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US 10,651,063 B2Granted
Methods of prototyping and manufacturing with cleanspace fabricators
OwnerFrederick A. Flitschinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides various aspects for processing multiple types of substrates within cleanspace fabricators or for processing multiple or single types of substrates in multiple types of cleanspace environments. In some embodiments, a collocated composite cleanspace fabricator may be capable of processing semiconductor devices into integrated circuits and then performing assembly operations to result in product in packaged form.
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A method of producing customized touch screen type products comprising:
- receiving a customized product definition comprising selections by a user of user selectable aspects, wherein the custom user selections create processing flows for a tailored touch screen type product;
- introducing a metallic case into a cleanspace fabricator, wherein:
- the cleanspace fabricator comprises a first matrix comprising at least two discrete processing tools, each discrete processing tool comprising a tool body and a tool port, the at least two discrete processing tools oriented one on top of the other along a vertical, wherein said at least two discrete processing tools are partially located in a first fabricator cleanspace comprising a first boundary and a second boundary and each of the at least two discrete processing tools is capable of independent operation and removable in a discrete fashion relative to other discrete processing tools;
- introducing a glass substrate into the cleanspace fabricator, wherein the glass substrate design is consistent with the custom user selections;
- attaching the glass substrate to the metallic case, wherein the metallic case design is consistent with the custom user selections;
- adding an unpackaged and diced integrated circuit chips upon a layer supported upon the glass substrate, wherein the integrated circuit layer design is consistent with the custom user selections;
- adding an energization element upon a layer supported upon the glass substrate;
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- adding an encapsulating layer upon the integrated circuits and the energization element upon the full glass substrate, wherein an additive manufacturing step is used to pattern the encapsulating layer.
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A method of producing customized touch screen type products comprising:
- utilizing a single cleanspace fabricator to perform processing, wherein:
- the cleanspace fabricator comprises a first matrix comprising at least two discrete processing tools, each discrete processing tool comprising a tool body and a tool port, the at least two discrete processing tools oriented one on top of the other along a vertical, wherein said at least two discrete processing tools are partially located in a first fabricator cleanspace comprising a first boundary and a second boundary and each of the at least two discrete processing tools is capable of independent operation and removable in a discrete fashion relative to other discrete processing tools;
- receiving a customized product definition comprising selections by a user of user selectable aspects, wherein the custom user selections create processing flows for a tailored touch screen type product;
- introducing a glass substrate into the cleanspace fabricator, wherein the glass substrate design is consistent with the custom user selections;
- attaching the glass substrate to a metallic case, wherein the metallic case design is consistent with the custom user selections;
- adding an integrated circuit upon a layer supported upon the glass substrate, wherein the metallic case design is consistent with the custom user selections;
- adding an energization element upon a layer supported upon the glass substrate;
- forming a customized touchscreen device within the cleanspace fabricator from processing of the semiconductor substrate and the glass substrate;
- introducing electronic switches and electronic interconnects into the cleanspace fabricator;
- and wherein the cleanspace fabricator operates without humans occupying any portion of the cleanspace.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.