IP Library Patent Application 14431152
Patent Application
App. No. 14/431,152

INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

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14/431,152
Abstract

An integrated management system including a substrate processing apparatus configured to process a substrate and a management device is provided. The management device includes an accumulation unit configured to accumulate specified information including power consumption information indicating a power consumed in the substrate processing apparatus, gas consumption information indicating a gas consumed in the substrate processing apparatus, or operation information indicating an operation state of the substrate processing apparatus; and a processing display unit configured to acquire predetermined information that meets a predetermined condition from the specified information accumulated in the accumulation unit and calculate at least one among a power consumption consumed in the substrate processing apparatus, an inert gas consumption, and an operation rate of the substrate processing apparatus based on the predetermined information.

Claims (34)

1 . An integrated management system comprising a substrate processing apparatus configured to process a substrate and a management device, the management device including:

an accumulation unit configured to accumulate specified information including power consumption information indicating a power consumed in the substrate processing apparatus, gas consumption information indicating a gas consumed in the substrate processing apparatus, or operation information indicating an operation state of the substrate processing apparatus; and

a processing display unit configured to acquire predetermined information that meets a predetermined condition from the specified information accumulated in the accumulation unit and calculate at least one among a power consumption consumed in the substrate processing apparatus, an inert gas consumption, and an operation rate of the substrate processing apparatus based on the predetermined information.

2 . A management device comprising:

an accumulation unit configured to accumulate specified information including power consumption information indicating a power consumed in a substrate processing apparatus configured to process a substrate, gas consumption information indicating a gas consumed in the substrate processing apparatus, and operation information indicating an operation state of the substrate processing apparatus; and

a processing display unit configured to acquire predetermined information that meets a predetermined condition from the specified information accumulated in the accumulation unit and calculate at least one among a power consumption consumed in the substrate processing apparatus, an inert gas consumption, and an apparatus operation rate of the substrate processing apparatus based on the predetermined information.

3 . A method of displaying information for a management device configured to manage a substrate processing apparatus configured to process a substrate, the management device comprising:

an accumulation unit configured to accumulate specified information including power consumption information indicating a power consumed in the substrate processing apparatus, gas consumption information indicating a gas consumed in the substrate processing apparatus, and operation information indicating an operation state of the substrate processing apparatus; and

a display unit configured to acquire predetermined information that meets a predetermined condition from the specified information accumulated in the accumulation unit, calculate at least one among a power consumption consumed in the substrate processing apparatus, an inert gas consumption, and an apparatus operation rate of the substrate processing apparatus based on the predetermined information, and display a calculation result.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the accumulation unit is configured to accumulate, as the operation information, apparatus-specific information which specifies the substrate processing apparatus in operation, operation time information which specifies an operation start time and an operation stop time of the substrate processing apparatus, and recipe-specific information which specifies a substrate processing recipe executed by the substrate processing apparatus, and

wherein the display unit is configured to calculate the apparatus operation rate of the substrate processing apparatus based on the operation time information and the recipe-specific information, calculate an average value of the apparatus operation rate for a display period of the apparatus operation rate, and displays a calculated average value.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the apparatus operation rate is indicative of a ratio of a recipe execution time in a day.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the display unit is configured to calculate an average apparatus operation rate by averaging the calculated apparatus operation rate for the substrate processing apparatus in operation, which is specified in the apparatus-specific information, and display the calculated average apparatus operation rate.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the recipe-specific information includes at least one among a name of a recipe, an execution start time of the recipe and an execution stop time of the recipe, and a termination state of the recipe includes at least one between a normal termination and an abnormal termination.

8 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the substrate processing apparatus includes a plurality of substrate processing apparatuses, and

wherein the display unit is configured to calculate a total power consumption and a total inert gas consumption by integrating the power consumption and the inert gas consumption calculated for each of the substrate processing apparatuses, calculate an average apparatus operation rate by averaging the apparatus operation rate of each of the substrate processing apparatuses, and display the calculated average apparatus.

9 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the accumulation unit is configured to generate a predetermined data table that stores the specified information, and

wherein the display unit is configured to:

receive an instruction to acquire the predetermined information that meets the predetermined condition;

repetitively search the predetermined data table for the predetermined information; and

calculate, after the predetermined information is acquired by the act of repetitively searching the predetermined data table, at least one among the power consumption consumed in the substrate processing apparatus, the inert gas consumption, and the apparatus operation rate of the substrate processing apparatus, from the predetermined information which is acquired based on the predetermined condition.

10 . (canceled)

11 . The integrated management system of claim 1 , wherein the substrate processing apparatus includes auxiliary equipment, and

wherein the accumulation unit is configured to acquire information indicating the substrate processing apparatus and the auxiliary equipment, and accumulate the acquired information in a computer-readable manner.

12 . The integrated management system of claim 1 , wherein the accumulation unit is configured to:

accumulate, as at least the operation information, apparatus-specific information which specifies the substrate processing apparatus in operation, operation time information which specifies an operation start time and an operation stop time of the substrate processing apparatus, and recipe-specific information which specifies a substrate processing recipe executed by the substrate processing apparatus;

accumulate, as the power consumption information, apparatus power consumption information of the substrate processing apparatus, and power consumption time information which specifies a power consumption start time and a power consumption stop time of the substrate processing apparatus; and

accumulate, as the gas consumption information, inert gas consumption information of a gas supply system and inert gas consumption time information which specifies an inert gas consumption start time and an inert gas consumption stop time.

13 . The integrated management system of claim 1 , wherein the substrate processing apparatus includes a heating unit configured to heat the substrate, an exhaust unit configured to evacuate an interior of a process chamber for processing the substrate in the substrate processing apparatus, and a control unit configured to control the heating unit and the exhaust unit, and

wherein the accumulation unit is configured to accumulate, as the power consumption information, heating power consumption information indicating a power consumption of the heating unit, heating time information which specifies a power consumption start time and a power consumption stop time of the heating unit, exhaust power consumption information indicating a power consumption of the exhaust unit, exhaust time information which specifies a power consumption start time and a power consumption stop time of the exhaust unit, control power consumption information indicating a power consumption of the control unit, and control time information which specifies a power consumption start time and a power consumption stop time of the control unit.

14 . The integrated management system of claim 1 , wherein the accumulation unit is configured to accumulate, as the gas consumption information, process gas consumption information of a gas supply system and process gas consumption time information which specifies a process gas consumption start time and a process gas consumption stop time.

15 . The integrated management system of claim 1 , wherein the processing display unit is configured to calculate: total operation number of times of the substrate processing apparatus for a predetermined period; a total operation time of the substrate processing apparatus for the predetermined period; an operation rate of the substrate processing apparatus for the predetermined period; a total power consumption of the substrate processing apparatus for the predetermined period; a total heating power consumption of a heating unit for the predetermined period; a total exhaust power consumption of an exhaust unit for the predetermined period; a total control power consumption of a control unit for the predetermined period; and a total inert gas consumption of a gas supply system for the predetermined period.

16 . The integrated management system of claim 15 , wherein the processing display unit is configured to generate a graph of at least one among the total operation number of times, the total operation time, the operation rate, the total power consumption, the total heating power consumption, the total exhaust power consumption, the total control power consumption, and the total inert gas consumption, and display the generated graph.

17 . The integrated management system of claim 15 , wherein the processing display unit is configured to generate graphs of at least two among the total operation number of times, the total operation time, the operation rate, the total power consumption, the total heating power consumption, the total exhaust power consumption, the total control power consumption, and the total inert gas consumption, and display the generated graphs to be compared along a time axis on one screen.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047995/0462 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2015
From: NAKANO, MINORU; SAITOH, TSUYOSHI
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 035260/0521 →