Table 2.

Temperature profile across the PCB chips and power consumption.

Variable	Thin Microheater (0.8 mm) with Copper Layer		Thick Microheater (1.6 mm)
temperature at	center	edges	center	edges
denaturation	95 °C	93 °C	95 °C	90.5 °C
annealing/extension	65 °C	63.5 °C	65 °C	62 °C
maximum power	6.3 W		4.9 W
energy per cycle	150 J		80 J