Patent ID: 7333867
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: G05B,H01L,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A substrate processing system comprising a substrate processing apparatus capable of making communication through a network, comprising: an additional information accumulator accumulating additional information, relevant to said substrate processing apparatus, additionally distributed by a vendor of said substrate processing apparatus, said additional information includes countermeasure information against a failure of said substrate processing apparatus; a warning element generating a warning signal when said substrate processing apparatus causes said failure; a table storage element storing a table associating said warning signal with said countermeasure information against said failure resulting in said warning signal; an additional information acquisition element acquiring said accumulated additional information through said network, wherein said additional information acquisition element selectively acquires updated countermeasure information against said failure resulting in generated said warning signal from said accumulated information in said additional information accumulator; and an additional information storage element storing said additional information acquired by said additional information acquisition element, and a date on which said additional information is acquired.