Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes: loading a substrate into a substrate processing apparatus; and processing the substrate, using the substrate processing apparatus. The processing the substrate includes: providing a process gas; generating a process etchant from the process gas, using plasma ignition, the process etchant including a first etchant and a second etchant; processing the substrate, using the process etchant; identifying a composition rate of the process etchant; and controlling the processing of the substrate based on a process result according to the composition rate of the process etchant.

Abstract: Proposed are a guide plate and a test device including the guide plate capable of being insulated from electrically conductive contact pins and capable of blocking signal interference between the electrically conductive contact pins.

Abstract: A semiconductor design optimization system that includes: a data base configured to store design data, a training data preprocessing unit configured to preprocess the design data and generate training data, a data learning unit configured to generate a physical property prediction model by training using the training data, a physical property prediction unit configured to generate predicted physical property data including information associated with predicted physical property values for each region of a semiconductor device to be fabricated, wherein the physical property prediction unit is configured to input, into the physical property prediction model, input data including information associated with design drawings of the semiconductor device to be fabricated, and a layout generator configured generate a design layout optimized to distribute the predicted physical property values for each region of the semiconductor device to be fabricated by modifying the design drawings based on the predicted physical

Abstract: A steering wheel locking control apparatus may include: a power supply switch configured to receive power from a battery when an ignition switch of a vehicle is turned off; and a switch unit connected to a motor, turned on when power is received through the power supply switch, and configured to lock a steering wheel through a closed circuit formed by shorting phases of the motor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a decoding method and apparatus and an encoding method and apparatus for deriving an intra-prediction mode. An intra-prediction mode may be derived using a method for deriving an intra-prediction mode based on a neighbor block of the target block, a method for deriving an intra-prediction mode using signaling of the intra-prediction mode of the target block, or a method for deriving an adaptive intra-prediction mode based on the type of a target slice. An MPM list may be used to derive the intra-prediction mode, and a temporal neighbor block or the like may be used to configure the MPM list.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus and a method thereof. The method includes identifying pickup item information, identifying at least one storage place corresponding to the pickup item information among a plurality of storage places in the item storage center based on information on or regarding an item group located at each of the plurality of storage places, and providing information on the identified storage place and the pickup item information to a manager terminal, wherein the item group comprises at least one same item corresponding to an item group, and at least a portion of a plurality of item groups comprising a same item are stored in different storage places in the item storage center.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a force and complex vibration rendering system using a force feedback device and a wideband resonance actuator, and a method for providing force and complex vibration using the system.

Abstract: Proposed are an anodic aluminum oxide film-based interposer for electrical connection and a manufacturing method therefor, a semiconductor package and a manufacturing method therefor, a multi-stacked semiconductor device and a manufacturing method therefor, and a display and a manufacturing method therefor that can cope with a narrow pitch between terminals and prevent an increase in current density and thermal energy density in a bump connection part. To this end, proposed is an interposer for electrical connection, in which a through-hole is provided in a body made of anodic aluminum oxide film and a first bonding material, an electrically conductive material, and a second bonding material are formed in the through-hole by electroplating. Here, fine trenches having repeated peaks and valleys in the circumferential direction are provided in an outer circumferential surface of a micro-bump.

Abstract: A display device comprises a display area and a non-display area, sub-pixels in the display area, each sub-pixel including a first electrode and a second electrode extended in a first direction and light-emitting elements disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, sub-lines disposed in the non-display area and extended in a second direction, and conductive patterns extended in the first direction, each conductive pattern being connected to at least one of the plurality of sub-lines. The sub-lines comprise first, second, and third sub-lines sequentially disposed from the first sub-line toward the display area. The conductive patterns are disposed in at least one of the sub-pixels closest to the sub-lines. The conductive patterns comprise a first conductive pattern connected to the first sub-line, second conductive patterns connected to the second sub-line, and a third conductive pattern connected to the third sub-line.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel component including first pixels which emits light having a first color, and second pixels which emits light having a second color different from the first color, a sensing component which extracts, during a sensing period, first sensing data from the first pixels, and second sensing data from the second pixels, and a temperature determiner which senses a temperature of the pixel component using the first sensing data and the second sensing data. The temperature determiner senses, when the first sensing data is supplied to the temperature determiner, the temperature of the pixel component at least one time.

Abstract: A method for coding image information includes generating prediction information by predicting information on a current coding unit, and determining whether the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information. When the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information is coded and transmitted. When the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information and the information on the current coding unit are coded and transmitted.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery which includes an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate are wound in one direction, a battery can in which the electrode assembly is accommodated, and a sealing body which seals an open end of the battery can. The positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode active material layer that includes a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder. The positive electrode active material may include a lithium nickel-containing oxide that has at least one of single particles or quasi-single particles, and the conductive material includes a combination of single-walled carbon nanotubes and bundle-type carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving feedback information in a communication system. An operation method of a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, DCI #1 including scheduling information of PDSCH #1 and transmission resource information of HARQ response #1 with respect to PDSCH #1; receiving, from the base station, DCI #2 including scheduling information of PDSCH #2 and transmission resource information of HARQ response #2 with respect to PDSCH #2; and when the transmission resource information of HARQ response #1 is configured as undefined, transmitting, to the base station, HARQ response #1 and HARQ response #2 by using a resource indicated by the transmission resource information of HARQ response #2. Therefore, the performance of the communication system can be improved.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material particle includes a core that contains lithium cobalt oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula LiaCo(1-x)MxO2-yAy and a shell that is coated on the surface of the core and contains composite metal oxide of a metal with an oxidation number of +2 and a metal with an oxidation number of +3. In particular, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Mg, Zn, Si, Al, Zr, V, Mn, Nb and Ni. A is oxygen-substitutional halogen and 1.00?a?1.05, 0?x?0.05, and 0?y?0.001.

Abstract: Provided are a silicon nitride film etching composition, a method of etching a silicon nitride film using the same, and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device. Specifically, a silicon nitride film may be stably etched with a high selection ratio relative to a silicon oxide film, and when the composition is applied to an etching process at a high temperature and a semiconductor manufacturing process, not only no precipitate occurs but also anomalous growth in which the thickness of the silicon oxide film is rather increased does not occur, thereby minimizing defects and reliability reduction.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for multiplexing signals using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. A signal multiplexing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to combine a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels, and a time interleaver configured to perform interleaving applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide with anti-inflammatory activity, wherein the peptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 1, the peptide has above 80% homology of amino acid sequence with above-mentioned sequence, or the peptide is the fragment of the above-mentioned peptides. The present invention also relates to an inflammatory composition comprising the above mentioned peptides. According to the present invention, a peptide comprising a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 has an outstanding efficacy in both suppressing inflammation and in prophylactic means. Therefore, the composition comprising the peptide of this invention can be used as anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical composition or as cosmetic composition, in turn, treating and preventing a variety of different types of inflammatory diseases.

Abstract: Proposed is a dual band RFID tag including a first rectifier configured to receive and rectify a first RF signal modulated at a first frequency, a first regulator configured to regulate an output voltage of the first rectifier, a second rectifier configured to receive and rectify a second RF signal modulated at a second frequency, a second regulator configured to regulate an output voltage of the second rectifier, a voltage distributor connected to a first node and a ground in a state of being positioned therebetween, the output terminal of the first rectifier and the output terminal of the second rectifier being both connected to the first node, a multiplexer configured to output any one of an analog detection signal output from a sensor and an output signal of the voltage distributor, in response to a first selection signal or a second selection signal, and an analog-to-digital converter configured to receive as an operating voltage a voltage of a second node to which an output terminal of the first regulat

Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and a method for manufacturing the same. The display device according to an embodiment includes a transistor that is disposed on a substrate, a first electrode that is disposed on the substrate, a pixel defining layer that is disposed on the first electrode, a separator pattern that is disposed on the pixel defining layer, auxiliary wiring that is disposed between the pixel defining layer and the separator pattern, a second electrode that is disposed on the first electrode, the pixel defining layer, and the separator pattern, connection wiring that connects the transistor to the second electrode, and an intermediate layer that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. A portion of the second electrode disposed on the separator pattern and a portion of the second electrode disposed around the separator pattern are separated from each other.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for inducing a prediction motion vector and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method can include: a step of determining the information related to a plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors from peripheral predicted blocks of a predicted target block; and a step of determining the information related to temporal candidate prediction motion vectors on the basis of the information related to the plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce complexity and can enhance coding efficiency when inducing the optimum prediction motion vector.