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Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023

Filed:

May. 05, 2020
Applicant:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Paul Zachary Wirth, Kalispell, MT (US);

Kiyki-Shiy Shang, Mountain House, CA (US);

Mikhail Taraboukhine, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67248 (2013.01); H01L 21/67017 (2013.01); H01L 21/67103 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for controlling a temperature of a substrate support assembly is provided. A first direct current (DC) power is supplied to a heating element embedded in a zone of the substrate support assembly included in a processing chamber. A voltage is measured across the heating element. Similarly, a current is measured through the heating element. A temperature of the zone of the substrate support assembly is determined based on the voltage across the heating element and the current through the heating element. A temperature difference between the determined temperature of the zone and a target temperature for the zone is determined. A second DC power to deliver to the heating element is determined to achieve the target temperature based at least in part on the temperature difference. The second DC power is supplied to the heating element to cause the temperature of the zone to be modified to the target temperature.


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