Microwave oven

• US 6,774,567 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2002
• Issued: 08/10/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Han, Yong-Woon, Han, Dae-Sung, Jang, Seong-Deog, Kang, Han-Seong, Kang, Kwang-Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): VO, TUYET THI
• Application Number:
  US10/188,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20030117092A1
• Time in Patent Office: 767 Days
• Field of Search: 315/39.51, 315/39.53, 315/500, 315/502, 315/503, 219/715, 219/717, 219/725, 219/738, 219/736, 219/729, 219/678, 219/702
• US Class Current: 315/39.51
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/666 Safety circuits emergency protective circuits in general H02H

Abstract

A microwave oven using DC power which can endure strong vibrations and eliminate noise according to noise standards. The microwave oven includes at least one second choke coil which is arranged outside a magnetron filter box and connected in series to at least one first choke coil installed in the magnetron filter box. Each choke coil and a feed-through condenser constitute a low pass filter. The size of each of the first choke coil is reduced and the size of each of the second choke coil is increased, so as to endure the strong vibrations and eliminate the noise generated by a driving of a magnetron.

Claims

1. A microwave oven comprising:

a magnetron filter box having a magnetron, at least one first choke coil, and a feed-through condenser installed therein; and

at least one second choke coil arranged outside the magnetron filter box and connected in series to the first choke coil, wherein the second choke coil, together with the feed-through condenser, constitute a low pass filter.

2. The microwave oven according to claim 1, further comprising a printed circuit board on which the second choke coil is mounted, wherein the second choke coil is connected to the magnetron filter box through a lead wire.

3. The microwave oven according to claim 1, wherein the microwave oven is a microwave oven usable with a power source selected from direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) power sources.

4. The microwave oven according to claim 1, wherein the first and second choke coils eliminate noise generated by a driving of the magnetron to a desired noise standard and satisfy vibration standards applied to microwave ovens usable with direct current (DC) power as a power source.

5. The microwave oven according to claim 1, wherein the first choke coil comprises an inductance smaller than that of the second choke coil.

6. The microwave oven according to claim 5, wherein the first and second choke coils include corresponding first and second ferrite cores inserted therein, wherein weights of the first and second ferrite cores are proportional to the inductances of the first and second choke coils.

7. The microwave oven according to claim 5, wherein the inductances of the first and second choke coils, as combined, equal to a total inductance which is set according to frequencies of noise signals to be eliminated.

8. The microwave oven according to claim 1, further comprising:

another first choke coil and a second feed-through condenser installed in the magnetron filter box; and

another second choke coil arranged outside the magnetron filter box and connected in series to the another first choke coil, wherein the another second choke coil, together with the second feed-through condenser, constitute another low pass filter.

9. The microwave oven according to claim 8, further comprising:

a switching unit which selectively blocks direct current (DC) power;

an inverter unit which converts the DC power to alternating current (AC) power;

a high voltage transformer which induces a high voltage and heats the magnetron; and

a magnetron driving unit which supplies the high voltage to the magnetron.

10. The microwave oven according to claim 9, further comprising diodes, each having an anode and a cathode, connected in parallel to the high voltage transformer, wherein the anodes and one of the second choke coils are connected to a heater coil of the high voltage transformer, and the cathodes are connected to the other second choke coil.

11. A microwave oven comprising:

a magnetron filter box having a magnetron, first choke coils and feed-through condensers; and

second choke coils arranged outside the magnetron filter box and connected in series to the corresponding first choke coils, wherein the first and second choke coils, together with the feed-through condensers, constitute corresponding low pass filters.

12. The microwave oven according to claim 11, further comprising:

a high voltage transformer which induces a high voltage and includes a heater coil which heats the magnetron; and

diodes, each having an anode and a cathode, connected in parallel to the high voltage transformer, wherein the anodes and one of the second choke coils are connected to the heater coil, and the cathodes are connected to another one of the second choke coils.

13. The microwave oven according to claim 11, wherein the first choke coils comprise corresponding inductances smaller than that of the second choke coils.

14. The microwave oven according to claim 11, wherein the first and second choke coils include corresponding first and second ferrite cores inserted therein, wherein weights of the first and second ferrite cores are proportional to the corresponding inductances of the first and second choke coils.

15. The microwave oven according to claim 14, wherein the inductances of the first and second choke coils, as combined, equal to a total inductance which is set according to frequencies of noise signals to be eliminated.

16. The microwave oven according to claim 15, wherein the first and second choke coils eliminate noise generated by a driving of the magnetron to a desired noise standard and satisfy vibration standards applied to microwave ovens usable with the DC power as a power source.

17. The microwave oven according to claim 16, wherein the microwave oven is a microwave oven usable with a power source selected from DC and AC power sources.

18. A microwave oven comprising:

a magnetron filter box having a magnetron and a feed-through condenser; and

choke coils which are installed inside and outside of the magnetron filter box so as to eliminate noise generated by a driving of the magnetron and satisfy vibration standards applied to microwave ovens usable with direct current (DC) power as a power source.

19. The microwave oven according to claim 18, wherein the microwave oven is a microwave oven usable with a power source selected from DC and alternating current (AC) power sources.

20. The microwave oven according to claim 18, wherein the choke coil installed outside of the magnetron filter box, together with the feed-through condenser, constitute a low pass filter.

21. The microwave oven according to claim 20, wherein the choke coil installed inside the magnetron filter box comprises an inductance smaller than that of the choke coil installed outside the magnetron filter box.

22. The microwave oven according to claim 21, wherein the choke coils include corresponding ferrite cores inserted therein, wherein weights of the ferrite cores are proportional to the corresponding inductances of the choke coils.

23. The microwave oven according to claim 20, further comprising other choke coils installed inside and outside of the magnetron filter box, wherein the choke coils installed outside the magnetron filter box are in series to the corresponding choke coils installed inside the magnetron filter box.

24. The microwave oven according to claim 23, wherein the choke coils installed inside the magnetron filter box comprise corresponding inductances smaller than that of the choke coils installed outside the magnetron filter box.

25. The microwave oven according to claim 24, wherein the inductances of the choke coils installed inside and outside of the magnetron filter box, as combined, equal to a total inductance which is set according to frequencies of noise signals to be eliminated.