摘要:
A control system is disclosed for monitoring and controlling localized corrosion in an industrial water system, comprising: measuring quantitative localized corrosion rate and at least one controllable water chemistry variable; identifying mathematical correlations between the quantitative localized corrosion rate and the at least one controllable water chemistry variable; establishing mathematical correlations between the controllable water chemistry variable and at least one chemical treatment feed; defining an index derived from current and future values of the localized corrosion rate and an index derived from current and future values of the at least one chemical treatment feed; utilizing a processor to minimize the index of the localized corrosion rate and the index of the at least one chemical treatment feed and determine current and future values of the at least one chemical treatment feed; and implementing only a current value of the at least one chemical treatment feed within the water system.
摘要:
Method for controlling a position and drive for moving an object, wherein a control error between the desired position and the actual position is determined, wherein the control value is determined from the control error by means of linear operations as long as the control error is below an upper critical value and above a lower critical value, and the control value is determined from the control error according to a non-linear function as long as the control error is above the upper critical value and below the lower critical value.
摘要:
A system (30) includes an analysis engine (34) and a notification engine (38) for selective notification of a condition (72) of an apparatus (26) monitored by a monitoring device (28). A method executed by the system (30) receives (116) data elements (58) from the monitoring device (28), processes (118) the data elements (58) to detect the condition (72) of the apparatus (26), and determines that the condition (72) defines an exception (74) to a normal condition (70) of the apparatus (26). A first notice (60) of the condition (72) is conveyed (146) to a responsible party (59) at a first instance of determination of the exception (74), and conveyance of a second notice (60) is prevented (140) at a second, subsequent, instance of determination of the exception (74). In addition, communication of the normal condition (70) of the apparatus (26) is prevented.
摘要:
A controlling device of high follow-up accuracy is provided, the prediction accuracy of which is not degraded by an FF signal when the controlled object is feedforward-controlled. The prediction controlling device 1 has a feedforwardsignal generation command filter 2 for generating a future command increment which is an increment from one sampling period to the next sampling period of a target command signal from the present to a multiple-sampling future and the feedforward signal from the future target command signal. A prediction controller 3 receives the future command increment, the feedforward signal, and a controlled object output at the past sampling time over zero sampling, and determines the future error prediction value by using a transfer function model from the feedforward signal and the control input to the controlled object output, determines the control input so that the performance function of the error prediction value and the control input may be minimized, and the control input is given to the controlled object 9.
摘要:
The present control circuit and method extends the operating range of digitally sampled control loops. A programmable output of a generator is controlled. The programmable output includes a an output level having a corresponding set point. The generator has a drive input that is driven to an actual drive point for controlling the output level of the programmable output. A set point corresponding to a requested output level is determined. A predicted drive point is then determined. The actual drive point of the generator drive input is forced to the predicted drive point. The output level of the programmable output is sensed. A digital output signal that is representative of the sensed output level is generated. The actual drive point of the generator drive input is controlled based on the digital output signal, such that the output level of the programmable output is controlled. The actual drive point corresponding to the requested output level is then stored.
摘要:
A method for optimizing CMP (chemical mechanical polishing) processing of semiconductor wafers on a CMP machine. The optimization method includes the steps of polishing a test series of semiconductor wafers on a CMP machine. During the CMP processing, a film thickness is measured at a first point proximate to the center of each respective wafer using a film thickness detector coupled to the machine. A film thickness at a second point proximate to the outside edge of the respective wafers is also measured. Based upon the in-process film thickness measurements at the first point and the second points, the optimization process determines a polishing profile describing a removal rate and a removal uniformity with respect to a set of process variables. The process variables include different CMP machine settings for the polishing process, such as the amount of down force applied to the wafer. The polishing profile is subsequently used to polish production wafers accordingly. For each production wafer, their respective removal rate and removal uniformity is determined by measuring a film thickness at the center of each production wafer and a film thickness at the outside edge of each production wafer using the film thickness detector. Based upon these measurements, the set of process variables is adjusted in accordance the removal rate and the removal uniformity measurements to optimize the CMP process for the production wafer as each respective wafer is being polished.
摘要:
A prediction controller such that the number of memories necessary and the number of operations in one sampling period are small and detection delay of the output of the controlled system is coped with. An increased target command value DELTA r(i+M) after M samplings, and an increased output value DELTA y(i-K) of the controlled system before K(K>/=0) samplings are inputted at the present time i in such a way that the output of the controlled system whose transfer function model is Gp(z) = (b1z +...+ bNbz )/{(1-z ) (1-a1z -...- aNaz )} agrees with the target command, and then, the control input v(i) is output to the controlled system. The prediction controller comprises means for storing the increased target command value, the constant for the prediction control, the increased values of the past outputs, and the control inputs of the past; means for determining a deviation e(i-K) from the increased target command value and the increased output value of the controlled system; and means for determining the control input v(i) at the current time.
摘要:
In a manufacturing process using multivariate analysis for statistical process control, data representing a plurality of process and/or product variables is collected during operation of the process. A surrogate variable, representing the overall state of the process is evaluated. The surrogate variable is a function of a plurality of intermediate variables, which in turn are a function of the process and/or product variables. When the value of the surrogate variable is outside of a predetermined limit, the contributions to the surrogate variable by the intermediate variables are calculated. The intermediate variable with the largest contribution is identified and the contributions to the identified intermediate variable by the process variables is calculated. The process variables with the largest contribution to the identified intermediate variable are identified, and used to diagnose and correct the problem with the process.
摘要:
An adaptive control system for a control loop subject to a cyclical or at least partially predictable error includes storage means for storing a plurality of data samples at predetermined intervals representing a model of the system error over at least part of a cycle or said predictable portion, and means for determining the sign of the system error at intervals corresponding to said predermined intervals, and for incrementing or decrementing the value of the respective data samples accordingly.