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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2017
Applicant:

Evonetix Ltd, Little Chesterford, GB;

Inventors:

Matthew James Hayes, Little Chesterford, GB;

Andrew James Ferguson, Little Chesterford, GB;

Vasile Dan Juncu, Little Chesterford, GB;

Stephen Temple, Little Chesterford, GB;

Assignee:

EVONETIX LTD, Little Chesterford, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/01 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); G05D 23/20 (2006.01); H01L 23/38 (2006.01); H01L 35/30 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 7/52 (2013.01); G05D 23/193 (2013.01); G05D 23/2033 (2013.01); H01L 23/38 (2013.01); H01L 35/30 (2013.01); B01L 2200/12 (2013.01); B01L 2200/147 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0861 (2013.01); B01L 2300/185 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1827 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1883 (2013.01);
Abstract

A temperature control device () comprises a number of active thermal sites () disposed at respective locations on a substrate (), each comprising a heating element () for applying a variable amount of heat to a corresponding site of a medium and a thermal insulation layer () disposed between the heating element and the substrate. At least one passive thermal region () is disposed between the active thermal sites () on the substrate (), each passive thermal region () comprising a thermal conduction layer () for conducting heat from a corresponding portion of the medium to the substrate (). The thermal conduction layer () has a lower thermal resistance in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the substrate () than the thermal insulation layer (). This enables precise control over both heating and cooling of individual sites in a flowing fluid, for example.


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