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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2007
Nam-young Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Pil-woong Bang, Seoul, KR;
Yeong-lyeol Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are a method of managing a process and a process managing system in which a failure-generating process step can be quickly detected. The method of managing a process includes sequentially performing first to n-th (n is a natural number) process steps with respect to a plurality of wafers, the order that the plurality of wafers are processed in each of the n process steps are different from one another. Calculating characteristic parameter values for the plurality of wafers, calculating first to n-th relations that indicate relationships between the first to n-th process orders and the characteristic parameter values, performing a Fourier transform on the first to n-th relations so as to calculate first to n-th conversion relations, and determining the existence of patterns among the first to n-th relations using the first to n-th conversion relations.