Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pulsed, bidirectional radio frequency source/load
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Application No.: US15974947Application Date: 2018-05-09
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Publication No.: US10546724B2Publication Date: 2020-01-28
- Inventor: Aaron T. Radomski , Ky Luu , Larry J. Fisk, II , Ross Reinhardt , Matthew G. Harrington , Amish Rughoonundon , Jesse N. Klein , Aaron M. Burry
- Applicant: MKS Instruments, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Andover
- Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc.
- Current Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Andover
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: H05B33/00
- IPC: H05B33/00 ; H01J37/32 ; H01L21/3065 ; H05H1/46

Abstract:
A radio frequency power system includes a master RF generator and an auxiliary RF generator, wherein each generator outputs a respective RF signal. The master RF generator also outputs a RF control signal to the auxiliary RF generator, and the RF signal output by the auxiliary RF generator varies in accordance with the RF control signal. The auxiliary RF generator receives sense signals indicative of an electrical characteristic of the respective RF signals output by the master RF generator and the auxiliary RF generator. The auxiliary RF generator determines a phase difference between the RF signals. The sensed electrical characteristics and the phase are used independently or cooperatively to control the phase and amplitude of the RF signal output by the auxiliary RF generator. The auxiliary generator includes an inductive clamp circuit that returns energy reflected energy back from a coupling network to a variable resistive load.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180330921A1 Pulsed, Bidirectional Radio Frequency Source/Load Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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