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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2015.16.8.5541

Semiconductor wafer exhaust moisture displacement unit  

Chan, Danny (Department of Electronic Engineering, Sun Moon University)
Kim, Jonghae (Department of Electronic Engineering, Sun Moon University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.16, no.8, 2015 , pp. 5541-5549 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper introduces a safer and more power efficient heater by using induction heating, to apply to the semiconductor wafer fabrication exhaust gas cleaning system. The exhaust gas cleaning system is currently made with filament heater that generates an endothermic reaction of N2 gas for the removal of moisture. Induction theory, through the bases of theoretical optimization and electronic implementation, is applied in the design of the induction heater specifically for the semiconductor wafer exhaust system. The new induction heating design provides a solution to the issues with the current energy inefficient, unreliable, and unsafe design. A robust and calibrated design of the induction heater is used to optimize the energy consumption. Optimization is based on the calibrated ZVS induction circuit design specified by the resonant frequency of the exhaust pipe. The fail-safe energy limiter embedded in the system uses a voltage regulator through the feedback of the MOSFET control, which allows the system performance to operate within the specification of the N2 Heater unit. A specification and performance comparison from current conventional filament heater is made with the calibrated induction heater design for numerical analysis and the proof of a better design.
Keywords
Exhaust Gas; Moisture Displacement Endothermic Reaction; Induction Heating; Hysteresis Effect; Remanence; Coercive Force; Resonant Frequency;
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