Patent Document ID: 20130144578
Application ID: 13758152
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for processing a process simulation database of a process, comprising process simulation data of a plurality of process simulations of the process, wherein each process simulation of the plurality of process simulations is based on a different variation of a plurality of process parameters, wherein for each process parameter of the plurality of process parameters, for an initial number of different process parameter values, process simulation data of a process simulation are comprised in the process simulation database, comprising: a process parameter classifier that is implemented to calculate a linearity indicator for a varied process parameter of the plurality of process parameters based on an analysis of the process simulation database with respect to a linearity of an influence of a variation of at least the varied process parameter on the process simulation data in the process simulation database; and a process simulation data processor that is implemented to change the initial number of different process parameter values of the varied process parameter, for which process simulation data of a process simulation are comprised in the process simulation database, based on the calculated linearity indicator to acquire a processed process simulation database.