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PM Optimization

1st Pass Business Unit of Pentagon Technologies facilitates a 1st Pass QUAL – PM Optimization strategy, targeting the reduction of lengthy PM Green-to-Green times by helping engineers improve Post PM 1st Pass QUAL rates.  A two-fold Value-Add that increases wafers processed and lowers manufacturing cost – a positive impact on Wafer Starts Cost (WSC)

Increase Wafers Processed

  • Reduction of PM Green to Green Time
  • Improve 1st Pass qual rates
  • Increase Tool Availability
  • Increase Mean Time Between Clean (MTBC)
  • Reduce Tool Install / Qual Time

Decrease Manufacturing Costs

  • Increase available tech hours
  • Provide 1st pass outsource PM support for a "variable cost model"
  • Develop and train PM best practices
  • Reduce Cost/PM
  • Reduce conditioning and qual test wafers
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Reduction of Tool Out of Commission Time, and with Tighter Control Limits

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Reduction of Post PM Particle Monitors

Achieve Operational Excellence

Implement PM Best Practices

  • Develop Improved 1st Pass QUAL PM Best Practices
  • Develop QIII Surface Particle Metrics to Certify PM Best Practices
  • Provide Cleaning Methodology to Reduce Install / QUAL Metal Contamination Issues

1st Pass QUAL Service Agreement

  • 1st Pass Kit Management Services
  • 1st Pass QUAL PM Services
  • 1st Pass QUAL Tool Install / QUAL Support
  • Frontend Interface Clean / Inspect / Certification Package

1st Pass QUAL Expert Coaching & Training

  • New Hire Training Program Principles of Preventative Maintenance
  • Train PM Best Practices using QIII Surface Particle Metrics
  • 1st Pass QUAL Hands-On Training & Certification Package
  • 1st Pass QUAL Re-Certification Plan

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