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US 12,222,707 · App. 17/491,502 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Production schedule estimation method and system of semiconductor process

Inventors: Chih-Neng Liu (Hsinchu, TW); Chih-Chuen Huang (Hsinchu, TW); Chia-Jen Fu (Hsinchu, TW); Chih-Hsiang Chang (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
G05B19/41865G06N20/00G05B2219/32252
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Patent No.
US 12,222,707
App. No.
17/491,502
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A production schedule estimation method and a production schedule estimation system are provided. The production schedule estimation method includes the following steps. Current-day work-in-process data, machine group cycle time data of a machine group, and productivity data of the machine group are obtained. The current-day work-in-process data, the cycle time data of the machine group, and the productivity data of the machine group are inputted into a prediction model. Current-day cycle time data and a current-day move volume for each of multiple stations in the machine group are calculated through the prediction model. And, current-day move data is calculated according to the current-day cycle time data and the current-day move volume for each of the multiple stations in the machine group.

Claims (36)

1. A production schedule estimation method of a semiconductor process, comprising:

recursively executing:

obtaining a current-day work-in-process data, a cycle time data of a machine group, and a productivity data of the machine group;

inputting the current-day work-in-process data, the cycle time data of the machine group, and the productivity data of the machine group into a prediction model;

calculating a current-day cycle time data and a current-day move volume for each of a plurality of stations in the machine group through the prediction model;

calculating a current-day move data according to the current-day cycle time data and the current-day move volume for the each of the plurality of stations in the machine group, wherein the current-day move data comprises a type of a work-in-process and a current-day move volume after the work-in-process has been processed by the plurality of stations in the machine group on the current day;

calculating a next-day work-in-process data according to the current-day cycle time data and the current-day move volume for the each of the plurality of stations in the machine group, and executing the prediction model, so as to obtain a product production time and a quantity of a product produced;

summing a plurality of move volumes corresponding to each of the plurality of stations in a plurality of machine groups on different days generated according to above recursive execution to generate the quantity of the product produced and the product production time;

estimating a production schedule according to the product production time and the quantity of the product produced; and

controlling the machine group based on the estimated production schedule,

wherein the step of obtaining the cycle time data of the machine group and the productivity data of the machine group comprises:

obtaining a work-in-process historical data and a machine historical data;

performing a feature extraction on the work-in-process historical data and the machine historical data, so as to obtain a plurality of feature data; and

inputting the plurality of feature data into a machine learning module, to enable the machine learning module to perform a prediction to output the cycle time data of the machine group and the productivity data of the machine group.

2. The production schedule estimation method according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of cycle time data corresponding to different days generated during recursive execution of the production schedule estimation method are a plurality of dynamic cycle times of a machine.

3. The production schedule estimation method according to claim 1 , wherein the cycle time data of the machine group comprises a plurality of cycle times of the machine group corresponding to a plurality of stations of a same machine type for different quantities of work-in-process and different types of the work-in-process.

4. The production schedule estimation method according to claim 1 , wherein the productivity data of the machine group comprises at least one of a plurality of move volume data, a plurality of up-time data, a plurality of mean time between failures data, and a plurality of mean time to recovery data corresponding to a plurality of stations of a same machine type for different quantities of work-in-process and different types of the work-in-process inputted.

5. The production schedule estimation method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of feature data comprises a daily move data, an up-time data, a down-time data, a mean time between failures data, and a mean time to recovery data of different stations.

6. The production schedule estimation method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of feature data comprises stagnation time data of different quantities of a work-in-process and different types of the work-in-process respectively of different stations.

7. A production schedule estimation system of a semiconductor process, comprising:

a storage device, configured to store a prediction model; and

a processing device, coupled to the storage device and configured to recursively execute;

obtaining a current-day work-in-process data, a cycle time data of a machine group, and a productivity data of the machine group, inputting the current-day work-in-process data, the cycle time data of the machine group, and the productivity data of the machine group into the prediction model, and calculating a current-day cycle time data and a current-day move volume for each of a plurality of stations in the machine group through the prediction model,

wherein the current-day move data comprises a type of a work-in-process and a current-day move volume after the work-in-process has been processed by the plurality of stations in the machine group on the current day;

calculating a current-day move data according to the current-day cycle time data and the current-day move volume for the each of the plurality of stations in the machine group;

calculating a next-day work-in-process data according to the current-day cycle time data and the current-day move volume for the each of the plurality of stations in the machine group, and executing the prediction model, so as to obtain a product production time and a quantity of a product produced;

summing a plurality of move volumes corresponding to each of the plurality of stations in a plurality of machine groups on different days generated according to above recursive execution to generate the quantity of the product produced and the product production time;

estimating a production schedule according to the product production time and the quantity of the product produced and controlling the machine group based on the estimated production schedule;

obtaining a work-in-process historical data and a machine historical data;

performing a feature extraction on the work-in-process historical data and the machine historical data, so as to obtain a plurality of feature data; and

inputting the plurality of feature data into a machine learning module, to enable the machine learning module to perform a prediction to output the cycle time data of the machine group and the productivity data of the machine group.

8. The production schedule estimation system according to claim 7 , wherein a plurality of cycle time data corresponding to different days generated during recursive execution of the production schedule estimation method are a plurality of dynamic cycle times of a machine.

9. The production schedule estimation system according to claim 7 , wherein the cycle time data of the machine group comprises a plurality of cycle times of the machine group corresponding to a plurality of stations of a same machine type for different quantities of work-in-process and different types of the work-in-process.

10. The production schedule estimation system according to claim 7 , wherein the productivity data of the machine group comprises at least one of a plurality of move volume data, a plurality of up-time data, a plurality of mean time between failures data, and a plurality of mean time to recovery data corresponding to a plurality of stations of a same machine type for different quantities of work-in-process and different types of the work-in-process inputted.

11. The production schedule estimation system according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of feature data comprises a daily move data, an up-time data, a down-time data, a mean time between failures data, and a mean time to recovery data of different stations.

12. The production schedule estimation system according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of feature data comprises stagnation time data of different quantities of a work-in-process and different types of the work-in-process respectively of different stations.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2021
From: LIU, CHIH-NENG; HUANG, CHIH-CHUEN; FU, CHIA-JEN; CHANG, CHIH-HSIANG
To: POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 110131566 · Aug 26, 2021 · national
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