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Temperature controller apparatus

US5325678A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 1992
Grant dateJul 5, 1994
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D23/1917
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Temperature controller apparatus for generating a control signal for supply to a control device which controls the temperature inside a chamber. The apparatus includes a plurality of input devices each receiving an indication of the temperature at a respective location in the chamber. Each of the received temperature indications is processed so as to form the control signal. In the event that any of the input devices fails to receive the respective temperature indication, output signals from such input devices are not utilized in forming the control signal. If all of the input devices fail to receive the respective temperature indications, the control signal is obtained from either previous control signals or previously stored control data.

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