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Wafer center finding with kalman filter

US8934706B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 20, 2014
Grant dateJan 13, 2015
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S901/47
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device is provided having a robotic arm for handling a wafer, the robotic arm including one or more encoders that provide encoder data identifying a position of one or more components of the robotic arm. The device also having a processor adapted to apply an extended Kalman Filter to the encoder data to estimate a position of the wafer.

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