Patents by Inventor Hardy Schumacher

Hardy Schumacher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • DOCUMENT DRIVEN METHODS OF MANAGING THE CONTENT OF DATABASES THAT CONTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20140324769
    Abstract: One illustrative method disclosed herein includes storing a semiconductor manufacturing document in a document management system, wherein the semiconductor manufacturing document comprises semiconductor manufacturing data, and actuating an extractor tool to extract at least a portion of the semiconductor manufacturing data from the semiconductor manufacturing document and transfer the extracted semiconductor manufacturing data to at least one table in the semiconductor manufacturing database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Puelm, Roy Boerner, Alexander Kroll, Uwe Heber, Thomas Kretschmer, Hardy Schumacher, Uwe Mende-Preusser, Gert Poeschel
  • Automated state estimation system for cluster tools and a method of operating the same
    Patent number: 7546177
    Abstract: By using weighted entity states for representing a state of a cluster tool, a highly efficient technique for the measurement and monitoring of cluster tool characteristics, such as reliability, availability and maintainability, is provided. For example, individual entities of the cluster tool may be weighted according to their capacity and corresponding entity states may be ranked in accordance with a predefined hierarchy structure, thereby enabling an efficient combination of weighted entity states so as to represent the cluster tool state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulrich Dierks, Hardy Schumacher
  • AUTOMATED STATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR CLUSTER TOOLS AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20070156274
    Abstract: By using weighted entity states for representing a state of a cluster tool, a highly efficient technique for the measurement and monitoring of cluster tool characteristics, such as reliability, availability and maintainability, is provided. For example, individual entities of the cluster tool may be weighted according to their capacity and corresponding entity states may be ranked in accordance with a predefined hierarchy structure, thereby enabling an efficient combination of weighted entity states so as to represent the cluster tool state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Ulrich Dierks, Hardy Schumacher