The invention relates to an induction hob device (10) comprising at least one heating
inductor (12, 14, 16, 18) and comprising a detection unit (20) which has at least one self-oscillating oscillator circuit (22) which is provided, in a detection mode, to measure properties of an induction load of the heating
inductor (12, 14, 16, 18), and which has a single
transistor (24), a feedback network (26), an
induction coil (28) and a resistive
voltage divider (30), wherein the
transistor (24) is connected in
common base, wherein the heating
inductor (12, 14, 16, 18), in the detection mode, is part of the feedback network (26), wherein the
induction coil (28) is connected to a collector terminal (32) of the
transistor (24), wherein a base terminal (34) of the transistor (24) is connected to the resistive
voltage divider (30) in order to set a
direct current operating point of the transistor (24) to a value between 0 V and a supply
voltage of the oscillator circuit (22), wherein the oscillator circuit (22) has an electric
resistor (38) and a
capacitor (40) which are each electrically connected in series to the base terminal (34) of the transistor and are provided to set a base impedance during the
alternating current mode in order to ensure an oscillation for a wide range of induction loads.