Hot and Cold Plates

To differentiate hot and cold plates from hot and cold stages and hot and cold chucks, a user would look at the below major differences in features:

 
Hot/Cold Stages
Hot/Cold Chucks
Hot/Cold Plates
Viewing Aperture for Transmitted Light
Yes
No
No
Built-in Vacuum Channels for Sample Hold-Down
No
Yes
No

Without viewing hole and vacuum grooves built in the sample area of the hot and cold plate, a hot and cold plate offers better temperature uniformity, compared with a hot and cold stage and a hot and cold chuck.

Standard sizes of Instec hot and cold plates range from 20mm to 300mm (custom sizes are available upon request). Temperature ranges for standard models are from -190ºC to 600ºC, with higher temperature limits available for custom thermal platforms. Instec thermal plates provide ultra temperature uniformity and stability. Instec also offers gas tight covers for defrosting or gas purging.

Instec's basic thermal plate systems consist of a thermal platform, a STC200 Series standalone temperature controller, and WinTemp - a Windows based software.

Hot and Cold Plates
Model
Temperature Range
Sample Area
Feature & Application
HCP204SC
-40°C to 200°C
100 x 100 mm
4 x 4 in
 Ultra high temperature hot and cold plate systems, capable of very low temperature operations with liquid nitrogen cooling option. Gas purge/defrosting cover option available. Ideal for lab scale wafer processing and testing, LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and FPD (Flat Panel Display) evaluation, and other material research applications. These models are also ideal economic substitutes for Rapid Thermal Annealing systems.
HCP304SC
-40°C to 310°C
100 x 100 mm
4 x 4 in
HCP206SC
-40°C to 200°C
150 x 150 mm
6 x 6 in
HCP306SC
-40°C to 310°C
150 x 150 mm
6 x 6 in
HCP208SC
-30°C to 200°C
200 x 200 mm
8 x 8 in
HCP308SC
-30°C to 310°C
200 x 200 mm
8 x 8 in
HCP20CSC
-20°C to 200°C
300 x 300 mm
12 x 12 in
HCP30CSC
-20°C to 310°C
300 x 300 mm
12 x 12 in
HCP302
-190°C to 400°C
38 x 50 mm
(1.5 x 2 in)
HCP601
-190°C to 600°C
20 x 20 mm
(0.88 x 0.88 in)
HCP602
-190°C to 600°C
38 x 38 mm
(1.5 x 1.5 in)
FCP611
-190°C to 600°C
20 x 20 mm
(0.8 x 0.8 in)
 Hot and cold plate with gas tight sample chamber, features eight (8) electric feed-through leads for sample probing.
FCP612
-190°C to 600°C
38 x 38 mm
(1.5 x 1.5 in)
TP102
-40°C to 90°C
88 x 25 mm
(3.5 x 1 in)
 Peltier based thermoelectric platforms with optional cover for gas purge or defrosting. Ideal for LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and FPD (Flat Panel Display) evaluation.
TP104SC
-30°C to 90°C
100 x 100 mm
(4 x 4in)
TP106SC
-30°C to 90°C
150 x 150 mm
(6 x 6in)
TP108SC
-30°C to 90°C
200 x 200 mm
(8 x 8in)
TP10CSC
-30°C to 90°C
300 x 300 mm
(12 x 12in)
Hot and Cold Vacuum Plates
Model
Temperature Range
Sample Area
Feature & Application
HCP611V
-190°C to 600°C
20 x 20 mm
(0.8 x 0.8 in)
 Hot and cold vacuum plate with closed sample chamber for Vacuum or Gas Purge. Optional two (2) electric feed-through leads for sample probing.
HCP612V
-190°C to 600°C
38 x 38 mm
(1.5 x 1.5 in)
FCP611V
-190°C to 600°C
20 x 20 mm
(0.8 x 0.8 in)
 Hot and cold vacuum plate with closed sample chamber for Vacuum or Gas Purge, features eight (8) electric feed-through leads for sample probing.
FCP612V
-190°C to 600°C
38 x 38 mm
(1.5 x 1.5 in)
TP102V
-40°C to 90°C
88 x 25 mm
(3.5 x 1 in)
 Peltier based thermoelectric vacuum platform with optional two (2) electric feed-through leads for sample probing.
Hot and Cold Plates for Specific Applications
Model
Temperature Range
Sample Area
Feature & Application
AHP202
Ambient to 200°C
38 x 38 mm
(1.5 x 1.5 in)
 Hot plate designed especially for AFM (Atomic Force Microscopes) or other Probing Microscopes.
TP10S
-20°C to 80°C
10 Sample Chambers:
43 x 43 mm
(1.7 x 1.7 in) each
 Thermal platform for OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) lifetime testing. The unit has 10 sample chambers, capable of testing multiple samples simultaneously.

- Information for STC200 Series Temperature Controller.

- Information for optional Cooling Accessories.

Contact Instec today for complete product brochures. Inquiries for a hot and cold plate system customized to your special requirements are also welcome.