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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
May. 03, 2005
Chun-hsien Lin, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Ping-hsu Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Sunny Wu, Doulion, TW;
Francis Ko, Taichung, TW;
Chun-Hsien Lin, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Ping-Hsu Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Sunny Wu, Doulion, TW;
Francis Ko, Taichung, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A method for monitoring a processing tool in a semiconductor manufacturing facility includes selecting key hardware parameters for a virtual sensor system based on manufacturing data associated with a fabrication tool and collecting manufacturing data associated with the fabrication tool. The method further includes dynamically maintaining the virtual sensor system during the manufacture of a plurality of semiconductor products and using the virtual sensor system and the collected manufacturing data for predicting a condition of a semiconductor product after being processed by the fabrication tool.