ELECTRODE APPARATUS FOR STRAY FIELD RADIO FREQUENCY HEATING

摘要

An RF heating system for generating precision stray RF fields that can be used to heat materials. The RF heating system includes an RF power supply for generating RF signals and an electrode apparatus (100) that is coupled to the RF power supply. The electrode apparatus (100) has many advantages over existing electrode apparatuses. For example, the electrode apparatus (100) is easier to manufacture, easier to duplicate, easier to control the manufacturing tolerances on the electrode system, and easier to correctly place and design the resulting RF stray field.