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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 10, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seung Eun Chung, Yongin-si, KR;
Da Eun Kim, Seoul, KR;
In Sik Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Dong Woo Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Jin Young Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jin Han Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun Soo Park, Seoul, KR;
Sung Chan Yun, Suwon-si, KR;
Seok-Mo Chang, Incheon, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A washing machine which performs a washing operation by heating water, a detergent, or a wash liquid using a dielectric heating method and a method of controlling the washing machine. The washing machine may include a water supply portion which supplies a wash liquid including water and a detergent, a power supply portion which supplies alternating current (AC) power, and an electric field forming portion which forms an electric field between a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion according to the AC power to heat the supplied wash liquid.