Abstract: A method for measuring a semiconductor device is provided. A method for measuring a semiconductor device includes defining an interest area and an acceptable area in a chip area on a wafer; performing a first measurement of the chip area with a spectral imaging device to acquire spectrum data of the chip area; assuming the distribution of the spectrum data of a first pixel in the acceptable area is a normal distribution; calculating a distance from a central point on the normal distribution to second pixels in the interest area; selecting a position of a second pixel having a distance from the central point on the normal distribution greater than a predetermined range, among the second pixels, as a candidate position; and performing a second measurement of the candidate position.

Abstract: Techniques for increasing the lifespan of a nanopore DNA sensing device are disclosed. A related DNA sensing device may be formed by a process comprising forming a first electrode, forming a second electrode, disposing the first electrode and second electrode within an insulator, and disposing a lipid bilayer having a nanopore between the first electrode and second electrode. The forming of the second electrode may comprise forming a silver (Ag) layer, pressing a mold into the Ag layer to form a pattern in the Ag layer, removing the mold from the Ag layer, and exposing the Ag layer to an electrolyte.

Abstract: A dynamic receiver for an earphone is provided. The dynamic receiver has a Helmholtz resonance space provided on a protector. The dynamic receiver includes: a frame; a magnetic circuit disposed in the frame; a vibration system disposed in the frame and configured to generate sound by a mutual electromagnetic force with the magnetic circuit; and a protector coupled to the frame and configured to protect components disposed in the frame. The protector includes a sound emitting hole passing through the protector and emitting sound generated in the frame to the outside, and a resonance space defined on a top surface of the protector.

Abstract: A modularization of a circulator and a directional coupler used in a wireless communication system comprises: a circulator; and a signal coupler, where the signal coupler does not have directivity by itself, and directivity of the circulator module is controlled by isolation characteristics of the circulator to improve electrical characteristics of a wireless communication system and miniaturize the wireless communication system by applying the electrical characteristics in common with a circulator to modularize the wireless communication system without implementation of a circuit of a directional coupler capable of sampling high-frequency signals.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery which may prevent oxidation during the preparation of nano-sized silicon particles, a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery prepared thereby, and a negative electrode for a secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a method for a travel time predicting apparatus to predict a travel time by using a travel time prediction model, including generating a first prediction model for prediction of a travel time of a vehicle that will pass through a specific area by using first traffic data that are related to a travel speed at the specific area; generating a second prediction model by modifying the first prediction model that relates to the travel speed at the specific area and is different from the first traffic data; and predicting a travel time of the vehicle that will pass through the specific area by using the second prediction model can be provided so that a travel time at which a specific vehicle passes a specific area can be more precisely predicted compared to a conventional art and predicted travel time information can be promptly and precisely provided to the user.

Abstract: A reciprocal element includes a housing having a plurality of circumferential side portions with a plurality of openings and a bottom portion in which at least one removed portion is defined. A first lamination part includes a center conductor with a plurality of leads extending to the outside of the plurality of openings, respectively, wherein the first lamination part is laminated on the bottom portion. A frame includes a main body to accommodate the first lamination part, at least one leg portion extending from a lower edge of the main body and insertedly coupled to the removed portion, and a plurality of supporting portions extending in an outer direction from the main body to support the plurality of leads, wherein through-holes extend in a vertical direction and defined in the plurality of supporting portions, respectively; and a plurality of conductive pins coupled to the plurality of through-holes, respectively.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a secondary battery is provided. The negative electrode active material is composed of a composite including a metal element-doped inorganic particle or inorganic oxide particle, and a polymer coating layer coated on the metal element-doped inorganic particle or inorganic oxide particle, wherein the metal element is included in an amount of 0.01 to 20 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the inorganic particle or inorganic oxide particle. Also provided are a method for preparing the negative electrode active material and a secondary battery having enhanced lifetime and high-efficiency charge/discharge properties by including the negative electrode active material.

Abstract: A memory system may include a first memory having a first operating speed, and a second memory having a second operating speed which is different from the first operating speed. A compression device may compress data of the first memory, and may transfer the compressed data to the second memory. The compression device may select a compression scheme among a plurality of compression schemes based on at least one characteristic of the data of the first memory and a data processing combination selected among a plurality of data processing combinations between a series of data processing units of the first memory and a series of data processing units of the second memory, and may compress the data of the first memory according to the selected compression scheme.

Abstract: An air cleaner according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a water tank in which water is contained, a rotating shaft which is mounted in the water tank and rotates, and a rotating body which is coupled to the rotating shaft to rotate in a longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft as a rotational axis and formed with a plurality of rotating blades capable of collecting air, in which the rotating shaft is obliquely mounted to form a predetermined angle with a water surface formed by the water contained in the water tank.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory system may include a nonvolatile memory device, a delegate page attacker, and a health status analyzer. The nonvolatile memory device may include at least one memory block including a plurality of storage pages and a delegate page. The delegate page attacker may be configured to attack a bit of the delegate page at the same corresponding location as a bit of the storage page in which an error occurs. The health status analyzer may be configured to perform write and read operations for the delegate page and analyzes error information occurred in the write and read operations to determine whether the nonvolatile memory device is in a failure status.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device and a method for delivering a message by the same. The electronic device may comprise: a camera; at least one processor functionally connected to the camera; and a memory for storing at least one program configured to be executable by the at least one processor, wherein the program comprises instructions configured to: capture an image of a sender by activating the camera in response to detection of a message input by the sender; analyze the captured image of the sender and the input message; determine a recipient and an output pattern on the basis of the result of the analysis; check whether the recipient is recognized; and when the recipient is recognized, deliver the message to the recognized recipient on the basis of the determined output pattern. Various other embodiments are possible.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method of generating a stitched image. A method of generating a stitched image according to the present disclosure includes: obtaining a plurality of input images; determining whether or not a parallax problem occurs between overlapping areas of the obtained input images; updating a predetermined look-up table according to the determination; and generating a stitched image by applying the updated look-up table to the input images.

Abstract: A memory system includes a wear-leveling module detecting a hot memory block among a plurality of memory blocks based on the number of times write operations are performed on each of the memory blocks, and moving data from the hot memory block to a spare memory block, a counting unit counting the number of data movement from the hot memory block to the spare memory block, on each of memory regions formed by grouping the plurality of memory blocks, and output data movement counts, a first detection unit selecting one from the plurality of memory regions based on the data movement count, and detecting a cold memory block among memory blocks included in the selected memory region, and a management unit moving data from the cold memory block to the hot memory block, and managing the cold memory block as the spare memory block.

Abstract: A structure for fixing a cable for a waterproof fan case according to the present disclosure includes: a frame on which a motor is installed, and a blade is rotatably installed in a state in which a driving shaft of the motor is connected to a front side thereof; an insertion tube which extends rearward from the frame, has therein an insertion hole to which a power line connected to the motor is penetratively coupled in a front and rear direction, and has a gap portion formed to be split at one side in a transverse direction; and a coupling ring which has a hollow portion that is penetratively formed in the front and rear direction so that the coupling ring is correspondingly coupled to an outer circumference of the insertion tube in a male-female manner, and has a pressing protrusion that is formed to protrude on an inner circumferential surface of the coupling ring so as to press and support an outer circumference of the power line through the gap portion when coupling the coupling ring to the insertion tub

Abstract: A floating type humidifier with an increased humidification amount according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a floating body which floats on water accommodated in a water tub and has a hollow portion vertically and penetratively formed at a central portion of the floating body; an ultrasonic generator which is installed in the hollow portion and configured to atomize water, which is introduced at a lower portion, to create humidification particles by using ultrasonic vibration; a humidification particle guide unit which is installed on an upper portion of the floating body and guides the humidification particles so that the humidification particles move upward along a guide hole in the humidification particle guide unit; and an air pressurizing portion which is provided in the humidification particle guide unit and pressurizes air so that the humidification particles are moved upward by the pressurized air.

Abstract: An address distribution apparatus includes an address distributor. The address distributor distributes addresses of a plurality of memory cells in a memory device to prevent at least two successive write operations from being applied to at least two adjacent memory cells sharing any one of a plurality of word lines or any one of a plurality of bit lines among the plurality of memory cells. The at least two write operations are performed in response to write requests outputted from a host, respectively.

Abstract: An encoding/decoding apparatus and method for controlling a channel signal is disclosed, wherein the encoding apparatus may include an encoder to encode an object signal, a channel signal, and rendering information for the channel signal, and a bit stream generator to generate, as a bit stream, the encoded object signal, the encoded channel signal, and the encoded rendering information for the channel signal.