Freescale Semiconductor is disrupting the microwave oven industry with additions to its RF heating portfolio: two new cost-effective, solid-state RF power transistor products and an application development ecosystem. The additions are engineered to enable consumer and commercial microwave oven appliance OEMs to create differentiated solutions and novel product types for a new cooking paradigm.
Ampleon announced the modular M2 RF Energy reference system to replace magnetrons in the industrial heating market. This technology replacement is driven by the need for a longer service lifetime of the RF generators, to reduce operating costs and minimize the downtime of heating systems.
Collaboration between Ampleon and Midea into the use of solid state technology for compact oven design has resulted in Midea launching what is believed to be the first commercially available solid state RF energy oven.
The RF Energy Alliance has been launched to advance today’s power and heating solutions by equipping engineers and designers with a transformative, cost-effective and highly efficient heating and power source: solid-state RF energy.