AI-based determination of action plan for manufacturing component carriers
AssigneeAT&SAustria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG
InventorsTim Lu, Peter Wang
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Abstract
A method of planning the manufacture of component carriers includes defining a set of final product parameters as a target for component carriers to be manufactured, ranking the process parameters concerning their impact on the final product parameters, selecting a subset of higher ranked process parameters, inputting the selected subset of process parameters for processing by an artificial intelligence module, and determining an action plan for the manufacturing based on an output of the artificial intelligence module, where the product parameters are influenceable by a set of process parameters settable during the manufacturing method.
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A method of manufacturing component carriers, comprising:
- categorizing process parameters into multiple categories, each category relating to an assigned manufacturing stage of the manufacturing method;
- defining a set of final product parameters as a target for component carriers to be manufactured, wherein the product parameters are influenceable by a set of the process parameters being settable during a manufacturing method;
- carrying out a ranking based on the categorized process parameters,
- wherein the ranking of the process parameters concerns their impact on the final product parameters, with a ranking unit comprising an interface and a processor;
- wherein the process of ranking is carried out after the process of categorization;
- selecting a subset of higher ranked process parameters having a stronger impact on the final product parameters with a selection unit comprising an interface and a processor;
- inputting the selected subset of process parameters for processing by a trained artificial intelligence module comprising an interface and a processor;
- determining an action plan for the manufacturing method based on an output of the trained artificial intelligence module with a determining unit comprising an interface and a processor;
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- manufacturing the component carriers based on the determined action plan when manufacturing the component carriers;
- wherein the method comprises discarding a subset of lower ranked process parameters.
An apparatus for determining an action plan for manufacturing component carriers, the apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit configured for receiving a defined set of final product parameters as a target for component carriers to be manufactured and for receiving a set of process parameters, wherein the product parameters are influenceable by the set of process parameters being settable during the manufacturing method, wherein the receiving unit comprises an interface and a processor;
- a categorization unit configured to categorize the process parameters into multiple categories, each category relating to an assigned manufacturing stage of the manufacturing method;
- a ranking unit configured for carrying out a ranking based on the categorized process parameters, wherein the ranking of the process parameters concerns their impact on the final product parameters, wherein the ranking unit comprises an interface and a processor;
- wherein the ranking is carried out after the categorization;
- a selection unit configured for selecting a subset of higher ranked process parameters having a stronger impact on the final product parameters and for discarding a subset of lower ranked process parameters, wherein the selection unit comprises an interface and a processor;
- a trained artificial intelligence module with an interface and a processor configured for processing the selected subset of process parameters using artificial intelligence;
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- a determining unit comprising an interface and a processor configured for determining the action plan for a manufacturing method based on an output of the artificial intelligence processing;
- wherein the action plan is followed when manufacturing the component carriers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.