Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first fin pattern and a second fin pattern, which are in parallel in a lengthwise direction; a first trench between the first fin pattern and the second fin pattern; a field insulating film partially filling the first trench, an upper surface of the field insulating film being lower than an upper surface of the first fin pattern and an upper surface of the second fin pattern; a spacer spaced apart from the first fin pattern and the second fin pattern, the spacer being on the field insulating film and defining a second trench, the second trench including an upper portion and an lower portion; an insulating line pattern on a sidewall of the lower portion of the second trench; and a conductive pattern filling an upper portion of the second trench and being on the insulating line pattern.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a memory configured to store instructions, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the stored instructions to display an image and a user interface (UI) representing depth information of the image through the display in response to a first user input for editing the image, receive a second user input for selecting an object to be added in the image, display at least a part of the object in the image based on a depth value of the object and depth information of a first region in which the object is located in the image, and display an indicator representing the depth value of the object in the UI.

Abstract: Provided are battery management apparatuses and methods. The battery management apparatus includes a sensitivity determiner configured to determine sensitivity of a battery state based on sensed battery information and previous battery state information, and an execution parameter adjuster configured to adjust a parameter for estimating the battery state based on the determined sensitivity of the battery state.

Abstract: A carpool service system includes a service providing device which is configured to: receive carpool service requesting information from a user terminal; generate at least two routes based on the carpool service requesting information; and providing a carpool partner matching based on location information about each of the at least two routes and about each of one or more preregistered user routes.

Abstract: The present invention relates an electrode notching apparatus. The electrode notching apparatus comprises: a notching unit shaping an electrode into a predetermined pattern; a heating unit drying the electrode processed by the notching unit; and a collecting unit collecting the electrode dried by the heating unit, wherein the heating unit comprises: a heating body having a drying space through which the electrode supplied by the notching unit passes; and heating members directly heating a surface of the electrode passing through the drying space to dry moisture remaining on the electrode.

Abstract: A pattern-glass, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise: a base plate unit coupled to a support body; and a pattern unit provided in the base plate unit, and comprising a transmission area to which light transmits while an angle, formed between an entrance direction and a deviation direction in a light path formed by the light emitted from a light source, forms an obtuse angle range, and a reflection area in which an angle, formed between an entrance direction and a deviation direction in a light path of vision light transferred to an observer, forms an acute angle range so as to have reflectivity bigger than that in the transmission area.

Abstract: A transformer includes a magnetic core, a first coil unit and a second coil unit. The first coil unit is disposed within the magnetic core and includes a laminated board having layers laminated therein and conductive patterns. Respective ones of the conductive patterns are disposed on the laminated layers. The second coil unit includes a conductive wire spaced apart from the conductive patterns of the laminated board by an insulating distance. The conductive wire includes a triple-insulated wire surrounded by three sheets of insulating paper to maintain the insulating distance from the conductive patterns.

Abstract: A reforming system may include an engine; an intake line connected to the engine; an exhaust line connected to the engine; a reformer provided at an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) line diverging from the exhaust line and mixing the exhaust gas with fuel; a front end pressure sensor provided at the EGR line of the front end portion of the reformer and measuring pressure of the exhaust gas of the front end portion of the reformer; a rear end pressure sensor provided at the EGR line of the rear end portion of the reformer and measuring pressure of the exhaust gas of the rear end portion of the reformer; and a reforming controller configured for determining whether reforming continues on the basis of a pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the reformer measured by the front end and the rear end sensors.

Abstract: Disclosed are a ceramic dielectric including a composite of a first dielectric and a second dielectric, wherein each of the first dielectric and the second dielectric includes strontium (Sr) and niobium (Nb) and has a different crystal system, a ceramic electronic component, and a device.

Abstract: Discussed is a notching apparatus and method for a secondary battery. The notching apparatus includes: a notching unit notching a portion of an electrode that is continuously supplied; a drying unit drying the electrode while the electrode discharged from the notching unit passes therethrough; and a collecting unit collecting the electrode discharged from the drying unit, wherein the drying unit includes a heating body provided with a drying space that is a passage through which the electrode passes therein, and lamp parts mounted on the heating body to irradiate infrared rays onto a surface of the electrode while the electrode moves through the drying space.

Abstract: The present application relates to a display mode switching device and method for a portable electronic device. In particular, the present application relates to a portable electronic device that can switch display modes of an integrated display and input device to facilitate composition of a text message by switching between a portrait mode and a landscape mode. A portable electronic device may use a display mode switching method in which a posture of the portable electronic device can be checked, and a display mode can be selected based on the posture. A portrait-mode text messaging composition window with a portrait-mode key map and a landscape-mode text messaging composition window with a landscape-mode key map can be displayed in the selected display mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode mounting unit comprising: a mounting member comprising a horizontal plate, a vertical plate disposed on a top surface of the horizontal plate, and a shaft which is fixed to the vertical plate and into which an electrode roll is fitted to be mounted; and an unwinding prevention member disposed between the electrode wound around the electrode roll and the horizontal plate to support the electrode wound around the electrode roll so as to prevent the electrode wound around the electrode roll from being unwound.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technology for a sensor network, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and Internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure relates to an operation method of a first device in a communication system, the operation method comprising a step of receiving, from a server, security information of a second device associated with the first device, wherein the security information includes a first parameter associated with an operation of the second device, and attribute information associated with the first parameter.

Abstract: Battery state of charge (SOC) determination apparatuses and methods are disclosed, where the battery SOC determination apparatus includes a grouper configured to cluster the cells in the battery pack into the groups based on similarity of the sensing data among the cells, a representative cell selector configured to select the representative cell for the each group, a first SOC estimator configured to estimate the SOC of the representative cell of the each group based on the battery model, and a second SOC estimator configured to determine the SOC of the battery pack based on the SOC of the representative cell of the each group.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an inverter for driving a motor including a processor which includes: a current processor configured to generate a voltage command for allowing a current detection value, generated by measuring a current provided from an inverter to a motor, to follow a current command for driving the motor; a voltage modulator configured to generate a pulse width modulation signal for controlling on and off states of a switching element within the inverter with a predetermined switching frequency based on the voltage command; and a frequency determining processor configured to randomly change the switching frequency based on driving information of the motor.

Abstract: A fuel injection control method includes measuring EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) rate through a CO2 sensor measuring the amount of CO2 entering the intake side of the engine, setting an optimum SCR (Steam to Carbon Ratio) value based on the measured EGR rate, calculating the amount of steam supplied to the engine based on the measured EGR rate, calculating an actual SCR value by the ratio of the steam amount and the carbon component of the fuel supplied to the engine, comparing the actual SCR value with the optimum SCR value, calculating the SCR difference value by subtracting the optimum SCR value from the actual SCR value if the actual SCR value is greater than the optimum SCR value, calculating an additional fuel amount to be added based on the SCR difference value, and injecting fuel to the fuel reformer based on the calculated additional fuel amount.

Abstract: A transformer includes a magnetic core, a first coil unit and a second coil unit. The first coil unit is disposed within the magnetic core and includes a laminated board having layers laminated therein and conductive patterns. Respective ones of the conductive patterns are disposed on the laminated layers. The second coil unit includes a conductive wire spaced apart from the conductive patterns of the laminated board by an insulating distance. The conductive wire includes a triple-insulated wire surrounded by three sheets of insulating paper to maintain the insulating distance from the conductive patterns.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte CO2 sensor may include a solid electrolyte bonded to a substrate to join and seal the substrate, a sensing electrode formed at a first side of the solid electrolyte, and a reference electrode formed between a second side of the solid electrolyte and one surface of the substrate, and sealed by the solid electrolyte and the substrate.

Abstract: Exemplary semiconductor showerheads may include a first plate characterized by a first surface in which a plurality of first apertures are defined, and further characterized by a second surface opposite the first surface and from which extends a plurality of annular members. Each annular member of the plurality of annular members may extend from a separate first aperture of the plurality of first apertures. A channel may be defined by each first aperture and corresponding annular member. The showerheads may also include a second plate coupled with the first plate and characterized by a first surface facing the first plate and a second surface opposite the first surface. A plurality of second apertures may be defined through the second plate within an internal area of the second plate. Each annular member of the plurality of annular members may extend within a separate second aperture of the plurality of second apertures.

Abstract: Exemplary etching methods may include flowing a hydrogen-containing precursor into a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include flowing a fluorine-containing precursor into a remote plasma region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include forming a plasma of the fluorine-containing precursor in the remote plasma region. The methods may include etching a pre-determined amount of a silicon-containing material from a substrate in a processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include measuring a radical density within the remote plasma region during the etching. The methods may also include halting the flow of the hydrogen-containing precursor into the semiconductor processing chamber when the radical density measured over time correlates to a produced amount of etchant to remove the pre-determined amount of the silicon-containing material.