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Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2018
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Ren-Chyi You, Yilan County, TW;

An-Wei Peng, Hsinchu, TW;

Chang-Zong Liu, Hsinchu, TW;

Jun-Sheng Yeh, New Taipei, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/41865 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32266 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32271 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45031 (2013.01); Y02P 90/12 (2015.11); Y02P 90/20 (2015.11);
Abstract

A method is disclosed and includes generating a tool-lot relationship based on at least one process constraint and a dispatching rule which includes dispatching preferences for operating at least one lot; assigning the at least one lot to at least one tool by using the tool-lot relationship; and the at least one tool, assigned using the tool-lot relationship, processing the at least one lot by utilization of the tool-lot relationship to manufacture semiconductor devices on at least one wafer in the at least one lot.


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