Abstract: A video system with a bi-directional transmission function is provided. The video system includes an video transmitter, a transmission interface and a video receiver. The video transmitter is coupled to the video receiver via the transmission interface (coaxial cable). The video transmitter is used for inserting a first control signal into the video signal according a synchronous signal of the video signal. The video transmitter is used for outputting the video signal with the first control signal to the video receiver via the transmission interface. The video receiver receives the video signal with the first control signal, and gets the first control signal from the video signal according to the synchronous signal of the video signal. In addition, the video receiver can insert a second control signal into the video signal and feedback the second control signal to the video transmitter via the transmission interface.

Abstract: Provided is a system and method for connecting semiconductor manufacturing equipment to a host and one or more clients. In one example, the system includes an application queue, a host queue, and an equipment queue configured to hold messages received from and sent to an application agent, a host agent, and an equipment agent, respectively. A management information base may be configured to store information identifying a first virtual channel linking the client with the manufacturing equipment via the application queue and the equipment queue, and a second virtual channel linking the host with the manufacturing equipment via the host queue and the equipment queue. A dispatcher may be configured to use information from the management information base to route messages between the client and the manufacturing equipment via the first virtual channel and to route messages between the host and the manufacturing equipment via the second virtual channel.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting a fault and identifying a remedy for the fault in real-time in a semiconductor product manufacturing facility are provided. In one example, the method includes importing data from a manufacturing device and data representing a plurality of different manufacturing devices into an analysis tool. The imported data is analyzed using the analysis tool to determine if a fault exists in the manufacturing device's operation and, if a fault exists, the fault is classified and a remedy for the fault is identified based at least partly on the classification. Configuration data used to control the manufacturing device may be updated, and the update may apply the remedy to the configuration information. The manufacturing device's operation may then be modified using the updated configuration data.