Collaboration results in world’s first solid state oven

By addressing the technical challenges associated with designing a small cavity appliance with a single antenna, Midea has created a 200W table top oven that achieves homogenous cooking. The oven can be powered either from a mains power source or, for portable use, from a 24VDC battery. Midea and Ampleon jointly developed the electronics and power amplifier stages while Midea focused on the overall product design.

Mr Pinglu Chen, Head of Sales Asia and Country Manager Greater China, Ampleon, comments, “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. Our collaboration with Midea typifies our efforts to partner with leading global brands to deliver not only new technologies but to build an ecosystem across the white goods value chain. We are extremely pleased to have worked with them to develop the world’s first commercially available compact oven.”

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.

Alan Luan, Director, Midea Kitchen Appliances Division Innovation Centre, says, ”The microwave heating and cooking industry is likely to be influenced by semiconductor microwave technology in the future. Midea, as a leader of the microwave heating industry, will continue to pay close attention and invest to improve people's lives with innovative technology.”