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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2023
Horiba Stec, Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Daisuke Hayashi, Kyoto, JP;
Kotaro Takijiri, Kyoto, JP;
HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is a wafer temperature control device for controlling the temperature of a wafer by regulating the pressure of a heat transfer gas, the wafer temperature control device being capable of estimating the temperature of the wafer with sufficient accuracy and controlling the temperature of the wafer to a target temperature, and including: a pressure regulator configured to regulate the pressure of the heat transfer gas; a nearby temperature sensor configured to measure a nearby temperature of the wafer, a temperature estimation observer configured to estimate the temperature of the wafer based on the nearby temperature measured by the nearby temperature sensor and a manipulated pressure variable input to the pressure regulator or the pressure regulated by the pressure regulator, and a controller configured to control the manipulated pressure variable based on a temperature setting and an estimated wafer temperature estimated by the temperature estimation observer.