RS-Mini: an enterprise class highly compact mask inspection defect management framework for the mask and wafer fab infrastructure

Information is 'key'. Timely information in a fab environment provides substantial insight into the Mask quality, process health, steps needed to improve yield and throughout time. Ideal for mask and wafer fabs, the RS-Mini central server brings the inspection tool's terminal to the end user via a desktop application. Hundreds of users can simultaneously classify (with automation capability), annotate repair history, query and summarize year's worth of inspection results with images from tens of tools, as well as establish defect and process health trends in a matter of seconds. The RS-Mini, a low cost, state of the art mask defect management framework delivering a highly integrated rich user experience, fits in a compact rack mountable server blade less than 2 inches in thickness.