Patent ID: 6397119
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
A semiconductor manufacturing system control device used in a semiconductor manufacturing system including a processing device for simultaneously processing a prescribed number of lots for which the processing device is received and the semiconductor manufacturing system control device connected to said processing device for managing manufacturing steps, comprising:a lot processing step managing portion for managing processing steps of the lots and determining whether said lots have arrived at a step of being processed by said processing device; a lot securing portion, connected to said lot processing step managing portion, for selecting, when said lots have arrived at the step of being processed by said processing device, said prescribed number of lots to be processed by said processing device under a same processing condition as said lots, instructing an operator to secure said prescribed number of lots selected, and determining whether said prescribed number of lots are secured; and a lot reservation portion connected to said lot securing portion and said processing device for reserving said processing device for processing of said prescribed number of lots secured when said prescribed number of lots are secured.