Microwave ovens are everywhere, and at the heart of them is a magnetron — a device that creates microwaves. [DiodeGoneWild] tore one apart to show us what was inside and how it works. If you … ...

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The microwave was invented in 1945 by Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer, who discovered a radar magnetron had melted a nut cluster in his pocket.

A radar magnetron is a sort of electric whistle that, instead of creating vibrating sound, creates vibrating electromagnetic waves. According to Michalak, ...

The cavity magnetron went on to be used throughout the war in RADAR systems both air and sea. Today, many military RADAR systems use klystrons or traveling wave tube amplifiers due to requirements ...

Over all those many decades, though, the heart of the microwave oven has stayed the same. It is the cavity magnetron, developed during WWII for radar. It is big, heavy, and inefficient.

The word, radar, is a near acronym that stands for RAdio Detection And Ranging. It was coined by the U.S. Navy in either 1940 or 1941, according to the FAA and Merriam-Webster dictionary .

A radar magnetron is a sort of electric whistle that, instead of creating vibrating sound, creates vibrating electromagnetic waves. According to Michalak, ...

All modern radar manufacturers now offer a dedicated Bird Mode setting, but sometimes it's better to use manual ... and he explained that solid-state radar has a higher average transmitting-power ...