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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:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2018
Applicant:

Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Tao Zhang, San Ramon, CA (US);

Kai Liu, Merced, CA (US);

Eric Samulon, Oakland, CA (US);

Assignee:

Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67253 (2013.01); G05B 19/41885 (2013.01); G05B 2219/41303 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45031 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49004 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for controlling a parameter of a plant associated with a substrate processing chamber is disclosed. A measuring circuit measures a response of the plant associated with the substrate processing chamber when the parameter of the plant is changed. A model generating circuit determines a delay and a gain of the plant based on the response. The model generating circuit generates a model of the plant based on the delay, the gain, and a time constant of the plant. A predicting circuit receives a set point for the parameter and a measurement of the parameter, generates a value of a prediction of the parameter based on the set point for the parameter and the measurement of the parameter using the model, wherein the value of the prediction of the parameter does not include the delay, compares the value of the prediction of the parameter with the set point to generate a control signal, and controls the parameter of the plant based on the control signal.


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