Connectivity Software Upgrades for PV2, Reticle, and Data Optimization

29 July 2011

The 5.12 releases of the GWGEM® and ConX300™ connectivity products support the newest SEMI standards demanded by manufacturers in the semiconductor, LED, solar, and MEMS industries. Below are four primary host-to-equipment automation advancement features of these popular products used by hundreds of OEMs worldwide.

SEMI E109 - Specification for Reticle and Pod Management (RPMS)

The E109 standard is used by lithography, reticle inspection and bare reticle stocker equipment to define reticle and reticle pod transfers to and from the equipment as well as reticle movement within the equipment.
The implementation of E109 can vary from full E109 support to using E109 to transfer reticles on the front end while using traditional 300mm E94 and E40 commands for reticle movement and processing within the tool.
The E148 standard is used to synchronize equipment computer clocks within a factory where the equipment provides time-sensitive data that requires date and time accuracy across multiple factory components.
The time resolution and time server source requirements will vary across equipment makers and factories, making it important for connectivity solutions to support customers integrating their preferred time server solution to meet their time synchronization needs.

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