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Selectable feedback control system

US5448147A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 7, 1993
Grant dateSep 5, 1995
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B13/041
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A control system includes a first estimation section for estimating a first state variable of a plant object such as a semiconductor wafer temperature control arrangement on the basis of a control input supplied to the plant object and an output from the plant object, a second estimation section for estimating a second state variable of the plant object on the basis of the control input alone, a switching section for selecting one of the first and second estimation sections, and a servo section for adjusting the control input by feeding back the state variable from the first or second estimation section to an input section of the plant object.

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