Abstract: A dryer is disclosed. The dryer comprises: a main body including an exhaust port; a first drying chamber disposed inside the main body such that hot air is supplied thereto; a second drying chamber disposed inside the main body such that hot air is supplied thereto; and an exhaust unit for guiding, to the exhaust port, air inside the first and second drying chambers, wherein the exhaust unit includes: a first exhaust path for connecting the first drying chamber and the exhaust port; a second exhaust path for connecting the second drying chamber and the first exhaust path; and a filter assembly separably coupled to the main body, and filtering the air passing through the first and second exhaust paths.

Abstract: Disclosed are a washing machine and a method for controlling same. A washing machine according to the present invention comprises: a drum for accommodating laundry; an additive input unit which inputs an additive into the drum so as to coat the laundry with fragrant particles; a temperature adjustment unit which generates a hot wind and a cold wind to adjust the temperature inside the drum; and a control unit that controls the temperature adjustment unit so that the temperature inside the drum is set to a first threshold temperature, controls the additive input unit so that the additive is input into the drum when the temperature is set to the first threshold temperature, and controls the temperature adjustment unit so that the temperature inside the drum is set to a second threshold temperature lower than the first threshold temperature when the additive is input into the drum.

Abstract: A power supply modulator includes: a linear regulator; a switching regulator; and a mode-based connection circuit. The mode-based connection circuit includes a coupling circuit configured to drop an output signal of the linear regulator by a target coupling voltage in an envelope tracking (ET) modulation mode; and a coupling voltage management circuit configured to monitor a coupling voltage of the coupling circuit in another modulation mode, and selectively apply a voltage to the coupling voltage based on a monitoring result such that the coupling voltage is maintained at the target coupling voltage.

Abstract: A switching regulator configured to generate an output voltage from an input voltage, includes an inductor, an output capacitor configured to generate the output voltage based on a current passing through the inductor, a flying capacitor, and a plurality of switches. The plurality of switches are configured to operate in at least one of a buck-boost mode or a boost mode to, charge the flying capacitor to the input voltage in a first phase, and provide a boosted voltage from the flying capacitor to the inductor in a second phase, the boosted voltage being generated by charge pumping from the input voltage.

Abstract: A memory controller transmits one or more command pairs of a self-refresh entry command and a subsequent self-refresh exit command to a semiconductor memory device during a refresh period. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cell rows each including a plurality of dynamic memory cells, and a refresh control circuit. The refresh control circuit performs a refresh operation on all of the memory cell rows during the refresh period in a self-refresh mode, the self-refresh mode of the refresh period being configured in response to each self-refresh entry command of the one or more command pairs, for each of the one or more command pairs, the memory controller sequentially transmits during the refresh period at least one self-refresh entry command and at least one self-refresh exit command to the semiconductor memory device separated by one or more time gaps.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising: a substrate on which an active area that transmits light therethrough is defined; and a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, wherein the pixel electrode includes a first stem electrode, which extends along a first direction, a second stem electrode, which extends along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and intersects the first stem electrode to be divided into two halves by the first stem electrode, a third stem electrode, which extends along the second direction and is connected to the first stem electrode to be divided into two halves by an end of the first stem electrode, and a plurality of branch electrodes, which extend from the first through third stem electrodes.

Abstract: A switching regulator configured to generate an output voltage from an input voltage, includes an inductor, an output capacitor configured to generate the output voltage based on a current passing through the inductor, a flying capacitor, and a plurality of switches. The plurality of switches are configured to operate in at least one of a buck-boost mode or a boost mode to, charge the flying capacitor to the input voltage in a first phase, and provide a boosted voltage from the flying capacitor to the inductor in a second phase, the boosted voltage being generated by charge pumping from the input voltage.

Abstract: A power supply modulator includes: a linear regulator; a switching regulator; and a mode-based connection circuit. The mode-based connection circuit includes a coupling circuit configured to drop an output signal of the linear regulator by a target coupling voltage in an envelope tracking (ET) modulation mode; and a coupling voltage management circuit configured to monitor a coupling voltage of the coupling circuit in another modulation mode, and selectively apply a voltage to the coupling voltage based on a monitoring result such that the coupling voltage is maintained at the target coupling voltage.

Abstract: A washing machine may include a drum that is rotatably provided inside a tub, a first water supply unit that directly jets water into the drum, a second water supply unit that supplies water to the tub via an automatic detergent supply unit, an input unit that receives selection of any one of detergent supply through the automatic detergent supply unit and detergent supply through a detergent container, and a control unit that jets water into the drum using the first water supply unit so that a detergent accommodated in the detergent container flows out, when the detergent supply through the detergent container is selected.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) including a first pixel electrode including a first stem portion extending in a first direction, a second stem portion connected to a side of the first stem portion and extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and a third stem portion connected to the other side of the first stem portion and extending in the second direction; a first data line extending in the second direction and overlapping the second stem portion of the first pixel electrode; and a second data line extending in the second direction and overlapping the third stem portion of the first pixel electrode. The second stem portion includes a first sub-stem portion and a second sub-stem portion having different widths, and the third stem portion includes a third sub-stem portion and a fourth sub-stem portion having different widths.

Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor; a pixel electrode; a common electrode; an insulation layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; a roof layer spaced apart from the pixel electrode with a plurality of microcavities disposed therebetween; and a liquid crystal layer disposed in the microcavities; wherein the pixel electrode includes n branch electrodes that extend parallel with each other, a first connection electrode that connects a first end of a first branch electrode and a first end of a second branch electrode, and a second connection electrode that connects second ends of the n branch electrodes, where the n branch electrodes each has a shape that is bent at least once on a plan view, and the first branch electrode includes a first sub-branch electrode and a second sub-branch that are spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: A memory controller transmits one or more command pairs of a self-refresh entry command and a subsequent self-refresh exit command to a semiconductor memory device during a refresh period. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cell rows each including a plurality of dynamic memory cells, and a refresh control circuit. The refresh control circuit performs a refresh operation on all of the memory cell rows during the refresh period in a self-refresh mode, the self-refresh mode of the refresh period being configured in response to each self-refresh entry command of the one or more command pairs, for each of the one or more command pairs, the memory controller sequentially transmits during the refresh period at least one self-refresh entry command and at least one self-refresh exit command to the semiconductor memory device separated by one or more time gaps.

Abstract: A display device may include the following elements: a first substrate; a pixel electrode overlapping the first substrate; a second substrate overlapping the first substrate; a plurality of optical members disposed on the second substrate, having identical structures, and protruding toward the first substrate; an overcoat layer directly contacting the optical members, covering the optical members, and positioned between the first substrate and the optical members; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the overcoat layer. The pixel electrode may define one domain of the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a first substrate on which a plurality of first pixels are defined, a first pixel electrode arranged for each of the first pixels on the first substrate, a second substrate arranged opposite the first substrate, a third substrate arranged on the second substrate and on which a plurality of second pixels are defined, a second pixel electrode arranged for each of the second pixels on the third substrate, and a fourth substrate arranged opposite the third substrate. Each of the first pixels has a first domain and each of the second pixels has a second domain, and a direction of the first domain of the first pixels and a direction of the second domain of the second pixels are different from each other.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising: a substrate on which an active area that transmits light therethrough is defined; and a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, wherein the pixel electrode includes a first stem electrode, which extends along a first direction, a second stem electrode, which extends along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and intersects the first stem electrode to be divided into two halves by the first stem electrode, a third stem electrode, which extends along the second direction and is connected to the first stem electrode to be divided into two halves by an end of the first stem electrode, and a plurality of branch electrodes, which extend from the first through third stem electrodes.

Abstract: A washing machine having a bubble generator includes a bubble spray part provided at an upper side of a tub and configured to discharge bubbles from a top to a bottom inside the tub, a wash liquid jet nozzle provided inside the bubble spray part and configured to jet wash liquid; a blowing fan provided in the bubble spray part and configured to blow air in a direction in which the wash liquid jet nozzle jets the wash liquid; and a porous plate member provided at a front end of the bubble spray part and including a plurality of holes, wherein when the wash liquid jetted from the wash liquid jet nozzle collides with the porous plate member, bubbles are generated.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal display (LCD) device includes a first substrate having pixels defined thereon, an insulating layer disposed on the first substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on the insulating layer in each of the pixels, an alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a wavelength conversion layer and a transmission layer disposed on the second substrate to face the first substrate, a common electrode disposed on the wavelength conversion layer and the transmission layer to face the first substrate, and a liquid-crystal layer interposed between the alignment layer and the common electrode. Each of the pixels includes an open area including at least one first side and that at least partially overlaps with the wavelength conversion layer and the transmission layer, and the insulating layer includes a pattern of grooves disposed adjacent to the at least one first side of the open area.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate (FS) on which pixel regions are defined, a second substrate (SS) facing the FS, an alignment film disposed on a surface of the FS facing the SS, a wavelength conversion layer disposed on a surface of the SS facing the FS, a transmissive layer disposed on the surface of SS, a common electrode disposed on surfaces of the wavelength conversion layer and the transmissive layer facing the FS, a light-blocking member disposed on a surface of the common electrode facing the FS, and a liquid crystal layer between the alignment film and the light-blocking member. Each pixel region among the pixel regions includes: a pixel electrode disposed on the surface of the FS; an opening region in the light-blocking member; and a pixel overlap region outside the opening region, the pixel electrode overlapping the light-blocking member in the pixel overlap region.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate (FS) on which pixel regions are defined, a second substrate (SS) facing the FS, an alignment film disposed on a surface of the FS facing the SS, a wavelength conversion layer disposed on a surface of the SS facing the FS, a transmissive layer disposed on the surface of SS, a common electrode disposed on surfaces of the wavelength conversion layer and the transmissive layer facing the FS, a light-blocking member disposed on a surface of the common electrode facing the FS, and a liquid crystal layer between the alignment film and the light-blocking member. Each pixel region among the pixel regions includes: a pixel electrode disposed on the surface of the FS; an opening region in the light-blocking member; and a pixel overlap region outside the opening region, the pixel electrode overlapping the light-blocking member in the pixel overlap region.

Abstract: A display device includes pixels at respective crossing regions of scan lines and data lines, a scan driver that is configured to supply a scan signal to the scan lines, and a data driver that is configured to supply a pre-emphasis voltage to the data lines using a first constant for controlling a voltage value of the pre-emphasis voltage, and using a second constant for controlling a supply time of the pre-emphasis voltage, and supply data signals to the data lines after the supply of the pre-emphasis voltage, wherein at least one of the first or second constants is stored in each channel corresponding to each of the data lines.