Semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities (wafer fabs) are among the most complex production facilities. A large product variety, hundreds of processing steps per product, hundre...
This paper discusses a methodology for quickly investigating problem areas in semiconductor wafer fabrication factories by creating a model for the production area of interest onl...
Tool count optimization is mandatory for an efficiently organized semiconductor factory. This paper describes an efficient heuristic to determine the tool count using the compact ...
In semiconductor fabrication facilities, it can be observed an increase in work in progress (WIP) even weeks after the failure of the bottleneck workcenter. In this paper, we deve...
Wafers in a 300-mm semiconductor fabrication facility are transported throughout the factory in carriers called front opening unified pods (FOUPs). Two standard capacities of FOUP...