Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: receiving, from a base station, a first SSB; determining a RACH occasion associated with the first SSB; transmitting, to the base station, a PRACH preamble in the RACH occasion within a first radio resource to which a first SCS is applied; determining a slot to which the RACH occasion belongs based on a reference radio resource to which a reference SCS is applied instead of the first SCS; determining an RNTI for a random access procedure based on a slot index for the slot; and performing a reception operation of a response for the PRACH preamble by using the RNTI in the first radio resource.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a first cathode group in which first cathodes are stacked adjacent to each other, a second cathode group in which second cathodes are stacked adjacent to each other, and anodes facing the first cathode or the second cathode. Each of the first cathodes includes a first cathode current collector and a first cathode active material layer on the first cathode current collector. Each of the second cathodes includes a second cathode current collector and a second cathode active material layer on the second cathode current collector. The second cathode active material layer has a different active material composition or a different stacked structure from that of the first cathode active material layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are various methods for transmitting or receiving data or control information having high reliability conditions. A method for operating a terminal which transmits uplink control information (UCI) includes: a step of generating UCI; a step of comparing the priority of an uplink (UL) control channel for the transmission of the UCI with the priority of a UL data channel when some symbols of the UL control channel and the UL data channel overlap; and a step of selecting the UL channel having a higher priority among the UL control channel and the UL data channel, and transmitting the UCI to a base station through the selected UL channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor deposition monitoring device comprising a supporting table, a chamber, a lamp, an optical sensor, a conduit, a plurality of sensors in the conduit, and a heat exchanger. The supporting table supports a deposition target wafer on which a deposition material is deposited. The chamber comprises an upper dome and a lower dome. The lamp emits light to the chamber. The optical sensor receives the irradiated light and measures the deposition material formed in the chamber. The conduit has an inlet conduit through which air is injected into the chamber and an outlet conduit through which the air is discharged from the chamber. The plurality of sensors sense information of the air. The sensed information may be used to control the heat exchanger.

Abstract: Provided is a dental blank. The dental blank includes: a seating portion provided in an artificial tooth processing apparatus; and a material portion configured to be inserted into the seating portion, wherein the material portion includes a plurality of outer contacting portions in contact with an inner side of the seating portion, and may have a polygonal shape in a cross-section.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area; a first anode electrode on the light emitting area of the substrate; a pixel defining layer on the non-light emitting area of the substrate and defining a first opening; an organic separator layer on the pixel defining layer and defining a second opening; a first light emitting layer on the first anode electrode; a common electron layer on the first light emitting layer and the organic separator layer; and a common electrode on the common electron layer, wherein the organic separator layer does not overlap the light emitting area, and overlaps the non-light emitting area to be in contact with the pixel defining layer, the first light emitting layer, and the common electron layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor memory device, includes a first source layer, a second source layer on the first source layer, a stack on the second source layer, a channel structure passing through the stack and the second source layer, and a common source line passing through the stack and the second source layer. The second source layer includes an air gap and a conductive layer surrounding the air gap.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a transistor on the substrate; an interlayer insulating layer on the transistor; a first electrode disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and connected to the transistor through a contact hole in the interlayer insulating layer; a pixel defining layer disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and the first electrode; a sacrificial layer disposed in a groove of the interlayer insulating layer; a gap fill layer disposed on the sacrificial layer, between a first sub-pixel defining layer and a second sub-pixel defining layer included in the pixel defining layer; a light emitting stack on the first electrode and the pixel defining layer; and a first trench formed between the first sub-pixel defining layer and the gap fill layer, between an inner wall of the groove and the gap fill layer, and between the inner wall of the groove and the sacrificial layer.

Abstract: A measurement pad includes a pattern part including a plurality of groove portions arranged at pitch intervals corresponding to pitch intervals of a plurality of head nozzles, and a wall portion formed between the groove portions, a first electrode part extending in the longitudinal direction of the groove portions at the center of the groove portions, a second electrode part spaced apart from the first electrode part in the width direction and extending in the longitudinal direction of the groove portions. The length of the groove portions is formed to have a size that can include all heads existing on the same extension line which are measurement targets, and is uniformly formed in the same cross-sectional shape throughout the longitudinal direction of the groove portions.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may include: receiving, from a base station, a first SSB having an SSB candidate #n at a first frequency position during a first time period; receiving, from the base station, first mapping relationship information between SSB candidate indexes and SSB indexes; identifying an SSB #k mapped to the SSB candidate #n based on the first mapping relationship information for the first frequency position; acquiring time synchronization with respect to the base station based on the SSB candidate #n; and obtaining beam information for the first frequency position based on the SSB #k, wherein each of n and k is an integer equal to or greater than 0.

Abstract: A method for reporting sidelink HARQ response information, performed by a terminal, includes the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information on allocation of a PSSCH resource for PSSCH transmission; determining a PSFCH resource for PSFCH reception corresponding to the PSSCH transmission; determining a transmission time point of HARQ response information corresponding to the PSSCH transmission; and transmitting the HARQ response information, corresponding to the PSSCH transmission, to the base station at the determined time point, wherein the transmission time point of the HARQ response information is expressed as a time offset, L, from a time point of the PSFCH resource, and information on the transmission time point of the HARQ response information is transmitted from the base station to the terminal.

Abstract: A method of a terminal may include: receiving, from a base station, at least one SSB belonging to a first layer; receiving, from the base station, at least one SSB belonging to a second layer; determining valid SSB(s) from among the at least one SSB belonging to the first layer and the at least one SSB belonging to the second layer; selecting at least one first SSB belonging to a layer having a higher priority among the first layer and the second layer from among the valid SSB(s); and reporting the selected first SSB to the base station, and using a beam used for receiving the first SSB to perform an initial access procedure for communications with the base station, wherein each SSB includes at least one of a synchronization signal or a broadcast channel.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving data channels in a communication system. An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise receiving, from a base station, resource allocation information of a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) used for repetitive transmission of a same transport block (TB); identifying a position of each of the plurality of PUSCHs in a time domain based on the resource allocation information; and repeatedly transmitting the same TB to the base station at the position of each of the plurality of PUSCHs. Therefore, performance of the communication system can be improved.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may include: selecting one or more control elements among a plurality of control elements included first UCI in consideration of a size of an uplink resource; generating multiplexed UCIs by multiplexing second UCI with the one or more control elements; and transmitting the multiplexed UCIs to a base station by using the uplink resource.

Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a coating element and lithium-nickel metal oxide particles. A coating area defined as (AC/ANi)*100 1 is 25% or more. AC is an area of a region where a content of the coating element is 1.6 wt % or more based on a total weight of the lithium-nickel metal oxide particles in a quantitative map (Q-map) image obtained through a scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), and ANi is an area of a region where nickel is present in the Q-map image obtained through the SEM-EDS.

Abstract: A coil component includes: a body; a support substrate disposed in the body; a coil portion including coil patterns, lead patterns, and extension patterns, while disposed on the support substrate, the lead patterns being exposed to the body, and the extension patterns connecting the coil patterns and the lead patterns; and external electrodes disposed on the body and contacting the lead patterns, wherein the lead pattern has an inner portion adjacent to the extension pattern, an outer portion adjacent to the external electrode, and a middle portion disposed between the inner portion and the outer portion, and a width of the middle portion is larger than a width of the inner portion and smaller than a width of the outer portion.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: receiving, from a base station, a first SSB; determining a RACH occasion associated with the first SSB; transmitting, to the base station, a PRACH preamble in the RACH occasion within a first radio resource to which a first SCS is applied; determining a slot to which the RACH occasion belongs based on a reference radio resource to which a reference SCS is applied instead of the first SCS; determining an RNTI for a random access procedure based on a slot index for the slot; and performing a reception operation of a response for the PRACH preamble by using the RNTI in the first radio resource.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving uplink feedback information in a communication system. An operation method of a terminal may comprise receiving downlink control information (DCI) from a base station, the DCI including resource allocation information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); receiving data #n from the base station through the PDSCH indicated by the DCI; generating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) codebook including an HARQ response bit #n for the data #n and an HARQ response bit #n?1 for data #n?1 received from the base station before the data #n; and transmitting the HARQ codebook to the base station. Therefore, the performance of the communication system can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed are various methods for transmitting or receiving data or control information having high reliability conditions. A method for operating a terminal which transmits uplink control information (UCI) includes: a step of generating UCI; a step of comparing the priority of an uplink (UL) control channel for the transmission of the UCI with the priority of a UL data channel when some symbols of the UL control channel and the UL data channel overlap; and a step of selecting the UL channel having a higher priority among the UL control channel and the UL data channel, and transmitting the UCI to a base station through the selected UL channel.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: receiving one or more data units from a base station; generating a HARQ codebook for at least one dada unit of the one or more data units at a reference time; and transmitting the HARQ codebook to the base station, wherein the reference time is shared by the terminal and the base station.