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Process setup, Starting a new process, Resuming a process from abort or halt – INFICON MDC-360 Thin Film Deposition Controller User Manual

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MDC-360 DEPOSITION CONTROLLER

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clear when within the limit. The process will abort when the abort level is

eeded and the power is at the maximum or minimum power.

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The final step in the initial setup of the controller is to define the processes that

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you should complete the following steps:

nter the desired

mplete.

ust be in the Process Ready state. If not,

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asking you to press the start key again to resume the process. The process will
resume from the layer where the process was aborted starting in either the Rise to
Soak or Rise to Predeposit power states. Once in deposit, the thickness will
continue from the last value prior to the abort.

4.3 DETAILED

PROGRAMMING

4.3.1 VIEW/EDIT

PROCESS

Selecting View/Edit Process from the Main Menu will present the Select Process
screen to delete, copy, view or edit any one of up to 99 processes.

To select a process for viewing and editing, move the cursor onto the desired

own-arrow keys, then press the Enter key.

4.2.8 PROCESS

SETUP

you w sh to run. To define a process

Select a blank process from the Select Process Screen. Please note that you can

also copy and modify a similar process to save time.

Enter a process name in the Define Process Screen.

Move the cursor onto the layer thickness parameter and e

thickness for the layer.

Select a material for the layer by moving the cursor onto the material column,

pressing the right arrow key, moving the cursor onto the desired material for
the layer and pressing the Enter key.

Repeat steps c&d until the process layers are co

4.2.9

STARTING A NEW PROCESS

To start a new process, the controller m
press abort then reset. From the ready state, press the start key, move the cursor
onto the desired process and press start again to start the process.

4.2.10 RESUMING

A

PROCESS FROM ABORT OR HALT

To resume an aborted process, first press the start key. A message will appea

process using the Up-arrow and D

PROGRAMMING AND CONTROLLER SETUP