Patent ID: 7558641

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for performing recipe evaluation, the computer-implemented method comprising: integrating a plurality of data sources into a single recipe report card framework, said recipe report card framework including an editor for interacting with said plurality of data sources, said plurality of data sources including plasma processing environment data, said processing environment data including plasma processing tool data; displaying a plurality of graphical displays, each graphical display of said plurality of graphical displays being configured to present a signal parameter of a set of signal parameters for at least a substrate; providing a plurality of criteria for each of said set of signal parameters; providing a plurality of ranges for said each of said set of signal parameters; providing an expert guide, said expert guide being configured to provide guidance in analyzing a recipe; providing a help section that includes a plurality of help segments; and providing a help dialogue box in response to a click performed by a user on a help segment in said help section, said help dialogue box providing one or more reasons for a status of one or more of said plurality of criteria, said one or more reasons being a collection of expert knowledge from at least semiconductor industry standards and semiconductor industry tool manufactures.