Abstract: A gas diffuser plate configured to diffuse gases delivered into a cyclic deposition chamber is disclosed. The gas diffuser plate as fabricated comprising a gas diffuser plate having a laser-textured surface configured to face a substrate when present in the cyclic deposition chamber. The laser-textured surface comprises microstructures that serve to provide an emissivity of the gas diffuser plate between about 0.2 and about 0.9. The gas diffuser plate further comprises a corrosion-resistant material coating the laser-textured surface. The emissivity of the gas diffuser plate is at least partially based on the parameters of the processing laser.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for coding/decoding an image. The method for decoding the image comprises the steps of: deriving a scale factor of a current block, depending on whether the current block is a conversion skip block; and scaling the current block on the basis of the scale factor, wherein the scale factor of the current block is derived on the basis of the position of a conversion coefficient inside the current block, and wherein the conversion skip block is the current block to which conversion is not applied and is specified on the basis of information indicating whether to apply reconversion to the current block.

Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to forming a thin film comprising titanium nitride (TiN), and more particularly to forming by a cyclical vapor deposition process the thin film comprising (TiN). In one aspect, a method a method of forming a thin film comprising titanium nitride (TiN) by a cyclical vapor deposition process comprises forming on a semiconductor substrate a TiN thin film by exposing the semiconductor substrate to one or more cyclical vapor deposition cycles each comprising an exposure to a Ti precursor at a Ti precursor flow rate and an exposure to a N precursor at a N precursor flow rate, wherein a ratio of the N precursor flow rate to the Ti precursor flow rate exceeds 3.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a low dielectric polymer substrate and a preparation method thereof. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a low dielectric polymer substrate to which metal or ceramic may be deposited with high adhesion without a separate adhesive layer through surface modification of a polymer substrate and a preparation method thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel fragmented CRS peptide exhibiting immune enhancement activity, and a use thereof, and, more specifically, to a novel peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, and a use thereof as a vaccine adjuvant and a cancer therapeutic agent. A peptide disclosed in the present invention is a CRS fragment disclosed for the first time in the present specification and exhibits an anti-cancer activity and immune enhancement activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for a console device, which restricts a console armrest of the console device disposed between a driver seat and a passenger seat inside a vehicle, includes a housing mounted on a front surface of a console box of the console device, a pivoting lever pivotably coupled to an inner surface of the housing, a slider pivotably coupled to an upper body of the pivoting lever, an inertial member interlocking portion coupled to a lower body of the pivoting lever, an inertial member seating portion which is mounted on the housing and on which an inertial member is seated, and the inertial member provided between the inertial member interlocking portion and the inertial member seating portion and configured to operate the inertial member interlocking portion when a collision of the vehicle occurs.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a partial discharge monitoring system and a partial discharge monitoring method that are capable of monitoring and determining a defect generated in a high-voltage power device in real time by pattern recognizing signals generated from the high-voltage power device with a machine learning algorithm being applied.

Abstract: A life-saving robot includes a housing having a round ring shape, a buoyancy generator disposed at an upper portion of the housing, a thrust generator disposed at a lower portion of the housing and configured to provide propulsive force, a driver configured to provide power to the thrust generator, and a guard portion that is disposed at the lower portion of the housing and covers the thrust generator. An exterior of the life-saving robot is substantially spherical and defined by a combination of the buoyancy generator, the housing, and the guard portion.

Abstract: A polybutylene adipate terephthalate resin composition, and a method for preparing the same. The polybutylene adipate terephthalate resin composition includes a polybutylene adipate terephthalate resin, a chain extender, and a gel reducer. The polybutylene adipate terephthalate resin composition suppresses gel formation during the preparation process, and exhibits excellent mechanical properties and external appearance.

Abstract: A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a plurality of battery cells capable of being charged and discharged; a module case having an inner space surrounded by a plurality of surfaces and an opening leading to the inner space, the module case accommodating the plurality of battery cells in the inner space; and an end cover covering the opening of the module case, wherein the module case may include an open portion provided on a first surface among the plurality of surfaces and configured to be opened by gas generated from at least one of the plurality of battery cells accommodated in the inner space and discharge the gas in a direction away from the end cover.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a manufacturing method for an electrode binder, comprising a step of dissolving pelletized polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in a solvent; and an electrode assembly comprising the electrode binder. The present invention may provide an electrode assembly which has a low content of impurities in a binder solution, is capable of increasing dispersibility of an electrode active material, and exhibits excellent binding force.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image encoding method performed by an image encoding apparatus may comprise determining an intra-prediction mode of a current block, configuring a reference sample of intra prediction by using at least one of a neighbor pixel of the current block in a current picture and a pixel of a reference picture, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample.

Abstract: A technology related to a transmission device of an amplitude modulation method is disclosed. In the amplitude modulation transmission device, a transmission data signal transformed into a sinusoidal wave transition form is input to a signal input stage of a cascode power amplifier, and a transmission data signal transformed into another sinusoidal wave transition form is input to a bias power stage of the cascode power amplifier. The transmission data signal transformed into the sinusoidal wave transition form has a sinusoidal wave form in a section in which input data transitions and maintain its previous value in a section in which the input data is maintained.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate; a plurality of unit pixel regions in the substrate, each unit pixel region o including a floating diffusion region and a transfer gate electrode; and a microlens on the substrate. The transfer gate electrode includes a first connection part on a first surface of the substrate and a first extending part connected to the first connection part and extending from the first surface into the substrate. A third surface of the first extending part has a first angle with respect to the first surface of the substrate and a fourth surface of the first extending part has a second angle with respect to the first surface of the substrate. The fourth surface, the third surface, and the floating diffusion region are sequentially disposed in a direction parallel to the first surface of the substrate, and the first angle is greater than the second angle.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a secondary battery includes a matrix containing silicon oxide, a composite oxide of one or more doping elements selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, and a post-transition metal, and silicon, or a mixture thereof; and silicon nanoparticles dispersed and embedded in the matrix; wherein a hardness and a Young's modulus measured by a nanoindentation test are 4.0 GPa or more and 40 GPa or more, respectively, and in an X-ray diffraction pattern using a CuK? ray, a ratio (A1/A2) of an area (A1) of a first peak present in a region where a diffraction angle 2? is 10° to 27.4° to an area (A2) of a second peak present in a region where the diffraction angle 2? is 28±0.5° is 0.8 to 6.

Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device may include a second semiconductor substrate directly bonded to a first semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor substrate may include a first through via with an end portion protruding through a first top surface, the first top surface being a top surface of a first semiconductor substrate body, a liner extending to partially expose a side surface of the end portion of the first through via, and a first diffusion barrier layer. The liner may include a third top surface that is positioned at a lower height than a second top surface, the second top surface being a top surface of the end portion of the first through via and substantially equal to the first top surface. Alternatively, the liner may include a third surface positioned at a height that is lower than the second top surface and higher than the first top surface.

Abstract: Disclosed are an AR optical system for measurement of ocular dyskinesia with improved quality of photographed images, and an AR apparatus including the same. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there are provided an AR optical system for measurement of ocular dyskinesia with improved quality of photographed images by resolving the problem of uneven brightness and darkness occurring in the images due to structural problems, and an AR apparatus including the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides an X-ray detector comprising: a sensor panel which has flexibility; at least one first flexible circuit unit which is attached along a first edge of the sensor panel and has a gate IC mounted therein; at least one second flexible circuit unit which is attached along a second edge of the sensor panel and has a readout IC mounted therein; a third flexible circuit unit which is attached to one end of the first edge; and a main circuit unit which is connected to the third flexible circuit unit and has a timing controller mounted thereon, wherein a gate control signal output from the main circuit unit is provided to the gate IC via the third flexible circuit unit.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a glass layer, a through-hole penetrating through the glass layer, a seed layer provided along an inner wall of the through-hole, and a through-via disposed on the seed layer and filling the through-hole. The seed layer includes a carbon-based conductive material.