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Switching power supply for microwave oven

US5171949A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 31, 1990
Grant dateDec 15, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S323/901
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a switching power supply a microwave oven in which DC power is changed to a pulse form by means of a switching element coupled to a primary winding of an inverter transformer to supply the power to a high frequency oscillator (hereinafter referred to as a magnetron) coupled to a secondary winding. A reference voltage is set lower than an ordinary state from the time of turning on until the oscillation of the magnetron starts. Accordingly, power supplied from the secondary winding of the inverter transformer to the magnetron is set to a low level. The reference voltage increases when oscillation of the magnetron starts, and returns to the ordinary state when the oscillation returns to the ordinary state.

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