Abstract: An apparatus and method for multiplexing signals using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. A signal multiplexing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to combine a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels, and a time interleaver configured to perform interleaving applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal.

Abstract: A bit interleaver, a bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) device and a bit interleaving method are disclosed herein. The bit interleaver includes a first memory, a processor, and a second memory. The first memory stores a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 7/15. The processor generates an interleaved codeword by interleaving the LDPC codeword on a bit group basis. The size of the bit group corresponds to a parallel factor of the LDPC codeword. The second memory provides the interleaved codeword to a modulator for quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly charging and discharging a current, a case in which the electrode assembly is installed, a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case, an electrode terminal provided on the cap plate, and an external insulator receiving the electrode terminal from the outside of the cap plate. The electrode terminal includes a first plate terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly, a second plate terminal separated from the first plate terminal, and a fuse portion connecting the first plate terminal and the second plate terminal.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a failure of a battery includes a plurality of cell internal pressure sensors each provided in a corresponding one of a plurality of battery cells to measure internal pressure of the battery cells and generate and transmit pressure signals, a sensing unit for receiving the pressure signals to sense the internal pressure of the battery cells, a control logic unit for receiving the internal pressure data of each of the battery cells and determining a battery cell having cell internal pressure outside of a predetermined normal range of internal pressure of the battery cell as a failed cell, and a battery control unit for controlling charging or discharging of the other battery cells of the battery except for the failed cell while the failed cell is being repaired or replaced.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes a case having an interior and an exterior, an electrode assembly having first and second electrodes, the electrode assembly being disposed in the interior of the case, and an electrode terminal member at the exterior of the case and electrically connected to the first electrode, wherein the electrode terminal member includes a first plate and a second plate, the first plate and the second plate being spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a failure of a battery includes a plurality of cell internal pressure sensors each provided in a corresponding one of a plurality of battery cells to measure internal pressure of the battery cells and generate and transmit pressure signals, a sensing unit for receiving the pressure signals to sense the internal pressure of the battery cells, a control logic unit for receiving the internal pressure data of each of the battery cells and determining a battery cell having cell internal pressure outside of a predetermined normal range of internal pressure of the battery cell as a failed cell, and a battery control unit for controlling charging or discharging of the other battery cells of the battery except for the failed cell while the failed cell is being repaired or replaced.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly charging and discharging a current, a case in which the electrode assembly is installed, a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case, an electrode terminal provided on the cap plate, and an external insulator receiving the electrode terminal from the outside of the cap plate. The electrode terminal includes a first plate terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly, a second plate terminal separated from the first plate terminal, and a fuse portion connecting the first plate terminal and the second plate terminal.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes a case having an interior and an exterior, an electrode assembly having first and second electrodes, the electrode assembly being disposed in the interior of the case, and an electrode terminal member at the exterior of the case and electrically connected to the first electrode, wherein the electrode terminal member includes a first plate and a second plate, the first plate and the second plate being spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: A plasma display panel including: a first substrate and a second substrate utilized to display images; a dielectric wall disposed between the first and second substrates and defining a plurality of discharge cells; a first discharge electrode disposed in the dielectric wall; a second discharge electrode disposed on the second substrate to cross the first discharge electrode; and a phosphor layer formed on the first substrate. Accordingly, plasma can efficiently arrive at the phosphor layer, thereby increasing discharge efficiency.

Abstract: A plasma display panel. A first substrate and a second substrate are provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween. Address electrodes are formed on the second substrate. Barrier ribs are mounted between the first substrate and the second substrate, the barrier ribs defining a plurality of discharge cells and a plurality of non-discharge regions. Phosphor layers are formed within each of the discharge cells. Discharge sustain electrodes are formed on the first substrate. The non-discharge regions are formed in areas encompassed by discharge cell abscissas and ordinates that pass through centers of each of the discharge cells. Also, external light absorbing members are formed between the second substrate and the barrier ribs layer at areas corresponding to locations of the non-discharge regions.

Abstract: A plasma display panel including a sustain electrode pair comprising an X electrode and a Y electrode that are separated from each other by a discharge gap, and a barrier rib formed on a second substrate facing the first substrate and including first barrier ribs and second barrier ribs that define a discharge cell. Assuming that L is a sum of a width of the discharge gap and widths of the X and Y electrodes, P is a pitch between neighboring second barrier ribs, and H is a height of the first barrier ribs, a value of H satisfies 200×L/P?25?H (?m)?200×L/P?5.

Abstract: Provided is a plasma display panel having flexibility. The plasma display panel includes a panel assembly that displays images and has flexibility, a plurality of base members that are attached to a surface of the panel assembly and support the panel assembly, and connection members that connect the base members to each other and are installed to be bent in the same direction as the panel assembly is bent. The base members that support the panel assembly having flexibility on a rear surface of the panel assembly can be bent or folded in the same direction as the panel assembly by the connection members.

Abstract: First and second substrates are provided opposing one another. Address electrodes are formed on the second substrate. Barrier ribs are mounted between the first and second substrates defining discharge cells and non-discharge regions. Phosphor layers are formed within each of the discharge cells. Discharge sustain electrodes are formed on the first substrate. The non-discharge regions are formed in areas encompassed by discharge cell abscissas and ordinates passing through centers of the discharge cells. Further, the discharge cells are formed such that ends thereof increasingly decrease in width as a distance from centers of the discharge cells is increased. The discharge sustain electrodes include bus electrodes that extend perpendicular to the address electrodes and outside areas of the discharge cells but across areas of the non-discharge regions, and protrusion electrodes formed extending from each of the bus electrodes.

Abstract: A flexible plasma display panel including a display area defined by a first substrate and a second substrate, which are disposed to face each other to form discharge spaces therebetween, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are flexible and include a plurality of electrodes; and a sealing area for sealing the first substrate and the second substrate by compressing the first and second substrates on edges of the display area.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a first substrate, on which discharge sustain electrodes are formed, and an opposing second substrate, on which address electrodes are aligned in a first direction. Barrier ribs between the substrates define a plurality of discharge cells within which phosphor layers are formed. The display electrodes have bus electrodes, forming a corresponding pair within each of the discharge cells, and extension electrodes, extending from the bus electrodes into each of the discharge cells to form an opposing pair. A pair of the display electrodes corresponding to each of the discharge cells forms a first gap and a second gap having different distances from each other between the opposing extension electrodes, and forms a third gap between the bus electrodes. The second gap is longer than the first gap, and the third gap is longer than the second gap.

Abstract: A plasma display panel may include a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, barrier ribs disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and at least partially defining a plurality of discharge cells therebetween, a plurality of pairs of discharge electrodes for generating a discharge in the discharge cells, the plurality of pairs of discharge electrodes being arranged in non-display portions of the plasma display panel, and a color filter layer disposed between the barrier ribs and the first substrate.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus and manufacturing method. The plasma display apparatus includes a front substrate and a rear substrate. The rear substrate is formed of a metallic substance in which a plurality of grooves are formed on a surface facing the front substrate. An oxidation layer covers at least the surface facing the front substrate. A plurality of barrier ribs are located between the front and rear substrates and define a plurality of discharge cells corresponding to the grooves of the rear substrate. A plurality of discharge electrodes are located in the barrier ribs, surround at least portions of the discharge cells, and are separated from one another. A plurality of fluorescent substances are located in the grooves of the rear substrate. A discharge gas is filled in the discharge cells.

Abstract: A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) driven by a voltage of a driving waveform causing a stable discharge, by which electrodes are disposed to surround sides of a discharge cell to efficiently utilize discharge space, thereby improving light-emitting efficiency, and a voltage of a falling ramp type pulse waveform is supplied to an electrode to which a reset pulse is supplied during an initial reset stage, thereby improving its ability to control a wall voltage which is accumulated around each of the electrodes and is disposed on sides of the discharge cell.

Abstract: A plasma display panel that includes a first substrate and a second substrate, address electrodes formed on the second substrate, barrier ribs arranged in a space between the first substrate and the second substrate to define a number of discharge cells and non-discharge regions, phosphor layers formed within each of the discharge cells, and display electrodes formed on the first substrate, having a sustain electrode (X electrode) and a scan electrode (Y electrode) in a corresponding pair within each of the discharge cells. The discharge cells are arranged to alternate “A” and “B” sections, where the distances (pitches) between the centers of the adjacent discharge cells are respectively “a” and “b” in which “a” is less than “b”.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes first and second substrates opposing one another. Address electrodes are formed on the second substrate. Barrier ribs are mounted between the first and second substrates defining discharge cells and non-discharge regions. Phosphor layers are formed within each of the discharge cells. Discharge sustain electrodes are formed on the first substrate. The non-discharge regions are formed in areas encompassed by discharge cell abscissas and ordinates passing through centers of the discharge cells. Further, the discharge cells are formed such that ends thereof increasingly decrease in width as a distance from centers of the discharge cells is increased. The discharge sustain electrodes include bus electrodes that extend perpendicular to the address electrodes and outside areas of the discharge cells but across areas of the non-discharge regions, and protrusion electrodes formed extending from each of the bus electrodes.