Cryopump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11512687-B2
Application number	US-201916533117-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2019
Priority date	Feb 7, 2017
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

A cryopump includes a cryocooler which includes a high-temperature cooling stage and a low-temperature cooling stage, a radiation shield which is thermally coupled to the high-temperature cooling stage and axially extends in a tubular shape from a cryopump intake port, a low-temperature cryopanel section which is thermally coupled to the low-temperature cooling stage, is surrounded by the radiation shield, and includes axially arranged cryopanels including a top cryopanel disposed closest to the cryopump intake port, and a top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel which is thermally coupled to the high-temperature cooling stage and is disposed in the cryopump intake port to form a top cryopanel accommodation compartment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cryopump comprising:
a cryocooler that comprises:
a high-temperature cooling stage configured to be cooled to a first cooling temperature, and
a low-temperature cooling stage configured to be cooled to a second cooling temperature lower than the first cooling temperature;

a radiation shield that:
is thermally coupled to the high-temperature cooling stage, and
axially extends in a tubular shape from a cryopump intake port;

a low-temperature cryopanel section that is:
thermally coupled to the low-temperature cooling stage, and
surrounded by the radiation shield; and

a top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel that is:
directly mounted to the high-temperature cooling stage,
thermally coupled to the high-temperature cooling stage, and
disposed in the cryopump intake port to form a top cryopanel accommodation compartment,

wherein the low-temperature cryopanel section comprises axially arranged cryopanels,
wherein a top cryopanel of the axially arranged cryopanels is:
directly mounted to the low-temperature cooling stage, and
disposed closest to the cryopump intake port,

wherein the top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel comprises:
a central flat plate facing an upper surface of the top cryopanel, and
an outer peripheral section extending from the central flat plate downward beyond the top cryopanel and arranged radially outward with respect to the top cryopanel to surround the top cryopanel.

2. The cryopump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel is disposed close to the top cryopanel so as to at least partially block a direct incidence of a gas molecule from an outside of the cryopump onto the top cryopanel.

3. The cryopump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel is disposed close to the top cryopanel so as to completely block a direct incidence of a gas molecule from an outside of the cryopump onto the top cryopanel.

4. The cryopump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the outer peripheral section of the top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel includes a downward inclined section which extends from an outer periphery of the central flat plate to be inclined axially downward and radially outward with respect to the central flat plate and surrounds an entire outer periphery of the top cryopanel, and
wherein the top cryopanel accommodation compartment is a truncated cone-shaped space which is defined by the central flat plate and the downward inclined section.

5. The cryopump according to claim 1 ,
wherein:
the axially arranged cryopanels of the low-temperature cryopanel section comprise an adjacent cryopanel which is disposed to be adjacent to the top cryopanel axially below the top cryopanel,
the adjacent cryopanel comprises a cryopanel center section which faces a lower surface of the top cryopanel and an upward inclined section which extends from an outer periphery of the cryopanel center section to be inclined axially upward and radially outward with respect to the cryopanel center section,
the upward inclined section of the adjacent cryopanel circumferentially extends along a downward inclined section of the top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel, and
a ring-shaped inlet to the top cryopanel accommodation compartment is formed between the upward inclined section and the downward inclined section.

6. The cryopump according to claim 5 ,
wherein the ring-shaped inlet is only a gas passage leading to the top cryopanel accommodation compartment.

7. The cryopump according to claim 1 ,
wherein only the top cryopanel among the axially arranged cryopanels of the low-temperature cryopanel section is accommodated in the top cryopanel accommodation compartment.

8. The cryopump according to claim 7 ,
wherein the other cryopanels of the axially arranged cryopanels are not accommodated in the top cryopanel accommodation compartment.

9. The cryopump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the top cryopanel is accommodated in the top cryopanel accommodation compartment.

10. The cryopump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the top cryopanel is a flat plate.

11. The cryopump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel is truncated cone-shaped or cylindrical.

12. The cryopump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the axially arranged cryopanels of the low-temperature cryopanel section include a lower cryopanel which is disposed axially below the top cryopanel, the lower cryopanel forms a ring-shaped inlet to the top cryopanel accommodation compartment together with the top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel,
wherein the lower cryopanel is inverted truncated cone-shaped or cylindrical.

13. The cryopump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel and the top cryopanel are cooled by the high-temperature cooling stage and the low-temperature cooling stage, respectively,
wherein the top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel is cooled to a temperature higher than that of the top cryopanel.

14. The cryopump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel is attached to the radiation shield.

15. The cryopump according to claim 1 ,
wherein the low-temperature cryopanel section comprises a panel attachment member axially extending from the low-temperature cooling stage, and
wherein the top cryopanel is attached to the panel attachment member.

16. A cryopump comprising:
a cryocooler that comprises:
a high-temperature cooling stage configured to be cooled to a first cooling temperature, and
a low-temperature cooling stage configured to be cooled to a second cooling temperature lower than the first cooling temperature;

a radiation shield that is:
thermally coupled to the high-temperature cooling stage, and
axially extends in a tubular shape from a cryopump intake port;

a low-temperature cryopanel section that is:
thermally coupled to the low-temperature cooling stage, and
surrounded by the radiation shield; and

a top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel that is:
attached to the radiation shield,
thermally coupled to the high-temperature cooling stage, and
disposed in the cryopump intake port to form a top cryopanel accommodation compartment,

wherein the low-temperature cryopanel section comprises:
a panel attachment member axially extending from the low-temperature cooling stage, and
axially arranged cryopanels attached to the panel attachment member,

wherein a top cryopanel of the axially arranged cryopanels is closest to the cryopump intake port,
wherein the top cryopanel accommodation cryopanel comprises:
a central flat plate facing an upper surface of the top cryopanel, and
an outer peripheral section extending from the central flat plate downward beyond the top cryopanel and arranged radially outward with respect to the top cryopanel to surround the top cryopanel.

17. The cryopump according to claim 16 ,
wherein:
the axially arranged cryopanels of the low-temperature cryopanel section comprise an adjacent cryopanel which is disposed to be adjacent to the top cryopanel axially below the top cryopanel,
the adjacent cryopanel comprises a cryopanel center section which faces a lower surface of the top cryopanel and an upward inclined section which extends from an outer periphery of the cryopanel center section to be inclined axially upward and radially outward with respect to the cryopanel center section,
the upward inclined section of the adjacent cryopanel circumferentially extends along a downward inclined section of the top cryopanel accommodation c

Assignees

• Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Inventors

• Takahashi Kakeru

Classifications

• F04B37/08 Primary

  by condensing or freezing, e.g. cryogenic pumps · CPC title

• F04B37/085

  Regeneration of cryo-pumps · CPC title

• F04B37/16

  Means for nullifying unswept space · CPC title

• F04B37/02

  for evacuating by absorption or adsorption · CPC title

• F04B39/06

  Cooling; Heating; Prevention of freezing · CPC title