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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elfido Coss, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Michael R. Conboy, Austin, TX (US);
Sam H. Allen, Jr., New Braunfels, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for operating a processing tool in a degraded mode upon detecting a fault and in accordance with one or more business rules. The method comprises detecting a fault associated with a processing tool capable of processing one or more workpieces and operating the processing tool in a degraded mode in response to detecting the fault.