The invention relates to a HF power supply device including an oscillator
(11) outputting a HF signal, an amplifier (12) amplifying the output of
the oscillator for supplying a HF output to a load, and a DC power supply
(13) to supply a DC power voltage to the amplifier (11). The power supply
device further includes a loss calculator (18) calculating a loss in the
amplifier (11), a first controller (19) controlling the output of the
power supply (13) and a second controller (20) controlling the output of
the oscillator (11) or amplifier (12). When the calculated loss by the
calculator (18) exceeds a predetermined loss set value, the first
controller (19) lowers the output power voltage of the power supply (13)
to make the calculated loss equal to the loss set value. When the
calculated loss is no greater than the loss set value, the first
controller (19) maintains the output power voltage at an appropriate DC
voltage set value, while the second controller (20) controls the output
of the oscillator (11) or amplifier (12) so that the HF output to the
load from the amplifier (13) approaches a HF output set value.