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WSC
2000
14 years 5 days ago
Understanding the impact of equipment and process changes with a heterogeneous semiconductor manufacturing simulation environmen
Simulation models are useful to predict and understand the impact of changes to a manufacturing system. Typical factory simulation models include the parts being manufactured in t...
Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Brian F. Conaghan, Laurent He...
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
Determining an appropriate number of FOUPs in semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities
In this paper, multiple orders per job type formation and release strategies are described for semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities (wafer fabs). Different orders are groupe...
Jens Zimmermann, Scott J. Mason, John W. Fowler, L...
WSC
2008
14 years 1 months ago
An analytical model for conveyor based AMHS in semiconductor wafer fabs
This paper proposes an analytical model useful in the design of conveyor-based Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS) to support semiconductor manufacturing. The objective is ...
Dima Nazzal, Andrew Johnson, Hector J. Carlo, Jesu...
WSC
2007
14 years 1 months ago
Improved simple simulation models for semiconductor wafer factories
Semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities (wafer fabs) are among the most complex production facilities. A large product variety, hundreds of processing steps per product, hundre...
Oliver Rose
WSC
1998
14 years 5 days ago
Implementing the Theory of Constraints Philosophy in Highly Reentrant Systems
A significant challenge in implementing the Theory of Constraints in the semiconductor industry is the complex and reentrant nature of the manufacturing process. Managing a constr...
Clay Rippenhagen, Shekar Krishnaswamy