Integrated Constraint Programming Scheduling Approach for Automated Wet-Etch Stations in Semiconductor Manufacturing

Autores
Zeballos, Luis Javier; Castro, Pedro; Mendez, Carlos Alberto
Año de publicación
2011
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
This article addresses a challenging resource constrained flow shop scheduling problem from automated wetetch stations (AWSs) in wafer fabrication of semiconductor manufacturing facilities by means of a constraint programming (CP) methodology. Wet etching in wafer fabrication is a difficult process considering the material handling limitations and mixed intermediate policies. The proposed integrated approach consists of both a CP model and an efficient search strategy in order to handle the different features of the process. The domainspecific search strategy significantly improves the computational performance, a key aspect given the high combinatorial complexity of the problem. The search strategy objective is to avoid losing time due to early bad choices in the exploration and to produce good quality solutions with low computational effort. The applicability of the proposed integrated CP methodology is successfully tested with several examples taken from the literature, featuring a different number of jobs and baths.
Fil: Zeballos, Luis Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe. Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (i); Argentina
Fil: Castro, Pedro. Laborato´rio Nacional de Energia e Geologia; Portugal
Fil: Mendez, Carlos Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe. Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (i); Argentina
Materia
Scheduling
Constraint Programming
Wet-Etch Station
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spelling Integrated Constraint Programming Scheduling Approach for Automated Wet-Etch Stations in Semiconductor ManufacturingZeballos, Luis JavierCastro, PedroMendez, Carlos AlbertoSchedulingConstraint ProgrammingWet-Etch Stationhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.4https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2This article addresses a challenging resource constrained flow shop scheduling problem from automated wetetch stations (AWSs) in wafer fabrication of semiconductor manufacturing facilities by means of a constraint programming (CP) methodology. Wet etching in wafer fabrication is a difficult process considering the material handling limitations and mixed intermediate policies. The proposed integrated approach consists of both a CP model and an efficient search strategy in order to handle the different features of the process. The domainspecific search strategy significantly improves the computational performance, a key aspect given the high combinatorial complexity of the problem. The search strategy objective is to avoid losing time due to early bad choices in the exploration and to produce good quality solutions with low computational effort. The applicability of the proposed integrated CP methodology is successfully tested with several examples taken from the literature, featuring a different number of jobs and baths.Fil: Zeballos, Luis Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe. Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (i); ArgentinaFil: Castro, Pedro. Laborato´rio Nacional de Energia e Geologia; PortugalFil: Mendez, Carlos Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe. Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (i); ArgentinaAmerican Chemical Society2011-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/13351Zeballos, Luis Javier; Castro, Pedro; Mendez, Carlos Alberto; Integrated Constraint Programming Scheduling Approach for Automated Wet-Etch Stations in Semiconductor Manufacturing; American Chemical Society; Industrial & Engineering Chemical Research; 50; 3; 3-2011; 1705-17150888-5885enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1021/ie1016199info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie1016199info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:53:19Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/13351instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:53:20.122CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Integrated Constraint Programming Scheduling Approach for Automated Wet-Etch Stations in Semiconductor Manufacturing
title Integrated Constraint Programming Scheduling Approach for Automated Wet-Etch Stations in Semiconductor Manufacturing
spellingShingle Integrated Constraint Programming Scheduling Approach for Automated Wet-Etch Stations in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Zeballos, Luis Javier
Scheduling
Constraint Programming
Wet-Etch Station
title_short Integrated Constraint Programming Scheduling Approach for Automated Wet-Etch Stations in Semiconductor Manufacturing
title_full Integrated Constraint Programming Scheduling Approach for Automated Wet-Etch Stations in Semiconductor Manufacturing
title_fullStr Integrated Constraint Programming Scheduling Approach for Automated Wet-Etch Stations in Semiconductor Manufacturing
title_full_unstemmed Integrated Constraint Programming Scheduling Approach for Automated Wet-Etch Stations in Semiconductor Manufacturing
title_sort Integrated Constraint Programming Scheduling Approach for Automated Wet-Etch Stations in Semiconductor Manufacturing
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Zeballos, Luis Javier
Castro, Pedro
Mendez, Carlos Alberto
author Zeballos, Luis Javier
author_facet Zeballos, Luis Javier
Castro, Pedro
Mendez, Carlos Alberto
author_role author
author2 Castro, Pedro
Mendez, Carlos Alberto
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Scheduling
Constraint Programming
Wet-Etch Station
topic Scheduling
Constraint Programming
Wet-Etch Station
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This article addresses a challenging resource constrained flow shop scheduling problem from automated wetetch stations (AWSs) in wafer fabrication of semiconductor manufacturing facilities by means of a constraint programming (CP) methodology. Wet etching in wafer fabrication is a difficult process considering the material handling limitations and mixed intermediate policies. The proposed integrated approach consists of both a CP model and an efficient search strategy in order to handle the different features of the process. The domainspecific search strategy significantly improves the computational performance, a key aspect given the high combinatorial complexity of the problem. The search strategy objective is to avoid losing time due to early bad choices in the exploration and to produce good quality solutions with low computational effort. The applicability of the proposed integrated CP methodology is successfully tested with several examples taken from the literature, featuring a different number of jobs and baths.
Fil: Zeballos, Luis Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe. Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (i); Argentina
Fil: Castro, Pedro. Laborato´rio Nacional de Energia e Geologia; Portugal
Fil: Mendez, Carlos Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe. Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (i); Argentina
description This article addresses a challenging resource constrained flow shop scheduling problem from automated wetetch stations (AWSs) in wafer fabrication of semiconductor manufacturing facilities by means of a constraint programming (CP) methodology. Wet etching in wafer fabrication is a difficult process considering the material handling limitations and mixed intermediate policies. The proposed integrated approach consists of both a CP model and an efficient search strategy in order to handle the different features of the process. The domainspecific search strategy significantly improves the computational performance, a key aspect given the high combinatorial complexity of the problem. The search strategy objective is to avoid losing time due to early bad choices in the exploration and to produce good quality solutions with low computational effort. The applicability of the proposed integrated CP methodology is successfully tested with several examples taken from the literature, featuring a different number of jobs and baths.
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