Patent ID: 7742834

Claim:
A semiconductor fabrication apparatus management system, comprising: a sensor which monitors and outputs a plurality of apparatus parameters of a semiconductor fabrication apparatus which fabricates a semiconductor device; a measurement unit which measures a dimensional value of said semiconductor device, and outputs the dimensional value as dimensional data; an apparatus parameter storage unit which stores the apparatus parameters; a dimensional data storage unit which stores the dimensional data; an apparatus parameter controller which calculates predicted dimensional data by extracting the dimensional data from said dimensional data storage unit, and controls at least one of the plurality of apparatus parameters on the basis of the predicted dimensional data; and an abnormality factor extraction unit which analyzes correlations between the controlled apparatus parameter and other apparatus parameters, and extracts an abnormal apparatus parameter on the basis of a calculated correlation coefficient, wherein said apparatus parameter controller extracts the dimensional data and dimensional data of semiconductor devices fabricated in the past from said dimensional data storage unit, obtains an approximate expression indicating a time-series change of the extracted dimensional data by using a method of least squares, calculates a predicted value of dimensional data of a semiconductor device to be fabricated next on the basis of the approximate expression, and controls at least one of the plurality of apparatus parameters on the basis of the predicted value, said abnormality factor extraction unit checks on the basis of a value of the controlled apparatus parameter whether to analyze correlations between the controlled apparatus parameter and other apparatus parameters, calculates a correlation coefficient if the correlation analysis is to be performed, extracts an abnormal apparatus parameter on the basis of the calculated correlation coefficient, checks whether the abnormal apparatus parameter is controllable, outputs correction information of the abnormal apparatus parameter to said semiconductor fabrication apparatus if the abnormal apparatus parameter is controllable, and outputs abnormality factor information if the abnormal apparatus parameter is uncontrollable, and the semiconductor fabrication apparatus management system further comprises a display unit which displays an abnormality factor of said semiconductor fabrication apparatus on the basis of the abnormality factor information.