INDUCTION HEATER AND INDUCTION HEATING COOKING APPLIANCE AND RICE COOKER USING THE INDUCTION HEATER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an induction heater having low loss, high efficiency and a simple configuration, an induction heating appliance and a rice cooker.;SOLUTION: A bidirectional switching element 23 and a drive circuit 24 are parallel-connected to a series circuit formed of a heating coil 21 and a resonance capacitor 22, a choke coil 29 is arranged between the bidirectional switching element 23 and an AC power supply 25, and performing induction heating, without generating loss in being rectified into a DC current.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO