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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2005
Todd J. Brill, Round Rock, TX (US);
Michael Teferra, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jeffrey C. Hudgens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amitabh Puri, San Jose, CA (US);
Todd J. Brill, Round Rock, TX (US);
Michael Teferra, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jeffrey C. Hudgens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amitabh Puri, San Jose, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In a first aspect, a computer program product is provided. The computer program product includes a medium readable by a computer. The computer readable medium has computer program code adapted to (1) create a band map that indicates an expected status of one or more positions along a band of a continuously moving conveyor system, each position adapted to receive a carrier support adapted to transport at least one substrate carrier around an electronic device manufacturing facility; (2) monitor status of the one or more positions included in the continuously moving conveyor system; and (3) control operation of the continuously moving conveyor system based on the status of the one or more positions. Numerous other aspects are provided.