MAGNETRON DRIVE POWER SUPPLY

• US 20090079353A1
• Filed: 05/17/2006
• Published: 03/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Moriya, Hideaki, Sakai, Shinichi, Suenaga, Haruo, Shirokawa, Nobuo, Kinoshita, Manabu
• Application Number:
  US11/914,805
• Publication Number:
  US 20090079353A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/206
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/66 Circuits

Abstract

An object of the invention is to provide a magnetron drive power supply for performing stable inverter operation and good in development efficiency.

According to the invention, the potential difference between emitter terminal potential (121) of a switching element (12) and minus terminal potential (101) of a rectifying device (1) can be minimized and stable switching operation and abnormal voltage detection can be realized. There can be provided an optimum magnetron drive power supply responsive to the power supply voltage and good in development efficiency because of unification of chassis, etc., with commonality of component placements, particularly ground connection positions (41) and filament output positions (42) of a magnetron drive power supply in the rated voltage range of 100 V to 120 V and a magnetron drive power supply in the rated voltage range of 200 V to 240 V.

Claims

1. A magnetron drive power supply comprising:

a unidirectional power supply section for converting a commercial power supply into a single direction;

a rectifying device for performing full-wave rectification of AC power supply of said unidirectional power supply section, at least one semiconductor switching element;

a radiator plate to which said rectifying device and said semiconductor switching element are attached;

a shunt resistor intervened in series to a point where output current of said unidirectional power supply section can be measured;

an inverter section for turning on/off said semiconductor switching element, thereby converting power from said unidirectional power supply section into high frequency power;

a step-up transformer for boosting the output voltage of said inverter section, a high voltage of said step-up transformer; and

a magnetron for radiating the output of said high voltage rectifying section as an electromagnetic wave,

wherein the proximity of an emitter terminal of said switching element and the proximity of a minus terminal of said rectifying device are directly connected by said shunt resistor.

2. The magnetron drive power supply as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shunt resistor is placed roughly in parallel between said radiator plate and an extension of said rectifying device and said switching element.

3. The magnetron drive power supply as claimed in claim 1, wherein a magnetron drive power supply provided for a rated voltage class of 100 V to 120 V and a magnetron drive power supply provided for a rated voltage class of 200 V to 240 V, said shunt resistor becomes a length roughly proportional to each of the rated voltage classes.

4. The magnetron drive power supply as claimed in claim 1, wherein a magnetron drive power supply having two switching elements provided for a rated voltage class of 200V to 240 V, the first switching element connected to a minus terminal of said rectifying device is placed between said rectifying device and the second switching element.

5. The magnetron drive power supply as claimed in claim 1, wherein the magnetron drive power supply having a single switching element provided for the rated voltage class of 100 V to 120 V and the magnetron drive power supply having two switching elements provided for the rated voltage class of 200 V to 240 V, each ground position and a filament power supply position for heating a cathode of said magnetron are roughly matched.

6. The magnetron drive power supply as claimed in claim 5, wherein said step-up transformer is integrated with said high voltage rectifying section.

7. The magnetron drive power supply as claimed in claim 5, wherein the ground part and the filament supply position are placed in portions positioned at both ends of one side of a board.

8. The magnetron drive power supply as claimed in claim 5, wherein a current transformer is used in place of said shunt resistor.