Sorter View#

Overview#

The Sorter View visualizes the results of Sorter Operations, showing the current state of the wafers and their movements.

How To Access#

The Sorter View is available only for Sorter Resources (more info). It is accessible via a button in the Views panel on the Resource Page.

Details - View Mode#

The view displays the load ports of the resource. Each load port shows the positions inside the container docked.

The positions with wafers, the view will show the name of the Wafer (left) and the Physical ID in MES (right).

Warnings may appear regarding the slot map based on the most recent equipment information saved via IoT. Hovering over the warning icon displays additional information about misplacements or positions that should be empty or filled.

The left panel lists materials dispatched, in process or processed in the resource, with the associated Resource Job type.

Configurations#

Sorter Resources should have the SemiRequiresMaterialMovement attribute set to True.

In MES the Physical Id can be stored in an attribute configured by the following configuration entry:

The order of load ports follows the structure of the main resource.

The positions orientation can be "Top To Bottom" or "Bottom To Top" defined by the container's orientation property (default: "Top To Bottom").

The color of load port can be configured by an attribute 'Color' in StateModel.

Material information#

A tooltip appears in the Sorter View when a slot with material is clicked.

• Top-Most Material: Name of the parent material
• Sub-Material: Name of the material
• Material Physical ID: Displays the Material's PhysicalId configured in MES.
• Slot: If there are no warnings, it should display "Match". If there is a warning, it will display "Slot Mismatch" or "ID Mismatch".

Load port information#

To see the state of the Load Port, the operator can hover over the load port icon, and the corresponding information will be displayed.

If the state of the Load Port is OutOfService, on the SorterView page, the container will display OutOfService.

If no container is docked at the LoadPort, a Dock Container button will appear in the SorterView page, allowing the operator to dock a container. However, the operator must have the Container.Dock feature.

Resource Job Information#

Selecting a material shows all the movements in the associated Resource Job.

These movements have the following characteristics:

• Full blue indicates where the wafer is in MES
• Blue dashed indicates a planned/future position (beginning process) or the origin position (end process)

• The view will show the name of the Wafer in MES (left) and the Equipment Physical ID in the movement (right)

• Movement status icons (representing the process state):

  • Transfer planned - the operation has not begun
  • Transfer in progress - the wafer is in process (movement status: InProgress)
  • Transfer completed - the wafer is in the new position and tracked out (movement status: Complete)
  • Waiting for target information - target container/position is missing in the resource job movements; the operator must fill it (movement status: WaitingInfo)

• Potential warnings:
  • Physical ID mismatch: the equipment’s physical ID (Laser Scribed) does not match the material’s physical ID in MES
  • Others warnings related with slot-map (position must be filled or empty)

View Job Details#

To see the movements in Resoure Job, the operator can click in the view button and the wizard "View Job Details" will open.

If the Job Type is not "Sorter Scan" and a movement is missing a destination container or position, the wizard "View Job Details" will display the missing information.

Material information#

A tooltip appears in the Sorter View when a slot with material is clicked.

• Transfer From / Transfer To: It contains information about Load Port, container and position.Clicking the destination position displays the "Transfer From" information, while clicking the source position displays the "Transfer To" information.
• Top-Most Material: Name of the parent material
• Sub-Material: Name of the material
• Material Physical ID: If a Resource Job is selected, the system displays the Material Physical ID from the movement
• Equipment Physical ID: Equipment Physical ID from the movement
• Slot: If there are no warnings, it should display "Match". If there is a warning, it will display "Slot Mismatch" or "ID Mismatch".

Details - Edit Mode#

In the sorter view, the operator can edit the resource‑job movements before starting the process (the resource job must be in 'Created' state). It is possible to assign the target lot to a specific container and select the positions of the wafers. For scan scenarios only the assign of target lot is possible.

Assignment#

When a material is selected, an Assignment dropdown appears in each load port. It lists the source and target lots. The user can select or deselect the target lots, but the source lot cannot be changed.

When a target lot is selected the wafers will appear in their respective slots if:

• their positions are defined in the movements,
• their container is empty in the movements, and
• the corresponding slots in the sorter view are empty.

Operation#

After assigning a target lot to a container the operator can choose the operation between:

• Keep Position - maintains the same position for each wafer in the target Container as it had in the source Container, according to MES
• Move to Top - move to the top (where there are empty places) of the container
• Move to Bottom - move to the bottom (where there are empty places) of the container
• Manual Assign - move to any position that the operator chooses​

The operator can also configure a default operation mode by using the GUIElementDefaultValue Generic Table.

The possible values for this element DefaultAssignmentMode:

Keep Position#

• When the operator assigns a material and selects Keep Position mode, the wafers will be placed in the target container at the same position as in the source container.

• If the corresponding slot in the target container is not empty (i.e., already occupied), selecting Keep Position mode will display a message and switch the operation to Manual Assign mode.

• The Keep Position operation will be re-executed whenever a new lot is assigned or an existing lot is unassigned.

Move to Top#

• When the operator assigns a material and selects Move to Top mode, the wafers will be moved to the top (where there are empty places) of the target container in the order of their source positions.

• Regardless of the orientation settings for the source or target containers, if the operator selects Move to Top mode, the wafers will be placed from top to bottom as displayed on the SorterView page.

• When the target container does not have enough slots and Move to Top mode is selected, the system will display a message and switch the operation to Manual Assign mode.

• When the operator assigns a material to a target container, and then assigns the same material to another target container while selecting Move to Top mode, the system will display a message and clear the operation.

• The Move to Top operation will be re-executed whenever a new lot is assigned or an existing lot is unassigned.

Move to Bottom#

• When the operator assigns a material and selects Move to Bottom mode, the wafers will be moved to the bottom (where there are empty places) of the target container in the order of their source positions.

• Regardless of the orientation settings for the source or target containers, if the operator selects Move to Bottom mode, the wafers will be placed from bottom to top as displayed on the SorterView page.

• When the target container does not have enough slots and Move to Bottom mode is selected, the system will display a message and switch the operation to Manual Assign mode.

• When the operator assigns a material to a target container, and then assigns the same material to another target container while selecting Move to Bottom mode, the system will display a message and clear the operation.

• The Move to Bottom operation will be re-executed whenever a new lot is assigned or an existing lot is unassigned.

Manual Assign#

• In Manual Assign mode, after assigning materials to the target container, the operator selects a wafer to place into any available slot.
• If multiple target containers are assigned to the same material, the operator can place the wafer into any available slot in any of those containers.