Electromagnetic heating device and heating control circuit thereof, and low power heating control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10085305-B2
Application number	US-201815921396-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2018
Priority date	Feb 2, 2016
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

Disclosed are an electromagnetic heating device and a heating control circuit thereof, and a low power heating control method. The heating control circuit comprises: a voltage zero-crossing detection unit for detecting a voltage zero-crossing signal of an alternating current power source; a resonance heating unit; a rectification and filtering unit; a power switch tube; a drive unit, connected to a drive end of the power switch tube to drive the power switch tube to be turned on and off; a drive voltage transformation unit, connected to the drive end of the power switch tube to change a drive voltage of the power switch tube; and a main control unit for controlling the power switch tube to operate under the drive of a first drive voltage according to the voltage zero-crossing signal, thereby reducing the damage risk of the power switch tube and reducing turn-on noises.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heating control circuit of an electromagnetic heating apparatus, comprising:
a voltage zero-crossing detecting unit configured to detect a voltage zero-crossing signal of an alternating current power source input to the electromagnetic heating apparatus;
a resonance heating unit;
a rectifier and filter unit configured to perform rectifying and filtering on the alternating current power source which is provided to the resonance heating unit;
a power switch transistor configured to control the resonance heating unit to perform resonance work;
a driving unit, wherein the driving unit is coupled to a driving end of the power switch transistor so as to drive the power switch transistor to turn on or to turn off;
a driving and transforming unit, wherein the driving and transforming unit is coupled to the driving end of the power switch transistor so as to change a driving voltage of the power switch transistor; and
a main control unit, wherein the main control unit is coupled to the voltage zero-crossing detection unit, the driving unit, and the driving and transforming unit respectively, and the main control unit is configured to control the driving unit and the driving and transforming unit to make the power switch transistor work under a first driving voltage before a zero-crossing point of the alternating current power source judged according to the voltage zero-crossing signal, to control the driving and transforming unit to stop working when a voltage of a collector of the power switch transistor oscillates to a minimum, and to control the driving unit to make the power switch transistor work under a second driving voltage, wherein the second driving voltage is larger than the first driving voltage.

2. The heating control circuit of the electromagnetic heating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a working process of the power switch transistor comprises a first period and a second period, wherein,
in the first period, an amplitude value of the first driving voltage remains constant or increases linearly, a pulse width of the first driving voltage increases progressively or is a constant width; and
in the second period, an amplitude value of the second driving voltage remains constant, a pulse width of the second driving voltage increases progressively or is a constant width.

3. The heating control circuit of the electromagnetic heating apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, in the first period, the power switch transistor works in an amplification state; in the second period, the power switch transistor works in a switch state.

4. The heating control circuit of the electromagnetic heating apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein,
in the first period, the main control unit is configured to output a first control signal to the driving unit and to output a second control signal to the driving and transforming unit, such that the power switch transistor works under the first driving voltage with a constant amplitude value, and the voltage of the collector of the power switch transistor oscillates and decreases;
in the second period, the main control unit is configured to output a first control signal to the driving unit, such that the power switch transistor works under the second driving voltage, and configured to output a third control signal to the driving and transforming unit, such that the driving and transforming unit stops working.

5. The heating control circuit of the electromagnetic heating apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the power switch transistor is an insulated gate pipolar transistor (IGBT), the first control signal is a photoplethysmogram (PPG) pulse, the second control signal is a high level signal, and the third control signal is a low level signal.

6. The heating control circuit of the electromagnetic heating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the driving and transforming unit further comprises:
a first resistor, wherein a first end of the first resistor is coupled to the main control unit;
a first transistor, wherein a base of the first transistor is coupled to a second end of the first resistor, and an emitter of the first transistor is grounded;
a second resistor, wherein the second resistor is coupled between the base and the emitter of the first transistor; and
a third resistor, wherein a first end of the third resistor is coupled to a collector of the first transistor, and a second end of the third resistor is coupled to the driving end of the power switch transistor.

7. The heating control circuit of the electromagnetic heating apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the driving unit further comprises:
a fourth resistor, wherein a first end of the fourth resistor is coupled to the main control unit;
a fifth resistor, wherein a first end of the fifth resistor is coupled to the first end of the fourth resistor and the main control unit respectively, and a second end of the fifth resistor is grounded;
a second transistor, wherein a base of the second transistor is coupled to a second end of the fourth resistor, an emitter of the second transistor is grounded, and a collector of the second transistor is coupled to a power source of a preset voltage via a sixth resistor;
a third transistor, wherein a base of the third transistor is coupled to the collector of the second transistor, an emitter of the third transistor is grounded, and a collector of the third transistor is coupled to the power source of the preset voltage via a seventh resistor;
a fourth transistor, wherein a base of the fourth transistor is coupled to the collector of the third transistor, and a collector of the fourth transistor is coupled to the power source of the preset voltage via an eighth resistor;
a fifth transistor, wherein a base of the fifth transistor is coupled to the base of the fourth transistor, and a collector of the fifth transistor is grounded;
a ninth resistor, wherein a first end of the ninth resistor is coupled to an emitter of the fifth transistor, and a second end of the ninth resistor is coupled to an emitter of the fourth transistor; and
a tenth resistor, wherein a first end of the tenth resistor is coupled to the emitter of the fourth transistor and the second end of the ninth resistor respectively, and a second end of the tenth resistor is coupled to the driving end of the power switch transistor.

8. The heating control circuit of the electromagnetic heating apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising a first Zener diode and an eleventh resistor, wherein an anode of the first Zener diode is coupled to an emitter of the IGBT and is grounded, a cathode of the first Zener diode is coupled to a gate of the IGBT, and the eleventh resistor and the first Zener diode are coupled in parallel.

9. The heating control circuit of the electromagnetic heating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage of the collector of the power switch transistor oscillates to the minimum at the zero-crossing point of the alternating current power source.

10. An electromagnetic heating apparatus, comprising a heating control circuit, wherein the heating control circuit further comprises:
a voltage zero-crossing detecting unit configured to detect a voltage zero-crossing signal of an alternating current power source input to the electromagnetic heating apparatus;
a resonance heating unit;
a rectifier and filter unit configured to perform rectifying and filtering on the alternating current power source which is provided to the resonance heating unit;
a power switch transistor configured to control the resonance heating unit to perform resonance work;
a driving unit, wherein the driving unit is coupled to a driving end of the power switch transisto

Assignees

• Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Mfg Co Ltd
• Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appiances Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jiang Deyong
• Wang Yunfeng
• Zeng Lutian

Classifications

• H03K17/567

  Circuits characterised by the use of more than one type of semiconductor device, e.g. BIMOS, composite devices such as IGBT · CPC title

• H05B6/062 Primary

  for cooking plates or the like · CPC title

• H05B2206/02

  Induction heating · CPC title

• H03K5/1536

  Zero-crossing detectors (in measuring circuits G01R19/175) · CPC title

• H05B6/06 Primary

  Control, e.g. of temperature, of power · CPC title