Patent ID: 11929273
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer-implemented control system, cause the computer-implemented control system to:
retrieve, with a first robot, a jig from a jig carrier storing an inventory of available jigs, wherein the jig comprises a first jig portion and a second jig portion;
deliver the jig to an assembler;
introduce, with an entry load port, a boat supporting a die to the assembler;
arrange, with the assembler, the boat between the first jig portion and the second jig portion to form an assembly, wherein the assembler comprises:
a separator configured to separate the jig into the first jig portion and the second jig portion, and
a loader configured to position the boat adjacent to the first jig portion, wherein the separator is configured to position the second jig portion adjacent to the boat to form the assembly comprising the boat arranged between the first jig portion and the second jig portion;

transport the assembly with a first conveyor to a second robot;
manipulate, with the second robot, a locking system of the assembly to form a locked assembly by urging the first jig portion toward the second jig portion and exerting a compressive force on the boat;
deliver, with the first robot, the locked assembly to a processing chamber in which the locked assembly is to be subjected to a fabrication operation;
with the first robot, return the locked assembly to the second robot after completion of the fabrication operation;
release the locking system with the second robot to form an unlocked assembly;
transport the unlocked assembly to the assembler;
separate the boat from the unlocked assembly with the assembler; and
deliver, with a second conveyor, the boat to an exit port.