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Inductive cooking range and cooktop

  • US 5,648,008 A
  • Filed: 11/23/1994
  • Issued: 07/15/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An induction cooking apparatus, comprising:

  • an electrical power source for providing, from an AC powerline, a DC power signal including a plurality of powerline half cycles;

    a power inverter circuit, including an L/C network with a work coil coupled to said DC power signal for inducing heating current in metallic cookware and a switching means for intermittently connecting said L/C network with said DC power signal; and

    an analog/digital control circuit coupled to said power inverter circuit, said analog/digital circuit including a user input for selecting a cooking temperature to be generated in said cookware, digital means generating a start signal for initiating operation of said power inverter circuit and for generating a stop signal for stopping operation of said power inverter circuit to define a period of operation of said power inverter circuit for generation of said cooking temperature, said digital means being coupled to said user input, and an analog circuit including gate means for generating gating pulses for operation of said power inverter circuit and feedback means coupled with said work coil for generating trigger signals to sustain generation of said gating pulses by said gate means after said power inverter circuit is started by said digital means.

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