Reduce the standby power consumption of a microwave oven

Author

Cheng-Hung Tsai ; Ying-Wen Bai ; Ming-Bo Lin ; Jhang, R.J.R. ; Chih-Yu Chung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

59

Issue

1

fYear

2013

fDate

Feb-13

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

61

Abstract

A touch panel microwave oven which is turned off does not mean that it is not consuming electric power. Although it is turned off, it still consumes 1 to 3 W when it is plugged into an ac socket. In this design the touch panel microwave oven consumes 3 mW when it is turned off and yet plugged in. A more effective circuit design for a touch panel microwave oven is proposed to reduce the standby power consumption, which is also easy to apply to future products. This power consumption in the standby state is lower than that of others and not only simple to set up but also inexpensive¹.

Keywords

microwave ovens; power consumption; ac socket; circuit design; microwave oven; panel microwave oven; standby power consumption reduction; touch panel microwave oven; Detectors; Electromagnetic heating; Microwave circuits; Microwave ovens; Power demand; Relays; Boost Module; Latching Relay; Microwave Oven; Standby Power Consumption;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2013.6490241

Filename

6490241