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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2007
Hiroshi Matsushita, Hiratsuka, JP;
Junji Sugamoto, Oita, JP;
Masafumi Asano, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for controlling a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus for processing wafers divided for each lot, has acquiring quality control value data group containing quality control value data of wafers in a plurality of lots previously processed, and an equipment engineering system parameter group containing equipment engineering system parameters corresponding to the wafers; creating a prediction formula of quality control value data, acquiring a first equipment engineering system parameters; inputting the first equipment engineering system parameters to the prediction formula, and performing calculation to predict first quality control value data of the wafers in the first lot; determining processing of the wafers corresponding to the first quality control value data; acquiring measured first quality control value data of the wafers in the first lot; replacing the quality control value data corresponding to the wafers in the first processed lot; updating the prediction formula.