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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2008
Stanley D. Stearns, Houston, TX (US);
Huamin Cai, Houston, TX (US);
Chris S. Cowles, Houston, TX (US);
Stanley D. Stearns, Houston, TX (US);
Huamin Cai, Houston, TX (US);
Chris S. Cowles, Houston, TX (US);
Valco Instruments Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The adaptive temperature controller includes a device for measuring resistance, an electrically-conductive material, a power supply, and a device for controlling power. In operation, the controller determines the resistance of material at one or more temperatures and therefore determines the resistance of the material through a range of operating temperature. Based on such determination so long as voltage and power are known, the resistance of the material, and therefore its temperature, are known. As a result the voltage or power may be instantly varied to produce near infinite control over material temperature.