Abstract
The word of "next generation" connotes somewhat a new start departing from the past and the present. The MicrotazeTM with various electrodes using a magnetron oscillator has been well accepted as a microwave dielectric apparatus as a medical surgical device, and proven by many clinical experiments and experiences. The magnetron is within a sphere of "analog" world and economically produced. In the decades, the semiconductor technology of the "digital" world has been rising. And entering into the next generation concept in the "digital" world, we attempt to introduce a microwave dielectric heating device with an automatic regulation system using compound semiconductors.
An initial fundamental electric study has been conducted, utilizing semiconductor technologies and compared with the current MicrotazeTM performance. The preliminary experiments confirmed the superiority of the semiconductor controlled apparatus and meet with our ideas of the next generation microwave dielectric heating apparatus. That is, we will develop a system that automatically and successively control radiating frequencies, energy levels, VSWR levels, temperatures, permittivity, and dielectric loss in the process of time.
