US4142082A
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High frequency power supply microwave oven
Assignee: Raytheon Co
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Filing: 1977-06-27
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Granted: 1979-02-27
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Expires: 1997-06-27
Abstract
Abstract A microwave oven having a magnetron wave energy supply energized by high voltage pulses at a superaudible frequency wherein the voltage pulses are produced by a decreasing portion of a magnetic flux cycle of said frequency in a transformer added to a voltage on a capacitance whose charge is replenished during a portion of said cycle during which a semiconductor switch connects a winding of the transformer to a source of unidirectional voltage to increase the flux in the transformer thereby energizing the magnetron with voltage pulses from a supply having a substantially constant current characteristic and permitting variation of the constant current level by variation of the average flux density in the transformer.
Inventors
- 👤 Henry M. Israel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 14:34
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B6/00; H05B6/64; H05B6/66; H05B6/68; H03; H03B; H03B9/00; H03B9/01; H03B9/10; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B40/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
115 words
In combination: a microwave oven supplied with microwave energy from a magnetron; a power supply for said magnetron comprising a transformer having a primary winding supplied with pulses of current from a source at a substantially constant superaudible repetition rate; a nonsaturating transformer having a magnetic core continuously flux biased in one direction with means for controlling the intensity of said current pulses comprising means for varying the average flux density in said core, said pulses of current being supplied to said primary winding when said magnetron is non-conductive to store energy in said core and cessation of each of said pulses producing a voltage in a secondary winding for supplying current to said magnetron.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
115 words
In combination: a microwave oven supplied with microwave energy from a magnetron; a power supply for said magnetron comprising a transformer having a primary winding supplied with pulses of current from a source at a substantially constant superaudible repetition rate; a nonsaturating transformer having a magnetic core continuously flux biased in one direction with means for controlling the intensity of said current pulses comprising means for varying the average flux density in said core, said pulses of current being supplied to said primary winding when said magnetron is non-conductive to store energy in said core and cessation of each of said pulses producing a voltage in a secondary winding for supplying current to said magnetron.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The combination in accordance with claim 1 wherein said transformer has a ceramic core.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The combination in accordance with claim 1 wherein said coupling means comprises a storage condenser and a rectifier connected across an output winding of said transformer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The combination in accordance with claim 3 wherein said coupling means comprises a second rectifier coupled in series with said magnetron and said condenser across said output winding.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The combination in accordance with claim 1 wherein said transformer comprises an input winding cyclically connected at a superaudible rate to a source of unidirectional voltage through a semiconductor switch.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
148 words
A microwave oven comprising: a magnetron having its output coupled to the interior of said oven and its input supplied from a high voltage winding of a nonsaturating transformer having a core continuously flux biased in one direction; an input to said transformer comprising a primary winding connected to a source of power through a semiconductor switch which energizes said primary winding with pulses of current at a substantially constant superaudible pulse repetition rate; means for closing said switch to increase the flux energy stored in said transformer core to a predetermined value while charging a condenser through said high voltage winding and for opening said switch to deliver power to said magnetron from said condenser and said flux energy through said high voltage winding; and means for controlling the power supplied to said magnetron comprising means for varying the average density of said flux in said transformer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
148 words
A microwave oven comprising: a magnetron having its output coupled to the interior of said oven and its input supplied from a high voltage winding of a nonsaturating transformer having a core continuously flux biased in one direction; an input to said transformer comprising a primary winding connected to a source of power through a semiconductor switch which energizes said primary winding with pulses of current at a substantially constant superaudible pulse repetition rate; means for closing said switch to increase the flux energy stored in said transformer core to a predetermined value while charging a condenser through said high voltage winding and for opening said switch to deliver power to said magnetron from said condenser and said flux energy through said high voltage winding; and means for controlling the power supplied to said magnetron comprising means for varying the average density of said flux in said transformer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The microwave oven in accordance with claim 6 wherein said means for varying the average density of said flux comprises means for varying the time duration of supply of current to said input winding.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The microwave oven in accordance with claim 6 wherein the decrease in said flux is cyclically terminated by cyclically closing said switch.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
The microwave oven in accordance with claim 6 wherein said coupling means comprises means for coupling power in said transformer back to said power source when the voltage across said switch exceeds a predetermined value.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
64 words
The microwave oven in accordance with claim 6 wherein said input to said magnetron is coupled to said transformer high voltage winding through a first rectifier and a condenser when said output winding voltage has one polarity and said output winding is decoupled from said magnetron and connected across said condenser and a second rectifier when said output winding voltage has the opposite polarity.
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