公开(公告)号：US06721615B2

公开(公告)日：2004-04-13

申请号：US10113575

申请日：2002-04-02

申请人： Daniele Fava ,  Elisabetta Garghentino ,  Gianandrea Pedrazzini

发明人： Daniele Fava ,  Elisabetta Garghentino ,  Gianandrea Pedrazzini

IPC分类号： G06F1904

CPC分类号： G01N35/00603 ,  G01N35/0092 ,  G01N35/0099 ,  G01N35/021 ,  G01N2035/0093 ,  G05B19/0426 ,  G05B19/41865 ,  G05B2219/32247 ,  G05B2219/32287 ,  G05B2219/32298 ,  G05B2219/32328 ,  Y02P90/20 ,  Y02P90/265

摘要： A method for the management of a Workcell System capable to control concurrent processes that use pieces of equipment, here called Resources, interacting with each other according to the needs and the changes that have not been forecast in advance in their process cycles, by means of a continuous real-time re-scheduling of automatic tasks. According to an embodiment, the method for the management of Workcell Systems, using an Automation Management System to control a plurality of Resources, designated to handle Samples along the Workcell Systems to perform operations on the Samples, includes associating a Sample Protocol to each Sample, associating to each Resource a Resource Driver, controlling the Resource Drivers by a Process Controller which communicates with the Resource Drivers by means of variables associated to each Resource, executing the Sample Protocols by the Process Controller in a concurrent way, and automatically modifying the Sample Protocols by continuously re-scheduling automatic tasks on different Resources, according to the results of the execution of the Sample Protocols and the status of the Resources, as indicated by the status of the variables, and thus obtaining an intelligent and reactive control of the workflow, automatically and dynamically taking the appropriate decisions.

摘要翻译： 一种用于管理工作单元系统的方法，该系统能够根据需要以及在其工艺周期中未预先预测的变化来控制使用这些称为资源的设备的并行过程，这些设备相互交互，通过 连续实时重新调度自动任务。 根据实施例，用于管理Workcell系统的方法，使用自动化管理系统来控制指定用于处理沿着工作单元系统的样本以执行对样本的操作的多个资源，包括将样本协议关联到每个样本， 将每个资源与资源驱动程序相关联，通过与每个资源相关联的变量与资源驱动程序进行通信的过程控制器控制资源驱动程序，并行方式由过程控制器执行示例协议，并自动修改示例协议 通过根据变量的状态指示的样本协议的执行结果和资源的状态不断重新调度不同资源上的自动任务，从而获得工作流的智能和反应性控制， 自动和动态地作出适当的决定。

公开(公告)号：US06687563B1

公开(公告)日：2004-02-03

申请号：US10355998

申请日：2003-01-31

申请人： Ming Wang ,  Jim Chue ,  Ray Shih ,  Eric Chang ,  Jason Liu

发明人： Ming Wang ,  Jim Chue ,  Ray Shih ,  Eric Chang ,  Jason Liu

IPC分类号： G06F1900

CPC分类号： G05B19/41865 ,  G05B2219/32247 ,  G05B2219/32271 ,  G05B2219/32297 ,  G05B2219/45031 ,  Y02P90/20

摘要： A method and system that creates a rule-based Operation Job Supervisor System (OJS) or decision engine to automate and control Fab production for the optimum movement of wafer boxes through the Fab. It is integrated with current manufacturing control systems and a cooperative model between the dispatching and scheduling functions. This easy-to-maintain system architecture makes use of a dynamic evaluation formula and sub-formula that can handle exception cases and consider wafer box physical position concurrently. Because the decision engine is rule based, rule can be revised without need for re-compiling and shutting down the system. New patterns are learned by the system automatically when variables and parameters in the formulas are revised.

摘要翻译： 一种创建基于规则的操作作业主管系统（OJS）或决策引擎的方法和系统，用于自动化和控制Fab生产，以通过Fab实现晶圆盒的最佳运动。 它与当前的制造控制系统和调度和调度功能之间的协作模型集成在一起。 这种易于维护的系统架构使用可以处理异常情况的动态评估公式和子公式，同时考虑晶片盒的物理位置。 由于决策引擎是基于规则的，因此可以修改规则，无需重新编译和关闭系统。 当公式中的变量和参数被修改时，系统会自动学习新的模式。