Patent ID: 6415192
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: G05B,H01L,Y02P

Abstract:
A process flow preparation system comprising:a condition receiving unit for receiving and storing at least one process condition; a recipe storing unit for storing recipe names and corresponding process conditions; a recipe searching unit for searching and retrieving from the recipe storing unit at least one recipe meeting the at least one process condition; a process sequence receiving unit for receiving and storing a process sequence of the at least one retrieved recipe; and a process flow output unit for outputting a process flow including the at least one retrieved recipe and the process sequence of the at least one retrieved recipe, wherein the recipe searching unit searches for one or more recipes meeting the at least one process condition from the recipe storing unit, determines whether or not the search has retrieved a single result, and prompts an operator to input at least one of a process condition name and a process condition value for specifying results of the search if more than one result is returned.