Patent Document ID: 20060212156
Application ID: 11439265
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A semiconductor processing apparatus for processing a semiconductor wafer, comprising: a plurality of sensors each for monitoring a processing state of said semiconductor processing apparatus; a processing result input unit which inputs measured values for processing results of a semiconductor wafer processed by said semiconductor processing apparatus; a model equation generation unit relying on sensed data acquired by said sensors and said measured values to generate a model equation for predicting a processing result using said sensed data as an explanatory variable; a processing result prediction unit which predicts a processing result based on said model equation and said sensed data; and a process recipe control unit which compares said predicted processing result with a previously set value to control a processing condition of said semiconductor processing apparatus such that a deviation between said predicted processing result and said previously set value is corrected; wherein a system, which comprises said model equation generation unit to thereby generate the prediction model equation, is provided at a remote location, and said system transmits said generated prediction model equation to said semiconductor processing apparatus through a network to control the processing condition of said semiconductor processing apparatus by said process recipe control unit.