A heating device and an operating method of the heating device. The heating device includes: a communication interface configured to obtain identification information of a cooking device located on a top plate; a wireless power transmitter including a working coil arranged to form a magnetic field; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to identify a temperature control mode of the cooking device corresponding to the identification information of the cooking device, when a rotation input of rotating the cooking device is detected, obtain a target heating temperature corresponding to the cooking device based on a rotation displacement according to the rotation input and the temperature control mode of the cooking device, and control power transmission by the wireless power transmitter such that a temperature of a content of the cooking device reaches the target heating temperature.

Disclosed is an electric range which provides specific functions according to the gestures of a user. When an object to be heated that is currently being heated is moved to a different spot, the electric range determines in what way the object to be heated has been moved, and provides a specific function corresponding to the determined way of movement.

The present invention provides an electric stove having a single free-zone burner, the electric stove comprising: a controller which outputs a first output signal comprising a first output level signal and a first synchronization signal, and a second output signal comprising a second output level signal and a second synchronization signal; a first inverter which successively receives the first output signal and second synchronization signal, and outputs first high-frequency power to a first working coil; and a second inverter which successively receives the first synchronization signal and second output signal, and outputs second high-frequency power to a second working coil, wherein the first inverter and second inverter simultaneously output first high-frequency power and second high-frequency power when the first synchronization signal and second synchronization signal are both received.

The present invention relates to an induction cooking hob (10) including at least one cooking area (12), wherein the cooking area (12) comprises at least three induction coils (14). The induction coils (14) of at least one cooking area (12) are arranged side-by-side and in series. Each induction coil (14) of at least one cooking area (12) has an elongated shape. The longitudinal axes of the induction coils (14) within one cooking area (12) are arranged in parallel. Each induction coil (14) of the cooking area (12) is associated with a dedicated induction generator (16). The induction generators (16) are connected or connectable to at least one current line (18). The induction generators (16) are connected to and controlled or controllable by at least one control unit (20). Requested powers (rP) for each used induction generator (16) are adjusted or adjustable independent from each other by a user interface (22). Instant powers (iP) of the induction generators (16) within a cycle pattern (T1, T2, . . . , T11) are controlled or controllable independent from each other by the control unit (20). Further, the present invention relates to a method for controlling a cooking area.

Disclosed are a power conversion device, an electric range including same, and a control method therefor. The electric range of the present invention comprises: a plate; a working coil; an interface unit; a voltage providing unit for providing a rectified voltage to the working coil; a first switching element; a second switching element connected in parallel with the first switching element; and a control unit, wherein the control unit determines a driving signal for driving at least one of the first switching element and the second switching element, according to the temperatures of the first switching element and the second switching element, and outputs same to the first switching element and the second switching element, and when the rectified voltage is greater than or equal to a predetermined level, the control unit provides the first switching element and the second switching element with driving signals for driving the first switching element and the second switching element, respectively, and when the rectified voltage is less than the level, the control unit transmits a driving signal to a switching element having a lower temperature among the first switching element and the second switching element, and provides an off control signal to the switching element having a higher temperature.

In a method for a cooktop, in particular for producing and/or operating the cooktop, which has at least one variable cooking surface, the cooking surface is partitioned in an operating mode along a partitioning direction into a plurality of heating zones to which at least one heating parameter is assigned in each case in a location-dependent manner in order to heat a cooking utensil that is deposited on the heating zone. In order to ensure flexible production and/or flexible operation of the cooktop, during partitioning of the cooking surface into the heating zones in at least one peripheral region of the cooking surface, at least one cooking utensil characteristic is taken into account.

An induction heater device and a method for controlling an induction heating device are provided. The method may include determining a first target frequency of a first working coil corresponding to the drive command for the first working coil, determining a second target frequency of a second working coil corresponding to the drive command for the second working coil, and determining a final drive frequency of the first working coil and a final drive frequency of the second working coil based on the first target frequency and the second target frequency, respectively.

The invention relates to an induction-based cooking appliance comprising multiple heating power transferring elements (3a, 3b) and multiple heating power energy units (5a, 5b) for powering said heating power transferring elements (3a, 3b), each heating power energy unit (5a, 5b) comprising one or more power switching devices, in particular power transistors, for providing electrical power to the heating power transferring elements (3a, 3b), wherein: —said power switching devices, in particular power transistors, included in said multiple heating power energy units (5a, 5b) are wide bandgap power switching devices, in particular wide bandgap transistors, comprising more in particular semiconductor materials with a bandgap greater than 2 eV, and/or are configured to be operated in a first frequency range (FR1) and in a second frequency range (FR2) different or at least essentially identical, in particular identical, to the first frequency range (FR1); or—a first heating power transferring element (3a) is powered by a heating power energy unit (5a) comprising a first type (T1) of power switching device, in particular power transistor, adapted to be operated in a first frequency range (FR1) and a second heating power transferring element (3b) is powered by a heating power energy unit (5b) comprising a second type (T2) of power switching device, in particular power transistor, adapted to be operated in a second frequency range (FR2) different or at least essentially identical, in particular identical, to the first frequency range (FR1).

An induction heating apparatus including an inverter comprising a switching element, the inverter configured to supply a power to a first node based on an operation of the switching element; a first heating coil around which a wire is wound in a first winding direction with respect to the first node and configured to be heated by the power supplied from the first node; a second heating coil around which a wire is wound in a second winding direction different from the first winding direction with respect to the first node and configured to be heated by the power supplied from the first node; and at least one processor configured to control a resonance frequency of a current flowing through the first heating coil and the second heating coil.

Disclosed is an induction heating device. The disclosed induction heating device senses whether a container placed on a heating coil is off-center, and if so, the direction in which the container is off-center, on the basis of a change in the resonance current of a plurality of sensing coils disposed along the circumferential direction above the heating coil. Each of the plurality of sensing coils includes a plurality of first layer sensing coils and a plurality of second layer sensing coils. Each of the plurality of first layer sensing coils is electrically connected to a corresponding second layer sensing coil among the plurality of second layer sensing coils. The first layer sensing coil and the second layer sensing coil that are connected to each other are vertically misaligned and have opposite winding directions.