Patent ID: 7513822

Claim:
A method for constructing a cleanspace fabricator, comprising: forming a first fabricator cleanspace that is folded along at least one dimension and the fabricator cleanspace is located between an outer boundary and an inner boundary; providing a clean airflow through the first fabricator cleanspace in a predetermined unidirection; and placing a plurality of fabrication tools such that each tool is sealed to a respective opening in at least one of the outer boundary and the inner boundary, wherein each fabrication tool is capable of independent operation and removable in a discrete fashion relative to other fabrication tools and wherein each fabrication tool comprises a port and a body and the seal facilitates containment of air within the first fabricator cleanspace and positions each port of each respective tool within the first fabricator cleanspace and the body of each respective tool external to the first fabricator cleanspace and a material to be processed by the plurality of tools can be transferred from a port of a first tool to a port of a second tool through the first fabricator cleanspace.