Abstract: Provided is a battery module having improved heat dissipation performance to appropriately control heat of the battery module. The battery module includes a cell assembly including a plurality of battery cells stacked in at least one direction and a module case having an inner space in which the cell assembly is accommodated, the module case including an uneven portion formed on at least a part of an inner surface of the module case in a direction not parallel to a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells.

Abstract: The battery module according to the present disclosure includes: a battery cell assembly in which two or more longitudinal unit cells, each of which is composed of two or more battery cells having leads provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction and arranged in a row in the longitudinal direction, are stacked in a thickness direction of the battery cell; a module case in which the battery cell assembly is accommodated; a sensing line electrically connected to the electrode lead of a battery cell included in the battery cell assembly, and having one end exposed to an outside of the module case; and a sensing plate that is coupled to one end of the sensing line exposed to the outside.

Abstract: A battery assembly effectively improves safety by suppressing propagation of a thermal event. A battery assembly according to an aspect includes a plurality of battery cells and a venting unit located between adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells, including a venting passage through, and configured to discharge venting gas discharged from the plurality of battery cells.

Abstract: A battery module has an improved structure to improve safety when a thermal event occurs in the battery module. A battery module includes a cell assembly including one or more battery cells, a module case having an inner space in which the cell assembly is accommodated, and an expansion member located in the module case, and configured to fill at least a part of an empty space in the module case by being expanded in volume when heat is supplied.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) device for obtaining information on a distance from an object using laser light.

Abstract: A light detection and ranging (lidar) device includes: a lower base; an upper base; a laser emitting unit for emitting a laser in a form of a point light source; a nodding mirror for transforming the laser in the form of the point light source to a line beam pattern which is perpendicular to the lower base, wherein the nodding mirror reflects the laser emitted from the laser emitting unit; a polygonal mirror for transforming the line beam pattern to a plane beam pattern and receiving a laser reflected from an object; and a sensor unit for receiving the laser reflected from the object via the polygonal mirror.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses tobacco material including: a center portion including a flavor material; and an outer portion including a tobacco mixture, wherein the outer portion surrounds the center portion.

Abstract: Provided is a carbon monoxide (CO) leak alerting device and method, and more specifically, a CO leak alerting device and method, whereby, by operating on the basis of the Internet of Things (IoT), a CO leak caused by damage to a boiler flue is detected, an alert is issued through two or more among the CO leak alerting device, a boiler controller and a wall pad, boiler ventilation and indoor air ventilation are automatically carried out when the leak is determined to have occurred, and authorities relevant to the CO leak, and a user are directly notified of the CO leak.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a portable printer including a main body in a portable form which is capable of accommodating a cartridge having a nozzle for delivering a printing material to a target having a soft or hard surface, a seating part which is provided to be exposed to an outside from a lower portion of the main body to face the surface of the target and at least partially surrounds the nozzle, a roller provided respectively at the front and rear of the nozzle at the lower portion of the main body with respect to a direction in which the main body moves along the surface of the target to deliver the printing material to the target, and a printing adjustment unit configured to adjust a height difference between the nozzle and the roller to adjust a height difference between the nozzle and the surface of the target.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of pouch-type battery cells respectively having an accommodation portion and a sealing portion and configured to be stacked on each other; a module case configured to accommodate the plurality of pouch-type battery cells in an inner space thereof; and a barrier member interposed between the accommodation portions of neighboring pouch-type battery cells and configured to have at least one side protrusively extending from a portion between the accommodation portions of the neighboring pouch-type battery cells to a portion between the sealing portions of the neighboring pouch-type battery cells.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for discharging carbon monoxide (CO) by using a CO leakage alarm device and, more specifically, to a system and a method for discharging CO by using a CO leakage alarm device, the system and the method being operated on the basis of the Internet of things (IoT) so as to: detect CO leakage caused by damage to a boiler flue and sound an alarm through at least two from among the CO leakage alarm device, a boiler controller, a wall pad, and the like, automatically perform boiler ventilation and indoor air ventilation when the leakage is determined; and directly notify CO leakage-related authorities and users about the CO leakage.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a substrate having source and drain recesses therein that are lined with respective silicon-germanium liners and filled with doped semiconductor source and drain regions. A stacked plurality of semiconductor channel layers are provided, which are separated vertically from each other within the substrate by corresponding buried insulated gate electrode regions that extend laterally between the silicon-germanium liners. An insulated gate electrode is provided on an uppermost one of the plurality of semiconductor channel layers. The silicon-germanium liners may be doped with carbon.

Abstract: A battery module ensures safety when a thermal event occurs in the battery module. A battery module includes a cell assembly including one or more battery cells, a module case having an inner space in which the cell assembly is accommodated, the module case including a venting hole through which venting gas generated from the cell assembly is discharged, and a venting unit attached to an outer side of the module case, and configured to allow venting gas discharged from the venting hole to be introduced and discharged to an outside and configured to switch a flow direction of the venting gas to an opposite direction.

Abstract: A battery module includes a structure so that gas or flame generated inside the battery module may be discharged stably. The battery module includes a cell assembly having at least one battery cell; a module case configured to accommodate the cell assembly in an inner space thereof and have a venting hole formed therein to discharge a venting gas generated from the cell assembly; and a venting unit provided at an outer side of the module case and configured to include an outer housing and an inner housing made of different materials, the venting unit being configured such that the venting gas discharged from the venting hole is introduced therein to flow along a surface of the inner housing and is discharged to the outside.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery module with an improved structure to reinforce safety when a thermal event occurs inside the battery module. The battery module includes a plurality of battery cells stacked in at least one direction; a module case having an inner space and configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells; and a blocking member interposed between adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells and including a heat transfer preventing unit configured to prevent heat transfer between the adjacent battery cells and a flame transfer preventing unit provided to an inner side of the heat transfer preventing unit and configured to block a flame from spreading between the adjacent battery cells.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include a peripheral circuit structure including peripheral circuits integrated on a semiconductor substrate in a first region and a first keypad disposed in a second region; a stack provided on the first region of the peripheral circuit structure, the stack including a plurality of first conductive lines extending in a first direction and are vertically stacked; an upper insulating layer covering the stack; an interconnection layer provided on the upper insulating layer; a penetration plug spaced apart from the stack and is provided to penetrate the upper insulating layer to connect the interconnection layer to the peripheral circuits of the peripheral circuit structure; a molding structure provided on the second region of the peripheral circuit structure and spaced apart from the stack in the first direction; and a penetration structure provided to penetrate the molding structure and vertically overlap with the first keypad.

Abstract: Disclosed are a memory device and an operating method thereof. The memory device includes a bitline sense amplifier connected to a bitline and a complementary bitline connected to a memory cell, and a sense amplifier driver circuit. The bitline sense amplifier senses and amplifies a voltage difference by developing a voltage of the bitline and a voltage of the complementary bitline. The sense amplifier driver circuit includes a pull-up circuit adjusting a level of a bitline low-level voltage developed by the bitline sense amplifier to be higher than a ground voltage in response to a first pull-up pulse, and a pull-down circuit adjusting the level of the bitline low level adjusted by the pull-up circuit to be equal to the ground voltage in response to a pull-down pulse. A pulse generator generates the first pull-up pulse and the pull-down pulse based on a command received from a host.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include a peripheral circuit structure including peripheral circuits integrated on a semiconductor substrate in a first region and a first keypad disposed in a second region; a stack provided on the first region of the peripheral circuit structure, the stack including a plurality of first conductive lines extending in a first direction and are vertically stacked; an upper insulating layer covering the stack; an interconnection layer provided on the upper insulating layer; a penetration plug spaced apart from the stack and is provided to penetrate the upper insulating layer to connect the interconnection layer to the peripheral circuits of the peripheral circuit structure; a molding structure provided on the second region of the peripheral circuit structure and spaced apart from the stack in the first direction; and a penetration structure provided to penetrate the molding structure and vertically overlap with the first keypad.

Abstract: Disclosed are a memory device and an operating method thereof. The memory device includes a bitline sense amplifier connected to a bitline and a complementary bitline connected to a memory cell, and a sense amplifier driver circuit. The bitline sense amplifier senses and amplifies a voltage difference by developing a voltage of the bitline and a voltage of the complementary bitline. The sense amplifier driver circuit includes a pull-up circuit adjusting a level of a bitline low-level voltage developed by the bitline sense amplifier to be higher than a ground voltage in response to a first pull-up pulse, and a pull-down circuit adjusting the level of the bitline low level adjusted by the pull-up circuit to be equal to the ground voltage in response to a pull-down pulse. A pulse generator generates the first pull-up pulse and the pull-down pulse based on a command received from a host.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack including a housing unit configured to receive a battery cell therein, the housing unit including: a first housing including a first contact surface; and a second housing including a second contact surface opposite the first contact surface, wherein, the first housing and the second housing are coupled in a state in which the first contact surface and the second contact surface are in contact with each other and pressed against each other, a first support provided on an outer surface of the first housing, the first support configured to contact a first pressing module that that is configured to press the first housing toward the second housing, and a second support provided on an outer surface of the second housing, the second support configured to contact a second pressing module that is configured to press the second housing toward the first housing.