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Granted Patent B2
US 12,306,029 · App. 17/692,338 · Granted May 20, 2025

Aggregation method and processing apparatus

Inventors: Takashi Asakawa (Iwate, JP); Satoshi Tanaka (Yamanashi, JP); Ryota Aoi (Hokkaido, JP)
Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
G01F15/068
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Patent No.
US 12,306,029
App. No.
17/692,338
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aggregation method includes: acquiring log information including a measurement value of a force used by a processing apparatus and a measurement date and time, the measurement value being measured by a sensor of the processing apparatus that processes a substrate; storing the measurement value of the force and the measurement date and time included in the acquired log information in a storage unit; and integrating the measurement value of the force associated with the measurement date and time in a specified aggregation period with reference to the storage unit to calculate an integrated value of the force for each processing apparatus.

Claims (27)

1. An aggregation method comprising:

acquiring, by a computer, log information including a measurement value of a force used by each of a plurality of processing apparatuses, a measurement date and time, a number of substrates processed by each of the plurality of processing apparatuses, and a processing date and time, the measurement value being measured by a sensor of each of the plurality of processing apparatuses that processes a substrate;

storing, by the computer, the measurement value of the force, the measurement date and time, the number of processed substrates, and the processing date and time included in the log information acquired in the acquiring, in a memory;

integrating, by the computer, the measurement value of the force associated with the measurement date and time, and the number of processed substrates associated with the processing date and time in a specified aggregation period with reference to the memory, thereby calculating an integrated value of the force for each of the plurality of processing apparatuses and an integrated value of a force per processed substrate based on the integrated value of the force and the integrated value of the number of processed substrates; and

controlling, by the computer, the plurality of processing apparatuses based on the integrated value of the force for each of the plurality of processing apparatuses and the integrated value of the force per processed substrate.

2. The aggregation method according to claim 1 , further comprising: displaying the integrated value of the force for each specified aggregation period as a graph or a table on a display.

3. The aggregation method according to claim 2 , further comprising

displaying the integrated value of the force per processed substrate in association with the specified aggregation period.

4. The aggregation method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

dividing the specified aggregation period into small periods; and

displaying the integrated value of the force used for each of the small periods.

5. The aggregation method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a user operation and determining an aggregation period selected according to the user operation as the specified aggregation period.

6. The aggregation method according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement value of the force includes at least one of a flow rate of each of various gases, a flow rate of a heat exchange medium, and an electric energy amount used by each of the plurality of processing apparatuses, or a combination thereof.

7. The aggregation method according to claim 1 , wherein the memory stores a unit price of each force,

the aggregation method further comprising:

calculating at least one of a cost for the integrated value of the force and a cost for the integrated value of the force per processed substrate, from the unit price of each force with reference to the memory; and

controlling the plurality of processing apparatuses based on at least one of the calculated cost for the integrated value of the force and the calculated cost for the integrated value of the force per processed substrate in association with the specified aggregation period.

8. The aggregation method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring acquires the log information collected from a start of execution of a process recipe to an end of execution.

9. A processing system comprising:

a plurality of processing apparatuses each including a sensor;

a memory; and

a controller coupled to the memory and configured to execute a process including:

acquiring log information including a measurement value of a force used by each of the plurality of processing apparatuses, a measurement date and time, a number of substrates processed by each of the plurality of processing apparatuses, and a processing date and time, the measurement value being measured by the sensor;

storing the measurement value of the force, the measurement date and time, the number of processed substrates, and the processing date and time included in the log information acquired in the acquiring, in the memory;

integrating the measurement value of the force associated with the measurement date and time, and the number of processed substrates associated with the processing date and time in a specified aggregation period with reference to the memory, thereby calculating an integrated value of the force for each of the plurality of processing apparatuses and an integrated value of a force per processed substrate based on the integrated value of the force and the integrated value of the number of processed substrates; and

controlling the plurality of processing apparatuses based on the integrated value of the force for each of the plurality of processing apparatuses and the integrated value of the force per processed substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2022
From: ASAKAWA, TAKASHI; TANAKA, SATOSHI; AOI, RYOTA
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059235/0302 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-040448 · Mar 12, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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