Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus, comprising a top chassis; a display panel provided in rear of the top chassis; a lamp provided in rear of the top chassis driven by parallel electrode power; and a bottom chassis provided in rear of the lamp formed with current leakage preventing holes to reduce the leakage current from the lamp as much as possible. Thus, the present invention provides a liquid crystal display apparatus capable of reducing leakage current generated between a lamp and a bottom chassis as much as possible.

Abstract: An electric oven includes a partition member to partition a cooking chamber into two cooking regions. The partition member for use in the electric oven includes an insulating board interposed between upper and lower plates of the partition member, and a shock-absorbing unit to prevent damage to the insulating board. Using the electric oven configured as stated above, it is possible to intercept heat transfer between the partitioned respective cooking regions, thereby preventing heat loss between the respective cooking regions and damage to the interior of the partition member.

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: In a backlight assembly and an LCD device having the same, a backlight assembly includes a main light source and an auxiliary light source. The main light source is under an LCD panel that displays an image. The main light source generates a main light. The auxiliary light source generates an auxiliary light. Therefore, luminance of the backlight assembly becomes more uniform, and an image display quality of the LCD device is improved.

Abstract: An electric cooking apparatus and method of controlling heaters thereof, in which the heaters operate according to power-ON periods and power-OFF periods set in view of a temperature of the heaters, consumption of unnecessary power is reduced, and variations of heat supplied to a cooking cavity are decreased, thus improving quality of cooking and shortening overall cooking periods. The method includes detecting a temperature of a cooking cavity, and operating the heater according to preset power-ON and power-OFF periods allowing the heaters to maintain a temperature within a range around a certain temperature when the temperature of the cooking cavity reaches a set temperature.

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: A surface light source unit and an LCD device having the same having an improved structure to minimize a dark portion caused by an outer electrode portion. The surface light source unit of the LCD device includes a discharge portion formed between a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a first outer electrode portion disposed on the first substrate inside the discharge portion to be supplied with power, a first frit disposed on the first substrate inside the discharge portion opposite the first outer electrode portion. The discharge portion performs a discharge according to the power supplied to the first outer electrode portion. Since the first frit increases the number of secondary emitting electrons, the dark portion can be minimized.

Abstract: A vacuum cooking apparatus and cooking method using the vacuum cooking apparatus, which automatically performs cold storage, thawing, cooking, and warming functions in a single cooking apparatus, thus improving cooking convenience. In the cooking method, a temperature of a cooking cavity is decreased by creating a vacuum state in the cooking cavity for a preset period in response to a cold storage signal, thus performing a cold storage mode that allows food to be stored at a low temperature. The cold storage mode is terminated after the preset period has elapsed, and then a cooking mode is performed by heating the food.

Abstract: A surface light source unit of a liquid crystal display device that is capable of preventing occurrence of a dark area caused by external electrode elements. The surface light source unit of a liquid crystal display unit comprises a surface light source body having a plurality of discharge sections which are divided into first regions where the discharge sections are shaded by a support frame, and a second region where the discharge sections are exposed without being shaded by the support frame, and first external electrode elements provided on the surface light source body to correspond to the first regions that cover an area of the plurality of discharge sections that is smaller than the first regions. As a result, luminance of light projected from the surface light source unit can be uniformly controlled, and a display quality can be enhanced.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multicarrier-based wireless communication system including a base station for providing a multiple access service to terminals which filter multitone transmitting signals through filters and transmit the filtered signals. A transmitter of the respective terminals includes a multiplexer for multiplexing an input signal and outputting the signal as a plurality of transmitting signals, at least one filter bank for filtering the plurality of transmitting signals, an inverse fast Fourier transformer for executing inverse fast Fourier transform of the filtered transmitting signals output from the filter bank, and a filter information generator for providing filter information to the filter bank. Since the transmitter of the present invention distinguishes users from each other by a filter and thus no synchronization is required between users, which causes a problem in an uplink of the multicarrier-based wireless communication system, system performance can be expected to be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a circuit for supplying ear-microphone bias power in a mobile terminal that reduces power consumption due to unnecessary ear-microphone bias when the terminal is in a sleep mode with an ear/microphone being connected to the terminal through an ear-microphone line. The ear/microphone has a call switch connected to the ear-microphone line. The circuit receives first and second powers through first and second power input terminals, respectively. The first power is supplied when the terminal is not in the sleep mode, whereas the second power having a voltage lower than that of the first power is supplied also in the sleep mode. The circuit supplies ear-microphone bias power, based on the first power, to the ear-microphone line when not in the sleep mode, and supplies power for detecting a switching operation of the call switch, based on the second power, to the ear-microphone line in the sleep mode.

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: Disclosed is an inverter power module for use in the electric and electronic product, which includes: first elements constituting a power block; second elements constituting an inverter block; a mainboard on which the first elements are arranged; and a sub-board on which the second elements are arranged and mounted on the mainboard. On one portion in the front side of the main board, a sub-board mounting part for mounting the sub-board is provided. The sub-board mounting part has at least one connector and the sub-board has a pin header that corresponds to the connector. With these components, the sub-board is DIP-mounted on the mainboard. According to such construction, a plurality of the second elements having high probability of defect are included in the sub-board and mounted on the mainboard, whereby improvement in productivity and increase in yield are expected and defect generation can be minimized.

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: A preprocessing apparatus and method for a transmitter and a receiver to prevent system performance degradation caused by Inter-Channel Interference (ICI) or inter-symbol interference (ISI) in an OFDM system. In the OFDM system using N carriers having different frequency bands and K carriers of the N carriers designated as redundant carriers, the transmitter renders ICI-causing parts to be zeroes in a data frame, when a cyclic prefix is not longer than a channel impulse response. Therefore, the ICI is prevented. The receiver eliminates the ISI involved in a current frame using an interference estimated from a previous data frame. Therefore, noise spread caused by the use of redundant carriers is prevented and system complexity is remarkably reduced.

Abstract: A high voltage transformer for a microwave oven includes a core, and primary and secondary coils. An insulation molding part encloses at least a part of the secondary coil and has a sensor accommodation portion formed therein. A temperature sensor is accommodated in the sensor accommodating portion for detecting temperature of the secondary coil. The sensor accommodating portion can be formed inside of the insulation molding part together with the temperature sensor, or formed outside of the insulation molding part in a pocket shape. With either configuration, the temperature sensor can be positioned at the correct sensor position, thereby improving the detecting accuracy of the temperature sensor. In addition, it is easy to repair and/or replace the temperature sensor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a track access apparatus and a method by which an optical pick-up unit quickly accesses a destination track of an optical disc by controlling a tracking actuator using a back electromotive force by detecting the vibration of an objective lens, the position variation, and the distortion of an actuator which occur when the optical pick-up unit is moved across the tracks of the optical disc at a high speed.

Abstract: A power supply circuit for a video display device including a power transformer for inducing a voltage with respect to an input voltage by using an interaction occurring between a primary coil and a secondary coil; a switching circuit unit for controlling the voltage to be induced at the secondary coil of the power transformer by switching on/off a current flowing along the primary coil of the power transformer; first and second TVS diodes serially connected to each other; first and second resistors parallel connected to the respective first and second TVS diodes; a capacitor parallel connected to both ends of the first and second TVS diodes connected to each other and being charged with the transient voltage in the reverse direction that is supplied through the primary coil of the power transformer; and a diode for forming a passage of current in one direction when the capacitor is charged.

Abstract: A high voltage transformer for a microwave oven includes a core, and primary and secondary coils. An insulation molding part encloses at least a part of the secondary coil and has a sensor accommodation portion formed therein. A temperature sensor is accommodated in the sensor accommodating portion for detecting temperature of the secondary coil. The sensor accommodating portion can be formed inside of the insulation molding part together with the temperature sensor, or formed outside of the insulation molding part in a pocket shape. With either configuration, the temperature sensor can be positioned at the correct sensor position, thereby improving the detecting accuracy of the temperature sensor. In addition, it is easy to repair and/or replace the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A golf ball incorporates nanocomposite material, nanofiller material, or both, in its core, cover, or intermediate layers. Also, a method includes a step of blending into a composition for a golf ball nanocomposite material, nanofiller material or both. The nanocomposite and/or nanofiller materials impart favorable properties to materials used for golf balls, and they provide for greater versatility in usage than materials previously used. Particular compositions incorporating nanocomposite material also are described as suited for use in golf ball compositions.