Plasma reactor with a multiple zone thermal control feed forward control apparatus
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    发明授权
    Plasma reactor with a multiple zone thermal control feed forward control apparatus 有权
    具有多区域热控制前馈控制装置的等离子体反应器

    公开(公告)号:US08012304B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-09-06

    申请号:US11408559

    申请日:2006-04-21

    摘要: A plasma reactor having a reactor chamber and an electrostatic chuck having a surface for holding a workpiece inside the chamber includes inner and outer zone backside gas pressure sources coupled to the electrostatic chuck for applying a thermally conductive gas under respective pressures to respective inner and outer zones of a workpiece-surface interface formed whenever a workpiece is held on the surface, and inner and outer zone heat exchangers coupled to respective inner and outer zones of said electrostatic chuck. The reactor further includes inner and outer zone temperature sensors in inner and outer zones of the electrostatic chuck and a thermal model capable of simulating heat transfer through the inner and outer zones, respectively, between the evaporator and the surface based upon measurements from the inner and outer temperature sensors, respectively. Inner and outer zone agile control processors coupled to the thermal model govern the inner and outer zone backside gas pressure sources, respectively, in response to predictions from the model of changes in the respective pressures that would bring the temperatures measured by the inner and outer zone sensors, respectively, closer to a desired temperature.

    摘要翻译: 具有反应室和具有用于将工件保持在室内的表面的静电卡盘的等离子体反应器包括耦合到静电卡盘的内部和外部区域背侧气体压力源,用于将相应压力下的导热气体施加到相应的内部和外部区域 每当工件保持在表面上时形成的工件表面界面,以及联接到所述静电卡盘的相应内部和外部区域的内部和外部区域热交换器。 反应器还包括静电卡盘的内部和外部区域中的内部和外部区域温度传感器以及能够模拟通过蒸发器和表面之间的内部和外部区域的热传递的热模型,其基于来自内部和 外部温度传感器。 耦合到热模型的内部和外部区域敏捷控制处理器分别响应于来自模型的各个压力的变化的预测来控制内部和外部区域背侧气体压力源,该模型将使由内部和外部区域测量的温度 传感器分别更接近所需的温度。