Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120295391 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SOLAR CELL - A method of manufacturing a solar cell includes preparing a base substrate having a first conductive type; diffusing an impurity having a second conductive type (opposite the first conductive type) into the base substrate to form an emitter layer having a first impurity concentration on the base substrate and a by-product layer on the emitter layer; irradiating a laser beam onto the emitter layer corresponding to a first region of the base substrate to form a front contact portion having a second impurity concentration higher than the first impurity concentration; irradiating the laser beam onto the by-product layer to remove the by-product layer corresponding to the first region; removing the by-product layer from an area outside of the first region; forming an anti-reflection layer on the base substrate; forming a front electrode on the anti-reflection layer corresponding to the first region; and forming a back electrode on the base substrate. | 11-22-2012 |
20130125964 | SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A solar cell including a crystalline semiconductor substrate having a first conductive type; a first doping layer on a front surface of the substrate and being doped with a first conductive type impurity; a front surface antireflection film on the front surface of the substrate; a back surface antireflection film on a back surface of the substrate; an intrinsic semiconductor layer, an emitter, and a first auxiliary electrode stacked on the back surface antireflection film and the substrate; a second doping layer on the back surface of the substrate and being doped with the first impurity; an insulating film on the substrate and including an opening overlying the second doping layer; a second auxiliary electrode in the opening and overlying the second doping layer; a first electrode on the first auxiliary electrode; and a second electrode on the second auxiliary electrode and being separated from the first electrode. | 05-23-2013 |
20130173760 | PROCESSING METHOD TO BE IMPLEMENTED UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EXPRESSION SWITCH IN HTTP STREAMING - Disclosed is a processing method which enables natural reproduction in the event an expression switch occurs during an HTTP streaming transmission. The method involves: receiving a first media information file which stores information regarding segments in the event no expression switch occurs, and a second media information file which stores information regarding segments in the event an expression switch occurs; and receiving and reproducing segments of the content to be received with reference to the first information in the event no expression switch occurs, and receiving and reproducing segments of the content to be received with reference to the second information in the event an expression switch occurs. Thus, multimedia content may be provided without screen stoppage errors arising from changes in the dynamic environment of a channel. | 07-04-2013 |
20130215963 | ADAPTIVE INTRA-PREDICTION ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD - Disclosed is an adaptive intra-prediction encoding and decoding method. The adaptive intra-prediction encoding method comprises the following steps: providing a prediction unit to be encoded; determining the total number of prediction modes for intra-prediction in accordance with the size of the prediction unit; selecting a certain prediction mode on the basis of the displacement of a reference pixel among the determined total number of the prediction modes, and performing intra-prediction using the selected prediction mode; and transforming and quantizing the residual value, which is the difference between the prediction unit predicted by the intra-prediction and the current prediction unit, and entropy-encoding the transformed and quantized value. Thus, rate-distortion may be optimized and image quality and encoding speed may be improved. | 08-22-2013 |
20130269396 | WASHING MACHINE HAVING DAMPING APPARATUS - A washing machine having a structure in which a drum can stably rotate. The washing machine includes a cabinet including an outer frame that constitutes an exterior, an inner frame connected to an inner side of the outer frame, and a lower frame coupled to a lower part of the outer frame; a drum rotatably disposed in the inner frame; a base plate coupled to a lower part of the drum; a driving unit coupled to the base plate and driving the drum; and a damping apparatus that connects the base plate and the lower frame so as to absorb vibration occurring while the drum rotates. | 10-17-2013 |
20140033772 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine comprising a cabinet including an outer frame defining an appearance and an inner frame at least partially connected to an inner surface of the outer frame and a drum having a cylindrical shape and rotatably disposed in the inner frame. The inner frame includes a water flow disturbing part to disturb water flow generated in a space formed between the drum and the inner frame when the drum is rotated. The water flow disturbing part may have a shape that at least a portion of the inner frame protrudes outwardly along a periphery of the inner frame so that a length of at least one gap between an inner surface of the inner frame and an outer circumferential surface of the drum is different from a length of another gap. Accordingly, the drum may be stably rotated without collision with the frame in a dehydration process. | 02-06-2014 |
20140130854 | PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A photoelectric device includes: a semiconductor substrate including monocrystalline silicon and has first and second surfaces that are opposite to each other; a doping unit formed on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; and an insulating layer that is formed between the doping unit and the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the doping unit includes: a first semiconductor layer including a first dopant doped in the monocrystalline silicon; and a second semiconductor layer including a second dopant doped in the monocrystalline silicon. | 05-15-2014 |
20140190218 | BALANCER AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A washing machine includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably arranged within the cabinet, an annular recess provided in the drum, and a balancer to offset an unbalanced load caused within the drum during rotation of the drum. The balancer includes a balancer housing mounted to the recess and has an annular channel therein, at least one mass movably disposed in the channel, and at least one ball disposed between the balancer housing and the mass to generate rolling motion. | 07-10-2014 |
20140193941 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - A method for manufacturing a solar cell includes forming a first electrode on a substrate, removing a portion of the first electrode to form a first electrode opening, forming a light absorbing layer on the first electrode and in the first electrode opening, and applying a laser beam to the substrate to create an interface reaction between the first electrode and at least the light absorbing layer, thereby removing a portion of the light absorbing layer to form a light absorbing layer opening. | 07-10-2014 |
20140208805 | BALANCER AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A balancer includes a balancer housing having an annular channel defined therein, at least one mass movably disposed in the channel, at least one magnet coupled to one side of the balancer housing to restrain movement of the mass along the channel when rotational speed of a drum of the washing machine is within a predetermined range, and an inclined sidewall formed at an inner surface of the balancer housing to support the mass in a direction resisting centrifugal force applied to the mass during rotation of the drum. | 07-31-2014 |
20140208809 | BALANCER AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A balancer includes a balancer housing having an annular channel defined therein, at least one mass movably disposed in the channel, and at least one magnet coupled to one side of the balancer housing to restrain movement of the mass along the channel when rotational speed of a drum of the washing machine is within a predetermined range. The magnet includes a plurality of unit magnets arranged in a circumferential direction of the balancer housing. | 07-31-2014 |
20140373672 | BALANCER AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A balancer of a washing machine having improved balancing performance. The balancer includes a balancer housing having an annular channel therein, at least one mass movably disposed in the channel at least one groove recessed in an inner surface of the balancer housing so as to accommodate the mass, and at least one magnet coupled to an outer surface of the balancer housing to restrict the mass accommodated in the groove when an RPM of the drum is within a specific RPM range. The magnet is configured as a plurality of N poles and S poles which are arranged alternately, and the outermost pole of the magnet among the plural N poles and S poles has a relatively shorter length than another adjacent pole. | 12-25-2014 |
20150013077 | WASHING MACHINE WITH BALANCER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A washing machine with a balancer to counterbalance unbalanced load produced during rotation of a drum and a control method thereof. The washing machine with a balancer to counterbalance unbalanced load produced during rotation of a drum perform a ball distributing cycle of seating masses in a groove in the balancer before rotation of the drum possibly producing unbalance as in the spin-drying cycle begins to efficiently maintain balance of the drum, and a laundry untangling cycle of evenly distributing the laundry in the drum. Accordingly, vibration and noise may be reduced during the spin-drying cycle. In addition, in retrying the spin-drying, the ball distributing cycle is restricted based on the rate of rotation of the motor at the moment at which unbalance is sensed. Thereby, delay in cycle time in retrying the spin-drying cycle may be prevented. | 01-15-2015 |
20150054784 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION USING MULTIPLE INPUT TOOLS ON TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - Provided are a method of performing an event action by using a touch screen device based on operation gestures that are simultaneously input by using multiple operation tools and the touch screen device. The method includes: identifying a first operation tool based on contact by the first operation tool, the contact being sensed on the touch screen device; setting an operation area on the touch screen device based on an area designated by the contact by the first operation tool; identifying a second operation tool based on access by the second operation tool, the access being sensed on the touch screen device; sensing an operation gesture of the second operation tool within the operation area by using the second operation tool. | 02-26-2015 |
20150068255 | BALANCER OF WASHING MACHINE - A balancer of a washing machine including a balancer housing mounted to a front surface of a drum and having an annular channel therein, a plurality of masses movably disposed along the channel, at least one magnet coupled to the balancer housing so as to restrict the masses from moving along the channel when a revolution per minute value of the drum is within a specific revolution per minute range, and at least one guide groove which is formed on an inner surface of the balancer housing and guides movement of the plural masses when the drum rotates. | 03-12-2015 |