Abstract: A computer including a main body in which a system is built, a peripheral device coupled to the main body, a power supplying part to supply power to the system and/or the peripheral device, an interface part to communicate with an external device, and a controller to control the power supplying part to apply power to the system but not to the peripheral device if a power-saving power applying signal is received through the interface part.

Abstract: A plasma display and a driving device therefor. In a sustain discharge driving circuit that includes a power recovery circuit and a sustain voltage supply circuit, a transformer is used. The transformer includes a primary coil and a secondary coil that are coupled with each other. The primary coil of the transformer is connected in parallel to a panel capacitor serving as a capacitive load so as to increase a change of a voltage that is applied to an inductor, such that a voltage rising period and a voltage falling period are reduced. With the reduction of the turn-on time of a switch, the power consumption of the switch is reduced. Further, as the inductor initially stores current, the occurrence of hard switching is reduced when a sustain discharge voltage is applied and elements of the circuit are protected.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for a refrigerator and a method for manufacturing a tube thereof with improved heat exchanger heat transfer efficiency. The heat exchanger for a refrigerator comprising of: a tube to guide a refrigerant; and a plurality of ridges disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the tube, the ridges configured to cause the refrigerant flowing along the tube to form a turbulent flow. The method of manufacturing a tube having a plurality of ridges comprising the steps of: providing a surface of a plate; forming ridges on the surface of the plate; and coupling opposite longitudinal edges of the plate such that the surface of the plate provided with the ridges becomes an inner peripheral surface of the tube.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for a refrigerator with improved heat transfer efficiency by inducing turbulent flow in a refrigerant flowing along a refrigerant guiding tube. The heat exchanger for the refrigerator comprised of: the refrigerant guiding tube configured to allow the refrigerant to flow there through; a plurality of heat exchange fins disposed around an outer peripheral surface of the refrigerant guiding tube, the plurality of heat exchange fins increasing a heat exchange area of the refrigerant guiding tube; and a turbulent flow inducing member positioned in the refrigerant guiding tube, whereby the turbulent flow inducing member is configured to cause the refrigerant flowing along the refrigerant guiding tube to form a turbulent flow.

Abstract: In a plasma display device, subfields may be divided into subfield groups and row electrodes are driven by row groups. Non-light emitting cells may be selected from discharge cells of the row groups during a first address period of the row groups, and light emitting cells of the row groups may be sustain discharged during a first sustain period between two adjacent first address periods in the respective subfields of the first subfield group. A weight of at least one first subfield of the first subfield group may be different from that of at least one second subfield of the first subfield group.

Abstract: A plasma display device including a plasma display panel having a plurality of discharge cells defined between a front substrate and a rear substrate, address electrodes proximate to the discharge cells and extending in a first direction, and scan and sustain electrodes proximate to the discharge cells and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein, for a same pixel, at least two discharge cells of different colors correspond to a same address electrode.

Abstract: A plasma display device and driving method. A plurality of subfields from one frame are divided into a first subfield group and a second subfield group. A first subfield and a second subfield having adjacent weights in the first subfield group each include a reset period for resetting the discharge cells, a first address period for selecting discharge cells in the first line group, a first sustain period for performing a sustain discharge, a second address period for selecting discharge cells in the second line group and a second sustain period for performing a sustain discharge.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for simplifying a structure needed to delay data in delay units when a reference signal and data are transmitted by using chaotic signals are provided. The method includes delaying data by at least two delay times, wherein each of the delay times occurs sequentially; multiplexing the data, which has been delayed, according to a control signal; and transmitting the data and a reference signal which corresponds to the data at an interval of delay time. The apparatus includes a first delay unit which is configured to delay data for a first delay time; a second delay unit which is configured to delay the data output from the first delay unit for a second delay time; and a multiplexer which is configured to multiplex the data from the first and second delay units according to a control signal.

Abstract: Provided are a wide band-differential chaos shift keying modulation method, a transmitting apparatus adopting the wide band-differential chaos shift keying modulation method, a wide band-differential chaos shift keying demodulation method, and a receiving apparatus adopting the wide band-differential chaos shift keying demodulation method. The wide band-differential chaos shift keying modulation method includes: generating a wide band chaotic signal; delaying the wide band chaotic signal; multiplying the delayed wide band chaotic signal by an information signal to output a multiplied signal; and performing a switching operation so as to alternately transmit the wide band chaotic signal and the multiplied signal. Thus, the invention can be realized without an APLL, a mixer, an FM modulator, and the like, to reduce power consumption and manufacturing cost for the transmitting apparatus.

Abstract: A plasma display panel and a method thereof is described. A frequency of a sustain pulse varies according to a screen load ratio in each subfield or frame. The frequency of the sustain pulse is determined such that power consumption of the plasma display panel, which is a function of the active power and the reactive power of the sustain pulse, is minimized. When the screen load ratio is increased, the frequency of the sustain pulse is increased since the decrease of the active power is increased and the reactive power is maintained.

Abstract: A rack for contiguously storing and displaying a stack of symmetrical objects having parallel and planar opposite faces such as compact discs jewelcases. The rack comprises a toggling mechanism at the bottom of each storage location that raises the object above the adjacent others in response to a light pushing movement in order to facilitate pulling the object our of the rack.

Abstract: A plasma display device and a method for driving the plasma display device. Only some row electrodes are addressed in a sub-field having the smallest weight to reduce the luminance of the sub-field having the smallest weight. Only odd-numbered row electrodes are addressed in an odd-numbered frame and only even-numbered row electrodes are addressed in an even-numbered frame in the address period of the sub-field with the smallest weight. The length of the sustain period of a sub-field having the second smallest weight is identical to the length of the sustain period of the sub-field having the smallest weight. Then, the ratio of the luminances of the two sub-fields is increased by twice to improve representation of lower gray scale.

Abstract: A display and driving method for a display applying a dithering process. The display includes a display panel, a controller, a first driver, and a second driver. The dithering process is applied in subfields of the display panel. A plurality of row electrodes is divided into a plurality of groups according to a dithering pattern in a subfield to which the dithering process is applied. Scan pulses are applied to row electrodes of a group out of the plurality of the groups in sequence, and scan pulses are applied to row electrodes of another group in sequence.

Abstract: Provided is a power supply apparatus which includes a comparator, an output voltage adjusting unit, a controller, and an output unit. The comparator compares a sensed AC input voltage to a reference voltage and outputs one of first through third comparison result signals. The output voltage adjusting unit outputs one of first through third output voltage level adjustment signals for changing the feedback output voltage level according to one of the comparison result signals. The controller outputs a switching signal. The output unit outputs a predetermined voltage by regulating and smoothing an input voltage induced to a secondary coil of a transformer by the switching signal. By adjusting the output voltage of a boost converter according to the input voltage, efficiency is increased because there is less power loss of the switching component, and the hold-up time may be adjusted even in a case of low AC input voltage.

Abstract: There is provided a hinge module for mechanically connecting a main body to a folder in a portable radio terminal. In the hinge module, a hinge shaft has an angled portion on one end and a shaft on the other end thereof, for rotating with the folder. A hinge cam is disposed to face the hinge shaft and has a pair of angled portions on the surface facing the hinge shaft, a valley portion between the angled portions, a fixing post along a rotating axis, and a guide protrusion for facilitating sliding of the hinge cam with respect to the hinge shaft while restricting rotational movement of the hinge cam. Each angled portion has a gentle slope and a steep slope that are asymmetrical sidewise. A hinge spring is disposed along the rotating axis and has one end connected to the fixing protrusion of the hinge cam, for providing restoring force to the hinge cam.

Abstract: A method of processing image data to generate output image data for driving a display panel is provided. In the method, a new resolution for input image data is set according to a resolution of the display panel. A first virtual screen is divided into a plurality of pixel areas according to the new resolution set for the input image data. A second virtual screen having a sub-pixel array structure of the display panel is superimposed on the first virtual screen. A mask wider than a sub-pixel area on the superimposed second virtual screen is laid on each sub-pixel area. An area ratio of the area of each pixel portion on the first virtual screen included in each mask to the area of the mask is obtained and set. The new resolution and the area ratios are applied to a driving device of the display panel. The input image data having an original resolution is transformed into image data having the new resolution.

Abstract: In a plasma display and method thereof, the display includes an M electrode formed between an X electrode and a Y electrode in which a sustain discharge pulse voltage is applied. In addition, a reset waveform and a scan pulse voltage are applied to the M electrode. As such, the M electrode is biased at a first voltage in a first sustain discharge pulse period of a sustain discharge period, and the M electrode is floated in a period after the first sustain discharge pulse period of the sustain discharge period. A sustain discharge voltage pulse is alternately applied to the X electrode and the Y electrode in the sustain discharge period.

Abstract: A plasma display and driving method thereof. A median electrode is formed between X and Y electrodes for receiving sustain pulse voltages, and a reset waveform and a scan pulse voltage are applied to the median electrode. A short gap discharge is performed between the X electrode and the median electrode during the initial interval of a sustain interval, and a long gap discharge is performed between the X and Y electrodes during the normal sustain interval to thus perform a stable discharge. The X and Y electrode drivers are realized through comparable circuits since the waveforms applied to the X and Y electrodes are substantially symmetric.

Abstract: A method for driving a plasma display panel (PDP) that includes a middle electrode formed between an X electrode and a Y electrode. A sustain discharge pulse voltage is periodically applied to the X electrode and the Y electrode in a pulse train fashion. A reset waveform, a scan pulse voltage, and a sustain discharge pulse voltage are applied to the middle electrode. In addition, the final sustain discharge pulse of the sustain discharge period is applied to any one of the X and Y electrodes, and the first sustain discharge pulse can be applied to any one of the X and Y electrodes.