IP Library Granted Patent US 8,359,117
Granted Patent B2
US 8,359,117 · App. 12/647,929 · Granted Jan 22, 2013

Substrate processing system

Inventors: Norihiko Kataoka (Toyama, JP); Shinichiro Mori (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,359,117
App. No.
12/647,929
Granted
Jan 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a substrate processing system configured to provide proper data. The substrate processing system comprises a substrate processing apparatus comprising a plurality of components, a controller configured to control the substrate processing apparatus by setting a sequence prescribing time and components, and a collection unit configured to collect data from the components. The collection unit is configured to match data collected from the components via the controller with data collected directly from the components.

Claims (17)

1. A substrate processing system comprising a collection unit configured to collect data generated from a plurality of components indirectly through controllers, the collection unit comprising:

a buffer configured to store a collected data for a predetermined time so as to absorb a delay occurring when collecting data indirectly through the controllers; and

a part configured to arrange the collected data stored in the buffer according to a collected time,

wherein the collected data is stored in the buffer when the collected time of the collected data is within a predetermined range from a newest collected time and the collected data is stored in a new buffer when the collected time of the collected data is out of the predetermined range.

2. A substrate processing system comprising a collection unit configured to collect data generated from a plurality of components indirectly through controllers, the collection unit comprising:

a first part configured to report a collected data;

a buffer configured to store a collected data for a predetermined time so as to absorb a delay occurring when collecting data indirectly through the controllers; and

a second part configured to arrange the collected data stored in the buffer according to a collected time,

wherein the collected data is stored in the buffer when the collected time of the collected data is within a predetermined range from a newest collected time and the collected data is stored in a new buffer when the collected time of the collected data is out of the predetermined range.

3. The substrate processing system of claim 2 , wherein the collection unit is further configured to collect and match a first data and a second data, the first data being indirectly collected from the plurality of components via the controller and the second data being collected directly from the plurality of components, and

wherein the collection unit is further configured to temporarily accumulate the first data and the second data and to arrange the first data and the second according to time data included in each of the first data and the second data.

4. The substrate processing system of claim 2 , wherein the collection unit is further configured to collect and match a first data and a second data, the first data being indirectly collected from the plurality of components via the controller and the second data being collected directly from the plurality of components, and

wherein the collection unit further comprises:

a third part configured to match the first data and the second data;

wherein the buffer is further configured to temporarily store the first data and the second data matched by the first part; and

a fourth part configured to arrange the first data and the second data stored in the buffer according to time data included in each of the first data and the second data.

5. The substrate processing system of claim 4 , wherein the collection unit stores in the buffer an empty data containing only the time data when the plurality of components do not generate any data for a predetermined time.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 26, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047620/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2010
From: KATAOKA, NORIHIKO; MORI, SHINICHIRO
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 024260/0293 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2009-001090 · Jan 6, 2009 · national
JP 2009-292804 · Dec 24, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100199001A1 · Aug 5, 2010