Nothing Special   »   [go: up one dir, main page]

EP3170363A1 - System and method for improving noise performance of multi-zone quasi-resonant inverter induction heater - Google Patents

System and method for improving noise performance of multi-zone quasi-resonant inverter induction heater

Info

Publication number
EP3170363A1
EP3170363A1 EP14816438.7A EP14816438A EP3170363A1 EP 3170363 A1 EP3170363 A1 EP 3170363A1 EP 14816438 A EP14816438 A EP 14816438A EP 3170363 A1 EP3170363 A1 EP 3170363A1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
resonant
master
heating cooker
induction heating
cooking zone
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Granted
Application number
EP14816438.7A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP3170363B1 (en
Inventor
Metin ASTOPRAK
Metin ÖZTÜRK
Namik Yilmaz
Hakan Suleyman YARDIBI
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Arcelik AS
Original Assignee
Arcelik AS
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Arcelik AS filed Critical Arcelik AS
Priority to PL14816438T priority Critical patent/PL3170363T3/en
Publication of EP3170363A1 publication Critical patent/EP3170363A1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP3170363B1 publication Critical patent/EP3170363B1/en
Active legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B6/00—Heating by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields
    • H05B6/02—Induction heating
    • H05B6/06—Control, e.g. of temperature, of power
    • H05B6/062—Control, e.g. of temperature, of power for cooking plates or the like
    • H05B6/065—Control, e.g. of temperature, of power for cooking plates or the like using coordinated control of multiple induction coils
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B2213/00—Aspects relating both to resistive heating and to induction heating, covered by H05B3/00 and H05B6/00
    • H05B2213/03—Heating plates made out of a matrix of heating elements that can define heating areas adapted to cookware randomly placed on the heating plate
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B2213/00—Aspects relating both to resistive heating and to induction heating, covered by H05B3/00 and H05B6/00
    • H05B2213/05—Heating plates with pan detection means

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a system and method for operating a multiple- zone induction heating cooker by which audible noise caused by different operating frequencies is overcome while still applying individual cooking zone power control.
  • the induction heating cooker operates based on the process of heating a ferromagnetic material by electromagnetic induction where eddy currents are to be induced and resistance provides heat dissipation within said ferromagnetic material, i.e. a cooking vessel in the form of a pot or pan.
  • a resonant converter in an induction heater circuit topology typically consists of a capacitor, an inductor and resistance. To this end, when power is supplied to the resonant tank, electric energy is stored in the inductor and transferred to the capacitor. Resonance therefore occurs while the inductor and the capacitor involve in energy exchange.
  • the resonant converter can be a half-bridge series resonant converter or a quasi-resonant converter.
  • a quasi-resonant converter exhibits certain advantages over a half-bridge series resonant converter especially due to its simpler circuit design having only one power switching device compared to the half-bridge series resonant converter whose overall operation is more complex.
  • the circuit design parameters in a quasi-resonant converter are regarded as a serious cost advantage in this regard.
  • a high-frequency power switch such as an IGBT is accordingly used.
  • EP 1 629 698 B l discloses an induction cooking system including a power inverter, a microprocessor, a protection circuit and a pan detection circuit.
  • a pan interference noise is generated due to frequency differences among the burners.
  • the present invention provides a system and method for operating an induction heating cooker by which a plurality of induction resonant inverters are supplied from the same DC bus in an efficient manner and audible noise caused by different operating frequencies is overcome while still applying individual cooking zone power control.
  • the present invention provides a system and method for operating an induction heating cooker by which individual cooking zone power control is applicable at a master driving frequency for all of the resonant inductors as provided by the characterizing features defined in Claim 1.
  • Primary object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for operating an induction heating cooker by which individual power control of different cooking zones can be made at a master driving frequency.
  • the present invention proposes an induction heating cooker capable of sensing presence and correct placement of a ferromagnetic cooking container in an induction heating cooker. It has a bridge rectifier, a DC-line inductance and a DC- line capacitor. It further has a plurality of quasi-resonant converters having a common DC supply in connection with said bridge rectifier and having a resonant inductor and a resonant capacitor disposed in parallel so as to be powered by a high-frequency switching device such as an IGBT. The latter is in parallel with a diode as an anti-parallel diode.
  • the induction heating cooker comprises a control circuitry effecting detection of presence of at least one cooking pan and determination of a master resonant inductor in a master cooking zone.
  • the master cooking zone is determined such that resonant inductors in the master cooking zone with the power switching devices having the maximum conduction time are determined.
  • nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone is calculated in proportion to the adjusted power setting of said master cooking zone.
  • a common switching frequency is accordingly determined so as to be applicable to all of the other resonant inductors of the induction heating cooker.
  • nominal conduction times for resonant inductors in different cooking zones are calculated based on different power settings as adjusted by the user.
  • the resulting nominal conduction times are only used for determining a specific duty cycle for each cooking zone.
  • the calculation is performed such that the resulting nominal conduction times constitute the numerator of the ratio determining the duty cycle of a respective power switching device where the denominator is a predetermined value.
  • Fig. 1 demonstrates a circuit diagram of the power circuit according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 2 demonstrates a general flow diagram of the operation method of the induction heating cooker according to the present invention.
  • the following numerals are assigned to different parts used in the detailed description:
  • Control circuitry The present invention proposes an induction heating cooker (1) having a plurality of induction coils in the form of multi-zone induction coils.
  • a power sub-circuit in relation with each induction coil provides that heat energy is induced within a magnetically responsive cooking container or pan placed above the induction coils of the induction heating cooker (1).
  • the induction heating cooker (1 ) comprises a plurality of induction resonant inverters (2) supplied with a source of AC voltage.
  • a full-wave bridge rectifier (8) is connected between the AC source and power stage of a resonant inductor (6).
  • the resonant inductor (6) is connected between the output of said rectifier (8) and a power switching device (5).
  • the resonant capacitor (7) is parallel to the resonant inductor (6) and an anti-parallel diode, i.e. a freewheeling diode (9) is connected parallel to said power switching device (5).
  • the induction heating cooker (1) conventionally comprises an AC signal filtering circuit. Power passing through a leveling capacitor (4) serves to the purpose of filtering high frequency current.
  • the voltage of the leveling capacitor (4) is converted into a square wave by the high-frequency power switching device (5).
  • the square wave provides resonance creating a magnetic field around the resonant inductor (6), that is, the induction coil.
  • the resonant capacitor (7) provided in parallel with the resonant inductor (6) therefore compensates the inductive nature of the latter.
  • the quasi-resonant converter's power switching device (5) is an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT).
  • IGBT insulated gate bipolar transistor
  • the operating principle of the quasi-resonant converter typically relies on the storage of energy in the resonant inductor (6) when the power switching device (5) is turned on, and transfer of energy from the resonant inductor (6) to a cooking container when the power switching device (5) is turned off. More particularly, when the power switching device (5) is turned off, the resonant voltage increases on the collector node (1 1) as the resonant capacitor (7) is being discharged. When the resonant voltage is equal to the input voltage at the input node (10), the energy stored in the resonant inductor (6) begins to be transferred to the resonant capacitor (7).
  • the resonant current gradually decreases to zero when the resonant voltage reaches its maximum, meaning that energy transfer from the resonant inductor (6) to the resonant capacitor (7) is terminated. Thereupon, the resonant capacitor (7) starts discharging the energy to the resonant inductor (6).
  • the current completes its cycle by passing through the freewheeling diode (9) connected in parallel to the IGBT.
  • the present invention provides a plurality of distinct induction coils (resonant inductors (6)) driven by respective induction resonant inverters (2) such that a plurality of flexible cooking zones are created, whereby cooking containers having different sizes can be heated by induction heating.
  • a plurality of induction resonant inverters (2) in the form of single-switch quasi-resonant converters are supplied from the same DC bus, which can cause audible noise in the event that different power switching devices (5) are driven in different operating frequencies.
  • the present invention provides a method of operation overcoming audible noise problems as delineated hereinafter.
  • a control circuitry (12) monitors and controls the operation of the induction heating cooker (1) by means of a pan detection circuit sensing cookware positioning.
  • Pan detection techniques in induction heating cookers (1) are extensively used in the state of the art and are known to the skilled worker.
  • Such a pan detection circuit can monitor the resonant current or the IGBT voltage.
  • the microcontroller of the control circuitry (12) can monitor voltages at the collector nodes (1 1 ) together with voltages at the input nodes (10) and a power switch driving circuit drives the respective power switching devices (5) depending on the associated power setting as defined by the user.
  • each resonant inductor (6) is energized by a respective quasi-resonant inverter (2) powered from the same DC bus.
  • all of the separate resonant inductors (6) should either be powered at different time intervals or they must be operated at the same switching frequency.
  • the present invention proposes a system and method by which all of the quasi- resonant inverters (2) are operated at a common or master switching frequency. To this end, after each resonant coil (6) forming part of a certain cooking zone is determined, these resonant inductors (6) are energized according to predetermined current references and the maximum conduction time of each power switching device (IGBT (5)) in association with respective resonant coils (6) corresponding to a maximum predetermined current reference is determined.
  • the resonant coil (6) in association with a power switching device (5) having the maximum conduction time at boost power level is determined as the master coil while the cooking zone containing the master coil becomes the master cooking zone.
  • the power level setting of the master cooking zone as defined by the user is used to calculate the nominal conduction time of the master coil. For instance, if the maximum conduction time for the power switching device (5) of the master coil is determined as 18 ⁇ and the power level setting of the associated cooking zone is 9 out of maximum 10, the actual or nominal conduction time for the master cooking zone will be 18*(9/10), which approximately equals 16 ⁇ .
  • the duty cycle of the power switching device (5) whose maximum conduction time is 15 ⁇ 8 and the nominal conduction time is calculated as 11 s will have a duty cycle of 11/13, that is around 85% in a period T.
  • the duty cycle will be 9/13 while the driving frequency is still the same with frequency of the master cooking zone having the master coil.
  • the duty cycle is calculated as a number greater than 1, the respective power switching device (5) will be operational during the entire time period T.
  • the present invention therefore provides that each and every resonant coil (6) in a flexible configuration cooking surface is energized with a common driving frequency determined by the power switching device (5) of the master coil in the master cooking zone, the power switching device (5) having the maximum conduction time.
  • the present invention proposes an induction heating cooker (1) comprising a plurality of resonant inductors (6) in association with induction resonant inverters (2) supplied by a common DC bus in the manner that a multi- zone induction coil system is provided, a power switch driving circuit driving power switching devices (5) associated with the induction resonant inverters (2) and a pan detection circuit for detecting presence of a pan.
  • a control circuitry (12) effects: a) detection of presence of at least two cooking pans, b) determination of a master resonant inductor (6) forming part of a master cooking zone by way of energizing all resonant coils (6) according to predetermined current references such that the maximum conduction time of each power switching device (5) in association with respective resonant coils (6) corresponding to a maximum predetermined current reference is determined, c) determination of nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone in reference to a power level setting adjusted for said master cooking zone and, d) determination of a common switching frequency in correspondence with the nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone to be applicable to all resonant inductors (6) of the induction heating cooker (1).
  • the nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone is calculated in direct proportion to a power level setting adjusted for the master cooking zone.
  • control circuitry (12) further effects calculation of nominal on times for power switching devices (5) associated with resonant inductors (6) in different cooking zones other than the master cooking zone based on different power settings as adjusted.
  • calculated nominal on times for the power switching devices (5) of different resonant coils (6) than the resonant coils (6) of the master cooking zone is used in order for determining a specific duty cycle for each cooking zone.
  • calculated nominal on time of a power switching device (5) of different resonant coils (6) than the resonant coils (6) of the master cooking zone is used as the numerator of a ratio determining the duty cycle of a respective power switching device (5) associated with said different resonant coils.
  • the denominator of the ratio determining the duty cycle of the respective power switching device (5) associated with said different resonant coils is a predetermined common value.
  • the denominator of the ratio determining the duty cycle is set as the lowest determined maximum conduction time of a given resonant inductor (6).
  • a respective power switching device (5) in the case the duty cycle is calculated as a number greater than 1, a respective power switching device (5) will be operational during the entire time period T.
  • a method for operating an induction heating cooker (1) comprising a plurality of resonant inductors (6) in association with induction resonant inverters (2) supplied by a common DC bus in the manner that a multi- zone induction coil system is provided, a power switch driving circuit driving power switching devices (5) associated with the induction resonant inverters (2) and a pan detection circuit for detecting presence of a pan, said method comprising the steps of, a) detecting presence of at least two cooking pans, b) determining a master resonant inductor (6) forming part of a master cooking zone by way of energizing all resonant coils (6) according to predetermined current references such that the maximum conduction time of each power switching device (5) in association with respective resonant coils (6) corresponding to a maximum predetermined current reference is determined, c) determining nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone in reference to a power level
  • the efficient and advantageous method of the invention provides that an induction heating cooker (1 ) having induction resonant inverters (2) supplied from the same DC bus is operable by applying individual cooking zone power control such that individual cooking zones are powered at a master driving frequency, whereby audible noise caused by different operating frequencies is overcome.

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Induction Heating Cooking Devices (AREA)
  • General Induction Heating (AREA)

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for operating an induction heating cooker by which audible noise caused by different operating frequencies is overcome while still applying individual cooking zone power control. More particularly, the present invention relates to an induction heating cooker (1) comprising a plurality of resonant inductors (6) in association with induction resonant inverters (2) supplied by a common DC bus in the manner that a multi-zone induction coil system is provided, a power switch driving circuit driving power switching devices (5) associated with said induction resonant inverters (2) and a pan detection circuit for detecting presence of a pan.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING NOISE PERFORMANCE OF MULTI-ZONE QUASI-RESONANT INVERTER INDUCTION
HEATER
The present invention relates to a system and method for operating a multiple- zone induction heating cooker by which audible noise caused by different operating frequencies is overcome while still applying individual cooking zone power control.
It is well-known that the induction heating cooker operates based on the process of heating a ferromagnetic material by electromagnetic induction where eddy currents are to be induced and resistance provides heat dissipation within said ferromagnetic material, i.e. a cooking vessel in the form of a pot or pan.
By induction heating, high-frequency alternating current is passed through a coil upon which a magnetic field of the same frequency is induced. The internal resistance of the pan causes heat dissipation due to Joule effect and energy transfer is interrupted once the pan is removed from the cooktop. The energy efficiency of induction heating cookers is considerably high since there is no transfer of heat energy between the hob and the cookware and heat energy lost in the air is minimal. A resonant converter in an induction heater circuit topology typically consists of a capacitor, an inductor and resistance. To this end, when power is supplied to the resonant tank, electric energy is stored in the inductor and transferred to the capacitor. Resonance therefore occurs while the inductor and the capacitor involve in energy exchange. The resonant converter can be a half-bridge series resonant converter or a quasi-resonant converter. A quasi-resonant converter exhibits certain advantages over a half-bridge series resonant converter especially due to its simpler circuit design having only one power switching device compared to the half-bridge series resonant converter whose overall operation is more complex. The circuit design parameters in a quasi-resonant converter are regarded as a serious cost advantage in this regard. In order to drive the resonant inductor generating magnetic field and in turn inducing eddy currents on the skin depth of a cooking vessel, a high-frequency power switch such as an IGBT is accordingly used. Among others, a prior art publication in the technical field of the invention may be referred to as EP 1 629 698 B l, which discloses an induction cooking system including a power inverter, a microprocessor, a protection circuit and a pan detection circuit. When variable operating frequency according to a certain load, i.e. a magnetically responsive cooking pan, is simultaneously applied to a multi-burner induction heating cooker having a plurality of heating burners, a pan interference noise is generated due to frequency differences among the burners. The present invention provides a system and method for operating an induction heating cooker by which a plurality of induction resonant inverters are supplied from the same DC bus in an efficient manner and audible noise caused by different operating frequencies is overcome while still applying individual cooking zone power control.
The present invention provides a system and method for operating an induction heating cooker by which individual cooking zone power control is applicable at a master driving frequency for all of the resonant inductors as provided by the characterizing features defined in Claim 1.
Primary object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for operating an induction heating cooker by which individual power control of different cooking zones can be made at a master driving frequency.
The present invention proposes an induction heating cooker capable of sensing presence and correct placement of a ferromagnetic cooking container in an induction heating cooker. It has a bridge rectifier, a DC-line inductance and a DC- line capacitor. It further has a plurality of quasi-resonant converters having a common DC supply in connection with said bridge rectifier and having a resonant inductor and a resonant capacitor disposed in parallel so as to be powered by a high-frequency switching device such as an IGBT. The latter is in parallel with a diode as an anti-parallel diode.
The induction heating cooker comprises a control circuitry effecting detection of presence of at least one cooking pan and determination of a master resonant inductor in a master cooking zone. The master cooking zone is determined such that resonant inductors in the master cooking zone with the power switching devices having the maximum conduction time are determined. Subsequently, nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone is calculated in proportion to the adjusted power setting of said master cooking zone. A common switching frequency is accordingly determined so as to be applicable to all of the other resonant inductors of the induction heating cooker.
Further, nominal conduction times for resonant inductors in different cooking zones are calculated based on different power settings as adjusted by the user. The resulting nominal conduction times are only used for determining a specific duty cycle for each cooking zone. The calculation is performed such that the resulting nominal conduction times constitute the numerator of the ratio determining the duty cycle of a respective power switching device where the denominator is a predetermined value.
Accompanying drawings are given solely for the purpose of exemplifying an induction heating cooker whose advantages over prior art were outlined above and will be explained in brief hereinafter.
The drawings are not meant to delimit the scope of protection as identified in the claims nor should they be referred to alone in an effort to interpret the scope identified in said claims without recourse to the technical disclosure in the description of the present invention.
Fig. 1 demonstrates a circuit diagram of the power circuit according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 demonstrates a general flow diagram of the operation method of the induction heating cooker according to the present invention. The following numerals are assigned to different parts used in the detailed description:
1) Induction heating cooker
2) Induction resonant inverter
3) Filter Inductance
4) Leveling capacitor
5) Power switching device
6) Resonant inductor
7) Resonant capacitor
8) Full-wave rectifier
9) Freewheeling diode
10) Input node
11) Collector node
12) Control circuitry The present invention proposes an induction heating cooker (1) having a plurality of induction coils in the form of multi-zone induction coils. A power sub-circuit in relation with each induction coil provides that heat energy is induced within a magnetically responsive cooking container or pan placed above the induction coils of the induction heating cooker (1).
The induction heating cooker (1 ) comprises a plurality of induction resonant inverters (2) supplied with a source of AC voltage. A full-wave bridge rectifier (8) is connected between the AC source and power stage of a resonant inductor (6). The resonant inductor (6) is connected between the output of said rectifier (8) and a power switching device (5). The resonant capacitor (7) is parallel to the resonant inductor (6) and an anti-parallel diode, i.e. a freewheeling diode (9) is connected parallel to said power switching device (5). The induction heating cooker (1) conventionally comprises an AC signal filtering circuit. Power passing through a leveling capacitor (4) serves to the purpose of filtering high frequency current. The voltage of the leveling capacitor (4) is converted into a square wave by the high-frequency power switching device (5). According to Ampere's Law, the square wave provides resonance creating a magnetic field around the resonant inductor (6), that is, the induction coil. The resonant capacitor (7) provided in parallel with the resonant inductor (6) therefore compensates the inductive nature of the latter.
The quasi-resonant converter's power switching device (5) is an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT). The operating principle of the quasi-resonant converter typically relies on the storage of energy in the resonant inductor (6) when the power switching device (5) is turned on, and transfer of energy from the resonant inductor (6) to a cooking container when the power switching device (5) is turned off. More particularly, when the power switching device (5) is turned off, the resonant voltage increases on the collector node (1 1) as the resonant capacitor (7) is being discharged. When the resonant voltage is equal to the input voltage at the input node (10), the energy stored in the resonant inductor (6) begins to be transferred to the resonant capacitor (7). The resonant current gradually decreases to zero when the resonant voltage reaches its maximum, meaning that energy transfer from the resonant inductor (6) to the resonant capacitor (7) is terminated. Thereupon, the resonant capacitor (7) starts discharging the energy to the resonant inductor (6). The current completes its cycle by passing through the freewheeling diode (9) connected in parallel to the IGBT.
The present invention provides a plurality of distinct induction coils (resonant inductors (6)) driven by respective induction resonant inverters (2) such that a plurality of flexible cooking zones are created, whereby cooking containers having different sizes can be heated by induction heating.
According to the invention, a plurality of induction resonant inverters (2) in the form of single-switch quasi-resonant converters are supplied from the same DC bus, which can cause audible noise in the event that different power switching devices (5) are driven in different operating frequencies. To prevent this, the present invention provides a method of operation overcoming audible noise problems as delineated hereinafter.
To detect cookware presence on a vitro-ceramic glass surface of the induction heating cooker and also to detect its position accurately, a control circuitry (12) monitors and controls the operation of the induction heating cooker (1) by means of a pan detection circuit sensing cookware positioning. Pan detection techniques in induction heating cookers (1) are extensively used in the state of the art and are known to the skilled worker. Such a pan detection circuit can monitor the resonant current or the IGBT voltage. The microcontroller of the control circuitry (12) can monitor voltages at the collector nodes (1 1 ) together with voltages at the input nodes (10) and a power switch driving circuit drives the respective power switching devices (5) depending on the associated power setting as defined by the user. In accordance with the present invention, each resonant inductor (6) is energized by a respective quasi-resonant inverter (2) powered from the same DC bus. In this circuit configuration, in order for preventing audible noise, all of the separate resonant inductors (6) should either be powered at different time intervals or they must be operated at the same switching frequency.
The present invention proposes a system and method by which all of the quasi- resonant inverters (2) are operated at a common or master switching frequency. To this end, after each resonant coil (6) forming part of a certain cooking zone is determined, these resonant inductors (6) are energized according to predetermined current references and the maximum conduction time of each power switching device (IGBT (5)) in association with respective resonant coils (6) corresponding to a maximum predetermined current reference is determined.
To this end, the resonant coil (6) in association with a power switching device (5) having the maximum conduction time at boost power level is determined as the master coil while the cooking zone containing the master coil becomes the master cooking zone. After the master coil is determined, the power level setting of the master cooking zone as defined by the user is used to calculate the nominal conduction time of the master coil. For instance, if the maximum conduction time for the power switching device (5) of the master coil is determined as 18 μβ and the power level setting of the associated cooking zone is 9 out of maximum 10, the actual or nominal conduction time for the master cooking zone will be 18*(9/10), which approximately equals 16 μβ. Therefore, all the power switching devices (5) associated with the resonant coils (6) in all other cooking zones will be driven at a switching frequency in correspondence with a nominal conduction In sum, although different actual or nominal on times for different cooking zones are calculated based on different power settings, the switching frequency of the master coil and master cooking zone is used as the common or master frequency. On the other hand, the calculated nominal or actual on times for the power switching devices (5) of different resonant coils (6) is used in order for determining a specific duty cycle for each cooking zone in the following manner:
If the maximum conduction time of a power switching device (5) is 15 μ$ (hence the respective resonant coil (6) is not the master coil) and the power level of the associated cooking zone is set as 7 out of maximum 10, the nominal conduction time for the power switching device (5) of the subject coil is calculated as 15*(7/10)=11 μ8. This value is used as the numerator of the ratio determining the duty cycle of the power switching device (5) associated with the respective resonant coil (6), where the denominator is a predetermined lowest value for the sake of safe operation of the induction heating cooker (1). More particularly, if the predetermined lowest safe conduction time is set as 13 μ8, the duty cycle of the power switching device (5) whose maximum conduction time is 15 μ8 and the nominal conduction time is calculated as 11 s will have a duty cycle of 11/13, that is around 85% in a period T. Likewise, for a cooking zone with a power setting of 5 out of 10 and in which the power switching devices (5) of the resonant inductors (6) have a maximum conduction time is 17 μ8 and accordingly a nominal conduction time of 17*(5/10)=9, the duty cycle will be 9/13 while the driving frequency is still the same with frequency of the master cooking zone having the master coil. In the case the duty cycle is calculated as a number greater than 1, the respective power switching device (5) will be operational during the entire time period T.
The present invention therefore provides that each and every resonant coil (6) in a flexible configuration cooking surface is energized with a common driving frequency determined by the power switching device (5) of the master coil in the master cooking zone, the power switching device (5) having the maximum conduction time.
In a nutshell, the present invention proposes an induction heating cooker (1) comprising a plurality of resonant inductors (6) in association with induction resonant inverters (2) supplied by a common DC bus in the manner that a multi- zone induction coil system is provided, a power switch driving circuit driving power switching devices (5) associated with the induction resonant inverters (2) and a pan detection circuit for detecting presence of a pan. In one embodiment of the present invention, a control circuitry (12) effects: a) detection of presence of at least two cooking pans, b) determination of a master resonant inductor (6) forming part of a master cooking zone by way of energizing all resonant coils (6) according to predetermined current references such that the maximum conduction time of each power switching device (5) in association with respective resonant coils (6) corresponding to a maximum predetermined current reference is determined, c) determination of nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone in reference to a power level setting adjusted for said master cooking zone and, d) determination of a common switching frequency in correspondence with the nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone to be applicable to all resonant inductors (6) of the induction heating cooker (1).
In a further embodiment of the present invention, the nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone is calculated in direct proportion to a power level setting adjusted for the master cooking zone.
In a still further embodiment of the present invention, the control circuitry (12) further effects calculation of nominal on times for power switching devices (5) associated with resonant inductors (6) in different cooking zones other than the master cooking zone based on different power settings as adjusted.
In a yet still further embodiment of the present invention, calculated nominal on times for the power switching devices (5) of different resonant coils (6) than the resonant coils (6) of the master cooking zone is used in order for determining a specific duty cycle for each cooking zone. In a yet still further embodiment of the present invention, calculated nominal on time of a power switching device (5) of different resonant coils (6) than the resonant coils (6) of the master cooking zone is used as the numerator of a ratio determining the duty cycle of a respective power switching device (5) associated with said different resonant coils.
In a yet still further embodiment of the present invention, the denominator of the ratio determining the duty cycle of the respective power switching device (5) associated with said different resonant coils is a predetermined common value. Alternatively, the denominator of the ratio determining the duty cycle is set as the lowest determined maximum conduction time of a given resonant inductor (6).
In a yet still further embodiment of the present invention, in the case the duty cycle is calculated as a number greater than 1, a respective power switching device (5) will be operational during the entire time period T.
In a yet still further embodiment of the present invention, a method for operating an induction heating cooker (1) is proposed, the induction heating cooker (1) comprising a plurality of resonant inductors (6) in association with induction resonant inverters (2) supplied by a common DC bus in the manner that a multi- zone induction coil system is provided, a power switch driving circuit driving power switching devices (5) associated with the induction resonant inverters (2) and a pan detection circuit for detecting presence of a pan, said method comprising the steps of, a) detecting presence of at least two cooking pans, b) determining a master resonant inductor (6) forming part of a master cooking zone by way of energizing all resonant coils (6) according to predetermined current references such that the maximum conduction time of each power switching device (5) in association with respective resonant coils (6) corresponding to a maximum predetermined current reference is determined, c) determining nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone in reference to a power level setting adjusted for said master cooking zone and, d) determining a common switching frequency in correspondence with the nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone to be applicable to all resonant inductors (6) of the induction heating cooker (1 ).
The efficient and advantageous method of the invention provides that an induction heating cooker (1 ) having induction resonant inverters (2) supplied from the same DC bus is operable by applying individual cooking zone power control such that individual cooking zones are powered at a master driving frequency, whereby audible noise caused by different operating frequencies is overcome.

Claims

1 ) An induction heating cooker (1 ) comprising a plurality of resonant inductors (6) in association with induction resonant inverters (2) supplied by a common DC bus in the manner that a multi-zone induction coil system is provided, a power switch driving circuit driving power switching devices (5) associated with said induction resonant inverters (2) and a pan detection circuit for detecting presence of a pan characterized in that a control circuitry (12) configured to effect:
- detection of presence of a plurality of cooking pans,
- determination of a master resonant inductor (6) forming part of a master cooking zone by way of energizing all resonant coils (6) according to predetermined current references such that the maximum conduction time of each power switching device (5) in association with respective resonant coils (6) corresponding to a maximum predetermined current reference is determined,
- determination of nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone in reference to a power level setting adjusted for said master cooking zone and,
- determination of a common switching frequency in correspondence with the nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone to be applicable to all resonant inductors (6) of the induction heating cooker (1 ).
2) An induction heating cooker (1) as in Claim 1, characterized in that the nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone is calculated in direct proportion to a power level setting adjusted for the master cooking zone.
3) An induction heating cooker (1) as in Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the control circuitry (12) further effects calculation of nominal on times for power switching devices (5) associated with resonant inductors (6) in different cooking zones other than the master cooking zone based on different power settings as adjusted. 4) An induction heating cooker (1) as in Claim 3, characterized in that calculated nominal on times for the power switching devices (5) of different resonant coils (6) than the resonant coils (6) of the master cooking zone is used in order for determining a specific duty cycle for each cooking zone.
5) An induction heating cooker (1 ) as in Claim 4, characterized in that calculated nominal on time of a power switching device (5) of different resonant coils (6) than the resonant coils (6) of the master cooking zone is used as the numerator of a ratio determining the duty cycle of a respective power switching device (5) associated with said different resonant coils.
6) An induction heating cooker (1) as in Claim 5, characterized in that the denominator of the ratio determining the duty cycle of the respective power switching device (5) associated with said different resonant coils is a predetermined common value.
7) An induction heating cooker (1) as in Claim 5, characterized in that the denominator of the ratio determining the duty cycle is set as the lowest determined maximum conduction time of a given resonant inductor (6).
8) An induction heating cooker (1) as in Claim 6 or 7, characterized in that in the case the duty cycle is calculated as a number greater than 1 , a respective power switching device (5) is operational during the entire time period T.
9) A method for operating an induction heating cooker (1) as in Claim 1, said induction heating cooker (1) comprising a plurality of resonant inductors (6) in association with induction resonant inverters (2) supplied by a common DC bus in the manner that a multi-zone induction coil system is provided, a power switch driving circuit driving power switching devices (5) associated with the induction resonant inverters (2) and a pan detection circuit for detecting presence of a pan characterized by the following steps:
- detecting presence of a plurality of cooking pans,
- determining a master resonant inductor (6) forming part of a master cooking zone by way of energizing all resonant coils (6) according to predetermined current references such that the maximum conduction time of each power switching device (5) in association with respective resonant coils (6) corresponding to a maximum predetermined current reference is determined,
- determining nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone in reference to a power level setting adjusted for said master cooking zone and, - determining a common switching frequency in correspondence with the nominal conduction time of the master cooking zone to be applicable to all resonant inductors (6) of the induction heating cooker (1).
EP14816438.7A 2014-07-15 2014-07-15 System and method for improving noise performance of multi-zone quasi-resonant inverter induction heater Active EP3170363B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
PL14816438T PL3170363T3 (en) 2014-07-15 2014-07-15 System and method for improving noise performance of multi-zone quasi-resonant inverter induction heater

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
PCT/TR2014/000283 WO2016010492A1 (en) 2014-07-15 2014-07-15 System and method for improving noise performance of multi-zone quasi-resonant inverter induction heater

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP3170363A1 true EP3170363A1 (en) 2017-05-24
EP3170363B1 EP3170363B1 (en) 2018-04-11

Family

ID=52144811

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP14816438.7A Active EP3170363B1 (en) 2014-07-15 2014-07-15 System and method for improving noise performance of multi-zone quasi-resonant inverter induction heater

Country Status (5)

Country Link
EP (1) EP3170363B1 (en)
ES (1) ES2676898T3 (en)
PL (1) PL3170363T3 (en)
TR (2) TR201722621T3 (en)
WO (1) WO2016010492A1 (en)

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US10605464B2 (en) 2012-10-15 2020-03-31 Whirlpool Corporation Induction cooktop
WO2020187604A1 (en) * 2019-03-20 2020-09-24 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Kitchen appliance
US10893579B2 (en) 2017-07-18 2021-01-12 Whirlpool Corporation Method for operating an induction cooking hob and cooking hob using such method
US10993292B2 (en) 2017-10-23 2021-04-27 Whirlpool Corporation System and method for tuning an induction circuit
US11140751B2 (en) 2018-04-23 2021-10-05 Whirlpool Corporation System and method for controlling quasi-resonant induction heating devices
US11212880B2 (en) 2012-10-15 2021-12-28 Whirlpool Emea S.P.A. Induction cooking top

Families Citing this family (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP3282815B1 (en) 2016-08-08 2019-05-15 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Method for controlling an induction hob
ES2673131B1 (en) * 2016-12-19 2019-03-28 Bsh Electrodomesticos Espana Sa DOMESTIC COOKING DEVICE FOR INDUCTION WITH A MATRIX OF HEATING ELEMENTS
EP3445135B1 (en) * 2017-08-14 2020-05-27 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Power module and cooking appliance
US20190327793A1 (en) * 2018-04-23 2019-10-24 Whirlpool Corporation System and method for controlling induction heating devices with series connected switching devices
EP3582587B1 (en) 2018-06-16 2022-09-28 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Method for controlling two cooking zones of an induction cooking hob
CN110567007B (en) * 2019-09-17 2020-06-05 珠海格力电器股份有限公司 Half-bridge induction cooker pot detection method and device and half-bridge induction cooker
US11910509B2 (en) 2021-03-02 2024-02-20 Whirlpool Corporation Method for improving accuracy in load curves acquisition on an induction cooktop
DE102022202805A1 (en) 2022-03-22 2023-09-28 E.G.O. Elektro-Gerätebau GmbH Method for operating an induction hob and induction hob
CN114828317A (en) * 2022-06-27 2022-07-29 中山爱它电器科技有限公司 Multi-coil electromagnetic induction circuit and heating method
CN117639515B (en) * 2023-11-30 2024-10-01 苏州海鹏科技有限公司 Quasi-resonant flyback circuit control method based on DSP

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ATE349880T1 (en) 2003-05-28 2007-01-15 Tubitak Bilten Turkiye Bilimse INDUCTION HOB
FR2863039B1 (en) * 2003-11-27 2006-02-17 Brandt Ind METHOD FOR HEATING A CONTAINER POSITIONED ON A COOKTOP HAVING HEATING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH INDUCERS
JP5474213B2 (en) * 2010-11-16 2014-04-16 三菱電機株式会社 Induction heating cooker and control method thereof
EP2731402B1 (en) * 2012-11-09 2015-08-19 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. A method for controlling an induction cooking hob with a plurality of induction coils and an induction cooking hob

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US10605464B2 (en) 2012-10-15 2020-03-31 Whirlpool Corporation Induction cooktop
US11212880B2 (en) 2012-10-15 2021-12-28 Whirlpool Emea S.P.A. Induction cooking top
US11655984B2 (en) 2012-10-15 2023-05-23 Whirlpool Corporation Induction cooktop
US10893579B2 (en) 2017-07-18 2021-01-12 Whirlpool Corporation Method for operating an induction cooking hob and cooking hob using such method
US10993292B2 (en) 2017-10-23 2021-04-27 Whirlpool Corporation System and method for tuning an induction circuit
US11140751B2 (en) 2018-04-23 2021-10-05 Whirlpool Corporation System and method for controlling quasi-resonant induction heating devices
WO2020187604A1 (en) * 2019-03-20 2020-09-24 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Kitchen appliance

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
TR201507682A3 (en) 2017-06-21
WO2016010492A1 (en) 2016-01-21
PL3170363T3 (en) 2018-10-31
ES2676898T3 (en) 2018-07-26
TR201722621T3 (en) 2019-05-21
EP3170363B1 (en) 2018-04-11

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP3170363B1 (en) System and method for improving noise performance of multi-zone quasi-resonant inverter induction heater
EP3042541B1 (en) Quasi-resonant induction heater having cookware position sensing circuit
EP2932794B1 (en) An induction heating cooktop
EP3050398B1 (en) Synchronization circuit for powering cooktop dual induction coil heating zone
US20090057298A1 (en) Device for Inductive Energy Transmission with Resonant Circuit
ES2627683T3 (en) Heating device that has a function of detecting the position of a food container
WO2004107819A1 (en) Induction cooktop
US11064573B2 (en) Determining resonant frequency for quasi-resonant induction cooking devices
US10477624B2 (en) Systems and methods of quasi-resonant induction heating
EP2939499B1 (en) An induction heating cooktop
WO2016010490A1 (en) System and method for the operation of an induction heating cooker
EP2932793A1 (en) An induction heating cooktop
EP3170364A1 (en) Induction heating cooker enabling improved power setting control
US20180176998A1 (en) Evaluating zero-voltage switching condition of quasi-resonant inverters in induction cooktops
EP3170362B1 (en) System and method enabling modification of cookware positioning in an induction heating cooker
KR20090005142U (en) Induction heating cooker
WO2016029959A1 (en) Induction heating cooker cooking utensil positioning safety arrangement
RU2313924C2 (en) Inductive cooking panel
JP2019204733A (en) Electromagnetic induction heating cooker
EP4106490A1 (en) Induction cooking appliance
EP3111722B1 (en) Induction cooker half-bridge resonant inverter having an adaptor coil
JP4613687B2 (en) Induction heating device
JPH01313880A (en) Electromagnetic cooker
JP2012049019A (en) Induction heating cooker
Renuka et al. Systematic Approach to High Efficiency Resonant Converter used in Domestic Heating Application.

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20161223

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: BA ME

DAX Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
GRAP Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1

INTG Intention to grant announced

Effective date: 20180105

GRAS Grant fee paid

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GB

Ref legal event code: FG4D

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: EP

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: AT

Ref legal event code: REF

Ref document number: 989345

Country of ref document: AT

Kind code of ref document: T

Effective date: 20180415

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FG4D

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R096

Ref document number: 602014023868

Country of ref document: DE

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: ES

Ref legal event code: FG2A

Ref document number: 2676898

Country of ref document: ES

Kind code of ref document: T3

Effective date: 20180726

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: PLFP

Year of fee payment: 5

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: SE

Ref legal event code: TRGR

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: NL

Ref legal event code: MP

Effective date: 20180411

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: LT

Ref legal event code: MG4D

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: NO

Ref legal event code: T2

Effective date: 20180411

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: NL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

Ref country code: LT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

Ref country code: BG

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180711

Ref country code: AL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: HR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

Ref country code: RS

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

Ref country code: LV

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

Ref country code: GR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180712

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: AT

Ref legal event code: MK05

Ref document number: 989345

Country of ref document: AT

Kind code of ref document: T

Effective date: 20180411

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: PT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180813

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R097

Ref document number: 602014023868

Country of ref document: DE

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

Ref country code: CZ

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

Ref country code: SK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

Ref country code: RO

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

Ref country code: EE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

Ref country code: AT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SM

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: PL

26N No opposition filed

Effective date: 20190114

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: MC

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

Ref country code: LU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20180715

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: BE

Ref legal event code: MM

Effective date: 20180731

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: MM4A

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: CH

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20180731

Ref country code: IE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20180715

Ref country code: LI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20180731

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

Ref country code: BE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20180731

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20190719

Year of fee payment: 6

Ref country code: NO

Payment date: 20190723

Year of fee payment: 6

Ref country code: IT

Payment date: 20190730

Year of fee payment: 6

Ref country code: SE

Payment date: 20190719

Year of fee payment: 6

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: PL

Payment date: 20190710

Year of fee payment: 6

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: MT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20180715

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: MK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20180411

Ref country code: HU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT; INVALID AB INITIO

Effective date: 20140715

Ref country code: CY

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180411

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IS

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20180811

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R119

Ref document number: 602014023868

Country of ref document: DE

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: NO

Ref legal event code: MMEP

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: SE

Ref legal event code: EUG

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: NO

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20200731

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20200716

Ref country code: DE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20210202

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20200715

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: PL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20200715

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: ES

Payment date: 20230926

Year of fee payment: 10

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 20240725

Year of fee payment: 11

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Payment date: 20240730

Year of fee payment: 11

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: ES

Payment date: 20240828

Year of fee payment: 11