second anode active material layer includes a first silicon-based active material and a second silicon-based active material, respectively.

Abstract: A fingerprint sensor device and a method of making a fingerprint sensor device. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide various fingerprint sensor devices, and methods of manufacturing thereof, that comprise an interconnection structure, for example a bond wire, at least a portion of which extends into a dielectric layer utilized to mount a plate, and/or that comprise an interconnection structure that extends upward from the semiconductor die at a location that is laterally offset from the plate.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery which includes an electrode assembly having an electrode tab extended from an electrode current collector, wherein the electrode tab is provided with an insulation coating layer containing an inorganic filler and a binder, the binder has an electrolyte uptake more than 0% and less than 50%, and the electrolyte uptake is determined by a predetermined method. In the secondary battery according to the present disclosure, the insulation coating layer provided in the electrode tab includes a binder having a low electrolyte uptake, and thus the insulation coating layer has improved adhesion and is prevented from detachment from the electrode tab. As a result, it is possible to maintain an excellent insulation state and to minimize an internal short-circuit in a secondary battery, thereby ensuring safety.

Abstract: An automated teller machine includes: a lower module providing a space for accommodating mediums; and an upper module supported by the lower module and receiving mediums and guiding the mediums to the lower module. The upper module includes: an upper case disposed above the lower module; a main unit including a conveyance path, the main unit being placed in any one of a closed state in which the main unit is drawn in the upper case and an open state in which the main unit is drawn out of the upper case; an opening/closing unit hingedly connected to a lower portion of the main unit to expose the conveyance path to an outside; and a collision avoidance unit preventing the opening/closing unit from colliding with at least one of the upper case and the lower module when the main unit is switched from the open state to the closed state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel mesylate salt of N-(5-(4-(4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyrimidine-2-ylamino)-4-methoxy-2-morpholinophenyl)acrylamide, a novel crystalline form thereof, and a process for preparing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to mesylate salt of N-(5-(4-(4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyrimidine-2-ylamino)-4-methoxy-2-morpholinophenyl)acrylamide, which is excellent in stability, solubility, and bioavailability when it is administered not only alone but also in combination with other drugs and which has a high purity, a crystalline form thereof, and a process for preparing the same.

Abstract: A quantum dot including a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a zinc chalcogenide and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the surface of the core and comprising zinc, selenium, and sulfur. The quantum dot does not comprise cadmium, emits blue light, and may exhibit a digital diffraction pattern obtained by a Fast Fourier Transform of a transmission electron microscopic image including a (100) facet of a zinc blende structure. In an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the quantum dot, a ratio of a defect peak area with respect to a peak area of a zinc blende crystal structure is less than about 0.8:1. A method of producing the quantum dot, and an electroluminescent device including the quantum dot are also disclosed.

Abstract: In order to improve fastening precision, the present disclosure provides a projection-type blind hybrid fastening apparatus for fastening a first frame part which has an upper open side and through which a first coupling hole is formed and a second frame part through which a second coupling hole is formed, the apparatus including a projection fastening part including a head portion that extends outward from an upper rim surface of the first coupling hole and an extension support portion which extends upward from an inner end of the head portion and through which a first through-hole is formed on an inner circumference thereof, a blind fastening part which extends integrally upward from the extension support portion and through which a second through-hole communicating with the first through-hole is formed on an inner circumference thereof, and a tool coupling part which extends integrally upward from the blind fastening part and through which a third through-hole communicating with the second through-hole is

Abstract: To improve fastening precision and economic feasibility, the present disclosure provides a clinching-type blind hybrid fastening apparatus inserted into and fastened to a frame part through which a first coupling hole is formed in a hollow shape and on one side of an upper surface thereof and a second coupling hole is formed on a lower surface thereof, the apparatus including a body part which is inserted into the frame part and has an outer lower surface rim seated on an upper surface rim of the second coupling hole, a blind fastening part including a rivet fastening portion that integrally extends upward from the body part and has an upper end disposed above the first coupling hole, a close contact step portion that is integrally formed at an upper portion of the rivet fastening portion, and a head portion that extends outward from an upper end of the close contact step portion, and a clinching fastening part that is integrally extending downward from the body part and has a lower end disposed below the sec

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed which includes an ultraviolet laser and at least one reflective mirror having a substrate which is made from beryllium, an aluminum metal matrix, or silicon carbide. The at least one mirror is adapted to reflect a laser beam generated from the ultraviolet laser, which can then be used on a silicon film used in the production of an electronic display. The laser beam can be used to anneal the silicon film, or in a laser lift-off process for separating the silicon film from a temporary substrate upon which the silicon film was mounted.

Abstract: An anode active material for a secondary battery includes a carbon-based active material, and silicon-based active material particles doped with magnesium. At least some of the silicon-based active material particles include pores, and a volume ratio of pores having a diameter of 50 nm or less among the pores is 2% or less based on a total volume of the silicon-based active material particles.

Abstract: A decoding device may determine a candidate data unit among a plurality of data units included in one data chunk, in parallel with an operation of decoding a target data unit among the plurality of data units. The decoding device may determine whether to decode the candidate data unit, and may decode the candidate data unit according to whether to decode the candidate data unit, after executing decoding on the target data unit.

Abstract: A decoding device may determine a candidate data unit among a plurality of data units included in one data chunk, in parallel with an operation of decoding a target data unit among the plurality of data units. The decoding device may determine whether to decode the candidate data unit, and may decode the candidate data unit according to whether to decode the candidate data unit, after executing decoding on the target data unit.

Abstract: The technology and implementations disclosed in this patent document generally relate to a lithium secondary battery including: a first unit cell including a first anode including a 1-1 anode mixture layer and a 1-2 anode mixture layer on the 1-1 anode mixture layer, and a second unit cell including a second anode including a 2-1 anode mixture layer and a 2-2 anode mixture layer on the 2-1 anode mixture layer, wherein a weight ratio of the silicon-based active material in the 1-2 anode mixture layer is greater than a weight ratio of the silicon-based active material in the 1-1 anode mixture layer, and a weight ratio of the silicon-based active material in the 2-2 anode mixture layer is less than or equal to a weight ratio of the silicon-based active material in the 2-1 anode mixture layer.

Abstract: A method performed by at least one processor includes the following steps: generating a layout of an integrated circuit (IC), the layout comprising a cell and a layout context in a vicinity of the cell; receiving from a library a set of context groups and a set of timing tables, wherein each of the context groups is associated with one of the set of timing tables; determining a representative context group for the cell through comparing the layout context of the cell with the set of context groups; and performing a timing analysis on the layout according to a representative timing table associated with the representative context group for the cell.

Abstract: An anode for a lithium secondary battery includes an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the anode current collector. The anode active material layer includes a carbon-based active material, a first silicon-based active material doped with magnesium and a second silicon-based active material not doped with magnesium. A content of the first silicon-based active material is in a range from 2 wt % to 20 wt % based on a total weight of the anode active material layer.

Abstract: In some implementations, the anode includes a current collector, a first anode mixture layer formed on at least one surface of the current collector, and a second anode mixture layer formed on the first anode mixture layer. The first anode mixture layer and the second anode mixture layer include a carbon-based active material, respectively. The first anode mixture layer includes a first binder, a first silicon-based active material, and a first conductive material. The second anode mixture layer includes a second binder, a second silicon-based active material, and a second conductive material. Contents of the first conductive material and the second conductive material are different from each other with respect to the total combined weight of the first anode mixture layer and the second anode mixture layer. Types of the first silicon-based active material and the second silicon-based active material are different from each other.

Abstract: The present application relates to a hybrid cord including a bio-based nylon primarily twisted yarn. According to the present application, while including a primarily twisted yarn including bio-based nylon having a higher modulus compared to chemical-based nylon, there is provided a hybrid cord and has elongation and fatigue resistance equivalent to or higher than commercially required levels (i.e., the level that the cord including a conventional chemical-based nylon primarily twisted yarn has).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for authenticating users and obtaining user signatures, which can be provided in business services using networks and various user information devices including information devices equipped with touch displays such as smartphones, or desktop PCs, laptops, tablet PCs, CCTVs, IoT, self-driving cars, drones, etc. and, more specifically, to a device and method for authenticating users and obtaining user digital signatures which, as an encryption key/password generation and verification system for user authentication to be provided in various web-based businesses in which various information devices are serviced in a client-server or peer-to-peer model network environment and in app-based businesses running on a specific platform, is simpler and ensures confidentiality and security.

Abstract: Mobile cloud and mobile cloud computing for a user-customized survey or election service system and method are provided. The mobile cloud and mobile cloud computing-based user-customized survey or election service provides an editor's metadata frame for creating user-customized survey or election service contents to information devices including user's smartphone from a service server and a metadata description frame database for generating the editor's metadata frame and storing the user's contents to the service server.