Patent ID: 8082054
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: C23C,G05B,H01L

Abstract:
1. A substrate processing apparatus that performs a process on a substrate according to a process recipe, the substrate processing apparatus including communication means, wherein the substrate processing apparatus is configured to be connectable with a data processing unit that has central processing and memory capabilities for executing calculations for optimizing the process recipe, and that includes a communication means for communicating with the communication means of the substrate processing apparatus, and a host computer that has central processing and memory capabilities and a communication means for communicating with the communication means of the substrate processing apparatus through a network, and in response to a command for conducting a process-recipe optimizing process from the communication means of the host computer, the substrate processing apparatus sends required data to the communication means of the data processing unit, to make the data processing unit execute a process-recipe optimizing calculation to calculate an optimum process recipe, and update the process recipe based on the calculated optimum process recipe.