Patent ID: 8321048
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: processing a work piece using a processing tool, wherein the processing comprises actively performing at least one of implanting, photolithography stepping, etching, deposition, polishing, rapid thermal processing, or doping; associating, using a control unit, operational data and work piece metrology data with the work piece during the processing of the work piece, wherein the operational data comprises data relating to at least one of a chamber of the processing tool and a chamber zone of the processing tool that processes the work piece, wherein associating the operational data comprises associating data related to an orientation of the work piece inside the processing tool; storing the associated operational data and work piece metrology data in a storage unit; measuring, using a measuring tool, yield data associated with the work piece processed by the processing tool; and correlating the stored operational data and work piece metrology data with the yield data to make one or more determinations, wherein at least one of said one or more determinations is at least one of: