Content of the invention
In order to overcome problem above, the present invention is intended to provide a kind of method of quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment abnormal restoring, this
For realizing the function of the abnormal restoring of quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment, how to save from damage and datatron including under board abnormality
How material (wafer and wafer carrier) in platform, recover the automatic operating of board as soon as possible, to ensure the safety of material,
And recover the automatic operating of board.
For achieving the above object, technical scheme is as follows:
A kind of method of quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment abnormal restoring, described quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment includes outside loading stage
Module, stocker module, stored equipment fingerprint block, wafer manipulator, internal loading stage module and/or technical module,
It also includes information storage module and control module;Methods described comprises the steps:
Step s1: according to described quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment each module attribute level frame of record in information storage module
Structure, initial configuration comprises all carrier information of described quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment module subordinate, and each carrier
The log file of interior all wafer informations;
Step s2: in technical process, each module of all described quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment of fresh information memory module
Attribute information, association simultaneously transmits and records all wafer carrier of each module subordinate, and its in each wafer carrier
The log file of all wafer informations;
Step s3: if abnormal phenomena in described quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment, described control module confirms described record
The status information of all wafers and described quasiconductor vertical heater in all wafer carrier of file determination, each wafer carrier
The status information of each module of equipment, and start the handling process of abnormal restoring mechanism according to abnormal restoring rule;Wherein, described place
Reason flow process executes the principle of wafer normal unloaded operation again according to first carrying out wafer carrier reclaimer operation, will be scattered and be distributed in institute
State the wafer in wafer manipulator, internal loading stage module and technical module and wafer carrier is recovered to described surge bunker
In storage module.
Preferably, step s3 in the method for described quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment abnormal restoring specifically includes:
Step s31: described control module confirms all wafer carrier of described log file determination, each wafer carrier
The status information of interior all wafers;
Step s32: described control module confirms the status information of each module of described quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment;If described
Some or multiple module in wafer manipulator, internal loading stage module and technical module are problematic;Execution step
s33;No person, execution step s34;
Step s33: according in problematic described wafer manipulator, internal loading stage module and/or technical module
The preferential using priciple of redundant component, is equipped with the part that described abnormal restoring mechanism handling process is used;
Step s34: the wafer carrier on described stored equipment fingerprint block is all sent back to described stocker module
In;
Step s35: by described internal loading stage module recovery to original state;
Step s36: the wafer carrier in described internal loading stage module is all sent back to described stocker module
In;
Step s37: according to the described abnormal restoring rule being determined according to quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment process characteristic, will be described
The cooperation by described wafer carrier and described internal loading stage module of wafer manipulator and all wafers of technical module
Send back in described stocker module;
Step s38: terminate.
Preferably, the wafer carrier information attribute of each described module recording on that module includes wafer carrying
Device name of the information, carrier in the activation situation of residing module, capacity, species, load slot status and/or access times.
Preferably, in this wafer carrier of record in described wafer carrier, each wafer information includes wafer title
Or address, capacity, species, the loading groove location in carrier and/or access times.
Preferably, described log file utilizes the status information of xml document storage device;Using .net Object-oriented Technique
Create the class of wafer carrier and the class of wafer, for the information of actual wafer carrier in recording equipment and wafer, pass through
The status information that the attribute definition wafer carrier of class and wafer comprise.
Preferably, described handling process executes wafer normal unloaded operation again according to first carrying out wafer carrier reclaimer operation
Principle particularly as follows: first processing the wafer carrier on stored equipment fingerprint block, the wafer in the internal loading stage module of reprocessing
Carrier, all wafer carrier execute the unloading operation of wafer again after returning to stocker module.
Preferably, described handling process executes wafer normal unloaded operation again according to first carrying out wafer carrier reclaimer operation
Principle in, described wafer normal unloaded operation be first process wafer manipulator on wafer, in re-treating process module
Wafer in cassette.
Preferably, the rule of described abnormal restoring is followed from where which goes back and forth, and that is, described wafer returns to source wafer carrier
Home position, described wafer carrier return to abnormal restoring mechanism handling process start before stocker module in position
Put.
Preferably, the rule of described abnormal restoring is supported to record in information storage module during following described abnormal restoring
The initial configuration information of described wafer unloading.
Preferably, described information memory module and control unit are made up of host computer+slave computer framework;Wherein, slave computer
For Programmable Logic Controller.
From technique scheme as can be seen that the present invention is designed with four most of compositions, it is to use extensible markup respectively
The record wafer of language (extensible markup language, abbreviation xml) file sub-module and wafer carrier information
Instantiation information, the peace run of the handling process of abnormal restoring mechanism, the executing rule of abnormal restoring mechanism and abnormal restoring
Full guard.Therefore, the present invention can be with the material (wafer and wafer carrier) in maximum protection equipment it is ensured that any different
Reason condition can realize abnormal restoring.
Specific embodiment
Embody feature of present invention to describe in detail in the explanation of back segment with the embodiment of advantage.It should be understood that the present invention
Can have various changes in different examples, it neither departs from the scope of the present invention, and therein illustrate and be shown in
Substantially regard purposes of discussion, and be not used to limit the present invention.
1-6 below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, is described in further detail to the specific embodiment of the present invention.
It should be noted that after the semiconductor equipment software restarting of the present invention recovering state method, be suitably applied half
Conductor device includes the system of information storage module and control unit.In said system, information storage module and control unit are permissible
Combined realization by hardware, software or software and hardware, in the present embodiment, said units are made up of host computer+slave computer framework;Its
In, slave computer is Programmable Logic Controller (programmable logic device, abbreviation pld).
Refer to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment structural representation in the embodiment of the present invention.As illustrated, partly leading
Body vertical furnace equipment includes outside loading stage module loadporta, stocker module stocker, stored equipment fingerprint block
Str, wafer manipulator loadlock, internal loading stage module wtr and technical module pm.
Refer to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is that the method flow of quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment abnormal restoring in the embodiment of the present invention is illustrated
Figure.As illustrated, technical scheme in embodiments of the present invention can be summarized as follows: i.e. the method specifically includes following steps:
Step s1: according in information storage module record quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment each module attribute level framework, just
Beginningization configuration comprises all wafer carrier (foup) information of quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment module subordinate, and each wafer holds
Carry the log file of all wafer informations in device;In an embodiment of the present invention, wafer carrier is wafer cassette;
Step s2: in technical process, the genus of each module of all quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment of fresh information memory module
Property information, association simultaneously transmits and records all wafer carrier of each module subordinate, and its all in each wafer carrier
The log file of wafer information;
Step s3: if abnormal phenomena in quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment, control module confirms the institute that log file determines
There are the status information of all wafers in wafer carrier, each wafer carrier and each module of described quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment
Status information, and start the handling process of abnormal restoring mechanism according to abnormal restoring rule;Wherein, described handling process is according to elder generation
Execution wafer carrier reclaimer operation executes the principle of wafer normal unloaded operation again, will be scattered and be distributed in described wafer mechanical hand
Wafer in module, internal loading stage module and technical module and wafer carrier are recovered in described stocker module.
In the following embodiment of the present invention, can be using extensible markup language (extensible markup
Language, abbreviation xml) the record wafer of file sub-module and the instantiation information of wafer carrier information, abnormal restoring machine
The safeguard protection that the handling process of system, the executing rule of abnormal restoring mechanism and abnormal restoring run.
Refer to Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is the structural representation of event carrier class and wafer class in the embodiment of the present invention.At this
In embodiment, create wafer carrier (carrier) class and wafer (wafer) class using .net Object-oriented Technique, for remembering
The information of actual carrier and wafer in recording apparatus, is believed by the state that attribute definition carrier and wafer of class comprises
Breath.
For carrier class, including for recording the title of carrier or the substrat id of address, being used for recording
The materialtype of carrier type, for recording the usagecount of carrier access times, be used for recording carrier
Capacity can load quantity capacity of wafer, be used for recording the state of each loading chute (slot) carrier Nei
Slotmap etc..
Wafer class had to the sourcecarrier of the carrier information for recording wafer place, be used for recording
The materialtype of wafer type, for recording the usagecount of wafer access times, being used for recording wafer and exist
Slot position currentslot of carrier etc..
Refer to Fig. 4, Fig. 4 is xml configuration file structure chart in the embodiment of the present invention.It is known that xml be independently of soft
The information transfer instrument of part and hardware, extensible markup language makes it have structural labelling language for labelling e-file
Speech.It can be used to flag data, defines data type, is a kind of source allowing user that the markup language of oneself is defined
Language;Therefore, it is highly suitable for describing and to exchange the structural data independent of application program or supplier.
In the present embodiment it is simply that utilizing the status information of xml document storage device.As shown in figure 4, this xml configuration literary composition
Part has special hierarchy and node name, because xml is a kind of unit Markup Language, that is, defines special for defining other
Determine relevant semantic, the structurized markup language in field, document is divided into many parts and to these parts by these markup languages
Label.
In the present embodiment, the special hierarchy of xml configuration file and node name, you can with by xml document according to
The actual process module of semiconductor equipment is divided into five parts.Therefore, the information of carrier and wafer can be divided into record half
Conductor vertical furnace equipment includes outside loading stage module loadporta, stocker module stocker, stored equipment fingerprint block
Information on str, wafer manipulator loadlock, internal loading stage module wtr and technical module pm module process boat.
That is, record has carrier information on that module on the attribute of each module above-mentioned, including record
The substrate id of the title of carrier or address, carrierpresence, use for recording carrier use state
In the carriertype of record carrier type, for recording the usagecount of carrier access times, being used for recording
The capacity of carrier can load quantity capacity of wafer, be used for recording each slot (loading chute) in carrier
State slotmap etc..
Wafer information on each slot in carrier be have recorded on the child node of carrier, including for recording
The sourcecarrier of carrier information that wafer is located, for recording the materialtype of wafer type, be used for remembering
Usagecount of record wafer access times etc..
Refer to Fig. 5, Fig. 5 is quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment workflow schematic diagram in the embodiment of the present invention.As illustrated,
Stored equipment fingerprint block removes out wafer carrier from buffering storage module, and by internally placed for wafer carrier loading stage
On, wafer carrier is opened, wafer reprinting/unloading operation that wafer manipulator is carried out, and stored equipment fingerprint block returns simultaneously
Go out wafer carrier to original position from buffering storage module;After wafer carrier taking-up, wafer carrier closes all wafers
Close, wafer carrier is sent back in stocker module stored equipment fingerprint block.
The flow process run according to the work (job) of above-mentioned vertical furnace equipment, quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment abnormality may
There is each stage run in job, can be divided into following several situation:
Specifically, if quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment abnormality occurs in that in this embodiment, step s3 specifically can be wrapped
Include:
Step s31: control module confirms all crystalline substances in all wafer carrier of log file determination, each wafer carrier
The status information of circle;
Step s32: control module confirms the status information of each module of quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment;If wafer machinery fingerprint
Some or multiple module in block, internal loading stage module and technical module are problematic;Execution step s33;No person, executes step
Rapid s34;
Step s33: according in problematic described wafer manipulator, internal loading stage module and/or technical module
The preferential using priciple of redundant component, is equipped with the part that described Restoration Mechanism handling process is used;
Step s34: the wafer carrier on stored equipment fingerprint block is all sent back in stocker module;
Step s35: by internal loading stage module recovery to original state;
Step s36: the wafer carrier in internal loading stage module is all sent back in stocker module;
Step s37: according to the abnormal restoring rule being determined according to quasiconductor vertical furnace equipment process characteristic, by wafer machinery
Fingerprint block and all wafers of technical module send back to stocker mould by the cooperation of wafer carrier and internal loading stage module
In block;
Step s38: terminate.
It should be understood that
In an embodiment of the present invention, the handling process in above-mentioned steps s33 can be returned according to first carrying out wafer carrier
Bring drill to an end execute again wafer normal unloaded operation principle particularly as follows:
1., first process the wafer carrier on stored equipment fingerprint block, the wafer in the internal loading stage module of reprocessing holds
Carry device, all wafer carrier execute the unloading operation of wafer again after returning to stocker module.
2., according in the principle first carrying out wafer carrier reclaimer operation and executing again wafer normal unloaded operation, described crystalline substance
Circle normal unloaded operation is the wafer first processing in wafer manipulator, the wafer in cassette in re-treating process module.
3., first process the wafer in wafer manipulator, on (boat) in re-treating process module pm cassette
wafer.
In addition, in step s37 abnormal restoring rule, can according to the requirement of the feature of vertical furnace technology and client,
Vertical furnace equipment abnormal restoring follow rule performed below:
1., the rule of abnormal restoring is followed from where which goes back and forth, and that is, wafer returns to the home position of source wafer carrier, brilliant
Circle carrier return to abnormal restoring mechanism handling process start before stocker module in position.
2., the rule of abnormal restoring is supported to record described wafer in information storage module during following described abnormal restoring
The initial configuration information of unloading.
During abnormal restoring, the order of the configuration of support module and unloading (unload) can configure, different under default situations
Configuration consistency during normal configuration and job.
In sum, the abnormal restoring mechanism that the semiconductor equipment of the present invention runs goes to process material and restorer, energy
With the wafer in maximum protection equipment and wafer carrier it is ensured that any abnormal conditions can realize abnormal restoring, that is,
Recover the automatic operating of board.
Above-described only embodiments of the invention, described embodiment is simultaneously not used to limit the patent protection model of the present invention
Enclose, the equivalent structure change that the description of therefore every utilization present invention and accompanying drawing content are made, should be included in this in the same manner
In bright protection domain.