Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method may comprise deriving at least one merge candidate of a current block, generating an initial merge candidate list of the current block by using the derived at least one merge candidate and generating a reconfigured merge candidate list by using the initial merge candidate list.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method may comprise deriving at least one merge candidate of a current block, generating an initial merge candidate list of the current block by using the derived at least one merge candidate and generating a reconfigured merge candidate list by using the initial merge candidate list.

Abstract: A display device comprises conductive layers disposed on a substrate in different layers, a via layer on the conductive layers, a bank disposed on the via layer and defining a light emission area, bank patterns on the via layer and extended in a first direction, a first electrode on the bank patterns and extended in the first direction, and a second electrode disposed on the bank patterns and extended in the first direction, and light emitting elements on the first electrode and the second electrode. The bank patterns are spaced apart from each other. The first and second electrodes are spaced apart from each other. The bank and the bank patterns define an alignment area in which the light emitting elements are disposed. An area, in which two or more of the conductive layers overlap each other in a plan view is about 80% or more in the alignment area.

Abstract: Provided are polynucleotides encoding variants of nitrous oxide reductase proteins, recombinant microorganisms including a foreign gene encoding a variant of a nitrous oxide reductase protein, and a composition comprising the recombinant microorganism or the variant of a nitrous oxide reductase protein for use in removing nitrous oxide in a sample.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an active pattern disposed on the substrate and extending in a first horizontal direction, a gate spacer disposed along each of sidewalls of a gate trench on the active pattern and extending in a second horizontal direction different from the first horizontal direction, a first gate insulating layer disposed along a sidewall and a bottom surface of the gate trench, a first conductive layer disposed on the first gate insulating layer inside the gate trench, a second gate insulating layer disposed on the first conductive layer inside the gate trench, and including a material different from a material of the first gate insulating layer, a second conductive layer disposed on the second gate insulating layer inside the gate trench, and a third conductive layer disposed on the second conductive layer so as to fill a remaining inner space of the gate trench.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body including a first surface and a second surface opposing each other in a first direction, a coil portion disposed in the body and including first and second coils, and a via connecting the first and second coils to each other, an insulating film covering the coil portion and extending to a region between the first and second coils, and first and second external electrodes disposed on the body and connected to the coil portion. The insulating film is in contact with at least one of opposing surfaces of the first and second coils which face each other and is in contact with a side surface of the via.

Abstract: A substrate loading station includes: a first holding portion having a first holding groove defined in a first surface thereof; and a second holding portion facing the first holding portion and configured to hold a window substrate together with the first holding portion. The first surface of the first holding portion faces the second holding portion, and the first holding groove includes: a first groove extending from the first surface toward a second surface of the first holding portion, which is opposite to the first surface, along a first direction; and a second groove extending from an end of the first groove toward both sides of the first holding portion, which are opposite to each other in a second direction crossing the first direction.

Abstract: A method for braking a vehicle includes braking a driving wheel of the vehicle by performing regenerative braking or auxiliary braking; comparing required braking force with braking force of the driving wheel; and additionally braking a non-driving wheel of the vehicle, when the controller concludes that the braking force of the driving wheel is lower than the required braking force.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a buffer material composed of bentonite modified with a layered double hydroxide (LDH) as a buffer material used for deep geological disposal of radioactive waste, the method including a step (a) of producing a first mixture by adding a compound containing a divalent cationic material, aluminum nitrate (Al(NO3)3), and bismuth nitrate (Bi(NO3)3) to a reactor.

Abstract: An ultrasonic welding apparatus includes: a pressing force measuring anvil including a pressing force measuring sensor; a horn which is installed to vertically move above the pressing force measuring anvil and presses the pressing force measuring anvil when moving downward; a horn down stroke adjustment part that adjusts a down stroke of the horn so that a pressing force of the horn is within a preset pressing force range; and a welding anvil on which welding target members to be welded by the horn are and supportable by the welding anvil and of which a position is changed to a position of the pressing force measuring anvil so that the welding anvil is positioned under the horn after the down stroke of the horn is adjusted to be within the preset pressing force range.

Abstract: A memory cell includes: a substrate; an active layer spaced apart from a surface of the substrate and extending in a direction which is parallel to the surface of the substrate; a bit line coupled to one side of the active layer and extending in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate; a capacitor coupled to another side of the active layer and spaced apart from the surface of the substrate; and a word line vertically spaced apart from the active layer and extending in a direction intersecting with the active layer, wherein the word line includes a first notch-shaped sidewall and a second notch-shaped sidewall that face each other.

Abstract: A flexible liquid separation media floats within an exterior liquid, e.g., body of water. At least three of a vertical outer support column are secured within the exterior liquid with upper connectors coupled to the flexible liquid separation media. A float within each of the at least three of a vertical outer support column are coupled to a lower portion of the flexible liquid separation media. The flexible liquid separation media is used to hold a contained liquid within the exterior liquid. The lower portion sinks and rises as the fluid level changes within the flexible liquid separation media while the floats within at least three of a vertical outer support column floatably anchors the lower portion and maintains the lower portion (105L) of the flexible liquid separation media (105) a consistent distance from the at least three of a vertical outer support column (120).

Abstract: Disclosed is an RF switch device and, more particularly, an RF switch device having an air gap over a gate electrode and a metal interconnect at a position higher than the air gap and that at least partially overlap the air gap in the vertical direction, thereby preventing exposure of an upper portion of the air gap in subsequent processing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise reconstructing an intra prediction mode of a current block, determining a reference sample for intra prediction of the current block, and generating a prediction block of the current block by performing the intra prediction on the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode and the reference sample. The determining of the reference sample or the intra prediction may be performed on the basis of a shape of the current block.

Abstract: Provided is a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna having a lightweight stacked structure. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a MIMO antenna assembly having a lightweight stacked structure, in which a calibration network, which was provided between antenna elements and filters in the related art, is provided on one printed circuit board (PCB), together with a power amplifier and a digital circuit, and filters are closely coupled to the bottom of the PCB on which the feeding network is provided. The present invention employs a strategy in which an antenna assembly is reduced to a compact size while managing phase deviation caused due to filters at an acceptable level.

Abstract: Multilevel command and address (CA) signals are used to provide commands and memory addresses from a controller to a memory system. Using multilevel signals CA signals may allow for using fewer signals compared to binary signals to represent a same number of commands and/or address space, or using a same number of multilevel CA signals to represent a larger number of commands and/or address space. A number of external command/address terminals may be reduced without reducing a set of commands and/or address space. Alternatively, a number of external terminals may be maintained, but provide for an expanded set of commands and/or address space.

Abstract: An inter-prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving motion information of a current block; and generating a prediction block for the current block on the basis of the derived motion information. According to the present invention, computational complexity can be reduced and encoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: The proposed is a method of forming a plasma-resistant coating layer with low brightness. The method includes (a) performing a heat treatment process on a primary rare-earth metal compound powder having a grain size in a range of 20 nm to 60 nm to prepare a secondary rare-earth metal compound powder, (b) transferring the secondary rare-earth metal compound powder, and (c) spraying the transferred secondary rare-earth metal compound powder onto a substrate to form a rare-earth metal compound coating layer on the substrate. In the transfer, a carrier gas is used to transfer the secondary rare-earth metal compound powder. The secondary rare-earth metal compound powder obtained through the heat treatment process has a grain size in a range of 70 nm to 150 nm, and the rare-earth metal compound coating layer has a brightness value of 50 or less.

Abstract: A display device including a substrate and a plurality of pixels in a display region of the substrate. Each of the pixels includes first and second sub-pixels, and each of the first and second sub-pixels has a light emitting region for emitting light. The first sub-pixel includes a first light emitting element in the light emitting region and configured to emit visible light. The second sub-pixel includes a second light emitting element in the light emitting region and configured to emit infrared light and a light receiving element configured to receive the infrared light emitted from the second light emitting element to detect a user's touch. The second light emitting element and the light receiving element in the second sub-pixel are electrically insulated from and optically coupled to each other to form a photo-coupler.

Abstract: Proposed is an apparatus, software program, and a corresponding method of controlling driving of an electrified vehicle. The method includes increasing a level of regenerative braking on the basis of a remaining distance from the vehicle to a stop-event point when a brake control mode is entered, determining whether or not braking needs to be performed, on the basis of a stop approval signal when the remaining distance is equal to or less than a preset first distance in the brake control mode, and decreasing the level of regenerative braking when a distance of traveling of the vehicle from the stop-event point is equal or greater than a preset second distance in the brake control mode.