Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Byung Hwan Ko

Chang Sun Yun

Dong Oh Kang

Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus and a control method thereof. The cooking apparatus includes first and second coils arranged in a first column, third and fourth coils arranged in a second column, a plurality of inverters configured to supply a drive current to the first, second third and fourth coils, a plurality of rectifiers configured to supply direct current (DC) power to the plurality of inverters, a plurality of switches configured to connect each of the plurality of rectifiers to any one of a first external power supply and a second external power supply, and a controller configured to control the plurality of switches wherein the first external power supply supplies power to at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth coils and the second external power supply supplies power to at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth coils.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Byung Hwan Ko