Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor chip are provided. The methods may include providing a semiconductor substrate including integrated circuit regions and a cut region. The cut region may be between the integrated circuit regions. The methods may also include forming a modified layer by emitting a laser beam into the semiconductor substrate along the cut region, polishing an inactive surface of the semiconductor substrate to propagate a crack from the modified layer, and separating the integrated circuit regions along the crack. The cut region may include a plurality of multilayer metal patterns on an active surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is opposite to the inactive surface of the semiconductor substrate. The plurality of multilayer metal patterns may form a pyramid structure when viewed in cross section.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor device, comprising: a bit line structure including a bit line contact plug, a bit line, and a bit line hard mask that are sequentially stacked over a substrate; a storage node contact plug that is spaced apart from the bit line structure; a conformal spacer that is positioned between the bit line and the storage node contact plug and includes a low-k material; and a seed liner that is positioned between the conformal spacer and the bit line and thinner than the conformal spacer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a motor driving apparatus including: a motor; an inverter including a switching element for driving the motor; a controller for controlling the switching element; a resolver including an excitation winding and a detection winding; and a resolver chip applying an excitation signal to the excitation winding by inputting a periodic signal from the controller, and receiving a feedback signal from the detection winding, wherein the resolver chip determines the number of rotations of the motor based on a change in a pulse width of a detection signal resulting from a comparison between a voltage of the feedback signal and a preset voltage, and output a signal to the inverter for setting an inertial driving control mode according to the number of rotations of the motor in a failure state of the controller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a power plant early warning device and method which employ a multiple prediction model, and includes: a plurality of prediction models which receive information about the operation states of equipment in a power plant, and output prediction values and the reliabilities of the prediction values; a reliability analysis module which quantizes and analyzes the reliabilities output from the plurality of prediction models to determine the ranks of the plurality of prediction models, and calculates a final prediction value; a comparison module which compares the final prediction value with an actual measurement value, and outputs a residual; and a determination module which analyzes the residual to determine whether there are defects in the operating states of the equipment in the power plant.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are image-based object recognition method and system by and in which a learning server performs image-based object recognition based on the learning of environment variable data. The image-based object recognition method includes: receiving an image acquired through at least one camera, and segmenting the image on a per-frame basis; primarily learning labeling results for one or more objects in the image segmented on a per-frame basis; performing primary reasoning by performing object detection in the image through a model obtained as a result of the primary learning; performing data labeling based on the results of the primary reasoning, and performing secondary learning with weights allocated to respective boxes obtained by the primary reasoning and estimated as object regions; and finally detecting one or more objects in the image through a model generated as a result of the secondary learning.

Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer doped to have a first polarity, a second semiconductor layer doped to have a second polarity different from the first polarity, a light-emitting layer disposed between the first and second semiconductor layers, a shell layer formed on side surfaces of the first semiconductor layer, the light-emitting layer, and the second semiconductor layer, the shell layer including a divalent metal element, and an insulating film covering an outer surface of the shell layer and surrounding the side surface of the light-emitting layer.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first sensing group that includes a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes arranged in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a second sensing group that includes a central electrode and a plurality of peripheral electrodes disposed in a plurality of openings formed in some of the plurality of first electrodes. At least one first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes or at least one second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes is interposed between the central electrode and each of the plurality of peripheral electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for implementing dynamic-service-oriented communication between vehicle applications on an AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture (AUTOSAR) adaptive platform (AP). A machine including an electronic control unit (ECU) to which the portable operating system interface (POSIX) operating system (OS) is ported and implementing dynamic-service-oriented communication between vehicle applications on an AUTOSAR AP includes a skeleton which is an application for providing a service on the platform, a proxy which is an application using the service on the platform, and a service communication management (CM) which is an application for brokering service-oriented communication between vehicle applications on the platform.

Abstract: An electric power converter for a motor includes a body portion, a plurality of first power module portions disposed on one side of the body portion, a plurality of second power module portions disposed on an opposite side facing the one side of the body portion along a first direction, a plurality of first busbars extending from the first power module portions toward the second power module portions along the first direction and corresponding to each of the first power module portions, and a plurality of second busbars extending from the second power module portions along a direction, in which the plurality of first busbars extends, and corresponding to each of the second power module portions.

Abstract: A display device comprises a substrate; a circuit array layer comprising pixel drivers, data lines, first dummy lines, and second dummy lines; and a light emitting array layer. The display area comprises middle, first side, and second side regions. The data lines comprise first, second, and third data lines disposed in the middle, first side, and second side regions, respectively. The first dummy lines comprise a first data detour line disposed in the first side region and adjacent to a part of the second data line, and auxiliary lines. The second dummy lines comprise a second data detour line configured to connect the first data detour line to the third data line, and additional lines. The auxiliary lines comprise a bias auxiliary line to which a bias power is applied; and a second power auxiliary line to which a second power is applied.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel, an input sensor disposed on the display panel and including a plurality of sensing electrodes and a plurality of sensing lines connected to the sensing electrodes, and a driving circuit that drives the input sensor and generates a control signal based on a type of input applied to the input sensor. The sensing lines include a first sensing line electrically connecting first ends of the sensing electrodes adjacent to each other among the sensing electrodes, and a second sensing line connecting at least one of second ends, which are opposite to the first ends, of the adjacent sensing electrodes to the driving circuit and selectively connecting other sensing electrodes to the driving circuit or a reference electric potential in response to the control signal.

Abstract: A functional safety system of a robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can duplicate modules so as to satisfy a performance level d (pl-d) required for the functional satisfy of a robot.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are image-based object recognition method and system by and in which a learning server performs image-based object recognition based on the learning of environment variable data. The image-based object recognition method includes: receiving an image acquired through at least one camera, and segmenting the image on a per-frame basis; primarily learning labeling results for one or more objects in the image segmented on a per-frame basis; performing primary reasoning by performing object detection in the image through a model obtained as a result of the primary learning; performing data labeling based on the results of the primary reasoning, and performing secondary learning with weights allocated to respective boxes obtained by the primary reasoning and estimated as object regions; and finally detecting one or more objects in the image through a model generated as a result of the secondary learning.

Abstract: A functional safety system of a robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can duplicate modules so as to satisfy a performance level d (pl-d) required for the functional satisfy of a robot.

Abstract: A functional safety system of a robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can generate a safety zone which is a zone to sense whether an obstacle is present.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a display layer on the substrate; and a touch layer on the display layer, and including: a touch area; first sensor electrodes located along a first direction, and electrically connected to each other; second sensor electrodes located along a second direction crossing the first direction, and electrically connected to each other; and third sensor electrodes located along the first direction, and electrically insulated from the first and second sensor electrodes. In a first mode, the touch layer is to sense amounts of change in first capacitances between the first sensor electrodes and the second sensor electrodes, and in a second mode, the touch layer is to sense amounts of change in second capacitances between the first sensor electrodes and some of the second sensor electrodes, and amounts of change in third capacitances between the first sensor electrodes and the third sensor electrodes.

Abstract: In a busbar assembly cooling apparatus, insulation performance and cooling performance are ensured even though a size of a thermal conductor, which is configured as a thermal pad for insulating and cooling a busbar, is reduced. Furthermore, because the size of the thermal pad is reduced, an internal space is ensured, and weight and cost are reduced. Furthermore, a busbar assembly cooling apparatus and an electric power inverter module having the same are introduced, in which a space through which the busbar may be exposed, is blocked and sealed so that stability related to management of the busbar is ensured, and reliability of an inverter is improved.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for excitation signal generation for a resolver. The apparatus includes a sine wave generator that generates a sine wave based on a square wave, an amplifier that amplifies the sine wave, a differential signal generator that converts, into a differential signal, the amplified sine wave, a driver that inputs the differential signal to a coil, and a processor that generates an excitation signal by increasing a voltage of the sine wave from a start voltage to a target voltage through at least one of the sine wave generator and the amplifier based on a transient current that flows into the coil in a transient response interval.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for Internet of Things (IoT) device security. The method includes unifying a port in a first IoT device for communication, receiving, by the first IoT device, a packet from a second IoT device through the port, identifying whether the packet in the first IoT device is in a preset packet form, verifying content of the packet in the first IoT device when the packet is in the preset packet form, and opening the port for providing a service in the first IoT device when the verifying of the packet content is successful.

Abstract: An electronic device including a display layer and a sensor layer including a plurality of sensing units. Each of the plurality of sensing units includes at least one sub sensing unit. The at least one sub sensing unit includes a first pattern including a first portion and a second portion, a first cross pattern including a first cross portion and a second cross portion, a second cross pattern, and a bridge pattern. The second portion extends in a first cross direction crossing the first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction to face the first cross portion, and the second cross portion extends in the first cross direction to face the first portion.