Patent ID: 8639381

Claim:
An arrangement for creating a set of wafer transfer instructions configured to transfer a wafer between an origination wafer-holding location and a destination wafer-holding location in a plasma cluster tool, said plasma cluster tool having a plurality of wafer-holding locations, comprising: means for receiving a first user-provided location indicator and a second user-provided location indicator, said first user-provided location indicator graphically identifying said origination wafer-holding location on an on-screen graphical representation of said plasma cluster tool, said second user-provided location indicator graphically identifying said destination wafer-holding location on said on-screen graphical representation of said plasma cluster tool; means for ascertaining data pertaining to a set of paths between said first user-provided location indicator and said second user-provided location indicator; and means for forming said set of wafer transfer instructions responsive to said data pertaining to said set of paths, said set of wafer transfer instructions being configured to transfer said wafer along a set of wafer-holding locations associated with one of said set of paths.