System for dispatching semiconductors lots
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsEric Ted Dickstein, Alan Dziedzic, Richard Gerard Burda
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Abstract
A system for dispatching a plurality of semiconductor lots among a plurality of tools is provided. The system includes a dispatch server manager and a dispatch integrator and display device. The dispatch integrator and display device conveys a dispatch request to the manager and receives a dispatch list from the manager. The manager queries for a processing status of the plurality of semiconductor lots and displays a dispatch list in response to the processing status. The dispatch list includes an associated reason and/or code related to the processing status.
Claims22
A system for dispatching a plurality of semiconductor lots among a plurality of tools, the system comprising:
- a dispatch server manager;
- and
- a dispatch integrator and display device for conveying a dispatch request to said manager and receiving a dispatch list from said manager,
- wherein said manager queries for a processing status of said plurality of semiconductor lots and displays a dispatch list in response to said processing status, wherein said dispatch list includes an associated reason and/or code related to said processing status, wherein said reason and/or code enables the viewing of the cause of specific delays in real time, and enables differentiation between deliberate processing delays and malfunctions, and wherein adjustment in the system are executed based on said reason and/or code.
A system for dispatching a plurality of semiconductor lots, the system comprising:
- a dispatch integrator and display;
- a dispatch service manager for dispatching the plurality of semiconductor lots to a plurality of dispatchers, said dispatch service manager being in electrical communication with said dispatch integrator and display;
- an explain infrastructure in communication with said dispatch service manager, said explain infrastructure exporting information from said dispatch service manager to said dispatch integrator and display, said information including a dispatch state of the plurality of semiconductor lots;
- and
- a user input for updating said dispatch service manager as a function of said information.
A method of processing a semiconductor lot, comprising:
- programming a dispatch server manager with a filter;
- controlling said dispatch server manager to determine whether to dispatch the semiconductor lot among at least one of a plurality of dispatchers as a function of said filter;
- controlling said dispatch server manager to output a reason code within a predetermined timeframe if said dispatch server manager does not dispatch the semiconductor lot;
- evaluating said reason code by a user;
- and
- altering said filter as a function of said reason code by said user.
A computer program product in a computer-readable medium, said program product comprising computer-executable code for performing a method of processing a semiconductor lot, said method comprising:
- programming a dispatch server manager with a filter;
- controlling said dispatch server manager to determine whether to dispatch the semiconductor lot among at least one of a plurality of dispatchers as a function of said filter;
- controlling said dispatch server manager to output a reason code within a predetermined timeframe if said dispatch server manager does not dispatch the semiconductor lot;
- evaluating said reason code;
- and
- altering said filter as a function of said reason code.
A method for deploying computing infrastructure, comprising integrating computer-executable code into a computing system, wherein the code in combination with the computing system is capable of performing a method of processing a semiconductor lot, said method comprising:
- programming a dispatch server manager with a filter;
- controlling said dispatch server manager to determine whether to dispatch the semiconductor lot among at least one of a plurality of dispatchers as a function of said filter;
- and
- controlling said dispatch server manager to output a reason code within a predetermined timeframe if said dispatch server manager does not dispatch the semiconductor lot;
- evaluating said reason code;
- and
- altering said filter as a function of said reason code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.