Patent classifications
F04B37/08
CRYOPUMP
The embodiments of the present disclosure relates a cryopump including a pump housing including a suction port, a cold head located within the pump housing, a shielding element located within the pump housing and covering the cold head, a baffle at the suction port, the baffle including a gas passage with an inlet and an outlet, an orthographic projection of the baffle to the cross section of the pump housing completely covers an orthographic projection of the suction port thereto, the gas passage includes a first portion and a second portion intersecting with each other, the inlet is defined by one end of the first portion, the outlet is defined by one end of the second portion.
Cryopump, cryopump controller, and cryopump control method
A cryopump includes: a first-stage target temperature selection unit which includes a normal target temperature for a normal mode of maintaining each of a first stage cryopanel and a second stage cryopanel at an extremely low temperature region, and a cool-down target temperature lower than the normal target temperature, for a cool-down mode of cooling each of the first stage cryopanel and the second stage cryopanel from room temperature to the extremely low temperature region, and selects the normal target temperature as a first-stage target temperature in a case where a current operation mode is the normal mode, and at least temporarily selects the cool-down target temperature as the first-stage target temperature in a case where the current operation mode is the cool-down mode; and a first-stage temperature control unit which controls a first-stage cryopanel temperature according to the selected first-stage target temperature.
Cryopump, cryopump controller, and cryopump control method
A cryopump includes: a first-stage target temperature selection unit which includes a normal target temperature for a normal mode of maintaining each of a first stage cryopanel and a second stage cryopanel at an extremely low temperature region, and a cool-down target temperature lower than the normal target temperature, for a cool-down mode of cooling each of the first stage cryopanel and the second stage cryopanel from room temperature to the extremely low temperature region, and selects the normal target temperature as a first-stage target temperature in a case where a current operation mode is the normal mode, and at least temporarily selects the cool-down target temperature as the first-stage target temperature in a case where the current operation mode is the cool-down mode; and a first-stage temperature control unit which controls a first-stage cryopanel temperature according to the selected first-stage target temperature.
CRYOPUMP SYSTEM, AND CONTROL DEVICE AND REGENERATION METHOD FOR CRYOPUMP SYSTEM
A cryopump system includes a plurality of cryopumps, each cryopump including a rough valve connecting the cryopump to a common rough pump and a pressure sensor measuring a pressure in the cryopump, and a controller that controls, for each cryopump, the rough valve based on a measured pressure from the pressure sensor such that the cryopump is decompressed to a first reference pressure by the common rough pump and thereafter a vacuum is maintained in the cryopump, and the cryopump is further decompressed to a second reference pressure lower than the first reference pressure by the common rough pump. The controller is configured to, based on the measured pressure from the pressure sensor of a first cryopump, open the rough valve of a second cryopump such that the second cryopump is decompressed to the first reference pressure while the vacuum is maintained in the first cryopump.
CRYOPUMP SYSTEM, AND CONTROL DEVICE AND REGENERATION METHOD FOR CRYOPUMP SYSTEM
A cryopump system includes a plurality of cryopumps, each cryopump including a rough valve connecting the cryopump to a common rough pump and a pressure sensor measuring a pressure in the cryopump, and a controller that controls, for each cryopump, the rough valve based on a measured pressure from the pressure sensor such that the cryopump is decompressed to a first reference pressure by the common rough pump and thereafter a vacuum is maintained in the cryopump, and the cryopump is further decompressed to a second reference pressure lower than the first reference pressure by the common rough pump. The controller is configured to, based on the measured pressure from the pressure sensor of a first cryopump, open the rough valve of a second cryopump such that the second cryopump is decompressed to the first reference pressure while the vacuum is maintained in the first cryopump.
CRYOPUMP AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CRYOPUMP
A cryopump includes a cryopump container, a pressure sensor that measures a pressure in the cryopump container and generates time-series pressure data indicating the measured pressure, a vent valve that is provided on the cryopump container, is electrically operable to open and close, and is capable of being mechanically opened by a differential pressure between inside and outside the cryopump container, and a controller that, during cryopump regeneration, detects stabilization of the measured pressure based on the time-series pressure data from the pressure sensor and controls the vent valve to open upon detection of the stabilization of the measured pressure.
Cryopump and gate valve
A cryopump includes a cryopump flange for attachment to the flange on a gate valve, and an annular baffle that axially extends toward the gate valve from the cryopump flange such that the annular baffle forms an annular orifice in association with a valve plate component of the gate valve. The annular orifice may be defined between an upper surface of the annular baffle and the valve plate.
Cryopump and gate valve
A cryopump includes a cryopump flange for attachment to the flange on a gate valve, and an annular baffle that axially extends toward the gate valve from the cryopump flange such that the annular baffle forms an annular orifice in association with a valve plate component of the gate valve. The annular orifice may be defined between an upper surface of the annular baffle and the valve plate.
CRYOPUMP AND CRYOPANEL
A cryopump includes a cryopanel assembly which includes an exposed area that a gas to be pumped can linearly reach through a cryopump intake port and a non-exposed area that the gas to be pumped cannot linearly reach through the cryopump intake port, in which the non-exposed area has an adsorption area capable of adsorbing a non-condensable gas, and the exposed area is covered with a removable protective surface.
CRYOPUMP AND CRYOPANEL
A cryopump includes a cryopanel assembly which includes an exposed area that a gas to be pumped can linearly reach through a cryopump intake port and a non-exposed area that the gas to be pumped cannot linearly reach through the cryopump intake port, in which the non-exposed area has an adsorption area capable of adsorbing a non-condensable gas, and the exposed area is covered with a removable protective surface.