Abstract: Disclosed are a superabsorbent polymer having improved anti-caking properties and a method of preparing the same, and the superabsorbent polymer having improved anti-caking properties includes a superabsorbent polymer, microparticles, and water, and to improve anti-caking properties of the superabsorbent polymer, the temperature of the superabsorbent polymer or water upon addition of water or the aging time upon stirring is adjusted, thereby preventing caking of the particles.

Abstract: A lens antenna system is disclosed. The lens antenna system comprises a hybrid focal source antenna circuit configured to generate a source antenna beam for integration with different lens structures. In some embodiments, the hybrid focal source antenna circuit comprises a set of antenna elements coupled to one another. In some embodiments, the set of antenna elements comprises a first antenna element configured to be excited in a first spherical mode; and a second antenna element configured to be excited in a second, different, spherical mode. In some embodiments, the first spherical mode and the second spherical mode are co-polarized. In some embodiments, the lens antenna system further comprises a lens configured to shape the source antenna beam associated with the hybrid focal source antenna circuit, in order to provide an output antenna beam.

Abstract: The present invention relates to benzimidazole derivatives having the general formula I, wherein n is 0 or 1; X1 and X2 are independently, at each occurrence, CR5 or N; Y is C1-C6 alkylene, wherein alkylene is optionally substituted with one to two C1-C3 alkyl groups; R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkoxy, —NH2, —NHR6, —NR7R8 and —NH—(R9)n—R10, n being 0 or 1; R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, —NH2, —NHR6, —NR7R8 and —NH—(R9)n—R10; R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, OR11, —NR7R8, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C1-C3 haloalkyl, —C(O)NHR11, aryl, heteroaryl and heterocyclyl, wherein each of said cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl and heterocyclyl is optionally and independently substituted with one to four Ra groups; and R4 is selected from the group consisting of —NH2, —N(R12)(V)pR13, —NH(V)p—OR14, —NHC(O)R15, and groups of formula 1a shown below, and their use in the treatment of diseases, in

Abstract: There are provided a memory controller and an operating method thereof. The memory controller includes: a meta data storage for storing meta data including mapping information of data stored in a memory device and valid data information representing whether the data stored in the memory device is valid data; and a migration controller for controlling the memory device to perform a migration operation of moving, to a target memory block, valid data stored in a plurality of source memory blocks included in the memory device, based on the meta data. The migration controller controls the memory device to read a second valid data stored in the second die before reading a first valid data stored in the first die, based on a comparison result between a reference time and a delay time required until before the first valid data is read.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information is disclosed. The apparatus may include: a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object; a force sensor configured to obtain a force signal by measuring an external force exerted onto the force sensor; and a processor configured to obtain a first input value, a second input value, and a third input value based on the pulse wave signal and the force signal, to extract a feature vector by inputting the first input value, the second input value, and the third input value into a first neural network model, and to obtain the bio-information by inputting the feature vector into a second neural network model.

Abstract: Disclosed are a backplane substrate that is capable of expressing high gradation even through a small pixel, a method of manufacturing the same, and an organic light-emitting display device using the same. Integration for ultra-high resolution is possible through structural modification.

Abstract: Provided is a multi-channel, bi-directional optical communication module.

Abstract: A haptic effect transmission method for providing real-time immersive content according to the present invention includes executing participatory content in which one or more users participate, collecting motion information of the users participating in the participatory content through a haptic device, multiplexing the motion information with video and audio files of the participatory content to obtain a multiplexed file, and demultiplexing the multiplexed file and providing the demultiplexed file to a display device and a haptic device of a client terminal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to functional fibers, that is, sweat-absorptive quick-drying fibers through which moisture, such as sweat discharged from the skin, is quickly discharged to the outside to be dried. A sweat-absorptive quick-drying composition including a water repellent for fibers as a material applied on the fibers further includes water-repellent microcapsules and wasabi antibacterial microcapsules respectively obtained by performing micro-encapsulation of the water repellent for fibers and wasabi oil. Accordingly, it is possible to ensure a very stable water-repellent function by using a water-repellent-functional-processing agent subjected to micro-encapsulation treatment, unlike conventional fibers subjected to sweat-absorptive quick-drying treatment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory system and an operating method thereof. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the memory system may store, in a first memory area or a second memory area each including at least one of the plurality of memory blocks, a journal including mapping change information between a logical address and a physical address according to a number of free memory blocks among the plurality of memory blocks.

Abstract: A communication device may include a millimeter wave (mm-wave) antenna array having antenna elements, a mm-wave element (e.g. lens), and one or more transceivers (e.g. first and second transceivers). The mm-wave lens may be configured to adjust the first beam and the second beam as the first and second beams pass through the mm-wave lens. The first transceiver can selectively couple to the antenna elements, the first transceiver being configured to drive a first selected antenna element of the antenna elements to transmit a beam from the selected first antenna element. The second transceiver may selectively couple to the antenna elements, the second transceiver being configured to drive a second selected antenna element of the antenna elements to transmit a second beam from the selected second antenna element.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing and spaced apart from each other; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; a thin film transistor in a subpixel on an inner surface of first substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a common electrode generating an electric field with the pixel electrode; a black matrix in a border portion of the subpixel on an inner surface of the second substrate, the black matrix including a metallic material, and a voltage applied to the black matrix; and a color filter layer in a center portion of the subpixel on the black matrix.

Abstract: A radar device may include a digital to analog converter (DAC) stage. The DAC stage may generate a plurality of analog signals. The DAC stage may generate a different analog signal for each transmitter chain of a plurality of transmitter chains. Each analog signal of the plurality of analog signals may represent a single digital signal. Each transmitter chain of the plurality of transmitter chains may include a transmit chain portion and switched analog beamforming network (BFN). The transmit chain portion may generate a plurality of intermediate analog signals representative of the corresponding analog signal. The switched analog BFN may generate a plurality of analog transmit signals for an intermediate analog signal of the plurality of intermediate analog signals. The plurality of analog transmit signals may include a beam formed in accordance with a state of the switched analog BFN.

Abstract: In various aspects, a package system includes at least a first package and a second package arranged on a same side of the package carrier. Each of the first package and the second package comprises an antenna to transmit and/or receive radio frequency signals. A cover may be arranged at a distance over the first package and the second package at the same side of the package carrier as the first package and the second package. The cover comprises at least one conductive element forming a predefined pattern on a side of the cover facing the first package and the second package. The predefined pattern is configured as a frequency selective surface. The package system further includes a radio frequency signal interface wirelessly connecting the antennas of the first package and the second package. The radio frequency signal interface comprises the at least one conductive element.

Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device including memory blocks, and a controller configured to generate a result indicative of whether a number of free memory blocks satisfies a reference after beginning of garbage collection for the memory device, selectively perform a journaling operation for a request based on the result, and program data, collected by the garbage collection, in the memory device.

Abstract: An antenna module and communication device containing the antenna module are disclosed. The antenna module is disposed in a metal cavity. The antenna module includes a switched beam mm-wave antenna array having radiating elements separated by less than a wavelength of the radiating elements. The array is fed by a single transceiver chain. The array is disposed at the focal length of a low-profile mm-wave lens configured to steer the beam. A sub-10 GHz antenna is disposed closer to the opening of the cavity than the lens. The lens is a Fresnel Zone Plate lens having a focal length of less than about the wavelength of the beam, or a Saucer lens having shells of different refractive indexes and having a profile that is more than 6 times smaller than a Luneburg lens with a same focal length.

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate composition comprising a polycarbonate and a light blocking agent, and an optical product formed therefrom. The polycarbonate composition has a low yellow index, unlike conventional yellowish blue light-blocking products, and thus various colors can be implemented. Accordingly, it is possible to provide optical products with various colors, and the polycarbonate composition is very suitable for spectacles required to have high transparency and to block blue light that is harmful to eyes.

Abstract: A memory controller includes a first flash translation layer (FTL) generating a physical address corresponding to a first type logical address received from a host on the basis of information about the first memory blocks, a second FTL generating a physical address corresponding to a second type logical address received from the host on the basis of information about the second memory blocks, and a memory control unit controlling the first memory area or the second memory area to perform an operation on the physical address corresponding to the first type logical address or the physical address corresponding to the second type logical address, wherein the first FTL provides the second FTL with block request information for requesting use of the second memory blocks, and generates the physical address corresponding to the first type logical address received from the host on the basis of block allocation information provided by the second FTL.

Abstract: Provided herein may be a memory controller and a method of operating the same. The memory controller may include a SPO detector configured to output a detection signal when a SPO is detected, a memory buffer configured to store host data, and a power loss controller configured to, based on the detection signal, receive dump data corresponding to the host data, store the dump data and a dump age corresponding to the dump data, and output the dump data and the dump age to a memory device, wherein the dump age indicates a number of times that different items of host data have been dumped from the memory buffer to the power loss controller, and the power loss controller is configured to control a recovery operation corresponding to the SPO based on the dump age being received from the memory device.

Abstract: An apparatus, for charging a battery for a vehicle, includes a PFC circuit comprising a rectifier for rectifying an AC power to a DC power, and a link capacitor for smoothing the rectified DC power, a bidirectional DC-DC converter including a first switch for converting the DC power of the PFC circuit to an AC power, a transformer for boosting or reducing a voltage of the AC power converted at the first switch, and a second switch for rectifying an AC power from the transformer to a DC power, and a controller configured to control a phase of a PWM signal applied to the second switch such that the link capacitor is charged by an electrical power from the battery, when a voltage of the link capacitor is below a predetermined voltage prior to entering a battery charging mode.