Patent ID: 6514345
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: G05B,H01L,Y02P

Abstract:
A processing apparatus comprising:a processing system including at least one process chamber which performs a process; a transport system carrying an object to be processed in or out of said process chamber of said processing system; and an equipment control system electrically connected to a machine control unit of said processing system and said transport system and having a memory apparatus for storing an apparatus control program and apparatus operating parameters, the equipment control system providing the apparatus control program and the apparatus operating condition parameters to said machine control unit, wherein: said machine control unit controlling said processing system and said transport system based on said apparatus control program provided by said equipment control system and said apparatus operating condition parameters developed on a memory, said equipment control system stores said apparatus operating condition parameters in said memory apparatus for each level provided with a priority level from a standard level peculiar to said processing apparatus to a specific level peculiar to a user of said processing apparatus, and said equipment control system develops said apparatus operating condition parameters, which are stored in said memory apparatus of said equipment control system, on said memory of said machine control unit in response to a priority level of a set of said parameters.