Lg Electronics Inc.

Sangyoung Kim

Kyungmin Kim

Sunyoung Park

Taeyoung Park

Joonsik An

Jungsong Moon

Sangho Cho

Jonghyun Jeon

Gunmyoung Kim

Joonsij An

The present disclosure provides a method of controlling a laundry treating apparatus including a tub in which a drum accommodating clothing is rotatably disposed, a heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between air discharged from the tub and a refrigerant in a circulation flow path through which the air circulates, a filter configured to filter the air, a first cleaning mechanism configured to apply cleaning water to any one of the filter and the heat exchanger, and a second cleaning mechanism configured to apply the cleaning water to the other of the filter and the heat exchanger. The method includes measuring a flow rate while supplying water into the tub, and controlling, based on the flow rate, a first flow path control valve for regulating water supply to the first cleaning mechanism and a second flow path control valve for regulating water supply to the second cleaning mechanism.

Method of controlling laundry treating apparatus

The present disclosure relates to a motor driving apparatus and a home appliance including the same. The motor driving apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises a DC-stage capacitor, a three-phase upper arm and lower arm switching element, an inverter to convert DC power from the DC-stage capacitor to an AC power by a switching operation and output the converted AC power to a motor, and a controller to control the inverter, wherein the controller controls the switching elements in the inverter based on a space vector-based pulse width variable, and controls a turn-on time of the switching elements to be shifted, wherein continuous first and second switching periods of the switching elements is changed to one switching period by shifting the a turn-on time of the switching elements. Accordingly, when the inverter is switched, noise can be reduced while reducing switching loss.

Motor driving apparatus and home appliance including the same

A power converter and an air conditioner having the same, in which the power converter includes a rectifying unit configured to rectify an input AC current and an interleave converter that has a plurality of converters and that is configured to convert rectified output from the rectifying unit to DC power and output the converted DC power. The power converter also includes a capacitor connected to an output terminal of the interleave converter, and a converter controller configured to control the interleave converter. The converter controller controls the interleave converter by calculating a load level of both terminals of the capacitor and changing a number of operating converters in the plurality of converters of the interleave converter based on the determined load level of both terminals of the capacitor.

Air conditioner with variable power converter

A motor driving device includes a rectifier to rectify inputted alternating current (AC) power, a boost converter to boost and to output the power rectified by the rectifier, and an inverter including a plurality of switching devices to output converted AC power to a motor using a voltage from the boost converter. Accordingly, a voltage utilization ratio of a voltage input to an inverter in the motor driving device using a low-capacitance capacitor is enhanced.

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Seoul, South Korea

Sangyoung Kim