Patent ID: 8895338

Claim:
A method of fabricating Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS), Photonics, Nanotechnology, 3-Dimensional Integration, Micro- and Nano-Fabricated Devices and Systems, the method comprising: providing a plurality of different standardized and repeatable process modules that are usable in fabricating a plurality of different types of said devices and systems, defining a process sequence for fabricating a predefined one of said devices or systems, identifying a plurality of the different process modules that are usable in performing at least a portion of the defined process sequence for fabricating the predefined device or system, defining an ordered sequence for performing the identified plurality of the usable process modules, and performing the identified usable sequence of process modules to perform at least a portion of the defined process sequence, wherein the step of providing a plurality of different standardized and repeatable process modules usable in fabricating said devices and systems comprises the further step of identifying patterns in processing data collected from a plurality of actual process sequences used to fabricate said devices or systems and using those identifiable patterns to design appropriate process modules having utility for process sequences for the fabrication of a plurality of devices and systems.