EP4179846A1 - Détermination d'éclatements d'étincelles pendant le déroulement d'un traitement par micro-ondes d'un appareil ménager à micro-ondes - Google Patents

Détermination d'éclatements d'étincelles pendant le déroulement d'un traitement par micro-ondes d'un appareil ménager à micro-ondes

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EP4179846A1
EP4179846A1 EP21737363.8A EP21737363A EP4179846A1 EP 4179846 A1 EP4179846 A1 EP 4179846A1 EP 21737363 A EP21737363 A EP 21737363A EP 4179846 A1 EP4179846 A1 EP 4179846A1
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Markus Kuchler
Kerstin RIGORTH
Sebastian Sterz
Matthias Vogt
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B6/00—Heating by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields
    • H05B6/64—Heating using microwaves
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    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B6/00—Heating by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields
    • H05B6/64—Heating using microwaves
    • H05B6/6432—Aspects relating to testing or detecting leakage in a microwave heating apparatus

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  • the invention relates to a method for detecting spark flashovers during a microwave treatment process of a household microwave appliance, during which a setting value of at least one microwave operating parameter is varied.
  • the invention also relates to a method for operating a household microwave device.
  • the invention also relates to a household microwave device, having a microwave generator for generating microwaves, a microwave treatment chamber that can be acted upon by the microwaves generated, and a data processing device for detecting a spark flashover, the household microwave device for carrying out at least one of the procedures is set up.
  • the inven tion is particularly advantageous applicable to stand-alone microwave ovens and ovens with microwave function.
  • spark gaps in microwave ovens is a common problem, particularly when the units are operated at low loads and high power levels and/or when unsuitable dishes or accessories are used.
  • JP 2009019796 A discloses a measuring method using a camera and microphone for detecting spark flashovers during a microwave treatment process of a household microwave appliance, which detects the visible and audible effects of spark flashovers.
  • EP 3 5 16 928 A1 discloses a determination of arcing based on the presence of harmonics of the fundamental frequency of the fed-in microwaves.
  • EP 2 880 963 A1 discloses how scattering parameters of the fed-in microwaves can be used for this purpose.
  • EP 2 418 916 A1 and US Pat. No. 7,525,074 B disclose minimizing the risk of sparks by detecting the presence of metallic bodies in the cooking chamber on the basis of impedance measurements.
  • EP 2 152 047 A1 discloses a safety device for detecting leakage radiation in a cooking appliance with a microwave function and a cooking appliance with such a safety device.
  • the safety device comprises at least one microwave sensor, which comprises a probe in which an alternating current can be induced by leakage radiation, or which is suitable for tapping off alternating currents that are induced in other objects by leakage radiation.
  • the sensor further includes a fuse through which the alternating current is conducted.
  • the safety device includes a device that is suitable for switching off a microwave source of the cooking appliance as soon as the safety device trips.
  • EP 2 148 553 A1 discloses methods for microwave leakage monitoring.
  • microwave leakage radiation emerging from the cooking chamber is detected by means of a microwave sensor device and its progression over time is stored.
  • Subsequent evaluation of the stored microwave radiation values can include, in particular, a prognosis of the future course over time of the detected microwave radiation and early signaling that a predetermined threshold value is to be exceeded on the basis of the prognosticated course.
  • a corresponding device for monitoring microwave leakage as well as a cooking appliance equipped with such a device.
  • DE 2 029 559 A1 discloses a safety device against the emission of radiation from microwave devices, wherein at least one gas tube that responds to microwaves is used, which is arranged in the vicinity of the zone of a possible emission of radiation and is electrically connected to the control circuit of a controlled semiconductor diode, which in turn is in the supply circuit of a relay, the excitation of which causes the opening of the electrical supply circuit of a microwave generator.
  • DE 195 37 755 A1 discloses a microwave oven, in particular for a laboratory, with a heating chamber surrounded by a housing, into which microwaves can be coupled and which is accessible through a closable access opening.
  • a microwave sensor is arranged in such a way that when microwave radiation exceeding a certain value enters and/or passes through the gap, the sensor activates the emission of a warning signal or the microwaves are applied to the heating chamber turns off.
  • the object is achieved by a method for detecting spark flashovers in a treatment chamber of a household microwave appliance during a microwave treatment process, in the course of which a setting value of at least one microwave operating parameter is varied, with the method causing microwave leakage radiation during the microwave treatment process is measured several times in succession using the same setting values of the at least one microwave operating parameter and a spark flashover is detected if measured values of the microwave leakage radiation for several measurements carried out using the same setting values of the at least one microwave operating parameter exceed a predetermined fluctuation range.
  • This method has the advantage that sparks occurring in the treatment room can be reliably detected on and between the components involved, such as a wall of the treatment room, accessories and cookware.
  • the technical implementation is also very inexpensive.
  • the safety and protective function against sparks that is possible in this way can increase the service life of the cooking appliance and accessories and protect customers from injuries in areas overheated by sparks.
  • This method uses the leakage radiation exiting through openings, cable feeds, etc. of a wall of a treatment room as a very sensitive indicator for the occurrence of sparks in the treatment room.
  • This is based on the discovery that flashovers represent a disturbance in the microwave field conditions (distributions, modes, etc.) prevailing in the treatment room and thus also in the leakage radiation dependent on them. Due to their sometimes chaotic properties, the sparkovers lead to a very clear spread or fluctuation in the measured values depicting the strength of the microwave leakage radiation.
  • the microwave treatment process can have been initiated by a user or by a cooking program, for example. During the microwave treatment process, microwaves are fed into the treatment chamber of the household microwave device, typically in order to treat items contained therein (e.g. food to be cooked) with microwaves.
  • the household microwave oven can be a household microwave oven, for example a stand-alone microwave oven or a microwave/oven combination, e.g. a microwave oven with at least one additional radiant heater or an oven with a microwave function. If there is a household microwave oven, the treatment space can also be referred to as a cooking space, which is surrounded by a cooking space wall.
  • the household microwave appliance typically has a microwave generator for generating microwaves and a treatment chamber, which can be acted upon by means of the generated micro waves. It usually has a loading opening on the front, which can be closed by a microwave-tight door.
  • the microwave generator can be a magnetron or a semiconductor-based microwave generator. It can be clocked or inverter controlled.
  • the microwave frequency can be in the range of 915 MHz or 2.45 GHz, for example.
  • the microwave generator can feed the microwaves into the treatment room directly or via a microwave guide.
  • means for distributing the microwaves in the treatment room such as feed antennas, in particular rotatable ones, mode stirrers ("stirrers”), wobblers, etc., can be present.
  • the generation and introduction of microwaves into the treatment room is generally well known and is therefore not discussed further here.
  • the leakage radiation emerging from the treatment room during a microwave operating sequence or while the treatment room is being exposed to microwaves can be measured by means of at least one microwave detection device.
  • the microwave detection device can be provided, for example, to detect microwave leakage radiation in an area of the household microwave between a wall of the treatment chamber (also known as a cooking chamber wall or muffle) and an outer housing, but also in door gaps, etc.
  • the microwaves can be fed into the treatment room in particular by setting a specific setting from a set of several possible setting values of at least one variable microwave operating parameter. Each variable microwave operating parameter is therefore associated with a respective set of several adjustable setting values.
  • At least some of the setting values of at least one of the microwave operating parameters can be varied, in particular according to a predetermined rule or sequence, eg cyclically.
  • a microwave operating parameter can be understood in particular as an operating parameter whose change can noticeably change a power distribution or a mode image of the microwaves in the treatment room.
  • the at least one microwave operating parameter can include precisely one microwave operating parameter or multiple microwave operating parameters.
  • the measured value reflects the strength of the leakage radiation, for example its power, energy, amplitude, etc.
  • the measured value can be an electrical characteristic such as a voltage generated in the microwave detection device as a result of the exposure to microwaves, or it can be a digital value derived therefrom.
  • microwave leakage radiation is measured several times in succession using the same setting values for the at least one microwave operating parameter or using the same combination of setting values means that the measurements are made using the same setting values for all microwave radiation that noticeably influences the field distribution of the microwaves in the treatment room.
  • Operating parameters in the case of only one microwave operating parameter: under the same setting value) are included men.
  • the range of fluctuation is determined for at least one specific combination of setting values, since—under undisturbed conditions—the same setting values with high reproducibility result in the same field distribution of the microwaves in the treatment room. However, this field distribution is noticeably disturbed by sparking.
  • the range of fluctuation is determined for all during the microwave Combinations of setting values that are accepted or set several times during the course of treatment are determined.
  • the "specified range of fluctuation" corresponds to a threshold or limit value. If the measured fluctuation range remains below the specified fluctuation range, it is assumed that no sparking has occurred.
  • the at least one microwave operating parameter includes at least one microwave operating parameter from the group of angles of rotation of at least one rotating antenna,
  • the setting values of the rotary antenna with its microwave operating parameter "angle of rotation f" can be divided into angle ranges [0°; 180°] or [0°; 360°], for example with an increment of 1°, 5° or 10°.
  • the frequency f of the radiated microwaves can be varied, for example, between 2.4 GHz and 2.5 GHz, for example in steps of 0.01 GHz.
  • the setting values of the angle of rotation f of the rotary antenna are varied in an exemplary variant, e.g. in ascending or descending angle steps (e.g. 0°, 10°, 20°, ...) or in a different order (e.g 0°, 30°, 20°, 60°, etc.).
  • the "combinations of setting values" since only a single ger microwave operating parameters is varied - the setting values themselves compared with a specified fluctuation range or threshold or measured value.
  • the setting values for the angle of rotation f of the rotary antenna and the setting values for the frequency f of the radiated microwaves are varied during microwave treatment operation, multiple measurements of the strength of the leakage radiation are carried out for several, in particular all, combinations of setting values and a respective range of fluctuation is determined for each of the combinations and compared with a predetermined range of fluctuation.
  • the measured values of the microwave leakage radiation are measured or recorded by means of a sniffer line which is arranged outside a treatment room and which represents a component of a microwave detection device.
  • a "sniffer line” is understood to mean, in particular, an electrically conductive line in which alternating currents can be induced by microwaves. The strength (eg, power, amplitude, etc.) of the induced AC currents is representative of the strength of the inducing microwave leakage radiation.
  • the sniffer line is connected to an evaluation circuit for the microwave leakage radiation, which converts the alternating currents into corresponding measurement values ("leakage radiation measurement values"), for example into an electrical voltage.
  • the evaluation circuit can be connected to one or more sniffer lines.
  • a sniffer line has the advantage that it can be routed in a particularly variable manner in the device, for example because it is functionally connected to the evaluation circuit at one end, but the other end is a freely positionable end.
  • a wire, a cable, a printed conductor placed on a substrate, etc. can be used as a sniffer line, for example, in which alternating currents can be induced by microwaves generated by the microwave generator.
  • the range of fluctuation is a difference between a minimum value and a maximum value from a set of several (ie at least two) leakage radiation measured values measured under the same setting values of the at least one microwave operating parameter.
  • the range of fluctuation is a standard deviation that has been calculated using a set of multiple leakage radiation measured values measured under the same setting values of the at least one microwave operating parameter.
  • a spark flashover is detected when the specified range of fluctuation is reached or exceeded for precisely one combination of setting values for the at least one microwave operating parameter.
  • a spark flashover is detected when the fluctuation range for a number of combinations of setting values for the at least one microwave operating parameter is reached or exceeded. This achieves the advantage that a particularly robust detection of a spark flashover is provided.
  • different combinations of setting values are repeatedly set during a microwave treatment process, and the respective ranges of fluctuation are determined and compared with a predetermined range of fluctuation.
  • the specified range of fluctuation for at least two different combinations of setting values can be the same or different.
  • the specified range of fluctuation for the microwave treatment process is fixed.
  • the specified range of fluctuation can, for example, have been determined experimentally. It can be the same for all combinations of setting values or different for different combinations of setting values, e.g. different for different rotation angles set for a rotary antenna.
  • the specified range of fluctuation is determined using the measured values measured or recorded during the microwave treatment process. io te is dynamically adjusted. This achieves the advantage that sparking can be detected particularly reliably.
  • the range of fluctuation specified for a specific combination of setting values of the microwave operating parameters corresponds to a product of an average range of fluctuation determined for several—in particular for all—combinations of setting values and a factor A with A>1.
  • the factor A can, for example, have been determined empirically or experimentally.
  • the factor A need not be an integer.
  • the factor A can be the same or different for different combinations of setting values.
  • the method is only carried out or started after a predetermined period of time after the start of the microwave treatment process, in particular after the microwave generator has been switched on. This takes into account that the microwave generator does not yet reach a stable oscillation state during its heating phase and that the measured values could spread out noticeably in this initial period even without sparking. It is a further development that the method is not carried out until five to ten seconds after the start of the microwave treatment process, since then a fluctuation in the microwave leakage power or the leakage radiation measured values due to heating effects of the microwave generator has already noticeably decreased or is negligible has become small.
  • the object is also achieved by a method for operating a domestic microwave appliance in which at least one action is triggered when a spark flashover is detected using the method as described above.
  • the method can be designed analogously to the method for detecting arcing and has the same advantages.
  • the at least one action includes reducing an irradiated microwave power for all setting values of the microwave operating parameters. In practice, this can be implemented in such a way that the microwave power radiated into the treatment room is gradually reduced. As soon as the microwave power has been reduced to such an extent that the breakdown field strength is no longer reached, the generation of sparks stops immediately, which is reflected in a reduced fluctuation range. The microwave power can thus be gradually reduced until the measured range of fluctuation falls below the specified limit value or the predetermined range of fluctuation, in particular for all combinations of setting values of the microwave operating parameters. The range of fluctuation can be recalculated after each reduction.
  • the at least one action includes reducing an irradiated microwave power only for combinations of setting values of the microwave operating parameters at which the specified range of fluctuation is exceeded.
  • the irradiated microwave power can be maintained for other combinations of setting values of the microwave operating parameters, for which the predetermined range of fluctuation is not exceeded, which supports high power input into items such as water, items to be cooked etc. that have been treated by microwaves.
  • the at least one action involves feeding microwave radiation into the treatment room for a shorter period of time for combinations of setting values for the microwave operating parameters with a high fluctuation range and/or feeding microwave radiation into the treatment room for a longer period of time for combinations of setting values for the microwaves -Operating parameters with low fluctuation range included.
  • the shortened feeding in of the microwave radiation can also include a suspension of the feeding.
  • the at least one action includes outputting user information through the household microwave appliance to a user.
  • the user For example, it can be pointed out that accessories should be positioned differently or that the microwave power setting should be reduced.
  • the object is also achieved by a household microwave appliance, having a microwave generator for generating microwaves, a treatment chamber that can be acted upon by the generated microwaves, a microwave detection device for measuring microwave leakage radiation escaping from the treatment chamber, and a data processing device for detection a spark flashover by evaluating the microwave leakage radiation measured by the microwave leakage sensor, the household microwave appliance being set up to carry out at least one of the methods as described above.
  • the household microwave device can be designed analogously to the methods described above and vice versa, and has the same advantages.
  • the household microwave appliance can have a microwave detection device equipped with at least one sniffer line.
  • a microwave detection device equipped with at least one sniffer line.
  • This is used to detect microwave leakage radiation outside the treatment room, where at least one electrically conductive line (antenna or "sniffer line"), in which alternating currents can be induced by microwaves, and an evaluation circuit connected to the at least one sniffer line, which is used to determine is formed by alternating currents induced in the at least one sniffer line.
  • the sniffer line can have a great length and can be routed in many different ways in the household microwave appliance.
  • a particularly reliable and cost-effective construction is thus made possible.
  • the evaluation circuit can be arranged remotely from sources of radiation leakage in areas of the household microwave appliance that are subject to little thermal, chemical and/or electromagnetic stress.
  • the sniffer lines are noticeably more resistant and can also run through thermally and chemically stressed (e.g. hot and/or humid) areas without any problems.
  • microwave leaks can be detected with high sensitivity.
  • At least one sniffer line can be a dedicated sniffer line in the sense that it has no further signal-conducting (ie no current and/or data-conducting) function, in particular has no further function.
  • a (“pure") sniffer line is laid only for the purpose of detecting a microwave-based induction.
  • at least one sniffer line can also have at least one signal-conducting function ("combination sniffer line").
  • the evaluation circuit is set up in particular to determine the strength of a microwave-induced current induced in at least one sniffer line, which current is a measure of the strength of the leakage radiation.
  • the evaluation circuit can have one or more electrical and/or electronic components and/or functional units such as capacitors, resistors, processors (e.g. microcontrollers, ASICs, FPGAs), rectifiers, A/D converters, etc.
  • an evaluation circuit can be connected to precisely one sniffer line and therefore only evaluate this sniffer line or determine the strength of a microwave-induced current induced in this sniffer line.
  • an evaluation circuit is connected to a number of sniffer lines. In this case, several sniffer lines can be evaluated together by the evaluation circuit. The joint evaluation makes it possible to provide a particularly simple and inexpensive detection device. The covered or detectable detection area can also be enlarged in this way, so that the evaluation unit can respond even more quickly in the event of a possible leak.
  • several sniffer lines can be brought together electrically and connected to the evaluation circuit at a common node. Alternatively, several sniffer lines can be evaluated individually using the same evaluation circuit, e.g. at different times or in parallel. The individual evaluation enables improved localization of a radiation leak focus.
  • the household microwave device can have a plurality of evaluation circuits, each connected to a sniffer line, for example. These can be distributed over the household microwave oven.
  • the evaluation circuit is connected to the at least one sniffer line via at least one conductor track of a printed circuit board of the control device. A particularly simple, space-saving and robust connection of the evaluation circuit to the at least one conductor track is thus made possible.
  • a sniffer line is routed to the circuit board and connected there to the conductor track, e.g. by soldering points, clamps, plugs, etc.
  • the evaluation circuit is connected to the at least one sniffer line via a coupling capacitor.
  • This has the advantage that the sniffer line is electrically isolated from the evaluation circuit, but AC signals can be transmitted through the coupling capacitor.
  • the coupling capacitor thus achieves DC voltage isolation between the sniffer line and the evaluation circuit.
  • one connection of the coupling capacitor is electrically connected to at least one sniffer line and the other connection is electrically connected to the evaluation circuit.
  • the coupling capacitor can also represent part of the evaluation circuit.
  • the coupling capacitor is a component of a high-pass filter.
  • the advantage is achieved that the comparatively high-frequency microwave-induced alternating currents (which, for example, can have a frequency in the microwave frequency range) are allowed to pass through to the evaluation circuit, while low-frequency alternating currents, such as those typically used for powering a consumer with alternating current ( e.g. with a mains frequency of 50 Hz), cannot be let through.
  • low-frequency alternating currents such as those typically used for powering a consumer with alternating current (e.g. with a mains frequency of 50 Hz)
  • the coupling capacitor forms the high-pass filter together with an ohmic resistor that is in particular grounded.
  • the resistance can be a component of the evaluation circuit, for example its input resistance.
  • the high-pass filter additionally has a resistor connected to the coupling capacitor, in particular an input resistor, and the coupling capacitor has a capacitance of size C (Eq. 1):
  • a lower limit frequency f u of the resulting high-pass filter is as high as the signal to be measured requires (the measurement signal has a typical microwave frequency of 915 MHz or 2.45 GHz) .
  • the lower limit frequency f u is set in such a way that the transmitted voltage U2 is only 1/V2 or approx. 70.7% of the amplitude of the original signal L or the original signal L is weakened by this factor. It follows from this for the absolute value of the transfer function
  • a pure sniffer line is connected to the evaluation circuit, it does not need to be electrically isolated from the evaluation circuit by a coupling capacitor.
  • the provision of a high-pass filter can also be dispensed with.
  • the pure sniffer line is also connected via a coupling capacitor and/or a high-pass filter.
  • At least one sniffer line has a length of at least 800 mm, in particular at least 1000 mm, in particular at least 1500 mm, in particular at least 2000 mm.
  • a long length has the advantage that as many/large areas as possible inside the housing of the household microwave device can be covered with a sniffer line and locally distributed sources of radiation leakage can be sensed or detected with a small number of sniffer lines.
  • the sniffer line Since the sources of leakage radiation are not only distributed locally, but often also radiate at different strengths over time (e.g. due to chronologically different mode distribution in the treatment room due to the movement of a feed antenna, a mode stirrer and/or a turntable), it is advantageous for the sniffer line to have a spatially and possibly also temporally integrating property. The superposition of the different irradiated microwave signals then results in the sum signal present at the microwave sensor. This superposition is all the more pronounced the longer the sniffer line is.
  • FIG. 1 shows a domestic microwave oven as a sectional side view
  • FIG. 2 shows a possible evaluation circuit of the household microwave appliance from FIG. 1 in a top view
  • FIG. 3 shows a plot of a measurement of leakage radiation versus a rotation angle of a rotary antenna without sparking
  • FIG. 4 shows a plot of a measurement of leakage radiation versus a rotation angle of a rotating antenna with sparking
  • FIG. 5 shows a plot of a fluctuation range of the measured values of the leakage radiation shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 against a rotation angle of a rotary antenna with and without sparking.
  • the household microwave appliance 1 shows a sectional side view of a sketch of a household microwave appliance 1 with a treatment chamber in the form of a cooking chamber 2.
  • the household microwave appliance 1 can be an oven with microwave functionality, for example.
  • the cooking chamber 2 is surrounded by a cooking chamber wall or muffle 3 which has a front loading opening which can be closed with a door 4 .
  • the domestic microwave appliance 1 has at least one microwave generator 5 for treating the material in the cooking chamber 2 (not shown), possibly also further heating elements such as one or more resistance heating elements (not shown).
  • the microwaves generated by the microwave gene generator 5 are fed into the cooking chamber 2 via a microwave guide 5a by means of a rotating antenna 5b which can be rotated about its longitudinal axis by a stepping motor (o. Fig.).
  • an operating device 6 which can have one or more operating elements and/or display devices, e.g. in the form of a touch-sensitive screen.
  • the household microwave appliance 1 includes a rotary plate 7 which is present in the cooking chamber 2 and which can be rotated by means of a motor 8 arranged outside of the cooking chamber 2.
  • the household microwave appliance 1 or its controllable components 5, 6, 8 can be controlled or actuated by means of a central control device 9 (also referred to as “appliance control”).
  • An evaluation circuit 10 is integrated into the control device 9 and is connected to a combination sniffer line 11 .
  • the combination sniffer line 11 is the electrical line that leads from the control device 9 to the motor 8 in order to supply the motor 8 with electricity and/or to transmit data to the motor 8 in order to control it.
  • the combination sniffer line 11 is also suitable for the fact that alternating currents can be induced in it by microwaves.
  • the evaluation circuit 10 is designed for the determination of AC currents induced in the antenna line 11 .
  • the evaluation circuit 10 and the antenna line 11 form a detection device 10, 11 for detecting microwave leakage radiation outside of the cooking chamber 2, in particular special in a space between the muffle 3 and an outer housing 12 of the household microwave oven 1.
  • the combination sniffer line 11 has So a dual function, namely firstly for power and / or data transmission between the control device 9 and the motor 8 and secondly as a "sensor line" for detecting microwave leakage radiation.
  • the combination sniffer line 11 can be routed, for example, around an opening in the muffle 3 through which a drive axle of the motor 8 leads to the turntable 7 .
  • the combination sniffer line 11 can have, for example, at least one corrugated or meandering section that runs, for example, over assembly joints, other openings or the like of the muffle 3 .
  • the household microwave appliance 1 can have at least one pure sniffer line 13 connected to the evaluation circuit 10, e.g. a simple wire or a simple cable, which is only intended to serve as a sensor line.
  • the combination sniffer line 11 and/or the pure sniffer line 13 can have a length of at least 800 mm, in particular at least 1000 mm, in particular at least 1500 mm, in particular at least 2000 mm.
  • the lines 15 can be combination sniffer lines 11, which ren other ends are connected to functional units of the household microwave oven 1 such as electrical loads and / or sensors rule, and / or pure Schnüffellein gene 13 to be.
  • connection points 16 such as terminals or the like, where they merge into corresponding conductor tracks 17 of the circuit board 14 .
  • connection points 16 such as terminals or the like, where they merge into corresponding conductor tracks 17 of the circuit board 14 .
  • a combination sniffer line 11 is shown connected to an evaluation circuit 10 arranged on the printed circuit board 14, which in turn is connected to a processor 18, e.g. a microcontroller, ASIC or FPGA, of the control device 9.
  • the evaluation circuit 10 is connected here to the conductor track 17 connected to the combination sniffer line 11 via a coupling capacitor 19 which causes a DC voltage separation between the evaluation circuit 10 and the combination sniffer line 11 .
  • the evaluation circuit 10 has at least one ohmic resistor 20 which is connected on the one hand to the terminal connected to the processor 18 and on the other hand to a predetermined reference potential or ground.
  • the coupling capacitor 19 and the resistor 20 form a high-pass filter 19, 20 for the signal arriving from the combination sniffer line 11.
  • the coupling capacitor 19 advantageously has a capacitance value C of the size
  • the lower limit frequency f u is selected in such a way that practically only the microwave-induced voltage components are allowed to pass.
  • The—for example analog—output signal of the evaluation circuit 10 is routed to the processor 18 for evaluation (for example to an analog input of a microcontroller).
  • the evaluation circuit 10 can also have other components or parts (not shown), for example an A/D converter, operational amplifier, etc.
  • the control device 9 can be set up to detect sparking in the cooking chamber 2 during microwave operation, based on a strength of the microwave-induced alternating current in the combination sniffer line 11, represented by the measurement/output signal or the measured values of the evaluation circuit 10 if necessary, to trigger at least one corresponding action, e.g. to reduce the power of the microwave generator 5, to output a message to a user, etc.
  • FIG. 3 shows a plot of a leakage radiation measured value LM in mV, which represents the strength of the leakage radiation and is measured by the evaluation circuit 10, as is output by the evaluation circuit 10, for example, against a rotation angle cp of the rotating antenna 5b in degrees during microwave treatment with a power of 600 Weiner water load introduced into the cooking chamber 2 without sparking.
  • the at least one relevant variable microwave operating parameter thus only includes the angle of rotation cp of the rotating antenna 5b, the setting values in a range [0°; 360°], e.g. in steps of 1°, 5° or 10°.
  • the rotary antenna 5b has the purpose of equalizing the microwave power introduced into the food (not shown). During rotation of the rotary antenna 5b, the microwave field in the cooking chamber 2 is changed cyclically and can cause arcing under unfavorable but unpredictable conditions and at certain angles of rotation.
  • variably adjustable microwave operating parameters can generally be used alternatively or additionally, e.g.
  • FIG. 5 shows a plot of a fluctuation range LMS of the leakage radiation measured value LM in mV against a rotation angle cp of the rotating antenna 5b in degrees for the leakage radiation measured values LM from FIGS. 3 and 4, each calculated from the standard deviation of the leakage radiation -Measured values LM for the individual angles of rotation cp.
  • the number of antenna revolutions used for the evaluation is at least two, but can advantageously also be more than two.
  • sparks are forming in the cooking chamber 2 or spark flashovers are occurring.
  • Possible criteria that sparking is present can include, for example:
  • the fluctuation range LMS of the leakage radiation measured values exceeds a predetermined fluctuation range or a limit value LMS_thr at least once, here for a specific setting value of the angle of rotation cp or for a specific angle of rotation range of the width Df: [f - Df/2; f + Df/2];
  • the fluctuation range LMS of the leakage radiation measured values exceeds the limit value LMS_thr for more than one setting value of the angle of rotation cp or more than one angle of rotation range.
  • the limit value LMS_thr can be calculated based on the average value of all fluctuation widths LMS.
  • Spark formation or spark flashovers can also be detected particularly reliably if the above criteria are met for more than one measurement cycle (i.e. a full run through the combinations of the setting values of the microwave operating parameters, here: a full antenna rotation) in a row.
  • the direct comparison of FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 shows that the formation of sparks or spark flashovers can be detected with great reliability.
  • the leakage radiation measured values LM or curves thereof can be subjected to data processing be subjected to.
  • the leakage radiation measured values LM from the first (eg five to ten) seconds of microwave operation cannot be used since the magnetron 5 during its warming-up phase has not yet reached a stable oscillation state and would therefore possibly cause the leakage radiation measured values LM to spread even without sparking.
  • the leakage radiation measured values LM can also be subjected to curve fitting (e.g. by interpolation) and/or smoothing.
  • an action in the form of a countermeasure can be to gradually reduce the microwave power radiated into the cooking chamber 2 . As soon as the microwave power has been reduced to such an extent that the breakdown field strength is no longer reached, the generation of sparks stops immediately, which can be seen in a greatly reduced fluctuation range LMS.
  • angular ranges with an increased range of fluctuation LMS can be traversed more quickly or left out by controlling the stepper motor of the rotary antenna 5b by the control device 9 .
  • the rotary antenna 5b can be rotated more slowly in angular ranges with a small fluctuation range LMS. Consequently, a time window for the occurrence of sparks and thus a treatment or cooking time can be significantly reduced. From FIG. 5, exemplary angular ranges with slower and faster rotation speeds of the rotary antenna 5b can be determined for the scenario described in FIG. 4:
  • an interaction between the household microwave appliance and the user can also be initiated, during which the user is advised to remove the accessory, reposition it or reduce the set microwave power.

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L'invention concerne un procédé pour déterminer des éclatements d'étincelle dans une chambre de traitement (2) d'un appareil ménager à micro-ondes (1) pendant le déroulement d'un traitement par micro-ondes, au cours duquel on fait varier une valeur de réglage d'au moins un paramètre de fonctionnement (φ) de micro-ondes. Pendant le procédé, lors du déroulement d'un traitement par micro-ondes, des valeurs de mesure (LM) d'un rayonnement de fuite sont mesurées plusieurs fois de manière successive pour des valeurs de réglage identiques du ou des paramètres de fonctionnement (φ) de micro-ondes, et un éclatement d'étincelles est déterminé si un intervalle de fluctuation (LMS) des valeurs de mesure (LM) mesurées pour des valeurs de réglage identiques atteint ou dépasse un intervalle de fluctuation (LMS_thr) prédéfini. Un appareil ménager à micro-ondes (1) comprend un générateur de micro-ondes (5) pour générer des micro-ondes, une chambre de traitement (2) qui peut être soumise aux micro-ondes générées, un dispositif de détection de micro-ondes (10,11) pour mesurer un rayonnement de fuite de micro-ondes sortant de la chambre de traitement (2), et un dispositif de traitement de données (10) pour déterminer un éclatement d'étincelles par évaluation du rayonnement de fuite de micro-ondes (LM) mesuré, l'appareil ménager à micro-ondes (1) étant conçu pour la mise en œuvre du procédé. L'invention peut être utilisée de manière particulièrement avantageuse dans des appareils à micro-ondes indépendants et dans des fours présentant une fonction micro-ondes, en particulier si le dispositif de détection de micro-ondes est équipé d'une ligne de reniflage.
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