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High-frequency heating device employing switching type magnetron power source

US5300744A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 20, 1992
Grant dateApr 5, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 20, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B40/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high-frequency heating device includes a power converter for converting an electric power from a commercial power source or the like into a high-frequency power, a step-up transformer having a high-voltage winding and a low-voltage winding, a magnetron receiving high-voltage and low-voltage outputs, a resonance circuit connected in series or parallel with the filament of the magnetron, and a control circuit. The control circuit controls the power converter so that the operation frequency of the power converter approximately coincides with the resonance frequency of the resonance circuit at the time of activating the power converter to thereby achieve a rapid start of the oscillation operation of the magnetron while suppressing a high voltage from taking place at the activation time to prevent the possible occurrence of the moding phenomenon.

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