Induction heating cooker and method for operating the same
US6936799B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 4, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B6/062
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An induction heating cooker capable of accurately discriminating whether the material of a cooking container placed in the induction heating cooker is magnetic or non-magnetic, using a phase change in a resonant capacitor voltage of an inverter circuit and a switching pulse signal of the inverter circuit, irrespective of the load of the cooking container, and a method for operating the induction heating cooker. The induction heating cooker includes a power supply for rectifying an AC voltage, filtering the rectified voltage, and supplying the filtered voltage as an input voltage of the induction heating cooker, an inverter circuit for heating a cooking container placed in the induction heating cooker, using the voltage supplied from the power supply, and a container material discriminating unit for discriminating whether a material of the cooking container is magnetic or non-magnetic, based on a resonant capacitor voltage of the inverter circuit and a switching pulse signal of the inverter circuit, upon an initial operation of the induction heating cooker, whereby the cooking container is selectively heated in accordance with the result of the discrimination.
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