Microwave oven with circularly polarized microwave feed structure
US5948310A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B6/704
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A microwave oven for radiating microwaves generated from a magnetron into a cavity to heat and cook foodstuff disposed therein, the microwave oven comprising an antenna disposed between a magnetron and the cavity for converting the microwaves to circularly polarized waves to radiate same into the cavity, the microwave oven having the advantage in that the foodstuff in the cavity is heated by radiation of the circularly polarized waves, thereby enabling a uniform heating of the foodstuff and improving an absorption efficiency of microwave energy.
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