Radio frequency power delivery system
First Claim
1. A hybrid system for delivering power to a load, comprising;
- a power converter system that delivers RF power to a load;
an outer loop coupled to the power converter system for compensating for nonlinearities in the power converter system, wherein the outer loop receives the delivered RF power as an input; and
an inner loop coupled to the power converter system to provide a gain-bandwidth and a phase margin for substantially maintaining the stability of the delivered RF power, wherein the inner loop receives an analog current set point output from the outer loop as an input.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for delivering power to a dynamic load. The system includes a power supply providing DC power having a substantially constant power open loop response, a power amplifier for converting the DC power to RF power, a sensor for measuring voltage, current and phase angle between voltage and current vectors associated with the RF power, an electrically controllable impedance matching system to modify the impedance of the power amplifier to at least a substantially matched impedance of a dynamic load, and a controller for controlling the electrically controllable impedance matching system. The system further includes a sensor calibration measuring module for determining power delivered by the power amplifier, an electronic matching system calibration module for determining power delivered to a dynamic load, and a power dissipation module for calculating power dissipated in the electrically controllable impedance matching system.
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16 Claims
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1. A hybrid system for delivering power to a load, comprising;
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a power converter system that delivers RF power to a load; an outer loop coupled to the power converter system for compensating for nonlinearities in the power converter system, wherein the outer loop receives the delivered RF power as an input; and an inner loop coupled to the power converter system to provide a gain-bandwidth and a phase margin for substantially maintaining the stability of the delivered RF power, wherein the inner loop receives an analog current set point output from the outer loop as an input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A digital and analog hybrid method for delivering power to a load, comprising:
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receiving a delivered RF power signal as an input to an outer loop coupled to a power converter system, wherein the outer loop compensates for nonlinearities in the in the output power; receiving an analog current set point output from the outer loop as an input to an inner loop coupled to the power converter system; and providing a gain-bandwidth and a phase margin to substantially maintain stability of the delivered RF power. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A digital and analog hybrid system for delivering power to a load, comprising:
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means for receiving a delivered RF power signal as an input to an outer loop coupled to a power converter system, wherein the outer loop compensates for nonlinearities in the in the output power; means for receiving an analog current set point output from the outer loop as an input to an inner loop coupled to the power converter system; and means for providing a gain-bandwidth and a phase margin to substantially maintain stability of the delivered RF power.
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