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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082055 | Method for a bin ratio forecast at new tape out stage A method for providing a bin ratio forecast at an early stage of integrated circuit device manufacturing processes is disclosed. The method comprises collecting historical data from one or more processed wafer lots; collect measurement data from one or more skew waf... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074189 | Pruning-based variation-aware design For application to analog, mixed-signal, and custom digital circuits, a system and method to begin with a complex problem description that encompasses many variables from statistical manufacturing, the circuit's environment, and the circuit's design parameters, but ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8032243 | System and method for handling a dependency between two product segments of a process modeling a production system A system for handling a dependency between two product segments of a process modeling a production system within a manufacturing execution system (MES) includes a network and a production modeler. The network has data processing units running a MES software for cont... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8010217 | Reconfiguration of assets for reuse during manufacturing A method for reconfiguring a partially manufactured product for a canceled custom-built order during a manufacturing process includes canceling a custom-built order for a product that has been partially manufactured. The method also includes reading a configuration ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7945344 | Computational method for design and manufacture of electrochemical systems A method for manufacturing an electrochemical cell. The method includes generating spatial information including an anode geometry, a cathode geometry, a separator geometry, and one or more current collector geometries. The method also includes storing the spatial i... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7912568 | Tuning order configurator performance by dynamic integration of manufacturing and field feedback A novel and non-obvious method, system and apparatus for tuning order configurator performance by dynamic integration of manufacturing and field feedback information. A method for dynamically tuning order configurator behavior by using product issue data can include... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7869893 | Exposure apparatus An exposure apparatus includes a plurality of stations and a plurality of substrate stages, and exposes a substrate to radiant energy by executing a plurality of jobs using the plurality of stations and the plurality of substrate stages. The apparatus includes a con... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7844357 | Controlling device for substrate processing apparatus and method therefor A 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 ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7831324 | Method and system for randomizing wafers in a complex process line By coordinating a process regime of a process module for sample substrates used in a previously performed metrology process, an increased degree of measurement information may be obtained. For this purpose, the coordination may be based on a sampling ruleset related... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7778720 | Method and system for product line management (PLM) A method and system for a product line management is presented. The system is capable of performing steps of the method. The method includes a first step of obtaining a product line architecture (PLA). A second step of obtaining a Change Management Workflow (CMW), t... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7761179 | Method for consistent updates to automated process control (APC) models with partitioning along multiple components Methods for consistent updates to APC models with partitioning along multiple components are generally described. In one example, a method includes acquiring measurement data from one or more semiconductor wafers of a processed first lot, the data having a plurality... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7738985 | Production condition determining method, production condition determining apparatus, mounter, and program This invention provides a production condition determining method by which a production schedule of boards can be determined in a short time. The production condition determining method is for determining production conditions, under which various types of boards ar... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7689311 | Model-based planning using query-based component executable instructions A method for planning machine control for a system includes determining one or more capabilities and one or more capability constraints for each component used to execute a plan for processing a job by the system. The plan is incrementally constructed based on the c... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7634324 | Method and system for aligning and laying out drawing elements in CAD drawings Embodiments of the invention include a method for aligning and laying out drawing elements in a computer-aided design drawing and computer-readable medium storing instructions for implementing the method. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention sets fo... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7567851 | Method and system for dynamically changing the transport sequencing in a cluster tool By dynamically adapting the transport sequencing rules of a cluster tool, the overall performance of the tool may be increased. In some illustrative embodiments, the transport sequencing rule for a robot handler may be dynamically changed when a lot of small size is... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7558640 | Abstract product description system and method The present invention relates to abstract product descriptions and methods. In a first general aspect, a method comprises a computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed,... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7526355 | Automated systems and methods employing attribute-based binding and configurable rules for selection of run time equipment The subject invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating automated manufacturing processes in an industrial controller environment, wherein a system is provided for automated industrial processing in one aspect. The system includes a processor that det... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7433749 | Adhesive system configuration tool A computerized design system for configuring an adhesive dispensing configuration. The system enables a user to graphically or otherwise manipulate markers representative of dispensing components. Programmatic rules associated with the markers guide the design proce... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433748 | System and method for controlling a design process by specifying active variables and passive variables A system for controlling a design process having a first design sub-process and a second design sub-process, outcomes of one of the first and second design sub-processes being linked to outcomes of the other of the design sub-processes by a relationship between one ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433747 | Method for generating process chains A method for generating process chains for product manufacturing is provided. Accordance to this method, all available data pertaining to the component to be manufactured is collected and the component to be manufactured is subdivided into component elements which c... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433750 | Data tracking method and system applied in semiconductor manufacturing A data tracking method applied in semiconductor manufacturing is provided. Split historical data of a wafer lot is retrieved and it is determined whether the end of lot data of the wafer lot is read. If not, a maximum split number required for a split processing app... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426419 | Scheduling system and method Photolithography operation in a wafer fab using relative weightings of work in progress to iteratively schedule wafers. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421363 | Method for virtual inspection of virtually machined parts A method for implementing a virtual inspection of a virtually machined workpiece is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes defining a set of master reference planes, defining a set of positioning planes with respect to the set of master reference... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7398128 | Method, device, and computer product for creating height-limited-area information, and method of manufacturing three-dimensional structure A base-plane-height determining unit determines whether a base plane is formed with planes of different heights. A base-plane determining unit determines, when it is determined that the base plane is formed with the plural planes of different heights, whether to tak... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7379782 | System and method of monitoring and quantifying performance of an automated manufacturing facility The present invention is directed to a method and system for identifying, quantifying and presenting to a user constraints in an automated manufacturing or processing facility. A data processing system continuously receives basic status signals and state signals fro... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373211 | Graphical user interface for compliance monitoring in semiconductor wafer fabrication and method of operation A system and method is disclosed for allocating multi-function resources among a plurality of tasks within a process system in semiconductor wafer fabrication. A resource allocator allocates multi-function resources among tasks within a process system that executes ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369970 | Method and apparatus for estimating product cost A development department stores physical characteristic data concerning a product to be manufactured, such as shape and CAD data, in a database. Cost factor data are provided from a plurality of potential makers of the product. The cost factor data is stored in a da... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369910 | Method for the optimizing of a production process The present invention relates to methods for optimizing a production process having starting products, intermediate products and at least one final product. The present invention also relates to a digital storage medium and a computer program product that can be use... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369908 | Method for manufacturing product formed with a plurality of parts and method for combining parts A parts-combining method having high quality or yield for a product having a large number of parts. First entering an identification number group of nondefective completed products, a table of a product identification number group and a parts identification number g... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360209 | Object process graph application controller-viewer A computer software system is provided, namely, An Object Process Graph Application Controller-Viewer (OPGACV) system. The OPGACV controls a running Object Process Graph (OPG) application by inducing a Dynamic Graph Interpreter (DGI) to transition applications from ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356376 | Work when ready load balancing using critical dates A method of balancing workload using critical dates and including the following steps: (a) assigning a promised delivery date to orders received from customers; (b) identifying one or more tasks associated with each of the orders; (c) assigning an expedited date or ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348187 | Method, device, computer-readable storage medium and computer program element for the monitoring of a manufacturing process of a plurality of physical objects In the case of the method, an analysis is performed by using values of at least one process parameter of the manufacturing process of the physical object and, as a result of the analysis, when they satisfy a prescribed selection criterion, physical objects are marke... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349751 | Method for autonomic control of a manufacturing system Disclosed is a method of controlling a manufacturing system. The invention automatically monitors current levels of partially completed products waiting to be processed by a tool (or group of tools) and determines whether the current levels exceed a predetermined li... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343574 | Method of supporting wiring design, supporting apparatus using the method, and computer-readable recording medium A supporting apparatus includes a first setting unit which sets an initial shape of the linear structure, a providing unit which provides a finite element model of the linear structure, a second setting unit which sets a physical property and restriction conditions ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343584 | Automated configuration of systems comprising product components of heterogeneous contexts An automated heterogeneous configurator employs a technique by which the state of a context can be changed and restored automatically to facilitate the configuration of systems having components that span multiple contexts. The technique employs a high level constra... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343353 | Method to turn off machines during-turn down period while achieving minimum cost and required cycle time A method and system for determining which machine tools to turn off during slow periods to achieve maximum cost savings with minimum cycle time increase. It uses a product demand forecast and a simplified approach to the X-factor theory to provide an objective, anal... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333869 | Designing vehicle manufacturing workstations using ergonomic design rules A computer-implemented-ergonomic system for designing manufacturing workstations is provided. The system includes a data store for storing a plurality of workstation templates. Each workstation template includes parameters for a particular type of manufacturing work... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334205 | Optimization of die placement on wafers A method of optimizing production of semiconductor devices on a wafer comprises steps of characterizing at least one effect of at least one manufacturing component on at least one optimization criterion; inputting user optimization data; and, based on the at least o... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318767 | Device and method for machine control A data set (D) is provided for machine control of a grinding machine to determine time-efficient, collision-free travel paths. The data set has a collision parameter of “0” or “1” in each separate coordination point (X, Y, Z, A) as well as for each combinati... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315765 | Automated control thread determination based upon post-process consideration A method, apparatus, and a system for determining a control thread based upon a process result are provided. At least one post-process parameter is received. The post parameter relates to a first workpiece upon which a plurality of processes have been performed by a... | 01/01/2008 |
