Process control system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6542830
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09142546

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A process management system in accordance with the present invention includes inspection apparatuses for inspecting defects on a wafer, the inspection apparatuses being connected through a communication network, inspection information and image information obtained from these inspection apparatuses being collected to construct a data base and an image file, therein definition of defects is given by combinations of elements which characterize the defect based on the inspection information and the image information obtained from the inspection apparatuses. By giving definition of the defect, characteristics of the defect can be subdivided and known. Therefore, the cause of a defect can be studied.

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HITACHI LTD6-6 MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 1008280 ?1008280
HITACHI INSTRUMENTS ENGINEERING CO LTD832-2 NAGAKUBO HORIGUCHI KATSUTA-SHI IBARAKI 312 JAPAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ariga, Makoto Yokohama, JP 4 146
Asakawa, Terushige Hamura, JP 5 113
Hamada, Toshimitsu Yokohama, JP 24 526
Ikota, Masami Higashiyamato, JP 14 115
Ishikawa, Seiji Kawasaki, JP 87 1189
Isogai, Seiji Hitachinaka, JP 20 296
Miyazaki, Isao Isezaki, JP 28 611
Mizuno, Fumio Tokorozawa, JP 47 920
Nakazato, Jun Shinagawa-ku, JP 26 291
Nozoe, Mari Oume, JP 81 1767
Ohyama, Yuichi Isezaki, JP 12 193
Shiba, Masataka Yokohama, JP 39 742
Shigyo, Yoshiharu Takasaki, JP 6 196
Sugimoto, Hidekuni Honjyo, JP 2 69
Suzuki, Ikuo Hitachinaka, JP 29 1070
Watanabe, Kenji Oume, JP 546 8684
Yokouchi, Tetsuji Yokohama, JP 3 69
Yoshitake, Yasuhiro Yokosuka, JP 66 870

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