Abstract: An electrode assembly in which a first electrode and a second electrode having a sheet shape and a separation film interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference is provided. The first electrode and the second electrode respectively includes an uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer on a longer edge end; and a coated portion having an active material layer coated on a region excluding the uncoated portion. The first electrode includes an insulation layer that covers at least a portion of the uncoated portion and at least a portion of the coated portion along a winding direction. The uncoated portion may be bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly, and the bending point may be spaced apart from the axial end of the insulation layer.

Abstract: A separator, including a porous polymer substrate; and a porous coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer includes a binder polymer and inorganic particles. The separator has two ends and includes an insulation coating layer at each of the two ends in a transverse direction on outermost sides of the separator. The insulation coating layer includes a filler and a binder. The insulation coating layer has a porous structure.

Abstract: A current collector for a secondary battery has a material having an elongation of 1.5 to 3.0% and a tensile strength of 25 to 35 kgf/mm2. An electrode, an electrode assembly, cylindrical battery cell, and battery pack are also provided.

Abstract: A drying device includes a first dryer configured to dry an electrode active material located in a coating boundary region having a boundary of a portion in which the electrode active material is coated and a portion in which the electrode active material is not coated on an electrode current collector, and a second dryer configured to dry at least the electrode active material located in a region other than the coating boundary region on the electrode current collector.

Abstract: An electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separation file interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the separator being wound in one direction about a winding axis is provided. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode has a sheet shape with a pair of long sides and an uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer on one of the long sides. The first electrode includes at least one insulation layer that simultaneously covers a portion of the uncoated portion and a portion of the coated portion. A cylindrical battery cell and a battery pack are also provided.

Abstract: An electrode assembly having a jelly-roll type structure in which a first electrode current collector, a second electrode current collector, and a separator located between the first electrode current collector and the second electrode current collector are wound in one direction. At least one of the first electrode current collector or the second electrode current collector includes an uncoated portion exposed to outside of the separator. A cutting line is provided in the axial direction of the electrode assembly in the at least one of the uncoated portion. The uncoated portion in which the cutting line is provided is divided into a remaining area remaining to protrude in a winding axis direction and a bent target area bent in a preset direction. At least a part of the uncoated portion included in the bent target area is bent to have a plurality of layers overlapping in a bending direction.

Abstract: A method of determining a read voltage of a memory device includes performing a plurality of read operations with respective different read voltages on a first group of storage regions of the memory device using a first error correction rate, wherein the plurality of read operations are performed to distinguish between a pair of adjacent logic states of memory cells in the first group of storage regions, detecting a read voltage level, among the different read voltages, at which a minimum number of erroneous bits is generated in the at least one read operation, and determining a read voltage for a second group of storage regions to which a second error correction rate is applied, based on the detected read voltage level, wherein the first error correction rate is higher than the second error correction rate.

Abstract: A method of determining a read voltage of a memory device comprises performing a plurality of read operations with respective different read voltages on a first group of storage regions of the memory device using a first error correction rate, wherein the plurality of read operations are performed to distinguish between a pair of adjacent logic states of memory cells in the first group of storage regions, detecting a read voltage level, among the different read voltages, at which a minimum number of erroneous bits is generated in the at least one read operation, and determining a read voltage for a second group of storage regions to which a second error correction rate is applied, based on the detected read voltage level, wherein the first error correction rate is higher than the second error correction rate.