PROCESS SETUP AND ACCEPTANCE
P
ROCESS
M
ANUAL
3.1-3
5.analog out (MFCs)
6.digital out (valves)
7.alarm limits
8.alarm on digital inputs
9.branch on
10.abort on
11.wait for
12.abort recipe
As step 0 has been designed as the
Standby
step all commands in step 0 must be programmed
to create a
safe
condition.
This involves
closing
all
gas
flows and
valves
, except for a small N
2
purge flow, setting a
low temperature
and programming the
boat in
.
3.1.4
Modifying the default Tempress recipe
The default Tempress process recipe is designed with Step 0 as Standby for all atmospheric
processes. Obviously customers are free to alter the default recipe to fit their particular
needs. For example, a 24 hr production environment typically uses step 0 as Load/unload
step, not as a standby condition, because the machine is actually never in standby.
The transition is easy:
1) Modify the step 0 settings such that it contains:
1) Message Load/Unload with Sonalert
2) Boat
out
3) Gas
N
2
flow high
2) Remove step 1 Boat Out
3) Remove Step 2 Load Wafers