Mass flow controller verifying system, verifying method and verifying program
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01F-025/00
G01F-023/02
G05B-023/02
출원번호
US-0779527
(2013-02-27)
등록번호
US-8646307
(2014-02-11)
우선권정보
JP-2009-058780 (2009-03-11)
발명자
/ 주소
Yasuda, Tadahiro
Yamaguchi, Yuji
출원인 / 주소
Horiba STEC, Co., Ltd.
대리인 / 주소
Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
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3인용 특허 :
8
초록▼
In a mass flow controller verifying system, there are provided a verifying gas line arranged in parallel to influent flow gas lines and joined into a post-confluent flow gas line, a reference volume calculating portion adapted to calculate a reference volume determined for a specified piping of a ga
In a mass flow controller verifying system, there are provided a verifying gas line arranged in parallel to influent flow gas lines and joined into a post-confluent flow gas line, a reference volume calculating portion adapted to calculate a reference volume determined for a specified piping of a gas piping system, a verifying parameter calculating portion adapted to calculate a verifying parameter based on time series data of a measurement pressure measured by a pressure measurement unit during a control of a flow rate by a mass flow controller to be verified, and a comparing portion adapted to compare a reference parameter set based on the reference volume and the verifying parameter, whereby the verifying system can be introduced into an existing gas piping system used in a semiconductor manufacturing process and so forth at a low cost and is capable of verifying a mass flow controller quickly and accurately.
대표청구항▼
1. A mass flow controller verifying system for use in a gas piping system provided with one or a plurality of influent flow gas lines each having a mass flow controller and provided with a pre-diverting flow gas line which is before gas lines including the influent flow gas lines are diverting and w
1. A mass flow controller verifying system for use in a gas piping system provided with one or a plurality of influent flow gas lines each having a mass flow controller and provided with a pre-diverting flow gas line which is before gas lines including the influent flow gas lines are diverting and wherein the pre-diverting flow gas line is provided with a pre-diverting valve thereon, said verifying system comprising: a verifying gas line provided with a flow rate measurement unit adapted to measure a flow rate of a gas, a flow rate adjustable valve by which an opening degree thereof is adjusted so that the measurement flow rate measured by the flow rate measurement unit is coincident with a set flow rate, and a pressure measurement unit adapted to measure a gas pressure, wherein the verifying gas line is arranged in parallel to the influent flow gas lines and connected to the pre-diverting flow gas line;a reference volume calculating portion adapted to calculate a reference volume based on time series data of a measurement pressure measured by the pressure measurement unit, wherein the reference volume is a volume inside a piping portion determined by the flow rate adjustable valve, a closing position of each of the influent gas lines and the pre-diverting valve, in a state that each of the influent gas lines is closed and the pre-diverting valve is closed;a verifying parameter calculating portion adapted to calculate a verifying parameter based on the time series data of the measurement pressure measured by the pressure measurement unit in a state that the influent gas lines, except for an influent gas line having a target mass flow controller to be verified, are closed at the same position as the closing position in the calculation of the reference volume, and the flow rate adjustable valve and the pre-diverting valve are closed; anda comparing portion adapted to compare a reference parameter set based on the reference volume and the verifying parameter. 2. The mass flow controller verifying system according to claim 1, wherein the verifying gas line is provided with a differential mass flow controller including the flow rate measurement unit, the flow rate adjustable valve and the pressure measurement unit, and wherein the pressure measurement unit is used as the flow rate measurement unit. 3. A mass flow controller verifying method for use in a gas piping system provided with one or a plurality of influent flow gas lines each having a mass flow controller and provided with a pre-diverting flow gas line which is before gas lines including the influent flow gas lines are diverting and wherein the pre-diverting flow gas line is provided with a pre-diverting valve thereon, said verifying method comprising: a step of installing a verifying gas line provided with a flow rate measurement unit adapted to measure a flow rate of a gas flowing through the verifying gas line, a flow rate adjustable valve by which an opening degree thereof is adjusted so that the measurement flow rate measured by the flow rate measurement unit is coincident with a set flow rate, and a pressure measurement unit adapted to measure a gas pressure in the verifying gas line, wherein the verifying gas line is arranged in parallel to the influent flow gas lines and connected to the pre-diverting flow gas line;a step of calculating a reference volume based on time series data of a measurement pressure measured by the pressure measurement unit, wherein the reference volume is a volume inside a piping portion determined by the flow rate adjustable valve, a closing position of each of the influent gas lines and the pre-diverting valve, in a state that each of the influent gas lines is closed and the pre-diverting valve is closed;a step of calculating a verifying parameter based on the time series data of the measurement pressure measured by the pressure measurement unit in a state that the influent gas lines, except for an influent gas line having a target mass flow controller to be verified, are closed at the same position as the closing position in the calculation of the reference volume, and the flow rate adjustable valve and the pre-diverting valve are closed; anda step of comparing a reference parameter set based on the reference volume and the verifying parameter. 4. A computer readable program for executing a verifying of a mass flow controller in a gas piping system provided with one or a plurality of influent flow gas lines each having a mass flow controller and provided with a verifying gas line in parallel to the influent flow gas lines, and wherein the verifying gas line is provided with a flow rate measurement unit adapted to measure a flow rate of a gas, a flow rate adjustable valve by which an opening degree thereof is adjusted so that the measurement flow rate measured by the flow rate measurement unit is coincident with a set flow rate, and a pressure measurement unit adapted to measure a gas pressure and wherein a pre-diverting flow gas line located before gas lines including the influent flow gas lines and the verifying gas line are diverting is provided with a pre-diverting valve thereon, the program executing the processes of; calculating a reference volume based on time series data of a measurement pressure measured by the pressure measurement unit, wherein the reference volume is a volume inside a piping portion determined by the flow rate adjustable valve, a closing position of each of the influent gas lines and the pre-diverting valve, in a state that each of the influent gas lines is closed and the pre-diverting valve is closed;calculating a verifying parameter based on the time series data of the measurement pressure measured by the pressure measurement unit in a state that the influent gas lines, except for an influent gas line having a target mass flow controller to be verified, are closed at the same position as the closing position in the calculation of the reference volume, and the flow rate adjustable valve and the pre-diverting valve are closed; andcomparing a reference parameter set based on the reference volume and the verifying parameter.
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