Driving photomask supplier quality through automation

Drew Russell; Andrew Espenscheid

doi:10.1117/12.745457

30 October 2007 Driving photomask supplier quality through automation

Drew Russell, Andrew Espenscheid

Proceedings Volume 6730, Photomask Technology 2007; 67302W (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.745457
Event: SPIE Photomask Technology, 2007, Monterey, California, United States

Abstract

In 2005, Freescale Semiconductor's newly centralized mask data prep organization (MSO) initiated a project to develop an automated global quality validation system for photomasks delivered to Freescale Semiconductor fabs. The system handles Certificate of Conformance (CofC) quality metric collection, validation, reporting and an alert system for all photomasks shipped to Freescale fabs from all qualified global suppliers. The completed system automatically collects 30+ quality metrics for each photomask shipped. Other quality metrics are generated from the collected data and quality metric conformance is automatically validated to specifications or control limits with failure alerts emailed to fab photomask and mask data prep engineering. A quality data warehouse stores the data for future analysis, which is performed quarterly. The improved access to data provided by the system has improved Freescale engineers' ability to spot trends and opportunities for improvement with our suppliers' processes. This paper will review each phase of the project, current system capabilities and quality system benefits for both our photomask suppliers and Freescale.

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Drew Russell and Andrew Espenscheid "Driving photomask supplier quality through automation", Proc. SPIE 6730, Photomask Technology 2007, 67302W (30 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.745457

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