Patent ID: 9385016
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H01L

Claim Text:
1. A semiconductor processing system comprising: plural processing modules configured to process a plurality of processing targets; at least two carrying modules including carrying robots configured to deliver and receive the processing targets to/from the processing modules; and an operation control unit configured to control operation of the processing modules and the carrying modules, wherein each of the carrying modules is coupled to at least one of the plural processing modules, and the carrying modules are coupled to each other, and the operation control unit is configured to generate a plurality of candidates of carrying routes for the plurality of processing targets using a device structure information of the semiconductor processing system, each of the plurality of candidates of carrying routes specifying whether one or both of the carrying modules will be used for one of the processing targets and which of the processing modules will be used for said one of the processing targets and including different routes constituted by different choices of the carrying module or carrying modules selected from the at least two carrying modules, and then determine specific carrying routes by calculating throughput of the each of the plurality of candidates of carrying routes for the plurality of processing targets based on the operation time of the carrying modules, processing time at the processing modules and operation time and processing time required for another one of the processing targets which will be processed.