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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Adtec Plasma Technology Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Toshihiro Takahara, Hiroshima, JP;
Etsuro Kawata, Hiroshima, JP;
Takamichi Kishira, Hiroshima, JP;
Takehiro Okazaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Nobutaka Fujiwara, Hiroshima, JP;
Atsushi Katsuya, Hiroshima, JP;
Kenta Nakamura, Hiroshima, JP;
ADTEC PLASMA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an impedance matching device capable of promptly improving an impedance mismatch between a high-frequency power source and a load even when the impedance of the load continuously changes. An impedance matching device according to the present invention is for use in a high-frequency power system configured to supply a load with an output from a high-frequency power source via a matching circuit whose constant is mechanically changed, and the impedance matching device includes a matching condition value acquisition portion for acquiring a matching condition value indicating a matching condition between the high-frequency power source and a load, and a control portion for controlling an oscillation frequency of the high-frequency power source based on the matching condition value. When the matching condition value indicates deterioration of the matching condition, the control portion changes the oscillation frequency with a first slope toward improving the matching condition, and thereafter shifts the oscillation frequency back to an original value with a second slope more gradual than the first slope.