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Method and apparatus for controlling sample temperature

US4565601A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 28, 1984
Grant dateJan 21, 1986
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Expiry dateNov 28, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/20
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling temperature of a sample and is intended to prevent a sample from being deformed by the pressure of a heat transmission gas by mounting and fixing the sample being mounted and processed in a vacuum on and to the sample stand and supplying the heat transmission gas to the gap between the under surface of the sample thus fixed and the sample stand; effectively control the temperature of the sample being processed in a vacuum by limiting the size of the gap between the under surface of the sample and the sample stand; and make the heat transmission gas least affect the process by limiting the flow of the heat transmission gas in the vacuum process chamber.

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