Method and apparatus for equipment diagnostics and recovery with self-learning
First Claim
1. A method for diagnosing an abnormality comprising:
- receiving data from a trigger event;
evaluating satisfaction of diagnostic rules using received data;
determining a root cause if at least one diagnostic rule is satisfied; and
displaying the root cause if at least one diagnostic rule is satisfied, else displaying the received data.
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Abstract
System and method for semiconductor fabrication equipment diagnostics and recovery with self-learning. A preferred embodiment comprises an abnormal inference engine (for example, abnormal inference engine 205) coupled to a data source (for example, data source 210) that includes sensors and measuring equipment. The abnormal inference engine receives data associated with a trigger event and evaluates the data to satisfy one or more diagnostic rules. The satisfied diagnostic rules are associated with root causes, which in turn, are diagnosed to provide a remedy. The remedy along with pertinent data is displayed on a display (for example, display terminal 215). Feedback (provided by an engineer via a data terminal (for example, abnormal handle graphical user interface 220)) related to the remedy is used to help make adjustments to the abnormal inference engine and to assist in the diagnosis of future trigger events, providing a measure of self-learning.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for diagnosing an abnormality comprising:
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receiving data from a trigger event;
evaluating satisfaction of diagnostic rules using received data;
determining a root cause if at least one diagnostic rule is satisfied; and
displaying the root cause if at least one diagnostic rule is satisfied, else displaying the received data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for self-learning diagnostics comprising:
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receiving data from a trigger event;
evaluating satisfaction of diagnostic rules using received data;
if at least one diagnostic rule is satisfied, then determining a root cause;
diagnosing a remedy for the root cause;
displaying the remedy;
receiving feedback information about the remedy; and
modifying the satisfied diagnostic rule with the feedback information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An equipment diagnosis system comprising:
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a data source to provide information from sensors and measuring equipment;
an inference engine coupled to the data source, the inference engine containing circuitry to evaluate the information provided by the data source and to diagnose a root cause from the information;
a display coupled to the inference engine, the display to interface the inference engine with a user; and
a database coupled to the inference engine, the database to store information provided by the data source and the diagnosis generated by the inference engine. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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