Fluid thermal processing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsHilary ELY, Michael W. CUMBIE, Adam HIGGINS, Rachel M. WHITE, Erik D. TORNIAINEN
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Abstract
A fluid thermal processing device may include a substrate, a platform projecting from the substrate, a fluid heating element supported by the platform, a temperature sensing element, distinct from the fluid heating element, supported by the platform and an enclosure supported by and cooperating with the substrate to form a fluid chamber about the platform. The fluid chamber forms a volume of uniform thickness conforming to and about the platform.
Claims20
A fluid thermal processing device comprising:
- a substrate;
- a platform projecting from the substrate;
- a fluid heating element supported by the platform;
- a temperature sensing element, distinct from the fluid heating element, supported by the platform;
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- an enclosure supported by the substrate and cooperating with the substrate to form a fluid chamber about the platform, the fluid chamber forming a volume of uniform thickness conforming to and about the platform.
A fluid thermal processing method comprising:
- supporting a fluid heating element on a platform that projects from a substrate;
- supplying a fluid into a volume about the platform, the volume having a substantially uniform thickness conforming to and extending about the platform;
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- heating the fluid within the fluid chamber about the platform with a heating element supported by the platform;
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- sensing a temperature of the fluid about the platform with a temperature sensing element distinct from the heating element and supported by the platform.
A fluid thermal processing stick comprising:
- a first end supporting an electrical interconnect to be operatively coupled to a controller;
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- a second end forming a fluid interactor, the fluid interactor comprising:
- a platform having a width and a length, the length being at least 10 times the width;
- a heating element supported by the platform and under control of the controller;
- a temperature sensing element distinct from the heating element and supported by the platform to output temperature measurements to the controller;
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- an enclosure supported by and cooperating with the substrate to form a fluid chamber about the platform, the fluid chamber forming a volume of uniform thickness conforming to and about the platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.