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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

John C. Valcore, Jr., Fremont, CA (US);

Harmeet Singh, Fremont, CA (US);

Bradford J. Lyndaker, San Ramon, CA (US);

Assignee:

Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H03L 7/00 (2006.01); H03K 3/01 (2006.01); H03L 7/06 (2006.01); H05H 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32146 (2013.01); H01J 37/3244 (2013.01); H01J 37/3255 (2013.01); H01J 37/32082 (2013.01); H01J 37/32174 (2013.01); H01J 37/32183 (2013.01); H03K 3/01 (2013.01); H03L 7/00 (2013.01); H03L 7/06 (2013.01); H01J 2237/327 (2013.01); H05H 2001/4682 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for achieving sub-pulsing during a state is described. The method includes receiving a clock signal from a clock source, the clock signal having two states and generating a pulsed signal from the clock signal. The pulsed signal has sub-states within one of the states. The sub-states alternate with respect to each other at a frequency greater than a frequency of the states. The method includes providing the pulsed signal to control power of a radio frequency (RF) signal that is generated by an RF generator. The power is controlled to be synchronous with the pulsed signal.


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