Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems (지능정보연구)

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Real-Time Scheduling System Re-Construction for Automated Manufacturing in a Korean 300mm Wafer Fab

반도체 자동화 생산을 위한 실시간 일정계획 시스템 재 구축에 관한 연구 : 300mm 반도체 제조라인 적용 사례

  • Choi, Seong-Woo (Department of Business Administration, Hoseo University) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Seung (Department of Business Administration, Hoseo University)
  • 최성우 (호서대학교 사회과학대학 경영학과) ;
  • 이정승 (호서대학교 사회과학대학 경영학과)
  • Received : 2009.12.05
  • Accepted : 2009.12.16
  • Published : 2009.12.31
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Abstract

This paper describes a real-time scheduling system re-construction project for automated manufacturing at a 300mm wafer fab of Korean semiconductor manufacturing company. During executing this project, for each main operation such as clean, diffusion, deposition, photolithography, and metallization, each adopted scheduling algorithm was developed, and then those were implemented in a real-time scheduling system. In this paper, we focus on the scheduling algorithms and real-time scheduling system for clean and diffusion operations, that is, a serial-process block with the constraint of limited queue time and batch processors. After this project was completed, the automated manufacturing utilizations of clean and diffusion operations became around 91% and 83% respectively, which were about 50% and 10% at the beginning of this project. The automated manufacturing system reduces direct operating costs, increased throughput on the equipments, and suggests continuous and uninterrupted processings.

본 연구는 국내 300mm 웨이퍼를 이용하여 반도체 제품의 제조라인을 대상으로 수행 되었던 자동화 생산을 위한 일정계획 시스템 재 구축 프로젝트에 관한 내용이다. 본 프로젝트의 주요 목적은 반도체 제조라인 내의 세정, 확산, 포토, 증착과 같은 주요공정들을 대상으로 효율적인 일정계획 수립 알고리듬을 개발하고 그것을 실시간 일정계획 시스템에 구현함으로써 반도체 제조라인의 자동화 생산률을 향상시키는 것이다. 본 논문에서는 여러가지 주요 공정들 중 제한된 대기시간 제약과 배치공정의 특성이 존재하는 세정과 확산으로 이루어진 연속공정 구간을 대상으로 개발된 일정계획 알고리듬과 실시간 일정계획 시스템의 개발에 대한 내용에 초점을 두었다. 일정계획 시스템 재 구축 프로젝트가 시작 될 시점에 세정과 확산 공정의 자동화 생산률은 각각 50%와 10% 정도 였으나, 프로젝트 수행 완료 후에는 각각 91%와 83% 까지 자동화 생산률이 향상 되었다. 자동화 생산률의 향상은 작업자의 인건비 절감, 생산성의 향상, 지속적이고 편차 없는 생산을 의미한다.

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