System for monitoring and controlling a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus using prediction model equation

A semiconductor processing system, comprising:

• a semiconductor processing apparatus for processing a semiconductor wafer;
• a plurality of sensors each for monitoring a processing state of said semiconductor processing apparatus;
• a processing result input unit which inputs measured values for processing results of a semiconductor wafer processed by said semiconductor processing apparatus;
• a model equation storage unit which stores a prediction model equation for predicting a processing result;
• a processing result prediction unit which predicts a processing result based on said prediction model equation stored in said model equation storage unit and sensed data acquired by said sensors;
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• a process recipe control unit which compares said predicted processing result with a previously set value to control a processing condition of said semiconductor processing apparatus such that a deviation between said predicted processing result and said previously set value is corrected;
• wherein a model equation generation unit relying on said sensed data and said measured values to generate said prediction model equation usinq said sensed data as an explanatory variable is provided at a remote location at least with respect to a location of said model equation storage unit, and said model equation generation unit transmits said generated prediction model equation to said model equation storage unit through a network to control the processing condition of said semiconductor processing apparatus by said process recipe control unit using said generated prediction model equation from said model equation storage unit.