Patent ID: 8641824

Claim:
A fabricator facility for containing a plurality of fabrication tools, the fabricator facility comprising: an annular primary cleanspace bounded by a first annular vertical wall and a second annular vertical wall; an air source for providing air flow through the primary cleanspace in a predetermined unidirection from the first annular vertical wall to the second annular vertical wall; and two or more flanges, each flange sealed to at least one of the first annular vertical wall and the second annular vertical wall and additionally sealable to a respective fabrication tool, wherein the respective fabrication tools comprise a first fabrication tool on a first level and a second fabrication tool on a second level, wherein said second level is oriented vertically above said first level and each of said first fabrication tool and said second fabrication tool comprises a tool port and a tool body and is capable of independent operation and removable in a discrete fashion relative to the other fabrication tool; and wherein a substrate is transported within the primary cleanspace between at least the first fabrication tool and the second fabrication tool.