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Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2018
Applicant:

Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ramesh Chandrasekharan, Portland, OR (US);

Easwar Srinivasan, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); G01K 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67017 (2013.01); H01J 37/32724 (2013.01); H01L 21/67103 (2013.01); H01L 21/67248 (2013.01); G01K 7/16 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24585 (2013.01);
Abstract

A heater control system for heating components of a substrate processing system includes N heater zones, where N is an integer greater than zero. Each of the N heater zones heats a component of the substrate processing system and includes a resistive heater and a temperature sensor to sense a local temperature in a corresponding one of the N heater zones. A controller is configured to determine an average temperature of each of the N heater zones based on a resistance of the resistive heater in each of the N heater zones. The controller controls the resistive heater based on the average temperature and the local temperature in each of the N heater zones.


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