Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a fabricating method having a simplified process are disclosed. The liquid crystal display device compromises, among other features, first and second substrates, a gate line crossing a data line with a gate insulating film therebetween to define a pixel area. A common line is provided on the substrate substantially parallel to the gate line, and a common electrode is extended from the common line into the pixel area. A pixel electrode is extended from a drain electrode into the pixel area to form a horizontal electric field with the common electrode. The data line, a source electrode, a drain electrode and the pixel electrode are formed of a first conductive layer group having at least double conductive layers, and are formed in an area to be sealed by a sealant upon joining the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate for applying a horizontal electric field and a fabricating method thereof for simplifying a process are disclosed.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a black matrix on a first substrate to divide a pixel area having a reflection area and a transmission area; a color layer in the transmission area of the pixel area provided by the black matrix; and a non-color layer in the reflection area of the pixel area.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, including: a gate line on a substrate; a data line crossing the gate line with a gate insulating film therebetween to define a pixel area; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a semiconductor pattern which forms a channel of the thin film transistor and overlaps along the data line; a passivation film covering the data line and the thin film transistor; and a pixel electrode on the gate insulating film in a pixel hole of the pixel area that penetrates the passivation film and connected to the thin film transistor, the pixel electrode on an inclined side surface of the passivation film to encompass the pixel hole, to form a border with the passivation film and having a thickness that decreases as it goes up the side surface of the passivation film.

Abstract: A composite washing system is disclosed which is capable of continuously circulating laundry-drying air through dryers while obtaining a more efficient drying effect, so that the composite washing system has a suitable built-in structure having minimal influence on the indoor environment. The composite washing system includes a drum dryer which dries laundry to be dried, and includes a drying drum adapted to receive the laundry, a hot air supply path adapted to guide a flow of hot air, a hot air supplier arranged in the hot air supply path to generate the hot air, and an air condenser adapted to condense the hot air, a cabinet dryer which is coupled to one side of the drum dryer, and is defined with a laundry receiving compartment, the cabinet dryer including a hot air adapted to receive the hot air flowing through the hot air supply path, and a laundry folder which is disposed in the cabinet dryer to receive laundry having a long length without wrinkling the laundry.

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate of horizontal electric field type includes: a gate line and a first common line formed on a substrate to be in parallel to each other; a data line crossing the gate line and the first common line with a gate insulating film therebetween to define a pixel area; a second common line crossing the first common line having the gate insulating film therebetween; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a common electrode extending from the second common line in said pixel area; a pixel electrode that is parallel to the common electrode and the second common line; a protective film for covering the thin film transistor; a gate pad having a lower gate pad electrode connected to an upper gate pad electrode through a first contact hole; a common pad having a lower common pad electrode connected to an upper common pad electrode through a second contact hole; and a data pad having a lower data pad electrode connected to an upper data pad electrode provided with

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate and a fabricating method thereof for simplifying a process are disclosed. In a liquid crystal display device according to the present invention, a gate line is provided on a substrate. A data line crosses the gate line with having a gate insulating film therebetween to define a pixel area. A thin film transistor includes a gate electrode connected to the gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line, a drain electrode opposed to the source electrode and a semiconductor layer for defining a channel between the source electrode and the drain electrode. A pixel electrode is connected to the drain electrode and is provided at said pixel area. Herein, said data line, said source electrode and said drain electrode have a double-layer structure in which a source/drain metal pattern and a transparent conductive pattern are built. Said pixel electrode is formed by an extension of the transparent conductive pattern of the drain electrode.

Abstract: An operation method for a combination driver is disclosed. The present invention relates to a combination dryer, and more particularly, to an operation method for a combination dryer which enables air in a drying drum and a cabinet for drying the laundry to circulate continuously and enables water generated in the circulation process to perform a refreshing cycle by using the water.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for arbitrating control signals to bridge an SPI-3 interface recommended by the optical internetworking forum (OIF), between devices in an identical layer using the SPI-3 interface are provided. According to the method and apparatus, a bridging apparatus which performs the role of a link layer device between devices in a physical layer using the SPI-3 interface, and the role of a physical layer device between devices in a link layer devices, is disposed so that control signals do not collide with each other when the SPI-3 interface is directly connected between devices in the identical layer. By doing so, data transmission and reception through exchange of control signals between even devices in the same layer is enabled without modification of the conventional devices.

Abstract: There is provided a sump assembly of a dishwasher. The sump assembly includes a sump case for reserving washing water, the sump case having coupling bosses protruded upward, a sump cover seating on an upper portion of the sump case, the sump cover having a coupling boss and a coupling hole in which a coupling member is inserted, a self-cleaning filter assembly mounted on a top surface of the sump cover to filter foreign objects, the self-cleaning assembly having a coupling hole in which the coupling member is inserted, a washing pump for pumping out the washing water reserved in the sump case, a fluid passage guide for guiding flow of the washing water pumped from the washing pump, the fluid passage being mounted on a bottom of the sump cover, and a pump lower disposed between the washing pump and the fluid passage guide, the pump lower having a first coupling boss formed on a frame portion and a second coupling boss formed therein.

Abstract: A sump assembly for preventing leakage during the flow of washing water is provided. The sump assembly includes a sump case, a fluid passage guide, a sump cover, a lower nozzle holder, and a self-cleaning filter assembly. The sump case stores washing water. The fluid passage guide is disposed on top of the sump case and includes a wash pump within for inducing a forced flow of washing water. The sump cover is mounted on top of the fluid passage guide. The lower nozzle holder firmly contacts the top of the sump cover. The self-cleaning filter assembly is disposed in a space between the sump cover and the lower nozzle holder and includes a mesh filter within for filtering foreign objects.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a fabricating method thereof for simplifying a process and improving an aperture ration are disclosed, including forming a first mask pattern group including a gate line, a gate electrode and a common line; forming a second mask pattern group including a semiconductor pattern and a source/drain pattern having a data line, a source electrode and a drain electrode overlapped thereon on the gate insulating film using a second mask; and forming a third mask pattern group including and a pixel electrode making an interface with the protective film in the pixel hole to be connected to the drain electrode, thereby forming a horizontal electric field with the common electrode, using a third mask.

Abstract: There is provided a soil jam preventing structure of a dishwasher having a tub. The soil jam preventing structure includes a sump case mounted on a floor of the tub to reserve washing water and a sump cover seating on an upper portion of the sump case, the sump cover having an outer frame portion, a rib extending from the outer frame portion, and a foreign object drain groove formed by cutting away a portion of the rib.

Abstract: The present invention provides a helical core and fabricating method thereof, by which a material and weight for fabrication of a core are reduced and by which a fabrication process is simplified.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sump assembly of a dishwasher, by which water can be purified. The present invention includes a sump housing storing water therein, a pump coupled with the sump housing to pump the water, a guide assembly provided within the sump housing to guide the pumped water to a sprayer, and a drain chamber configured to filter contaminant from the water drained from the guide assembly.

Abstract: A sump assembly of a dishwasher stores water to be supplied to spray nozzles. The sump assembly includes a sump housing for storing water; a heater assembly for heating the stored water; and a water supply pump for pumping the heated water from inside the sump housing above the heater assembly. The water supply pump has an impeller, provided inside the sump housing and disposed above the heater assembly, for forcing the heated water out of the sump housing. The sump housing of the sump assembly is provided with a heater port, which is an opening formed in a lateral side one of the sump housing for receiving the heater assembly, so that a manual operator can unload the heater assembly from and load the heater assembly into the sump housing, while acting externally with respect to the sump assembly.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dishwasher, by which an assembly of a sump and washing motor is structurally improved. The present invention includes a sump storing water therein, the sump having a shaft coupling hole coupled with a washing motor shaft, at least one or more guide pieces outwardly projected from one surface of the sump, and a washing motor having a guide groove receiving the at least one or more guide pieces therein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sump assembly of a dishwasher, in which water is stored to be supplied to spray nozzles. The sump assembly comprises a sump housing storing water therein, a pump coupled with the sump housing to pump the water, and a heater assembly coupled with the sump housing to heat the water. The heater assembly is detachable from the sump housing at an outside of the sump housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is an array substrate of an LCD, and a method for fabricating it, which simplifies the fabrication process, thereby reducing fabrication costs. The process is simplified because the array substrate does not have a passivation film. The thin film transistors on the array substrate each have an active layer that is protected from contamination by forming a channel insulation layer on the active layer through a dry-etching process. Further, the gate line, gate pad, and gate electrode may have a two-layer structure having a low-resistance metal layer and a barrier metal layer, or a three-layer structure having a low-resistance metal layer and two barrier metal layers.

Abstract: A horizontal electric field applying type thin film transistor substrate of a LCD device having an increased aperture ratio as well as a simplified manufacturing process. The device includes a gate line having a double layered structure including a transparent first conductive layer and an opaque second conductive layer, a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel area; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a common line having first and second conductive layers and substantially parallel to the gate line; a common electrode extended from the first conductive layer of the common line in the pixel area; and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor to form a horizontal electric field with the common electrode in the pixel area.