Abstract: A planetary gear train may include input and output shafts a compound planetary gear set having first, second, third and fourth rotation elements by combination of first and second planetary gear sets; a third planetary gear set having fifth, sixth, and seventh rotation elements; a fourth planetary gear set having eighth, ninth, and tenth rotation elements, the first rotation element selectively connectable to the fifth rotation element and the tenth rotation element, respectively, the second rotation element and the tenth rotation element selectively connectable to the transmission housing, the third rotation element fixedly connected to the sixth rotation element, and fixedly connected to the input shaft, the fourth rotation element selectively connectable to the seventh shaft, the fifth rotation element fixedly connected to the eighth shaft, the seventh rotation element selectively connectable to the ninth shaft, the ninth rotation element fixedly connected to the output shaft.

Abstract: A planetary gear train may include input and output shafts, first to fourth planetary gear sets respectively having first to third, fourth to sixth, seventh to ninth, and tenth to twelfth elements, a first shaft connected to the second element and selectively connectable to the input shaft, a second shaft connected to the fourth element, selectively connectable to the input shaft and a transmission housing, a third shaft connected to the fifth and ninth element, selectively connectable to the input shaft and the transmission housing, a fourth shaft connected to the third and eleventh elements and the output shaft, a fifth shaft connected to the first, sixth, eighth, and tenth elements, a sixth shaft connected to the seventh element, and a seventh shaft connected to the twelfth element and selectively connectable to the transmission housing.

Abstract: A battery management system (BMS) may include a battery, a relay configured to electrically connect and disconnect the battery for supplying a voltage (an electric power) to an electric load to and from the electric load, the electric load configured to receive the voltage (the electric power) from the battery, to compare the received voltage (the electric power) with a reference value and to output a wakeup signal according to the compared result, when the relay is electrically connected, and a controller configured to wake up by the wakeup signal, to monitor a state of the battery and to control a state of the relay. It is possible to prevent overdischarge and overcharge of the battery by monitoring the battery through the electric load in a state in which a vehicle is turned off and switching the BSM to a wakeup state only if necessary.

Abstract: A carbon-platinum core-shell type catalyst for fuel cells and a method for preparing the same which includes carbon as a core and platinum as a shell which can solve durability-associated problems under proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) operation conditions and furthermore tackle manufacturing cost-related problems and process complexity by improving acid resistance through incorporation of a carbon material rather than a transition metal into catalysts.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display device configured to display a video data; and a plurality of integrated speakers configured to output at least one audio signal in a low-pitched tone band and at least one audio signal in a middle and high-pitched tone band. The plurality of integrated speakers may each include: a woofer speaker configured to output a first audio signal among the at least one audio signal in the low-pitched tone band; and at least one front speaker that is adjacent to the woofer speaker and configured to output a second audio signal among the at least one audio signal in the middle and high-pitched tone band.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an area-efficient apparatus and method for sensing a signal using overlap sampling time. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the sensing apparatus sensing a signal which detects degradation of a light-emitting device and transferring the signal to a compensating circuit comprises: M switching portions connected to sensing lines included in each group of M groups into which N sensing lines are divided, where N>M and N and M are natural numbers. The switching portion is characterized by alternatively connecting any one of N/M sensing lines to a sample-and-hold portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device comprising at least one light-emitting layer disposed between an anode and a cathode, wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a host and a phosphorescent dopant, wherein the host comprises a plurality of host compounds, wherein at least a first host compound of the plurality of host compounds has an amine-carbazole structure substituted with naphthyl-phenyl and aryl (Formula 1), and a second host compound has a di-C-benzocarbazole structure comprising nitrogen-containing heteroaryl (Formula 2). By using the plurality of host compounds of the present disclosure, the organic electroluminescent device may have long lifespan while maintaining high efficiency at high luminance compared to the conventional organic electroluminescent device using a sole host compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter core for deodorizing agent filling and a deodorizing filter employing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a filter core for deodorizing agent filling and a deodorizing filter employing the same, in which an airflow path to be formed in multiple directions thus enhancing the airflow performance and improving the deodorizing efficiency. Accordingly, airflow can be generated in various directions so that airflow can efficiently flow and the pressure loss due to airflow can be reduced, thereby improving the deodorizing performance. In addition, the path through which the odor components are removed while air passes through the deodorizing agent is increased, thereby increasing a time that air is in contact with the deodorizing agent and improving the deodorizing efficiency.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include: a substrate having first and second surfaces; an interlayer dielectric layer having a first opening to expose the first surface; a first plug positioned in the first opening and isolated from a sidewall of the first opening by a pair of gaps; a bit line extended in any one direction while covering the first plug; a second plug including a lower part adjacent to the first plug and an upper part adjacent to the bit line, and connected to the second surface; a first air gap positioned between the first plug and the lower part of the second plug; and a second air gap positioned between the bit line and the upper part of the second plug, and having a larger width than the first air gap.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resistor thin film for micro-bolometer for growth of a vanadium dioxide (VO2) thin film in monoclinic VO2 crystal phase by deposition of VO2 on oxide with perovskite structure and a method for fabricating the same, and the resistor thin film for micro-bolometer according to the present disclosure includes a silicon substrate, an oxide thin film with perovskite structure formed on the silicon substrate, and a VO2 thin film in monoclinic crystal phase formed on the oxide thin film with perovskite structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system which is provided to support a higher data transmission rate after 4G communication systems such as LTE. A first electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a control unit, an input unit, an output unit and a communication unit. The input unit recognizes occurrence of a touch input for transmitting or receiving contents, and the communication unit, on the basis of the received signal strength of a search signal or a response signal received from at least one other electronic device, transmits the contents to the at least one other electronic device or receives the contents from the at least one other electronic device.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, a display device includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels, a first power supply unit configured to supply a first power voltage to the display unit, and a second power supply unit configured to cyclically supply a second power voltage to the display unit during a frame period.

Abstract: A blank phase shift photomask includes a transparent substrate, a phase shift layer disposed on the transparent substrate, a light blocking layer disposed on the phase shift layer, and a resist layer disposed on the light blocking layer. The phase shift layer has a light transmittance of between approximately 60% to approximately 90% and provides a phase difference of between approximately 180 degrees to approximately 250 degrees.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a piece of network access apparatus for indoor environment monitoring and a method for indoor environment monitoring of the network access apparatus. The present disclosure also relates to a network access apparatus for indoor environment monitoring and a method for indoor environment monitoring of the network access apparatus so that network access apparatus installed indoors (e.g. in the house, in the office, in a building) additionally take an action of monitoring indoor environment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an uplink control information transmission method and device which can improve channel estimation performance of a base station. A terminal operation method for transmitting uplink control information to a base station, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving, from the base station, resource location information for transmission of a UCI channel; mapping UCI to at least one symbol on the basis of the resource location information, and mapping a reference signal in consideration of frequency selectivity characteristics and time selectivity characteristics of a wireless channel; and transmitting, to the base station, a subframe including the at least one symbol.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of channel structures on a substrate, each channel structure extending in a first direction perpendicular to the substrate, and having a gate insulating layer and a channel layer, a common source extension region including a first semiconductor layer having an n-type conductivity between the substrate and the channel structures, a plurality of gate electrodes on the common source extension region and spaced apart from each other on a sidewall of each of the channel structures in the first direction, and a common source region on the substrate in contact with the common source extension region and including a second semiconductor layer having an n-type conductivity, wherein the gate insulating layer of each of the channel structures extends to cover an upper surface and at least a portion of a bottom surface of the common source extension region.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a first force sensor. The first force sensor is disposed adjacent to a first edge of the display panel and extends along the first edge. The first force sensor includes a plurality of first sensing regions and a second sensing region. disposed closer to the second end of the first force sensor than the first sensing regions. The first sensing regions are disposed closer to a first end of the first force sensor than the second sensing region, and the second sensing region. The second sensing region is disposed closer to a second end of the first force sensor than the first sensing regions. The second sensing region has a larger area than each of the first sensing regions.

Abstract: An emulsion, and a method of preparing an emulsion are provided. The emulsion includes styrene/acrylic latex particles and a metal stearate-based material.

Abstract: A battery module is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery module includes a plurality of battery cells arranged in a first direction, and a circuit board placed on upper portions of the battery cells. The battery module also includes a bus bar electrically connecting the battery cells and electrically connected to the circuit board, and a pair of end plates respectively positioned at opposite ends of the battery cells in the first direction. The circuit board includes a connector located at one end of the circuit board and exposed to the exterior of the battery module. The connector is configured to be electrically connected to an external device. At least one of the pair of end plates is formed of a metallic material and includes a connector grounding portion enclosing the connector. The circuit board further includes a connection portion connected to the connector grounding portion.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method for producing food material for retorting, and to food material for retorting produced by the method, the method comprising: a curing step for mixing one or more base material, selected from the group consisting of meat and seafood, with a curing agent containing phosphate and starch, and curing; and a step for heating and sterilizing the base material by heating at the temperature of 110-130° C. for 10-60 minutes.