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Cryopump control apparatus, cryopump system, and method for monitoring cryopump

A control device, cryopump technology, applied in pump control, pump, axial flow pump, etc., can solve problems such as cryopump failure, adverse effects of manufacturing plans, increased downtime, etc., to achieve the effect of monitoring deterioration

Active Publication Date: 2012-12-19
SUMITOMO HEAVY IND LTD
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[0010] However, the degree of deterioration or contamination of each component of the cryopump varies greatly depending on the conditions of use, so it is not possible to uniformly determine the appropriate maintenance timing
[0011] Due to the increase in the downtime of the vacuum chamber due to the maintenance of the cryopump, and the decrease in the operation rate of the vacuum processing system, it is necessary to minimize the frequency of maintenance at the manufacturing site where productivity is important.
[0012] However, when deterioration of components etc. proceeds earlier than expected, cryopump failure may occur unexpectedly before periodic inspection or overhaul is carried out, and downtime of vacuum equipment may also occur suddenly
This situation has a negative impact on the manufacturing plan

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[0030] First, an outline of an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

[0031] In order to effectively grasp the deterioration status of the cryopump, it is preferable to install a monitoring function or a self-diagnosis function in the cryopump system to monitor the operating state of the cryopump.

[0032] The inventors conceived that by monitoring the operation of the cryopump through regeneration processing performed as part of normal operation of the cryopump, it is possible to monitor the deterioration of the cryopump and accurately grasp the maintenance time.

[0033] figure 1 Regeneration processing 1 and activation processing 2 of the cryopump according to the embodiment are shown.

[0034] Regeneration treatment 1 includes: temperature raising treatment 3, which vaporizes or liquefies the gas accumulated in the cryopump; purification treatment, which introduces purification gas such as nitrogen (hereinafter also referred to as is "purified gas"); Ex...

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The invention provides a cryopump control apparatus which can effectively monitor degradation of a cryopump, a cryopump system, and a method for monitoring the cryopump. The cryopump comprises a cryopanel which cools and thus condenses or adsorbs gas, and a pump housing that contains the cryopanel. A regeneration process of the cryopump includes a basic purge process, an evacuation processes, and an optional purge process that is executed additionally if required. The optional purge process includes one or more gas purge steps. In a cryopump control apparatus (80) that controls the cryopump, a deterioration evaluation unit (88) determines whether a re-purge number, which is the total number of gas purge steps that are required to be executed in one regeneration process, reaches a deterioration evaluation criteria number.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a vacuum technology, in particular to a cryopump control device, a cryopump system and a cryopump monitoring method. Background technique [0002] A cryopump is a vacuum pump that realizes a clean high vacuum environment, and is used, for example, to maintain a high vacuum in a vacuum chamber used in a semiconductor circuit manufacturing process. The cryopump condenses or absorbs and accumulates gas molecules through a cryopanel cooled to an ultra-low temperature by a refrigerator, thereby discharging gas from a vacuum chamber. [0003] If the cryopanel is covered with gas condensed into a solid or the adsorbed gas is close to the maximum adsorption capacity of the adsorbent of the cryopanel, the exhaust capacity of the cryopump decreases. Therefore, regeneration processing for exhausting condensed gas to the outside of the cryopump is appropriately performed. [0004] In the regeneration process, the temperature of the cryop...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): F04B37/08F04B49/00
CPCF04B37/08F04B51/00F04D19/04F25B9/14
Inventor 小山知大
Owner SUMITOMO HEAVY IND LTD
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