Inventors:
Padmavathi Chukka - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Ying Du - Sterling VA, US
Barry Herbold - Beacon NY, US
Benjamin Herta - Poughquag NY, US
Frank Liang - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Robert MacHugh - Newburgh NY, US
Sorabh Murgai - Wappingers Falls NY, US
Thomas O'Leary - Hyde Park NY, US
Chinmay Oza - Danbury CT, US
Rakesh Parimi - Beacon NY, US
Martin Soyka - Wappingers Falls NY, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 19/00
Abstract:
A software module for use within an integrated circuit fabrication facility sends commands to a tool according to a method that operates with any tool that satisfies SEMI standards to add or subtract steps in a process without reprogramming or recompiling. The program operates autonomously to change parameters of commands that it sends to the tool to improve performance of the fab.