Abstract: A method comprises forming a first insulation layer on an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate, forming a first conductive layer on the first insulation layer, and forming a compound insulation layer on the first conductive layer, wherein the compound insulation layer comprises a nitride sublayer between a lower oxide sublayer and an upper oxide sublayer. A second insulation layer is formed on the compound insulation layer. A trench is formed that extends through the second insulation layer, the compound insulation layer, the first conductive layer, the first insulation layer, and into the semiconductor substrate. The trench is filled with fill insulation material. The second insulation layer and an upper portion of the fill insulation material are removed. A second conductive layer is formed on the compound insulation layer, and on the fill insulation material in the trench.

Abstract: Provided are a display device and a method for manufacturing the display device. A display device includes a second substrate including a soft material, light-emitting elements above the second substrate, and a first substrate below the second substrate, including a hard material, and further including a second sub-substrate on one side of a bending area where the second substrate is bent, and a first sub-substrate on another side of the bending area, below the light-emitting elements, having a length that is about 50 times to about 200 times a length of the second sub-substrate, and including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first side surface between the first surface and the second surface, and adjacent to the bending area, and a first inclined surface between the first surface and the first side surface.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a data obtaining unit for obtaining battery information including at least one of voltage and current of a battery and a controller for estimating a state of health (SOH) of the battery based on the battery information, calculating an SOH score for the battery based on a reference value corresponding to the SOH and the SOH in a plurality of reference profiles, predicting a plurality of SOH of the battery during a target period, calculating a remaining useful life (RUL) score for the battery based on the plurality of SOH, and determining a safety score of the battery according to a safety class of the battery based on the battery information.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a peri-gate structure, a shielding conductive pattern on the peri-gate structure including shielding line patterns extending in a first direction, bit lines between the shielding line patterns on the peri-gate structure, first and second active patterns on the bit line, a back gate electrode on the bit line and the shielding conductive pattern between the first and second active patterns, first and second word lines adjacent to the first and second active patterns, and a data storage pattern on the first and second active pattern, and connected to the first and second active pattern, the bit line includes a first and second portion of the bit line, the first portion of the bit line overlaps the shielding line pattern in the second direction, and the second portion of the bit line does not overlap the shielding line pattern in the second direction.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for rechargeable lithium batteries, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same are disclosed. The positive electrode active material includes: a nickel-based active material; a cobalt-containing coating layer on a surface of the nickel-based active material; and a boron-containing coating layer on a surface of the cobalt-containing coating layer, wherein the positive electrode active material has a specific surface area of 0.45 m2/g to 0.60 m2/g.

Abstract: A light emitting device may include a first semiconductor layer; an active layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer; an electrode layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer; a protective layer disposed on the electrode layer; and an insulating film enclosing outer circumferential surfaces of at least the first semiconductor layer, the active layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the electrode layer, and exposing a surface of the first semiconductor layer and a surface of the protective layer.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for control signaling for SIC operation in 2-codeword operating mode. The apparatus transmits, to a network entity, a SIC capability indication comprising an indication that the UE supports a SIC operation for 2-CW allocation and an order of processing a first codeword and a second codeword. The apparatus monitors for an ACK to enable the SIC operation between the UE and the network entity. The apparatus receives downlink communication based on the SIC operation in response to receiving the ACK to enable the SIC operation. The apparatus may process the first codeword, within the downlink communication, transmitted based on a first MCS. The apparatus may cancel interference from the downlink communication based on the first codeword to obtain the second codeword, within the downlink communication, transmitted based on a second MCS.

Abstract: A light-emitting element extending in one direction includes: a semiconductor core including a main body extending in the one direction, a first end connected to one side of the main body and having an inclined side surface, and a second end connected to an other side of the main body and having a width less than that of the main body; and an insulation film around at least a portion of the outer surface of the semiconductor core, wherein the insulation film includes a first insulation film around the first end of the semiconductor core; and a second insulation film around the second end of the semiconductor core, wherein the diameter of an outer surface of the first insulation film is the same as a diameter of an outer surface of the second insulation film.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for rechargeable lithium batteries, a method of preparing the same, and a secondary battery including the same are disclosed. The positive electrode active material for rechargeable lithium batteries includes a lithium nickel-based transition metal composite oxide, wherein the lithium nickel-based transition metal composite oxide has a nickel content of 70 mol % or more and a cobalt content of 0 mol % to 0.01 mol % based on the total content of transition metals (or the total content of all metals excluding lithium). The lithium nickel-based transition metal composite oxide includes a lithium nickel-based active material and an aluminum-containing coating layer formed on a surface of the lithium nickel-based active material, and the aluminum-containing coating layer has an aluminum content of 10% to 35% as measured by EDS.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication by a network node includes transmitting a first group of frames comprising a group of normal slots and one or more first special slots. The method also includes reconfiguring one or more second special slots within a second group of frames scheduled after the first group of frames based on a block error rate (BLER) associated with the group of normal slots failing to satisfy a BLER condition. The method further includes transmitting the second group of frames based on reconfiguring the one or more second special slots within the second group of frames.

Abstract: A conversation provision method includes forming a conversation session between an agent and a user; generating an utterance of the agent by using the user's history related to a previous conversation session having been formed before the conversation session; and performing a conversation with the user by providing the utterance of the agent to the user.

Abstract: A display device comprises a first electrode, a first insulating layer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the first insulating layer, at least a part of the second electrode facing the first electrode in a first direction, one or more first light-emitting elements disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the one or more first light-emitting elements extending in a direction, wherein the first insulating layer partially encompasses the outer surface of the one or more first light-emitting element, and the extending direction of at least one of the one or more first light-emitting element is parallel to the first direction.

Abstract: A display device that includes a light emitting element layer disposed on a substrate, a thin-film encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting element layer, a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the thin-film encapsulation layer and including a bank which defines light emitting areas and a non-light emitting area, a dam structure disposed on the wavelength conversion layer and overlapping at least one of the light emitting areas, a filling layer disposed on the wavelength conversion layer and disposed between portions of the dam structure, a color filter layer disposed on the dam structure, and a counter substrate disposed on the color filter layer, wherein the filling layer overlaps ones of the light emitting areas not overlapping the dam structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a cell region element separation film that is on a substrate and includes first and second cell region side walls; an active pattern that is on the substrate; a word line that is on the first side wall of the active pattern; a back gate electrode that is on the second side wall of the active pattern; a bit line that is electrically connected to the first side of the active pattern; and a data storage pattern that is electrically connected to the second side of the active pattern, where the word line includes an electrode part and a plug connecting part, and where the plug connecting part of the word line includes a first connecting extending part and a second connecting extending part.

Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting element layer, a light control layer on the light emitting element layer and including spaced apart light blocking films and a light transmitting film between the light blocking films, and a first emission area and a second emission area, the light blocking films include, a first louver and a second louver on both sides of a first side of the first emission area, respectively, with the first side between, and a third louver and a fourth louver on both sides of a second side of the second emission area, respectively, with the second side between, a width of the first emission area is different from a width of the second emission area, and a distance between the first side and the first louver is different from a distance between the second side and the third louver.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a bit line extending in a first direction on a substrate, an active pattern on the bit line, a word line on a first sidewall of the active pattern and extending in a second direction, a back gate electrode on a second sidewall of the active pattern and extending in the second direction, a gate isolation pattern on the first sidewall of the active pattern and including a low-k pattern extending in the second direction, and a data storage pattern connected to the second surface of the active pattern. The word line is between the active pattern and the gate isolation pattern, and a vertical distance between the bit line and the word line is greater than a vertical distance between the bit line and the low-k pattern.

Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a light-emitting element core extending in a direction and including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, and a device active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, a device insulating film surrounding a lateral surface of the light-emitting element core, and a reflective film disposed on an outer lateral surface of the device insulating film and surrounding at least a lateral surface of the device active layer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel including: an overcoat layer disposed on a light emitting element layer and having a first refractive index; and a cover window disposed on the overcoat layer and having a second refractive index greater than the first refractive index, wherein at least one of the overcoat layer and the cover window includes a plurality of inclined surfaces, and inclination angles of the plurality of inclined surfaces in a central area are different from those in an edge area. The display panel, the manufacturing method thereof, and the head-mounted display device including the same according to the embodiments of the present disclosure May control the angle of emitted light.

Abstract: A semiconductor package including a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip disposed on the first semiconductor chip, and a third semiconductor chip disposed on the second semiconductor chip. A first pad is disposed on a top surface of the second semiconductor chip, and includes a first portion and a second portion protruding in a vertical direction from the first portion. A width of the first portion in a first horizontal direction is greater than a width of the second portion in the first horizontal direction. A second pad is disposed on a bottom surface of the third semiconductor chip facing the top surface of the second semiconductor chip, and a solder ball is disposed as surrounding a sidewall of the second portion of the first pad between the first pad and the second pad.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, which includes a first area including a display area, a second area spaced apart from the first area in a first direction, and a third area located between the first area and the second area and configured to bend, a first substrate including a rigid material, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate and including a flexible material, a protective layer disposed on the second substrate and overlapping the third area, and an alignment mark disposed on the first substrate, a cutting area that overlaps the third area, wherein a portion of the second substrate and a portion of the protective layer are removed from the cutting area, wherein the first substrate at least partially overlaps the cutting area, and wherein the alignment mark is disposed where the first substrate and the cutting area overlap each other.