Patent ID: 11899429
Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. An operation method of controlling a controlling apparatus, the controlling apparatus comprising a first cluster tool controller (CTC) configured to control each processing module of a plurality of processing modules in a substrate processing apparatus and a second CTC having the same configuration of a software and a hardware as configuration of a software and a hardware of the first CTC, the operation method comprising:
generating, by the first CTC, commands and data for each processing module of the plurality of processing modules in the substrate processing apparatus;
controlling, by the first CTC, each processing module of the plurality of processing modules in the substrate processing apparatus based on the commands and data;
generating, by the second CTC, the commands and data synchronized with the first CTC; and
controlling, by the second CTC in place of the first CTC in response to when the first CTC stops, each processing module of the plurality of processing modules in the substrate processing apparatus based on the commands and data generated by the second CTC.