Abstract: A control panel assembly is disclosed for making it easy to manipulate buttons of home appliances, the control panel including at least one LED connected to a circuit board for selectively emitting light, a switch connected to the circuit board and provided adjacent to the LED for controlling a home appliance, a control panel provided in front of the LED and having at least one first hole, and at least one elastic button coupled with an edge of the first hole for selectively coming into contact with the switch in response to a user pressing the button, the elastic button having a pushing member including a first light-transmitting part for transmitting therethrough light emitted from the LED.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a spin drying method using a spin dryer including a tub provided with a drainage passage, and a drum rotatably positioned in the tub, for containing laundry. The spin drying method includes a first step for accelerating the drum containing the laundry from a first rotation speed to a second rotation speed for spin drying, and a second step for finishing the spin drying and stopping the drum. The first step includes a process for determinating continuation of the acceleration. The determination process is conducted in at least one period included in the rotation speed range ranging from the first rotation speed to the second rotation speed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flash memory device comprises forming a gate insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, forming silicon seed crystals on a surface of the gate insulating layer by reacting a nitrogen or oxygen atmosphere gas and a silicon source gas, forming a first layer for a floating gate over the gate insulating layer and the silicon seed crystals by increasing an amount of the silicon source gas, and forming a second layer for a floating gate on the first layer for a floating gate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a steam generator and a washing machine therewith. The present invention provides a steam generator including a water chamber for holding water actually, the water chamber having a heater mounted thereto for heating the water, and a steam chamber for holding steam generated as the water is heated actually, wherein the water chamber has a vertical direction length (a vertical length) relatively greater than a horizontal direction length (a horizontal length).

Abstract: In one embodiment, a gate insulating layer, a conductive layer, and a metal layer are formed over a semiconductor substrate. An ion implantation region is formed in an interface of the conductive layer and the metal layer by performing an ion implantation process. A flash annealing process is performed on the ion-implanted semiconductor substrate. The metal layer, the conductive layer, and the gate insulating layer are patterned.

Abstract: A method of forming a tunnel insulating layer in a flash memory device, comprising: forming an oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate, forming a nitrogen-containing layer to a surface of the oxide layer, and forming a nitrogen-accumulating layer on an interface defined between the semiconductor substrate and the oxide layer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a spin drying method using a tub (10) provided with a drainage passage, and a drum (20) rotatably positioned in the tub (10), for containing laundry. The spin drying method includes a first step for discharging wash water from the drum (20) to the tub (10) by rotating the drum (20), and a second step for discharging the wash water from the tub (10) to the drainage passage, by reducing a centrifugal force generated in the tub (10) by the rotation of the drum (20).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming a flash memory device, which is capable of forming floating gates. According to a method of forming a flash memory device in accordance with the present invention, isolation mask patterns are first formed over a semiconductor substrate. Trenches are formed by performing an etching process using the isolation mask patterns. Isolation layers are formed between the isolation mask patterns, including the insides of the respective trenches. The isolation mask patterns are removed. Tunnel dielectric layers and crystallized first conductive layers are sequentially formed over the exposed semiconductor substrate. A dielectric layer and a second conductive layer are formed over the isolation layers and the first conductive layers.

Abstract: A method and apparatus control a drum-type washing machine during a dewatering process in which a motor, coupled to a drum, rotates the drum to extract water from laundry contained in the drum. The method includes rotating the motor at a first rotating speed; performing at least one eccentricity detection at the first rotating speed, to obtain an eccentricity value; accelerating, if the obtained eccentricity value is within a nominal range, the motor from the first rotating speed to a second rotating speed, the second rotating speed being lower than a resonance range of the motor and rotated drum; and entering a main dewatering phase based on the at least one eccentricity detection. The second rotating speed of the motor is maintained at a constant level for a predetermined time before the main dewatering phase is entered. The constant level may be applied to a preliminary dewatering stage performed prior to the first rotating speed acceleration.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of forming a dielectric layer of a semiconductor memory device. According to an aspect of the invention, the method includes forming a high-k layer over a semiconductor substrate, and performing a plasma treating the high-k layer at a temperature less than the temperature in which the high-k layer would crystallize.

Abstract: A method of forming a dielectric layer of a semiconductor memory device is provided. The method includes forming a first insulating layer over a semiconductor substrate, performing a first plasma treatment process in order to densify a film of the first insulating layer, and forming a high-k insulating layer, which has a dielectric constant higher than that of the first insulating layer, on the first insulating layer. After second insulating layer is formed on the high-k insulating layer. A second plasma treatment process is performed in order to densify a film of the second insulating layer.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a gate insulating layer, a conductive layer, and a metal layer are formed over a semiconductor substrate. An ion implantation region is formed in an interface of the conductive layer and the metal layer by performing an ion implantation process. A flash annealing process is performed on the ion-implanted semiconductor substrate. The metal layer, the conductive layer, and the gate insulating layer are patterned.

Abstract: A control panel assembly is disclosed for making it easy to manipulate buttons of home appliances, the control panel including at least one LED connected to a circuit board for selectively emitting light, a switch connected to the circuit board and provided adjacent to the LED for controlling a home appliance, a control panel provided in front of the LED and having at least one first hole, and at least one elastic button coupled with an edge of the first hole for selectively coming into contact with the switch in response to a user pressing the button, the elastic button having a pushing member including a first light-transmitting part for transmitting therethrough light emitted from the LED.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming a dielectric layer of a flash memory device. In a process of forming a dielectric layer of a flash memory device, the dielectric layer may include a first oxide layer, a high dielectric layer, and a second oxide layer is formed. Accordingly, a leakage current characteristic and reliability of the flash memory device can be improved.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device and a fabrication method thereof. A high-k layer is formed between nitrogen-containing insulating layers. Accordingly, an interface reaction between an underlying oxide layer and the high-k insulating layer or between the oxide layer and a floating gate or a control gate can be prohibited and the electrical characteristics of the high-k layer can be improved, and a non-volatile memory device with high performance and high reliability can be fabricated.

Abstract: A control panel assembly is disclosed for making it easy to manipulate buttons of home appliances, the control panel including at least one LED connected to a circuit board for selectively emitting light, a switch connected to the circuit board and provided adjacent to the LED for controlling a home appliance, a control panel provided in front of the LED and having at least one first hole, and at least one elastic button coupled with an edge of the first hole for selectively coming into contact with the switch in response to a user pressing the button, the elastic button having a pushing member including a first light-transmitting part for transmitting therethrough light emitted from the LED.

Abstract: A heater fixing unit of a drum-type washing machine is provided. The heater fixing unit more stably supports a heater installed in a dry duct to reduce vibration and a noise of the heater. For that purpose, the heater fixing unit includes a duct body, a heater, two or more fixing parts, and two or more clamp members. The duct body communicates with an inside of the drum. The heater is installed in an inside of the duct body to heat an air flowing in an inside of the duct body. The fixing parts protruded from two or more positions on an inner surface of the duct body. The clamp members fixedly support the heater.

Abstract: A method and apparatus control a drum-type washing machine during a dewatering process in which a motor, coupled to a drum, rotates the drum to extract water from laundry contained in the drum. The method includes rotating the motor at a first rotating speed; performing at least one eccentricity detection at the first rotating speed, to obtain an eccentricity value; accelerating, if the obtained eccentricity value is within a nominal range, the motor from the first rotating speed to a second rotating speed, the second rotating speed being lower than a resonance range of the motor and rotated drum; and entering a main dewatering phase based on the at least one eccentricity detection. The second rotating speed of the motor is maintained at a constant level for a predetermined time before the main dewatering phase is entered. The constant level may be applied to a preliminary dewatering stage performed prior to the first rotating speed acceleration.

Abstract: Structure of a driving unit in a drum type washing machine including a tub for storing washing water, a drum of a metal rotatably mounted inside of the tub disposed horizontal to the ground, or with an angle to the ground for accommodating laundry therein, a shaft connected to the drum mounted inside of the tub through the tub for transmission of a driving force of the motor to the drum, bearings fitted onto outer circumferences of both end portions of the shaft for supporting the shaft, a bearing housing having stator fastening bosses at fixed intervals along a circumference of a central portion thereof for supporting the bearings, a stator having a plurality of magnetic cores each formed by stacking magnetic laminations each having a salient pole projected outward in a radial direction and a rib projected inward in a radial direction, both of which are formed as one unit, frames of insulating material for covering top and bottom surfaces of a magnetic core assembly of the magnetic cores, and coils each woun

Abstract: Structure of a driving unit in a drum type washing machine including a tub for storing washing water, a drum of a metal rotatably mounted inside of the tub disposed horizontal to the ground, or with an angle to the ground for accommodating laundry therein, a shaft connected to the drum mounted inside of the tub through the tub for transmission of a driving force of the motor to the drum, bearings fitted onto outer circumferences of both end portions of the shaft for supporting the shaft, a bearing housing having stator fastening bosses at fixed intervals along a circumference of a central portion thereof for supporting the bearings, a stator having a plurality of magnetic cores each formed by stacking magnetic laminations each having a salient pole projected outward in a radial direction and a rib projected inward in a radial direction, both of which are formed as one unit, frames of insulating material for covering top and bottom surfaces of a magnetic core assembly of the magnetic cores, and coils each woun