Abstract:
A semiconductor device including: a substrate including a PMOS region, an N-well tap forming region, and a boundary region; PMOS field effect transistors on the PMOS region; an N-well tap region doped with N-type impurities in the N-well tap forming region; a first metal pattern connected to at least one impurity region of the PMOS field effect transistors, wherein the first metal pattern extends so that an end of the first metal pattern is positioned on the boundary region; a second metal pattern electrically connected to the N-well tap region, wherein the second metal pattern extends so that an end of the second metal pattern is positioned on the boundary region; a first contact plug on the first metal pattern; a second contact plug on the second metal pattern; and an upper wiring on the first and second contact plugs.
Abstract:
According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include a housing including an acoustic conduit to output a sound, a sound output device disposed at least partially in the housing, and connected with an outside of the electronic device through the acoustic conduit, a memory, and a processor electrically connected with the sound output device and the memory. The processor may determine whether specified information is received in association with an output of the sound output device, output, through the sound output device, a sound including a plurality of frequency bands, based on the specified information, when the specified information is received, and maintain center frequencies of the plurality of frequency bands to be substantially fixed and change, in a specified range, sound pressures of the plurality of frequency bands, during time that the sound is output.
Abstract:
An electronic device for a session management function (SMF) may comprise memory storing instructions and at least one processor. The instructions may cause the electronic device to: obtain a first load value for a second time interval before selecting a serving user plane function (UPF), estimated based on an artificial intelligence model (AI model) using first load information of each of UPFs measured within a first time interval before the second time interval, obtain a second load value for the second time interval, calculated by using second load information of each of the UPFs measured within the second time interval, determine a difference between the first load value and the second load value, and determine, using the difference, whether to use a predicted load value of each of the UPFs obtained based on the AI model to select the serving UPF from among the UPFs.
Abstract:
In various embodiments, a method performed by a mobility management device, includes obtaining mobility information of a user equipment (UE). The method includes generating a predicted tracking area list for the UE based on the mobility information. The method includes transmitting, to the UE, a message including the predicted tracking area list to initiate a registration procedure based on the UE being out of a range of a plurality of tracking areas of the predicted tracking area list. The method includes based on identifying downlink data for the UE, performing a paging procedure in each of cells in the predicted tracking area list.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a sensor related to measurement of biometric information, at least one module that performs a specific function, a memory that stores an instruction related to operations of the sensor and the module, and at least one processor electrically connected to the sensor, the at least one module, and the memory to execute the instruction. When acquiring an event related to initiation of the measurement of the biometric information, the processor may deactivate at least one function of a module, or execute an instruction such that the deactivation state is maintained or the operating mode (for example, a low power mode) of the electronic device is changed.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes a diversity antenna, an additional antenna, and at least one processor. The diversity antenna is configured to provide data communication according to a first communication scheme. The additional antenna is configured to provide data communication according to one of the first communication scheme and a second communication scheme different from the first communication scheme. The at least one processor is configured to: detect a condition affecting performance of the diversity antenna, and determine, in response to detection of the condition, whether to switch from utilization of the diversity antenna to utilization of the additional antenna.
Abstract:
A method for selecting a multi-antenna transmission mode of an electronic device is provided. The method includes determining, by using a detection signal from a sensor, whether there is a contact with a human body, changing a second transmission mode to a first transmission mode when there is a contact with a human body that affects the electromagnetic field around an antenna, and transmitting the same data stream through at least two antennas according to the first transmission mode.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, an antenna structure, a first conductive material, and a second conductive material. The housing may be configured to provide a front surface and a rear surface of the electronic device. The antenna structure includes a printed circuit board positioned in the housing. The printed circuit board includes a first surface configured to face the front surface or the rear surface and a second surface configured to face a direction opposite to the first surface. The printed circuit board includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a dielectric. The first conductive layer includes a first antenna element and a second antenna element which are configured so as not to overlap each other when viewed from above the first surface.