Substrate transfer controlling apparatus and substrate...

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2006-07-04

2006-07-04

Gandhi, Jayprakash N. (Department: 2125)

Data processing: generic control systems or specific application

Specific application, apparatus or process

Product assembly or manufacturing

C700S117000, C700S121000, C438S005000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07072730

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a substrate transfer controlling apparatus which can easily maximize the throughput of a substrate processing apparatus such as a semiconductor fabrication apparatus, and can satisfy a demand for immediacy of actions of a transfer device. The substrate transfer controlling apparatus comprises an input device (12) for inputting times required for actions of transfer devices (1athrough1c) and times required to process substrates in processing devices (3athrough9d), and a schedule calculator (21) for calculating execution times of actions of the transfer devices (1athrough1c) for allowing the time when a final one of the substrates to be processed is fully processed and returned from the substrate processing apparatus to be earliest, based on a predetermined conditional formula including, as parameters, the inputted times. The substrate transfer controlling apparatus further comprises an action commander (24) for instructing the corresponding transfer devices to perform the actions at the calculated execution times of the actions of the transfer devices (1athrough1c).

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