IP Library Granted Patent US 8,751,195
Granted Patent B2
US 8,751,195 · App. 13/228,896 · Granted Jun 10, 2014

Method for automatically shifting a base line

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Patent No.
US 8,751,195
App. No.
13/228,896
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for automatically shifting the base line has the following steps. First step is inserting the PM data into the processing data and calculating the original mean value of each section. Depending on the absolute value of the difference between each data point and the first mean value of each section, the data points are ranked. Next step is selecting the data points in the front N % of the ranked data points and then calculating the mean value and standard deviation. Next step is filtering the outlier data and calculating the base lines of each section. At last, the base lines are shifted and corrected into the same level so that the correlation error caused by base line shift is eliminated.

Claims (15)

1. A method for automatically shifting a base line, comprising:

collecting processing data in time series and predictive maintenance (PM) data in time series by a data collection unit;

the collected processing data and the predictive maintenance (PM) data being inputted to a base line process unit through a data interface unit, and inserting the predictive maintenance (PM) data into the processing data for figuring out a processing section before predictive maintenance by a predictive maintenance section, and a processing section after predictive maintenance by the base line process unit;

calculating an original mean value and an original standard deviation for each section of the processing section before predictive maintenance by the predictive maintenance section, and the processing section after predictive maintenance by the base line process unit;

filtering outlier data, and calculating a first mean value and a first standard deviation for each section of the processing section before predictive maintenance by the predictive maintenance section, and the processing section after predictive maintenance by the base line process unit;

calculating a difference between value of each data point of each section of the processing section before predictive maintenance by the predictive maintenance section, and the processing section after predictive maintenance and the first mean value of each section of the processing section before predictive maintenance by the predictive maintenance section, and the processing section after predictive maintenance, and ranking the data points of each section of the processing section before predictive maintenance by the predictive maintenance section, and the processing section after predictive maintenance depending on absolute value of the difference by the base line process unit;

selecting front N % data points of each section of the processing section before predictive maintenance by the predictive maintenance section, and the processing section after predictive maintenance, and calculating a second mean value and a second standard deviation for the front N % data points of each section of the processing section before predictive maintenance by the predictive maintenance section, and the processing section after predictive maintenance by the base line process unit;

filtering outlier data, and calculating a third mean value and a third standard deviation for each section of the processing section before predictive maintenance by the predictive maintenance section, and the processing section after predictive maintenance, wherein the mean value of each section is a base line of each section of the processing section before predictive maintenance by the predictive maintenance section, and the processing section after predictive maintenance by the base line process unit; and

shifting and aligning the base lines of the processing section before predictive maintenance by the predictive maintenance section, and the processing section after predictive maintenance by the base line process unit.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a 3-sigma method is used in each filtering outlier data step.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the step of collecting processing data in time series further comprises a step of collecting a measurement data in time series and classifying the processing data in time series depending on tools or chambers by the data collection unit.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the step of ranking the data points of each section is ranking the data points of each section depending on the increasing absolute value of the difference by the base line process unit.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein a nearest-data method is used for selecting front N % data points of each section based on the absolute range from the first mean value by the base line process unit.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the N value is selected from 85 to 95.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of outputting the processing section before predictive maintenance by the predictive maintenance section, and the processing section after predictive maintenance having the shifted base lines from the base line process unit to the data interface unit.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051028/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050695/0825 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2017
From: INOTERA MEMORIES, INC.
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 041820/0815 →
SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 10, 2017
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 041675/0105 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2011
From: CHEN, PO-TSANG
To: INOTERA MEMORIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 026891/0837 →