Patent ID: 8720209
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: B01L,C12M,F24H

Abstract:
1. A method for thermally cycling a material, comprising: receiving a sample in each of a first set of wells and each of a second set of wells, each well in the first set of wells and the second set of wells coupled to a plurality of thermoelectric elements, wherein, for each well in the first set of wells, the well is coupled to a first subset of thermoelectric elements, and wherein each thermoelectric element in the first subset of thermoelectric elements is coupled to a different well in the second set of wells; retrieving electric current from a power module coupled to the thermoelectric elements; transferring thermal energy from the first set of wells to the second set of wells by flowing current through the thermoelectric elements in a first direction in a first operating mode; and transferring thermal energy from the second set of wells to the first set of wells by flowing current through the thermoelectric elements in a second direction in a second operating mode.