Patent · US Expired

Microwave oven

US6335519B1 · kind B1 · utility

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22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 9, 2001
Grant dateJan 1, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 9, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B6/687
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a microwave oven, including a power supply part supplying a commercial AC power, a rectifier and filter part rectifying and filtering the commercial AC power, a high voltage transformer generating a high voltage with the DC power from said rectifier and filter part, a magnetron generating electromagnetic waves by the high voltage supplied from said high voltage transformer. The microwave oven further includes a control signal generator part generating a control signal; an inverter part converting the DC power supplied from said rectifier and filter part into an AC power with a high voltage; and a control part determining whether said control signal converted by said high voltage transformer is within a predetermined range, and preventing said control signal from being applied to said magnetron where the control signal is determined to be beyond the predetermined range. With this configuration, abnormal control signal is controlled, thereby being capable of more securely protecting a circuit system of the microwave oven.

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