Cleanroom technology is a principle pre-condition and the enabling technology for contamination free manufacturing.
With the transition from large cleanroom facilities for semiconductor manufacturing to localized encapsulated cleanroom
solutions which are called minienvironments the traditional cleanroom technology is extended into a new field of
applications. With view to the highest requirements in semiconductor industries and especially in the mask area,
extraordinary concepts and solutions has to be developed and applied. In this contribution the fundamental
considerations about the different concepts for minienvironments are outlined and reviewed. A set of various parameters
involved in a design process for a state of the art minienvironment are given and discussed in detail. The resulting
different concepts are presented and the strength of each concept is discussed. The resulting minienvironment solutions
are demonstrated on three characteristic examples and options, alternatives and the advantages of the individual concepts
are mentioned. Based on the current status of minienvironment technology an out-look is given about future challenges
and open questions to be solved.
Access to the requested content is limited to institutions that have purchased or subscribe to SPIE eBooks.
You are receiving this notice because your organization may not have SPIE eBooks access.*
*Shibboleth/Open Athens users─please
sign in
to access your institution's subscriptions.
To obtain this item, you may purchase the complete book in print or electronic format on
SPIE.org.
INSTITUTIONAL Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.
PERSONAL Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.