Abstract: A method for managing a metrology system includes receiving a part, identifying, with a processing device, a part type associated with the part, retrieving, with the processing device, test rule logic associated with the part type from a database, retrieving, with the processing device, measurement data associated with the identified part type, processing, with the processing device, the measurement data, applying, with the processing device, the test rule logic to the processed measurement data to determine whether the part should be measured, outputting the part responsive to determining that the part should not be measured, and incrementing, with the processing device, a counter and saving a value of the counter in the database responsive to outputting the part responsive to determining that the part should not be measured.

Abstract: A method for managing a metrology system includes receiving a part, identifying, with a processing device, a part type associated with the part, retrieving, with the processing device, test rule logic associated with the part type from a database, retrieving, with the processing device, measurement data associated with the identified part type, processing, with the processing device, the measurement data, applying, with the processing device, the test rule logic to the processed measurement data to determine whether the part should be measured, outputting the part responsive to determining that the part should not be measured, and incrementing, with the processing device, a counter and saving a value of the counter in the database responsive to outputting the part responsive to determining that the part should not be measured.

Abstract: A computer-based measurement monitoring system and method for monitoring multi-stage processes capable of producing multi-orderable data and identifying, at any stage in the monitored process, unacceptable deviations from an expected value at particular stages of the process, and communicating same detected deviation to facilitate corrective action in the process. The system and method consolidate data obtained at various stages of the process, arrange the measurement data in a multi-orderable data framework, compare the multi-orderable framework data with expected parameter values corresponding to the various stages, and detects-unacceptable deviations from the expected values. The unacceptable deviations are communicated to responsible personnel, and the system and method provides same personnel with supplemental information useful in diagnosing the root cause of the problem leading to the detected deviations.

Abstract: A computer-based measurement monitoring system and method for monitoring multi-stage processes capable of producing multi-orderable data and identifying, at any stage in the monitored process, unacceptable deviations from an expected value at particular stages of the process, and communicating same detected deviation to facilitate corrective action in the process. The system and method consolidate data obtained at various stages of the process, arrange the measurement data in a multi-orderable data framework, compare the multi-orderable framework data with expected parameter values corresponding to the various stages, and detects unacceptable deviations from the expected values. The unacceptable deviations are communicated to responsible personnel, and the system and method provides same personnel with supplemental information useful in diagnosing the root cause of the problem leading to the detected deviations.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for determining matching of a tool set in a production process are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a method for determining matching of a tool set in a production process comprises: selecting a measurement step within the production process, a subset of tools of the tool set being used in the measurement step; collecting production data for each tool of the subset, the production data being related to a process feeder tool; generating a weighted average of the production data for each tool of the subset; and analyzing weighted averages of all tools of the subset using a matching standard to determine matching of the subset.

Abstract: Digital binary multipliers are provided which include first and second inverting full adders, each having first, second and third input terminals and first and second output terminals, the first output terminal of the first adder being connected to the first input terminal of the second adder with the first, second and third input terminals and the first and second output terminals of the second adder having a relationship with respect to the input and output terminals of the first adder such that corresponding input and output terminals have opposite signal polarities or complementary terminals, i.e., when one of these input or output terminals of the first adder has a true polarity signal, its corresponding input or output terminal of the second adder has a complemented polarity signal.