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Automation of Etch Equipment leveraging Falcon

Automation of Etch Equipment leveraging Falcon

Customer Challenge

The etch equipment OEM from Korea wanted to focus on innovating their hardware practice.

Scope

The client:

• Required tool automation software for their array of 200mm and 300mm line of etch equipment

• Required host connectivity software compliant to SEMI standards

• Wanted a strategic engineering services partner who could take care of the entire software stack – equipment automation, factory automation

Solution

Leveraged QuEST’s in-house tool control framework - Falcon
The extensive configuration capabilities were used to develop the framework for the functionality and configuration of each equipment
Partnership with Brooks automation and pre-integrated robot interfaces were used to reduce the development time
Device interfaces using custom protocols were developed and integrated into Falcon

Benefits

OEM was able to hit market in time and control the R&D costs with usage of Falcon suite
OEM was able to fully focus on hardware development and optimization, because QuEST took complete responsibility of the development of automation software and factory connectivity
Intuitive rule-based Scheduler achieved higher throughput than required by customer
OEM benefitted from our world wide fab experience during FATs (Factory Acceptance Tests) at end customer site
High reliability of the software earned appreciation from the customer and was cited as one of the reasons for repeat orders

Features

Test automation and Continuous integration frameworks used to improve product quality
Test automation framework was developed, incorporating SEMI standards compliance testing tools like CCS Envoy
Provided post release, 24x7 support
Implemented using local-global approach of QuEST with 15% of the development team onsite at customer site and 85% o‑shore.

Automation of Etch Equipment leveraging Falcon

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