Abstract: A substrate transfer system capable of performing efficient distribution exchange between fabricating facilities is provided. The substrate transfer system includes a lower rail, an upper rail which is located above the lower rail from a ground plane, and extends to be parallel to the lower rail, a conveyor which extends to intersect the lower rail and the upper rail, below the lower rail, a first lower transport unit which transports a first carrier along the lower rail and unloads the first carrier onto the conveyor, and a first upper transport unit which transports a second carrier along the upper rail and unloads the second carrier onto the conveyor, wherein the conveyor includes a linear module which moves the first carrier and the second carrier in a linear direction, and a turning module which turns the first carrier and the second carrier.

Abstract: A conductive composite material, a method of preparing the same, and a secondary battery including the same. The conductive composite material may increase the proportion of an active material when forming an electrode by chemically bonding a conductive material and a binder to each other. A method of preparing the conductive composite material comprises ionizing carbon-based particles in a predetermined polarity, ionizing PTFE particles in a polarity different from that of the carbon-based particles, and chemically bonding the ionized carbon-based particles and the ionized PTFE particles, which are ionized in different polarities, to each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode tab welding apparatus for welding electrode tabs of a pouch-shaped battery to each other in a state of gathering the electrode tabs using tab guides in a preliminary welding step of welding the electrode tabs to each other before welding the electrode tabs and an electrode lead of the pouch-shaped battery to each other and an electrode tab welding method using the same.

Abstract: A positive electrode material for a lithium secondary battery has improved electron conductivity and surface stability because oxidation-treated carbon nanotubes are stably attached to the surface of an active material. According to one embodiment the positive electrode material includes a positive electrode active material core made of a Li—Ni—Co—Mn-M-O-based material (M=transition metal) and an oxidized carbon nanotube coating layer formed on the surface of the positive electrode active material core and including 1% to 3% by weight of oxidation-treated carbon nanotubes (OCNT) relative to 100% by weight of the positive electrode active material core.

Abstract: Electronic device includes first wireless communication interface; second wireless communication interface; and controller.

Abstract: A positive electrode material for a lithium secondary battery and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The positive electrode material may have carbon nanotubes stably attached to a surface of an active material and may exhibit increased electron conductivity and improved surface stability. The positive electrode material for a lithium secondary battery may comprises: a positive electrode active material core comprising a Li—Ni—Co—Mn-M-O-based material, where M is a transition metal; and a carbon nanotube coating layer on a surface of the positive electrode active material core. Carbon nanotubes (CNT) may be in an amount of 1-5 wt %, based on 100 wt % of the positive electrode active material core.

Abstract: A power supply may include a control signal generating unit outputting a control signal in response to a load information signal input thereto, a controlling unit activating and outputting a first gate signal or activating and outputting first and second gate signals in response to the control signal, a first power factor correction unit operating in response to the first gate signal, and a second power factor correction unit operating in response to the second gate signal.

Abstract: A feedback circuit includes a detection voltage regulating unit outputting a regulation voltage by comparing a detection voltage associated with a current flowing in a light emitting diode channel with a reference voltage, a path forming unit forming a current path depending on the regulation voltage, and a feedback signal generating unit generating a feedback signal depending on a current flowing in the current path.

Abstract: There is provided a boost converter capable of reducing voltage stress within each element thereof, without using a separate loss snubber circuit, by clamping a voltage applied to an output diode to correspond to a difference between an input voltage and an output voltage. The boost converter includes a transformer including a primary winding receiving an input power and a secondary winding electromagnetically coupled to the primary winding and having a preset turn ratio therewith; a switching unit switching the input power transferred to the primary winding on and off according to a preset duty ratio; a stabilizing unit including an output diode rectifying the power outputted from the secondary winding to stabilize an output power; and a clamping unit clamping a voltage applied to the output diode to correspond to a difference between the input power and the output power during a switching on operation of the switching unit.

Abstract: There are provided an alternating current (AC) detection circuit and an operating method thereof. The AC detection circuit includes: a power supply unit outputting an AC signal; a filter unit connected to the power supply unit to block a serial signal component; and a detection circuit unit including at least one switching element turned on or turned off according to an output signal from the filter unit, and detecting whether the AC input signal has been input according to an operation of the at least one switching element.

Abstract: There is provided a boost converter capable of reducing voltage stress within each element thereof, without using a separate loss snubber circuit, by clamping a voltage applied to an output diode to correspond to a difference between an input voltage and an output voltage. The boost converter includes a transformer including a primary winding receiving an input power and a secondary winding electromagnetically coupled to the primary winding and having a preset turn ratio therewith; a switching unit switching the input power transferred to the primary winding on and off according to a preset duty ratio; a stabilizing unit including an output diode rectifying the power outputted from the secondary winding to stabilize an output power; and a clamping unit clamping a voltage applied to the output diode to correspond to a difference between the input power and the output power during a switching on operation of the switching unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a light emitting device (LED) driving apparatus that constantly maintains the average current flowing onto a plurality of channels. The light emitting device (LED) driving apparatus includes: a LED light source unit in which at least one LED channel is connected in parallel; at least one current detector that is disposed on a low end of a LED channel of the LED light source unit to detect the current flowing onto respective LED channels; at least one channel current controller that generates control signal controlling the average current of the channels by comparing current detected from the channels with reference wave; and a switching element that controls the average current of the LED channels in a PWM scheme according to the control signals.

Abstract: There is provided a boost converter capable of reducing internal pressure in elements without the employment of a separate snubber by clamping a voltage, transmitted to the elements, to a charging voltage or an output voltage during power conversion. The boost converter includes a transformer including a primary winding receiving input power and a secondary winding electromagnetically coupled to the primary winding and having a predetermined turns ratio therewith; a switching part allowing the input power transmitted to the primary winding to be on or off according to a predetermined switching duty; a clamping part including a link capacitor charged with the input power obtained when the switching part is switched on, and power transformed based on the predetermined turns ratio; and a stabilizing part stabilizing power outputted from the clamping part.

Abstract: A driver for light emitting diodes can reduce heat generation in a switching device by dividing surplus voltage from a plurality of LED arrays, caused by a voltage difference between LEDs, and providing the divided voltage to a plurality of switching devices. The LED driver includes a power part supplying a preset driving voltage to a plurality of LED arrays, and a plurality of driving parts switching a driving voltage flowing to the plurality of LED arrays, respectively. The plurality of driving parts each include a plurality of switches each receiving a divided surplus voltage remaining after the driving voltage is applied to the plurality of LED arrays.

Abstract: A light source driver supplies a driving voltage, obtained by the multiplication of an input voltage, to a light source, especially to an LED array. The light source driver includes a power converting part switching an input power to be converted into a first power having a predetermined voltage level; and a multiplying part including at least one multiplying cell having at least one capacitor charging and discharging the first power according to the switching of the power converting part and at least one diode providing a path for transmitting the first power according to the switching of the power converting part, multiplying the first power to thereby transmit a driving power to at least one light source, and being configured as a closed loop in which the capacitor and the diode are connected to an input terminal of the power converting part through which the input power is inputted.

Abstract: There is provided a backlight unit having a protection circuit using a center-tap, the backlight unit including: a current balancing unit including a plurality of primary coils individually transmitting the lamp driving power from an inverter unit to the lamps, and a plurality of secondary coils each formed of one conductor having a center-tap, and receiving an electromagnetically induced voltage from each of the plurality of primary coils, the one end and the center-tap of each of the plurality of secondary coils connected in series with the one end and the center-tap of the neighboring secondary coil to form at least one closed loop and maintain current transmitted to each of the lamps balanced; a sensing unit sensing a variation in current of the closed loop and a variation in current of the primary coil from the current balancing unit; and a determination unit determining whether each of the lamps performs an abnormal operation or not.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a light emitting device (LED) driving apparatus that constantly maintains the average current flowing onto a plurality of channels. The light emitting device (LED) driving apparatus includes: a LED light source unit in which at least one LED channel is connected in parallel; at least one current detector that is disposed on a low end of a LED channel of the LED light source unit to detect the current flowing onto respective LED channels; at least one channel current controller that generates control signal controlling the average current of the channels by comparing current detected from the channels with reference wave; and a switching element that controls the average current of the LED channels in a PWM scheme according to the control signals.

Abstract: There is provided a backlight unit that determines whether a lamp performs an abnormal operation by detecting a voltage that is induced in a power conversion transformer without using a complicated and expensive detection circuit. A backlight unit having a protection circuit using induced voltage detection according to an aspect of the invention includes an inverter part including a primary coil receiving power and at least one secondary coil converting the power from the primary coil to AC power set beforehand, a lamp part including at least one lamp receiving the AC power from the inverter part to emit light, a detection part including conductors detecting voltages electromagnetically induced in the secondary coil, and an abnormality determining part comparing detection voltages from the detection part with a reference voltage set beforehand.

Abstract: There is provided a backlight unit having a protection circuit using a center-tap, the backlight unit including: a current balancing unit including a plurality of primary coils individually transmitting the lamp driving power from an inverter unit to the lamps, and a plurality of secondary coils each formed of one conductor having a center-tap, and receiving an electromagnetically induced voltage from each of the plurality of primary coils, the one end and the center-tap of each of the plurality of secondary coils connected in series with the one end and the center-tap of the neighboring secondary coil to form at least one closed loop and maintain current transmitted to each of the lamps balanced; a sensing unit sensing a variation in current of the closed loop and a variation in current of the primary coil from the current balancing unit; and a determination unit determining whether each of the lamps performs an abnormal operation or not.

Abstract: There is provided a backlight unit that determines whether a lamp performs an abnormal operation by detecting a voltage that is induced in a power conversion transformer without using a complicated and expensive detection circuit. A backlight unit having a protection circuit using induced voltage detection according to an aspect of the invention includes an inverter part including a primary coil receiving power and at least one secondary coil converting the power from the primary coil to AC power set beforehand, a lamp part including at least one lamp receiving the AC power from the inverter part to emit light, a detection part including conductors detecting voltages electromagnetically induced in the secondary coil, and an abnormality determining part comparing detection voltages from the detection part with a reference voltage set beforehand.