摘要:
A positioning system having a flat base comprising (i) a X-axis assembly having a X-axis linear actuator means arranged orthogonal to the Y-axis; (ii) a Y-axis assembly having a pair of Y-axis linear actuator means mounted onto the flat base forming a H-configuration; (iii) a Z-axis assembly having an aerostatic bearing mechanism that floats on thin film of externally pressurized air on top of the flat base; and a θ-axis actuator anchored from the X-axis to drive the Z-axis assembly which carries a workpiece, wherein the Z-axis assembly is rotated with the rotary axis for the θ-axis perpendicular to the flat base.
摘要:
Since single and dual-arm tools behave differently, it is difficult to coordinate their activities in a hybrid multi-cluster tool that is composed of both single- and dual-arm tools. Aiming at finding an optimal one-wafer cyclic schedule for a treelike hybrid multi-cluster tool whose bottleneck tool is process-bound, the present work extends a resource-oriented Petri net to model such system. By the developed Petri net model, to find a one-wafer cyclic schedule is to determine robot waiting times. By doing so, it is shown that, for any treelike hybrid multi-cluster tool whose bottleneck tool is process-bound, there is always a one-wafer cyclic schedule. Then, computationally efficient algorithms are developed to obtain the minimal cycle time and the optimal one-wafer cyclic schedule. Examples are given to illustrate the developed method.
摘要:
A system and method for learning and/or optimizing processes related to semiconductor manufacturing is provided. A learning component generates a set of candidate process models based on process data associated with one or more fabrication tools. The learning component also selects a particular process model from the set of candidate process models that is associated with lowest error. An optimization component generates a set of candidate solutions associated with the particular process model. The optimization component also selects a particular solution from the set of candidate solutions based on a target output value and an output value associated with the particular solution.
摘要:
Systems and techniques for modeling and/or analyzing manufacturing processes are presented. A dataset component generates a plurality of binary classification datasets based on process data associated with one or more fabrication tools. A learning component generates a plurality of learned models based on the plurality of binary classification datasets and applies a weight to the plurality of learned models based on a number of data samples associated with the plurality of binary classification datasets to generate a weighted plurality of learned models. A merging component merges the weighted plurality of learned models to generate a process model for the process data.
摘要:
The present invention provides apparatus for a mobile cleanspace fabrication facility. Various methods relating to moving a mobile cleanspace fabrication facility and to the locations that a mobile cleanspace fabrication facility may be moved to are discussed.
摘要:
A first embodiment is a method for semiconductor process control comprising clustering processing tools of a processing stage into a tool cluster based on processing data and forming a prediction model for processing a semiconductor wafer based on the tool cluster. A second embodiment is a method for semiconductor process control comprising providing cluster routes between first stage tool clusters and second stage tool clusters, assigning a comparative optimization ranking to each cluster route, and scheduling processing of wafers. The comparative optimization ranking identifies comparatively which cluster routes provide for high wafer processing uniformity. Further, wafers that require high wafer processing uniformity are scheduled to be processed along one cluster route that has a high comparative optimization ranking that identifies the one cluster route to have a highest wafer processing uniformity, and wafers that do not require high wafer processing uniformity are scheduled to be processed along another cluster route.
摘要:
A positioning system having a flat base comprising (i) a X-axis assembly having a X-axis linear actuator means arranged orthogonal to the Y-axis; (ii) a Y-axis assembly having a pair of Y-axis linear actuator means mounted onto the flat base forming a H-configuration; (iii) a Z-axis assembly having an aerostatic bearing mechanism that floats on thin film of externally pressurized air on top of the flat base; and a θ-axis actuator anchored from the X-axis to drive the Z-axis assembly which carries a workpiece, wherein the Z-axis assembly is rotated with the rotary axis for the θ-axis perpendicular to the flat base.
摘要:
An efficient method of controlling transportation in a linear tool type vacuum process device in a state that a length of time required for a process is not stable. For each process chamber, the number of unprocessed wafers that are in process or are being transported to the process chamber is counted, and in deciding a transport destination of a wafer, when the number of unprocessed wafers is equal to or larger than a charge limit amount, a transport destination of a wafer is decided excluding the process chamber. Also, a wafer holding mechanism on a transport path to a process chamber is reserved, and a transport destination of a processed member to be transported next is decided according to a status of reservation.
摘要:
A robot arm having a distal end to which a wrist axis is rotatably provided; arm drive unit, each configured to move the robot arm; a wrist axis drive unit configured to rotate the wrist axis; and a robot control unit configured to control the arm drive unit and wrist axis drive unit. The robot control unit is configured to control the arm drive unit to move the distal end of the robot arm to bring a contact member attached to the wrist axis into contact with an instruction target, thereby detecting a posture of the robot arm and an angular position of the wrist axis when the wrist axis begins to be angularly displaced due to the contact between the contact member and the instruction target, thus determining a position of an instruction point.
摘要:
A robot arm having a distal end to which a wrist axis is rotatably provided; arm drive unit, each configured to move the robot arm; a wrist axis drive unit configured to rotate the wrist axis; and a robot control unit configured to control the arm drive unit and wrist axis drive unit. The robot control unit is configured to control the arm drive unit to move the distal end of the robot arm to bring a contact member attached to the wrist axis into contact with an instruction target, thereby detecting a posture of the robot arm and an angular position of the wrist axis when the wrist axis begins to be angularly displaced due to the contact between the contact member and the instruction target, thus determining a position of an instruction point.