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FoodRF
 Post subject: Resize a microwave oven
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:04 pm 
 
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Joined: Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:42 pm

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Hi,

I'm looking for ways to re-size a microwave oven (similar to a commercial domestic MW oven) for some food processing applications.

Assume: rectangular waveguide (a=9.5 cm, b= 5.5 cm); incident frequency: 2.45 GHz.

Suppose we fix two dimensions of the cavity and modify the length. The objective is to have minimum power reflection though the port (S11) so that maximum energy efficiency can be obtained. If we use RF calculator, we can have various cut-off frequencies depending on the modes. What should be the guidelines (cut-off frequency, modes etc) so that we can achieve the design objectives?

Thanks and regards,

FoodRF

Posted  11/12/2012