Lg Electronics Inc.

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

Unist, Inc.

Hwapyeong Park

Yongsoo Lee

Jaekyung Yang

Seongho Son

Younghwan Kwack

Mina Kim

Jeehoon Jung

An induction heat cooking apparatus that includes: a rectifier that is configured to convert alternating current (AC) voltage supplied from an external power source into direct current (DC) voltage; an inverter that is configured to generate current based on DC voltage received from the rectifier and provide the current to output nodes; heating coils that are configured to, based on the current generated by the inverter, generate magnetic fields for providing heat; a first capacitive unit that includes one or more resonance capacitors and that is coupled between the output nodes; a second capacitive unit that includes one or more wireless power transfer (WPT) capacitors and that is configured to be coupled between the output nodes; and a mode conversion switch that is configured to couple the second capacitive unit to the first capacitive unit in parallel is disclosed.

Induction heat cooking apparatus to implement WPT and PFC power converter

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Ulsan, South Korea

Hwapyeong Park