The solar industry recognizes the need for an effective data management system to optimize yield and enhance productivity. Rudolph's process control software suite performs a variety of automated tasks including path analysis, statistical process control, advanced charting and report generation -- all designed to support high-volume PV cell production.

Discover™ Enterprise Features:

• Designed to support high data volume of 500k wafer starts per day
• Identify high yield and low yield paths
• Discover critical tools and tool-interactions
• Correlate tool data, inline data and end-of-line test data
• Automated report generation
• Real-time alarm triggering and reports
• Statistical Process Control (SPC) and advanced charting capabilities
• Optimize tool parameters to achieve higher cell efficiency

For more detailed information, see Discover presentation (506kb)