System and method for improved automated semiconductor wafer manufacturing

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PATENT NO 8463419
APP PUB NO 20100185311A1
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12617380

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System and method for automated semiconductor manufacturing is provided. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a system for automated semiconductor wafer manufacturing includes a smart overlay control (SOC) database having empirical alignment data related to overlay alignment, and a simulation module communicatively coupled to the SOC database, the simulation module determining a simulated overlay alignment of a wafer on the plurality of photolithography tools in a tool bank based on the empirical alignment data stored in the SOC database. The system also includes a dispatch module communicatively coupled to the SOC database and the simulation module, the dispatch module controlling the dispatch of a wafer to one of a plurality of photolithography tools in a tool bank based at least in part on the simulated overlay alignment.

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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTDHSINCHU

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Chen, Jian-Hung Shulin, TW 9 49
Chiu, Che-Yu Hsin-Chu, TW 2 9
Hsieh, Wen-Yao Sanchong, TW 5 21
Peng, Anwei Hsin-Chu, TW 2 9
Wu, Hsueh-Chen Hsin-Chu, TW 2 2

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