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High frequency heating apparatus using inverter-type power supply

US5091617A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 22, 1990
Grant dateFeb 25, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 22, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B6/685
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high-frequency heating apparatus comprises an inverter including a semiconductor switch and a resonance capacitor, a boosting transformer for a supplying high-voltage power and heater to a magnetron an inductance device inserted in the heater circuit of the magnetron, and an inverter control unit for controlling the semiconductor switch. The inverter control unit is controlled by a start control at the start time of the inverter so that the conduction time of the semiconductor switch becomes shorter than that under a normal operating condition and the non-conduction time thereof becomes longer than that under a normal operating condition and so that the switching period of the semiconductor switch becomes substantially an integral multiple of a resonance period of the resonance circuit formed by the resonance capacitor, whereby the operating frequency of the inverter at the time of starting thereof becomes substantially equal to its normal operating frequency.

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