Abstract:
To reduce a limitation in a heat method caused by an interference of an electromagnetic wave in an electromagnetic wave heating system that uses an electromagnetic wave generator by a semiconductor element. The electromagnetic wave heating system comprises a heat chamber having a first wall surface and a second wall surface different from the first wall surface, in which an object is placed to be heated, a first flat antenna arranged on the first wall surface of the heat chamber and configured to emit an electromagnetic wave so as to heat the object inside the heat chamber, a second flat antenna arranged on the second wall surface and configured to emit an electromagnetic wave so as to heat the object inside the heat chamber, an electromagnetic wave generator comprising a semiconductor element and configured to output the electromagnetic wave, a switcher configured to supply the electromagnetic wave outputted from the electromagnetic wave generator to any one of the first flat antenna or the second flat antenna so as to switch the first and second flat antennas to emit the electromagnetic wave, and a controller configured to control the electromagnetic wave generator and the switcher.
Abstract:
An ignition system improves an air-fuel-ratio, i.e., good mileage and lean burn without changing a gasoline engine structure significantly. The ignition system comprises an electromagnetic wave generator including a first output part and a second output part configured to output an electromagnetic wave, a discharge device comprising a booster and a discharger provided at an output side of the booster, the booster having a resonance structure configured to boost an electromagnetic wave inputted from the first output part so as to cause a discharge from the discharger, and an electromagnetic wave emitter configured to emit an electromagnetic wave inputted from the second output part. The electromagnetic wave generator decreases an output power from the first output part, while the electromagnetic wave generator increases the output power from the second output part when an amount of a reflected wave from the discharge device exceeds a predetermined value.
Abstract:
An ignition unit improves an air-fuel-ratio, i.e., good mileage and lean burn without changing a gasoline engine structure significantly. The ignition unit comprises a discharge device including a booster and a discharger provided at an output side of the booster, the booster having a resonance structure configured to boost the electromagnetic wave inputted from the electromagnetic wave oscillator so as to cause a discharge from the discharger, and an electromagnetic wave emitter electrically connected to the electromagnetic wave oscillator and configured to emit the electromagnetic wave inputted from the electromagnetic wave oscillator. Moreover, the ignition unit further includes a housing part including a first hole into which the discharge device is inserted and a second hole into which the electromagnetic wave emitter is inserted such that the housing part houses therein both the discharge device and the electromagnetic wave emitter, and the housing part can be inserted into a single hole of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine.
Abstract:
An injector unit that can use a gaseous fuel such as CNG in an already-existing diesel engine and a spark plug that uses the injector unit, are provided. The injector unit includes an injector, an igniter having a resonance structure configured to boost an inputted microwave and a discharger configured to perform a discharge, and a casing configured to house therein the injector and the igniter. The igniter includes a first part configured to transmit the inputted microwave, a second part configured to perform a capacity coupling to attain an impedance matching between the microwave and the igniter, and a third part configured to transmit the capacity-coupled microwave to the discharger. Moreover, the igniter is bent at a boundary of the first part and the second part, a boundary of the second part and the third part, or inside the first part.
Abstract:
A small-size injector having a built-in ignition device which can surely inject fuel and ignite the fuel with low electric power by the ignition device with a simple configuration is provided. The injector comprises a fuel injecting device 2 having a fuel injecting port 20 that injects the fuel, an ignition device 3 configured to ignite the injected fuel, and a casing 10 inside housing therein the fuel injecting device 2 and the ignition device 3 together. The ignition device 3 is constituted of a plasma generator 3 which integrally comprises a booster 5 having a resonation structure capacity-coupled with an electromagnetic wave oscillator MW configured to oscillate an electromagnetic wave, and a discharger 6 configured to cause a discharge of a high voltage generated by the booster 5.
Abstract:
[Problem] To provide an ignition system for a compact internal combustion engine, which does not require a complex system or a spark plug which discharges a high voltage, and which, by using only electromagnetic waves, can efficiently generate, expand and maintain plasma. Moreover, to provide an internal combustion engine. This ignition system is characterized by comprising: an electromagnetic wave oscillator (3) which oscillates electromagnetic waves; a control device (4) that controls the electromagnetic wave oscillator (3); and a plasma generator (10) which integrates a booster circuit (5) containing a resonant circuit capacitive coupled with the electromagnetic wave oscillator (3), and a discharge electrode (6) which discharges a high voltage generated by the booster circuit (5), wherein the plasma generator (10) comprises a plurality of discharge electrodes (6) arranged so as to be exposed within the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine.
Abstract:
In a high frequency switch device 33 that switches an output terminal 42 , from which high frequency is outputted, from among a plurality of output terminals 42, to perform the switching the output terminal 42, from which high frequency is outputted, at high speed and with low loss. In the high frequency switch device 33, a branch transmission line 45 corresponding to each output terminal 42 is provided with a switching part 46. In the branch transmission line 45, the switching part 46 includes a transmission side diode 63 that is provided in such a manner that a cathode thereof is arranged on a side of an input terminal 41 and an anode thereof is arranged on a side of the output terminal 42, and a ground side diode 65 that is provided in such a manner that a cathode thereof is grounded and an anode thereof is electrically connected between the output terminal 42 and the transmission side diode 63 in the branch transmission line 45. The branch transmission line 45 includes a first capacitor 51 and a second capacitor 52 on the side of the output terminal 42 from the transmission side diode 63 in such a manner that the anode of the ground side diode 65 is connected between the first capacitor 51 and the second capacitor 52.
Abstract:
To emit an electromagnetic wave at an appropriate timing from an electromagnetic wave emission device 30 attached to an engine 20 to a combustion chamber 10 of the engine 20 using an engine control device 13 that cannot output a control signal to the electromagnetic wave emission device 30. A signal processing device 40 is connected to the engine control device 13 that outputs an ignition signal for instructing an ignition device 12 of the engine 20 to ignite fuel air mixture in the combustion chamber 10 of the engine 20. The signal processing device 40, upon receiving the ignition signal, outputs to the electromagnetic wave emission device 30 an electromagnetic wave drive signal that determines based on the ignition signal an emission period, which is a period for the electromagnetic wave emission device 30 to emit an electromagnetic wave to the combustion chamber 10, so that an ignition operation is performed during the emission period of the electromagnetic wave.