Abstract: An air circulation structure for a microwave oven is disclosed. The structure includes a fan for sucking air into the interior of a machinery compartment installed below a cooking chamber of the microwave oven, a bottom plate having an air suction port through which an air sucked by the fan and radiating heat generated from the electrical elements of the microwave oven is flown into the interior of the cooking chamber, and a rear surface plate having a first air discharge port through which the air passed through an air suction port formed on the bottom plate and circulated in the interior of the cooking chamber is discharged to the outside of the microwave oven, for thereby effectively radiating heat from electrical elements of a microwave oven having a machinery chamber installed below a cooking chamber and dehumidifying from the interior of the cooking chamber.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a cavity formed by a plurality of plates with inner surfaces thereof forming a cooking chamber, outer surfaces of the plates forming a casing of the microwave oven, a shielding plate forming a machine chamber underneath the cavity to provide therein a magnetron and a high voltage transformer, and a door attached to a side surface in the cavity and opening/shielding the cooking chamber to/from an exterior thereof. The microwave oven minimizes the size while maximizing the capacity of the cooking chamber, thereby decreasing the required plate number and production cost.

Abstract: A structure for mounting a magnetron for a microwave oven is disclosed. The structure includes a wave guide member engaged with a lower plate forming the bottom surface of a cooking chamber and guiding microwaves into the interior of the cooking chamber, and a magnetron mounted at one side of the wave guide member and providing microwaves into the interior of the wave guide member, whereby the microwaves are provided in the direction from the bottom surface of the cooking chamber to the interior of the cooking chamber, for thereby supplying the microwaves in the direction from the bottom surface of the cooking chamber into the interior of the cooking chamber.