Method and device for control of the data flow on application of reticles in a semiconductor component production

摘要

A reticle control system and method in which each reticle is unambiguously assigned a structured reticle data set, and the content of each reticle data set is automatically changed and/or supplemented depending on use of the associated reticle in the semiconductor component production process for which the reticle was produced. The reticle data set is used to identify and control the reticles over the entire production sequence. The ability to change or supplement the reticle data sets facilitates progressively storing production-dictated information related to the use of the associated reticles, thereby enabling effective control of the reticles in the production process.