Patent ID: 6873999
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: G05B,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A maintenance information management server adapted to be connected to: a manufacturing apparatus database having stored therein an apparatus code for identifying a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus for each kind of semiconductor manufacturing apparatuses, and having stored therein apparatus information related to an apparatus name and an apparatus model name of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus for each of the apparatus codes; a facility installation database having registered therein facility information about a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus installed in each factory/manufacturing line in association with the apparatus code; and to a defect countermeasure database having stored therein defect information showing the content of a defect occurred to an applicable semiconductor manufacturing apparatus in association at least with the apparatus code, and also having stored therein defect countermeasure information showing the content of a countermeasure in association with the defect information, said maintenance information management server comprising: a defect countermeasure information registration function which, when defect information related to an applicable semiconductor manufacturing apparatus installed in an applicable factory/manufacturing line and countermeasure information to cope with the defect, as defect countermeasure information, are given from one of the factories/manufacturing lines, searches the facility installation database to thereby obtain an apparatus code of the applicable semiconductor manufacturing apparatus having the defect and also to register the defect countermeasure information into the defect countermeasure database based on the apparatus code; and a defect countermeasure information distribution function which searches the facility installation database based on the apparatus code of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus having the defect and distributes the defect countermeasure information as maintenance information to all other factories/manufacturing lines having installed therein semiconductor manufacturing apparatuses each with an apparatus code identical with that of the applicable semiconductor manufacturing apparatus having the defect.