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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Ren-Chyi You, Dongshan Shiang, TW;
An-Wei Peng, Hsinchu, TW;
Chang-Zong Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Yuang-Tsung Chen, Shoufeng Township, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method is disclosed that includes the operations below. A lot is dispatched for N process stages of process stages, according to arrival durations of the lot arrived at the N process stages and process durations of the lot predetermined to be processed at the N process stages, in which N is a positive integer. A first tool of tools at each one of the N process stages are assigned for the lot, in which the lot is configured to be dispatched to the first tool at a first process stage of the N process stages according to a first arrival duration of the arrival durations of the lot arrived at the first process stage and remain operation durations of the tools at the first process stage.