Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Component temperature control by coolant flow control and heater duty cycle control
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Application No.: US14497253Application Date: 2014-09-25
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Publication No.: US09639097B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Chetan Mahadeswaraswamy , Kartik Ramaswamy , Bryan Liao , Sergio Shoji , Duy D. Nguyen , Hamid Noorbakhsh , David Palagashvili
- Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G05D23/19 ; H01J37/32 ; H01L21/67 ; G05B15/02

Abstract:
Methods and systems for controlling temperatures in plasma processing chamber for a wide range of setpoint temperatures and reduced energy consumption. Temperature control is coordinated between a coolant liquid loop and a heat source by a control algorithm implemented by the plasma processing module controller. The control algorithm may completely stop the flow of coolant liquid to a temperature-controlled component in response to a feedback signal indicating an actual temperature is below the setpoint temperature. The control algorithm may further be based at least in part on a feedforward control signal derived from a plasma power or change in plasma power input into the processing chamber during process recipe execution.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150134128A1 COMPONENT TEMPERATURE CONTROL BY COOLANT FLOW CONTROL AND HEATER DUTY CYCLE CONTROL Public/Granted day:2015-05-14
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