Abstract: The present invention relates to a switching device, a method of fabricating the same, and a nonvolatile memory device including the same. A switching device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first electrode; a second electrode; and a switching film which is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and includes an electrically insulating matrix and a conductive path formed in the electrically insulating matrix. In this embodiment, the conductive path includes crystalline metal clusters dispersed in the electrically insulating matrix and a metal bridge connecting adjacent crystalline metal clusters.

Abstract: Provided is a processor-implemented method of generating a natural language, the method including generating a latent variable from an embedding vector that corresponds to an input utterance, determining attention information related to the input utterance by applying the generated latent variable to a neural network model, and outputting a natural language response that corresponds to the input utterance based on the calculated attention information.

Abstract: An electronic device and an method of the electronic device are provided, where the electronic device maintains a context that does not reflect a request for a secret conversation, in response to the request for the secret conversation being received from a first user, and generates a response signal to a voice signal of a second user based on the maintained context, in response to an end of the secret conversation with the first user.

Abstract: Provided is a battery protection circuit module package capable of easily achieving high integration and size reduction. The battery protection circuit module package includes a terminal lead frame including a first internal connection terminal lead and a second internal connection terminal lead provided at two edges of the terminal lead frame and electrically connected to electrode terminals of a battery bare cell, and a plurality of external connection terminal leads provided between the first and second internal connection terminal leads and serving as a plurality of external connection terminals, and a device package including a substrate mounted on the terminal lead frame to be electrically connected to the terminal lead frame, and providing a battery protection circuit device thereon.

Abstract: A host controller, a secure element, and a serial peripheral interface communications system are provided. The host controller is configured to connect to a secure element via a serial peripheral interface and includes: a resume signal generator configured to generate a first resume signal indicating a start of communication with the secure element; a transmitter configured to transmit the first resume signal to the secure element; a slave select line activator configured to activate a slave select line after the first resume signal is transmitted; and a clock controller configured to transmit a first clock signal to the secure element over a clock line based on the slave select line being activated, and the transmitter is further configured to transmit a first signal containing first data to the secure element over a master-out slave-in line (an MOSI line) while the first clock signal is being transmitted.

Abstract: A protection IC includes a bias output terminal connected to a back gate of a MOS transistor, a load side terminal connected to a power supply path between a load and the MOS transistor, a load side switch inserted in an electric current path connecting the bias output terminal and the load side terminal, and a control circuit configured to control the load side switch based on a state of a secondary battery and thereby cause a back gate control signal for controlling a voltage of the back gate to be output from the bias output terminal. The load side switch is formed on an N-type silicon substrate and includes at least two NMOS transistors whose drains are connected to each other, and the control circuit is configured to simultaneously turn on or turn off the two NMOS transistors based on the state of the secondary battery.

Abstract: An out-of-service (OOS) sentence generating method includes: training models based on a target utterance template of a target service and a target sentence generated from the target utterance template; generating a similar utterance template that is similar to the target utterance template based on a trained model, among the trained models, and a sentence generated from an utterance template of another service; and generating a similar sentence that is similar to the target sentence based on another trained model, among the trained models, and the similar utterance template.

Abstract: A super junction MOSFET includes a substrate having a first conductive type, an epitaxial layer formed on the substrate, a set of pillars extending from the substrate through the epitaxial layer, the set of pillars being spaced apart from each other, a set of first wells, the set of first wells formed in the epitaxial layer to extend to an upper face of the epitaxial layer, and each of the set of first wells connected to at least one corresponding pillar of the set of pillars, a set of second wells of the first conductive type formed in the set of first wells, and a plurality of gate structures formed on the epitaxial layer, each extending in a first direction to have a stripe shape such that the gate structures are spaced apart from each other. Thus, the gate structure has a relatively small area to reduce an input capacitance of the super junction MOSFET.

Abstract: A natural language generation method and apparatus are provided. The natural language generation apparatus converts an input sentence to a first vector using a first neural network model-based encoder, determines whether a control word is to be provided based on a criterion, and converts the first vector to an output sentence using a neural network model-based decoder, based on whether the control word is to be provided.

Abstract: Provided are a method for transreceiving a beam reference signal or a beam refinement reference signal and transreceiving feedback information for same between a terminal and a base station in an ultra-high frequency mobile communication system, and to an apparatus for same. The method may include identifying a preferable symbol based on reference signal received power or reference signal received quality in a subframe in which the beam reference signal is received and transmitting radio resource management information or channel status information for an antenna port or an antenna array to the base station with respect to the preferable symbol.

Abstract: An ultraviolet curable primer for a radio-wave transmission cover of a vehicle may include about 20 wt % to about 30 wt % of urethane acrylate oligomer, about 35 wt % to about 60 wt % of monomer, about 1 wt % to about 5 wt % of photopolymerization initiator, about 0.1 wt % to about 1.0 wt % of wetting additive, and about 10 wt % to about 30 wt % of solvent, wherein the urethane acrylate oligomer comprises about 7.5 wt % to about 12.5 wt % of two-function urethane acrylate oligomer based on the total weight of the ultraviolet curable primer, and about 12.5 wt % to about 17.5 wt % of six-function urethane acrylate oligomer based on the total weight of the ultraviolet curable primer, and wherein the ultraviolet curable primer is applied to a radio-wave transmission cover comprising a multilayered oxide optical film.

Abstract: An electronic device structure having a shielding structure includes a substrate with an electronic component electrically connected to the substrate. The shielding structure includes conductive spaced-apart pillar structures that have proximate ends connected to the substrate and distal ends spaced apart from the substrate, and that are laterally spaced apart from the first electronic component. In one embodiment, the conductive pillar structures are conductive wires attached at one end to the substrate with an opposing end extending away from the substrate so that the conductive wires are provided generally perpendicular to the substrate. A package body encapsulates the electronic component and the conductive spaced-apart pillar structures. In one embodiment, the shielding structure further includes a shielding layer disposed adjacent the package body, which is electrically connected to the conductive spaced-apart pillar structures. In one embodiment, the electrical connection is made through the package.

Abstract: A power module capable of increasing structural stability and reliability at high temperatures includes: an upper substrate having a metal layer; a lower substrate spaced apart from the upper substrate and having a metal layer facing the metal layer of the upper substrate; a semiconductor element configured to be disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; and at least one leg portion formed on at least one of the metal layer of the upper substrate and the metal layer of the lower substrate to make the upper substrate and the lower substrate be spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval, in which the leg portion may be electrically connect the semiconductor element to the metal layer of the upper substrate or the metal layer of the lower substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor package and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a semiconductor package, and a method of manufacturing thereof, that comprises a first semiconductor die, a plurality of adhesive regions spaced apart from each other on the first semiconductor die, and a second semiconductor die adhered to the plurality of adhesive regions.

Abstract: A refrigerant recovery operation method for use in a refrigerator in which a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber are independently cooled is disclosed. The refrigerator and the method for controlling the same provide for performing the refrigerant recovery operation not only when the compressor starts operation but also before the compressor stops operation. The refrigerator increases the refrigerant recovery amount within a predetermined pressure range in which the compressor can operate, and controls the refrigerant recovery operation time according to the outdoor air temperature.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wireless communication system including a plurality of remote units, and a digital unit configured to connect one output port to at least one of i) one remote unit having a maximum antenna number of antennas among the plurality of remote units and ii) two or more remote units each having antennas smaller than the maximum antenna number among the plurality of remote units.

Abstract: A secondary battery protection circuit includes a first terminal connected to a power supply path between a secondary battery and a MOS transistor, a second terminal connected to the power supply path between a load and the MOS transistor, a third terminal connected to a gate of the MOS transistor, a fourth terminal connected to a back gate of the MOS transistor, a control circuit that outputs a switch control signal based on a detected abnormal state of the secondary battery, and a switch control circuit including a first switch for connecting the fourth terminal with the first terminal and a second switch for connecting the fourth terminal with the second terminal. At least one of the resistance between the fourth terminal and the first terminal and the resistance between the fourth terminal and the second terminal is greater than the on resistance value of the MOS transistor.

Abstract: A power module capable of increasing structural stability and reliability at high temperatures includes: an upper substrate having a metal layer; a lower substrate spaced apart from the upper substrate and having a metal layer facing the metal layer of the upper substrate; a semiconductor element configured to be disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; and at least one leg portion formed on at least one of the metal layer of the upper substrate and the metal layer of the lower substrate to make the upper substrate and the lower substrate be spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval, in which the leg portion may be electrically connect the semiconductor element to the metal layer of the upper substrate or the metal layer of the lower substrate.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery protection circuit module including a first positive terminal and a first negative terminal electrically connected to electrode terminals of a battery bare cell, a second positive terminal and a second negative terminal electrically connected to a charger or an electronic device, a first protection circuit unit including a first single field-effect transistor connected between at least one of the first positive and negative terminals and at least one of the second positive and negative terminals, and a first protection integrated circuit (P-IC) for controlling the first single field-effect transistor, and a second protection circuit unit including a second single field-effect transistor connected between at least one of the first positive and negative terminals and at least one of the second positive and negative terminals, and a second P-IC for controlling the second single field-effect transistor.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery protection circuit module including a first positive terminal and a first negative terminal electrically connected to electrode terminals of a battery bare cell, a second positive terminal and a second negative terminal electrically connected to a charger or an electronic device, a single field-effect transistor including a drain terminal, a source terminal, a gate terminal, and a well terminal, wherein the drain terminal is electrically connected to the first negative terminal and the source terminal is electrically connected to the second negative terminal, and a protection integrated circuit (P-IC) for controlling charging/discharging of the battery bare cell by controlling the gate terminal to control whether to switch on the single field-effect transistor and controlling a bias voltage of the well terminal by using an internal switch.