InventorAssigneeUS Classes700/103, Constraints or rules700/108, Performance monitoring700/117Particular manufactured product or operationAttorney, Agent or FirmForeign Documents- 2006-286676 JP 10/20/2006
International Class G06F 19/00 Issued Patent Number:7844357
Abstract textA target value that serves as a control value with feed forward control is optimized. A TL performs a feed forward and a feedback control of a PM. A storage unit stores a plurality of recipes indicating different processing sequences, and a target value that serves as a control value when performing an etching process. A communication unit causes an IMM to measure a processing state of the wafer and receives measurement information. A computation unit computes a feedback value for the current wafer processed in the current cycle, based on pre-processing and post-processing measurement information for the wafer. An update unit updates the target value using the feedback value. A recipe adjustment unit changes the recipe to change the process performed in the same PM. When the process is performed after changing, the updated target value is used to perform feed forward control of the wafer in the same PM. |