Abstract: Disclosed decoding method of the intra prediction mode comprises the steps of: determining whether an intra prediction mode of a present prediction unit is the same as a first candidate intra prediction mode or as a second candidate intra prediction mode on the basis of 1-bit information; and determining, among said first candidate intra prediction mode and said second candidate intra prediction mode, which candidate intra prediction mode is the same as the intra prediction mode of said present prediction unit on the basis of additional 1-bit information, if the intra prediction mode of the present prediction unit is the same as at least either the first candidate intra prediction mode or the second candidate intra prediction mode, and decoding the intra prediction mode of the present prediction unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern extending in a first direction on a substrate, a gate structure on the active pattern and having a gate electrode extending in a second direction intersecting the active pattern, and a gate capping pattern on the gate electrode, the gate capping pattern including a gate capping liner defining a gate capping recess, the gate capping liner having a horizontal portion along an upper surface of the gate electrode, and a vertical portion extending from the horizontal portion in a third direction intersecting the first and second directions, and a gate capping filling film on the gate capping liner and filling the gate capping recess, an epitaxial pattern on the active pattern and adjacent the gate structure, a gate contact on and connected to the gate electrode, and an active contact on and connected to the epitaxial pattern.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for single crystalline silicon stack formation and bonding to a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) wafer for formation of vertical three dimensional (3D) memory. An example method for forming arrays of vertically stacked layers for formation of memory cells includes providing a silicon substrate, forming a layer of single crystal silicon germanium onto a surface of the substrate, epitaxially growing the silicon germanium to form a thicker silicon germanium layer, forming a layer of single crystal silicon onto a surface of the silicon germanium, epitaxially growing the silicon germanium to form a thicker silicon layer, and forming, in repeating iterations, layers of silicon germanium and silicon to form a vertical stack of alternating silicon and silicon germanium layers.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels connected to scan lines, a scan driving circuit including scan stages corresponding to the scan lines, respectively, where each of the scan stages receives a masking signal and a carry signal and outputs a scan signal, and a driving controller which divides the display panel into the first display area and the second display area, controls the scan driving circuit such that the first display area and the second display area operate with different frequencies, and outputs start signals provided at different timings. A first scan stage disposed in the first display area from among the scan stages receives a first start signal of the start signals as the carry signal, and a first scan stage disposed in the second display area from among the scan stages receives a second start signal of the start signals as the carry signal.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material including a first positive electrode active material including a lithium nickel-manganese-based composite oxide having a nickel content of greater than or equal to about 60 mol % based on about 100 mol % of a total metal excluding lithium and including secondary particles made by agglomerating a plurality of primary particles wherein an average particle diameter (D50) of the secondary particle is about 10 ?m to about 20 ?m, a second positive electrode active material including a lithium nickel-manganese-based composite oxide having a nickel content of greater than or equal to about 60 mol % based on about 100 mol % of a total metal excluding lithium and including single particles wherein an average particle diameter (D50) of each of the single particles is about 2 ?m to about 8 ?m, and a third positive electrode active material includes particles including lithium transition metal phosphate.

Abstract: A method of providing exercise therapy using an artificial intelligence motion analysis model comprises: receiving, from a doctor terminal, prescription information related to exercise for a patient; allocating, to an account of the patient, based on the prescription information, an exercise plan including at least one prescribed exercise; receiving, from a patient terminal, an exercise image in which an exercise according to the prescribed exercise is photographed; extracting, from the exercise image including a subject of the patient, a keypoint corresponding to each of a plurality of preset joint points, using an artificial intelligence posture estimation model trained based on a training data set; and analyzing, using an artificial intelligence motion analysis model, a relative positional relationship between the keypoints, and analyzing, based on the analysis of the positional relationship, an exercise motion of the patient for the prescribed exercise.

Abstract: A plasma diagnosis device and a method for manufacturing the plasma diagnosis device are provided. The plasma diagnosis device includes: a process chamber in which processes using plasma are performed; a probe structure which includes a protective layer having a first face abutting the plasma, a second face opposite to the first face, and an outer wall connecting the first face and the second face inside the process chamber, and a conductive measuring unit spaced apart from the first face of the protective layer and configured to measure a status of the plasma; and a wafer on a periphery of the probe structure and in contact with the outer wall of the protective layer, in which the wafer and the protective layer include materials different from each other.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a display device is provided. The display device includes a base layer including a display area and a peripheral area, a light emitting element disposed in the display area and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light emitting part disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electrode disconnection member disposed in the peripheral area, and an electrode portion disposed adjacent to the electrode disconnection member. The electrode disconnection member includes a reverse-taper member surrounding an area in a plan view. The reverse-taper member includes an inner edge facing the area. The electrode portion includes a first electrode portion disposed in the area and a second electrode portion disposed on an upper surface of the reverse-taper member along the inner edge. The first electrode portion and the second electrode portion are physically spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes: a first positive electrode active material including a lithium nickel-manganese composite oxide having a nickel content of at least about 60 mol % based on a total metal excluding lithium and being in a form of secondary particles each including a plurality of primary particles; and a second positive electrode active material including a lithium nickel-manganese-based composite oxide having a nickel content of at least about 60 mol % based on a total metal excluding lithium and being in a form of single particles and a coating layer on the surface of the single particle and containing aluminum and yttrium, an aluminum content of the coating layer being about 0.1 mol % to about 2 mol % and an yttrium content of the coating layer being about 0.1 mol % to about 1 mol %, based on a total metal excluding lithium in the second positive electrode active material.

Abstract: Disclosed are positive electrode active materials, positive electrodes, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. Some of the positive electrode active materials include particles of a first positive electrode active material including lithium cobalt-based oxide, and particles of a second positive electrode active material including a layered lithium nickel-manganese-based composite oxide having a nickel content of greater than or equal to about 60 mol % based on 100 mol % of a total metal excluding lithium, wherein the first positive electrode active material or the second positive electrode active material includes a coating layer including yttrium.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material, a method of preparing the same, a positive electrode and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same are provided. The positive electrode active material includes core particles including a lithium nickel-manganese-based composite oxide having a nickel content (e.g., amount) of greater than or equal to about 60 mol % based on 100 mol % of a total metal in the positive electrode active material excluding lithium, and a coating layer disposed on the surface of the core particles and including Al, Zr, and Mg.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes a first positive electrode active material that includes a lithium nickel-manganese-based composite oxide having a nickel content of greater than or equal to about 60 mol % based on 100 mol % of a total metal excluding lithium in the first positive electrode active material and is in a form of secondary particles in which a plurality of primary particles are agglomerated, a second positive electrode active material in a form of single particles including a lithium nickel-manganese-based composite oxide having a nickel content of greater than or equal to about 60 mol % based on 100 mol % of a total metal excluding lithium in the second positive electrode active material, and a third positive electrode active material in a form of particles including lithium manganese-based oxide. In addition, a positive electrode and a rechargeable lithium battery each including the positive electrode active material are disclosed.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including pixels, a data driving circuit, a scan driving circuit which drives a plurality of first scan lines and a plurality of second scan lines, and a driving controller which controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit to drive a first display area of the display panel at a first operating frequency and drive a second display area of the display panel at a second operating frequency lower than the first operating frequency while an operating mode is a multi-frequency mode. During the multi-frequency mode, first scan signals provided to first scan lines, which correspond to the second display area, of the plurality of first scan lines are maintained at inactive levels in predetermined frames, and second scan signals provided to the plurality of second scan lines transition to active levels at least twice in each of the predetermined frames.

Abstract: A method of separating fine particles (clay, silt, etc.) that have adsorbed contaminants such as heavy metals or radioactive nuclides in soil using cationic magnetic nanoparticles. According to the method, contaminants such as heavy metals or radioactive nuclides selectively or irreversibly adsorbed to fine particles (clay, silt, etc.) in soil may be economically and efficiently separated. Therefore, the method may be effectively used to restore soil in residential areas that are contaminated with radioactive nuclides in serious accidents such as the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster as well as facility sites contaminated with heavy metals or radioactive nuclides.

Abstract: Disclosed are various methods for transmitting or receiving data or control information having high reliability conditions. A method for operating a terminal which transmits uplink control information (UCI) includes: a step of generating UCI; a step of comparing the priority of an uplink (UL) control channel for the transmission of the UCI with the priority of a UL data channel when some symbols of the UL control channel and the UL data channel overlap; and a step of selecting the UL channel having a higher priority among the UL control channel and the UL data channel, and transmitting the UCI to a base station through the selected UL channel.

Abstract: An intra prediction method according to the present invention comprises the following steps: performing a directional prediction using at least one of a neighboring pixel of a current block and a left upper corner pixel positioned at a left upper corner of the current block so as to obtain a first prediction value for the current block; obtaining a second prediction value for the current block using the reference sample positioned in the current block; and weighted summing the first prediction value and the second prediction value using a weighting matrix so as to obtain a final prediction value for the current block. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.

Abstract: A mother substrate for a display panel and a display panel using the same are disclosed. A mother substrate for a display panel includes a conductive ring disposed in a non-display area outside the display area and surrounding each of the display areas, and one or more dummy pixel driving circuits disposed in a non-display area outside the display area. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) prevention structure inside the dummy pixel driving circuit can prevent defects of display panels due to ESD occurring in the manufacturing process of the display panel.

Abstract: An inter prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: selecting candidate units from among reconstructed neighbor units; creating a candidate unit set with respect to units to be decoded, using the selected candidate units; determining a reference unit from among the candidate units which constitute the created candidate unit set; and performing inter prediction on the units to be decoded, using the determined reference unit. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed is an acoustic matching member comprising matching pattern to determine an impedance of the acoustic matching member and a phase change of the acoustic matching member defined as the product of a wave number and thickness of the acoustic matching member, which satisfies the impedance and the phase change matching conditions so that 90% or more of an ultrasound may be transmitted through a barrier located between an incident medium and a target medium.

Abstract: Disclosed is a decision feedback equalizer, which includes a summator that receives a gray code-based PAM-4 signal, a first bit signal, and a second bit signal, and outputs an input voltage obtained by adding a preset coefficient to a voltage level of the PAM-4 signal in response to the first bit signal and the second bit signal, and a decoder that receives the input voltage and first to third reference voltages of the PAM-4 signal and outputs the first bit signal and the second bit signal, and the decoder includes a first comparator that outputs the first bit signal by comparing a magnitude of the input voltage with a magnitude of the first reference voltage, and a second comparator that outputs the second bit signal by comparing charge-discharge intensities of the input voltage and the second and third reference voltages.