Patent ID: 6993418

Claim:
Temperature control apparatus, comprising: a conditioning device adapted to generate a range of temperatures; a first temperature probe adapted to generate first signals related to the temperature of a DUT; a second temperature probe adapted to generate second signals related to the temperature of at least a portion of said conditioning device; a controller, operatively coupled to said conditioning device and said probes and having an algorithm associated therewith, said algorithm being adapted to control the temperature of said conditioning device based at least in part on said first and second signals; wherein said controller is further adapted to control the temperature of said conditioning device by: (i) establishing a first temperature for said conditioning device; (ii) identifying at least one change in said DUT thereafter; (iii) identifying at least one stabilization event in said DUT thereafter; and (iv) adjusting the temperature of said conditioning device based at least in part on said first and second signals and said acts of identifying.