Ampleon and Midea, a leading global consumer appliance manufacturer, have announced the results of a yearlong joint collaboration into the use of solid state technology for compact oven design. This initiative has resulted in Midea launching what is believed to be the world's first commercially available solid state RF energy oven. By addressing the technical challenges associated with designing a small cavity appliance with a single antenna, Midea has created a 200 Watt table top oven that achieves homogenous cooking. The oven can be powered either from a mains power source or, for portable use, from a 24 VDC battery. Midea and Ampleon jointly developed the electronics and power amplifier stages while Midea focused on the overall product design.
The major benefit to adopting a solid state approach to cooking is that it yields a more uniform cooking experience by allowing total control over output power, frequency and phase, something that is impossible with a magnetron. Embracing this concept is as significant as the move from analogue to digital television. Ampleon's collaboration with Midea typifies their efforts to partner with leading global brands to build an ecosystem across the white goods value chain.
Designed for space constrained kitchens or for portable food-on-the-go applications the oven is the first result of the on-going collaboration between the two companies.
