Re: [Phys-l] Panasonic inverter technology

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

At 06:13 PM 9/25/2006, you wrote:
> I don't believe it.  Panasonic claims the oven is always on instead of
> pulsed to obtain < 100% power.
>
> Why?  Because a cavity magnetron operates only w/ a narrow range of
> applied EMF;  that's why they pulse them in the first place.  So how do
> they do it?  I suspect in the same way light dimmers (not the "Variac"
> type).
>
> bc, waiting to be disabused.


This seems to be quite plausible - domestic microwaves use a
 magnetron fed straight from a transformer. being free of the need
 to minimize frequency slide - the bane of radar magnetrons



Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!