Patent ID: 6721618
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: G05B,G06F,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for automatically generating program sources, each corresponding to a SECS (Semiconductor Equipment Communications Standard) messages for use in semiconductor manufacturing system including at least one fabricating equipments performing semiconductor fabricating processes, and at least one equipment servers for automatically performing coding the program sources, the SECS message being communicated between the fabricating equipments and the equipment servers, comprising the steps of:(a) generating a defined SECS message by defining the SECS message for use in control of the semiconductor fabricating processes; (b) defining data representing features of each of the fabricating equipment; (c) generating a defined sequence name by defining a sequence name identifying each of the semiconductor fabricating processes; (d) combining the SECS messages required for the defined sequence name; (e) defining equipment groups according to the features of the fabricating equipments by combining SECS message with the defined sequence name; and (f) generating the SECS message by automatically performing coding of the program sources for the equipment groups.