Description Of Operating Sequence; Variable Power Cooking Control; Inverter Power Supply Circuit; Steam Defrost, Auto Cook & Steam Reheat - Panasonic NN-GS597M Service Manual

4 DESCRIPTION OF OPERATING SEQUENCE

4.1. Variable power cooking
control
High Voltage Inverter Power Supply (U) controls output power
by the signal from Digital Programmer Circuit (DPC). Power
relay RY3 always stays ON, but PWM (pulse width modulation)
signal controls microwave output power.
NOTE:
The ON/OFF time ratio does not correspond with the
percentage of microwave power since approximately 2
seconds are required for heating of magnetron
filament.
Variable Power Cooking
POWER SETTING OUTPUT
POWER(%)
APPROX.
HIGH
MEDIUM-HIGH
MEDIUM
MEDIUM-LOW
LOW
DEFROST
4.2.

Inverter power supply circuit

The Inverter Power Supply circuit powered from the line
voltage, 220V 50Hz AC input supplies 4,000V DC to the
magnetron tube, and functions in place of the H.V. transformer,
the H.V. capacitor and H.V. diode.
1. The AC input voltage 220-240V 50Hz is rectified to DC
voltage immediately.
2. DC voltage will be supplied to the switching devices called
IGBT. These devices are switched ON-OFF by the 20 to 40
KHz PWM (pulse width modulation) signal from the
microcomputer in the DPC.
3. This drives the High voltage transformer to increase voltage
up to 2,000V AC.
4. Then the half-wave doubler voltage rectifier circuit,
consisting of the H.V. diodes and capacitors, generates the
necessary 4,000V DC needed for the magnetron.
5. Output power of the magnetron tube is always monitored by
the signal output from the current transformer built into the
inverter circuit.
6. This signal is fed back to the microcomputer in the DPC to
determine operating conditions and output necessary to
control PWM signal to the Inverter Power Supply for control
of the output power.
MANUAL MICROWAVE
DUTY
ON(SEC) OFF(SEC)
100% 22 0
70% 22 0
55% 22 0
40% 22 0
20% 13 9
30% 17 5
4.3. Steam defrost, Auto cook &
Steam reheat
When the Auto Control feature is selected and the [Start]
button is tapped:
1. The digital programer circuit determines the power level and
cooking time to complete cooking and indicates the
operating state in the display window. Table shows the
corresponding cooking times for respective serving by
categories.
Steam Defrost
SELECTED WEIGHT
1.0 kg
Auto Cook (Roast Chicken)
SELECTED WEIGHT
600 g
2. When cooking time in the display window has elapsed, the
oven turns off automatically by a control signal from the
digital programmer circuit.
4.4.

Oven

The digital programmer circuit controls the ON-OFF time of the
heater in order to control oven cavity temperature.
1. After selecting desired oven cavity temperature and
pressing [Start] button, a high level signal comes out
microcomputer and applies to power relays, RY4 and RY5.
2. When RY4 & RY5 switch to ON, power source voltage is
applied to the upper and lower heaters, and the heaters turn
on.
3. The digital programmer circuit senses the oven cavity
temperature through oven temp sensor (thermistor). When
the oven temperature reaches the set temperature, DPC
stops supplying high level signal to the power relays, and
the heaters turn off.
4. After the upper and lower heaters turn off, the oven
temperature will continue increasing for a while and then
decrease as shown in Figure.
When the oven temperature drops below the set
temperature, the digital programmer circuit senses the
signal and starts supplying a high level signal to power
relays again.
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NN-GS597M
COOKING TIME
15 min.20 sec.
COOKING TIME
24 min.00 sec.