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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Makoto Nomura, Toyama, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B65G 25/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/418 (2013.01); H01L 21/00 (2013.01); H01L 21/677 (2013.01);
Abstract
Only a wafer for QC check may be transferred and a production wafer may prevent from being transferred into an assigned process chamber whose QC check is not completed after a maintenance task, and the production wafer may be processed the assigned process chamber after the completion of the QC check. The wafer for QC check is transferred while inhibiting a transfer of the production wafer into the assigned process chamber, and the production wafer is transferred into each of the process chambers of the plurality except the assigned process chamber.