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Data Capture Systems for Semiconductor
Tool Manufacturers Supplied by Jon Goldman Associates
Semicon Japan, Hall 2, Booth 2-B105
Orange, CA, USA - October, 1999 - Jon Goldman Associates
(JGA) supplies semi-custom and off-the-shelf Data Capture
and Mining Systems for tool manufacturers to incorporate and
sell with their semiconductor fab tools. Through semi-custom
data capture packages, developed by JGA for the OEM equipment
manufacturer, and a group of off-the-shelf analysis tools,
OEMs can provide their customers with access to pertinent
process information. This facilitates problem solving and
reduction of scrap and rework without much cost or time investment.
Development of semi-custom data capture systems is made easy
through the use of a library of pre-designed equipment interface
tools. Data capture is performed internally in the equipment,
leaving a SECS port available for post-manufacturing needs.
If data is already being captured, the GOLDMAN DATA™ Generator
Kit uses this data and converts it into a format that allows
it to be used with the Goldman System™ . The Goldman System
is JGA’s extensive software library of Data Mining and SPC
analysis utilities. Once the data files are in GOLDMAN DATA
format, they can be analyzed using the Goldman System Client
and Server utilities.
These provide SQL database and maintenance utilities to fuel
trend analysis and user access to data. Any tool data file
can be analyzed by simply pointing to it. Critical Event and
Alert Condition criteria, set by the user, are applied to
the data. A key to the Goldman System is the ability of the
system to notify the user of an alert violation or critical
event. Notification can include paging personnel, sending
email, signaling from a light tower or by disabling equipment.
Reports can be scheduled to print at specific times on chosen
selected days.
Jon Goldman Associates, based in Orange, CA, has been
providing data mining software solutions to the semiconductor
industry for over ten years. Founder and President Dr. Jon
Goldman has been serving the semiconductor industry for more
than 25 years. He is the holder of several patents, including
LPCVD deposition of Silicon Nitride, LTO, and BPSG. JGA's
data analysis tools are widely used in the industry by both
end users and equipment manufacturers to reduce down time
and wafer scrap by implementing and improving SPC control.
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