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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2022
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Shinsuke Oka, Miyagi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/683 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32724 (2013.01); H01J 37/32009 (2013.01); H01J 37/32091 (2013.01); H01J 37/32926 (2013.01); H01J 37/32935 (2013.01); H01L 21/67069 (2013.01); H01L 21/67103 (2013.01); H01L 21/67109 (2013.01); H01L 21/67248 (2013.01); H01L 21/6831 (2013.01);
Abstract

A heater controller controls power supplied to a heater capable of adjusting the temperature of a placement surface such that the heater reaches a set temperature. A temperature monitor measures the power supplied in the non-ignited state where the plasma is not ignited and in the transient state where the power supplied to the heater decreases after the plasma is ignited, while the power is controlled such that the temperature of the heater becomes constant. A parameter calculator calculates a heat input amount and the thermal resistance by using the power supplied in the non-ignited state and in the transient state to perform a fitting on a calculation model for calculating the power supplied in the transient state. A set temperature calculator calculates the set temperature of the heater at which the wafer reaches the target temperature, using the heat input amount and thermal resistance.


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