Patent ID: 8272230

Claim:
A temperature control unit for an electronic component comprising: a cooling cycle device having a refrigerant circuit that circulates through a compressor, a condenser, an expander, and an evaporator; a thermally conductive block having an outer surface capable of coming in contact with the electronic component to be temperature-controlled, and an inner surface corresponding to the outer surface placed opposite the evaporator so as to be brought in contact with or apart from the evaporator; at least one first heater heating the thermally conductive block; a compressed air feeding circuit feeding a compressed air between facing surfaces of the evaporator and the thermally conductive block to part them; a flow controller feeding the compressed air passing through the compressed air feeding circuit; a controller operating the first heater and the compressed air feeding circuit, and at least one first temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the thermally conductive block, wherein the temperature of the first temperature sensor is fed back to the controller.