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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2013
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Kayman, KY;
Gero Grau, Dresden, DE;
Steffen Kalisch, Radebeu, DE;
Joerg Weigang, Dresden, DE;
William John Fosnight, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Chinmay Oza, Mechanicville, NY (US);
Detlef Pabst, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A method includes processing each of a plurality of lots with at least one first equipment and moving some of the plurality of lots to a first storage. For each of a plurality of second equipments, an expected dispatch time of one or more next lots for processing by the second equipment is determined. Each of the lots in the first storage is assigned to one of the plurality of second equipments on the basis of at least the determined expected dispatch times and moved to one of a plurality of second storages that is associated with one of the plurality of second equipments to which the respective lot was assigned. For each of the plurality of second equipments, each of the lots in the second storage associated with the second equipment is moved to the second equipment and are processed with the second equipment.