Apparatus for computer-aided design of a product or process
AssigneeTokyo Electron Limited
InventorsThorkell Gudmundsson, Mark Erickson, Sunil C. Shah
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Abstract
An apparatus for computer-aided design of a product or process is described. The apparatus includes a template module for storing a plurality of tasks and a plurality of rules for designing the product. The apparatus further includes a processing module coupled to the template module and being configured by the plurality of rules, for executing the plurality of tasks.
Claims85
An apparatus for designing a product, said apparatus comprising:
- a template module for storing a plurality of tasks and a plurality of rules for designing said product;
- and
- a processing module, coupled to said template module and being configured by said plurality of rules, for executing said plurality of tasks.
An apparatus for designing a product, said apparatus comprising:
- a template module for storing a plurality of tasks and a plurality of rules for designing said product;
- and
- a processing module, coupled to said template module and being configured by said plurality of rules, for executing said plurality of tasks;
- said processing module having a scheduler module for monitoring execution of said plurality of tasks, and a planner module coupled to said scheduler module for monitoring operation of said scheduler module and said template module.
An apparatus for designing a product, said apparatus comprising:
- a template module for storing a plurality of tasks and a plurality of rules for designing said product;
- and
- a processing module, coupled to said template module and being configured by said plurality of rules, for executing said plurality of tasks;
- said processing module having a scheduler module for monitoring execution of said plurality of tasks, a planner module coupled to said scheduler module for monitoring operation of said scheduler module and said template module, a presentation module coupled to each of said scheduler module and said planner module for displaying information to a user, and a computation module coupled to each of said presentation module, said scheduler module, and said planner module for performing computations related to said execution of said plurality of tasks.
A computer readable medium containing executable instructions, which, when executed in a processing system, cause said system to perform a method comprising:
- storing a plurality of tasks and a plurality of rules for designing a product in a template module;
- and
- executing said plurality of tasks in a processing module coupled to said template module and being configured by said plurality of rules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.