Discover Defect software readily integrates into any wafer or panel production environment. It flexibly brings together all pertinent fab information, including defect, sort, metrology, wip, and electrical, into a single big data-capable solution. Its speed and up-time are world class.

Discover Defect software will pay for itself repeatedly by enabling its users to identify and solve problems, as well as to monitor and alarm on known areas of concern quickly and accurately. The product is designed to improve both throughput and yield while simultaneously reducing manufacturing costs.

Expand your yield analysis capabilities with the power of the Discover Yield software module. Discover Yield software’s patented data mining capabilities and advanced statistical analysis allow for highly sophisticated, interactive root cause analysis. Discover Yield software gives you the power to deep-dive into your data to uncover even the most difficult-to-identify systemic process issues.

Discover Review software improves system productivity by enabling its users to review results offline. Users can examine defect results from any inspection tool connected to the Discover server. Multiple client usage enhances productivity by supporting concurrent review with overwrite protection while partial review status enables operator shift changes. Visualize defects individually or collectively using an interactive, all-surface (front, edge, back) wafer map viewer. The gallery review mode allows users to select individual or multiple images by wafer or die for fast classification and defect comparison. Discover Review Software also includes a large number of wafer map exports and customizable reports.

Point-to-point review and advanced image browsing

Discover RMS software is a factory-level recipe management system that provides a central server repository for all recipes. This system allows desktop access for editing and includes complete version control of all recipes used within the fab.

When coupled with Discover Run-to-Run software, it fundamentally tracks all control changes by automatically inserting recipe values into the recipe body. Working in concert with your MES system, recipes are automatically selected and downloaded to the right tool to be executed on the right material. The recipe sign-off feature enforces a tight control of recipes by ensuring customer approval of any large changes.

The Discover RMS Process

Discover FDC software transforms tool sensor data into actionable insights. It empowers manufacturers to optimize fab efficiency, scaling seamlessly to high-volume manufacturing while reducing tool downtime by detecting anomalies early. With its diverse set of flexible controls and real-time data analysis, Discover FDC software enhances productivity, improves cycle time and increases equipment availability (OEE). Its user-friendly interface integrates advanced process control, allowing engineers to pinpoint issues and bring equipment online faster. Proven across processes and operational modules, it eliminates wasted time and energy by preventing idle tools and minimizing scrapped wafers. When connected to Discover Defect and Discover Yield software, Discover FDC software identifies meaningful correlations that drive even greater efficiency and production results. This robust solution redefines control, setting a new standard for achieving maximum enterprise-wide factory performance. That’s control, redefined.

Discover Run-to-Run software is a feature-rich application that enables advanced supervisory process control, surpassing traditional statistical methods. It ensures precise process goals. For example, achieving desired thickness is possible through tailored adjustments of machine parameters like deposition duration or pressure settings. Designed for high-mix production, it allows seamless transfer of control strategies across factories for operational flexibility. Proven globally, it operates thousands of tools across hundreds of processes continuously. With its adaptable, framework-based APC solution, Discover Run-to-Run software enables rapid factory-wide deployment, delivering significant and immediate return on investment while enhancing consistency, productivity and efficiency.

Discover Yield software helps reduce the time it takes to find root causes of yield excursions and enables manufacturers to broaden their analysis scope for better yield management.

The software includes data acquisition and integration, a development environment through workflow and scripting, and specialized analysis algorithms to identify domain-specific issues, such as data mining, spatial anomalies, wafer processing sequence problems, commonality of effects, system and random yield loss, chamber matching, tool events, traceability and more. In addition, Discover Yield software provides distinct tools – principal components and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) – that allow systematic, simultaneous examination of multiple variables. Discover Yield software’s database architecture for genealogy uniquely supports value chain predictive analytics.

Improving baseline yield with analytics