Abstract: Provided is an inverter for driving a backlight such as LCD, wherein the inverter includes a driving circuit for driving at least two of a plurality of lamps; a transformer for connecting the driving circuit to the plurality of lamps; and a balance coil connected to at least two of the plurality of lamps for balancing the current flowing through the at least two of the plurality of lamps, and the balance coil further includes a bobbin having a winding part divided into at least three parts; a core disposed in the bobbin; and first and second coils disposed on the divided winding parts.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oven that is capable of discharging hot air generated when cooling a door and heat generated in a cooking chamber through the lower end of the door. The oven includes a door having at least two separated air channels. The air channels comprise at least one first air channel to discharge hot air generated when cooling the door through the lower end of the door, and at least one second air channel to introduce air through the lower end of the door such that the door is cooled. In the housing is mounted a circulating fan. Between the circulating fan and the air channels is connected a channel connecting unit. As the circulating fan is rotated, air flows along the second air channel to cool the door. Hot air generated when cooling the door is introduced into the first air channel through the channel connecting unit, and is then discharged out of the oven through the lower end of the door.

Abstract: An electron beam irradiator capable of performing electron beam irradiation in a wide area at a high current density with a field emitter tip. The electron beam irradiator comprises: a vacuum chamber having a beam irradiation window formed longitudinally in an outer periphery of the vacuum chamber; a cathode placed centrally and longitudinally inside the vacuum chamber, and having a field emitter tip formed on the cathode, corresponding to the beam irradiation window; and a high voltage supply placed at one end of the vacuum chamber, and adapted to apply high voltage toward the cathode. The electron beam irradiation can be made in a wide area without using an electromagnet as well as in a high current density without using a heater such as a filament or an additional power supply, thereby to ensure a simplified structure as well as a reduced size.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of horizontal electric field type and a fabricating method thereof is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of gate lines. Data lines cross in such a manner to insulate with the gate lines to define a pixel area. A first short preventive hole is arranged between a (n?1)th gate line and a (n)th gate line of the plurality of gate lines. And a bifarious pixel area is arranged between the (n)th gate line and a (n+1)th gate line of the plurality of gate lines.

Abstract: Provided are an electron emission source, a display apparatus using the same, an electronic device, and a method of manufacturing the display apparatus. The electron emission source includes a substrate, a cathode separately manufactured from the substrate, and a needle-shaped electron emission material layer, e.g., carbon nanotube (CNT) layer, fixed to the cathode by an adhesive layer. The CNT layer is formed by a suspension filtering method, and electron emission density is increased by a subsequent taping process on the electron emission material layer.

Abstract: A method of cutting carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotubes prepared by the same are disclosed. The cutting method includes preparing a ?-stacking complex including a doping metal, a non-polar molecule, and a bipolar solvent, adding carbon nanotubes to the ?-stacking complex, followed by stirring at room temperature to prepare a metal-doped carbon nanotube solution, washing and drying the metal-doped carbon nanotube solution to prepare a metal-doped carbon nanotube powder, and performing nitric acid treatment to the metal-doped carbon nanotube powder, followed by cutting and washing with distilled water. Carbon nanotubes having a short and uniform length and open terminals can be produced in mass via a simple process, thereby expanding the uses and applications of carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and apparatus of identifying optical disk types according to the present invention can identify the type of an optical disk (e.g., DVD-RAM, DVD-RAM, or DVD+/?RW) based on comparisons between a plurality of signals. For example, comparisons between the magnitudes of DPD and DPP tracking error signals and their respective reference values can be used. If an optical disk is identified as DVD+RW or DVD?RW, embodiments according to the present invention can further determine whether the optical disk is DVD+RW or DVD?RW. For example, the frequency of a wobble signal resulting from the shape of tracks formed on the optical disk and variables that affect the wobble frequency (e.g., the rotational speed of the optical disk and the current track position) can be used.

Abstract: An oven, which both satisfies heat insulating and cooling of a door by adjusting an air flow in channels formed in the door. The oven includes a plurality of channels provided in a door, into which external air flows, accompanied with air discharged by a discharge duct, such that the air flows in the plurality of the channels, and a flow conversion part formed above at least one of the plurality of the channels for stagnating the flow of air. Since the door insulates a cooking chamber from heat and is cooled using a difference of pressures between upper and lower portions of the door, the oven concurrently satisfies conflicting two requirements, such as heat insulating and cooling of the door.

Abstract: A method of massively synthesizing double-walled carbon nanotubes is provided. In the method, catalyst metal particles having a size of a few nanometers are embedded in nano pores of a support material powder. Then, the support material powder embedding the catalyst metal particles is sintered at a temperature of 700-900° C. Then, the support material powder embedding the catalyst metal particles is loaded in a reactor. Thereafter, high purity double-walled carbon nanotubes are formed massively by vaporizing a carbon source solution at a temperature of 700-1100° C. and supplying the vaporized carbon source gas, or by directly supplying a carbon source gas to the reactor.

Abstract: An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display according to an embodiment includes gate lines arranged in a first direction on an array substrate, data lines arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, one or more storage electrodes provided on the array substrate, common electrodes extending across each pixel region, pixel electrodes arranged to be substantially parallel to the common electrodes, the common electrodes and the pixel electrodes being alternately arranged to generate an in-plane field in each pixel region, thin film transistors (TFTs) provided at intersection areas of the gate lines and the data lines, each TFT including a source electrode connected to the corresponding data line, a drain electrode connected to the corresponding pixel electrode and a gate electrode, and at least one common line located under the respective common electrode in the pixel region, the common line being substantially parallel to the data lines.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of analyzing portable Internet signals in a measuring instrument. The method includes the steps of (a) acquiring synchronization using a preamble included in a currently received frame, (b) acquiring the access parameters of a DL_MAP included in the frame, and checking the validity of the DL_MAP, (c) if, as a result of the check at step (b), the DL_MAP is determined to be valid, acquiring downlink parameters and burst configuration information by interpreting the DL_MAP, and (e) performing a variety of diagnoses, including evaluation of signal quality for each burst, using the parameters and the burst configuration information.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus in an OFDM communication system, in which the receiving apparatus includes a serial-to-parallel converter that converts a serial signal received through an antenna to parallel signals. A pre-processor processes an nth symbol converted in the serial-to-parallel converter using an (n?1)th symbol and an (n+1)th symbol. A Fourier transformer Fourier-transforms the output of the pre-processor and an equalizer equalizes a Fourier-transformed signal. A deinterleaver deinterleaves an equalized signal, a decoder decodes a deinterleaved signal, and a parallel-to-serial converter converts parallel decoded signal to a signal stream.

Abstract: A hybrid circuit board includes a first circuit board and a second circuit boards. The first circuit board includes a first body having a slot, and a first circuit pattern formed on the first body and extended to the slot. The second circuit board includes a second body, a protruding portion, a second circuit pattern, and a separating member. The protruding portion extends from the second body. The protruding portion is inserted into the slot of the first circuit board to combine the second circuit board to the first circuit board. The second circuit pattern is formed on the second body to be extended to the protruding portion, so that the second circuit pattern is electrically connected to the first circuit pattern of the first circuit board. The separating member is disposed between the second body and the protruding portion to separate the protruding portion from the second body.

Abstract: An inverter power module for use in an electric/electronic device includes a driving circuit board, a power transformer mounted on the driving circuit board, an inverter transformer mounted on the driving circuit board, and a blocking unit to block a magnetic flux that is generated from the inverter transformer from being emitted to the outside. With this, the magnetic flux that is generated from the inverter transformer is blocked from being emitted to the outside, thereby allowing an EMI noise, a heating problem, a noise of the system circuit, etc. to be minimized.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a WiMAX system analyzer having an RAS emulation function and a method of acquiring UL synchronization and testing a PSS. The WiMAX system analyzer includes a clock counter, a D/A conversion unit, an A/D conversion unit, an RF processing unit, switching means, a signal generation unit, a signal analysis unit, and control means. The clock counter creates a frame number. The D/A conversion unit converts a DL sub-frame into an analog signal. The A/D conversion unit converts a UL sub-frame signal into digital data. The RF processing unit RF-modulates the DL sub-frame, outputs the modulated DL sub-frame, and demodulating a modulated UL sub-frame. The switching means connects the RF processing unit to the D/A conversion unit or the A/D conversion unit. The signal generation unit assigns a CID, and creating a DL sub-frame. The signal analysis unit decodes the UL sub-frame, and conducts various analyses.

Abstract: A door damper. The door damper includes a rotational shaft rotatably coupled to a door, a rotating resistance unit to generate rotating resistance to the rotational shaft, and a latching device latched to the rotational shaft and the door so as to allow the door and the rotational shaft to rotate together in a predetermined region. The latching device includes a free rotating section enabling free rotation of the door at an initial stage of opening the door, and a latching section enabling the latching device to be latched to the rotational shaft and the door at a final stage of opening the door so as to allow the door and the rotational shaft to rotate together. With the door damper, the door of electronic appliances can be smoothly opened without impact, and can be easily closed.

Abstract: A heating apparatus for cooking having a steam-generating device, which is easily cleaned and hygienically used and has improved steam-generating effects. The heating apparatus includes a main body having a cooking chamber; a hot air chamber formed in at least one surface of both side and rear surfaces of the cooking chamber for supplying hot air to the cooking chamber; and a steam-generating device installed in the hot air chamber for supplying steam to the cooking chamber.

Abstract: A hybrid circuit board includes a first circuit board and a second circuit boards. The first circuit board includes a first body having a slot, and a first circuit pattern formed on the first body and extended to the slot. The second circuit board includes a second body, a protruding portion, a second circuit pattern, and a separating member. The protruding portion extends from the second body. The protruding portion is inserted into the slot of the first circuit board to combine the second circuit board to the first circuit board. The second circuit pattern is formed on the second body to be extended to the protruding portion, so that the second circuit pattern is electrically connected to the first circuit pattern of the first circuit board. The separating member is disposed between the second body and the protruding portion to separate the protruding portion from the second body.

Abstract: A mobile communication system, a transmitter includes a first transmission antenna and a second transmission antenna, and the first and second transmission antennas transmit signals through at least one odd carrier and at least one even carrier. The transmitter determines a first symbol and a second symbol to be used for initial channel estimation of a receiver, encodes the first symbol and the second symbol by a preset transmit diversity scheme for a preset time, and transmits the encoded first and second symbols to the receiver through odd carriers and even carriers of the first transmission antenna and the second transmission antenna.

Abstract: An electron beam irradiator capable of performing electron beam irradiation in a wide area at a high current density with a field emitter tip. The electron beam irradiator comprises: a vacuum chamber having a beam irradiation window formed longitudinally in an outer periphery of the vacuum chamber; a cathode placed centrally and longitudinally inside the vacuum chamber, and having a field emitter tip formed on the cathode, corresponding to the beam irradiation window; and a high voltage supply placed at one end of the vacuum chamber, and adapted to apply high voltage toward the cathode. The electron beam irradiation can be made in a wide area without using an electromagnet as well as in a high current density without using a heater such as a filament or an additional power supply, thereby to ensure a simplified structure as well as a reduced size.