METHOD OF DETECTING AN ARC OCCURRING DURING THE POWER SUPPLY OF A PLASMA PROCESS, CONTROL UNIT FOR A PLASMA POWER SUPPLY, AND PLASMA POWER SUPPLY

A plasma power supply (10) for supplying a plasma process in a plasma chamber(30) with a power comprises: a. a DC-Source (15); b. an output signal generator (16) connected to the DC source (15); c. a first signal sequence measurement device (20) for measuring a signal sequence present between the DC...

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Hauptverfasser: GIERALTOWSKI, Andrzej, GAPIÑSKI, Cezary, ZELECHOWSKI, Marcin, LACH, Piotr, GRABOWSKI, Adam
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A plasma power supply (10) for supplying a plasma process in a plasma chamber(30) with a power comprises: a. a DC-Source (15); b. an output signal generator (16) connected to the DC source (15); c. a first signal sequence measurement device (20) for measuring a signal sequence present between the DC source (15) and the output signal generator (16); d. a second signal sequence measurement device (18, 19) for measuring a signal sequence present at the output of the output signal generator (16); f. a control unit (14), which is connected to the first and second signal sequence measurement devices (18, 19, 20).