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EIB OEM Product Suite

The EIB™ OEM Product Suite is a multi-connection, multi-protocol host connectivity software solution for equipment suppliers that reduces the cost of satisfying each factory’s increasingly diverse automation requirements. It’s a single, integrated platform that delivers the equipment automation communications standards – SECS/GEM, 300mm, and EDA – used in semiconductor, PV, LED, MEMS and other high-technology manufacturing. Both EIB OEM and EIB Factory are built upon the same technology which means that many factories are using the same automation software technology as their suppliers.


Flexible and Easy Configuration 

EIB OEM is a single, flexible connectivity software platform that results in a solution which is efficient to implement and deploy. It’s easy to configure for any tool type –  process, metrology, inspection –  and any tool topography – single substrate, batch, cluster, multi-chamber and continuous flow.OEMs can enable options to customize their solution to meet end user needs while still maintaining a stable integration point with equipment software and/or devices.

EIB OEM is a single, integrated platform that delivers the equipment automation communication standards SECS/GEM, 300mm, and EDA (Interface A) used in semiconductor, PV, LED, MES and other high-technology manufacturing   

Integrated Product Suite

The EIB OEM Product Suite consists of the EIB technology platform with three connectivity product options: EIB GEM, EIB 300, and EIB EDA. OEMs may install the entire suite or simply start with a single product and, if desired, enable others later. Users benefit from a common code base, a consistent user experience, reduced solution configuration effort and deployment risk, as well as simplified product support and maintenance. See the tabs below for product details.

 

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Technology 

EIB OEM is built on the Equipment Information Bridge (EIB), a patented and industry-proven software technology platform that provides a robust and flexible connectivity solution meeting the demands of mission-critical equipment software and your customers’ evolving manufacturing needs.  

As the foundation for all next-generation PEER Group connectivity products, EIB enables fast and reliable communications to any number and type of equipment such as sensors, end-point detectors, add-on chambers as well as software components including equipment control or APC software. EIB provides the latest factory automation standards including SECS/GEM, GEM300, PV2, and Interface A (EDA) as well as general purpose communication protocols such as OPC, Microsoft COM, .NET, and WCF. 
Custom communication mechanisms are easily added in order to integrate specialized software  applications, non-standard host communications, or 3rd party peripheral devices to your equipment.  
With EIB OEM’s configuration, debugging and troubleshooting utilities, and code samples you can further reduce your implementation time. 

.NET 

EIB OEM is built on the Microsoft .NET Framework, allowing OEMs to take full advantage of .NET’s programming which can reduce integration time by as much as 50%. The .NET implementation enables a number of other features, including improved threading and memory management, full object exposure, and multiple programming languages (C#, J#, VB#, C, COM), allowing OEMs to utilize .NET functionality even if the equipment controller itself is not based on .NET.

  

Highlights 

  • Acts as a data server, simplifying the management and coordination of information flow between the host and equipment
  • Provides multiple simultaneous, independently-managed connections which include multiple:
    • hosts 
    • Equipment applications and components
    • Types of equipment 

  • Incorporates a full range of SEMI equipment automation standards such as GEM, GEM300, Interface A (EDA), and PV2 as well as other emerging standards in a single, configurable solution

  • Leverages the Microsoft .NET Framework for both 32-bit and 64-bit client and server deployments
  • Enables single or multiple instances of EIB to be deployed on a single machine providing additional deployment flexibility
  • Creates an equipment model using the SEMI E120 Common Equipment Model (CEM) standard
  • Provides rapid SECS/GEM compliance to numerous HMI/SCADA software packages that support OPC for PLC-based equipment including Modbus, Rockwell’s RSView32 and FactoryTalk View, Wonderware Intouch, GE’s Cimplicity and iFix, Siemen’s SIMATIC WinCC, and National Instrument’s Labview
  • Supports popular factory and equipment control system communication protocols including HSMS, TCP/IP, Serial, ASCII, OPC, Soap, and COM/DCOM  as well as .NET Remoting and WCF technologies
  • Extends beyond traditional host communications with custom interfaces, message handling, and state management
  • Protects your state information with data persistence, simplifying your equipment recovery (optional)

EIB GEM


EIB GEM provides SECS/GEM SEMI E30 or PV2 (PVECI) connectivity to any type of high-technology equipment. This next-generation product leverages the success of its predecessor, PEER Group’s GWGEM®, which has over 40,000+ licenses shipped. EIB GEM implements all the custom connectivity features that GWGEM users have come to expect, as well as certain SEMI standard-like behavior widely accepted throughout the industry but not dictated specifically in the SEMI standards. Combining this with EIB’s state-of-the-art software technology, PEER Group engineers have developed a highly-efficient and innovative multi-connection GEM connectivity product. 

Highlights

Meets any factory host communication specification 
  • Full compliance with all GEM automation standards
    • E30 [Generic Model of Communication and Control of Manufacturing Equipment (GEM)] 
    • PV2 [PV Equipment Communication Interfaces (PVECI)]
    • E4 [SECS I], E5 [SECS II] and E37 [High Speed SECS Message Services (HSMS)]

  • Customizable and extendable to meet unique SECS/GEM requirements

  • Supports multiple host interfaces
  • Combines multiple equipment interfaces into a single SECS/GEM host interface
Separates host interface from equipment-side configuration giving you deployment and integration flexibility 
  • Provides rapid SECS/GEM compliance to numerous HMI/SCADA software packages that support OPC (e.g., PLC-based equipment)
  • Integrates with your Equipment Control Software (ECS) through an object-oriented interface using .NET or COM
  • Communicates with equipment using a variety of mechanisms such as ASCII, SECS/GEM, .NET, Custom
Accelerates Deployment
  • With its advanced equipment model builder, logging, and testing utilities, EIB GEM users can implement GEM faster than ever before
  • The product can be deployed independently or integrated with the other products in the EIB OEM Product Suite: EIB 300 and EIB EDA

EIB EDA 


EIB EDA provides SEMI Interface A (EDA) enabling OEMs to deliver real-time data on-demand in high volumes without affecting normal equipment performance. It also provides the basis for advanced manufacturing application capabilities such as e-Diagnostics, SPC, APC, Fault Detection, and Run-to-Run (R2R) Control. EIB EDA is a fully-compliant, equipment-side communication solution that is flexible, efficient, and easy to implement. With EIB’s configuration capabilities you are in control of the data provided through EDA and can limit the load on your controller. The multi-connection and multi-protocol technology enables EIB EDA to be deployed on virtually any type of equipment, collecting data from multiple sources, in either an on-tool (integrated OEM) or off-tool (adaptive) configuration.

Highlights 

Meets any factory host communication specification
  • Full compliance with all SEMI Interface A (EDA) automation standards with the flexibility to support multiple SEMI standard freeze levels
    • E120 [Common Equipment Model (CEM)]
    • E121 [Usage of XML]
    • E125 [Equipment Self Description (EqSD)]
    • E128 [XML Message Structures]
    • E132 [Equipment Client Authentication & Authorization]
    • E134 [Data Collection Management]
    • E138 [XML Semiconductor Common Components]
    • E145 [Measurement Unit Symbols in XML]
  • Supports multiple EDA clients
  • Combines multiple equipment data sources into a single EDA interface
Add EDA through configuration only – no coding necessary
  • Add onto existing PEER Group solutions such as GWGEM or EIB GEM with configuration only
  • Add onto any equipment providing a SECS host interface with configuration only
Separate EDA data publishing from equipment side configuration giving you deployment and integration flexibility
  • Provides rapid data collection to numerous HMI/SCADA software packages that support OPC, for PLC-based equipment
  • Integrate with your Equipment Control Software (ECS) through an object-oriented interface using .NET or COM for high-speed data collection
  • Communicate with equipment using a variety of mechanisms such as ASCII, SECS/GEM, .NET, Custom
  • Limit access to data from EDA clients through configuration
    • Specify available events and variables 
    • Customize deployments by enabling the EDA interface as needed
Accelerates Deployment
  • With its advanced equipment model builder, logging, and testing utilities, EIB EDA users can quickly implement EDA
  • The product can be deployed independently or integrated with the other products in the EIB OEM Product Suite: EIB 300 and EIB GEM

EIB 300 


EIB 300 provides 300mm SEMI factory automation standards for process and control job management, carrier management and substrate tracking.  EIB 300 leverages the experience of ConX300™, the industry’s most popular 300mm factory automation software which is running reliably in every 300mm factory in the world.  As new requirements arise, EIB 300 will enable an OEM to meet customer-specific automation specifications quickly. No matter what your customer’s needs, EIB 300 helps you deliver a factory automation software solution using minimal engineering resources.

Highlights 

Meets any factory host communication specification

  • Full compliance with all 300mm SEMI automation standards
    • SECS/GEM (E4 [SECS I], E5 [SECS II], E37 [High Speed SECS Message Services (HSMS)])
    • E39 [Objective Services Standard- Concepts, Behaviors and Services]
    • E40 [Standard for Processing Management]
    • E87 [Specification for Carrier Management (CMS)]
    • E90 [Specification for Substrate Tracking]
    • E94 [Specification for Control Job Management]
    • E116 [Specification for Equipment Performance Tracking]
    • E148 [Specification for Time Synchronization and Definition of the TS-Clock Object]
    • E157 [Specification for Module Process Tracking]
  • Automatically manages inter-compatibility issues between SEMI standards

  • Customizable and extendable to meet unique SECS/GEM requirements

  • Supports multiple host interfaces
  • Combines multiple equipment interfaces into a single SECS/GEM host interface
Separates host interface from equipment-side configuration giving you deployment and integration flexibility
  • Provides rapid SECS/GEM compliance to numerous HMI/SCADA software packages that support OPC (e.g. PLC-based equipment)
  • Integrate with your Equipment Control Software (ECS) through an object-oriented interface using .NET or COM
  • Communicate with equipment using a variety of mechanisms such as ASCII, SECS/GEM, .NET, Custom

Accelerates Deployment

  • With its advanced equipment model builder, logging, and testing utilities, EIB 300 users can implement GEM 300 faster than ever befor
  • The product can be deployed independently or integrated with the other products in the EIB OEM Product Suite: EIB GEM and EIB EDA
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